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id: change/bcapps/10570
type: change
title: "#10570 Expense Agent: add approval conversation to expense reports"
summary: The Expense Agent now supports approval conversations by storing submitter comments, exposing them through the API, adding a pending-approval action with optional comments, and recording comments in activity events.
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number: 10570
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url: https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/pull/10570
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major: "30"
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quote: Add Business Central support for the Expense Agent approval conversation.
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---

# #10570 Expense Agent: add approval conversation to expense reports

> The Expense Agent now supports approval conversations by storing submitter comments, exposing them through the API, adding a pending-approval action with optional comments, and recording comments in activity events.

[Pull request](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/pull/10570) · merged into `main` (BC30) on 2026-09-02 by t-prda · 12 files (+288 -39), 8 AL · feature · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus)

## What changed

- The latest submitter comment is stored on the Expense Report Header
- The Expense Reports API exposes both latest comments
- New capability-backed pending-approval action that takes an optional comment
- Comments are recorded on the existing Submitted/Resubmitted and Rejected activity events
- Historical comments are shortened with an ellipsis, and the existing Expense Report page extension point is kept
- Behaviour changes for users or extensions.

## AL objects touched

- [Page 6928 "Expense Reports API"](../../objects/page/6928.md), ExpenseAgent: modified
- [Codeunit 6926 "Expense Activity Log Mgt."](../../objects/codeunit/6926.md), ExpenseAgent: modified
- [Codeunit 6901 "Expense Report Approval Mgmt"](../../objects/codeunit/6901.md), ExpenseAgent: modified
- [Codeunit 6906 "Expense Capabilities Provider"](../../objects/codeunit/6906.md), ExpenseAgent: modified
- [Enum 6984 "Expense Capability"](../../objects/enum/6984.md), ExpenseAgent: modified
- [Codeunit 6984 "Release Exp. Report Document"](../../objects/codeunit/6984.md), ExpenseAgent: modified
- [Page 6910 "Expense Report"](../../objects/page/6910.md), ExpenseAgent: modified
- [Table 6906 "Expense Report Header"](../../objects/table/6906.md), ExpenseAgent: modified

## Context

- Work items: AB#633685
- Labels: AL: Apps (W1), Team: Finance
- Systems: development
- From the description: "Add Business Central support for the Expense Agent approval conversation."

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