Electronic signatures for Tempo Timesheets approvals/client sign-offs: any solution/workarounds 2026

[Luke Johnson]

Hey community,

Reviving an old topic: In consulting we're using Tempo for billable hours in Jira, though when it comes to E sign offs from the clients for time sheets, Tempo doesn't support E-Signatures.

Meaning we have to download as a PDF and get them to sign off manually, (Quite unprofessional),

or send through Docusign etc (quite time intensive for each consultant).

Quick questions

1. Is there any third party market place app that you've found to work with Tempo

2. Is there a better current external workaround (Zapier - Automations etc) 

3. Would a dedicated add on tailored for Tempo Timesheet Client approval be useful?

Thanks for any small/large pieces of advice on this

[Kinga_Getint]

Hi @Luke Johnson 

In my opinion this is still a common gap with Tempo. Regarding your listed questions:

1. At the moment, there isn’t a Marketplace app that adds true client-side e-signatures directly to Tempo Timesheets. Most Tempo-related apps still focus on reporting or cost tracking, not external approvals.

2. As I know, teams usually rely on light automation to send exported timesheet data to external signing tools (for example via automation platforms like you mentioned), or they move client approval to a higher level such as milestones or invoices rather than individual timesheets.

3. For sure, Tempo-specific client approval add-on would be very useful. The main challenges are licensing, security, and legal compliance for external users though. It's a very sensitive area. 

So unfortunately, until Tempo supports this natively, most teams end up with a hybrid process rather than a fully Jira-based one.