@coderanger Nope, it indicates, you need these downstream job succeeded so that you can promote this build. For example, this build its downstream `doughboy-acceptance` succeeded, so it met one qualification

![2014-03-01 3 18 08](https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/201615/2300883/c2cb0b56-a111-11e3-873e-4f453091144a.png)

The other qualification is manual approval. 

In short, you need all jobs in `promotion_downstream_triggers` succeeded and manual approve to kick start a promotion for a build.