What are the steps after issuing 'cleared for the approach'?

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After clearing an aircraft for the approach, you don’t step away; you stay responsible for safe and orderly flow into the airport. The essential actions are to keep monitoring the aircraft’s progress on the approach, manage its sequencing relative to other traffic so it remains properly spaced as it nears the runway, and be ready to issue further instructions as needed. This might include providing additional descent or altitude restrictions, adjusting vectors or speeds to maintain a stable approach, or giving a go-around instruction if weather, conflicts, or runway conditions make a safe landing impossible. Handoff to the tower typically happens when the aircraft is established on the final approach and ready to land, but it isn’t automatic at the moment of clearance—you're still active in coordinating and ensuring safety until the transition is complete. Cancelling the approach or ignoring the aircraft would defeat the clearance and endanger safety, so those aren’t appropriate actions.