Unleash Release Notes

Release Note Applicability

This publication applies to the Demo release for October 2025, version 25.3.01.00. Important: Feature availability timing may vary. Each month, Release Notes include items from different parts of the Docusign product. Some of these areas have different release cycles, which means availability of the feature may vary. Items are available by the end of the month for which the notes are written, but may appear slightly before or after the release notes are published.

Collapsible Side Panel

The left-side navigation panel of the Agreements and Templates pages in the web application will become collapsible to free up space in the list views. This will reduce truncation of content and overall clutter. The default experience is unchanged with the side panel expanded, and users can choose to keep the side panel expanded. What's new? The collapsible panel will function as follows:

• Unlock the side panel by selecting the lock icon next to the New Navigation toggle.
• Expand and collapse the unlocked panel when you hover your cursor over the panel Additionally, the side navigation is receiving the following updates:
• Remove the accordion panel caret icons from primary section headers.
• The All Agreements list view now includes Quick Views as a filter option.
• A new Find a Folder dialog in the Folders menu. Release dates These changes will be live for all users of the web application in the Demo and Production environments in October.

IAL2 Verification for ID Verification Customers

Starting in late October, customers who need to verify their users' identity using the NIST SP 800-63A standard, will be able to do so through the ID Verification platform. What's new?

• Users will be able to use either their CLEAR or ID.me accounts to quickly and securely verify their identity. Users who do not already have a CLEAR or ID.me accounts will be able to create one to complete the process. Who is impacted?
• IAL2 identity verification is available to customers on the ID Verification Premier SKU.

Envelope Access and Sharing for Agreement Desk

Customers that have signed up to the Docusign's beta or limited-availability experience of Agreement Desk will now have enhanced visibility into request and envelope access. What's new?

• The Activity Feed in Agreement Desk now reflects when a request is shared with a user and user's access is removed from the request.
• The eSignature envelope history will provide a more comprehensive audit trail of sender and recipient activities associated with envelopes linked to Agreement Desk requests. Including:
  • New entry when an envelope is linked/added to a request in Agreement Desk.
  • New entry when a request user takes an action on the linked envelope. Release timing:
• Agreement Desk UI changes: September 29
• eSignature changes:
  • Demo environment: October 1
  • Production environments: October 7

ID Claims Enhancement to Work With Email Reminders

Using ID Claims, we’ve improved your recipients' experience with email reminders sent from a Maestro workflow. What's new?

• When your recipient’s identity verification is valid and they receive an email reminder to sign an agreement, they don’t need to reverify their identity. This removes a significant source of unwelcome friction from their experience.
• With this enhancement, previous workarounds involving additional identity verification attempts or SMS re-authentication are no longer needed.

New Tag Types Supported in the Mobile App

The mobile app now supports Dropdown and Attachment fields, making it easier to send documents on-the-go without switching devices. Senders can add an Attachment or Dropdown tag when creating envelopes, as well as send templates that use these tags. Release dates These new tags will be available in our mobile apps as follows:

• iOS: October
• Android: November

UI Upload Limit Increasing from 25MB to 50MB

To better support your larger documents, we are increasing the maximum file size for individual uploads in the eSignature web app. The maximum file size per upload is increasing from 25MB to 50MB, regardless of file type. This upgrade only applies to uploads made in the web application. As shown in the Before and After columns in the following table, there is no change to the other limitations. For more information, refer to the support article, File Size Limitations for an Envelope. Note: Customers can already upload up to 50MB files using the API endpoint, ChunkedUploads Rest API.

Multi-Channel Delivery: WhatsApp and Email

Docusign now supports email as an additional delivery method with WhatsApp for envelope notifications. What's new?

• This enhancement allows you to send an envelope to a single recipient using both WhatsApp and email delivery methods. This is similar to our existing SMS and email delivery options. WhatsApp and email delivery is supported through the Docusign web application and the eSignature API directly. Note: If you have Multi-Channel Delivery purchased and enabled, this WhatsApp and email feature will be enabled by default.

Web Application Consistent Messaging Fields: Subject an Message Update

To create a more unified sending experience across all delivery methods, we've updated the terminology for the recipient message fields in the envelope and template prepare flows. What's new?

