@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+'@object-ui/i18n': minor
+'@object-ui/app-shell': patch
+---
+
+The approval decision panel draws a short notice instead of nothing when it is placed anywhere other than an approval request's record page (objectui#12072).
+
+- **`@object-ui/app-shell`.** Off a `sys_approval_request` record page, that is on another object's record page or on a page with no record at all, the decision panel (the renderer proposed as `record:approval_decision`, still module-internal) now draws a muted notice saying it works only on approval request pages. A misplaced block is therefore visible to its author instead of silently empty. On a request page whose record has not loaded yet it still draws nothing, and on a request page with its record it draws the panel as before. This replaces the clause of objectui#12045's entry that says the panel renders nothing outside a request page.
+- **`@object-ui/i18n`.** One new language-pack key for that notice, `approvalsInbox.decisionPanelOffRequestPage`, in all ten packs.
+
+**Clause-②: yes (widening).** The published language packs gain one key, `approvalsInbox.decisionPanelOffRequestPage`, so the exported `en` pack and the `TranslationKeys` type read off it gain that one member. No export or prop is added or removed, and no existing key changes.
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
  * location, what happens after a decision). The real bar, its dialog and the
  * POST it sends are pinned over the real record page in the console's
  * `approvalRequestsDataSource.decisionPage.test.tsx`.
+ *
+ * Off a request page the node draws a localized notice instead of nothing
+ * (objectui#12072), so a block placed on the wrong page is visible to its
+ * author. On a request page whose row has not loaded it still draws nothing.
  */
 
 import * as React from 'react';
@@ -34,6 +38,8 @@ vi.mock('../DeclaredActionsBar.js', () => ({
 
 import { ComponentRegistry } from '@object-ui/core';
 import { RecordContextProvider, subscribeDataChanges, type DataChange } from '@object-ui/react';
+import { I18nProvider } from '@object-ui/i18n';
+import { builtInLocales } from '@object-ui/i18n/locales';
 import { ApprovalDecisionRenderer } from './ApprovalDecisionPanel';
 
 afterEach(() => {
@@ -60,6 +66,16 @@ function mountOn(objectName: string, data: Record<string, unknown> | undefined)
   );
 }
 
+/** The notice's pack key, and what one pack says for it. */
+const NOTICE_KEY = 'approvalsInbox.decisionPanelOffRequestPage';
+const packNotice = (language: string): unknown =>
+  NOTICE_KEY.split('.').reduce<unknown>(
+    (node, part) => (node as Record<string, unknown> | undefined)?.[part],
+    (builtInLocales as Record<string, unknown>)[language],
+  );
+
+const noticeText = () => screen.getByTestId('approval-decision-off-request-page').textContent;
+
 describe('the approval decision panel (objectui#12045)', () => {
   it('is module-internal this round: loading it registers no component type', () => {
     expect(ComponentRegistry.has('record:approval_decision')).toBe(false);
@@ -77,6 +93,8 @@ describe('the approval decision panel (objectui#12045)', () => {
     expect(props.location).toBe('record_section');
     expect(props.record).toMatchObject({ id: 'req_12045', viewer: REQUEST.viewer });
     expect(props.exclude, 'nothing is excluded: no other part of this page offers a decision').toBeUndefined();
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('approval-decision-panel')).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('approval-decision-off-request-page'), 'no notice on a request page').toBeNull();
   });
 
