Release Notes

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.8.0.1

Release Date: 2023-07-03

Summary: Minor Bug Fix

• Fixed a bug that prevented the display of test case, test cycle, and test plan folders for users when their Jira profile language was set to a language other than English, German, or Spanish.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.8.0

Release Date: 2023-07-01

Summary: New Features, Enhancements & Bug Fixes

New Features

QMetry Intelligence

• Introduced an AI-powered, innovative approach to assess the flakiness of test cases by calculating a "Flaky Score" derived from their execution history; this insightful feature empowers testers with an ability to identify test cases whose future execution status is nondeterministic. A flaky test case refers to one that exhibits non-deterministic behavior when executed repeatedly within the same code and environment, resulting in intermittent successes and failures. The crucial first step towards gaining control over flaky tests is identifying them. Flaky tests have the potential to slow down testing pipelines and erode confidence in testing processes. Today determining test case flakiness requires a manual comparison of test results from multiple runs, which is time-consuming. However, with QMetry Intelligence, this process is now automated, saving valuable time and effort for testers and developers. QA Managers can define and configure settings according to their specific testing processes for calculating the flaky score, ensuring its relevance to their testing methodologies.
• Introducing the success rate for test cases, calculated based on their execution history, holds significant importance in the testing process. The success rate provides QA teams with a quantitative measure of the reliability and effectiveness of the test cases. The test case success rate is a crucial score for measuring test case execution performance, as a high success rate indicates a robust and dependable test case. On the other hand, a low success rate highlights potential issues or areas of improvement, signaling the need for further investigation and refinement.

Spanish and German Language Support

• Users having their Jira language preference set to Español will see QTM4J in Spanish.
• Users having their Jira language preference set to Deutsch will see QTM4J in German.

New Features on the Execution Screen

• Introducing Bulk Start New Execution for Test Cases for the selected environment on the execution screen.
• The Test Cycle > Test Cases tab and the execution screen now indicate the availability of a newer version of a test case besides the older linked version. Users will now have the option to sync the latest version of associated test cases individually or in bulk. This feature eliminates the need to manually unlink the older version and link the newer version of the test case for execution.

New Features on Test Cases

• Introduced a new feature that allows testers to conveniently copy test case steps from an existing test case while creating or modifying a test case, using the option "Copy steps from existing test case".
• Testers now have an additional capability to create parameters and corresponding values directly from the test case page, eliminating the need to always navigate to the configuration page.
• Improvements to Test Case Import via Excel: Testers can now import test cases with parameterized steps using the Excel import feature. For scenarios where the parameters do not exist and, the user has the necessary permissions, the import process will automatically create the parameters.

Enhancement to Story Traceability

• Bugs linked to a test case execution will be linked automatically under the 'Linked Issues' section of the Jira story related to the corresponding test case. Furthermore, a new configuration has been introduced in the project settings, allowing project administrators to manage the automatic linking of bugs to the Story and set the default relationship.

New Email Notifications

• Assignee will receive an email notification for test cases, test cycles, or executions when assigned individually or in bulk.
• Assignee & Reporter will receive email notifications for test cases, test cycles, test plans, or executions when the status is updated individually or in bulk.
• Project Administrators can now enable email notifications on Assignee and Status changes.

Enhancement to Automation & CI/CD

• Support for launching automated testing CI/CD pipelines from QTM4J on additional platforms such as Bamboo, Azure DevOps, GitLab Runners, GitHub Actions and Circle CI.
• Support for importing test automation results from the Cypress and Playwright tools with JUnit (XML) file format.

New Features in Administration

• Users can now bulk-create parameters and values by importing them using Excel from the configuration page.

Internal Improvement

• The attachment storage and Open API limits for the new cloud subscriptions will now be automatically configured based on the respective user tiers; this eliminates the need for any manual requests by the account management team.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented clicking on hyperlinks in the text fields.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the creation of a newer version of the test case when the description or precondition was modified.
• Fixed a bug that incorrectly navigated users with insufficient rights when clicking on the attachment storage menu.
• Fixed an incorrect error displayed when users attempted to use a parameter having no values in a test case.
• Fixed a bug that prevented integrating the GitLab project repository that is part of the subgroup.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.7.0

Release Date: 2023-03-25

Summary: Enhancement & Bug Fixes

Enhancements

Report Enhancements

• Introducing timeframe reports - Generate daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly test case and test execution summary reports to keep track of progress.

• Improve collaboration and reusability - Report owners can share the filter criteria with other users by granting view and edit permissions.

  • Users with view access to other users' report filters can reuse them in their dashboards.

  • Users with edit permissions on other users' report filters can modify the filter criteria or grant view permissions to others.

• The saved filter list on the dashboard gadget now displays additional details like the name of the related report and shared indicators to make it easier for users to identify the relevant filter.

