What's New in X-Author for Contracts Advanced
This section lists changes in the documentation to support each release. The Publication Date reflects the date the release is available for Preview and the Production date will be two weeks later.
202609.1.0
| Document | Publication Type | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202609.1.0 | 18 Sep 2026 | Using Redline Agent for Risk Assessment | Updated the Introduction |
| Viewing Historical Precedents | New Topic |
202608.3.0
| Document | Publication Type | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202608.3.0 | 09 Sep 2026 | Using Redline Agent for Risk Assessment | Manually marked clauses now support automatic playbook rule matching and AI risk assessment. |
| Auto Sync Reviewer Responses | Reviewer responses can now be automatically ingested and synchronized in the review workflow. | ||
| Review Cycle Reconciliation | Contract managers can now complete review cycles and reconcile reviewer changes in O365 and Manual Offline reviews. | ||
| Auto Ingest Email Responses | Reviewer responses received by email for Manual Offline reviews are now automatically ingested and tracked. | ||
| Administrators can now enable or disable Redline Agent at the tenant level from CLM Admin. |
202608.2.0
| Document | Publication Type | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202608.2.0 | 09 Sep 2026 | Agreement Clause Management | Legal reviewers can now create, update, and delete Agreement Clause records for Redline Agent-marked clauses during document check-in. |
| AI Risk Category Writeback | AI-generated clause and document risk categories are now written back to CLM records during reconciliation. | ||
| O365 Review Assessment | Technical feasibility work has been completed for enabling online completion of O365 reviews. | ||
| AI Template Processing Notifications | Template administrators now receive email notifications when AI template processing completes or encounters an error. |
202608.1.0
| Document | Publication Type | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202608.1.0 | 09 Sep 2026 | New topic | |
| Resend Review Invites | Review owners can now resend Microsoft Entra B2B review invitations when reviewers need a new invite. | ||
| Clause Library Scrolling | The Clause Library now supports scrolling at up to 150% display scaling. | ||
| Offline Agreement Creation | Administrators in newly provisioned organizations can now create offline agreements by default. | ||
| Smart Field Enhancements | Smart fields now validate supported data types and automatically synchronize updates throughout a document. | ||
| Risk Score Visibility | The Redline screen now displays document risk scores and rule risk categories. | ||
| External Reviewer Provisioning | External reviewers are now automatically provisioned as Microsoft Entra ID B2B guest users. | ||
| Read-Only Calculated Fields | Calculated fields can now be configured only as read-only in templates. | ||
| Calculated Field Exclusion | Calculated fields are now excluded from the Mark Field tab. |
202607.2.0
| Document | Publication Type | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202607.2.0 | 24 July 2026 | Clause field | The IsLatest field is added to the agreement clause schema. |
| Clause Management UI | Improved the clause management interface by adding a scroll bar to the Promote Clause screen. |
202607.1.0
| Document | Publication Type | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202607.1.0 | 08 July 2026 | Review Cycle Completion Enhancements | Contract Managers can now complete individual reviewers or end the entire review cycle directly from the application. |
| Uploading a template | Unified New Template Entry Point for Conga Templates. | ||
| To Replace a Standard or Alternate Clause and Reviewing Clause Rule Suggestions | Edit smart fields in standard, alternate, and Redline Agent-generated clauses while preserving smart fields and formatting when replacing clauses. |
202606.2.0
| Document | Publication Type | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202606.2.0 | 29 June 2026 | Error Information tooltip for Template Administrators | Introduced a tooltip on the Conga Templates page. |
| Office 365 Internal Review | Updated Office 365 internal review processing to support browser-based editing by sending documents in full access mode. | ||
| Start Review Single-Page Experience | Introduced a unified Review Cycle workspace that enables contract managers to initiate, track, and manage internal and external contract reviews from a single location. | ||
| Redline AI | Removed the Within Range and Needs Review icons and associated filter options from Redline AI clause rules to streamline the user interface. |
202606.1.0
| Document | Publication Type | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202606.1.0 | 16 June 2026 | Login Support | Enabled unified Login Support for Orange BYOK Environment. |
| To open or open and update an agreement document | Added Result to step 5. | ||
| Reviewing Clause Rule Suggestions |
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| Reviewing Document Rule Suggestions | Updated step 6. | ||
| Auto-execution of a Playbook | Added a note in the Introduction. | ||
| Executing a Playbook Manually | Added a note after step 6. |
202605.2.0
| Document | Publication Type | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202605.2.0 | 04 June 2026 | Redline Agent | Updated |
| Advanced Filter to Contracts and Templates Search | New topic |
202605.1.0
| Document | Publication Type | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202605.1.0 | 18 May 2026 | Template and Clause Library Builder | New Topic |
202604.2.0
