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Classic Approval Processes Limits

Classic Approval Processes Limits

Salesforce limits the number of classic approval processes in your org, as well as the number of steps and actions in each classic approval process.

Required Editions

Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience
Available in: Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions
Important
Important Try Flow Approval Processes, a modern alternative to Classic Approval Processes. This new feature provides a more flexible, user-friendly flow-based interface, and it can trigger on record changes, supporting Apex extensibility and detailed logging for compliance and audit trails. It supports dynamic routing based on data and business rules, unlike Classic Approval Processes, which are tied to specific objects and offer limited support for processes by using conditions. With Flow Approval Processes, you can monitor submitted records and quickly identify bottlenecks, giving you unprecedented visibility into approval workflows. And, like Classic Approval Processes, Flow Approval Processes don’t consume automation credits or orchestration runs.
Per-Org Limit Value
Active classic approval processes 1,000
Total classic approval processes 2,000
Active classic approval processes per object 300
Total classic approval processes per object 500
Steps per classic approval process 30
Approvers per step 25
Initial submission actions per classic approval process 40
Final approval actions per classic approval process 40
Final rejection actions per classic approval process 40
Recall actions per classic approval process 40
Maximum characters in classic approval request comments

4,000

In Chinese, Japanese, or Korean, the limit is 1,333 characters.

 
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