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What's New

  1. Pre-Release Notes
  2. Release Notes
  3. Important Notifications

Get Started

  1. Quick start guide for administrators
  2. Quick start guide for users
  3. For Developers
  4. Video tutorial library
  5. FAQ

Administer

  1. Admin Console Overview
  2. User Management
    1. Add, edit, and review active users
      1. Review your active users from the Users tab
      2. Add a User
      3. Add Users in Bulk
      4. Add Users from your Directory
      5. Add Users from MS Azure Active Directory
    2. Create function-focused users
      1. Technical accounts - API driven
      2. Service accounts - Manually driven
    3. Review users who haven't completed verification
    4. Check for users with provisioning errors
    5. Change Name/Email Address
    6. Edit a user's group membership
    7. Edit a user's group membership through the group interface
    8. Promote a user to an admin role
    9. User Identity Types and SSO
    10. Switch User Identity
    11. Authenticate Users with MS Azure
    12. Authenticate Users with Google Federation
    13. Product Profiles
    14. Login Experience 
  3. Account/Group Settings
    1. Settings Overview
    2. Global Settings
      1. Account tier and ID
      2. New Recipient Experience
      3. Self Signing Workflows
      4. Send in Bulk
      5. Web Forms
      6. Custom Send Workflows
      7. Power Automate Workflows
      8. Library Documents
      9. Collect form data with agreements
      10. Limited Document Visibility
      11. Attach a PDF copy of the signed agreement 
      12. Include a link in the email
      13. Include an image in the email
      14. Files attached to email will be named as
      15. Attach audit reports to documents
      16. Merge multiple documents into one
      17. Download individual documents
      18. Upload a signed document
      19. Delegation for users in my account
      20. Allow external recipients to delegate
      21. Authority to sign
      22. Authority to send
      23. Power to add Electronic Seals
      24. Set a default time zone
      25. Set a default date format
      26. Users in Multiple Groups (UMG)
        1. Upgrade to use UMG
      27. Group Administrator Permissions
      28. Replace recipient
      29. Audit Report
        1. Overview
        2. Allow unauthenticated access on the transaction verification page
        3. Include reminders
        4. Include view events
        5. Include agreement page/attachment count
      30. Transaction Footer
      31. In Product Messaging and Guidance
      32. Accessible PDFs
      33. New authoring experience
      34. Healthcare customer
    3. Account Setup / Branding Settings
      1. Overview
      2. Add logo
      3. Customize company Hostname/URL    
      4. Add company name
      5. Post agreement URL redirect
    4. Signature Preferences
      1. Well formatted signatures
      2. Allow recipients to sign by
      3. Signers can change their name
      4. Allow recipients to use their saved signature
      5. Custom Terms of Use and Consumer Disclosure
      6. Navigate recipients through form fields
      7. Restart agreement workflow
      8. Decline to sign
      9. Allow Stamps workflows
      10. Require signers to provide their Title or Company
      11. Allow signers to print and place a written signature
      12. Show messages when e-signing
      13. Require signers to use a mobile device to create their signature
      14. Request IP address from signers
      15. Exclude company name and title from participation stamps
      16. Apply Adaptive Signature Draw scaling
    5. Digital Signatures
      1. Overview
      2. Download and sign with Acrobat /content/help/en/sign/config/admin-managed-sharing.
      3. Sign with Cloud Signatures
      4. Include metadata for Identity Providers
      5. Restricted Cloud Signatures Providers
    6. Electronic Seals
    7. Digital Identity
      1. Digital Identity Gateway
      2. Identity Check policy
    8. Report Settings
      1. New report experience
