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# Approving Held Payouts

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A payout in <mark style="color:$warning;">`pending-approval`</mark> (it exceeded the auto-approve amount or an hourly/daily limit) needs to be approved or rejected from the **PayRam dashboard** by an authorized team member.

Open **Withdraw → Payouts** and use the approve / reject action on the payout’s row:

```
https://yourdomain.com/project/all/withdraw/user-payouts
```

Once approved, the payout continues automatically (<mark style="color:$warning;">`pending → initiated → sent → processed`</mark>); keep checking its state via **Payout Status**. If rejected, it becomes <mark style="color:$warning;">`rejected`</mark> (terminal).