Symptom
In the New Candidate Experience, the standard Social Security Number (SSN) field does not trigger field-level validation. When “Enable field level validation on standard Social Security Number field on Application” is enabled, invalid SSN values are not validated.
Environment
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting Management
Reproducing the Issue
- Enable “Enable field level validation on standard Social Security Number field on Application” on the Manage Recruiting Settings page
- Switch to the New Candidate Experience
- Apply to a job requisition
- Enter an invalid value in the standard Social Security Number field
- Observe that the value is masked with asterisks and no field-level validation is triggered
Cause
Known product defect.
Resolution
This issue will be resolved on 2H 2026 version. Please refer to the following release date:
-Preview: Oct.12
-Prod: Nov.13
Keywords
CX, SSN, field validation, validate SSN , KBA , LOD-SF-RCM-CAN-CX , Candidate eXperience redesigned , Problem
Product
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting 2605
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