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Document IDs
Yes, it's SharePoint 2013 in SharePoint Online. I'll see if it's possible to have our tenancy upgraded to SharePoint 2016 if there are plenty of other advantages too? From memory, I wasn't able to change the experience from SharePoint 2013 to 2016 despite being a global admin but I'll have another look.
Nope.
The template I choose has no affect on the experience version.
The UI hasn't been updated to display a specific 2016 experience choice, but SharePoint online is running SharePoint 2016 behind the scenes. I assume that means it should be using Durable Links, but I'll need to login to my tenant to check. If it is using durable links then the other issue you may be running into is that durable links only work for documents that are renamed or moved. Documents that are copied are new documents and get a new ID. Depending on how a document is moved it may actually be copied and then the original deleted. In that case it would also get a new ID.
I just checked my tenant and SharePoint Online is configured to use Durable Links if the Document ID feature is turned on. Here's an article that explains what Durable Links do:
