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Salesforce ' s DocuSign integration provides a packaged electronic-signature lifecycle for contract documents. Salesforce explicitly documents that the integration can send a contract document for review and signatures, track the signed document and update the contract record status, and automatically invalidate a pending signature document when a newer contract document supersedes it.

These features maintain transactional integrity throughout the signature process. Sending the document initiates the controlled signature workflow. Status tracking keeps Salesforce synchronized with the state of the DocuSign envelope and enables the contract record to reflect completion. Automatic invalidation prevents a signer from executing an outdated document version after a newer authoritative version is generated. An additional Salesforce approval process is not required simply to invalidate the superseded signature document because that behavior is already part of the supported eSignature lifecycle. Similarly, changing contract contents during the signing process is not one of the standard DocuSign capabilities represented here. Document changes should occur through the controlled document revision and regeneration process before a new signature request is issued.

Study Guide References: DocuSign Integration; Electronic Signatures; Contract Documents; Signature Tracking; Superseded Document Invalidation.