Adobe Experience Manager Forms Hotfixes

Last update: March 28, 2025

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This article lists the critical fixes implemented to address known issues, improve system stability, and enhance overall performance of AEM Forms.

NOTE
The hotfixes are designed to be cumulative, encompassing all preceding fixes. When you apply the latest hotfix to a release, it not only addresses the most recent issue but also incorporates all prior bug fixes and enhancements.

Hotfixes for Adaptive Forms

DateHotfix download link (AEM Software Distribution link)Fixed issues
March 26, 2025

To install this fix, follow the instructions Mitigating Spring Framework Vulnerabilities for AEM Forms on JEE.
  • Mitigating Spring Framework Vulnerabilities for AEM Forms on JEE
July 10, 2024
  • When a user updates to AEM Forms Service Pack 20 (6.5.20.0) on JEE server and generates PDFs using output services, the PDFs render with accessibility issues. (LC-3922112)
  • Tagged PDFs generated using output service on AEM Forms JEE show "Inappropriate structure warning". (LC-3922038)
  • When a form is submitted on AEM Forms JEE, the instances of a repeating XML element are removed from the data. (LC-3922017)
  • When a user on a Linux environment renders an adaptive form (on JEE) in HTML, it fails to render properly. (LC-3921957)
  • When a user converts an XTG file to PostScript format using the Output Service on AEM Forms JEE, it fails with the error: AEM_OUT_001_003: Unexpected Exception: PAExecute Failure: XFA_RENDER_FAILURE. (LC-3921720)
  • After upgrading to AEM Forms Service Pack 18 (6.5.18.0) on JEE server, when a user submits a form, it fails to render HTML5 or PDF Forms and XMLFM crashes. (LC-3921718)
June 21, 2024
  • After upgrading to AEM Forms Service Pack 6.5.21.0, the PaperCapture service fails to perform OCR (Optical Character Recognition) operations on PDFs. For installation instructions, refer to the troubleshooting article.(CQDOC-21680)
June 21, 2024
May 16, 2024
  • In an Adaptive Form based on an XDP with embedded scripts on checkboxes, the scripts are not executed for elements after such checkboxes. A hotfix is available for this issue. (FORMS-14244)
  • Rows in the date picker widget are truncated when traversing through months in the pop-up widget for fields with Edit/Display pattern. A hotfix is available for this issue. (FORMS-13620)
  • Form submissions are failing when trying to use the DOR (Document of Record) service in the backend. The error message encountered is: "Submit Action couldn't complete because Form Resource isn't correctly assigned." (FORMS-13798)
  • When an Adaptive Form is submitted from an Adobe Experience Manager Publish instance to an Adobe Experience Manager Workflow, the workflow fails to save the attachments. (FORMS-14209)
  • On installing AEM 6.5 Forms Service Pack 20 package (AEM Forms add-on package for SP20),the AEM Sites user interface (UI) exhibits significant performance degradation. (FORMS-13791)
  • The prefill service fails with a null pointer exception in Interactive Communications. (CQDOC-21355)
  • Configurations using the legacy cloud service for Adobe Analytics with user credential-based authentication, fail to function correctly, causing the failure of analytics rules to execute. (FORMS-15428)
January 29, 2024
  • On AEM Forms on the JEE server, the HTML5 Forms that make use of the context path fail to render. (FORMS-12485, FORMS-12691).
January 29, 2024
  • The out-of-the-box Scribble Signature component fails to render for a preview in an adaptive form. (FORMS-12073).
November 20, 2023
  • Inline signing stops working, when a redirect URL is set in the guide container of an Adaptive Form. (FORMS-10493)
  • Document of Record (DoR) templates fail to publish for localized Adaptive Forms. (FORMS-10535)
  • Interactive Communication with large inline images fails to open in edit mode. (FORMS-10578)