Automatically reject the task for all assignees if any one assignee rejects or disapproves it.

gistfile1.txt

add_filter('owf_review_step_total_reviews', function ($total_reviews, $review_setting, $action_history_id, $step_id) {

	global $wpdb;
    
    /**
	 * NEW: For steps requiring "everyone" to approve, if ANY reviewer has rejected (unable),
	 * auto-reject all remaining "assignment" reviews immediately so the failure branch proceeds now.
	 * We also persist these changes so inbox/reminders are cleaned up.
	 */
	if ( ! empty( $total_reviews ) ) {

		if ( $review_setting === 'everyone' ) {

			$action_table = OW_Utility::instance()->get_action_table_name();

			$formated_total_reviews = $total_reviews;

			// 1) Find the first rejector (unable) row, if any.
			$reject_row = null;
			foreach ( $total_reviews as $r ) {
				if ( isset( $r->review_status ) && $r->review_status === 'unable' ) {
					$reject_row = $r;
					break;
				}
			}

			// 2) If we have a rejector and there are still pending assignments, flip them to unable.
			if ( $reject_row ) {
				$rejector_user  = get_userdata( intval( $reject_row->actor_id ) );
				$rejector_name  = $rejector_user ? $rejector_user->display_name : __( 'another reviewer', 'oasisworkflow' );
				$now_time       = current_time( 'mysql' );
				$ow_email_local = new OW_Email();
				
				foreach ( $total_reviews as $id => $r ) {
					if ( isset( $r->review_status ) && $r->review_status === 'assignment' ) {

						// Build/append auto-comment (JSON shape you requested).
						$existing = array();
						if ( ! empty( $r->comments ) ) {
							$decoded = json_decode( $r->comments, true );
							if ( is_array( $decoded ) ) {
								$existing = $decoded;
							}
						}
						$existing[] = array(
							'send_id'           => intval( $r->actor_id ), // as per your example
							'comment'           => sprintf( __( 'Auto-rejected: another reviewer (%s) rejected this step.', 'oasisworkflow' ), $rejector_name ),
							'comment_timestamp' => $now_time,
						);
						$new_comments_json = wp_json_encode( $existing );

						$formated_total_reviews[ $id ]->review_status = 'unable';
						$formated_total_reviews[ $id ]->comments = $new_comments_json;
						$formated_total_reviews[ $id ]->step_id = $new_comments_json;

						// Clone critical fields from the rejector row to align failure path.
						$new_step_id          = isset( $reject_row->step_id ) ? $reject_row->step_id : $r->step_id;
						$new_next_assign_json = isset( $reject_row->next_assign_actors ) ? $reject_row->next_assign_actors : $r->next_assign_actors;
						$new_due_date         = isset( $reject_row->due_date ) ? $reject_row->due_date : $r->due_date;

						// Clone critical fields from the rejector row to align failure path.
						$formated_total_reviews[ $id ]->step_id          = $new_step_id;
						$formated_total_reviews[ $id ]->next_assign_actors = $new_next_assign_json;
						$formated_total_reviews[ $id ]->due_date         = $new_due_date;

						// Update the row.							
						$wpdb->update( $action_table, (array) $formated_total_reviews[ $id ], array(
							"actor_id"          => $formated_total_reviews[ $id ]->actor_id,
							"action_history_id" => $formated_total_reviews[ $id ]->action_history_id
						) );

						// Clear reminder emails for this user on this action.
						$ow_email_local->delete_step_email( intval( $r->action_history_id ), intval( $r->actor_id ) );
					}
				}
				// No return here; let the normal tally/decision logic proceed now that no "assignment" remains.
			}

			$total_reviews = $formated_total_reviews;
			error_log( "total_reviews (adjusted): " . print_r( $total_reviews, true ) );
		}
	}

    return $total_reviews;

}, 10, 4); // priority 10, and 4 args