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Permission required

Permission required is a status in which a requested action cannot proceed until authorization for that action is given by a relevant user or other authority.

In plain English

This means the action is blocked for now. It can move forward only after approval for that specific action is granted by the appropriate user or other authority.

In context

Here, it reports that the current feature or step cannot continue until the needed authorization has been granted.

Situation
Reviewing app permissions, consent prompts, access scopes, and security warnings
What it communicates
reports that the current feature or step needs a permission grant.

Meaning limits

By itself, this status does not say who will grant the authorization or whether it will be granted.

Examples

“The request remained Permission required, so nothing could proceed until the owner approved it.”

Core meaning

“If the next step changes to Permission required, stop there and wait for approval.”

In context

  • authorized Opposite

    Here the needed authorization has already been given, so the action can proceed.

  • permission denied Contrast

    This says authorization has been refused, not simply not yet given.