Released 13th May 2026
Custom Branding for Signing Pages
Platform-plan organisations and teams can now style non-embedded signing pages with their own brand colours, border radius, and custom CSS. Teams can inherit the organisation-level branding by default, or override it when they need a different signing experience. Custom CSS is sanitised before it is saved and scoped to the signing page, so branded pages can look native to a customer’s product without exposing the rest of the app to arbitrary styling.
Fix: Signing and direct-link routes are now protected from indexing, caching, and unexpected embedding.
Feature: Self-hosters can disable individual signup methods for email/password, Google, Microsoft, and OIDC.
Feature: Instance admins can delete organisations from the admin panel through a background job that preserves historical documents.
Feature: Added DD-MM-YYYY date format variants, including time and AM/PM options.
Fix: Member and group pickers now support pagination and search, improving performance for larger organisations.
Fix: PostHog is dynamically imported so it no longer increases the initial client bundle.
Fix: The signing celebration image was compressed from roughly 20 MB to 4 MB.
Fix: Project linting moved to Biome and the codebase was linted against the new setup.
Fix: Updated wording from “authoring” to “editor” across documentation.
Fix: Added guidance around personal organisations for SSO users.
Fix: Updated French translations and refreshed the fair-use policy.
Fix: Removed GitHub Actions caches, removed an unnecessary date-range type assertion, and fixed a CSS textarea placeholder translation tag.
Fix: Translation extraction and translation additions for the release.
Released 5th May 2026
Pending Signed PDF Downloads
Teams can download a partial PDF while an envelope is still pending. The download includes the fields and signatures that have already been inserted, but it is clearly treated as a draft: it does not include certificate pages, audit-log pages, or a final cryptographic seal, and the filename uses a pending suffix. This is useful when teams need to review progress before the last signer has completed their part.
Feature: Embedded authoring can show an “Add Myself” recipient shortcut when the host app provides the current user’s name and email.
Feature: Custom SSO organisations can opt out of creating default personal organisations for users.
Fix: Fixed the CSP
frame-ancestorsdirective on signing routes so signing pages remain protected from unwanted framing.Fix: 2FA users are no longer incorrectly treated as bots during sign-in/signing.
Released 1st May 2026
Live Signature Rendering on Pending Envelopes
The document view now renders signatures that have already been collected, even while the envelope is still pending. Previously, teams often had to wait until the entire envelope completed before seeing the signed output reflected clearly in the viewer. This gives document owners a better in-progress view of multi-signer envelopes.
Fix: Certificate and audit-log PDF footers now include the envelope ID for easier reconciliation.
Fix: In-browser signature previews render more sharply on high-density displays.
Fix: Envelope titles are no longer cropped unnecessarily in the editor header.
Fix: Users can download templates again.
Fix: Embed error messages are clearer when an embed is misconfigured.
Fix: Assistant signing authentication now works correctly.
Fix: Additional security hardening landed across the app.
Fix: Added a signing reminders guide.
Fix: Translation extraction and translation updates for newly changed strings.
Released 23rd April 2026
Feature: Admins can remove members from organisations and teams directly from the admin panel.
Fix: Turnstile captcha now appears correctly on the sign-in challenge step.
Fix: Webhook test and resend flows now unwrap the inner webhook payload correctly before sending.
Fix: Organisation member removal is no longer blocked by billing or Stripe checks when those checks are not relevant.
Fix: Corrected an error-dialog title.
Fix: Dependency upgrades, including framework and docs/openpage API package updates.
Released 18th April 2026
Signing Reminders
Documenso can now remind recipients who have not signed yet. Reminder settings can be configured for envelopes and organisations, and background jobs handle checking which recipients are due for a reminder and sending the email. This helps teams reduce manual follow-up work when a document is waiting on one or more signers.
BullMQ Background Job Provider
Self-hosted deployments now have a BullMQ/Redis-backed background job provider alongside the existing job providers. It supports retries, concurrency, cron-style scheduling, and a Bull Board dashboard for monitoring queued, active, completed, and failed jobs. This is useful for self-hosters who want queue durability and visibility without relying on the hosted Inngest workflow.
Envelope PDF Replacement
The envelope editor now lets users replace an envelope item’s PDF without recreating the envelope from scratch. Recipients and existing workflow setup can remain in place while the underlying file is corrected or swapped. The replacement is also recorded as an audit-log event so the change remains traceable.
Save Document as Template
Users can now save a completed document as a reusable template. This helps teams turn one-off documents into repeatable workflows after they have already built the field and recipient structure.
Fix: Cloudflare Turnstile can protect sign-in and sign-up flows when configured.
Feature: Email and date fields can auto-insert known values when a recipient opens the signing flow.
Feature: Documents can be renamed after creation.
Feature: Pending envelope titles can now be edited.
Feature: Embedded flows now support an explicit language option for UI locale control.
Feature: Developer mode can display field IDs, making API/debug workflows easier.
Feature: Admin panel organisation improvements, including better organisation/team detail pages, usage visibility, member roles, member IDs, and navigation to a member’s teams.
Feature: Organisations can disable “Document created from template” messaging.
Feature: Self-hosters can allow specific private webhook hosts when the target lives inside their own trusted private network.
Feature: Page titles are now marked for translation.
Fix: Added user-facing documentation for recipient expiration.
Fix: Folder “view all” page navigation and search filtering now behave correctly.
Fix: Invalid email suggestions are filtered out before being shown to recipients.
Fix: Date format dropdown now scrolls correctly.
Fix: Envelope editor CC logic in settings was corrected.
Fix: Managers can no longer delete admin invitations.
Fix: Embedded direct templates now validate missing email fields correctly.
Fix: Checkout now requires a billing address where needed.
Fix: Email validation now uses a more compliant email validator across the codebase.
Fix: Stale envelope editor query behaviour was corrected.
Fix: Resend mail transport validates the API key before creating the transport.
