> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.primal.trade/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Confirmations

> What pending and confirmed actually mean.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Signed">
    You approved the transaction in your wallet.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Submitted">
    Sent to the network. The token shows a pending spinner.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Confirmed">
    The transaction landed. You get the fill toast and Portfolio updates.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## The honest window

The terminal rechecks a submitted transaction within seconds and keeps watching until the chain
gives a final answer. Solana can land a transaction up to its blockhash expiry, about 2 minutes,
so a "dropped" transaction that sneaks in late is still caught and reported as the trade it is.

Protected **Sec** trades land as bundles, which can confirm late by design. Their watch window is
longer for exactly that reason: nothing gets falsely declared dead.

<Card title="Failed transactions" icon="circle-xmark" href="/trading/failed-transactions">
  What failure means, what it costs (nothing), and the fix for each cause.
</Card>