monday has no approvals feature. These are the honest answers to the questions that follow — the native way first, in full, and then exactly where it stops.
One board, one status column, and one automation per transition — plus the label everybody forgets, and the three things columns cannot do.
Why a status column cannot represent “two of the three have agreed”, the native workaround and what it costs, and when to stop working around it.
What guests actually cost, when a shareable board is the right answer, and how to get a signature from somebody who will never have a login.
What monday’s activity log does and does not record, why a status column is not evidence, and the four things worth keeping whatever tool you use.
Rounds without a status per round, why replacing a file breaks an approval that already happened, and when you should buy a proofing suite instead.