Fix: Documents table now looks up team-email recipients correctly.
Fix: Nullable document audit logs are handled safely.
Fix: Team-member invitation UX was cleaned up.
Fix: Duplicate dialogs were cleaned up.
Fix: Admin organisation sorting was corrected.
Fix: Brand logo caching was corrected.
Fix: Tooltip triggers no longer submit parent forms.
Fix: Recipient comparison logic was corrected.
Fix: Malformed PDF cropbox/mediabox entries are handled more robustly.
Fix: Billing messages, dropdown placeholders, and radio placeholders are now marked for translation.
Fix: Translation refreshes and labeler maintenance were included in the release.
Released 16th March 2026
Organisation Templates
Documenso now has an organisation-level template type. Organisation templates can be shared across teams under the same organisation, giving admins a central place to manage reusable document structures that should not belong to just one team.
Fix: Webhook execution validates private and loopback URLs, avoids redirects, enforces timeouts, and resends through jobs.
Feature: Self-hosters can restrict signups to approved email domains.
Feature: Webhook coverage now includes additional document and envelope lifecycle events.
Feature: Embedded envelope creation can pass a
folderIdso the created envelope lands in the intended folder.Feature: HIPAA compliance status was updated across product and docs surfaces.
Fix: Upgraded
@libpdf/core, improving signing speed and robustness on large PDFs.Fix: Prisma transactions now have global timeouts, and side effects were moved outside transactions to reduce database connection pressure.
Fix: Envelope creation, envelope duplication, and editor settings loading were parallelised where safe.
Fix: QR-share token errors no longer return generic 500 errors.
Fix: Template descriptions no longer overflow their layout.
Fix: Certain editor routes no longer flash an error on page refresh.
Fix: Embedded signing now respects name/email values supplied by embed context when stored recipient values are blank.
Fix: Native modules are excluded from Vite dependency optimisation.
Fix: Recipient colour logic was deduplicated across selector, badge, and avatar components.
Fix: Added organisation ownership transfer documentation.
Fix: Translation extraction and translation additions for this patch.
Released 10th March 2026
New PDF Image Renderer
Documenso replaced the previous React PDF viewer with a custom image-based PDF renderer backed by virtualised page rendering. The new renderer serves page images through dedicated routes and is used across the editor, signing, and embedded document views. This improves performance on long documents and reduces viewer instability from the older rendering stack.
Embedded Envelopes
The v2 envelope editor can now be embedded end-to-end. Partners can create and edit envelopes inside their own applications with a dedicated embedded authoring flow, settings dialog, recipient form, attachment popover, and playground. This brings embedded authoring closer to parity with the standalone envelope editor.
Feature: Global command menu search now includes templates.
Feature: Admins can edit recipient roles and download audit-log PDFs from document details.
Feature: Licensed self-hosted deployments now opt out of telemetry automatically.
Feature: Signing page left-hand sidebar can now collapse.
Fix: Patched CVE-2026-29045.
Fix: Runtime environment script now loads before the client bundle to avoid stale fallback values.
Fix: Missing-field error messages now include more recipient context.
Fix: Added CMaps so non-Latin glyphs render correctly in the new image renderer.
Fix: Embedded signing only uses hash-provided name/email as a fallback when recipient values are blank.
Fix: Internal document search query was opted out of batched fetching to avoid blocking.
Fix: Dropdown field rendering issues were corrected.
Fix: Dashboard metrics now show current-month data and use caching.
Fix: Invalid email entries are filtered from auto-suggest results.
Fix: Dropdown and radio placeholders are marked for translation; release translations were extracted and refreshed.
Fix:
@libpdf/corewas upgraded during the renderer rollout.Fix: Find-envelopes query logic was consolidated.
Fix: Embedded envelope documentation was added.
Released 5th March 2026
Feature: Active subscriptions can be moved between organisations owned by the same user.
Feature: A dedicated unsealed documents page helps retry documents that completed signing but failed to seal.
Fix: Embedded template fields now use default field metadata when needed.
Fix: Email domains are verified before being re-registered by the sync job.
Fix: Invalid translation entries were corrected.
Fix: Clarified that PDF placeholder support applies to envelope flows only, not template-use parsing.
Fix: Expiration period picker, field-number placeholders, and subscription status labels were marked for translation.
Fix: Translation extraction rollup.
Released 3rd March 2026
Per-Recipient Envelope Expiration
Every recipient can now have their own signing deadline. Once the deadline passes, that recipient can no longer sign and is redirected to an expiry notice, while the overall document can remain pending for other recipients. Expiration can be configured at organisation, team, and document levels, and a background sweep handles expired recipients, owner notifications, and webhook events.
Feature: Rate limiting now uses a database-backed approach with structured retry information.
Feature: Optional read replica database URLs can offload supported read traffic from the primary database.
Fix: Documentation v2 shipped with a reworked structure and expanded developer and compliance content.
Feature: Email domain management now includes admin detail pages, verification status, and a DNS sync job.
Fix: API v1 document listing now returns documents regardless of folder and includes folder IDs where appropriate.
Fix: Embed-create endpoints omit field IDs to avoid form-state issues.
Fix: CJK and special characters are handled correctly when slugifying.
Fix: Public profile page button width now fits its content.
Fix: Mermaid rendering in docs no longer triggers an async client component error.
Fix: Upgraded
@libpdf/core.Fix: Dependency upgrade batch.
Fix: Supported-language labels are marked for translation.
Fix: Translation extraction and translation additions for the release.
Released 18th February 2026
Feature: User detail pages now show team memberships.
Feature: Plain customer records can be created without starting the full subscription flow.
Fix: Document creation from templates now stores form values in the database.
Fix: PDF form fields are flattened before sealing, improving reliability for PDFs that include native form fields.
Fix: Bulk actions were improved after the initial bulk move/delete release.
Fix: Auto-placement field metadata is handled correctly.
