Every piece of content leaves the engine as exactly one of these. There is no fifth state and no way to skip the step.
The content clears every rule in the resolved pack.
It publishes unchanged. The decision is written down anyway.
A rule applies and the change is the author's to make.
The author is shown the rule, the wording and the fix. Nothing moves until they act.
A rule prohibits the content as written.
Publication stops. The rule and the offending text are named in the record.
A rule applies but the judgement is not the engine's to make.
It routes to the firm's reviewer with the rule attached and the clock running.