   it('draws no tally for a node that carries none, and still offers the actions', () => {
@@ -100,12 +118,62 @@ describe('the approval decision panel (objectui#12045)', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
-  it.each([
-    ['another object', 'invoice', { id: 'inv_1' }],
-    ['a request page whose record has not loaded', 'sys_approval_request', undefined],
-  ])('renders nothing on %s', (_case, objectName, data) => {
-    const { container } = mountOn(objectName, data);
+  it('renders nothing on a request page whose record has not loaded', () => {
+    const { container } = mountOn('sys_approval_request', undefined);
     expect(container.innerHTML).toBe('');
     expect(barProps).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 });
+
+describe('off an approval request page, a localized notice instead of nothing (objectui#12072)', () => {
+  it.each([
+    ["another object's record page", () => mountOn('invoice', { id: 'inv_1' })],
+    ['a page with no record context', () => render(<ApprovalDecisionRenderer />)],
+  ])('draws the notice on %s, and no panel', (_case, mount) => {
+    mount();
+    expect(noticeText()).toBe(packNotice('en'));
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('approval-decision-panel')).toBeNull();
+    expect(barProps).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the node's className and designer attributes on the notice", () => {
+    render(<ApprovalDecisionRenderer className="mt-4" data-obj-id="node_1" data-obj-type="record:approval_decision" />);
+    const wrapper = screen.getByTestId('approval-decision-off-request-page').parentElement!;
+    expect(wrapper.className).toBe('mt-4');
+    expect(wrapper.getAttribute('data-obj-id')).toBe('node_1');
+    expect(wrapper.getAttribute('data-obj-type')).toBe('record:approval_decision');
+  });
+
+  it('the notice copy is a key in all ten language packs', () => {
+    const languages = Object.keys(builtInLocales);
+    expect(languages).toHaveLength(10);
+    for (const language of languages) {
+      const value = packNotice(language);
+      expect(typeof value, `${language} defines ${NOTICE_KEY}`).toBe('string');
+      expect((value as string).trim(), `${language} defines ${NOTICE_KEY}`).not.toBe('');
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('renders the active language: the zh pack value under a zh provider', () => {
+    render(
+      <I18nProvider config={{ defaultLanguage: 'zh', detectBrowserLanguage: false }} persistLanguage={false}>
+        <RecordContextProvider objectName="invoice" recordId="inv_1" data={{ id: 'inv_1' }}>
+          <ApprovalDecisionRenderer />
+        </RecordContextProvider>
+      </I18nProvider>,
+    );
+    expect(noticeText()).toBe(packNotice('zh'));
+  });
+
+  it('CONTROL: the en provider renders the en value, and the two packs differ', () => {
+    render(
+      <I18nProvider config={{ defaultLanguage: 'en', detectBrowserLanguage: false }} persistLanguage={false}>
+        <RecordContextProvider objectName="invoice" recordId="inv_1" data={{ id: 'inv_1' }}>
+          <ApprovalDecisionRenderer />
+        </RecordContextProvider>
+      </I18nProvider>,
+    );
+    expect(noticeText()).toBe(packNotice('en'));
+    expect(packNotice('zh')).not.toBe(packNotice('en'));
+  });
+});
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@
  * silently ignored prop.
  *
  * Outside a `sys_approval_request` record page there is no request to decide
- * on, and the panel renders nothing.
+ * on, so the node draws a short notice saying it works only on approval request
+ * pages (objectui#12072). A block placed on another object's record page, or on
+ * a page with no record at all, is thereby visible to its author instead of
+ * silently empty. On a request page whose row has not loaded yet, the node
+ * still draws nothing.
  *
  * ## After a decision
  *
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@
  */
 
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { notifyDataChanged, useRecordContext } from '@object-ui/react';
+import { notifyDataChanged, useObjectTranslation, useRecordContext } from '@object-ui/react';
 import { cn } from '@object-ui/components';
 import { DecisionProgressIndicator } from '../approval-progress/DecisionProgressIndicator.js';
 import { DeclaredActionsBar } from '../DeclaredActionsBar.js';
@@ -123,15 +127,37 @@ export interface ApprovalDecisionRendererProps {
   [k: string]: unknown;
 }
 
-/** The node renderer: the panel over the bound request, or nothing. */
+/**
+ * The node renderer: the panel over the bound request; off a request page, a
+ * notice that the block works only there; on a request page whose row has not
+ * loaded, nothing.
+ *
+ * The notice is the muted dashed placeholder `record:path` draws when it cannot
+ * do its job where it was placed, with its copy from the language packs.
+ */
 export const ApprovalDecisionRenderer: React.FC<ApprovalDecisionRendererProps> = ({
   schema: _schema,
   className,
   ...props
 }) => {
   const ctx = useRecordContext();
+  const { t } = useObjectTranslation();
   const designer = splitDesigner(props);
-  const row = ctx?.objectName === SYS_APPROVAL_REQUEST_OBJECT ? ctx.data : undefined;
+  if (ctx?.objectName !== SYS_APPROVAL_REQUEST_OBJECT) {
+    return (
+      <div className={className} {...designer}>
+        <div
+          className="text-xs text-muted-foreground italic px-3 py-2 border border-dashed rounded"
+          data-testid="approval-decision-off-request-page"
+        >
+          {String(t('approvalsInbox.decisionPanelOffRequestPage', {
+            defaultValue: 'The approval decision panel only works on approval request pages.',
+          }))}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+  const row = ctx.data;
   if (row == null || typeof row !== 'object' || (row as { id?: unknown }).id == null) return null;
   return (
     <div className={className} {...designer}>
 
