Value Statement

Ensure the issue title clearly reflects the value of this user story to the
intended persona. (Explain the "WHY")

Definition of Done for Engineering Story Owner (Checklist)

• [ ] The MCH CR support the annotation installer.operator.open-cluster-management.io/inherit-install-plan-approval to enable MCE subscription to inherit the installPlanApproval setting from the ACM subscription.
• [ ] If the annotation is set to "true", MCE will automatically inherit the installPlanApproval value defined in the ACM subscription.
• [ ] If the annotation is set to "false", MCE should not inherit the installPlanApproval setting.

Development Complete

• The code is complete.
• Functionality is working.
• Any required downstream Docker file changes are made.

Tests Automated

• [ ] Unit/function tests have been automated and incorporated into the
  build.
• [ ] 100% automated unit/function test coverage for new or changed APIs.

Secure Design

• [ ] Security has been assessed and incorporated into your threat model.

Multidisciplinary Teams Readiness

• [ ] Create an informative documentation issue using the Customer

Portal Doc template that you can access from [The Playbook](

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YTqpZRH54Bnn4WJ2nZmjaCoiRtqmrc2w6DdQxe_yLZ8/edit#heading=h.9fvyr2rdriby),

and ensure doc acceptance criteria is met.

• Call out this sentence as it's own action:

• [ ] Link the development issue to the doc issue.

Support Readiness

• [ ] The must-gather script has been updated.

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QE Hand Off Template (fill out when moving to Review) 9/29/25:

Summary of the Work:

Implemented percolation of install plan approval between MCH and MCE subscriptions

What was implemented or fixed? Include a brief description of the problem (if applicable) and how it was addressed.
Made it so that if manual is selected in the MCH subscription MCE will also be manual and likewise for automatic

Key Areas to Verify:

1. What functionality should QE focus on? List what was tested or what is most important to validate.
   Install twice once in manual mode and once in automatic ensuring that MCE is mirrored from MCH
2. Ensure the new validation messages appear for required fields
3. Confirm the workflow still completes as expected after validation fixes
4. Any edge cases or high-risk areas touched by the change

Fix or Feature Availability:
When will this be available in a build?
Code merged on: YYYY-MM-DD
Expected downstream build tag (if known): example-build-tag
(Optional) Related PR(s): Link