| Document | Publication Type | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202604.2.0 | 4 May 2026 | Configuring the Read Only Field Property | New Topic |
202604.1.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202604.1.0 | 20 April 2026 | Connected Apps for X-Author for Contracts Advanced | New topic |
202603.2.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202603.2.0 | 06 April 2026 | To make a clause read-only in a template | Added information about the Retain Field Property option. |
| To review Doc Fields | Updated Step 2. | ||
| To review Doc Clauses | Updated Step 2. |
202603.1.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202603.1.0 | 30 March 2026 | Using AI Comparison for the Clause Library | Updated Step 5. |
| To mark a field as smart | Updated Step 3. | ||
| To mark a field read-only | Updated Step 3. | ||
| To make a clause smart in a template | Updated Step 4. | ||
| To make a clause read-only in a template | Updated Step 4. |
202602.2.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202602.2.0 | 16 March 2026 | Enabling Org Approved Sender Email Addresses | New Topic |
| Enabling Document Save Location | New Topic | ||
| To review Doc Fields | Renamed the "delete" field action to "unmark". | ||
| Reverting to a Standard Clause | Updated the introduction with information on retaining formatting when reverting to a standard clause. | ||
| Using Alternate Clauses | Updated the introduction with information on retaining formatting when swapping clauses. |
202602.1.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202602.1.0 | 23 February 2026 | To create an offline agreement | Added a prerequisite that administrators must enable permission to use this feature. |
202601.2.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202601.2.0 | 26 January 2026 | Changing Orgs | Added a note that switching between AWS and Azure Orgs is supported. |
| To review a document imported from Conga Discovery AI | Added a note that when you set a locale for a document in X-Author for Contracts Advanced, included imported documents, the system preserves and validate and display date, number, and currency fields according to the selected locale, regardless of the user's profile settings. |
202601.1.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202601.1.0 | 10 January 2026 | Various | Renamed "Copilot" to "Q&A Agent" throughout the documentation. |
| To review a document imported from Conga Discovery AI | Added a note about field updates syncing between the X-Author for Contracts Advanced pane and the document. |
202512.2.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202512.2.0 | 10 January 2026 | Connect to CRM | Updated the result section with a note about auto-provisioning for non-onboarded users. |
202512.1.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202512.1.0 | 13 December 2025 | Refreshing Clauses in a Template | Updated the Restrictions section. |
| Creating New Templates | Added a Best Practices section | ||
| Clauses | Added a new bullet point about pre-defining the List format during clause creation | ||
| To check in a contract document | Added a note about the Finish screen validation messaging. | ||
| To review Doc Clauses | Added a note about extracted clauses not linked to the Clause Library. |
202511.2.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202511.2.0 | 29 November 2025 | Changing Orgs | New Topic |
| To log into the X-Author for Contracts Advanced add-in |
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| Reverting to a Standard Clause | New Topic |
202511.1.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202511.1.0 | 17 November 2025 | Inserting and Deleting Clauses | Added a note that users can insert clauses as text and smart clauses containing repeat sections and smart/read-only fields. |
| Using Alternate Clauses | Added a note that users can swap clauses containing repeat sections, tables, and smart/read-only fields in a contract document from Doc Clauses. |
202510.2.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202510.2.0 | 01 November 2025 | Working with Contract AI |
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202509.2.3
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202509.2.3 | 01 November 2025 | Reconciliation | Updated Step 8 of "To check in and reconcile smart fields and clauses" section with information on what custom content control field changes display a FieldChangeOnly status. |
| Using Alternate Clauses | Updated the note about support for swapping clauses containing drop down content controls. |
202509.1.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202509.1.0 | 22 September 2025 | Making Fields Smart in a Template | Added information about making fields smart within repeat tables, repeat sections, and third-level repeat tables inside clauses. |
| Making Fields Read Only in a Template | Added information about making fields read-only within repeat tables, repeat sections, and third-level repeat tables inside clauses. | ||
| Making Clauses Smart in a Template | Added information about making clauses smart within repeat tables, repeat sections, and third-level repeat tables inside clauses. | ||
| Making Clauses Read-Only in a Template | Added information about making clauses read-only within repeat tables, repeat sections, and third-level repeat tables inside clauses. | ||
| To clone a template from an existing template | Added a note that you can clone templates and clauses that include Smart and Read-Only fields within repeat sections, tables, and third-level repeat tables. | ||
| Refreshing Clauses in a Template | Added information to the introduction that you can refresh clauses in a template that include Smart and Read-Only fields within repeat sections, tables, and third-level repeat tables. | ||
