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Dropbox Sign

COLLAB
Velocity2.5

Electronic signature and document workflow platform, formerly HelloSign

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Dropbox Sign's API can now check a PDF's fields before a signature request goes out

e-signaturesapidocument-workflowdeveloper-experience
◆Current state
Dropbox Sign's changelog is mostly API work and documentation. The October release adds POST /v3/document/detect_fields, which analyses a PDF for form annotations or Text Tags and returns reusable field definitions with warnings and errors before anything is sent. Expiration dates now work on template-based, embedded and bulk sends, and can be added to an existing request. Earlier changes raised the per-request file limit to 100 and began a gradual rollout of a redesigned mobile signing page.
◆Where it's heading
The visible work targets developers who generate signature requests programmatically: fewer failed sends, and the same options across every send path. It is steady API maintenance rather than new product territory.
◆Prediction
More endpoint parity work is the likely next entry, given that expiration support was just extended to the remaining send endpoints.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1mo ago

    detect_fields endpoint and expiration dates for template sends

    A new detect_fields endpoint checks a PDF for form fields and Text Tags before a request is sent, and expiration dates now cover template, embedded and bulk sends. Both reduce failed or stale signature requests for API users.

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  2. 2mo ago

    Fax API v3: callback payload schemas and examples added

    Callback payload schemas and examples for seven Fax API v3 events have been added to the API reference documentation. A documentation-only update with no behavior change.

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  3. 2mo ago

    API reference: ignore_text_tags_extraction_errors field added

    The ignore_text_tags_extraction_errors field has been added to the API reference for signature request, template, and unclaimed draft endpoints. Documentation coverage for an existing parameter.

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  4. 3mo ago

    File limit per signature request raised to 100

    The default maximum number of files per signature request submission has been increased from the previous limit to 100. A concrete capacity improvement for workflows bundling large numbers of documents into a single signature request.

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  5. 10mo ago

    Redesigned mobile web signing experience: gradual rollout begins

    A redesigned mobile web signing experience is rolling out gradually to API plan users. The rollout is incremental rather than a forced migration — a meaningful UX improvement for signers on mobile, but the underlying signing workflow is unchanged.

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  6. 1y ago

    Fax documentation: status and error code reference added

    A reference list of possible Fax status and error codes has been added to the Fax documentation. Documentation-only update.

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