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title: "Access Requests"
description: "Learn how to request access to sensitive resources in Infisical."
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In certain situations, developers need to expand their access to a certain new project or a sensitive environment. For those use cases, it is helpful to utilize Infisical's **Access Requests** functionality. 

This functionality works in the following way: 
1. A project administrator sets up an access policy that assigns access managers (also known as eligible approvers) to a certain sensitive folder or environment. 
![Create Access Request Policy Modal](/images/platform/access-controls/create-access-request-policy.png)
![Access Request Policies](/images/platform/access-controls/access-request-policies.png)

2. When a developer requests access to one of such sensitive resources, the request is visible in the dashboard, and the corresponding eligible approvers get an email notification about it.
![Access Request Create](/images/platform/access-controls/request-access.png)
![Access Request Dashboard](/images/platform/access-controls/access-requests-pending.png)

4. An eligible approver can approve or reject the access request.
{/* ![Access Request Review](/images/platform/access-controls/review-access-request.png) */}
![Access Request Bypass](/images/platform/access-controls/access-request-bypass.png)

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 If the access request matches with a policy that has a **Soft** enforcement level, the requester may bypass the policy and get access to the resource without full approval.
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5. As soon as the request is approved, developer is able to access the sought resources. 
![Access Request Dashboard](/images/platform/access-controls/access-requests-completed.png)