Fix: Rejected certificate text is highlighted more clearly.
Fix: Envelope editor flush race condition was corrected.
Fix: Cancelled individual subscriptions now revert to the free claim.
Fix: Certificate and audit-log page dimensions now match the source document more closely.
Fix: Service-account emails now use instance-specific addresses.
Fix: Team URL slug generation strips diacritics.
Fix: Email settings labels were clarified.
Fix: v2 embedded direct templates correctly read email and lock-email values from hash parameters.
Fix: OpenAPI field schemas were simplified to fix SDK generation.
Fix: Added an enterprise-only embedded authoring callout.
Fix: Bulk-delete dialog, audit-log messages, document-signing auth copy, paragraphs, dialog titles, tabs, badges, spans, div-contained strings, ambiguous messages, and dialog messages were improved or marked for translation.
Fix: Sign-up button wording was renamed for clarity.
Fix: Upgraded
@libpdf/corein the patch release.
Released 29th January 2026
Bulk Document Selection, Move, and Delete
Document and template lists now support selecting multiple rows at once. Once items are selected, users can move them into a folder or delete them in bulk, instead of repeating the same action one document at a time. Selection state clears when filters or navigation change, reducing the risk of accidentally acting on stale selections.
Auto-Place Fields from PDF Placeholders
Documenso can now detect placeholder syntax inside uploaded PDFs and convert those placeholders into real fields. For example, a PDF can contain placeholders for signature, text, and other fields, assigned to recipient positions, and Documenso will place the fields automatically in the editor. This is especially useful for teams or integrations that generate PDFs and want field placement to be repeatable without manually dragging every field.
License Integration
Self-hosted and enterprise deployments now have a first-class license integration. The admin panel can show license status, enterprise-only feature flags can be blocked when the instance is not entitled to them, and admins get clearer feedback when a license is missing or invalid.
Feature: The team-member creation dialog can invite a user directly when no eligible organisation member exists.
Feature: Default recipients can include non-team or external email addresses with validation.
Fix: Soft-deleted documents are excluded from folder counts.
Fix: Organisation-member removal emails are sent to the removed user, not the admin performing the removal.
Fix: Safari certificate and audit-log downloads were corrected.
Fix: Static asset cache path-prefix logic was corrected.
Fix: License logging and banner visibility were corrected.
Fix: Webhook event name correction.
Fix: Added API v1 deprecation notice.
Fix: Fair-use policy updated with support details.
Fix: Card component strings marked for translation.
Fix: Translation extraction for the release.
Released 27th January 2026
Fix: Template search API now accepts a
takeparameter for pagination.Fix: Support form validation no longer requires a team ID when it is not available.
Fix: Patched CVE-2026-23527.
Fix: Document creation endpoints now persist form values correctly.
Fix: Past-due subscriptions are allowed where the product should still permit access during the payment recovery window.
Fix: OAuth authorize URL builder now preserves the
promptparameter.Fix: Publish workflow can now be manually dispatched and Chromium builds were removed from that workflow.
Fix: Translation additions for the patch.
Released 26th January 2026
Default Recipients for Teams and Organisations
Teams and organisations can now define default recipients that are prefilled on new documents and documents created from templates. Organisation defaults can apply broadly, while teams can override them when their workflow needs a different set of signers or CCs. This reduces repeated setup for teams that frequently send documents to the same internal approvers, reviewers, or shared inboxes.
Feature: Admin document details now include paginated audit logs and raw JSON event data.
Feature: Documents cannot be sent when a signer has no signature field assigned.
Fix: PDF manipulation and signing internals were migrated to
@libpdf/corefor a more reliable PDF pipeline.Fix: Templates are no longer flattened prematurely; forms flatten when templates become documents.
Fix: Envelope state now syncs correctly after direct-link changes.
Fix: PDF viewer dependency versions were adjusted to resolve viewer crashes.
Fix: Patched CVE-2026-22817 and CVE-2026-22818.
Fix: Passkey packages were upgraded to a maintained baseline.
Fix: Baseline npm audit fixes.
Fix: Added a default recipients reference section.
Fix: Added an OpenCode AI-assisted development guide.
Fix: Document auth types and document visibility options marked for translation.
Fix: Field-dialog component simplified.
Fix: Translation extraction/additions and additional
@libpdf/coreupgrade passes were included in the release.
Released 8th January 2026
Fix: Certificate and audit-log PDFs now use a native rendering path instead of the previous browser-based HTML-to-PDF pipeline.
Feature: Docker/runtime setup improved with Alpine updates, configurable Chromium path, and certificate directory creation.
Fix: Field coordinate and developer-mode documentation was improved.
Fix: The Documenso logo was removed from the embedded v2 signing page.
Fix: Hard-coded brand colour was replaced with a design token.
Fix: Form validation and recipient handling were simplified.
Fix: Shared SVG-to-PNG helper reused for signature rendering.
Fix: Translation extraction and translation additions for the release.
Released 24th December 2025
Delegate Document Ownership for Team API Tokens
Documents and templates created with a team-scoped API token can now be attributed to a specific uploader instead of always defaulting to the token creator. This supports API-driven teams where the integration acts on behalf of multiple people. The delegation is recorded in the document audit log so ownership remains transparent.
Find Envelopes API Endpoint
API v2 now includes an endpoint for finding envelopes through search, filters, sorting, and pagination. This rounds out the read side of the envelope API for integrations that need to build lists, dashboards, or reconciliation jobs.
Feature: Bulk get-by-ID endpoints can fetch multiple documents, envelopes, or templates in one request.
Feature: A Docker image variant with bundled Chromium is available.
Fix: Patched CVE-2025-68130.
Fix: Branding logo no longer appears in audit-log PDFs.
Fix: Konva stages are cleaned up after field insertion to prevent memory growth.
Fix: Updated documentation around field coordinates, developer mode, and the new APIs.
