> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.elevatedsignals.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Close the CAPA retraining loop

> Attach a retraining action to a CAPA so training is auto-assigned and CAPA closure is gated on signed completion.

The **CAPA retraining loop** is available when the `training-auto-loop` feature is enabled for your
organization. It links a CAPA's corrective action to the people who must be retrained, automatically
issues their training assignments, and prevents the CAPA from closing until every assignment is
completed and electronically signed.

Use it when a CAPA's root cause is a competency or procedure gap and you need auditable proof that the
right people were actually retrained — not just a free-text note that says they were.

## Add a retraining action

1. Open the CAPA detail page. The CAPA must be **open** or **in progress** (you cannot add actions once
   it is *done* or *closed*).
2. Select **Add Retraining Action**.
3. Complete the dialog:
   * **Corrective action** — describe the retraining (for example, "Re-train extraction operators on the
     CO₂ temperature-excursion SOP").
   * **Action owner** — the person accountable for carrying it out.
   * **Due date** — optional.
   * **Audience** — choose who will be retrained, in either or both of two ways:
     * **Explicit users** — select named individuals.
     * **Exact platform roles** — select one or more of *admin*, *QA manager*, *reviewer*, *operator*.
       Roles match the platform role exactly; audiences are not inferred from job titles.
   * At least one target (a user or a role) is required.

<Note>
  Training assignments are **not** created when you add the action. They are issued only when the action is
  marked complete, so assignees are not notified prematurely.
</Note>

## Issue the training

Work the retraining action to completion on its action row (**Start**, then **Complete**). On completion,
Invariant issues a training assignment to every targeted user and every active user in each targeted
role. Each assignment is linked back to the CAPA action and appears in **Training**.

## Complete and sign the training

Each assignee opens their assignment in **Training**, meets the program's passing score, and re-enters
their password to produce a content-bound electronic signature. A completed assignment cannot be
silently re-completed.

## Closure gates

Once a retraining action exists, the CAPA cannot:

* move to **Done**,
* have **effectiveness verified**, or
* be **signed closed**,

until every action-linked training assignment has a passing completion and a matching content-bound
signature. If any are outstanding, the transition is refused with a message naming what is missing.

## Reopening a CAPA

If a closed CAPA is reopened for correction, prior action assignments and signatures remain append-only.
A new correction cycle requires a **new** retraining action; existing training history is not rewritten.

<Note>
  This loop covers configured CAPA retraining actions. It does not infer audiences from job titles, and
  email or SMS notification of assignees is not part of this release — assignees see their work in the
  application. Overdue status is computed in-application only.
</Note>

See [Manage a CAPA](/invariant/how-to/manage-a-capa) for the surrounding CAPA lifecycle and
[Training management](/invariant/reference/training-management) for how training programs and
assignments work.