Manage Policies like Code. Safely. Transparently.

Keymate tracks every change to your access policies, lets you review and approve deployments, and provides full audit trails across DEV, TEST, and PROD environments.

Versioning, Diffing, Approval, Promotion — All Built-In

How Policy Lifecycle Works in Keymate

Every policy in Keymate is versioned by default. You can compare changes (DSL diff), request approvals before promoting to PROD, and roll back to any previous version at any time. This brings Git-like control to your authorization logic.

Policy Promotion and Approval Flow

Every policy in Keymate is versioned by default. You can compare changes (DSL diff), request approvals before promoting to PROD, and roll back to any previous version at any time.

This brings Git-like control to your authorization logic.

Example: A new policy version is created, reviewed via a diff, approved, and promoted, with all actions captured in an audit log.

Key Components:

Policy v3 Created

Approval Console Review

DSL Diff: + user.department in ["Finance", "Audit"]

Approved & Promoted to PROD

Audit Log Event Captured

What Makes It Unique

Policy Versioning

Every policy edit is saved as a new version with metadata: user, timestamp, notes.

DSL Diff Viewer

Visual side-by-side comparison of DSL changes (with color-coded additions/deletions).

Approval Workflow

Before publishing to TEST or PROD, approval is required from designated reviewers.

Rollback & Restore

Any previous version can be restored or cloned to create a new one.

Environment-Aware Promotion

Policies can be promoted across environments (DEV → TEST → PROD) with confirmation and validation.

Full Audit Trail

View who changed what, when, why — and how it impacted permissions.

Git-like control and transparency for your access policies.

Frequently Asked Questions

Understanding Keymate's Policy Lifecycle Management.

Policy versioning allows you to track every change made to access rules over time. In Keymate, all policy edits are automatically versioned with timestamps and rollback support.

Yes. Keymate shows line-by-line DSL diffs so you can see exactly what changed between any two versions.

Policies targeting PROD must go through an approval process, where reviewers inspect the diff, test results, and justification before confirming deployment.

Absolutely. You can restore, clone, or fork previous versions safely — without rewriting from scratch.

Yes. Policies can move between DEV, TEST, and PROD via a structured promotion workflow, with validations and audit logging at each stage.

How to Use Policy Lifecycle in Keymate

Follow these steps to safely manage your policy lifecycle.

From Development to Production

Create or update a policy in DEV

Make your changes in a safe development environment.

Review DSL diff and version history

See exactly what has changed.

Submit for approval to move to TEST or PROD

Initiate the promotion workflow.

Reviewer inspects and approves

A designated reviewer validates the changes.

Approved version goes live

The policy is safely deployed to the target environment.

Use audit trail to monitor any change history

Maintain full visibility over all policy modifications.

Open the Version & Promotion Console

Ready to see it in action? Open the Version & Promotion Console now.

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