ET: DocuTech Integration Support & Troubleshooting Guide

Audience: Internal

The short answer: This guide is for the Support Escalations Team. If you're not part of this team, refer to the Guaranteed Rate Integration Support Guide instead. DocuTech (DT) is the integration layer between a customer's Loan Origination System (LOS) and Proof. This guide covers the issues, questions, and edge cases support runs into most often: filing a DT case, common customer FAQs, LOS pushback configuration, known system constraints, and current status on active customer cases.


How to File a DocuTech Support Case

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Customer-filed cases

The customer needs to log into their own DocuTech account and file the case themselves. There's no way for us to transfer a case or file one on their behalf.

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Proof employee escalations

Email pr@docutech.atlassian.net and CC tcsm@proof.com on the escalation.

Full workflow details live in DocuTech's own guides — use this article for the issues support hits most:


Common Issues (FAQ)

Signer can't pass Knowledge-Based Authentication (KBA) +

DT customers often assume Proof can be used for any transaction that can't be wet-signed, including international signers who don't have an SSN. Under DT's current settings, a signer with no SSN cannot pass KBA. Customers can see the Identity tab in the UI, but not the underlying ID report.

Give the customer the same KBA guidance we give everyone else:

  • Confirm the signer's name matches exactly across documents.
  • If the signer has no credit background or history, they won't be able to pass KBA.
  • The signer needs a valid U.S. address on file.
  • The signer needs an ITIN or SSN.
  • Sometimes a signer simply can't pass KBA — that's expected behavior, not a bug.
  • Check whether a spouse or partner is attempting to sign in place of the correct signer — often visible as the same email address being reused. Escalate to the TCSM to discuss enabling "lock recipient name," which is now on by default for all new deployments.
"I can't add someone to the account" +

Follow standard guidance — merging accounts is acceptable. SSO will block moving or adding anyone whose email uses a First American domain (DocuTech employees only).

"I need something signed in a specific state or by a specific title agent" +

Not supported. This isn't how the DocuTech/Proof integration or the customer's LOS workflow is designed to work.

Name, address, or other loan data is incorrect +

The loan needs to be redrawn at the source. Don't update loan data directly through the Proof UI — it can break the LOS write-back integration (see Known System Constraints below).

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DT customers would never clone a transaction. When a transaction expires, DT resends it and deletes the previous one — this includes transactions using Defend (DFND-1202).

LOS Pushback Configuration & Troubleshooting

The LOS Pushback event determines how completed or updated documents flow from Proof back into the customer's image repository via their LOS. Configuration is customer- and LOS-specific — always confirm proposed changes with the customer's LOS before submitting a DTX ticket.

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If a pushback fails, re-trigger it first via the "Pushback documents to Docutech" task in Keystone before escalating — DocuTech will often ask support to do this as a first step. Go to Keystone → Available Tasks → search "docutech" → Pushback documents to Docutech, then enter the Transaction GID and a reason and submit.
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Pro tip: The example settings below reflect one customer's configuration and are not universal — every customer/LOS pairing can be configured differently.

Issue #1 — Duplicate Unsigned Documents (RON transactions)

First confirm which LOS Pushback event the customer's LOS uses to retrieve unsigned closing packages — without that, it's difficult to confirm whether a config change will fully resolve the issue. For RON-specific cases, the following change typically eliminates duplicate unsigned documents in the Added and Modified pushback events:

Setting
Current
Recommended
Exclude Unsigned Ink Documents from Added or Modified Document Events with All Documents
No
Yes

Setting this to "Yes" excludes unsigned, ink-signed document copies from the Added and Modified LOS Pushback events (eSign/eClose), which eliminates the duplicates.

Issue #2 — Executed RON Documents Missing from Pushback

Executed RON documents are sometimes sent only through the Added and Modified pushback events — not through eCloseSignAndSubmitAllComplete, the event most LOS integrations actually use to retrieve complete closing packages. This is caused by the following setting:

Setting
Current
Recommended
Include Signed Documents with Sign and Submit in LOS Pushback
When Each Signer Signs (individual PDFs)
When All Signers Have Signed (merged PDF) — RON transactions only

The individual-PDF option isn't compatible with the RON workflow, which is why executed documents are excluded from eCloseSignAndSubmitAllComplete. This setting is LOS-dependent — confirm with the customer's LOS that it can support the change before submitting a DTX ticket.


