Release Notes

QMetry Test Management for Jira 4.1.9.2

Release Date: 2022-04-22

Version 4.1.9.2

Summary: Improvement & Bug Fixes

Improvements:

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  • Automation API now supports API tokens generated using the "API Token Authentication Jira" application.

Bug Fixes:

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  • Fixed a compatibility issue with the "Xray" application.

  • Fixed a bug that prevented test cases from being exported in the same sequence as they appeared in test scenarios.

QMetry Test Management for Jira 4.1.9.1

Release Date: 2022-04-05

Version 4.1.9.1

Summary: Improvements

• Automation API supports authentication using the PAT (Personal Access Token) as a bearer token.

• The Maven plugin - "QTM4J Maven uploader v1.0.3" now supports authentication using PAT (Personal Access Token).

QTM4J Import-Export Utility v1.7.7  

Release Date: 2022-01-19

Version 1.7.7

Summary: Bug Fix

• Released Import/Export utility v1.7.7 that mitigates Apache Log4J Security vulnerability - CVE-2021-44832 & CVE-2021-45105.

QMetry Test Management for Jira 4.1.7

Release Date: 2021-10-27

Version 4.1.7

Summary: Bug Fix

• Fixed bug that auto reloaded the QMetry sections on the Jira issue page after some time interval and displayed the Jira login screen.

• Fixed a bug that asked users for Jira authentication on the Jira issue page in the QMetry Section instead of displaying the session expired message. 

QMetry Test Management for Jira 4.1.6.1

Release Date: 2021-09-21

Version 4.1.6.1

Summary: Bug Fix

• Fixed a bug that prevented the display of test cases in Jira hosted on the Oracle 12c database.

QMetry Test Management for Jira 4.1.5

Release Date: 2021-07-30

Version 4.1.5

Summary: Improvement & Bug Fixes

Improvement: 

• QMetry v4.1.5 is compatible with Jira Software 8.18.1.

Bug Fixes: 

• Fixed a bug that did not close the 'About QMetry' page opened in the new tab on clicking the close button.

• Fixed a bug that allowed performing a project re-index on custom dates, even if the dates are not selected.

• Fixed a bug that failed a project re-index if the user who created the test assets gets deleted from Jira.

QMetry Test Management for Jira 4.1.4

Release Date: 2021-07-14

Version 4.1.4

Summary: Bug Fix

• Fixed a bug that prevented synchronization of changes made to project configuration for all Datacenter nodes.

QMetry Test Management for Jira 4.1.2

Release Date: 2021-06-18

Version 4.1.2

Summary: Improvements & Bug Fixes

Improvements :

• QTM4J app supports Content Delivery Network (CDN) enablement for Data Centre.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug that displayed an incorrect execution date for the "Test Run Summary" report, the dates will be displayed in the UTC zone. 

• Fixed a bug that prevented display of week number on test run summary report generated by weekly.

• Fixed a bug that prevented non-admin users from uploading attachments using Automation API for the cucumber framework.

QMetry Test Management for Jira 4.1.1

Release Date: 2021-04-30

Version 4.1.1

Summary: Bug Fix

• Fixed a bug that displayed incorrect execution week for the Test Run Summary gadget when grouped weekly for execution dates.

Release Date: 2021-03-10

Version 4.0.7

Summary: Bug Fix

• Fixed a bug that repositioned the title and buttons on the Jira Create Issue screen.

• Fixed a bug that misaligned HTML data in the Introduction gadget on the Jira Dashboards.

Release Date: 2021-02-10

Version 4.0.6

Summary: Bug Fix

• Fixed a bug that repositioned the “Add a Gadget” & “Manage Gadget” title while adding a gadget in the Jira Dashboards.

• Fixed a bug that misaligned the summary in the time series charts on Jira dashboards.

• Fixed a bug that prevented importing of automation results from JUNIT XML format files with <error> tags.

• Fixed a bug that prevented the functioning of the close button on the “About QMetry” page.

• Fixed a bug that prevented recording of events in an iframe in disabled web security mode.

• Fixed a bug that prevented user authentication on Exploratory Testing extension when accessed in web-security disabled mode to record events in an iframe. 

• Fixed a bug that shows incorrect Executed by user in the excel file exported from the test run execution screen. 

• Fixed a bug that prevented the creation of a bug from the exploratory testing extension when the issue type is renamed.