| Reconciliation |
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| Using Alternate Clauses | Added a note about support for swapping clauses containing drop down content controls. | ||
| Updating Fields from Conga CLM | Added information about supporting smart and read-only fields inside repeat tables, repeat sections, and sections with a third level repeat table. |
202507.2.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202507.2.0 Release | 28 July 2025 | To check a template in | Added a note to the Results about checking-in templates and the Needs Publishing feature flag. |
| To clone a template from an existing template | Added a note to the Results about cloning templates and the Needs Publishing feature flag. | ||
| Using Alternate Clauses | Updated Step 8. |
202507.1.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202507.1.0 Release | 12 July 2025 | To review a document imported from Conga Discovery AI |
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| Review Import Results Prerequisites | Added a note that Review Imports and Insights options are only available for contract documents uploaded through Discovery AI marked Ready for Review. | ||
| To compare clauses imported from Conga Discovery AI | Updated Step 2. | ||
| To make a Segment Conditional in a template | Added Step 5 which includes information on the new Segment name field. | ||
| To set a style for a segment in a template | Added Step 5 which includes information on the new Segment name field. | ||
| Doc Clauses | Added a bullet with information about Guidance and the "i" tooltip icon. |
202506.2.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202506.2.0 Release | 28 June 2025 | Contract AI and Discovery AI for Salesforce Users | Added a note about the 12MB file limitation for Conga Copilot and Redline AI. |
| Asking Questions with Conga Copilot | Added a note about the 12MB file limitation for Conga Copilot. | ||
| Using Redline AI to Assess Risks | Added a note about the 12MB file limitation for Redline AI. | ||
| To review a document imported from Conga Discovery AI | Added a note about the Reconcile option now always being pre-selected. | ||
| To insert fields in template | Added a note that Decimal data type fields are supported. | ||
| To check in a contract document | Updated Step 16 with new Refresh functionality. | ||
| To clone a template from an existing template | Updated Step 5 with new Refresh functionality. |
202506.1.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202506.1.0 Release | 15 June 2025 | Using Alternate Clauses | Added a note about read-only clauses. |
| Installing X-Author for Contracts Advanced | Added information about how to view what environment you are connected to in the App Details. | ||
| To check in a contract document | Added a note about checking-in documents with special characters. |
202505.2.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202505.2.0 Release | 14 June 2025 | Connect to CRM | Added information on how to see what platform you are synced to within the X-Author for Contracts Advanced application. |
| Setting Up Frequently Used Prompts and Shortcuts for AiMe | Updated Step 5a and added Step 5g. | ||
| To protect and unprotect a document | Added a note to Step 10. |
202504.1.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202504.1.0 Release | 19 April 2025 | Connect to CRM | New Topic |
| Contract AI and Discovery AI for Salesforce Users | Updated the Connect to CRM link to go to the new topic through Conga Advantage Platform Admin instead of the manual API method. |
202503.1.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202503.1.0 Release | 29 March 2025 | Asking Questions with Conga Copilot | Updated Step 4 and 5. |
| Setting Up Frequently Used Prompts and Shortcuts for AiMe | New Topic |
202502.2.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202502.2.0 Release | 29 March 2025 | To log into the X-Author for Contracts Advanced add-in | Added a note about how the application handles the post-deployment caching login issue. |
202502.1.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202502.1.0 Release | 07 March 2025 | To insert fields in a template | Updated Step 4. |
| To insert fields in a template as a section | Updated Step 5. | ||
| Inserting Fields ina Template as a Table | Updated Step 5. | ||
| Inserting Fields in a Clause as a Table | Updated Step 5. |
202501.3.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202501.3.0 Release | 26 Feb 2025 | Making Columns and Rows Conditional in a Repeat Table and Repeat Section | Added the following note: "You can search for fields to quickly make selections." |
202501.2.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202501.2.0 Release | 26 Feb 2025 | To review Doc Clauses | Updated Step 2 and 3. |
| To review Doc Fields | Updated Step 2 and 3. | ||
| Updated Step 3. | |||
| Inserting Fields in a Clause as a Table | New Topic |
202501.1.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202501.1.0 Release | Feb 2025 | Using Redline AI to Assess Risks | New Topic |
| Contract AI and Discovery AI for Salesforce Users | New Topic |
20212.2.0
Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
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20212.2.0 Release | 30 Jan 2025 | Added a note that Government cloud customers must contact Conga Support for additional installation steps. | |
Updated Step 5. | |||
New Topic |
202412.1.0
Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
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202412.1.0 Release | 30 Jan 2025 | New Topic | |
New Topic | |||
New Topic | |||
| Asking Questions with Conga Copilot | New Topic | ||
New Topic | |||
