Approve or deny a quorum request

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title: Approve or deny a quorum request
description: When a quorum request has been created, the minimum number of approvals is required by the members. After a withdrawal operation workflow is triggered, quorum actions can be managed using several methods. The users can grant approvals from the Key Management Operations page, My Approvals in the Instance, or directly from the request email. The key withdrawal operation is blocked until the quorum is met.
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release: brazil
product: Cloud Encryption
classification: cloud-encryption
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [Manage Quorum Control, Quorum Control Policy, Cloud Encryption with Key Management, Encryption]
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# Approve or deny a quorum request

When a quorum request has been created, the minimum number of approvals is required by the members. After a withdrawal operation workflow is triggered, quorum actions can be managed using several methods. The users can grant approvals from the Key Management Operations page, **My Approvals** in the Instance, or directly from the request email. The key withdrawal operation is blocked until the quorum is met.

## Before you begin

Roles required: sn\_kmf.admin or sn\_kmf.cryptographic\_manager

**Parent Topic:**[Manage Quorum Control](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/platform-security/cloud-encryption/quorum-ctrl-mgmt.md)