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Adobe Acrobat Sign Release Schedule and Prerelease Notes

 

Adobe Acrobat Sign Guide

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
      1. Add logo
      2. Customize company Hostname/URL    
      3. Add company name
      4. 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
      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 agreemets
    11. 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.

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.

July 2025 (Major feature release) v16.1

Adobe Acrobat Sign Release 16.1

Sandbox deployment: June 24, 2025

Production deployment: July 22, 2025

GovCloud deployment: July 24, 2025

Improved Functionality

  • Improved control over group-based sharing - Organizations using advanced account sharing can now optionally restrict the shared view of their agreements to only those agreements sent from the user's group. Agreements sent to a user from an external group will be filtered out to protect potentially private user communications that would be inappropriate to share generally. This filter only applies to the group-level shares (sharing a group to another group or user), and does not apply to user-based shared (sharing a user to a group or another user).

    Available environments: 
    Sandbox, Commercial, Government | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Account or Group
    Review the updated Account Sharing Permissions >
     
  • Acrobat Sign for Government gets updated to the modern experience:
    • Acrobat Sign for Government: Access to the modern Request Signature interface - GovernmentCloud administrators can now enable their account or groups to use the modern Request Signature interface.
    • Acrobat Sign for Government: Mobile-first upgrade for recipients - Government users can now access the modern interface, designed to simplify signing on mobile devices through an easy-to-configure, form field-only interface.
    • Acrobat Sign for Government: New Create Template interface available - Government users now have access to the modern Create Template interface, which streamlines the template design process and improves usability.

      Available environments: 
      Government | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign for Government | Configuration scope: Account or Group
       
  • Updates for VIP-licensed customers:
    • Streamlined admin setup from the Home Page - Acrobat Sign introduces a new Account management section to help account admins quickly access key configuration tools. Add users, organize groups, connect integrations, and migrate templates directly from the Home Page—no digging required.
    • Add users to the Admin Console from Acrobat Sign – Admins can now add users directly from the Users page in Acrobat Sign, automatically updating the Adobe Admin Console.
    • Admin Console Role assignment now available through Acrobat Sign  - To streamline setup, Acrobat Sign now allows account admins to assign key Admin Console roles—Product and Support Admin—without leaving the product interface.
    • Easier access to the suite of third-party integrations - A new Integrations page has been added to the admin menu, providing direct intuitive links to the setup files for the individual integrations.
    • Easier HIPAA onboarding through in-product guidance - Organizations subject to HIPAA can now begin the enablement process within Acrobat Sign via a new self-service workflow. The system sends an automated request to Support and tracks progress based on the BAA signature and system configuration.
    • Fast-track your template migration to Acrobat Sign with automated template conversion - The new template migration feature helps account admins quickly bring their templates into Acrobat Sign. Upload a template ZIP file, convert it automatically, and review results in the authoring environment—no technical expertise needed.
    • Acrobat Sign Smart Assistant Chatbot - The new Smart Assistant gives you in-app answers to common questions like how to add users, check usage, or update settings. Ask your question in plain language and get step-by-step guidance, relevant HelpX articles, or links to support pages. 

Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Not Configurable

  • Use WhatsApp to send agreement links directly to a recipient's mobile device - The WhatsApp integration in Acrobat Sign has been expanded to include the option to send agreement notification and reminder links directly to a recipient's WhatsApp enabled device.

    Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Account or Group
    Review the updated documentation >
     
  • Native PDF/A support for long-term document preservation - Acrobat Sign now supports validation and export of documents in PDF/A-2b format (ISO 19005), helping organizations meet stringent archiving standards and regulatory requirements. Documents retain their PDF/A conformity across the full agreement lifecycle—upload, signing, and storage.

    Available environments: 
    Sandbox, Commercial, Government | Available tiers of service:  Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Account or Group
    Review the new feature >
     
  • Prevent Adobe Acrobat Sign from being embedded in third-party websites - Clickjacking Defense adds iframe protection to Acrobat Sign pages accessed through REST API v5+. Framing is only allowed when using auto login with a declared parent domain, helping prevent deceptive or unauthorized embedding.

    Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial, Government | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Account or Group
    Review the clickjacking defense configuration documentation >
     
  • New Trust Service Provider (TSP) - Acrobat Sign is expanding its list of supported Trust Service Providers (TSPs) to enhance the recipient's authentication options. The following new TSP is now available:
    • eID Easy

This addition expands Acrobat Sign's compatibility with global standards, supporting seamless and secure digital signatures across multiple industries.

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

Experience Changes

  • Improved digital signature experience - The process for applying a cloud-based digital signature has been refined to reduce the number of interactions the signer must complete when applying a digital signature.

    Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Standard, Acrobat Pro, Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: The new process is enabled by default, not configurable.
     
  • The character limit for labels in the Workflow Designer has been increased to 500 characters -  When creating or editing a custom workflow in the Workflow Designer, the labels used to describe fields can now accept up to 500 characters (improved from 100 characters).

    Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial, Government | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope:  Enabled by default; not configurable
    Review the updated documentation >
     
  • The New custom workflow experience control has moved to the Global Settings menu - The configurable option to Set the new custom workflow as the default experience has moved from the Send Settings page to the Global Settings page.
    A new control has been added to expose "switch links" for users to switch between the new experience and the classic version.

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

Integration Updates

  • New Zapier Integration Now Available: You can now connect Acrobat Sign with thousands of applications using Zapier, enabling seamless automation of agreement workflows, with no coding or installation required.
    Easily create “Zaps” to automate tasks such as sending emails or saving signed documents, helping you streamline and simplify repetitive processes.

    Available environments: 
    Sandbox, Commercial | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Account
    Review the overview documentation >

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.

  • OAuth 2.0 capabilities have been extended to group-level administrators - Group-level admins now have the authority to use OAuth 2.0 tokens.

    Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial, Government | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Account or Group
     
  • The webhookNotificationApplicableUsers parameter is to be removed from the Webhook payload - The Webhook 2.0 infrastructure has been rolled out to all customers, and with that completed, signer notifications have been deprecated. As a result, the webhookNotificationApplicableUsers parameter of the webhook payload no longer provides any useful data and will be removed from all webhook payloads.

    Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial, Government | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Not configurable

Release errata - Elements added

Below are items that have been added to this release since the initial publishing of the pre-release notes.

  • Prevent Adobe Acrobat Sign from being embedded in third-party websites - Clickjacking Defense adds iframe protection to Acrobat Sign pages accessed through REST API v5+. Framing is only allowed when using auto login with a declared parent domain, helping prevent deceptive or unauthorized embedding.

Release errata - Elements removed

Below are the line items that previously were announced as part of this release, but have since slipped to a later release date.

  • The modern Request Signature environment has become the only experience when creating a new agreement. All existing Commercial accounts have been switched to the modern environment - 
    • Administrators no longer have the option to enable the classic experience through the admin menu.
    • Customers using the Notarize integration will not be affected by this change.

Available environments: Sandbox, Commercial | Available tiers of service: Acrobat Sign Solutions | Configuration scope: Enabled by default; Not configurable
 

  • Auto-tagging support for PDF accessibility compliance - Acrobat Sign now identifies untagged and scanned PDFs and applies accessibility tagging automatically, preserving the tag tree from sending through signing. This reduces manual burden and supports compliance with WCAG and Section 508 standards.