Updated Steps 1-4 |
202411.2.0
Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
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202411.2.0 Release | 12 Dec 2024 | Updated "To make a Segment Conditional in a template section". | |
Updated "To Review Doc Fields" and "To Review Doc Clauses" sections. |
202409.2.0
Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
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202409.2.0 Release | 9 December 2024 | Updated Behavior and Limitation section. | |
12 Nov 2024 | Added best practices to the overview. | ||
28 Oct 2024 | Added a note about cut and paste support for clauses within templates after Step 6. | ||
Added a note about handling special characters in document names for Microsoft O365 and Microsoft Word 2021. | |||
Updated the table of fields and descriptions. | |||
Added Step 6 and Step 7. | |||
Added Step 5. | |||
Added Step 10. |
202409.1.0
Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
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202409.1.0 Release | 12 Oct 2024 | Removed prerequisite and added the Asking Questions for Any Document section. |
202408.2.0
| Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
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202408.2.0 Release | 14 Sep 2024 | New Topic | |
Updated Step 4 |
202408.1.0
Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
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202408.1.0 Release | 04 Sep 2024 | Updated the note after Step 4. | |
Removed Behavior and Limitation section with workaround to a known issue where users had to add a space before and after inserted clauses. | |||
Removed the restriction note about needing to check-in a template before inserting a clause from the clause library. |
202407.2.0
Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
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202407.2.0 Release | 26 Aug 2024 | New Topic | |
19 Aug 2024 | New Topic |
202407.1.1
Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
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202407.1.1 Release | 08 Aug 2024 | New Topic | |
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Updated Step 6. | |||
Updated Step 3 of To Open or To Open and Update a Contract Document and updated the note after Step 4. | |||
Updated the Category and Subcategory descriptions in the table. |
202406.2.0
Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
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202406.2.0 Release | Creating New Templates | Updated Name table entry. | |
New Topic |
202405.2.0
Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
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202405.2.0 Release | 12 Jun 2024 | Admin Settings for X-Author for Contracts Advanced on the Conga Platform | Updated the XAAddInLoadType entry in the System Property table and added a link to CLM Setup in the Custom Permissions Specific to CLM for X-Author for Contracts on Conga Platform section. |
202403.3.0
Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
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202403.3.0 Release | 18 Apr 2024 | New Topic | |
New Topic | |||
Updated Step 2 |
202403.1.0
Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
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202403.1.0 Release | 20 Mar 2024 |
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Updated Step 4 in the Marking Clauses for Removal section. | |||
Updated Step 3. | |||
Updated Step 6. |
202402.1.0
Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
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202402.1.0 Release | 26 Feb 2024 | Updated the API section with an introduction and link to the Conga Developer Portal. | |
21 Feb 2024 | Updated the overview, Step 3, and Step 5. |
February '24
Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
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February'24 Release | 07 Feb 2024 | Added the Limitations section. | |
New Topic | |||
| Inserting Fields in a Template as a Table | Added Step 14 with substeps on how to sort repeat table line items. | ||
Added a bullet point to the note at the bottom with information about rollup field support. |
October '23
Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
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October '23 Release | 04 Oct 2023 | New Topic | |
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Making Columns and Rows Conditional in a Repeat Table and Repeat Section | Updated steps and user interface references. | ||
Installing Production X-Author for Contracts Advanced Using Microsoft AppSource | New Topic | ||
Updated topic with limitation information on reconciling comments added to smart clauses. | |||
Updated steps. |
July '23
Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
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July '23 Release | 30 Jun 2023 | New Topic | |
New Topic | |||
Added a note with information about PDF/A and checking-in documents using Contract Intelligence. | |||
Added a note about toggling the Read-Only option. | |||
Updated the steps to reflect user interface changes. | |||
Installing Production X-Author for Contracts Advanced Using Microsoft AppSource | New Topic for Platform |
June '23
Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
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June '23 Release | 07 Jun 2023 | X-Author for Contracts Advanced Configuration Settings in Conga CLM Admin | New Topic |
New Topic | |||
New Topic |
February '23
Document | Publication Date | Topic | Description |
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February '23 Release | 01 Feb 2023 | All topics are new in this release. | NA |
