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Adobe Acrobat Sign Release Schedule and Prerelease Notes

Last updated on Nov 5, 2025

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Admin Console Overview
User Management
1. Add, edit, and review active users
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
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. Agreement creation experiences
  3. Require recipient name when sending
  4. Lock name values for known users
  5. Allowed recipient roles
  6. Allow e-Witnesses
  7. Recipient groups
  8. CCs
  9. Required fields
  10. Attaching documents
  11. Field flattening
  12. Modify Agreements
  13. Agreement name
  14. Languages
  15. Private messages
  16. Allowed signature types
  17. Reminders
  18. Signed document password protection
  19. Send Agreement Notification through
  20. 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
  21. Content Protection
  22. Enable Notarize transactions
  23. Document Expiration
  24. Preview, position signatures, and add fields
  25. Signing order
  26. Liquid mode
  27. Custom workflow controls
  28. Upload options for the e-sign page
  29. Post-sign confirmation URL redirect
  30. 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
Guidance for regulatory requirements
1. Accessibility
2. HIPAA
3. GDPR
4. 21 CFR part 11 and EudraLex Annex 11
5. Healthcare customers
6. IVES support
7. "Vaulting" agreements
8. EU/UK considerations
Download Agreements in Bulk
Claim your domain
Report Abuse links
System Requirements and Limitations
1. System requirements
2. Transaction limits

Send, Sign, and Manage Agreements

Recipient Options
1. Cancel an email reminder
2. Options on the e-signing page
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
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. Checkbox group
    12. Radio button
    13. Drop-down menu
    14. Link overlay
    15. Payment field
    16. Attachments
    17. Participation stamp
    18. Transaction number
    19. Image
    20. Company
    21. Title
    22. Stamp
  2. Field content appearance
  3. Field validations
  4. Masked fields values
  5. Setting show/hide conditions
  6. Calculated fields
5. Authoring FAQ
Sign Agreements
Manage Agreements
Audit Report
Reporting and Data exports
1. Overview
2. Grant users access to reporting
3. Report charts
4. Data Exports
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

Webforms
Reusable Templates (Library templates)
Transfer ownership of web forms and library templates
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
  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
Custom Send workflows
Share users and agreements
1. Share a user
2. Share agreements

Integrate with other products

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Support and Troubleshooting

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.

January 13, 2026 (Major release) v17.0

Adobe Acrobat Sign release v17.0

Sandbox deployment: December 16, 2025

Production deployment: January 13, 2026

GovCloud deployment: February 10, 2026

Improved Functionality

Adding Recipient Groups in Hybrid Routing for modern Request Signature – Recipient groups can now be included in hybrid routing, allowing multiple recipients or groups to act in parallel within the same routing step. Group modes support either one or all members to complete the action, providing greater flexibility for complex approval and signing workflows.

Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial, Government | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Enabled by default

Grouped Checkboxes in Authoring and Templates – Senders can now create checkbox groups in the modern authoring environment with validation rules such as selecting exactly, at least, at most, or a range of X out of Y options. This enhancement ensures consistent form logic and improves data accuracy across signing workflows.
Checkbox groups are supported in Request Signature, library template creation, web forms, and Send in Bulk templates, with full support for text tags.
Support has also been added for the modern e-signing experience.

Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial, Government | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Enabled by default

Bio-Pharma Settings in Modern e-Sign – Modern e-Sign now supports authentication and compliance options required for Bio-Pharma workflows, including Acrobat Sign authentication, password, phone-based 2FA, and email OTP.
The update also adds signing reasons, digital signature support, Send in Bulk, and the ability to download individual agreements.
These enhancements deliver FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliance within the modern signing experience, expanding security, flexibility, and accessibility for regulated industries

Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial, Government | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Enabled by default

Clone Agreement in Request Signature—Senders can now create a new draft agreement by copying a previously completed, canceled, or expired agreement. All recipients, settings, files, and form fields are automatically prefilled. The copied agreement opens in the Compose page for quick edits before sending, reducing setup time, minimizing errors, and improving productivity for repetitive workflows such as renewals or corrections.

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

Enable Management of User Details for Inactive Users – Administrators can now edit user details for inactive users directly in the Admin UI and through CSV uploads without reactivating accounts. This includes updating group assignments (for both single and multi-group configurations), managing the “User can sign documents” attribute, and performing bulk edits for compliance and record maintenance. The change streamlines enterprise user lifecycle management, reduces administrative overhead, and supports cleaner group organization and GDPR-aligned record handling.

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

Resources Tab in Top Navigation – A new Resources page is available in the top navigation for admins and users, providing direct access to Acrobat Sign educational content, webinars, blogs, and product update videos. The page organizes tutorials by user level—beginner, experienced, and administrator—and links directly to Experience League.

Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial, Government | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Enabled by default

Verified Form Fields Using Identity-Verified Data – Form authors can now create verified form fields that automatically populate with data returned by an identity provider (such as OneID) during signer authentication. These fields can be set as read-only or editable, ensuring verified identity data is accurately captured and optionally locked against edits (e.g., name, address, or account number). This strengthens identity assurance, reduces manual entry errors, and streamlines compliance for workflows that require validated signer data

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

IDP Onboarding - eID Easy, a new Identity Provider, has been added for digital signature identification.

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

New TSP options for Cloud Signatures - New Trust Service Providers have been added to support digital cloud signatures:
- Bangladesh
- eCert Chile
- Evrotrust
- Malaysia
- Netrust
- Sirar
- SK ID Solution
- Swisscom
- Thailand
- VNTP Vietnam

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

Digital Identity Providers as Default Authentication Methods – Administrators can now select a Digital Identity Gateway provider as the default signer authentication method for internal and external recipients in Send Settings. The configuration applies automatically to agreements, web forms, bulk sends, and workflows, ensuring consistent and compliant recipient verification. This enhancement simplifies authentication setup, enforces organizational identity policies, and improves support for government and enterprise customers that rely on Digital Identity-based authentication.

Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial, Government | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Available by default

Library Template – Share with Multiple Groups – The modern Create Library Template experience now supports sharing templates with multiple groups within an account, matching the functionality previously available in the classic workflow. Users can select one or more groups when creating or editing a template, ensuring consistent behavior across groups. This enhancement eliminates fallback to the classic experience, improves collaboration, and simplifies template management for multi-group organizations.

Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial, Government | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Available by default

In-Person Signing through the Web Application – Senders and hosts can now conduct fully in-person signing sessions directly from a web browser, without requiring the Acrobat Sign mobile app. Hosts can initiate an in-person signing session from the Manage or Send page and guide recipients as they sign on the same or a nearby device using a secure, time-limited link or QR code. This capability supports use cases where signers are present but lack email access, enabling seamless hosted signing for industries like hospitality and healthcare. The enhancement improves flexibility and eliminates mobile app dependency for organizations that rely on face-to-face signing workflows.

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

Dynamic Participation for In-Flight Agreements – Remove Recipients – Senders can now remove recipients from agreements that are already in progress without canceling or restarting the transaction. When a recipient is removed, Acrobat Sign automatically revokes their access, updates reminders, audit trails, removes the assigned fields, and transitions the agreement seamlessly back to its active signing state. This flexibility helps organizations maintain accuracy in live routing workflows—such as when a signer becomes unavailable—while preserving legal integrity, compliance, and a complete audit history

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

Digital Signature Mode for Sender and Author Pages – Senders can now enforce digital signature requirements directly from the Modern Send (Compose) page using the new Digital Signature authentication method. When enabled, Acrobat Sign automatically requires at least one digital signature field for each designated recipient and allows optional Identity Check verification (email or name match) for cloud-based signing. This enhancement aligns the Sender and Author experiences with digital-signature-first workflows, ensuring compliance for regulated transactions and reducing setup errors in agreements that require qualified or advanced digital signatures

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

Audit Report Enhancements – Explicit time logging for accepting the ToU, Customer Disclosure, and name application – The Audit Report now records each consent action—Terms of Use (ToU), Consumer Disclosure (CD), and Accept— as distinct, timestamped events before document viewing or signing begins. The signer name change event now reflects the real-time timestamp when the signature is applied, ensuring audit logs accurately represent every consent step. This improvement strengthens compliance reporting and improves transparency for regulated workflows.

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

Recipient Groups in CSV File for Send in Bulk – Senders can now define recipient groups directly within the Send in Bulk CSV file, enabling multiple recipients to act at the same routing step. Each group can be configured in ONE or ALL mode—requiring either one member or all members to complete their action before routing advances. Group definitions, validation, and audit tracking are all handled per CSV row, with errors reported through downloadable validation files.

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

File Attachments for all recipients using digital signatures – All recipients in a digitally signed workflow can now attach files (not just the first signer). A new attachment method using Paperclip annotations displays a visible paperclip icon in the document and remains compatible with multiple digital signatures. Each attachment is added before the signer’s digital signature is applied, preserving signature validity and providing a clear visual indicator of attached files. This enhancement improves legal integrity, transparency, and consistency across e-signature and digital-signature workflows.

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

OEM Embed Partner – Customize Embedded Pages in OEM 2.0 – OEM partners can now customize the embedded Manage page to better align with their platform experience. Partners can hide unsupported navigation items, enable dedicated embedded views for managing Library Templates, Web Forms, and Bulk Sends, and ensure the noChrome parameter reliably hides Acrobat Sign navigation bars across sessions. The update also adds “Create New…” buttons that open the respective views for creating Web Forms, Send in Bulk transactions, and Library Templates, while preserving session context when navigating between embedded views. These enhancements improve flexibility, maintain session continuity, and reduce end-user confusion in OEM 2.0 integrations.

Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign Solutions - OEM Partners | Configuration scope: API