# Stirling PDF v2.14.0 — 2.14.0  Hardware token signing and shared signing

- Product: Stirling PDF (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/stirling-pdf)
- Vendor: Stirling Tools
- Date: 2026-06-30
- Version: v2.14.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/releases/tag/v2.14.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/stirling-pdf/releases/v2.14.0

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- **added** — Desktop token signing for USB/smart-card PKCS#11 and OS certificate stores
- **added** — Login disclaimer feature for businesses
- **added** — Bulk comment and annotation clearing to editor
- **added** — File share and shared signing in top workbench bar
- **changed** — Improved side menu for comments, annotations, and attachments with easier adding and new clear all buttons
- **changed** — MSI installer now branded with logo and display name changed to Stirling PDF
- **changed** — Upgraded to TypeScript 7 for local type-checking
- **fixed** — Desktop login issues including missing refresh token
- **fixed** — Reintroduced shared signing and file sharing UIs in top bar

This release adds several changes including desktop hardware token signing and changes to various UI elements
 
Features include:
- Desktop token signing! Such as USB/smart-card PKCS#11 and OS certificate stores etc (Currently desktop only)
- Fixes for shared signing and file sharing UIs to be reintroduced in top bar 
- Improved Side menu for comments/annotations and attachments with easier adding and new clear all buttons
- Login disclaimer feature for businesses that want it
- Fix desktop login issues
- Adds logo to installer and renames installer internal name from Stirling-PDF to Stirling PDF (without the -)


##### What's Changed
###### Enhancements
* Add login agreement disclaimer feature by @Frooodle in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/6766
* Add bulk comment and annotation clearing to editor by @MattSaito in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/6792
* More desktop CI optimisations by @jbrunton96 in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/6786
* Upgrade to TS7 for local type-checking by @jbrunton96 in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/6815
* Expand `any` type linting in frontend by @jbrunton96 in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/6808
* Brand MSI installer and rename display name to Stirling PDF by @Frooodle in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/6764
* Align settings.yml defaults and fix dead/mismapped settings by @Frooodle in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/6816
* UX improvement for side menu bookmark, comments and attachments by @Frooodle in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/6552
* feat(policies): enforce run-on-export policies on all PDF exit paths by @reecebrowne in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/6788
* feat(shared): make @shared the single home for brand logo assets by @reecebrowne in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/6714
* Fix missing refresh token on desktop by @jbrunton96 in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/6838
* add file share to the top workbench bar and add shared signing by @EthanHealy01 in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/6715
* Update Backend 3rd Party Licenses + Translations and bump versio by @stirlingbot[bot] in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/6794
* Signing UI edge-case cleanup by @EthanHealy01 in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/6849
* build(deps): bump test pypdf + add translations by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/6831
###### Other Changes
* Fix PR docker CI when the base image changes by @Frooodle in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/6809
* Make explicit signed and unsigned desktop CI jobs by @jbrunton96 in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/6840


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/compare/v2.13.2...v2.14.0