Automation Enhancements

• Trigger CI/CD pipelines from within QTM4J - Thanks to continuous testing, CI/CD pipelines today are responsible for multiple tasks, including test execution. Integrate QTM4J with your preferred CI/CD platform, such as Jenkins or others, to trigger automated testing pipelines with a single click. Now, testers can save and launch remote CI/CD pipeline jobs directly from QTM4J. Testers can select and map a configured rule to a test cycle, then trigger the pipeline job and automate the uploading of the results after the successful execution of the job. This feature enables all testers to participate in test automation and also reduces the overhead of navigating between multiple tools by automating the testing process and reporting results.

• Automation import now supports uploading Cucumber execution result files containing background and test steps with tabular and other input values added to the feature file.

• Organize automated test cases and test cycles in a folder when uploading automation results.

Administrative Enhancements

• Administrators can now view the detailed statistics of the data storage consumption and the allotted storage for the QTM4J app based on the Jira user tier under the Applications >> QTM4J >> Data Storage page. Email notifications will be sent to the primary technical contact of the Jira instance when the data storage utilization reaches 80% and 90%. Metering and capping on total test cases and test executions generated through automation imports are enabled to prevent overutilization of data storage.

• QTM4J app's attachment storage consumption statistics are now available under Applications >> QTM4J >> Attachment Storage page. Email notifications will be sent to the technical contact of the Jira instance when the QTM4J attachment storage utilization reaches 80% and 90%.

Miscellaneous Improvements

• The limit for bulk deletion of test cases is reduced from 1000 to 100 records to have better resource utilization on cloud servers.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug that prevented displaying modified project name in the existing saved report filters.

• Fixed bug that displays an error when generating the test execution summary report having a filter applied on many test case folders for a project.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.6.0.3

Release Date: 2023-03-11

Summary: Improvement

• The option to gather user feedback to improve QTM4J has now been enabled.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.6.0.2

Release Date: 2023-01-14

Summary: Improvement

• The limit for bulk deletion of test cycles is reduced from 1000 to 20 records to have better resource utilization on servers.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.6.0.1

Release Date: 2023-01-07

Summary: Bug Fix

• Fixed a bug that prevented displaying test case steps on the execution screen when a story containing test cases is linked directly to the test cycle.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.6.0

Release Date: 2022-12-25

Summary: New Feature and Bug Fixes

New Feature - Introducing Shareable Test Cases
In a project, multiple test cases share some common steps. QTM4J now allows testers to create shareable test cases with common test steps and reuse them into other test cases as steps. Any updates to the shareable test case are auto-synced in the associated test cases. This feature makes testers more productive by eliminating the need to author and maintain repeated test steps in multiple test cases. Here are the key characteristics of the shareable test cases:

• Manage shareable test cases through a separate view within the test case module.

• Create a shareable test case from an existing test case or independently from a separate new section.

• Insert shareable test cases as steps into another test case of the same or cross-project to reuse common steps. Linking shareable test cases directly to a story or a test cycle for execution is not allowed.

• Updates to the shareable test case for a linked version are auto-synced to associated test cases.

• Sync the latest version of the shared test case directly from within the associated test cases.

• A shareable test case displays the key, name and version of all the test cases using it to enable testers easily find the references.

• During test execution, the test case containing shareable steps displays the steps as usual, along with a reference to the shared test cases.

• Shareable test cases can have parameterized steps and will refer to the parameter values from the test cases reusing it. Defining parameter values directly on a shareable test case is not supported.

• New import/reimport of test cases using shareable test case steps or independent shareable test cases is not supported.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that did not display the executed by value for some users in the exported execution summary reports.

• Fixed a bug that prevented uploading QAF automation results when the metainfo.json did not contain a metadata group.

• Fixed a bug that displayed incorrect statistics in the coverage by requirement report.

• Fixed a bug that prevented displaying records for an inactive assignee or reporter in the test summary reports.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.5.0.1

Release Date: 2022-12-10

Summary: Bug Fix

• Internal bug fix related to notification banner.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.5.0

Release Date: 2022-10-08

Summary: Improvements & Bug Fixes

Improvements on the execution screen

• The execution screen displays all system and custom fields of the test case under the test case details tab on the grid view.

• Improved filtering on the execution grid and list view:

  • Filter test executions by the test case and test execution custom fields.

  • Filter unassigned test executions and bulk assign them to a tester.

  • Filter test executions by test case assignee and bulk assign them to a tester.

Miscellaneous Improvements

• Users will now receive email notifications from QTM4J without setting the email address profile visibility to Anyone.

• Colors used in QTM4J to display Jira workflow status are modified to provide better visibility.

• Users can book a demo or chat with a QTM4J expert by selecting an option from the QTM4J menu.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug that prevented uploading attachments when the file name has a '%' character.

• Fixed bug that displayed incorrect attachment name when the file name has a '&' character.

