See what changed on a form
Form edit history shows each saved change to a form: who made the change, when, and each setting before and after the change. Use it when a form stops doing what you expect. For example, submissions stop adding a label to new actions.
You can also restore an earlier saved version of the form as a draft. Your live form does not change until you publish.
For the rest of form setup (destinations, mappings, sharing), see Hive Forms.
Open form edit history
Open the Forms app and open the form.
At the top of the form builder, click History. It is next to Save.
The Form edit history window opens. The newest change is at the top.
You see History only if you can edit and publish the form. If Only admins and form owners can edit is on, only workspace admins and the form owner see it. A new form shows History after you save it for the first time.
If nobody has saved a change since history started, the window shows No edit history yet. History starts with the next change that you save.
Read a history entry
Each entry shows:
What happened, for example Created the form, Saved draft changes, Published the form, Unpublished the form or Restored an earlier version.
Who made the change and when.
Each changed setting, with its Before and After values. For a question setting, the question title comes first, for example Department · Map to label.
Draft saves show as Saved draft changes. When you publish, Hive adds Published the form. If you save without changing anything, Hive adds no entry.
Projects, templates, people, teams, custom fields and questions show by name. If you cannot see a project, history shows Private or deleted project. A deleted custom field shows its name with (deleted).
To see older entries, click Load earlier changes at the bottom of the list.
Example: new actions from a form no longer get the department label. Open History and find Department · Map to label with Before: On and After: Off. The entry shows who turned the setting off, and when.
Restore a saved version
In Form edit history, find the version that you want and click Restore this version.
Read the warning. A restore replaces your current draft and discards edits that you did not save. To stop, click Keep current draft.
Click Restore as draft. Hive shows Form version restored as a draft, and the form builder opens the restored draft.
Review the form.
Click Save and Publish to make the restored version live. If the form was never published, click Publish.
Your earlier draft stays in history as Version before restore. To undo a restore, restore that entry.
What a restore changes and what it keeps
A restore brings back the saved:
Questions and their settings, including mappings to labels, assignees and custom fields.
Where submissions go and what they create, for example the destination project or template.
Confirmation message and email settings.
Sharing for projects that the form creates (project members, teams and who can see the project).
A restore keeps the current:
Form owner.
Edit access (Only admins and form owners can edit).
Sign-in and submission settings, for example Require sign in for form submissions, allowed email domains and access to the submissions page.
Connected Microsoft (SharePoint) accounts.
If a question in the restored version is mapped to a custom field that was deleted later, Hive removes that mapping. Before you publish, open the question and select a custom field again.
People who are no longer in the workspace are removed from the restored project members and time-off notification lists.
Limits
History starts when this feature became available. It does not include changes from before that time. On an existing form, the first entry can be History started. This entry shows the form as it was when history started.
A restore changes only the form's own settings. It does not bring back deleted custom fields, unarchive a project that the form sends actions to, or undo changes to API keys, automations or workflows.