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For years, Jira teams have improvised approval workflows using statuses, comments, checklists, or custom fields. As work becomes increasingly cross-functional - involving legal, finance, procurement, and external collaborators - approval steps have become more critical to governance, compliance, and operational clarity. To address this growing demand, Atlassian has recently begun rolling out native approval features in Jira Cloud - a sign that they’re listening closely to customer needs and evolving Jira beyond simple task management into a structured decision-tracking system.