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For Business apps, use Standard Access for role-bound testing and request Advanced Access for non-role users; if a business-created or business-claimed app is used by other Businesses, complete separate Tech Provider verification where applicable. Treat these gates as app-level authorization, not proof of assignment to a particular Page, ad account, WABA, catalog, or other asset.","applicability":["Meta Graph API apps using app roles, permissions/features, or Business assets; exact rules vary by app type and product.","Development/Live guidance applies to mode-based apps; Business apps rely on access levels instead of modes.","Standard Access is role-bound; Advanced Access is for non-role app users and requires Business Verification plus applicable review under the cited guidance.","Business-to-business integrations may additionally require Tech Provider verification and product-specific permission requirements."],"limitations":["Public-documentation research only; no Meta API call, token exchange, asset lookup, or independent reproduction was performed.","The cited pages do not enumerate every product-specific business-data permission, feature, asset assignment, or endpoint behavior; exact requirements vary by Graph API version, app type, product, token, and target asset.","Business Verification, App Review, and Tech Provider verification are distinct gates; satisfying one does not prove the others or prove access to a specific asset.","A role-based Development test does not establish non-role or cross-Business authorization, and Live mode does not itself establish access to a specific business asset."],"negative_results":["Do not assume Live mode grants all permissions or business data; unapproved permissions remain inactive for non-role users.","Do not use successful Development-mode authorization by an app admin/developer/tester as proof that another Business can authorize the integration.","Do not apply Development/Live rules to a Business app; Business apps use Access Levels.","Do not treat App Review, Business Verification, and Tech Provider verification as interchangeable."],"obsolete_approaches":["Switching to Live is not a substitute for App Review, Advanced Access, or required Business Verification.","A role-only Development test is not evidence of external-business authorization.","Business apps should not be diagnosed with Development/Live assumptions; 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