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RichardJohnson
May 05, 2025Copper Contributor
SharePoint Approval process not working
I have a user who is in an owners group on his SharePoint and he no longer can approve/deny versions of documents. There is nothing extra added to the libraries and he is the only user who cannot app...
grant_jenkins
Jun 29, 2025Iron Contributor
RichardJohnson​ Do a lot of these files have unique permissions? If so, then I'd agree that the likely issue will be due to the number of items in the library. Microsoft keeps saying you can store 50 million items in a list/library, but it already starts to break at 5001, and at around 20k you see other issues, and just gets worse.
I'd suggest trying to split the library up into multiple libraries if possible (archive perhaps).
After making the user an owner, can you go into Library settings > Permissions for this document library, then click on Check Permissions to see what permissions he has on the library?