Why a pin or a post is held

Every reason and note Bloomtack can show on a pin or a post, what it means, and what to do about it.

Bloomtack never holds a pin or a post without saying why. The reason is a line of plain words on the pin or the post, with the next step. This page lists every line. None of them deletes anything, and none publishes anything: a pin goes out only when you have approved it, and only when its rules allow.

Two kinds of line exist. A hold says a pin is approved but waits, and why. A note says Bloomtack changed or flagged something, and the pin is not held back by a rule. Posts have notes of their own.

Where you see them

Pins and the calendar show a hold under a pin's status, with Change in Settings where a setting changes it.
The Review queue shows the hold or note in a pin's details.
Reschedule in the review queue shows where each pin landed when it could not go on the day you chose.
Posts shows the notes of a post under its title.

Waiting for Pinterest

A post shows Waiting for Pinterest while no active Pinterest account takes its blog's pins. Connect a Pinterest account first. Your posts keep waiting and get their pins once it is. If an account is connected but the blog has none chosen, tick it under Settings, Pinterest accounts; see Connect your Pinterest account and Choose which Pinterest accounts get a blog's pins.

Why an approved pin is held

These are the pacing rules. The sentence moves the pin to a new day, so the pin is not lost. Where a setting is behind it, the line has Change in Settings, which opens Settings, Schedule. See Pacing settings and your posting window for each setting.

The line says	What it means	What to do
Board limit reached, moved to tomorrow.	The board already has its pins for the day.	Wait, or raise Pins a day on a board or that board's number.
Held so this post's pins stay 7 days apart, moved to Oct 12.	The same post cannot be pinned again before Days between a post's pins.	Wait, or lower the days.
Another pin of this post is already on this board. Choose a different board for this pin.	One post never gets two pins on one board.	Choose another board for this pin.
Held so two pins never go to the same board in a row. It goes out after a pin for another board.	Two pins in a row would go to the same board.	Nothing. It goes out after a pin for another board.
Posting hours are full today (3 of 5 pins fit), moved to tomorrow.	Your posting hours and the gap between pins have room for fewer pins than planned.	Widen Posting hours or lower the gap. The pacing panel offers the change as one button.
Held for its season, publishes from Nov 1.	The pin is made for a season and waits until shortly before it starts.	Wait, or turn off Seasonal hold in Pin rules.
Held back by a pacing rule for now. It goes out once the rule allows it.	A rule holds it that this page does not name yet.	Open Change in Settings.

After you reschedule pins

When you move pins with Reschedule and one cannot go on the day you chose, it lands on the next day that works, and its line says why:

The line says	What it means
That day was already over, placed on Oct 12.	The day you chose has passed.
This account is on vacation that day, moved to Oct 12.	A vacation covers the day. Change it under Vacation mode.
That day already has the most pins the account posts, moved to Oct 12.	The account is at the top of its pins a day.
No free time was left in the posting hours that day, moved to Oct 12.	The posting hours and the gap leave no free minute.

What a note on a pin means

The line says	What it means	What to do
Missed its slot on Oct 4, 9:12 AM (New York) and was moved to Oct 4, 3:40 PM (New York).	The pin missed its time by more than 6 hours, so it got a new one. If no new time is set yet it says "Waiting for a new time."	Nothing.
Template copy used: your AI key was refused.	AI text was asked for and the key failed. The pin has template text.	Check the key in Settings, AI keys. See Get an AI key and connect it.
Template copy used: your AI key has no credit or hit its limit.	The key's provider has no credit or is at its own limit.	Add credit with the provider, or wait.
Template copy used: the AI provider failed.	The provider could not answer this time.	Press Write again on the pin.
Template copy used: the AI answer did not fit Pinterest's limits.	The answer was too long for a title or description.	Edit the text. See Edit pin text.
The headline and subtitle text does not fit the design.	The text still overflows after the font shrank. The line names the parts that overflow.	Shorten the text or pick another design.
This pin shows $12; the shop now says $14.	The product's price changed after the pin was drawn. "no price" appears if the shop has none.	Press Write again in the review queue to redraw the pin with the shop's price, or skip it. Bloomtack changes nothing for you.
Bloomtack changed or held this pin. Open it to see the details.	A note this page does not name yet.	Open the pin.

A note stays only while it is true. When the pin is redrawn, published or skipped, it goes away.

What a note on a post means

Notes on a post explain why it has fewer pins, none or no fresh ones. They show under its title on Posts.

The line says	What it means	What to do
You set this post to 0 pins.	You set the post's own count to 0.	Change the count on the post.
No pins were made: your pin rules ask for image pins only (or video pins only, or no pins).	Pin rules asks for none of the kind Bloomtack would make.	Press Open Pin rules and change it. See Choose which posts get pins with pin rules.
The post's page answers "not found". Bloomtack makes no pins for it until it works.	The weekly link check found a missing page. The line is followed by "Fix the link; it is checked again within a week."	Fix the post's address on your blog.
The post's page looks like a "page not found" page. Pins wait until it works again.	The page loads but reads as a missing page.	Fix the page.
The post's link now leads to another site. Pins wait until the link is fixed.	The address redirects off your site.	Fix the address.
The post's link cannot be opened. Fix the link and Bloomtack checks it again.	The address is not valid.	Fix the address.
The post's site has not answered for several checks. Pins wait until it answers.	Your site was down or blocked the check.	Make sure your site is up.
The AI image was too small (1024 px needed), so other designs were used.	An AI image came back under the smallest size, so Bloomtack used other designs.	Nothing, or try another image style.
No AI video: this post was added before your video key was saved. AI videos are made only for newer posts.	The post is older than your video key.	Nothing.
Bloomtack changed how pins are made for this post.	A note this page does not name yet.	Open the post.

A post can also say Skipped with a reason, for example when it has no photo and fewer than three headings. That is a different line, on the same row.

More reasons a pin waits

Your plan's pins for the month are used up. Approved pins wait for next month instead of failing. See Every limit you can meet.
The account is paused or on vacation. See Pacing settings and your posting window.
A pin waited 60 days in review, or its post is gone from your blog: it shows Expired with its reason. See The automatic rules, in plain words.

Updated October 10, 2026.