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July 31, 2026
Question

Witness error message when amending existing envelope

  • July 31, 2026
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I am receiving an error message “The witness host signer id is not valid.” when correcting all existing envelopes to add a new signer who needs to sign with a witness. The platform allows you to add the signer but when you correct the envelope it creates them without a witness group. Is anyone else experiencing this/know a fix please?

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Community Moderator
August 3, 2026

Hello ​@George_N 
Thank you for reaching out, and welcome to the Docusign Community! I'm sorry to hear you're encountering this issue when correcting your envelope.
To better understand what's happening, please let us know if the signer and witness were part of the original envelope, or if you're adding the signer with a witness requirement during the Correct process.

Additionally, are you seeing this behavior with all envelopes or only a specific one? Please send us the following details via private message, as this is a public forum. This will help us investigate the issue further.

  • Envelope ID
  • Account name
  • Email address associated with your Docusign account
  • Account number

We look forward to hearing back from you.

Sincerely,

Ma. Cassandra | Docusign Community Moderator
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Community Moderator
August 11, 2026

Hello ​@George_N 

How are you? I'm just checking in to see if you still need help. If yes, please reply here with more context, or confirm if the issue has been resolved. 

If you run into any problems, we're happy to help with those here. Wishing you a smooth rest of your day!

 

Sincerely,

 Ma. Cassandra | Docusign Community Moderator
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