Resolving Conflicts Between Folder Actions and Release States

If there is a conflict of permissions between the Release State and Folder Action applying to a particular object in a particular folder, then the most restrictive permission wins.

For example, you may have permission to Edit topics in a particular folder, but one of the topics in that folder has a Release State of "Final", which you have permission to view, but not to edit. In this case, you can view the topic but not edit it.