Fix: Translation extraction refresh for the new strings.
Released 18th December 2025
Fix: AI field and recipient detection uses a newer Gemini model for faster and more accurate detection.
Fix: Field rendering during PDF generation now uses a CPU rendering path to avoid GPU/native-binding issues in some self-hosted environments.
Released 18th December 2025
Envelope Audit Logs API
A new API endpoint exposes audit-log entries for envelopes. Integrations can now pull a timeline of envelope events directly through the API instead of relying only on UI inspection. This is useful for compliance exports, customer portals, and internal audit tooling.
Empty Recipient Emails for Envelopes
Envelopes can now be created and saved with recipients that do not yet have an email address. This supports in-person, kiosk, placeholder, and template-style workflows where the signer is selected later. Related email, resend, cancel, reject, completion, and admin flows were updated so missing recipient emails do not break the envelope lifecycle.
Feature: AI field detection is easier to discover in the editor when it is not enabled yet.
Fix: Embedding presign tokens can be scoped to a specific resource.
Feature: Organisation and team deletion now preserve historical documents by unlinking or reassigning them.
Fix: Typed signatures pre-fill with the signer’s full name when available.
Fix: Resetting or updating a password invalidates other active sessions.
Fix: Patched CVE-2025-55184 and CVE-2025-55183.
Feature: CC recipients are included in removed-recipient email checks.
Fix: PDF rendering/sealing uses a more reliable canvas path for self-hosted environments.
Fix: PDF form appearance streams include the required
/Subtype /Formentry so flattened fields render correctly.Fix: Memory leak in PDF-to-image conversion was closed.
Fix: Added compatibility support for runtimes without
Promise.withResolvers.Fix: Embedded authoring permission checks no longer reject valid sessions in edge cases.
Fix: Personal document preferences loader is exported correctly.
Fix: Server-only URLs now use the private internal web app URL where appropriate.
Fix: Email rendering dependency upgraded for better template rendering.
Fix: API token lookup now returns structured app errors.
Fix: Organisation invite-member flow handles email case-insensitively.
Fix: Auth error handler logs unknown errors for easier debugging.
Fix: Local job retries and webhook retry loops were corrected.
Fix: Legacy envelope upload code paths were removed.
Fix: White-label branding now applies to next buttons, progress bars, and step indicators.
Fix: Long text fields are scrollable again.
Fix: Certificate sent-date has a fallback for link distribution.
Fix: Direct recipient name assignment was corrected.
Fix: Multiple toast, optional, screen-reader, field-content, link, and AI-feature strings were marked for translation and pluralisation.
Fix: Brazilian Portuguese translations refreshed.
Fix: AI streaming debug logging and canvas context handling were improved for self-hosted troubleshooting.
Fix: AI docs, missing dropdown imagery, image-helper refactoring, test optimisation, translation extraction/additions, dependency upgrades, and punctuation cleanup were included in the release.
Released 8th December 2025
AI-Powered Field and Recipient Detection
Documenso now supports AI-assisted detection for fields and recipients. When enabled in organisation or team settings, Documenso can scan an uploaded PDF and propose fields, field types, recipients, pages, and positions automatically. This can significantly reduce setup time for long or repetitive documents.
Feature: The template-use API accepts an external ID in the request body for downstream reconciliation.
Fix: Organisation Insights queries now have dedicated database indexes.
Feature: Organisation pages now link between related admin views such as overview, members, and insights.
Fix: Dutch is now available across the app and signing flow.
Fix: Field tooltip scrolling is smoother when switching envelope items.
Fix: Client-side distribution is blocked when signatures are missing.
Fix: Recipient suggestions no longer leave invalid email text in the input.
Fix: Browser autocomplete is disabled on typed signature inputs.
Fix: Removed unsupported
auto-install-peersfrom npm configuration.Fix: Added missing translation compile step to setup guide.
Fix: Embedded authoring docs and README refreshed.
Fix: Removed cumulative MAU metric in favour of more meaningful usage metrics.
Fix: Document visibility, table headers, pagination, envelope items, subscription status, and Free/Paid label contexts were improved for translation.
Fix: Translation extraction and additions for the release.
Released 25th November 2025
Organisation Insights
The admin leaderboard has been replaced by a richer Organisation Insights dashboard. Instance admins can inspect organisation-level analytics with date-range filtering, signing volume over time, and per-user activity. This gives self-hosted and enterprise admins a better operational view of how Documenso is being used across organisations.
Webhook Logs and Resend
Webhook deliveries now have a visible log view. Admins can inspect each delivery attempt, review payload and response information, and resend an individual webhook call when needed. This makes webhook debugging much easier for integrations and support teams.
Field Developer Mode
The envelope editor now includes a developer mode that overlays field coordinates and dimensions. This helps API users and integration developers line up fields precisely, debug field placement, and reproduce positions programmatically.
Additional Field Options
Fields now support more layout controls, including vertical alignment, letter spacing, and line height for text-like fields. Multi-line behaviour was improved, and final sealing better preserves fields that should appear in the signed PDF. These options give document creators more control over how text and number fields fit into strict form layouts.
Change Field Recipient In-Place
Users can now reassign a field to a different recipient without deleting and recreating it. A recipient selector on the field makes it faster to correct mistakes during document preparation, especially on documents with many recipients.
Simplified Billing UX
Billing settings have been reorganised into a clearer billing area that lists the organisations a user can manage. Users can jump to the relevant subscription portal from a single place instead of searching through separate organisation settings.
More Languages
Documenso added Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Portuguese (Brazil) support. The PDF viewer and sealing path also gained related CJK support so non-Latin glyphs display more reliably in browser previews and signed output.
OIDC Login Prompt Control
Self-hosters can disable the automatic OIDC login when their identity provider does not handle it well. This helps deployments using providers where forced re-login prompts cause unnecessary friction or broken redirects.
