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The assigned validator should check that the issue is fixed *to their satisfaction*. This ensures there is no disconnect between what the assignee thought it meant to fix the issue and what the validator thought needed to be done.
If the validator feels the issue is fixed, then they change the status in Jira to CLOSED. If they feel it has not been fixed they change the status to REOPENEDOPEN. Either way it helps to add a comment in Jira: If CLOSED, how did you check that the problem was fixed? If REOPENEDOPEN, why do you feel the issue remains?
Once all relevant RESOLVED issues are CLOSED, then the release candidate is sent to production.
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