• Previously, the message fields for envelopes and templates used the terms Email Subject and Email Message. These field labels have been simplified to Subject and Message.
• This change aligns the terminology used in the prepare flow with other delivery method options (namely SMS and WhatsApp), making the experience more intuitive and consistent for all senders. The functionality remains the same.

Update the Display of Phone Authentication Failures for CC Recipients

We're updating the Agreements summary page to provide clarity to each recipient's verification status when they use the phone authentication process. This update removes guesswork by providing clear indicators for key Phone Authentication events. What's new?

• Previously, when a recipient who was designated to Receive a Copy (CC) failed the phone authentication process, their status was incorrectly displayed as Completed on the envelope details page (even though the failure was logged). This inconsistency was confusing and did not accurate reflect the result of the authentication.
• Now, the envelope details page more accurately displays a Verification Failed status for CC recipients. This provides a consistent and intuitive experience, standardizing the behavior for all recipient types and giving senders accurate status information directly from within the summary page.
• This update will be automatically available by default to all relevant accounts by the end of October 2025.

AI-Assisted Signers Q&A Available to North America

The AI-assisted Signers Q&A feature is now expanding to agreements sent from all eligible sender accounts across North America. Previously available only for Real Estate plan accounts, this feature helps signers better understand what they’re signing by allowing them to ask natural language questions – and get useful, document-based answers. What’s new

• The feature is currently available for Real Estate plans. We have now extended the support for agreements sent from all sender accounts in North America. Key details (unchanged)
• Sender controls respected
  • If a sender has disabled AI features during signing, Q&A will remain hidden.
  • If enabled, Q&A appears automatically – no extra setup required. Note: Agreement senders on digitally purchased plans do not have access to control this setting. Availability criteria
• Documents up to 15 pages and <23MB in size
• Not shown in embedded signing flows or FedRAMP/GovRAMP agreements This update will be fully rolled out in early October, bringing helpful, trustworthy AI assistance to signers across North America.

Reorganized Envelope Lists

The envelope lists in the Agreements tab of the web application will be reorganized so that they are simpler and oriented around stages of an agreement. The views will be: All Agreements, Drafts, In Progress, and Completed. The All Agreements will be the default when a user lands in the Agreements tab with a filter for inbound vs. outbound envelopes (Sent by anyone, Sent by me, Sent to me) as well as a filter for the quick views (All, Action Required, Waiting for Others, Expiring Soon, Authentication Failed). We completed the initial rollout of the optional experience beginning of September, allowing users to try the new navigation by enabling a toggle. In October, users will continue to have the choice to enable or disable the New navigation option.

eSignature Download Report Limit Updated From 50K to 5K

We're rolling out an update to make our reporting and CSV download features more consistent and predictable. Previously, the number of rows you could see on-screen and the number you could download in a CSV file were different, which could lead to confusion and empty files. What’s new?

• What You See Is What You Get: The limit for instant CSV downloads is now the same as what you see on your screen (5,000 rows). This ensures the file that you download perfectly matches the data you've filtered in the app.
• Effortless Large Exports: For reports with more than 5,000 rows, simply use our Scheduled Reports feature. It’s designed to handle large datasets (up to 500,000 rows) and deliver them right to your inbox. This change removes the guesswork and ensures a smoother, more reliable reporting workflow.

Web Forms Updates

Users logged in to Docusign who have access to Web Forms will be able to select, pre-fill and send forms directly to a recipient's email. Rollout to Demo and Production environments will be completed by the end of October.

Security Questions and Security Answers (SQSA) Deprecation

Docusign is updating security measures to provide you with a more robust and user-friendly experience. This update includes removing security questions and answers (SQSA) from our system. If you currently have SQSA set up, you will no longer have access to it starting January 12, 2026. This change simplifies your login and account recovery processes and increases your account security. Why is this changing? As we transition towards a more secure passwordless future, we are eliminating older security methods that are less effective and potentially vulnerable. This change aligns with industry best practices and our commitment to your account security. When will this change happen? The security questions and answers (SQSA) will be removed on January 12, 2026. Additional security recommendations To enhance your account security, we highly recommend that you use the following account security options:

• Two-Step Verification (TSV) Two-step verification adds an extra layer of protection to your account. Even if someone knows your password, they will still need a second verification method to gain access.
• Passkeys Passkeys are a more secure and convenient alternative to passwords for logging in. They are unique digital credentials tied to your device and cannot be easily phished or stolen. If you have questions or need assistance setting up TSV or passkeys, visit our Get Support page.