      2. Classic report settings
    9. Security Settings
      1. Single Sign-on settings
      2. Remember-me settings
      3. Login password policy
      4. Login password strength
      5. Web session duration
      6. PDF encryption type
      7. API
      8. User and group info access
      9. Allowed IP Ranges
      10. Account Sharing
      11. Account sharing permissions
      12. Agreement sharing controls
      13. Signer identity verification
      14. Agreement signing password
      15. Document password strength
      16. Block signers by Geolocation
      17. Phone Authentication
      18. Knowledge-Based Authentication (KBA)
      19. Allow page extraction
      20. Document link expiration
      21. Upload a client certificate for webhooks/callbacks
      22. Timestamp
    10. Send Settings
      1. Show Send page after login
      2. Require recipient name when sending
      3. Lock name values for known users
      4. Allowed recipient roles
      5. Allow e-Witnesses
      6. Recipient groups
      7. CCs
      8. Required fields
      9. Attaching documents
      10. Field flattening
      11. Modify Agreements
      12. Agreement name
      13. Languages
      14. Private messages
      15. Allowed signature types
      16. Reminders
      17. Signed document password protection
      18. Send Agreement Notification through
      19. Signer identification options
        1. Overview
        2. Signing password
        3. Knowledge-based authentication
        4. Phone authentication
        5. WhatsApp authentication
        6. One-Time Password via Email
        7. Acrobat Sign authentication
        8. Cloud-based digital signature
        9. Government ID
        10. Signer Identity reports
      20. Content Protection
      21. Enable Notarize transactions
      22. Document Expiration
      23. Preview, position signatures, and add fields
      24. Signing order
      25. Liquid mode
      26. Custom workflow controls
      27. Upload options for the e-sign page
      28. Post-sign confirmation URL redirect
      29. Restrict access to shared agreements
    11. Message Templates
      1. Overview of Message Templates
      2. Creating new Message Templates
      3. Editing Message Templates
      4. Deleting Message Templates
    12. Bio-Pharma Settings
      1. Overview
      2. Enforce identity authentication
      3. Signing reasons
    13. Workflow Integration
    14. Notarization Settings
    15. Payments Integration
    16. Signer Messaging
    17. SAML Settings
      1. SAML Configuration
      2. Install Microsoft Active Directory Federation Service
      3. Install Okta
      4. Install OneLogin
      5. Install Oracle Identity Federation
    18. Data Governance
    19. Time Stamp Settings
    20. External Archive
    21. Account Languages
    22. Email Settings
      1. Email header/footer images
      2. Permit individual user email footers
      3. Customize the Signature Requested email
      4. Customize the To and CC fields
      5. Enable Linkless Notifications
      6. Customize email templates
    23. Migrating from echosign.com to adobesign.com
    24. Configure Options for Recipients
  4. Guidance for regulatory requirements
    1. Accessibility
      1. Accessibility Compliance
      2. Create accessible forms with Acrobat desktop
      3. Create accessible AcroForms
    2. HIPAA
    3. GDPR
      1. GDPR Overview
      2. Redact a user
      3. Redact a user's agreements    
    4. 21 CFR part 11 and EudraLex Annex 11
      1. 21 CRF part 11 validation pack
      2. 21 CFR and EudraLex Annex 11 handbook
      3. Analysis of shared responsibilities
    5. Healthcare customers
    6. IVES support
    7. "Vaulting" agreements
    8. EU/UK considerations
      1. EU/UK Cross-border transactions and eIDAS
      2. HMLR requirements for deeds signed electronically
      3. The impact of Brexit on e-signature laws in the UK
  5. Download Agreements in Bulk
  6. Claim your domain 
  7. Report Abuse links
  8. System Requirements and Limitations
    1. System requirements
    2. Transaction limits