• Fixed bug that prevented displaying test cases as per their execution sequence in the test cycle when generating or exporting the "Test case execution summary" report.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.4.0

Release Date: 2022-07-09

Summary: Improvements & Bug Fix

Folder Improvements: 

• The count of test assets in a folder and total test assets in the folder hierarchy gets displayed alongside the folder name.

• Users can choose to display test cases of subfolders in the parent folder to get a consolidated view of the test cases in the folder hierarchy. This option is available on :

  • Test case module - list screen.

  • Link test cases to the test cycle from its test case tab.

  • Link existing test cases to a story from the test case/acceptance criteria section. 

Report Improvements: 

• Drill down the graphical reports to view and export the filtered records.

• Generate a test case summary report grouped by a test case custom field for a selected project.

• By default, the include archived test cases option will remain unchecked to hide the archived test cases in the reports. The option selection remains preserved in the user preferences and the saved filter.

 Test Execution Improvements: 

• Create custom fields for test execution to capture additional details specific to a test case execution run.

  • Administrators can create custom fields for test execution from project configuration settings.

  • View the custom fields on the execution screen while executing the test cases.

  • Filter test case execution records on the execution screen based on custom fields.

  • Custom field values for a test case execution will get copied when cloning an execution run or a test cycle.

  • Export of the test execution records from the execution screen will include execution custom fields.

 Attachment Improvements: 

• Add inline images using copy & paste, browse & upload, and drag & drop options to test asset fields such as description, precondition, test steps, actual outcome & comments.

  • Inline images added to test case/steps/comments while authoring or execution will be attached under test case attachments. 

 Bug Fix

• Fixed a bug that caused some test cases to get exported with empty folder names.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.3.2

Release Date: 2022-04-09

Summary: Improvements & Bug Fixes

Improvements:

• The import test case feature will be only enabled when the user has the "Create Test case" and "Import" permissions. 
• While importing test cases option to create field values for components and labels will be only enabled when the user has the "Configuration Modify" permissions. 
• While importing test cases option to import test cases as a new version will be only enabled when the user has the "Test case versioning" permissions. 
• Test case execution reports are now available in Pie and Line charts.
• Sync Jira issue type changes using the re-index option. Re-indexing would fix the issue that prevented generating coverage reports by requirements when issue type changes do not auto-sync with QTM4J.
• Improved cloning performance of test cases having a large number of attachments.

Bug Fix:

• Fixed a bug that prevented users from importing test cases and required mandatory "Configuration modify" permission.
• Fixed a bug that required mandatory "Configuration modify" permission to import test cases using excel.
• Fixed a bug that prevented displaying the automation history page when passing the test cycle component in the Automation API.
• Fixed a bug that incorrectly displayed the utilized storage space for some subscriptions of QTM4J.
• Fixed a bug that did not display the list of stories while linking them to the test case for user language preference set other than English.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the attachments from being deleted immediately after uploading them to test assets.
• Fixed a bug that prevented generating reports using JQL when "fix version" has character "&" in the value.
• Fixed a bug that prevented QMetry gadgets from being renamed on the Jira dashboard.
• Fixed a bug that prevented autosaving data in test case steps comments and actual results fields on the execution screen.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.3.1.5

Release Date: 2022-02-19

Summary: Maintenance Fix

• Internal DB query optimization for better performance.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.3.1.4

Release Date: 2022-01-29

Summary: Bug Fix

• Mitigated - Apache Log4J Security vulnerability - CVE-2021-44832 & CVE-2021-45105.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.3.1.3

Release Date: 2021-12-21

Summary: Bug Fix

• Mitigated - Apache Log4J Security vulnerability - CVE-2021-45105.
• Mitigated - Apache Log4J Security vulnerability - CVE-2021-45046.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.3.1.2

Release Date: 2021-12-16

Summary: Bug Fix

• Mitigated - Apache Log4J Security vulnerability - CVE-2021-44228.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.3.1.1

Release Date: 2021-11-20

Summary: Improvement & Bug Fix

Improvement:

• Enabled an option to access User's Email address for QTM4J App Server to Cloud Migration purpose.

Bug Fix:

• Fixed a bug that displayed the attachment name incorrectly and prevented its download when the filename contained Cyrillic, Chinese and German alphabets.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.3.1

Release Date: 2021-10-23

Summary: Improvements

• Improvements to Test Case Execution Summary Report
  • The graphical view displays the test execution summary in percentage.
  • The tabular view now displays the test execution summary in a two-dimensional view that includes the count of the executed test cases and the percentage.
• The list attributes name, description, icon, and color for QMetry default values of Priority, Status, and Execution Result are made editable.
• The image link address (pre-signed URL) of attachments in QMetry can now be used as an image URL to insert attachments in the text field across QMetry. The pre-signed URLs do not expire.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.3.0

Release Date: 2021-08-28

Summary: New Feature

BDD Feature

• Organizations practicing Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) can author a feature file using the built-in Gherkin editor in Jira stories and sync it with Version Control Systems (VCS) like GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket Cloud & Self-Hosted editions.

