Hi chalknboard2,
Thanks for using our plugins and welcome to the forums!
I’m sorry you are having issues with the order status. We have had similar reports with WooCommerce and the PayPal gateway. This is very likely an issue with one of those plugins and not ours.
To determine this please go through the testing in this article:
https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/ticket-stock-doesnt-decrease/
Although the article is about the stock not decreasing the exact same test can be used to check for order completion.
Please go through it and let me know what you find. I’ll be waiting.
Cheers,
Andras