Bit late but might help other people who are setting up forms. Root cause  1) The Form Data Model will use authentication mechanism Configured in AEM  cloudservices/datasource. If you have selected no authentication during setup - it will use anonymous user.  In Author env - anonymous user is restri...

Versions have Jcr:lock on them so even if you use workflow you can only play with one version at  a time.I think launch https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/experience-manager-cloud-service/content/sites/authoring/launches/overview.html?lang=en  is the solution that can handle your scenario.