A summary of announcements from this week: The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.

Upcoming Change to Drive Sharing Permissions

• Earlier this year, we announced that we would be updating the access experience in Google Drive. With this update, we will stop allowing restricted access on specific files and folders within a shared folder, starting September 22, 2025. Limited access should instead be managed consistently via the limited access folder setting. | Learn more about the sharing permissions changes.

Introducing new Gmail notification features on Android and iOS devices

• We're making it quicker and easier to manage your emails on mobile with two new features: You can now use the "Mark as Read" feature directly on your Android device to clear a notification. Also, sender avatars are now available on iOS devices. | Learn more about the new notification features.

Build a deeper understanding of a topic with Learning Guide in Notebook LM

• We're introducing a new “Learning Guide” option that encourages participation with probing, open-ended questions. Instead of just giving answers, it helps you break down problems step-by-step and adapts explanations to your needs, building a deeper understanding of the subject. | Learn more about Learning Guide in Notebook LM.

Refine Google Chat messages with Gemini to communicate with confidence and clarity

• You can now use Gemini to refine messages you’re composing within Google Chat on the web. Gemini can help you improve clarity, conciseness, and accuracy in wording, grammar, and spelling. This can be particularly useful when composing an important message to a large space or a senior stakeholder, or for users communicating in a second language. | Learn more about refining messages in Google Chat.

Generate data with AI function in Sheets now available in seven additional languages

• Earlier this year, we announced AI function in Sheets. You can use the AI function to prompt Gemini to generate text, summarize information, categorize data, or analyze sentiment at scale with generated content appearing directly in the cells you choose. Now, AI function is available to users in Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, French, Italian, and German. | Learn more about the new languages for AI Function.

AI-Powered app summaries in the AppSheet Admin console

-Admins with an AppSheet Enterprise Plus can now ask Gemini to generate a summary of an app owned by their organization. The will enable admins to more quickly understand the purpose and capabilities of any AppSheet app. | Learn more about AI-powered app summaries.

Limited promotion of expanded access to AI features in Google Vids for Education Plus and Teaching and Learning users

• Earlier this year, we announced expanded access to Google Vids, bringing basic access to Google Vids to all Google Workspace for Education users. Now, we’re excited to announce the following AI features are available to users with an Education Plus or Teaching & Learning add-on license for a limited time*. | Learn more about expanded access to Vids AI features.

Reporting rules are now activity rules

• To simplify the admin experience for creating rules and monitoring alerts, we are combining reporting rules with activity rules: Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Essentials Plus, Education Plus, Cloud Identity Premium, Chrome Enterprise Premium and Enterprise Standard customers will retain all the functionality of the activity rules experience and can now also create rules without thresholds. | Learn more about activity rules.

Gemini in Google Sheets now provides smarter, more conversational formula generation

• Earlier this year, we made it easier to generate charts and insights using Gemini in Google Sheets. Building on that momentum, we’re excited to announce a significant enhancement to formula generation in Gemini for Sheets. Specifically, we've upgraded Gemini to include detailed natural language formula explanations, provide formula error explanation and self-correction, and to output multiple formula options. | Learn more about improved formula generation in Google Sheets.

Create videos from your existing Google Slides presentations using Gemini in Google Vids

• Earlier this year, we announced the first iteration of the ability to turn existing Google Slides content into engaging videos using Google Vids. Now, we’re expanding that functionality to include Gemini-generated scripts, AI voiceovers, and background music. This makes it easier and faster to transform your existing content into a shareable, engaging video. | Learn more about creating Vids from Slides.

Educators can now create and assign NotebookLM and Gems in Google Classrooms

• Over the last year, we’ve brought the capabilities of Gemini to Google Classroom to support new ways of teaching and learning. A few months ago, we expanded Gemini in Classroom to help educators use AI for their common teaching tasks. Today, we’re making it possible for educators to use Google’s NotebookLM and Gems to create teacher-led AI experiences for students of all ages in Google Classroom. | Learn more about creating and assigning notebooks and Gems in Classroom.

Generate stories using Gemini with Read Along in Google Classroom

• Starting today, educators will be able to use Gemini to create their own stories with Read Along in Classroom, in addition to the existing ability to upload their own content into Read Along as part of the assignment creation process. Now, with the help of Gemini, educators have an enhanced ability to further customize their students’ experience and differentiate their instruction by generating content specific to students’ needs. | Learn more about generating stories using Read Along.

