Your client's booking is confirmed when the required first payment succeeds. Depending on the schedule, that payment may be a deposit or the full booking amount.
When a client's booking is confirmed
Before the payment succeeds
A sent proposal invites the client to review the booking. Booking approved means the proposal has been accepted, not that payment has succeeded. Follow the payment deadline shown in the booking details.
If a bank payment is processing, the booking waits for the payment result. Do not treat processing as a completed payment or ask the client to start another payment just because settlement takes time. See processing payments.
After confirmation
Go to Messages, open the conversation, then click or tap Show booking, or Details on mobile, to review the booking status and payments. A confirmed booking with a deposit can still have another payment due later.
Confirmation is not the same as a payout reaching your bank. See payout timing for that separate step. The booking's saved terms continue to apply.