Note: The Exploratory Testing chrome extension v1.4.6 will be released compatible with v4.0.6 on the web store.

Release Date: 2020-10-22

Version 4.0.5

Summary: Bug Fix

• Fixed a bug that displayed the user account Id instead of the username on the Test Run execution screen.

Release Date: 2020-09-05

Version 4.0.4

Details:

• QMetry Test Management For Jira v4.0.4 release is compatible with Jira v8.13. 

Release Date: 2020-08-29

Version 4.0.3

Summary: Bug Fix

• Fixed performance issues that caused Jira slowness for Data Center hosting.

Release Date: 2020-05-27

Version 4.0.1

Summary: Bug Fixes

Details

• Fixed a bug that allowed non-admin users to enable/disable QMetry features for projects for which they did not have access.

• Fixed a bug that prevented cloning of ‘Test cases with steps’ when ‘Affects Version’ field is set to mandatory.

• Fixed a bug that switched the currently selected project to a default project when the page is refreshed.

• Fixed a bug that displayed Jira ‘user key’ for ‘Assignee’ and ‘Executed By’ fields instead of ‘Username’ on the Test Run Summary gadget & Test Run Execution screen.

• Fixed a bug that displayed incorrect ‘Execution date’ on Test Run Summary report on IE browser.

• Fixed a bug that displayed partial QMetry menu when accessed from Test Run Summary gadget.

• Fixed a bug that prevented correct ‘Username’ from being displayed for ‘Created By’ and ‘Updated By’ fields, if the user is renamed in Jira. 

• Fixed a bug that decreased size of dashboard title when QMetry gadget is added to a dashboard.

Release Date: 2020-05-04

Version 3.3.11

Summary: Improvement

Details

• Released 2 separate versions of QMetry Test Management for Jira app to make it compatible with both Jira version 7.x and 8.x. The QMetry functioning for already installed add-ons is not be impacted. 

  • Jira 8.x compatible – 3.3.11

  • Jira 7.x compatible – 3.3.11_Jira7

Release Date: 2020-01-28

Version 3.3.10

Summary: Improvement

Details

• Removed obsolete google analytics calls.

Release Date: 2019-11-20

Version 3.3.9

Summary: Improvements & Bug Fixes

Details

• Compatibility with JDK 11.

Release Date: 2019-11-13

Version 3.3.8

Summary: Improvements & Bug Fixes

Details

• Testers will now get the Test Run Key in the notification when a test case is assigned to them for execution.

• Improved performance to avoid time out errors while deleting an issue.

• Fixed bug that gave error when QMetry gadget is refreshed or regenerated.

• Fixed bug that caused incomplete upload of error trace if that contained "\n" character while uploading automation results.

• Fixed bug that opened a blank page when tried to sort the Folders on the Manage Test Cases screen.

• Fixed bug for Open API - /rest/qmetry/latest/testcase that ignored Assignee field value.

• Fixed bug on IE browser that prevented the attachment on the execution screen.

Release Date: 2019-07-19

Version 3.3.6

Summary: Bug Fixes

Details

• Fixed bug that resets test run workflow status when automation test results are imported in an existing test run.

• Fixed bug that did not set assignee for a test run when automation test results are imported.

• Fixed bug that did not allow user to enable QMetry logging if user is part of Jira administrator group.

• Fixed incorrect count of "total unique issues" on executive coverage gadget.

• Fixed bug that prevented instant deletion of issues if QMetry app is disabled for a project.

• Fixed bug that did not sync some issues in QMetry when re-index is performed.

Release Date: 2019-06-21

Version 3.3.4

Summary: Bug Fixes

Details

• Fixed bug that prevented the Rebuild and Delete Step operations because of the caching issue on Jira server.

Release Date: 2019-04-12

Version 3.3.3

Summary: Bug Fixes

Details

• Fixed bug that gave an exception while executing testcase steps when ‘auto propagate test step execution result to testcase’ feature is enabled.

• Fixed bug that prevented linking of Testcases to Test run when cucumber results are imported using automation api with hierarchy chosen as Test case & Test Step.

Release Date: 2019-02-22

Version 3.3.2

Summary: Minor Bug Fixes & Improvements

Details

• QMetry is now compatible with JIRA 8.0.1.

