ClientHold

ClientHold is a status used in information systems to indicate that further client-related actions are temporarily paused. It may be implemented as a boolean field named clientHold or as a dedicated status value within a client record or workflow.

Holds are commonly used during onboarding, compliance checks, credit reviews, data integrity investigations, or when a client’s permissions should be restricted pending verification. When a hold is active, certain operations—such as creating transactions, updating sensitive data, or granting access to services—are blocked or routed to an approval workflow.

Lifecycle: Holds are typically accompanied by a holdReason field and may have an expiry timestamp. They can be automated by business rules or manually set by authorized staff. A hold can be released automatically once conditions are met or manually by an administrator, and an audit log records who placed and released the hold and when.

Design and governance: Effective handling requires clear scope, minimum necessary permissions to place or release, robust audit trails, and user notifications. Systems should prevent stale holds, support escalation, and define reconciliation procedures to avoid service disruption or data inconsistencies.

In software development, clientHold is treated as a transient state within the client domain model and integrated with workflows, event subjects, and APIs to ensure consistent behavior across subsystems. See also hold, suspension, workflow, access control, and compliance concepts.