# Should robot software have execution authorization separate from deployment?

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**Category:** Projects\
**Tags:** ros2, security, robotics\
**Created:** [August 21, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/should-robot-software-have-execution-authorization-separate-from-deployment/57585 "2026-08-21T16:49:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![mjcarroll](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/mjcarroll/32/35469_2.png) [@mjcarroll](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/mjcarroll)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/should-robot-software-have-execution-authorization-separate-from-deployment/57585/2 "2026-08-21T18:16:20Z")

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I’m sorry, just based on the website and linked software, I have no idea what this actually does.

My hunch is this is heavily LLM-driven and I would appreciate if you give this a read: [Guidelines for AI-Assisted Contributions in the ROS Project - ROS / ROS General - Open Robotics Discourse](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/guidelines-for-ai-assisted-contributions-in-the-ros-project/55903)

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