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# Warning workflow

## Warning statuses

### Warning created

When a warning gets created punishment actions of the warning get executed.\
At this point the warning is in a state where it is counted during [threshold calculation](/features/warnings/thresholds.md#score-calculation-example).\
A player can [appeal](/features/warnings/appealing.md) the warning, a staff member can manually expire the warning or even delete the warning

### Warning [appealed](/features/warnings/appealing.md)

When a warning gets appealed a staff member has the ability to approve or reject the appeal.\
Once an [appeal is rejected](/features/warnings/appealing.md#staff-manage-appeal) the player can no longer appeal it. When an appeal is approved, [rollback actions](/features/warnings/actions-punishments.md) are triggered and the warning is marked appeal approved. Once an [appeal is approved](/features/warnings/appealing.md#staff-manage-appeal) it is like the warning never existed. It does not get counted when doing [threshold calculations](/features/warnings/thresholds.md#score-calculation-example) and won't show up in the [infractions GUI](/features/infractions.md). However the warning does not get deleted, this makes sure we can keep a history of the warning and appeal reasons.

### Warning expired

Warnings can expire after a configured amount of time. Or manually by a staff member. When a warning is expired the punishments do **not** get [rollbacked](/features/warnings/actions-punishments.md). The only real reason for warning expiration is to make sure this warning no longer gets counted when doing [threshold calculations](/features/warnings/thresholds.md#score-calculation-example). It's a way to ensure warnings won't be held against the player forever.

Notice that a player can still appeal this warning. The reason a player might want to do this is if feels the warning was incorrectly given and although it's expired he still received the [punishment](/features/warnings/actions-punishments.md). So by appealing he asks to rollback his punishment.

### Warning deleted

A staff member can choose to delete a warning completely. This action can always be taken no matter what status the warning is in. When a warning gets deleted, [rollback actions](/features/warnings/actions-punishments.md) are triggered and the warning is removed from the database. All history of the warning is gone.\
In general you should only delete a warning if there was actually a mistake made. In most cases you can use the appeal system to [rollback warnings](/features/warnings/actions-punishments.md) in a clean way.

![Warnings workflow](/files/-MUGZrqJx43Ml5id4iGe)