# What the audit certificate of a signed document contains

What Drime Sign records for each signature request, what the audit certificate shows about the document, the signers and each event, and how to get it.

Updated: 2026-10-21  
Source: https://drime.cloud/support/sign/audit-trail-and-certificate

For every signature request, Drime Sign keeps an audit trail: who received the document, who opened it, who signed and when. When everyone has signed, this trail becomes the audit certificate, a PDF delivered with the signed document.

## Get the audit certificate

Once every signer has signed, open the document in **Tools** \> **Sign**, then:

- click the arrow next to **Download** (**More download options**), then **Download audit trail** for the certificate alone;
- or choose **Download signed PDF + audit (ZIP)** for both.

See [Follow and download signed documents](https://drime.cloud/support/sign/track-and-download-signed-documents).

## What it contains

| Section | What you find there |
| --- | --- |
| Document information | The document's name, the certificate ID, the signature level (simple or advanced), the dates the request was created and completed, the time zone of the dates, and the SHA-256 fingerprints of the original document and of the signed PDF |
| Owner | The person who sent the request |
| Signers | For each signer: name, email address, status, date of signature, the checks done (email or phone verified by a code), and the IP address, approximate location and browser used |
| Signatures | The signature and initials each signer drew, typed or uploaded |
| Attachments | The files signers added in attachment fields, with who added them |
| Event log | Every step, with its date and who did it: document created, sent for signature, viewed, signed, declined, reminders, codes sent and verified, consent to sign electronically, all signatures completed, downloads |
| Integrity verification | A summary of the checks made on the document when it was sealed |

The certificate is in French when your Drime account is in French, otherwise in English. Its dates follow the time zone of your account.

## What is written to the trail

Drime Sign records the events as they happen, before the document is completed:

- sending, and each email reminder;
- each time a signer opens the document, and each verification code sent or confirmed (see [Verify your signers' identity with a code](https://drime.cloud/support/sign/verify-signers));
- each signature, or a refusal;
- changes to a signer's link (see [Share a signing link yourself](https://drime.cloud/support/sign/share-a-signing-link)).

## Check a document against its certificate

The certificate prints the SHA-256 fingerprint of the signed PDF. On the verification page, [app.drime.cloud/sign/verify](https://app.drime.cloud/sign/verify), anyone can drop the PDF, or look the document up by that fingerprint. The PDF is checked, not stored.

## If it doesn't work

| What you see | What to do |
| --- | --- |
| **Download audit trail** is missing | The certificate is produced once every signer has signed. Check the request's status in **Tools** \> **Sign**. |
| A signer shows **Declined** | The signer refused to sign, so the document will not be completed. See [When a signer declines](https://drime.cloud/support/sign/when-a-signer-declines). |

## Next steps

- [Follow and download signed documents](https://drime.cloud/support/sign/track-and-download-signed-documents)
- [Verify your signers' identity with a code](https://drime.cloud/support/sign/verify-signers)
- [Set reminders and a deadline for a signature request](https://drime.cloud/support/sign/reminders-and-deadline)