Background Job Parallelism Tuning
The Inngest job runner now supports parallelism tuning for jobs. This gives larger deployments more control over throughput for heavy background work such as envelope sealing.
Feature: Extended
use envelopeAPI response includes additional fields for integrators.Feature: Internal URL can be used for browserless certificate and audit-log generation.
Feature: Word wrap and line breaks are preserved in email bodies.
Feature: Pending UI added to the signing completion page while sealing runs.
Feature: Telemetry pipeline added for self-hosted/product insight use.
Fix: Envelope item cache URLs are built correctly so previews do not load stale assets.
Fix: UTF-8 filenames download correctly.
Fix: Inngest sealing tasks no longer race or duplicate work, and sealing speed improved.
Fix: Legacy document/template IDs remain visible on view pages for migration support.
Fix: Direct-template envelope flow was corrected.
Fix: Envelope CC handling was restored.
Fix: Mobile zoom no longer triggers when focusing inputs on the signing page.
Fix: Prefilled text and number fields auto-insert correctly.
Fix: Embedded template files use the correct token.
Fix: Envelope action button labels were renamed for clarity.
Fix: Envelope auth payload passes through correctly.
Fix: File drop now creates envelopes instead of legacy documents.
Fix: Redundant endpoint removed after API v2 updates.
Fix: AcroForm prefill uses form-data endpoints.
Fix: Bracket-notation array parameters are parsed correctly.
Fix: Envelope download dialog no longer overflows.
Fix: Default envelope field metadata is applied.
Fix: Missing foreign-key indexes added for performance.
Fix: Envelope metadata values persist through edits.
Fix: Embedded authoring edit flow handles file loading correctly.
Fix: Viewed webhook no longer fires with stale data.
Fix: Webhook routing optimised.
Fix: Template-use API returns missing properties integrators reported.
Fix: Branding logic respects organisation overrides correctly.
Fix: Completed signing page layout refined.
Docs: Self-hosting guide now lists required environment variables.
Docs: Envelope documentation added.
i18n: Passkey, 2FA, document details, signature pad, placeholders, dropzone, user/organisation table, and download dialog messages were improved for translation.
Fix: Embedded editing received additional compatibility updates.
Docs/Internal: README updates, message-formatting fixes, and translation/dependency/CI maintenance were included in the rollup.
Released 10th November 2025
🌟 Key New Features
Envelopes
The new editor introduces full support for multi-document envelopes and a smoother, more precise editing experience. It features improved field rendering, accurate placement, and better overall performance, making document preparation faster and more reliable.
API V2
API v2 is now fully available. It introduces full support for multi-document envelopes and a new two-step direct upload process for more reliable file handling and faster integrations. API v1 remains stable but will no longer receive new feature updates. A major release that modernizes the API layer and improves flexibility for developers integrating Documenso into their workflows.
API Docs: https://documen.so/api
Folders API
The API V2 now includes full folder management capabilities, allowing developers to create, organize, and manage documents within folders programmatically.
Sign In with Microsoft
Users can now log in with their Microsoft accounts, making authentication faster and more secure for both personal and enterprise users using Microsoft Entra ID. This feature is available for both hosted and self-hosted (Enterprise) deployments.
🔧 Other Improvements
Feature: The server port can now be configured using the PORT environment variable. This makes deployments more flexible and easier to integrate with different hosting environments.
Feature: Admins can now update member roles directly from the admin panel. This simplifies role management and improves control over permissions within organizations.
Fix: Document statistics are now correctly filtered by folder, ensuring accurate reporting and better organization insights.
Fix: Various stability, UX and and UI fixes for the envelopes updates
Fix: Correct token handling for embedded template files.
Fix: Prefilled text and number fields now auto-insert correctly.
Fix: Prevented mobile zoom when focusing on input fields for better UX.
Fix: Resolved CC issues in envelopes.
Fix: Fixed direct template handling for envelopes.
Fix: Various stability, UX, and UI improvements for the new envelopes experience.
Released 7th October 2025
🌟 Key New Features
Two-Factor Authentication for Document Completion
Added optional 2FA verification before completing a document, providing an extra layer of security for sensitive agreements.
Improved Invite Emails
Invite emails have been refined with clearer messaging and formatting, offering a more professional experience for recipients.
🔧 Other Improvements
Fix: Updated SSO OIDC flow to include the “select account” prompt, improving usability for users with multiple identities.
Released 29h September 2025
🔧 Other Improvements
Fix: File upload error messages now show accurate details when uploads fail.
Fix: Dates are now handled correctly with or without a time value.
Released 26h September 2025
🌟 Key New Features
Branding Logo on Signing Page
The signing page now displays your organization’s branding logo, giving recipients a more professional and personalized signing experience.
File Upload Size Limit
A maximum file size limit has been introduced to ensure stability and prevent upload errors with overly large files.
Improved Resend Dialog
The resend dialog has been redesigned for clarity, providing better feedback and smoother handling when resending signing requests.
Released 25h September 2025
🌟 Key New Features
Change Organization Owner from Admin Panel
Admins can now transfer organization ownership directly from the admin panel. This simplifies user management and makes ownership changes faster and safer.
🔧 Other Improvements
Fix: File upload error messages now show accurate details when uploads fail.
Fix: Dates are now handled correctly with or without a time value.
Released 23th September 2025
🌟 Key New Features
Remove Email Requirement for Template Recipients
Template recipients no longer need an email address to be added. This makes it easier to prepare templates for flexible or placeholder workflows before assigning recipients later.
Released 12th September 2025
🌟 Key New Features
Recipient Auto-Suggest
We added auto-suggestions for email and name fields to make selecting past recipients and team members easier. We also introduced a new AutocompleteInput with full keyboard navigation to improve the editing experience.
