Symptom
- After the 2H 2025 Release, Approval Notifications are not sent to the initiator via the Home Page.
- Approval Notifications are sent to the initiator when approved via the Workflow Details page.
Environment
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
Reproducing the Issue
- Log in to the system.
- Create a three-level approval workflow.
- Perform approval from the home page for each approver.
- Observe that the standard confirmation email notification is not sent to the workflow initiator.
- Perform approval by accessing the workflow details page.
- Observe that the notifications are correctly sent to the initiator.
Resolution
- Product Engineering is investigating a solution.
- Click on the star to bookmark this article to receive updates about this issue. For more information about updates from subscribed KBAs, you can refer to the KB Article 2171560 - How to be notified of new or updated SAP Notes or KBAs.
workaround
- You can remove the permission to approve from Approval cards for the button Approve & Decline as per this KBA - 3257166 - Approve/Decline buttons not showing for Approval Cards or Approve the requests by going to the workflow details page till the issue is fixed.
See Also
- 3257166 - Approve/Decline buttons not showing for Approval Cards
- SAP SuccessFactors Product Release & Road Map Information
- SAP SuccessFactors Patches Knowledge Base
- KB Article 2171560 - How to be notified of new or updated SAP Notes or KBAs
Keywords
INC16268431, KI2H2025, Pending Workflows, Approval Cards, Home Page, Approve, Decline, Approve with Comments, Workflow Details Page, Initiator, Approver, Multiple Approvers, Buttons, SAP SuccessFactors homepage issue, Workflow, Email Notifications, SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, SAP SuccessFactors Troubleshooting, SAP SuccessFactors Updates, SAP SuccessFactors Patches , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-WFL-REQ , My Pending Requests, ToDo's & Mass Approvals , LOD-SF-PLT-LHOM , Latest Home Page , LOD-SF-EC-TIM-WAN , Workflows - Alerts - Notifications , Bug Filed
Product
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central 2511
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