Send, Sign, and Manage Agreements

  1. Recipient Options
    1. Cancel an email reminder
    2. Options on the e-signing page
      1. Overview of the e-sign page
      2. Open to read the agreement without fields
      3. Decline to sign an agreement
      4. Delegate signing authority
      5. Restart the agreement
      6. Download a PDF of the agreement
      7. View the agreement history
      8. View the agreement messages
      9. Convert from an electronic to a written signature
      10. Convert from a written to an electronic signature 
      11. Navigate the form fields
      12. Clear the data from the form fields
      13. E-sign page magnification and navigation
      14. Change the language used in the agreement tools and information
      15. Review the Legal Notices
      16. Adjust Acrobat Sign Cookie Preferences
  2. Send Agreements  
    1. Send (Compose) page
      1. Overview of landmarks and features
      2. Group selector
      3. Adding files and templates
      4. Agreement name
      5. Global Message
      6. Completion Deadline
      7. Reminders
      8. Password protect the PDF
      9. Signature type
      10. Locale for the recipient
      11. Recipient signature order/flow
      12. Recipient roles
      13. Recipient authentication
      14. Private message for the recipient
      15. Recipient agreement access
      16. CC'd parties
      17. Identity check
    2. Send an agreement only to yourself
    3. Send an agreement to others
    4. Written Signatures
    5. Recipient signing order
    6. Send in Bulk
      1. Overview of the Send in Bulk feature
      2. Send in Bulk - Configure a parent template
      3. Send in Bulk - Configure the CSV file
      4. Cancel a Send in Bulk transaction
      5. Add reminders to Send in Bulk
      6. Reporting for Send in Bulk
  3. Authoring fields into documents
    1. In-app authoring environment
      1. Automatic field detection
      2. Drag and drop fields using the authoring environment
      3. Assign form fields to recipients
      4. The Prefill role
      5. Apply fields with a reusable field template
      6. Transfer fields to a new library template
      7. Updated authoring environment when sending agreements
    2. Create forms with text tags
    3. Create forms using Acrobat (AcroForms)
      1. AcroForm creation
      2. Creating accessible PDFs
    4. Fields
      1. Field types
        1. Common field types
        2. E-signature fields
        3. Initials field
        4. Recipient name field
        5. Recipient email field
        6. Date of signing field
        7. Text field
        8. Date field
        9. Number field
        10. Checkbox
        11. Radio button
        12. Drop-down menu
        13. Link overlay
        14. Payment field
        15. Attachments
        16. Participation stamp
        17. Transaction number
        18. Image
        19. Company
        20. Title
        21. Stamp
      2. Field content appearance
      3. Field validations
      4. Masked fields values
      5. Setting show/hide conditions
      6. Calculated fields 
    5. Authoring FAQ
  4. Sign Agreements
    1. Sign agreements sent to you
    2. Fill & Sign
    3. Self-signing
  5. Manage Agreements
    1. Manage page overview
    2. Delegate agreements
    3. Replace Recipients
    4. Limit Document Visibility 
    5. Cancel an Agreement 
    6. Create new reminders
    7. Review reminders
    8. Cancel a reminder
    9. Access Power Automate flows
    10. More Actions...
      1. How search works
      2. View an agreement
      3. Create a template from an agreement
      4. Hide/Unhide agreements from view
      5. Upload a signed agreement
      6. Modify a sent agreement's files and fields
      7. Edit a recipient's authentication method
      8. Add or modify an expiration date
      9. Add a Note to the agreement
      10. Share an individual agreement
      11. Unshare an agreement
      12. Download an individual agreement
      13. Download the individual files of an agreement
      14. Download the Audit Report of an agreement
      15. Download the field content of an agreement
  6. Audit Report
  7. Reporting and Data exports
    1. Overview
    2. Grant users access to reporting
    3. Report charts
      1. Create a new report
      2. Agreement Reports
      3. Transaction Reports
      4. Settings Activity Report
      5. Edit a report
    4. Data Exports 
      1. Create a new data export
      2. Web form data export
      3. Edit a data export
      4. Refresh the data export content
      5. Download the data export
    5. Rename a report/export
    6. Duplicate a report/export
    7. Schedule a report/export
    8. Delete a report/export
    9. Check Transaction Usage

Advanced Agreement Capabilities and Workflows

  1. Webforms 
    1. Create a web form
    2. Edit a web form
    3. Disable/Enable a web form
    4. Hide/Unhide a web form
    5. Find the URL or script code 
    6. Prefill web form fields with URL parameters
    7. Save a web form to complete later
    8. Resize a web form
  2. Reusable Templates (Library templates) 
    1. US Government forms in the Acrobat Sign library
    2. Create a library template
    3. Change a library template's name
    4. Change a library template's type
    5. Change a library template's permission level
    6. Copy, edit, and save a shared template
    7. Download the aggregate field data for a library template
  3. Transfer ownership of web forms and library templates
  4. Power Automate Workflows 
    1. Overview of the Power Automate integration and included entitlements
    2. Enable the Power Automate integration
    3. In-Context Actions on the Manage page
    4. Track Power Automate usage
    5. Create a new flow (Examples)
    6. Triggers used for flows
    7. Importing flows from outside Acrobat Sign
    8. Manage flows
    9. Edit flows
    10. Share flows
    11. Disable or Enable flows
    12. Delete flows
    13. Useful Templates
      1. Administrator only
        1. Save all completed documents to SharePoint
        2. Save all completed documents to OneDrive for Business
        3. Save all completed documents to Google Drive
        4. Save all completed documents to DropBox
        5. Save all completed documents to Box
      2. Agreement archival
        1. Save your completed documents to SharePoint
        2. Save your completed documents to One Drive for Business
        3. Save your completed documents to Google Drive
        4. Save your completed documents to DropBox
        5. Save your completed documents to Box
      3. Webform agreement archival
        1. Save completed web form documents to SharePoint Library
        2. Save completed web form documents to OneDrive for Business
        3. Save completed   documents to Google Drive
        4. Save completed web form documents to Box
      4. Agreement data extraction
        1. Extract form field data from your signed document and update Excel sheet
      5. Agreement notifications
        1. Send custom email notifications with your agreement contents and signed agreement
        2. Get your Adobe Acrobat Sign notifications in a Teams Channel
        3. Get your Adobe Acrobat Sign notifications in Slack
        4. Get your Adobe Acrobat Sign notifications in Webex
      6. Agreement generation
        1. Generate document from Power App form and Word template, send for signature
        2. Generate agreement from Word template in OneDrive, and get signature
        3. Generate agreement for selected Excel row, send for review and signature
  5. Custom Send workflows
    1. Custom Send Workflow Overview
    2. Creating a new Send Workflow
    3. Edit a Send Workflow
    4. Activate or Deactivate a Send Workflow
    5. Send an agreement with a Send Workflow
  6. Share users and agreements
    1. Share a user
    2. Share agreements

