I usually check Steemd and/or the Wallet page to confirm that these bots are indeed working and when they last voted, tallying with payments of those who paid in the last hour. It does take a few minutes but doing so is a must with so many bots of different types around, with some of them quite unreliable, without mentioning the names of any.

But there are times, when I am in a hurry when I don't check - and fortunately I did not publish a post at the time earlier. I saw a post in Discord saying that it is catching up - maybe a post made as a result of (and after) your post!