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title: Manual review and exceptions
description: "A document that requires Manual Review does not appear in documents until a user completes the review. The response-level pendingManualReviewCount indicates how many items are waiting in that batch. If exception handling produces a downloadable exception document, it appears with…"
url: "https://activerecord.com/docs/api/manual-review-and-exceptions/"
updated: "2026-09-10"
category: "REST API - Oculens DDC Server (ODDC Server) 5.1"
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# Manual review and exceptions

A document that requires Manual Review does not appear in documents until a user completes the review. The response-level pendingManualReviewCount indicates how many items are waiting in that batch.

If exception handling produces a downloadable exception document, it appears with isExceptionDocument set to true. Exception output is always TIF.

When the project uses browser-based Manual Review for exceptions, no exception TIF is created for API download. The document must be completed in the ODDC Server web interface (Manual Review) before normal exports can become available.