Share for Review Tools not working

[Crabster_Cake]

TL;DR: Clients can no longer highlight text in Share for Review (browser view). Only pin/shape options remain, making text amends invisible. Bug or feature removal?

Hi all, I’ve just come back from holiday and run into a nightmare with Share for Review in InDesign.

I shared a chapter of a book with a client using the built-in Share function. They did what they always do in the browser: highlight passages of text, add amends, pin comments, etc.

But this time the highlight tool is gone. The only options available are Place a Pin or Draw a Shape. As a result, all of my client’s highlighted amends are invisible to them... although the Review panel inside InDesign still recognises the highlights.

This makes it impossible for them to follow my replies or know which text I’m addressing.

Has the highlight feature been removed? I’ve noticed a UI change, so perhaps this is intentional? If so, why would such a critical function for book and text-heavy projects be taken away?

Thanks in advance for any clarity.


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[ffiigg]

Not yet. It's a painful but that really holding up my workflow. 

[Eric Hilliard - MI DNR]

Consider yourselves lucky. While we did momentarily have this issue, most of our users have lost connection to share for review documents completely across our entire enterprise. A ticket was submitted on 9/17/2025 that was quickly escalated to higher levels, but now we're just waiting. This is causing major headaches for us and missed deadlines across multiple departments and divisions. All of our users are now getting 404 asset not found errors when they try to access share for review links. It is a mess. Every share for review file has completely disappeared from my Creative Cloud Desktop and web apps. I don't think I've ever seen this level of chaos last for so long. We're nearly at a month now. 

[OSU-FPP Errick Braggs]

This was also reported by me in my post. Same thing; my coworkers and outside contractors cannot get to the links to work anymore. There is a small workaround (sometimes); try changing browsers or use incognito mode. They will not be able to comment, but they may be able to see the project. For me, that helps nothing. Without both the links working and being able to comment with highlighted text, we are also dead in the water. Over 600 page book just stalled. It will have to go to the printer with mistakes now. 

[Abhishek Rao]

Hi everyone,

Thanks so much for your patience while the team worked on this. The product team has rolled out a fix, and the Share for Review tools should now be working as expected. Please test it once and let us know if everything looks good on your end or if you still notice any issues.

Really appreciate your cooperation throughout this!
Abhishek