  1. The two-way syncing between QTM4J & VCS keeps developers, testers, and product owners up to date with the latest commits to the feature file.

  2. The QMetry project settings have the configurations for the VCS repository integrated for a project.

  3. Automated test cases get created/reused based on the feature step definitions. The test cycle stores the automation execution results to ensure complete feature traceability with stories.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.2.2

Release Date: 2021-08-07

Summary: Improvements & Bug Fixes

General Improvements:

• Increased limit for Rest API calls from 1000 to 2500 calls per hour.
• Generate cross-project reports by filtering test assets on multiple custom fields of different projects.
• Expand or collapse test case step view is preserved for the user across all the screens.
• View test cycle summary by hovering over the bar graph of the "Test Case Execution Summary by Test Cycle" report.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that clones a test cycle in the "All Test Cycles" folder if the source and destination folder selection is the same.
• Fixed a bug that prevented exporting test case folder path to an excel if a test case had a similar folder hierarchy in a different folder structure.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the display of reports if the filter applied on a field had a JQL operator in the value.
• Fixed a bug that prevented editing of some test case fields when clicked on the back button while editing the test case.
• Fixed a bug that intermittently stuck the upload of automation test results in the "In Progress" state.
• Fixed a bug that prevented using a QMetry macro when copied on multiple pages or using through a template.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.2.0

Release Date: 2021-05-15

Summary: New Features, Improvements & Bug Fixes

New Features

QTM4J Confluence Integration

• Introducing a new "QTM4J Confluence Integration" app with the following features :
  • Embed a widget that dynamically displays filtered QMetry test assets in a tabular view containing all the fields selected by the user
  • Display a single test asset with a hyperlink while mentioning it on the page.
  • Create a test asset and display it on your page without leaving the Confluence editor.
  • *Coming Soon - Export of confluence page with QMetry widgets in Word/PDF format.

Improvements

• Archive test cases to prevent them from accidental deletion. Here are their characteristics :
  • To delete the test cases, they need to be archived first.
  • Access archived test cases from a dedicated view.
  • Test cases can be archived/un-archived in bulk.
  • Archived test cases have a grey background on the link section of the story or test cycle.
  • Archived test cases cannot be updated or executed and will remain hidden from the test case list view.
  • Archived test cases preserve their execution details.
  • Generate all reports to include/exclude archived test cases.
  • Archived test cases are tagged separately in the traceability report.
• Test case details will now have a system Pre Condition field visible on the execution screen.

Bulk Operation Improvements

• Bulk clone up to 100 test cases with the latest version, attachment, and comment.
• Bulk clone up to 20 test cycles in the same or another project.
  • Clone all executions or only the latest executions.
  • Cloning test cycles in the same project allows copying associated defects, attachments, comments, and actual results. Also,
  • copy them as not executed or retaining the same execution statutes.
  • Cloning test cycles to the other projects will copy the executions as not executed.
  • Cloning test cycles to the other projects will have an option to copy the test cycle metadata, comments, and attachments.
• Get background process notifications for bulk archive, clone, and delete operations.
• "Archive" and "Clone" bulk operations are captured in the audit logs.

Improvements on Bug Screen

• Introducing the "Steps to reproduce" section on the bug page:
  • When creating a new bug/linking an existing bug from the execution screen, the test steps to reproduce the issue, actual results, and other execution details will be auto copied to the section, preventing the user's effort from adding them manually.
  • A bug linked to multiple test cases will have the test steps added off the first one linked.
  • *Note - The bug page will display the test step execution details on the "Steps to Reproduce" section for issues created/linked post-release v4.2.0.

Improvements to Reports

• Filter all the reports based on custom fields associated with test cases, test cycles, and test plans.
• Export of test reports will include the data of custom fields.

General Improvements

• Screenshots recorded for an Exploratory Testing session are completely displayed depending on the default view of the browser. Users can now expand or download the screenshot for their reference.
• The "Link" button on all asset link screens now allows linking test assets selected sequentially from different folders. The "Link and Close" button allows quick linking for test assets without a need to separately click on the close button.
• Set pre-condition for test cases using Automation API, Jenkins, and Maven Plugin.
• QMetry v4.2.0 is compatible with QMetry Maven Plugin v2.0.7. Upgrade to the latest plugin to import your automation results to QMetry.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug that prevented exporting of test cases to another project with the correct step sequence.
• Fixed bug that prevented the display of all QMetry report filters while creating a dashboard gadget.
• Fixed bug that generated "Test Case Execution Summary" reports incorrectly for the latest executions.
• Fixed bug that did not allow editing the hyperlinks in the description field.
• Fixed bug that prevented syncing of updates made to test data parameter on the execution screen.
• Fixed bug that prevented displaying QMetry project settings and permissions screens for the "Next Gen" project.
• Fixed bug that prevented exporting test case steps execution results for the "Test case execution summary" report.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.1.5.4

Release Date: 2021-04-03

Summary: Bug Fix

• Fixed Import bug that prevented test case to be linked to test cycle manually or through automation. The import of test cases is allowed up to 5000 records including test cases and steps. More details...

