## TL;DR

Upgrade with composer require docusign/esign-client:^5.1.0. What fixed it This was a confirmed SDK bug (DCM-3374), fixed in the 5.1.0 release.

## Steps

1. What was going on
Calling EnvelopesApi::listRecipients with the DocuSign eSign PHP client failed during response deserialization with this fatal error. The SDK referenced the model class \DocuSign\eSign\Model\OfflineAttributes, which existed in v3 of the client but was removed in v4, so any envelope with offline-capable recipients crashed the call. A user patch of commenting out offline_attributes references was not a real fix.

2. What fixed it
This was a confirmed SDK bug (DCM-3374), fixed in the 5.1.0 release. Upgrade with composer require docusign/esign-client:^5.1.0. The reporter verified the fix on the 5.1.0 release candidate and confirmed listRecipients works. Source: https://github.com/docusign/docusign-esign-php-client/issues/80

## When to use

You are seeing this: What was going on Calling EnvelopesApi::listRecipients with the DocuSign eSign PHP client failed during response deserialization with this fatal error. Use this skill when you run into "docusign php sdk: Class 'DocuSigneSignModelOfflineAttributes' not found on listRecipients".

## When not to use

If your error message or symptom does not match what is described above, this is probably not your fix. Search for your exact error text instead of forcing this one to fit.

## Versions

Versions mentioned in the source: 5.1.0. If you are on something much newer or older, the details may have shifted.

## Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

## Sources

- https://github.com/docusign/docusign-esign-php-client/issues/80

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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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