---
title: "Posts are stuck waiting for approval"
summary: "Why an Editor's posts sit in \"Waiting on others\", and how Owners and Admins can get them moving."
url: https://kredia.io/help/en/troubleshooting-and-platform-limits/posts-stuck-pending-approval
lastVerified: 2026-10-24
---

# Posts are stuck waiting for approval

## Symptom

Posts sit in **Waiting on others** or show **Waiting** (orange) in **Scheduling**, and they never publish. Nobody seems to be asked to approve them.

## Why it happens

- **The default rule needs an Admin.** Each client starts with one approval from any Admin or the Owner. An Editor's posts wait until one of them approves.
- **Authors can't approve their own posts.** If the only approver wrote the post, nobody else can approve it.
- **The rule asks for more approvals than there are approvers.** For example, 2 approvals with only 1 approver. Then no post can ever go live.
- **Approvers aren't notified outside Kredia.** There are no approval emails and no push notifications yet. Approvers see a badge on **Approvals** in the sidebar and the **Needs my approval** button in **Scheduling**, but only when they're in Kredia.

## How to fix

**Approvers:** open **Approvals**, stay on **Needs me**, and approve or request changes. See [How to approve a post or request changes](https://kredia.io/help/en/approvals/approve-or-request-changes).

**Owners and Admins:** check the client's rule.

1. Open **Customers**, hover over the client's card and click **Profile Preview**.
2. Open the **Team & approvals** tab.
3. Read the summary box. It says how many approvals posts need, from whom, and warns if no post could ever go live.
4. Fix the rule: add approvers, lower the number of approvals, or let specific people publish without waiting.
5. Click **Save changes**.

![The Team & approvals tab: after-approval settings and the summary of the client's rule](https://kredia.io/help/img/posts-stuck-pending-approval/1-en.webp)

Posts that are already waiting can be published by anyone allowed to skip approval: open the post's details and click **Publish without approval**.

If a waiting post's scheduled time has already passed, it's held even after approval. See [An approved post didn't publish](https://kredia.io/help/en/troubleshooting-and-platform-limits/approved-post-not-published).

## Still stuck?

Email office@kredia.io or use the [Contact page](https://kredia.io/contact), with the client's name.

## See also

- [How approvals work](https://kredia.io/help/en/approvals/how-approvals-work)
- [How to set up approvals for a client](https://kredia.io/help/en/approvals/set-up-client-approvals)
- [How to approve a post or request changes](https://kredia.io/help/en/approvals/approve-or-request-changes)
- [How to approve posts on mobile](https://kredia.io/help/en/mobile-app/approve-posts-on-mobile)