Organization SSO
We added a dedicated SSO Portal that lets organizations log in with their own OIDC provider. Basic OIDC support is still included in the self hosted community edition. The portal adds an organization specific login URL, automatic onboarding, and delegated account management. It supports any OIDC compliant provider, including Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, and Auth0. This feature is available to Enterprise customers only. Read more here.
🔧 Other Improvements
Improved documentation for self-hosting issues
Fix: Fields now have a max length of 255 chars
Fix: The Signature Pad is now translated correctly
Fix: Redirect issue when accessing documents in folders
Fix: Signing requests are sent after the document is fully processed and ready for them to sign even at long processing times
Fix: Existing recipient properties are preserved when adding a new recipient
Improvement: Changed default document API pagination to 10 items per page
Improvement: Mobile Signing UX
Released 26th August 2025
🌟 Key New Features
Horizontal Checkboxes
Added checkbox button support for horizontal and vertical orientation. This makes formatting more flexible.
Create Document in Specific Folder
API V1 and V2 now support creating documents directly inside folders. This makes it easier to organize documents at the time of creation. Read more in the API Documentation.
Reset 2FA from Admin Panel
Self-Hosting Admins can now reset two factor authentication directly from the admin panel.
Empty Template Placeholder
Users can now create template placeholders without assigning placeholder emails. This makes it easier to set up flexible templates that can be filled in later.
Drag and Drop for Template Creation
Template creation now supports drag and drop, just like document creation. This makes setting up templates quicker and more intuitive.
🔧 Other Improvements
25 additional fixes and improvements
Released 3rd July 2025
🌟 Key New Features
Organizations
Organisations are the new top-level structure in Documenso, designed to manage multiple teams and users under one entity. They provide centralized billing, access control, and unified settings across your workspace. This makes collaboration, security, and administration easier at scale. Read more here.
New Admin Metric: Monthly Active Users
We added a new metric that lets instance admins track monthly active users. This is currently available only for self hosted deployments.
Sequential Document View Logs
We now track sequential document views to provide better insights and improve security. This helps admins monitor how documents are accessed in order.
Inbox Counter
The inbox counter now shows pending signature invites and required actions. This makes it easier to keep track of outstanding tasks.
Sign Out Of All Sessions
Users can now sign out of all active sessions at once. This improves account security and control.
Dev Mode: Show Field Coordinates for Developers
A new developer mode shows field coordinates on documents. This helps developers debug and fine tune field placement.
European Date Format
We added support for the European date format dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm. For example, 31.12.2025 14:30.
New Languages: French, Spanish and German
Documenso is now available in French, Spanish, and German.
Custom Email Domains
Enterprise customers can now send emails from their own domains instead of the default Documenso address. This is done by configuring DNS records (SPF and DKIM) and verifying the domain in the organization settings. Read more here.
Extended Template API
APIs v1 and v2 now support uploading templates, similar to document uploads. Use the template API to create templates programmatically. Read more in the Documentation.
🔧 Other Improvements
21 additional fixes and improvements
Released 19th May 2025
🌟 Key New Features
Bulk add fields
Quickly insert multiple fields into a document at once, ideal for complex forms.
🔧 Other Improvements
Made the language cookie httpOnly for improved security.
Enabled downloading of the original uploaded document via API.
Webhooks now trigger correctly for duplicated documents.
Date fields can now be prefilled correctly.
Improved multiselect functionality for webhook triggers.
Fixed tooltip clicks unintentionally triggering fields.
Resolved visibility issues with “Powered by” logic.
Updated dropdown icons for a cleaner look.
Minor UI polish and visual fixes.
Released 2nd May 2025
🌟 Key New Features
1. Better document rejection
Signers can now reject documents more clearly, with better messaging and flow for all parties involved.
2. Dictate next signer
Gain full control over signing flow by manually setting who signs next in a multi-signer sequence.
3. Support embedded authoring
Users can now create and edit documents—including using templates—directly inside your app, fully whitelabeled.
4. Migrate webhook execution to background jobs
Webhooks now run in the background with automatic retries, improving reliability and performance—especially during high-volume activity.
5. Download original documents
Easily access the original uploaded files, not just the signed versions—ideal for audits and record-keeping.
6. Certificate QR code
Every signed document now includes a QR code on the certificate, making it easy to verify and share.
7. Folders
Keep documents organized by grouping them into folders—ideal for managing projects, clients, departments, or workflows. Folders make it easier to stay structured as your document volume grows and are especially useful for teams working across multiple contexts.
🔧 Other Improvements
Fixed invalid request body handling.
Fields now prefill correctly.
Fixed issues with signer deletion.
Theme cookie now persists longer.
Document meta is now passed to readonly fields.
Fixed autosigning via direct links.
Duplicate webhook calls on document completion removed.
Optional fields no longer required in direct links.
Fixed template redirect logic.
Reworked field logic and validation.
Fixed signing volume query.
Branding logos display correctly again.
Corrected dynamic routing for team transfers.
Console logs removed from embed flow.
Fixed issue with adding “zero months”.
Improved handling of direct template fields.
Fixed missing prefillFields in API docs.
Updated internal scripts and build commands.
Set default values in UI more consistently.
Added and updated translations.
Cleaned up legacy routes
Released 2nd Feb 2025
🌟 Key New Features
1. Add controls for sending completion emails to document owners
Document owners can now choose whether to receive an email when a recipient completes signing, offering more control over notifications.
2. Notify owner when a recipient signs
When a recipient signs a document, the owner can now be notified immediately—making it easier to stay in the loop.
3. Allow switching document when using templates
While using a template, you can now switch the underlying pdf without starting over—great for iterative workflows.
4. Fields API
We’ve introduced new APIs for managing templates and fields programmatically, enabling tighter integration with your own tooling.
5. Duplicate template fields
Save time when building templates by duplicating fields to all pages, directly in the editor.
6. Text align option for fields
Text fields now support left, center, or right alignment, offering more layout control for branded documents.
7. Bulk Send Templates
You can now generate and send multiple documents at once from a template by uploading a CSV—perfect for batch operations.
