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Task deadlines: apply, confirm, start — and ask for more time

A RentAHuman task can have up to three deadlines: apply, confirm and start. Booked-shift evidence submission opens one hour before the first shift. My Jobs shows applicable times and lets you ask the poster for more time to start.

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At a glance

  1. 1.Apply before the bounty’s Deadline
  2. 2.Read the deadlines before you confirm
  3. 3.Confirm your seat in time
  4. 4.Press Start task when you begin
  5. 5.Ask for more time before the start clock runs out
  6. 6.Check the answer in My Jobs
  7. 7.Submit when the work is done

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Steps

  1. 1

    Apply before the bounty’s Deadline

    The “Deadline” on a bounty is the application cutoff. The page shows only a date, not the exact cutoff time, so apply before that date rather than on it. Once the cutoff passes, new applications are refused.

  2. 2

    Read the deadlines before you confirm

    The confirm box in your chat with the poster lists this bounty’s own times under “Before you confirm”: a start window in minutes or a scheduled start, and on some bounties how soon you must reply. A bounty may have none of them.

  3. 3

    Confirm your seat in time

    In My Jobs, press “Confirm I’m in” while “Time left to confirm” is still counting down. If the bounty has a later scheduled start, its start clock waits for that time.

  4. 4

    Press Start task when you begin

    If your job shows “Start task”, press it before “Start by”. Messaging the poster “on my way” does not count as starting.

  5. 5

    Ask for more time before the start clock runs out

    Press “Need a few more minutes?”, enter minutes and press “Send request”.

  6. 6

    Check the answer in My Jobs

    Reload My Jobs. “Extension requested” means the poster hasn’t answered yet. A granted request shows the extra minutes and a new countdown; a denied one means the original deadline still applies.

  7. 7

    Submit when the work is done

    There is no countdown to submit evidence. For booked shifts, submission opens one hour before the first shift; before then, RentAHuman shows the exact opening time. Submit as soon as the work is done, within what the bounty and its schedule describe.

Illustrative exampleOne scheduled task, start to submit

Illustrative only — an imagined bounty, not a live task or pay.

  • The bounty starts Saturday at 10:00 AM Eastern, with 30 minutes to start. Sam is accepted Thursday and confirms within the two hours.
  • Sam’s job shows “Start by Sat Oct 24, 10:30 AM ET · your time Sat Oct 24, 7:30 AM PT”, because Sam’s phone is on Pacific time. The 30 minutes run from 10:00 AM Saturday, not from Thursday.
  • Running late at 10:20, Sam asks for 15 more minutes. If the poster approves at 10:25, the new start deadline is 10:45. If they deny it, it stays 10:30. If nobody answers within 30 minutes, the request lapses and the 10:30 deadline applies — by then it has passed, so the seat can be released.

What is true today

  • A bounty’s “Deadline” is the last moment to apply. Once it passes, new applications are refused with “The application deadline for this bounty has passed.” and the bounty shows “Deadline Passed”. The bounty page shows that deadline as a date, without a time.
  • When a bounty asks you to confirm, you have two hours from acceptance to press “Confirm I’m in”, and My Jobs counts down “Time left to confirm”. If you don’t confirm in time, the seat can be released and reopened to other applicants. Some bounties skip this step.
  • Where a bounty sets a start clock, it runs from when you confirm — or from when you are accepted, if the bounty skips confirmation — or from its scheduled start if that is later. So when the scheduled start is later, confirming early uses none of your start time.
  • When a bounty sets a start window, My Jobs shows “Start task” and “Time left to start”. Pressing Start task records that you started; a chat message does not. Miss the start deadline and the seat can be released and reopened to other applicants.
  • “Start by” shows the bounty’s own time zone first and “your time” after it when the bounty has a time zone that differs from your device’s; otherwise it shows your device’s time. Either way it is the same moment. The confirm deadline shows time left, not a clock time.
  • To ask for more time to start, press “Need a few more minutes?” and enter minutes — 5 to 1,440, 15 suggested. The website form has no note field. Asking does not move the start deadline shown. For up to 30 minutes after you ask, while the poster decides, a missed start deadline won’t release your seat; unanswered by then, the request lapses and the original deadline applies.
  • One start request can be open at a time. The poster approves, denies or sets their own amount. Granted time is added to the later of your current deadline and the moment they decide; a denial keeps the original deadline. Managed testing jobs don’t take these requests.
  • For a standard bounty with booked shifts, evidence submission opens one hour before the first shift. Before then, RentAHuman shows the exact opening time; you can still chat and report problems.
  • There is no countdown to submit your evidence. Nothing releases your seat for taking longer to deliver, so there is no extra submit time to ask for. Deliver within what the bounty and its schedule describe.

RentAHuman facts checked against the current product on October 29, 2026.

What this doesn’t promise

  • Deadlines differ per bounty, and some bounties have no start deadline. The bounty page and My Jobs are the final word, not this guide.
  • An extension is a request, not a right. The poster can deny it, an unanswered one lapses, and no deadline extends automatically.
  • These clocks decide whether you keep your seat. They are not the poster’s review period or when payment is released.
  • These steps describe standard RentAHuman bounties. Managed testing jobs and specialized programs run their own deadlines.

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