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

Resolved Issues

Issue Description
4501772 Summary: For the modern request signature experience, the recipient message does not update when the language is changed in the Agreement settings.
Fix: The code to accept the new language preference has been updated to address the change for messages when a new language is selected.
4503504 Summary: In rare cases, retries during agreement creation can result in multiple copies of the same child agreement being generated using Send in Bulk
Fix: Multiple updates to how child agreements are generated and listed internally with checks to ensure no duplicates can be created.
4511072 Summary:  Transaction Consumption Report emails are not received after using the "Send it now" option.
Fix: The mailing system was updated to resolve a delivery issue.
4511224 Summary: PDF files set to "Inherited" zoom before sending the default to "Fit to page" after signing,
Fix: Annotation handling has been improved to ensure properties are correctly confirmed to the resulting PDF.
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4522458
Summary: Shared workflows do not display field templates as expected for accounts sharing through Advanced Account Sharing.
Fix: The GET /libraryDocuments/id/formFields request has been updated for the x-on-behalf-of-user header that is required for the advanced account sharing use case.
4515020 Summary: The PUT /users/{id}/groups API call returns a 403 error when attempting to move a user who is not in the Default Group by a group level admin
Fix: Aurthority has been extended to Group admins, who are now able to add users to their group, even if the assigned user is currently in another non-default group.
4516121 Summary: When a group of radio buttons has individual tooltips, only the first tooltip displays for all options during signing.
Fix: The radio button code strictly employed one tooltip for the array of buttons. It has been updated to allow individual representation.
4516129 Summary: Agreements expire based on the UTC equivalent of the sender’s local time, not the intended local time. 
Fix: The logic that checks expiration time is no longer based on the browser time, instead allowing the core application to do the validation.
4518192 Summary: Signers are intermittently unable to complete the signing process when using Adobe Sign Authentication with Okta SSO.
Fix: Remove the crossShardLoginPage attribute from the session after successful login.
4521018 Summary: When using the modern signing experience, dropdown fields configured with export values return the visible label instead of the export value in the /formData API response.
Fix: Hidden (export) values are now being sent instead of the visible values.
4521111 Summary: In the new authoring experience, users are unable to scroll through and view all available field templates from the Field Templates dropdown.
Fix: The modern authoring experience has been updated to load more than just the first page of field templates.
4521311 Summary: Due to a known 12-hour delay in the agreement expiration mechanism, reminders are being sent after the effective expiration time, resulting in failed signing attempts and user confusion.
Fix: For recurring "Until Signed" reminders, the signing deadline is checked and will no longer send the reminder, but will leave it active so it can be picked up if the sender edits the signing deadline before it actually expires during the 12-hour grace period.
4522059 Summary: When a signer uploads a file using an Attachment field and then completes a Digital Signature, the Download Document link results in a "Page Not Found" error.
Fix: The checksum was eliminated from duplicate detection, as it's an optional property in the PDF spec. Acrobat Sign continues to use the file name and size to identify duplicates.
4522382 Summary: Users are unable to complete transactions when using Click to Sign with authentication enabled. After signing in, the transaction does not complete and must be retried
Fix: The crossShardLandingPage URL parameter was removed from the session post login.
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4523900
Summary: When using the Bulk Send feature, no agreements are sent on the initial attempt, but a second attempt works as expected due to task queuing on the local shard.
Fix: Task queuing has been refined to ensure tasks aren't delayed.
4522497 Summary: The timestamp format on agreements changes from HH:MM:SS to HH:MM after the document is signed, resulting in loss of seconds in the final audit trail.
Fix:  Seconds have been added to the timePatern.
4522509 Summary: CC recipients can not view the agreement context board when accessing LDV-enabled agreements via the email link. Instead, they receive a "Document not yet visible" error.
Fix: Code amended to provide the needed access to view the context board.
4522547 Summary: When using a template, the final PDF may display misaligned or missing form field data after signing due to page rotation being applied after every annotation.
Fix: Page rotation has been corrected.
4522914 Summary: When using the new Send in Bulk feature, customers may encounter an error during CSV upload if the values in the Agreement_Message or Private_Message columns exceed a certain character limit. 
Fix: The character limit was documented in customer-facing collateral.
4522945 Summary: When trying to edit the reusable document as an account/group admin and trying to apply a field template NullPointerException occurs when checking origin participation
Fix: Added method to find origin participation when editing library documents as account/group admin
4523043 Summary: When editing a web form that includes a participant with the role set to Delegator, the Modify Web Form page fails to load. A console error is triggered, preventing any edits.
