Submit a filing to EDGAR
Pre-flight, packet build, submission, retry queue, and confirmation.
Submission is a five-stage process. Each stage is gated; you cannot submit until the prior stage is clean.
Stage 1: Pre-flight
The system checks Vault completeness, financial statement balance, signature collection, and EDGAR connectivity. Any failures are listed with one-click resolution.
Stage 2: Packet build
The system assembles the EDGAR submission packet: primary document HTML, exhibit list, exhibit binary attachments, header data. The packet is rendered in a preview window for your final visual review.
Stage 3: Submission
You click Submit. The system uses your EDGAR filer credentials (stored encrypted) to push to EDGAR. A spinner shows real-time status: queued, accepted by EDGAR, accession number assigned.
Stage 4: Retry queue (Wave 9I)
If EDGAR returns a soft failure (intermittent timeout, rate limit), the submission is auto-retried with exponential backoff up to 5 attempts over 30 minutes. You get a notification at each retry. Hard failures (validation rejections) require your intervention.
Stage 5: Confirmation
You receive: the accession number, a PDF rendering of the filed document, an email with the EDGAR receipt, and an audit trail entry. The filing appears in /drafts as Submitted.
What if I need to amend
Open the submitted filing, click "Amend". The system creates a new draft with the prior submission as the starting point and the suffix /A appended to the form type.