Hi Author,

Users who fall under the below criteria are able to retire articles

1.) Article version should be latest

2.) State should be published

3.) If the user has any elevated access then yes he can retire

4.) If the user is part of ownership_group - It's a field on KB article form

5.) If the user falls under can contribute criteria

6.) if the user is the author

You can review more from KBVersioningSNC script include canRetire() function