Fix: Added a check which ensures that if the ROLE_MAP is undefined, the code does not read the className as undefined and throw an error. Instead, it returns undefined.
4523061 Summary: Signed documents attached to emails retain their original file extensions in the filename, resulting in redundant naming 
Fix: No longer trim the filename substring if it starts with '.' and it is different from the extension.
4524122 Summary: In the New Experience, attempting to start an agreement from a saved Workflow results in a system error due to an exceeded character limit.
Fix: Label limits have been updated to allow 500 characters.
4524162 Summary: Link validation prevents sending agreement on New Authoring Experience
Fix: A parameter has been added to the new experience to check for the Errors hook, allowing for a more relaxed management of hyperlink validations.
4524356 Summary: Users encounter a "Server Error: We encountered an error while processing your request" message when attempting to sign agreements due to the -1 border width not being interpreted correctly.
Fix: Now interpreting -1 as a default 1pt border and only added a border if the border was greater than zero.
4524410 Summary: In the New Send experience, when using a workflow and uploading a new file after deleting the preset agreement name, the Agreement Name field does not update automatically. 
Fix: Added a fix to remove the default value for the onBlur event and introduced logic to set the first uploaded document's name in the document name text field.
4524614 Summary: The font used by text form fields in the PDF does not match the font chosen on the authoring page. The text field font is always SourceSansPro-Regular.
Fix: Extended the ExternalFont.getFontReplacementMapping to include regular, bold, and italic fonts. 
4525098 Summary: The signature-requested email is not sent to signer2 when the sender is signer 2 and the sender replaces signer 1.
Fix: Parallel recipient lists have been improved to manage the use case where an existing recipient is used to replace another recipient in the same recipient set.
4525377 Summary: Electronic seals (eSeals) not working with the Modern Request Signature Experience
Fix: Add a test case to verify electronic seal recipient in a non-UMG workflow, where the seal is restricted to group access.
4525491 Summary: Agreement names containing non-Latin characters (e.g., Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Korean) appear as ?????? in the recipient's Manage tab and email notifications when sent via Send in Bulk.
Fix: Documentation has been updated to indicate that the UTF-8 format is needed
4525653 Summary: Agreements sent using the API with JPEG files are being automatically canceled due to a document processing error. The issue occurs after the files are uploaded successfully but before the agreement is sent.
Fix: Added support for JPEG SOI app0-15
4526153 Summary: The scale of the stamp field behaves differently in the old and new authoring screens.
Fix: The new authoring environment has been updated to scale the stamp field consistently with the classic version.
4527031 Summary: When the "Allow senders to select signing order" is unchecked in New experience, the option "Recipients must Sign in order" remains visible
Fix: The code regarding access to this control has been improved to properly suppress the option when the setting dictates.
4527284 Summary: Agreements that include certain scanned or flattened PDF files are failing during authoring and are automatically cancelled with the error AUTO_AUTHOR_FAIL due to an internal library that is not managed.
Fix: Implemented a method that catches any exception and logs it, but does not interrupt the generation of an agreement.
4527948 Summary: When a calculated Acroform field is imported into Sign, the REST API returns a field containing { calculated: true, valueExpression: '' }, which causes the field to be displayed with a validation error.
Fix: Fields identified in this use case are now updated to be manually entered, not calculated.
4528062 Summary: Get /users API call failing for Salesforce users with very large user numbers
Fix: A new version of the Salesforce integration improves the process for getting the list of users to be more efficient.
4528284 Summary: Incorrect country code of the Cayman Islands for Phone Authentication under New Experience
Fix: The country code has been updated.
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4529319
Summary: Optional Signers' Names and 2FA Required Despite Workflow Configuration in New Custom Workflow Send Experience
Fix: Provided a check for optional recipients so whenever no email ID is present, the auth verification (phone, password, kba) will not fail any validation. Similarly, the name will also not be mandatory for optional recipients unless the email ID field has some input.
4530084 Summary: Some users are experiencing a blank screen when accessing Recipient Settings in the New Send Experience. The issue is caused by a missing translation for a specific country code label, and it affects all locales except en-US.
Fix: The correct translations have been published and pinned to the appropriate functions.
4530537 Summary: An NPE is produced when trying to convert a named destination into a location, preventing agreements from being sent.
Fix: A new check is in place to determine if the destination is a named destination and skip it.

September 2025 (Minor release) v16.1.1 (Tentative)

The September 2025 release is a minor release containing updates, and fixes for customer-reported issues.

  • Sandbox release: August 19, 2025
  • Production release: September 16, 2025
  • GovCloud release:  September 18, 2025

October 2025 (Major feature release) v16.2

The October 2025 release is a major release containing features, updates, and fixes for customer-reported issues.

  • Sandbox release: September 15, 2025
  • Production release: October 7, 2025
  • GovCloud release:  October 9, 2025

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