Fillable fields in PDF are stripped and removed when applied.

Created on 2 September 2025, about 1 month ago

Problem/Motivation

When users upload a new pdf and the pdf metadata appender is applied to the media type, the file correctly updates with the metadata but the fillable fields (dynamic fields like for forms) are flattened and are no longer fillable. Our users rely on the ability to fill these forms digitally on the pdf instead of printing it out.

Steps to reproduce

1. Turn on pdf metadata appender for media entity.
2. Upload a pdf document with fillable fields (like a form with name, address, etc).
3. Save the entity
4. View pdf via browser on desktop
5. Try to fill form and see you cannot.

Proposed resolution

Remaining tasks

User interface changes

API changes

Data model changes

πŸ› Bug report
Status

Active

Version

1.0

Component

User interface

Created by

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈUnited States Sunny-Lee

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