Integrate with other products

  1.  Acrobat Sign integrations overview 
  2. Acrobat Sign for Salesforce
  3. Acrobat Sign for Microsoft
    1. Acrobat Sign for Microsoft 365
    2. Acrobat Sign for Outlook
    3. Acrobat Sign for Word/PowerPoint
    4. Acrobat Sign for Teams
    5. Acrobat Sign for Microsoft PowerApps and Power Automate
    6. Acrobat Sign Connector for Microsoft Search
    7. Acrobat Sign for Microsoft Dynamics 
    8. Acrobat Sign for Microsoft SharePoint 
  4. Other Integrations
    1. Acrobat Sign for ServiceNow
    2. Acrobat Sign for HR ServiceNow
    3. Acrobat Sign for SAP SuccessFactors
    4. Acrobat Sign for Workday
    5. Acrobat Sign for NetSuite
    6. Acrobat Sign for VeevaVault
    7. Acrobat Sign for Coupa BSM Suite
  5. Partner managed integrations
  6. How to obtain an integration key

Acrobat Sign Developer

  1. REST APIs 
    1. Methods documentation
    2. SDK/Developer Guide
    3. API FAQ    
  2. Webhooks 
    1. Webhook overview
    2. Configure a new webhook
    3. View or edit a webhook
    4. Deactivate or reactivate a webhook
    5. Delete a webhook
    6. Two-way SSL certificates
    7. Webhooks in the API
  3. Sandbox
    1. Sandbox overview
    2. Link your Production and Sandbox
    3. Sandbox asset types

Support and Troubleshooting

  1. Customer Support Resources 
  2. Enterprise Customer Success Resources 

Adobe Acrobat Sign release schedule and prerelease documentation

Adobe Acrobat Sign rolls out at least three updates per year, categorized as major or minor releases. Additional minor updates may be introduced as needed to address system or customer issues.

  • Major Releases bring significant updates, new features, and multiple enhancements.
  • Minor Releases focus on smaller improvements and user experience tweaks. These occur between major updates, typically one to two times per cycle.

To prevent disruptions, new features are disabled by default and must be manually enabled by an account or group admin.

For Health and Life Sciences customers requiring compliance validation, Acrobat Sign partners with a third-party vendor to provide a validation package for every major release containing features to minimize your risk factor. 

Note

This Prerelease Notes page is regularly updated as new information becomes available, so its content is relatively dynamic.

While this page is localized, the process takes time, which may result in localized versions differing slightly from the authoritative US English version.

For the most accurate and up-to-date information, we recommend referring only to the US English page.

The prerelease schedule and notes are listed below.

Adobe Acrobat Sign follows a structured schedule for publishing release notes and documentation updates:

8 Weeks Before Production Release

  • The prerelease page publishes a summary of expected features and updates, typically four weeks before the Sandbox launch.
  • Any feature changes after this point are noted in the Errata section.
  • Resolved issues are not included at this stage.

4 Weeks Before Production Release (Sandbox Launch)

  • The prerelease page is updated with detailed documentation on new and updated features.
  • Links to prerelease support documentation (available in US English only) are added as needed.
  • The initial Resolved issues section is published, with ongoing updates over the next four weeks.