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.1.5.2

Release Date: 2021-03-20

Summary : Bug Fix

• Fixed a bug that displayed an incorrect count of Test cases on the Test Case Summary by the Component report when filtered by labels.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.1.5

Release Date: 2021-02-13

Summary: Improvements

• Now Bulk Operations options will be visible on the top only when users select any test cases/test cycles/test plans on the Test Management screen.
• Added Drag & Drop operation to quickly move and reuse test assets across folders.
• Link Jira stories directly with the test cases that are being imported through Excel by defining Story Keys in the Excel sheet column and the same information can be exported in Excel and CSV files.
• Added an ability to mark Custom Fields as Required (Mandatory) which allows defining proper workflow required for test cases, test cycles, and test plans.
• Status & Priority can be marked as Archived if it is not required by customers as per their workflow.
• The folder context menu is revamped - with renamed folder operations for all test assets and with added additional options of Link with Test Cycle and Link with Story for test cases.
• Improved overall performance from UI perspective.
• Provided a confirmation pop-up while unlinking test cases from the test cycle and unlinking test cycles from the test plan.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.1.3

Release Date: 2020-12-19

Summary: Improvements & Bug Fixes

Exploratory Testing Extension v1.4.5

Improvements

• Refined New Design and Logo for Exploratory Testing extension.
• Support for Jira custom issue types & custom fields while creating a bug. 
• Improved image editor with features like rich text mark up, crop/resize/rotate image, blur sensitive text, replace & merge images. 
• Option to cancel a recorded session or delete session with in-progress status. 
• Easily search a project by its key or name.
• Default project for Exploratory Testing with be auto set same as the current project selected in QMetry.
• Extended search capability on document tab for test data and expected results fields.

General Improvements 

• New icons for Test case, Test Cycles, Test Plan and Test Reports.
• Audit log now captures details of test cases exported from Exploratory Testing session.
• Assigning sprint to the test assets would now require selection of board and then the sprint.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented generating Test case - Manual vs Automated report when filtered by Test Case folder.  
• Fixed a bug that prevented bulk update of test case on execution screen when test cases were selected across pages. 
• Fixed a bug that did not list Jira defects on execution screen when Jira Project Name matches with the other Jira Project Key. 
• Fixed a bug that prevented export of test case component values that contained comma.
• Fixed a bug that prevented export of traceability report for some users when generated for large number of test cases.
• Fixed a bug that did not display folder structure while linking test cases from other project to a test cycle. 
• Fixed a bug that did not preserve sorting of folders on the tree structure. 
• Fixed a bug that displayed duplicate issues types on the exploratory testing extension. 
• Fixed a bug that displayed reporter as mandatory in Exploratory Testing even its optional in Jira. 
• Fixed a bug that prevented creation of bug from the exploratory testing extension when issue type is renamed.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the loading of QMetry screen intermittently when opened in new tab.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.1.2.2

Release Date: 2020-12-12

Summary : Bug Fix

• Fixed a bug caused slowness while loading QMetry screen when sprint count on Jira instance is big. 

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.1.2

Release Date: 2020-11-07

Summary: Improvements & Bug Fixes

Improvements

• Import test cases from excel to multiple folders.
• Introduced a new custom field Multi-select user picker.
• Save filters applied to columns on Test Cycle and Test Plan as public or private. 
• Clone the associated test case version directly from the Story page. 
• Perform bulk operations like update/delete/link on up to 1000 test assets. 
• Audit logs now include the bulk update and clone operations.
• The test case sequence will be preserved as per the order of selection while linking to the story.
• Enable/disable all field columns except Sequence No, Key, Summary, Execution status in all module grids.
• Select multiple test asset in a range using shift key + control/command key
• Added emoticons and special characters support for all rich text fields like description, test steps, comments, and actual results.
• Execution assignee and build can be set as unassigned on the execution screen
• Count of defects are now available on the following screens

1. Story page >> Test case/Acceptance Criteria >> Execution Tab
2. Test case details >> Execution Tab
3. Added a shortcut that enables testers to navigate to Jira Issue search from the above screens. 
• Redesigned clone test cycle screen & added test case filter on execution assignee while cloning a test cycle. 
• Comments can now be sorted in ascending/descending order based on the created time.
• Sync project-key changes using the re-index operation. 

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that showed an incorrect count of test assets when the filter was applied upon multiple custom fields.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the creation of a defect from the execution screen if the priority field is set a blank.
• Fixed a bug that showed a blank report page when incorrect filters were applied.
• Fixed a bug that did not display the execution time as per the time zone set on the user profile. 
• Fixed a bug that prevented the loading of QMetry on the Safari browser if website tracking is enabled.

