The Manual step creates a task for the assigned group, and blocks until the task is either approved or rejected (either through the release dashboard or via the REST API). This is useful when there are manual steps which must be performed in between automated steps executing within a stage.

Field	Description
Step Name	The name of the step.
Description	An optional description for the step.
Assigned Group	Identifies which group or groups (coma separated) from the snapshot to deploy. The group name(s) must match those defined on the projects in the release. If no group is specified, all projects (excluding utility projects) in the release will be deployed.
Estimated Duration	Estimated time (in minutes) to complete the task. Informational only.
Precondition	An optional Groovy script which determines whether the gate or step is applicable during execution. The script has access to variables and methods listed in the expression drop-down. The script must return true if the gate/step is applicable, or false otherwise. If no script is provided, the default is to return true (applicable).

Completing manual steps via the REST API is not supported at this time.