Polish and Italian
The UI is now fully translated into Polish and Italian, helping more teams use Documenso in their native language.
🔧 Other Improvements
Refactored teams router, search routes, routers, and Prisma relations
Prevented accidental signatures and improved signature switching logic
Fixed document visibility logic, permission checks, and direct template webhook
Improved billing page formatting and added billing leeway
Fixed field tooltip click blocking and z-index issues
Fixed dark mode rendering on form elements
Resolved template redirect, invite email logic, and leaderboard query bugs
Addressed test stability and package bumps
Corrected redirect after document duplication
Fixed pending document edits and checkbox field logic
Improved field label truncation and timezone handling
Removed redundant translations, marketing, and unused semicolons
Ensured drawn and typed signatures can’t overlap
Added missing success responses and adjusted default behaviors
We're excited to announce the release of Documenso v1.8.0! This update brings powerful new features to enhance your document signing process. Here's what's new:
🌟 Key New Features
1. Team Preferences
Introducing Team Preferences, allowing administrators to configure settings and preferences that apply to documents across the entire team. This feature ensures consistency and simplifies management by letting you set default options, permissions, and preferences that automatically apply to all team members.
2. Signature Rejection
Recipients now have the option to reject signatures. This feature enhances communication by allowing recipients to decline signing, providing feedback or requesting changes before the document is finalized.
3. Document Distribution Settings
With the new Document Distribution Settings, you have greater control over how your documents are shared. Distribute communications via our automated emails and templates or take full control using our API and your own notifications infrastructure.
🔧 Other Improvements
Support for Gmail SMTP Service: Adds support for using Gmail as your SMTP service provider.
Certificate and Email Translations: Added support for multiple languages in document certificates and emails, enhancing the experience for international users.
Field Movement Fixes: Resolved issues related to moving fields within documents, improving the document preparation experience.
Docker Environment Update: Improved Docker setup for smoother deployments and better environment consistency.
Billing Access Improvements: Users now have uninterrupted access to billing information, simplifying account management.
Support Time Windows for 2FA Tokens: Enhanced two-factor authentication by supporting time windows in 2FA tokens, improving flexibility.
💡 Recent Features
Don't forget to take advantage of these powerful features from our recent releases:
Signing Order: Define the sequence in which recipients sign your documents for a structured signing process.
Document Visibility Controls: Manage who can view your documents and at what stages, offering greater privacy and control.
Embedded Signing Experience: Integrate the signing process directly into your own applications for a seamless user experience.
👏 Thank You
As always, we're grateful for the community's contributions and feedback. Your support helps us improve Documenso and deliver a top-notch open-source document signing solution.
We hope you enjoy the new features in Documenso v1.8.0. Happy signing!
We're excited to introduce Documenso v1.7.1, bringing you improved control over your document signing process. Here are the key updates:
🌟 Key New Features
1. Signing Order
Specify the sequence in which recipients sign your documents. This ensures a structured signing process, particularly useful for complex agreements or hierarchical approvals.
2. Document Visibility
Manage who can view your documents and when. This feature offers greater privacy and flexibility in your document sharing workflows.
🔧 Other Improvements
Added language switcher for easier language selection
Support for smaller field bounds in documents
Improved select field UX
Enhanced template functionality for advanced fields
Added authOptions to the API
Various UI refinements and bug fixes
💡 Recent Features
Don't forget about these powerful features from our recent v1.7.0 release:
Embedded Signing Experience
Copy and Paste Fields
Customizable Signature Colors
👏 Thank You
As always, we're grateful for our community's contributions and feedback. Your input continues to shape Documenso into the leading open-source document signing solution.
We're eager to see how these new features enhance your document workflows. Enjoy exploring Documenso v1.7.1!
We're thrilled to announce the release of Documenso v1.7.0, packed with exciting new features and improvements that enhance document signing flexibility, user experience, and global accessibility.
We're excited to see what you'll create with this release and we'd love to hear your feedback. Let's dive into the highlights:
🌟 Key New Features
Embedded Signing Experience
Take your document signing to the next level with our new embedded signing feature. Now you can seamlessly integrate Documenso's signing process directly into your own website or application, providing a smooth, branded experience for your users.
Check out our Embedding documentation to learn more about how to get started.
Copy and Paste Fields
Streamline your document preparation with our new copy and paste functionality for fields. This feature allows you to quickly duplicate fields across your document, saving time and ensuring consistency in your templates.
Customizable Signature Colors
Recipients can now select a signature color from our list of available colors, supporting workflows where specific colors are required for each recipient, location, or document.
Enhanced Internationalization (i18n)
Following on from our last release we've now expanded our i18n support to the main web application. We haven't yet added support for any additional languages but that will be coming quickly now that we have completed the hard work of wrapping all of our content in our new i18n system.
These enhancements make Documenso more accessible to users worldwide.
🔧 Other Improvements
API Enhancements:
New endpoint to prefill fields via API
Updated createFields API endpoint for more flexibility
Automatically set public profile URL for OIDC users
Security and Performance:
Document sealing moved to a background job for improved performance
Disable 2FA with backup codes for enhanced account recovery options
Extended lifespan for invites and confirmations
User Experience:
Updated email templates to reflect team-specific information
Fixed issues with dialog closing on page refresh
Improved field editing in document templates
Other Items:
Added Elestio as a one-click deploy option
Updated README for manual self-hosting
New environment variable for internal webapp URL configuration
📚 New Content
👏 Community Contributions
A big thank you to our vibrant community! This release includes contributions from several new contributors, further enriching Documenso's capabilities.
We're excited to see how you'll use these new features to streamline your document workflows. As always, we appreciate your feedback and support in making Documenso the best open-source document signing solution available.
Enjoy exploring v1.7.0!