QMetry Test Management for Jira Cloud 4.1.1

Release Date: 2020-10-10

Summary : Improvements

• Search and set the project scope by filtering based on project key.
• Issue Key and Summary on each grid are now two separate columns to enable independent sorting.
• Multiple tabs on test asset detail screen can now be rearranged and retains the sequence for the user.  
• User preference for expanded and collapsed sections on the test asset details screen are now retained.  
• Now user can choose the folder path while creating a new folder. 
• Update the test cycle/test plan summary directly from the list view.
• Quickly export all test cases of a folder directly from its context menu.
• Import test cases button is now available on the default test case view.
• Use the Control + Enter shortcut to save test step details.
• QMetry menu has been revamped; Migration option is moved under Configuration tab. 
• Now clone test cycle directly from the details page. 
• Clone & Delete buttons in the grid view for each test assets are now always visible in the right corner.
• Chart preferences on Jira dashboard for a gadget are now retained.
• Added option to link selective Test Cases from a Story to an existing Test Cycle.
• Test Steps in the Test Cycle execution screen can be viewed in either list view or grid view.
• The filter panel has been revamped with multiple new options like reset, minimize/maximize, counts, remove and clear options
• View entire content of test steps using the expand/collapse quick buttons available at step grids.

Release Date: 2020-08-08

Summary : Improvements & Bug Fixes

Improvements to Test case Section

• View/Add/Modify/Delete/Clone Test case steps directly from the Test case list view.
• QMetry automatically classifies test cases as Manual or Automated based on how they are created.
• Now execute Test cases linked to test cycles from Test Execution Tab.

 Improvements to Test Cycle & Test Execution Section

• All New Test Execution Screen - List View. 
• Improvements to Existing Test Execution Section – Grid View.
  • Test case details tabs display all test cases system fields.
  • Execution tab (default) displays the test cases and steps execution. This allows testers to directly reach the execution section.
  • Execution tab now has 4 sections that can be re-ordered – Test Steps, Bugs, Attachments, and Comments.
  • Attachments uploaded while authoring test cases/steps are now available on the execution screen.
• Revamped Test Execution Grid View now has two tabs - Test case details & Execution.
• Bugs and Attachments added at test steps during execution are now also displayed at the test case level. 
• Bulk Execute, Assign Testers, Update Build & Environment details for Test cases from the execution screen. These options have been shifted from the Test Case tab to the Test Cycle execution screen.
• Delete an existing Test Execution.
• Get a warning about the changes to test steps. Auto Sync test case steps directly from the execution screen (Replaces Sync Steps option).
• QMetry automatically classifies test cycles/executions as Manual or Automated based on the execution method.
• Test Cycle Summary on Test Execution Screen now displays all Bugs and Attachments associated to the test case/steps execution. 
• Export Test cycle execution details for Latest or All Executions along with Test Steps and associated bugs details.
• Added Execution Summary(tabular) column on Test Cycle List view to show the count of test case execution based on status.
• View/Add/Modify/Delete/Clone Test case steps directly from Test Cycle >> Test Case tab.
• Renamed option label - “Add Test Case” as “Link Test Case” on Test Cycle >> Test Case tab.

Improvement on Story Detail Page

• Now View/Modify/Delete test steps directly from Story Page.
• Reorder sequence of Test cases on “Test Case/Acceptance Criteria” section.
• Create Test Cycle directly from the Story Page. This feature automatically links all test cases associated with the story to the test cycle.
• Execute associated test cases directly from the “Test Case/Acceptance Criteria” section.
• Link multiple versions of a Test case to the Story to get end to end traceability.
• Renamed Option Labels :
• “Create New Test case” as “Link New Test case”
• “Reuse Test case/Test cycle” as “Link Existing Test case/Link Story to Existing Test Cycle”
• “Unlink Test case” as “Bulk Unlink”

Improvement on Bug Detail Page

• Renamed “Test case” section as “Bug Traceability” for Issue Types enabled as bugs.
• View traceability from Test case, Test Cycle to Test Execution in the Bug Traceability section. 
• Bugs raised from exploratory testing now records and displays complete Environment details.

Improvements to Report

• All the Test cases and Test Execution Reports can now be exported with or without steps.
• Reports can now be generated by applying a filter for a specific time period. 
• All reports can be filtered on the basis of Test case type - Automated or Manual. 
• Improvement to Traceability reports:
• Report can now be generated for latest executions or for all test case executions. 
• Report export now displays test plan details. 
• Added additional fields to all the Test Case Execution Summary reports export:
• Test Case/Test cycle/Test Plan summary & description
• Executed by
• Associated bugs key & summary.
• Added new Test Case Summary reports grouped by:
• Assignee
• Reporter
• Sprint
• Fix version 
• Added Test cycle summary field in the Test cases Execution Summary by Test Cycle tabular view. 
• Gadget graphical chart option are now displayed on the report header. 
• All tabular view gadgets now display Total Count for the data summary.

