Workflow Task Release Status

Hi All.
A quick questions. What's the purpose of workflow task release status?
What's the impact if keep in "Not Release"
Cheers

Okay,
I admit, a bit short on the explanations.
But (I'm not on an active SAP environment right now, so everything I say, could be wrong, sorry if that seems the case, if not, then I should worry about trying to have a life outside of SAP )
When you press F1 on the the release status it is said, that these things have only administrative purposes and do not change the normal behaviour of the system.
Kind regards, Rob Dielemans

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