This feature enables approvers and signers in a Signature Request to view a list of recipients and track their activity progress.

You can configure this setting in Custom Experiences using the parameter recipients_activity_disabled (default: true) in the following endpoints:
POST - Create a Custom Experience
PATCH - Update a Custom Experience

For additional details, please refer to our documentation.

The maximum length for the custom content added to notification and reminder emails has been increased from 500 to 2000 characters.

You can customize the email body using the following parameters:

• email_notification.custom_note in the Signature Request creation or update endpoint.
• custom_text.request_body and request_body.reminder_body in the Signer creation or update endpoint.

Those changes are also available for Signature Requests created on our web application.

More details on customizing email content can be found in our guide section.

It is now possible to disable specific email notifications for each Signer of the Signature Request when the delivery mode email is used.

All you have to do is to specify for each signer, which email should not be sent, using the email_notification.disabled parameter.

To learn more about this feature, feel free to read our documentation or consult the API reference.

The timezone parameter of the POST /signature_requests endpoint is used to:

• Define the time zone displayed in emails.
• Calculate the expiration date of the Signature Request.

NEW - It now also defines the date and time displayed in the PDF Audit Trail.

You can now strengthen identity verification through video by adding a face recognition step. This new feature provides an extra layer of security by comparing the user’s face on the video to the photo extracted from on their ID document.

For more details about this service, refer to our Document Verification guide.

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Beta feature

The Video Identity Verification feature is currently in Beta and available to a limited number of clients. If you are interested in accessing this new product, you can join the waiting list.

Yousign API Open API Specification URL in JSON format has been updated.

It is now located here: https://developers.yousign.com/openapi/6759d057a53fa9006fec9ff0

You can now verify a person’s identity by analyzing the image file of their ID document.

For more details about this service, refer to our Document Verification guide.

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Beta feature

The Identity Document Verification feature is currently in Beta and available to a limited number of clients. If you’re interested in accessing this new product, you can join the waiting list here.

It is now possible to customise the Signature Reason of a Simple Electronic Signature (SES).

If no custom value is specified, the signature reason will default to: “Signed by [Signer first name] [Signer last name]“.

This feature is available for all customers with a Pro or Scale plan.

To learn more, you can consult our guide or explore the technical reference.

You can now track your usage through the API to see how much Yousign services have been used over a given period and monitor your add-on usage.

For more information on how to track your usage, please visit our guide.

You can now:

• Create Users with the POST /users endpoint, which also creates a User Invitation.
• Delete Users in invited status with the DELETE /users/{userId} endpoint.
• View User Invitations through dedicated User Invitation endpoints (see guide on User Invitation).

Refer to our API Guide for more details.