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July 16, 2026
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Help needed to automate DocuSign pdf download via Power Automate

  • July 16, 2026
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Hi everyone,

I’m currently trying to setup a backup system which automatically downloads signed envelopes either upon completion or on a daily basis (1 day look-back). 

However I keep running into different issues with any of those two scenarios:

  1. The flow that grabs pdfs of signed envelopes actually behaves as planned (saves pdf with envelope ID as title, which are completed the day before) but does not take envelopes into account that have been signed as a “Signing Group” member (“Signing Group” completed envelopes account to 99% of all completed envelopes) - see snip below.
  2. The Power automate action “When a Docusign Connect event occurs (Account-level)” does not retrieve any pdfs in real time - none at all. The flow is almost the same but with a different trigger (i.e. When a DocuSign Connect event occurs OR When an envelope status changes)

 

Any ideas how to get it running?

 

6 replies

Community Moderator
July 17, 2026

Hello @ThomasH

Thank you for reaching out to us about your automated backup system. I have an update from our internal support team regarding the issues you are experiencing with your Power Automate flows.

Our team recently identified a system issue in which documents were not being returned with the trigger.

Please try running your real-time trigger flows again to see if they are now capturing the documents as expected.

If you still encounter issues, our internal team will require a formal support case to help resolve the problem. You can open a support case here: Contact Docusign Support | Submit a Help Request

Let me know how the retry goes, or if you have any questions. We’re here to help! 


Best regards
Luke | Docusign Community Moderator
 

 

ThomasHConversation StarterAuthor
Conversation Starter
July 20, 2026

Thank you for the fast response. Unfortunately, neither “When an envelope status changes (Connect) (V3)” nor “When a Docusign Connect event occurs (Account-level)” Trigger event “envelope completed” did work.

Community Moderator
July 20, 2026

Hello ​@ThomasH

Thank you for your response! Since the standard setups are not working, we need to create a formal support case. Contact Docusign Support | Submit a Help.

This escalates the issue to our internal team so they can investigate and test the logs to determine why the event is failing. 

Thank you, and have a great day ahead. 

Best Regards, 

Luke | Docusign Community Moderator

Community Moderator
July 29, 2026

Hello ​@ThomasH

I hope you are doing well! I’m checking to see if you were able to create a case to resolve this issue. 

Let me know if you have any other concerns! We’re here to help. 

Best Regards, 
Luke | Docusign Community Moderator

ThomasHConversation StarterAuthor
Conversation Starter
July 29, 2026

Hi Luke,

I actually heeded your advice and contacted Support. Matthieu from Tech Support confirmed that 

“Signing Groups are only supported in a handful of Power Automate actions:

Add recipient to an envelope
Update recipient on an envelope
Create envelope using template with recipients and tabs
Create envelope using composite templates”

and that there are currently no plans to include additional PowerAutomate triggers/action. However, I’ll probably just do as he said and also post an idea here: https://community.docusign.com/ideas 

It would definitely be helpful in future when things need to be automated even more due to economic reasons. 

Best,

T

Community Moderator
July 29, 2026

Hello ​@ThomasH,

The idea is great! Posting it on our ideas channel would be a fantastic next step so other users can see it and upvote it as well.

Our engineers are constantly reviewing submitted ideas, and they are prioritized and implemented depending on user demand.

Thanks for sharing your feedback and for helping us improve our platform automation!

Best Regards,
Luke | Docusign Community Moderator