Launch Day

  • The official release notes are updated with final feature details and links to production support documentation.
  • The prerelease page is refreshed to highlight the next release cycle.
  • Documentation is published after release verification in the live system, typically after 7 pm PT, though complex updates may take longer.
  • The final Resolved issues list is added to the US English release notes, with localized versions updated later.

Government Cloud Release

  • The Government Cloud environment typically updates between two days and several weeks after the production release, as some features may require additional evaluation before deployment.
Note

Sandbox documentation is designed for the production environment. Links found in the prerelease content target production URLs, meaning those links may lead to older existing documentation or 404 results if the target page is new and hasn't been published yet (e.g., when the link is pointing to a new feature in the same release).

The new pages will be published when the release is published, and links will properly resolve to their production URLs.

Sandbox availability

Customers accessing the Acrobat Sign Sandbox environment can typically access the new release functionality four weeks before launch.

  • The Sandbox environment must pass all production quality assurance procedures at the same quality level as the regular production environment.
  • Adobe strives to have 99.9% availability in the Sandbox environment, but customers should note that the Adobe Unified SLA does not formally cover the Sandbox.
  • The Sandbox environment uses the same status page and outage procedures as the regular Production environment.


Releases

Alert

This article contains prerelease information. Release dates, features, and other information are subject to change without notice.

September 2025 (Minor release) v16.1.1

Sandbox deployment: August 19, 2025

Production deployment: September 16, 2025

GovCloud deployment: September 18, 2025

Improved Functionality

  • Rebranding of the Notarize integration to Proof - The integration to the online notarization service has been updated to reflect the service's new branding, Proof, for all customer-facing communications.
    Updates to the Acrobat Sign UI are expected in the next (v16.2) release in October.
    Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Account or Group

Release errata

There are no items that have slipped from this release as of this time.

Resolved Issues

Issue Description
4511940 Summary: When a sender creates a text field with Multi-line data entry enabled and the font set to Auto, signers using a mobile browser see text cut off at the bottom of the field. 
Fix: Overrode the base method to get the field size to handle fontSize < 0 (auto) using a modified formula specific to multiline fields.
4516038 Summary: When sending agreements with Send in Bulk, users see an error: "You have exceeded the maximum number of days allowed for document expiration."  even though Document Expiration Settings are disabled at both the Group and Account level.
Fix: Corrected code to properly evaluate the agreement expiration values for the group/account.
4522265 Summary: When a PDF contains both fillable fields and text tags, the text tags are not processed.
Fix:  Created a task in the flattened case regardless of the presence of form field generators. Allows a PDF with form fields to process a formify artifact if needed.
4522645 /
4527073		 Summary: Signed PDF includes a blank third page after the sender uploaded a document on behalf of the final signer.
Fix: Improved the managing function to properly handle small streams. Written Signature uploads use the repaired document and not the original upload if any issue is detected with the uploaded document.
4524437 Summary: New users are not logged into Adobe Sign after accepting the invite due to a bogus URL.
Fix: Fixed the URL.
4525093 Summary: The consumer disclosure link is not clickable. The link is present, but clicking it just toggles the checkbox instead of opening the link.
Fix: Modified the link CSS to allow the link to open a new page.
4525099 Summary: Customers who require SMS delivery but have disabled email notifications cannot send agreements by SMS.
Fix: SMS /WhatsApp delivery is no longer dependent on the email settings.
4525328 Summary: Using two or more templates that contain hyperlinks with the same name generates a server error when trying to sign
Fix: If duplicate hyperlink names are found, the link names will be modified to ensure they are uniquely identified.
4525510 Summary: Payment form field fails to retain the USD currency type in New Authoring Experience, leading to an 'Unexpected error' failure.
Fix: The conversions for payment fields have been updated.
4525544 Summary: Unable to edit the Active or Draft Webforms
Fix: We now preserve the existing settings and send them to the server, instead of using the UI data.
4525901 /
4532254		 Summary: Agreement is not getting assigned to the remaining signer because of an incorrect workflow role when new participants are added after entering field authoring.
Fix: Improved the code to better evaluate the participant roles when new participants are added after authoring.
4526300 Summary: Unable to create a custom agreement URL with the workflow ID with new experience
Fix: When custom URLs are created with only the workflow ID, the agreement creation form reloads and calls the backend to fetch the workflow and draft agreement again during form loading.
4526756 Summary: GovCloud API Swagger Page documentation is incorrect regarding creating new applications
Fix: Added an additional phrase to avoid any confusion for FedRAMP customers.
4527340 Summary: When users apply Fill & Sign in Acrobat web and then select Invite to e-sign, the values entered during Fill & Sign do not appear when the agreement transitions into the Acrobat Sign authoring page. The authoring view shows blank fields instead of the filled values.
Fix: The default font size value has been correct, thereby allowing the content to display properly.
4528835 Summary: "MISC_SERVER_ERROR for GET formData Some miscellaneous error has occurred" error when calling GET /formData for a specific Cursor due to a null pointer error.
Fix: Added an NPE check and log.
4528902 Summary: When an agreement is sent for sequential signing to 2 participants, the "recipient name" field assigned to the first participant is lost during PDF model processing. When setting the role of the "recipient name" field, the participation set role stored in the PDF model fails to convert.
Fix: Numerous functions have been updated to properly manage this type of conversion.
4531278 Summary: Some email addresses added as CCs are removed automatically after sending the transaction if they were created before Acrobat Sign added automatic lowercasing of email addresses in user creation.
Fix: Updated the email address lookup/comparison in the CC removal code to be insensitive
4531669 Summary: Agreements cannot be sent using PDF documents when processing form fields with names exceeding PDF specification limits.
Fix: NPE checks added for the appearance of an annotation.
4531998 Summary: Unable to Access Child Agreements Via API - "Invalid Document ID" Error due to a null bookmark title.
Fix: Removed debug statement that can fail with an NPE if the bookmark title is null.
4532642 Summary: When attempting to replace one of the counter signers in a web form that includes additional unknown signers and recipient group for counter signers, the update method attempts to read email from unknown participants (additional unknown signers), who have no user/email data, causing a NullPointerException.
Fix: Added a filter condition to exclude unknown participations from the email collection stream, preventing NPE when processing participations that don't have user/email data yet.