Improvements to Configuration Section

• Added support for additional custom field types - Cascading List, User List and Labels.
• Import existing Jira Labels and Components to a QMetry Project.
• Customize pagination across the product from General Settings
• Copy Project Configurations - Labels, Components, Priorities, Status, Execution Results, Environment, Build values, Custom Fields and Parameters to other projects. 
• Added a separate list to maintain Build values. 
• Redesigned Configuration menu with better grouping of options.
• Revamped QMetry Project Settings page which includes -
• Bulk “Enable/Disable” Test case/Acceptance criteria panel for Story issue types.
• Bulk “Enable/Disable” Bug Traceability panel for Bug issue types.
• Manage issue types for Story and Bug in a separate tab, along with search capabilities.
• Added back button to return to the Test Management view.

Miscellaneous Improvements

• Now Tag users in description and comments. The tagged users will be notified via an email notification.
• Improved Project search and selection across the application.
• Added infield search for all the list fields that makes the value selection easier.
• Added support for (.dwg) format as attachments. 
• Add new list values for Labels & Components while authoring any test asset. 
• Add new list values for environment & build while executing testcases.
• Share Test Case/Test Cycle/Test Plan folders using direct links.
• Quickly reach to an intended folder using the folder search on all modules. 
• All the test assets now have Summary field displayed throughout the detail screen.
• Create Another option for all test assets now preserves the previous values of most the fields.
• All the test assets now display the Created/Updated Dates & Created/Updated User on the detail screen.
• Added confirmation pop-up that prompts the user to save the unsaved changes when moving from once screen to another.
• There are changes to lot of API endpoint, request and responses. Details of changes are part of API documentation.
• QMetry v4.1.0 is compatible with QMetry Maven Plugin v2.0.4. Upgrade to the latest plugin to import your automation results to QMetry.
• Increased the maximum disk storage space up to 5 GB provided with each QMetry instance on SaaS at no additional charge. (With effect from 17th Aug)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented the display of execution status icons on the execution screen when the configuration view permissions are not assigned. 
• Fixed a bug that prevented creation of test assets using the create button when clicked multiple times. 
• Fixed a bug that prevented display of QMetry menu panel while opening test cycle details view.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the use of TAB key in test case steps.
• Fixed a bug that displayed an error while clearing filters applied on Created by, Assignee on the Test cases/Test Cycles list view.
• Fixed a bug that did not retain the pagination when clicking on the Back button from the test case detail view. 
• Fixed a bug that displayed associated stories on an incorrect version of a test case.
• Fixed a bug that prevented display of executed test case version field in the Traceability report. 
• Fixed a bug that prevented the freezing of list header while scrolling through records in a page, across the product. 
• Fixed a bug that prevented the proper display of “Link Existing Test case” window on the Story issue detail page.

Release Date: 2020-06-06

Version 4.0.9

Summary : Improvements & Bug Fixes

Release Date: 2020-04-18

Version 4.0.8

Summary : Improvement & Bug Fix

Improvement :

• Set sequence of the test cases to be executed on the test cycle.

Bug Fix :

• Fixed a bug that displayed execution date time in UTC instead user’s timezone in the Traceability report.

Release Date: 2020-03-28

Version 4.0.7

Summary : Improvement & Bug Fixes

Improvement :

• Compatibility with Jira's new menu structure.

Bug Fixes :

• Fixed bug that did not display Assignee on execution screen and reports for few records when number of users selected exceeds 10.
• Fixed bug that prevented uploading of JUnit automation results if the result file has empty test suit tag.
• Fixed bug that prevented users from linking Test cases to Test cycle or Test cycle to Test plan when default selected Jira project is deleted.
• Fixed bug that did not return tracking Id when automation results are uploaded via Maven. The progress of result upload can be tracked using tracking id. Use plug-in version 2.0.1 to get the fix. 

Release Date: 2020-02-01

Version 4.0.6

Summary : Improvements & Bug Fixes

Report Improvements

• Ability to add and view reports as gadget on Dashboard.
• Ability to share reports via Dashboards.
• Added Requirement Coverage report.
• Added support for JQL to filter Requirements and Defects on reports.

General Improvements

• Ability to link Stories directly to the Test cycle.
• Ability to filter Test cases based on Story on Execution screen.
• Easy and quick access to bulk operations for test cases linked on test cycle.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented users from un-linking a Test case from Test cycle if Delete Test cycle access is restricted.
• Fixed a bug that did not refresh the grouping of Test cases on execution screen
• Fixed a bug that gave 'invalid date' error while generating a report.
• Fixed a bug that prevented user from linking a bug on Execution screen.