@@ -3907,6 +3907,7 @@ const ar = {
     progressEligible_other: '{{count}} معتمِد مؤهل',
     progressBar: 'تقدم القرار',
     declaredActions: 'الإجراءات',
+    decisionPanelOffRequestPage: 'لوحة قرار الموافقة تعمل فقط في صفحات طلبات الموافقة.',
     attachmentChip: 'مرفق',
     attachmentOpenFailed: 'تعذّر فتح المرفق — يرجى المحاولة مرة أخرى',
     approveOneTitle: 'الموافقة على "{{title}}"؟',
 
@@ -3616,6 +3616,7 @@ const de = {
     progressEligible_other: '{{count}} berechtigte Genehmiger',
     progressBar: 'Entscheidungsfortschritt',
     declaredActions: 'Aktionen',
+    decisionPanelOffRequestPage: 'Der Entscheidungsbereich für Genehmigungen funktioniert nur auf Seiten von Genehmigungsanfragen.',
     attachmentChip: 'Anhang',
     attachmentOpenFailed: 'Anhang konnte nicht geöffnet werden – bitte erneut versuchen',
     approveOneTitle: '„{{title}}“ genehmigen?',
 
@@ -4247,6 +4247,7 @@ const en = {
     progressEligible_other: '{{count}} eligible approvers',
     progressBar: 'Decision progress',
     declaredActions: 'Actions',
+    decisionPanelOffRequestPage: 'The approval decision panel only works on approval request pages.',
     attachmentChip: 'Attachment',
     attachmentOpenFailed: 'Could not open the attachment — please try again',
     approveOneTitle: 'Approve "{{title}}"?',
 
@@ -3687,6 +3687,7 @@ const es = {
     progressEligible_other: '{{count}} aprobadores elegibles',
     progressBar: 'Progreso de la decisión',
     declaredActions: 'Acciones',
+    decisionPanelOffRequestPage: 'El panel de decisión de aprobación solo funciona en las páginas de solicitudes de aprobación.',
     attachmentChip: 'Adjunto',
     attachmentOpenFailed: 'No se pudo abrir el archivo adjunto: inténtalo de nuevo',
     approveOneTitle: '¿Aprobar «{{title}}»?',
 
@@ -3684,6 +3684,7 @@ const fr = {
     progressEligible_other: '{{count}} approbateurs éligibles',
     progressBar: 'Avancement de la décision',
     declaredActions: 'Actions',
+    decisionPanelOffRequestPage: 'Le panneau de décision d\'approbation ne fonctionne que sur les pages de demande d\'approbation.',
     attachmentChip: 'Pièce jointe',
     attachmentOpenFailed: "Impossible d'ouvrir la pièce jointe — veuillez réessayer",
     approveOneTitle: 'Approuver « {{title}} » ?',
 
@@ -3618,6 +3618,7 @@ const ja = {
     progressEligible_other: '承認可能者 {{count}} 名',
     progressBar: '承認の進捗',
     declaredActions: 'アクション',
+    decisionPanelOffRequestPage: '承認の決定パネルは承認リクエストのページでのみ機能します。',
     attachmentChip: '添付ファイル',
     attachmentOpenFailed: '添付ファイルを開けませんでした。もう一度お試しください',
     approveOneTitle: '「{{title}}」を承認しますか？',
 
@@ -3615,6 +3615,7 @@ const ko = {
     progressEligible_other: '승인 가능자 {{count}}명',
     progressBar: '결정 진행 상황',
     declaredActions: '작업',
+    decisionPanelOffRequestPage: '승인 결정 패널은 승인 요청 페이지에서만 작동합니다.',
     attachmentChip: '첨부 파일',
     attachmentOpenFailed: '첨부 파일을 열 수 없습니다. 다시 시도해 주세요',
     approveOneTitle: '"{{title}}"을(를) 승인할까요?',