October 2025 (Major feature release) v16.2

Adobe Acrobat Sign Release 16.2

Sandbox deployment: September 16, 2025

Production deployment: October 7, 2025

GovCloud deployment: October 14, 2025

Improved Functionality

  • Request Signature introduces several UX improvements designed to reduce clicks and improve efficiency - These updates address customer feedback, making the new Request Signature experience faster, more discoverable, and better aligned with the classic workflow.
    • All signature types are expanded by default in Authoring
    • Prefill role is always visible in Authoring
    • Inline add-recipient buttons replace hidden menus
    • Automatic new recipient row when adding an address
    • Copy/paste support for multiple recipient addresses
    • Recipient groups supported in hybrid routing
    • Admin control to choose default Compose view (guided vs. all-sections upfront)

Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial, Government | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Standard, Acrobat Pro, Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Account or Group

  • Support for checkbox groups allowing senders to define multi-select options within a form - Checkbox groups let senders specify how many options recipients must select, bringing new flexibility for agreements that require structured multi-choice input.
    • Define multi-select checkbox groups
    • Configure rules for exact, minimum, maximum, or ranged selections
    • Convert single checkboxes into grouped checkboxes (and back)
    • Validation is enforced during signing in classic eSign
    • Recipient selections are preserved in signed agreements and downloadable form data

Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial, Government | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Standard, Acrobat Pro, Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Account or Group

  • User Invitation to their Acrobat Sign organization - Invite teammates directly from the Sign interface with admin-controlled workflows for faster team adoption. Depending on configuration, invited users may be auto-provisioned, routed through Just-In-Time (JIT) provisioning, or require admin approval. This streamlined flow reduces friction for SMB and mid-market teams, accelerates adoption of shared workflows, and gives admins better visibility into real license demand.
    • New Invite button on Home and Post-Send pages for end users
    • Invited users receive a welcome email and are added seamlessly to the organization
    • Invitations respect existing auto-provisioning rules
    • Admins can enable/disable and control who can send invites
    • Admins can review pending requests in the Access requests section
    • If auto-provisioning is disabled, requests are routed to admins for approval

Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial, Government | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Standard, Acrobat Pro, Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Account or Group

  • Allowed IP ranges for access to Acrobat Sign have been extended to Groups and APIs - More flexibility has been provided for IP restriction controls when securing access to Acrobat Sign. IP restrictions can now be configured at the group level by Group Admins. In addition, restrictions now apply to API access: if an account or group specifies an allowed set of IP addresses, both the Acrobat Sign UI and APIs can only be accessed from those addresses.
    • IP restrictions now apply to both UI and API access
    • Group Admins can configure IP restrictions for their groups
    • Users in multiple groups are evaluated against their default group’s IP policy
    • Integrations must use IP addresses added to the allowlist

Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial, Government | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Standard, Acrobat Pro, Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Account or Group

  • Quality of life updates for ETLA-licensed customers - The recent updates released for VIP licensed customers are being extended to ETLA licensed customers:

Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial, Government | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Standard, Acrobat Pro, Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Account or Group

  • Remove Certification and Locking Signatures from Digitally Signed Agreements - Organizations that need to pass third-party signature validation services can now request Adobe support to configure their account or group settings to skip the application of Adobe’s Certificate and prevent locking signatures on digitally signed agreements. When enabled, agreements only contain the recipient's digital signatures, reducing rejection rates in strict regional validation tools.
    • Account admins can request Adobe support to exclude Adobe Certification and Locking signatures at the account and/or group levels.
    • Agreements contain only recipient digital signatures, improving acceptance by third-party validators.
    • Audit Report records when certification is skipped, including a SHA-256 document fingerprint
    • Applies across all export touchpoints: email attachments, Manage page downloads, API, and webhook payloads
    • Resolves compliance gaps raised by customers requiring validation under regional trust schemes- Description

Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial, Government | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Account or Group

  • Access to the modern Send in Bulk features for Acrobat Sign for Government accounts - Send in Bulk has been updated to access the modern functionality for the Acrobat Sign for Government environment.
    Available environments: Government | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Account or Group
  • PDF/A improved to support PDF/A-3B conformance and convert all uploaded files to the selected PDF/A standard - Admins can now enable conversion and normalization of uploaded files—including PDFs, Microsoft Office formats, and raster images—into PDF/A-2b or PDF/A-3b. Existing PDF/A files are validated, repaired if needed, or normalized to the configured target level.
    • Admins can configure PDF/A workflows at the account or group level.
    • Supported conformance levels: PDF/A-2b (default) and PDF/A-3b.
    • Non-PDF and non-compliant PDF documents are automatically converted to PDF/A.
    • Damaged PDF/A files repaired or normalized to the target level.
    • Attachments allowed per PDF/A rules: PDF/A-2b (only PDF/A), PDF/A-3b (any file).
    • Agreements revalidated for PDF/A compliance at signing completion.
    • Audit Reports are optionally generated in PDF/A format and include PDF/A validation/conversion results with conformance level.

Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial, Government | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Standard, Acrobat Pro, Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Account or Group

  • Authentication Method Change Events in Audit Reports - Changes to recipient authentication methods can now be included in the Audit Report as discrete events. When a sender (or authorized delegate) updates a recipient’s authentication method—such as switching from SMS OTP to Email OTP—the update is captured and recorded in the agreement’s audit report, activity log, and API events list.
    • A new event, Authentication Method Updated, appears in the audit report, showing:
      • The recipient impacted
      • The user who made the change
      • The original authentication method
      • The new authentication method
      • The timestamp of the change
    • Events are also exposed through the GET /agreements/{agreementId}/events API.
    • Activity logs display the event with recipient, initiator, and timestamp details.

Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial, Government | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Standard, Acrobat Pro, Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Account or Group

Experience Changes

  • Rebranding the notary service in Acrobat Sign from Notarize to Proof – The internal strings referring to Notarize Inc in the Acrobat Sign interface have been updated to the new branding: Proof

Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Account or Group

REST API/Webhook Updates

The below updates are presented in the prerelease notes for disclosure purposes. Full documentation for API and Webhook updates can be found in the Acrobat Sign developer documentation when the version update is delivered to the production servers.

  • Super Group Admin role for OEM Partners - A new Super Group Admin role is available on the OEM 2.0 platform. This role lets partners grant their customers limited administrative capabilities to create and manage groups without exposing full Account Admin privileges.
    • The Partner’s customer can create and manage their own groups.
    • The creator of a group automatically becomes its Group Admin.
    • Account Admins control which group settings are exposed.
    • Group Admins see only relevant settings, such as Message Templates, Email Settings, Send Settings, and Sharing Status.
    • The feature requires UMG (Users in Multiple Groups) to be enabled.
    • Account Admins remain the only role with access to account-level settings and the ability to assign the Super Group Admin role.

Available environments: Commercial | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Group

Release errata

There are no items that have slipped from this release as of this time.

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