We're excited to announce the release of Documenso v1.6.1, which brings several improvements to enhance your document signing experience. Here are the key updates:
🌟 Key New Features
New Initials Field Type
We've added a new field type for initials, giving you more options for document customization. This feature allows signers to quickly initial documents, adding an extra layer of verification to your signing process.
Internationalization Support
We've taken a big step towards making Documenso accessible to a global audience by adding i18n (internationalization) support for our marketing pages and adding translations to support multiple languages.
While this is just a small step towards a fully multilingual Documenso, it's a significant step towards making our platform more accessible to a global audience.
Using our new knowledge and findings from the marketing implementation, we aim to tackle our web application in the near future for a fully global Documenso.
Enhanced OpenID Connect (OIDC) Integration
For our self-hosted users leveraging OIDC for authentication:
Now supports OIDC-only signup
Added trust for email addresses from OIDC providers
The OIDC sign-in button text is now configurable
🔧 Other Improvements
UI Enhancements:
Fixed display issues with field names/labels in dark mode
Improved truncation of titles to prevent UI breaks
User Experience:
The signup option is now shown only to users without existing accounts
Fixed issues with radio and checkbox fields having empty values
API and Security:
Fixed a bug in the date format API
Improved URL parsing for enhanced security
Added support for dynamic external IDs for direct templates
Document Management:
Resolved an issue with downloading audit log certificates
We've also made various other minor fixes and improvements to ensure a smoother Documenso experience.
👏 Community Contributions
A big thank you to our growing community! This release includes contributions from several new contributors, showcasing the power of open-source collaboration.
We appreciate your continued support and feedback as we work to make Documenso the best document signing solution available. Enjoy the new features and improvements in v1.6.1!
Released 23rd July 2024
This release contains 8 fixes
We're excited to announce the release of Documenso v1.6.0! The new release is packed with new features and improvements to streamline the signing process. Here are the highlights:
📚 New Documentation Site
We’ve launched a comprehensive documentation site to help you make the most of Documenso. Check it out to explore all our features and best practices! Based on your feedback, we’re constantly working to improve Documenso. Feel free to ping us to update the docs or even raise PRs.
Check out the docs at https://docs.documenso.com
✅ Enhanced Field Types
We've significantly expanded our field options to give you more document and template creation flexibility. New field types include:
Dropdown Menus
Checkboxes
Radio Buttons
Number Fields
We've added more customization options for each field type, allowing you to create more dynamic and interactive documents. All non-auto field types allow setting pre-fill values, placeholders, and labels. For more details, see the new documentation.
🪪 Public Profiles
We've introduced Public Profiles, allowing you to showcase your professional identity within Documenso and showcase your publicly available templates. This feature enhances transparency and trust in your signing processes. This feature enhances transparency and trust in your signing processes.
⬅️ Move Documents and Templates to Teams
Did you accidentally create a document under your personal account? No problem! You can move documents and templates between your personal account and team workspaces, facilitating better organization and teamwork.
🔧 Other Improvements
Background Tasks: We've implemented a system for handling background tasks, improving overall performance and responsiveness.
Force Signature Fields: Document creators can now ensure that signers complete all required signature fields.
Custom Emails for Direct Template Documents: Personalize your communication by sending custom emails to signers of direct template documents.
API Enhancements: We've added more template API endpoints and the ability to resend documents via API, giving developers more flexibility.
Anonymous SMTP Authentication: We now support anonymous SMTP authentication for those who need it.
Released 28th June 2024
This release contains 11 fixes
🕗 Show Creation Time
We are now displaying the document creation time in the documents view. This allows for easier identification of multiple documents created on the same day.
🔗 Direct Template Links
With this release, we are introducing direct link templates. This allows you to statically link to any template and let anyone with the link sign it at any time. A new document is created in your account when a template is signed. Templates with direct links still support all other template features, allowing you to create intricate workflows triggered by the signers.
Learn more about Direct Links on our blog or try them by signing the Documenso Supporters Pledge.
🛂 OpenID Connect (OIDC) Support
Thanks to Matt Kilgore, Documenso now supports OIDC as an authentication provider. This allows self-hosted users to define whatever identity provider they want as long as it supports the OIDC. Azure, Zitadel, Authentik, KeyCloak, and Google all support OIDC.
Released 6th May 2024
This release contains 20 fixes
✅ Show Completed Fields
Fields completed by other recipients are now visible to everyone to communicate the state of the document better and allow users an informed decision on what they are signing.
⬇️ Download Completed Documents via API
Completed documents can now be downloaded via the API using this new endpoint:
GET /API/V1//DOCUMENTS/{ID}/DOWNLOAD
Check out the full Open API docs here: https://documen.so/openapi
➕ Adding Yourself as a Signer
Adding yourself as a signer is now just one click away.
Released 11th April 2024
This release contains 21 fixes
🔑 Passkeys
To improve security and usability for high-security setups, we added passkeys with this release. Passkeys can now be used to log in or re-authenticate each signature for high-compliance cases.
📄 Signing Certificate & Audit Log
On the security/ compliance side, we also added Signing Certificates and Audit Logs. Every signed document now has a certificate attached, showing technical details of the signature to improve transparency and security. Further, every action on a document from creation to completion is now logged in the audit log to guarantee the integrity of the process.
🔏🦀 @documenso/pdf-sign
We are pretty hyped about this one: Since version 0.9, we relied on https://github.com/vbuch/node-signpdf to add the digital signatures to our documents. Since signing is at the heart of Documenso, we created our own rust-based library for signing. As of 1.5.4, Documenso's signing runs on @documenso/pdf-sign. The library offers a better architecture to enable signing with private keys that are not stored locally (e.g. via HSM). We are in the process of cleaning up the library to open source it like the rest of Documenso 🌱 The library will also help us to offer Long Term Validation (LTV) for signatures soon. While we are currently limited to signing with PKCS7-B, eventually, we plan to support all common signing standards like PAdES, CAdES, and XAdES.