Release Date: 2019-11-07

Version 4.0.5

Summary

• Export Test cases and Test steps in excel.
• Users can now group Test cases on execution screen based on Folder, Priority, Assignee, Execution Result etc.
• Filter and link Stories/Bugs using JQL search on the following screens.
  • Filter Test cases based on Stories for bulk operations.
  • Filter Test cases based on Story while linking them on Test cycle.
  • Search and link existing bug on execution screen
• Add more information to folders using Description field.
• Filter report data based on Sprints and folders.
• Trace bugs found during execution directly from Story page.
• Insert attachments to actual outcome/comments on execution screen using URL.
• Easily reorder test steps on a Test case.
• Users will be asked for a confirmation message before deleting a Test case version.
• Improved linking of a specific version of Test case to Test cycle.
• Improved sorting of Test assets on list view.

Release Date: 2019-10-25

Version 4.0.4.1

Summary: Bug fixes

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug that prevented users from modifying Test Asset's Assignee and Reporter to the users who are added when QMetry is disabled in Jira instance.
• Fixed bug that caused the Permissions to be not saved for users who are added when QMetry is disabled in Jira instance.

Release Date: 2019-10-19

Version 4.0.4

Summary: General improvements and bug fixes

Improvements

• Select all test cases across pages while linking Test cases to Test cycle. 
• Audit logs displays all details of activities performed by users on configuration screen.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug that showed incomplete list of Sprints on Test case screen.

Release Date: 2019-10-05

Version 4.0.3

Summary: Improvements

General Improvements

• Copy test cases across projects along with their versions.
• View the progress of operations like import/export & other bulk updates in the notification section.
• Resizable folder panel to display the complete folder hierarchy.
• Filter cross project test cases or test cycles on linked section based on fix versions and sprints.
• Storage configuration now displays usage statistics like used, available and total space.
• Bulk update on multi-lookup and checkbox fields now allows to append or replace existing values.
• Added option to select all test cases across pages during bulk operations. 

Migration Improvements

• Export QMetry test cases from one Jira instance to another.
• Migrate test cases from Zephyr for Jira - Test Management to QMetry Test Management for Jira using inbuilt migration feature.  

Release Date: 2019-08-24

Version 4.0.2.1

Summary: 

• Wiki markup support for comments on Test Case, Test Cycle and Test Plan.
• Define a custom priority with a custom icon.

Release Date: 2019-08-10

Version 4.0.2

Summary: Improvements

• Testers can now hide already linked Test cases to the Test Cycle/Story to prevent them from being linked again. Similar option is available to hide already linked Test cycles to the Test plan.
• Test Case execution audit logs are now available inside execution screen.
• Project admins can now define shortcut buttons for execution statuses displayed on execution screen. 
• Testers can now create series of similar issues within the same project using the “Create another” option.
• Upload multiple attachments at a time.
• Improved reset filter on search.

Release Date: 2019-07-26

Version 4.0.1

Summary: Improvement that enhances usability & bulk operations.

Improvements:

• Rearrange order of fields displayed on all screens, across QMetry.
• Quickly search steps within a test case based on step summary, test data and expected outcome.
• Link/unlink stories to a test case from test case screen – story tab.
• Enhanced bulk operations :
• Assign build & environment to test cases linked to a test cycle.
• Delete multiple test steps.
• Link test cases to stories cross projects. 
• Filter test cases based on multiple fields while cloning a test cycle.
• Added custom field support on :
• Show/hide/rearrange columns
• Search filters.
• Link stories to test cases that are created through automated test execution import for QAF and Cucumber frameworks. 

Bug Fix:

• Fixed bug that did now allow users to create a bug from execution screen when language preference is set as Polish, Spanish.

Release Date: 2019-07-06

Version 4.0

Summary: New Features

Details:

• New, intuitive and user friendly UI.
• Introduced Test Plans and Test Cycles for managing and tracking test execution cycles.
• Test case versioning with detailed change logs for audits.
• Organize test assets hierarchy in tree structure in folders.
• Powerful filters and sorting on all the fields across the product. Save filter as public or private. 
• Manage environments to execute test cases against any platforms or configurations.
• Reuse test cases using test data parameterization.
• Hide/Show field columns across the product and save filter as public or private. 
• Customizable flexible test case workflow. 
• Define custom fields for test cases, test cycles and test plans at project level.
• Tag Labels to all your test assets. 
• Project level settings for customization and standardizations.
• Open API support for integrations with third party tools.
• Inbuilt import feature for powerful import of test cases from excel & csv.
• Comprehensive enterprise grade reporting with ability to filter & grouping data on all possible fields.
• Inbuilt 25+ cross project reports as per QA best practices.
• End to End traceability between requirements, test cases, test executions and defects. 
• Generate all reports on latest test execution.
• Set permissions for all operations at user or group level.
• CI integration with latest versions of Jenkins, Bamboo and others. 
• Added support for Next-Gen projects.