Configure up to 20 conditional notifications per Google Sheet

• Last year we introduced conditional notifications in Google Sheets, which allow users to create custom rules in spreadsheets that send email notifications when certain criteria are met. Now we are expanding rule limits for conditional notifications from 10 to 20 rules per spreadsheet. | Learn more about the increased conditional notifications limit.

Gems in Gemini Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI™) is now rolling out

• We’re excited to announce the launch of Gem integration with Gemini Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI™). This will mean that third party Learning Management Systems (LMS) Canvas by Instructure and PowerSchool Schoology Learning will be able to use Gems. | Learn more about Gems in Gemini LTI.

Updates to Gmail log events

• To support more granular incident investigations and to expand access to this critical security data, we’ve made a few changes to the Gmail Audit Logs. 1. Addition of the Gmail log events to the audit and investigation tool. 2. Addition of the Gmail log events to the AdminSDK Reports API. 3. Gemini Data Access Logging for Gmail log events. | Learn more about updates to Gmail log events.

The Test Case Generator Agent now supports BDD (Behavior Driven Development) test case generation to streamline your test authoring process.

With this enhancement, the Test Case Generator AI Agent can now output test cases in BDD format, giving you:

• Seamless AI-driven BDD test creation support across the detailed test case creation and quick flows.
• End-to-end scenario generation for comprehensive behavior-driven coverage.
• Individual test case level detail in BDD style for improved clarity and collaboration.

🛠️ Breaking Changes

Default Command Forwarding Removed

Terragrunt no longer forwards unknown top‑level commands to OpenTofu by default. Invoking an unknown command now fails with guidance to use the explicit run form. This is the next step in the removal of deprecated features in Terragrunt on the road to Terragrunt 1.0, with more to follow. Read the CLI Redesign migration guide for guidance on adapting to future breaking changes. For a full list of deprecated features that will be removed prior to the release of Terragrunt 1.0, see the removal schedule.

❌ Old Behavior (Deprecated)

terragrunt workspace ls terragrunt graph

✅ New Behavior

terragrunt run -- workspace ls terragrunt run -- graph

🔧 Migration Guide

Keep using shortcuts for common commands:

• terragrunt plan
• terragrunt apply

Replace usage of any OpenTofu/Terraform command that isn’t a supported shortcut with explicit usage of the run command:

• terragrunt workspace ls => terragrunt run -- workspace ls
• terragrunt graph => terragrunt run -- graph

When mixing Terragrunt and OpenTofu flags, separate them with --:

• terragrunt run -- apply -auto-approve
• terragrunt run -- output -json
• terragrunt run --all -- plan -var foo=bar

Command-specific flags must be used after their commands As part of the changes to remove the deprecated behavior of forwarding unknown commands to OpenTofu by default, users can no longer treat flags as global flags unless they are in-fact global flags. For example, the following will still work:

• terragrunt --log-level debug plan
• terragrunt --no-color plan

But the following will no longer be supported:

• terragrunt --provider-cache run --all plan

Instead, you must supply flags after the commands they are used by:

• terragrunt run --all --provider-cache plan

Flag Scope Changes (backend + feature flags)

Backend migration and feature-related flags are now command-scoped and should appear after the relevant subcommand. These flags are accepted on run, backend, scaffold, find, and list Affected flags:

• backend-bootstrap
• backend-require-bootstrap
• disable-bucket-update
• feature key=value

❌ Old Behavior (Deprecated)

Command-specific flags could be set anywhere in the arguments for a command:

• terragrunt --backend-bootstrap backend delete --all
• terragrunt --feature stage=true plan

✅ New Behavior

Place flags after the respective command they control:

• terragrunt backend bootstrap --backend-bootstrap
• terragrunt plan --feature stage=true
• terragrunt find --feature stage=true

🔧 Migration Guide

Move these flags to follow the subcommand they apply to

• terragrunt --feature stage=true plan => terragrunt plan --feature stage=true

What's Changed

• chore: Removal of command forwarding by default by @denis256 in #4871
• docs: Fixed contact form toggle bug by @karlcarstensen in #4885
• docs: Terragrunt Scale Initial Checkout Page by @karlcarstensen in #4866

Full Changelog: v0.87.7...v0.88.0