Retro hours never auto-approve since they are late entry. Only current week periods advance to not delay.

If a Timekeeper sees this, they can ask the manager to approve the late time blocks.  Alternatively, a timekeeper can bypass the manager approval by going to the timesheet, un-submitting and resubmitting the hours and that will make them fully approved.

Here is the associated tipsheet:Time-tracking-basic Managers and Timekeepers

Please also note that retro time block entries will charge to the employee’s default account – this will require manual reallocation to charge the correct accounts if the correct account is not default – i.e. grant funds.