Known System Constraints & Limitations

Constraint
Details
Missing signature tags
Documents can arrive without required signature tags because the integration uses "optional tags." If a notary completes the meeting without a signer interacting with those fields, they lock as blank but the transaction still shows complete. Example: lender-uploaded documents (not generated by DocuTech) can lack the coordinates needed for automated tagging. Resolution: run a notary correction when possible; if not possible, refund the transaction and have the customer resend it from their LOS.
eNote / rendering failures
Data or format errors (e.g. a bad schema for base64 PDF) can prevent an eNote from rendering. Authentication/API failures (e.g. "invalid_grant") can come from an incorrect assertion token — for example, the wrong "sub" value instead of the correct account identifier. Resolution: escalate to the TCSM team in #ask-tcsm on Slack.
File size cap
DocuTech enforces a 100MB cap on the total size of a document package.
Duplicate tracking IDs
DocuTech has occasionally broken pushback by sending duplicate tracking_id values for documents. Resolution: the end user will need to access documents from the Proof UI.
Unsupported workflows
Manual assignment of in-state notaries via the On-Demand panel, and overriding eEligibility logic for specific counties, are currently unsupported due to integration limitations.
Expiration logic
Fixed expiration windows in the DocuTech/Proof API can't be adjusted per transaction or state, since doing so could compromise compliance calculations. DocuTech can't block customers from changing this in the UI and generally advises against it — but the customer is able to change it. Doing so can alter quoted loan terms (e.g. interest rates), which is why it's never supposed to happen.
Resending a transaction
DocuTech deletes Proof transactions on resend.

Customer Case Studies

NFTYDoor and loanDepot both use the DocuTech–Proof integration, but their root causes and current status are quite different.

NFTYDoor — Notary Tagging & Acknowledgment Issues +

Primary issue: notary acknowledgment tagging

The DocuTech integration sends a free-form "fill in here" text box for notaries to manually type signer names, instead of a pre-tagged/printed name field. Notaries frequently delete or mismanage these tags, causing inconsistent or missing information. Over $4 million in loans in NFTYDoor's pipeline were rejected at recording as a result.

Potential solutions considered: acknowledgment blocks with pre-printed names, enforcing required fields (which conflicts with DocuTech's Patriot Act document requirements), or moving to printed signer-name tags.

Secondary issue: missing tags on lender-uploaded documents

Some documents (e.g. Application.pdf) were uploaded directly by the lender rather than generated by DocuTech, and lacked the coordinates needed for automated tagging. Note: a document that wasn't tagged by DocuTech, but was included by the customer as part of the package, can still pass through with the rest of the package.

Status: Resolved. NFTYDoor confirmed on June 22, 2026 that they identified the internal tagging gap and deployed a fix. Documents are signing correctly — no further action needed.

loanDepot — Document Encoding & Rendering Errors +

Unlike NFTYDoor, loanDepot's issues are technical/document-level rather than notary tagging errors.

Symptom: "Glitch" errors on ancillary documents and eNotes — the borrower appears to engage with the document, but the system fails to apply or recognize the signature.

Root cause: an encoding/format mismatch and rasterization issue with specific documents coming through the DocuTech integration — these documents are structurally broken before they reach Proof.

Resolution: handled case-by-case (refunds, or requiring a wet signature to complete). Escalate document-format issues directly to DocuTech, since the error originates at document origination, before reaching Proof.


Support & Process Notes

Known challenges

  • Siloed support channels: DocuTech uses its own ticket portal (DTX) with contract-specific SLAs, so Proof teams often have to direct customers to open their own DocuTech ticket rather than handing it off directly.
  • Visibility & alerting: better automated alerting on integration health (API timeouts, authentication failures, certificate expirations) is needed so breaks don't go unnoticed for days.
  • UI interference: lenders should limit interaction with the Proof UI. Manually adding trailing documents or editing transaction data (e.g. title/underwriter info) directly in the UI can break the automated write-back/pushback integration.

Best practice

Treat the customer's LOS as the system of truth. If a change is needed after a transaction has been sent, the recommended approach is to submit a new, corrected transaction rather than editing the active one in the Proof UI. Cross-team work is ongoing to bridge Proof/DocuTech support processes and create more streamlined escalation paths for shared customers.


Quick Reference Notes

Solutions Guide for Sumo & ADX queries: DocuTech Solutions Overview


Summary Checklist

  • Confirm whether this is a customer-filed DT case or one that needs Proof-side escalation to pr@docutech.atlassian.net (CC tcsm@proof.com).
  • For a failed pushback, re-trigger it via Keystone's "Pushback documents to Docutech" task before escalating.
  • Check the known constraints table before treating unexpected behavior as a bug.
  • Confirm any LOS Pushback config change with the customer's LOS before submitting a DTX ticket.

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Still unsure? Loop in the TCSM team via #ask-tcsm on Slack, or check the DocuTech Solutions Overview.

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