The waitlist only activates when the event has a maximum capacity set. Without a capacity limit, every submission is accepted as a normal booking regardless of this setting.<\/mark><\/p>\n A global default can be set under Cevento → Settings → General → Booking Waitlist<\/span>. Event-level settings always take precedence over the global default.<\/p>\n The flow for paid events includes an additional payment step:<\/p>\n Only one checkout session can be active for a given booking at a time. When a user opens the payment link, a 30-minute checkout window<\/strong> is reserved exclusively for that session. During those 30 minutes, no other session can use the same link. If the window expires without a completed payment, the link becomes usable again. The payment link itself stays valid for 7 days and can be reused as often as needed within that period — use Resend Payment Link<\/span> only if you want to invalidate the current link and issue a fresh one.<\/mark><\/p>\n Waitlisted bookings and bookings with status Waiting for Payment<\/span> are never automatically abandoned by the 10-minute pending expiry. Only regular pending bookings are subject to that timeout.<\/mark><\/p>\nHow the Waitlist Works<\/h2>\n
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