What does "Subscribe pending" mean?

I tried subscribing to some communities, some work fine but some say "Subscribe pending" instead. What does that mean?

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from my understanding that's when the community is on another instance and your subscribe has to be federated, which can take a while

I agree I have this too on some communities…I’m thinking that there is an approval process or something