Looking for confirmation regarding next steps after submitting spousal sponsorship application

Hello,

My wife and I just submitted our application for in Canada spousal sponsorship. She is currently on a working holiday visa that expires May 8th of this year.

From my understanding, at this point we have nothing to do but wait for the AOR to come, and from there we can apply for an open work permit thereby getting maintained status?

If the AOR takes long enough to come to the point that my wife's working holiday expires, will she be forced to leave the country and we'd have to start another application from scratch under the outside of Canada class?

I'm finding it difficult to find a solid answer from IRCC's website, so if anyone could help out that'd be greatly appreciated. Even more so if you link the relevant pages on IRCC's website!