• Fixed bug that caused MaxResult parameter stop working for API  - "Get Test Cases/Scenarios and Stories linked with given test run".

• Fixed bug that displayed incomplete list of users in exploratory testing chrome extension while logging a defect.

Release Date: 2019-01-18

Version 3.3.1

Summary: Minor Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused re-index to get stuck and disabled when it gets failed.

Release Date: 2019-01-08

Version 3.3

Summary: Improvements

Details

Test Execution Improvements:

• Quickly filter Test cases by Story & Test Scenario key.

• Configure short cut buttons for execution result status.

• Remodeled Test Run execution summary to display detailed statistics.

• Easily sort Test Cases by all columns.

• Associated bug pop up displays more details like Summary, Priority, Status & Assignee.

• Replaced buttons by icons that provides better view and more space.

• Assign priority to execution statuses. The test case execution status will be auto calculated as per cumulative test steps statuses.

General Improvements:

• Easily define JQLs with auto complete suggestions for advance search.

• Filter Test Runs by Platforms while linking them to issues from Add Test Run pop-up.

• Introduced Project Settings that combine configurations for Automation and Execution Preferences.

• Included support for import/export of Stories which are linked to Test run but not to Test Case/Test Scenario.

Release Date: 2018-12-26

Version 3.2.2

Summary: Datacenter compatibility

Details

QMetry is now fully compatible with Datacenter

Release Date: 2018-12-07

Version 3.20

Summary: New Gadget and Reports Improvements

New Dashboard Gadget

• Get “Executive Coverage” summary for Story, Test Run and Defect. 

Reports Improvements:

• Generate Executive Coverage and Test Run reports based on JQL filters to get real time statistics.

• Choose to generate Executive Coverage report only for latest executions of test cases OR for all executions.

Released Exploratory Testing Chrome Extension v1.3.8 

• Added custom fields support for logging defects in Jira.

Release Date: 2018-10-23

Version 3.0

Summary: Report and Gadget Enhancements

New Dashboard Gadgets  

• View “Traceability” based on Story, Test Case and Defect.

Test Run Summary Gadget Improvements

• Group Test Run Summary by Projects.

• Group Test Run Summary based on executions done daily, weekly, monthly or yearly.

• Generate Test Run Summary for selected execution time frame.

Report Improvement 

• Get Traceability report for latest executions of test cases along with A-La-Carte executions (stories linked to test cases but not linked to test runs).

• Generate Traceability report based on filter criteria to get real time statistics.

General Improvements

• Configure proxy settings for Import Export utility.

• Added Audit logs for tracking any configuration updates.

Release Date: 2018-09-14

Version 2.92

Summary: New Features

Details:

General Improvements

• Enhanced ‘Sprint’ filter on execution screen to select test cases for multiple boards across Projects. 

• Internationalization support for ‘Priority’ and ‘Workflow Status’ fields. 

• Embed images to test case steps, from attached files.

• Get discount promo-codes for QMetry Udemy course training.

Automation Improvements

• Choose to ‘Append’, ‘Override’ or make ‘No changes’ in test steps when reusing test cases while importing via automation API.

• Pass QMetry properties via Maven as command line arguments.

• Upload attachment for Cucumber and QAS frameworks via Maven.

• QMetry login via maven plugin supports encrypted basic (base64) authentication. 

Release Date: 2018-08-29

Version 2.91

Summary: Compatibility with Jira v7.12.0

Release Date: 2018-08-27

Version 2.90

Summary: New Features

Details:

• Automate testcase documentation using Exploratory testing is now integral part of QMetry for Jira - Test Management add-on, here are the benefits

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  • Improve efficiency by automating test case authoring while you explore.

  • Automatically record all your actions as steps along with assertions and screenshots.

  • Report bugs with annotations and environment details for debugging.

  • Record voice memos for developers while testing.

• Quickly locate QMetry Dashboard Gadgets under Reports section.

• Added support of “Data Directory” for storing attachments.

Release Date: 2018-08-01

Version 2.80

Summary: Improvements

Details:

Manage Test Case View Improvements

• Personalize test case view by choosing more columns and rearranging them.

• Quick in place edit of test case summary & steps details.

• Sort folders alphabetically or by created date; Sort test cases by key or created by.

• Copy folders along with test cases. 

• Clone test cases directly using the cog button.

• Added rename / copy / delete folders options on right click menu. 

• Delete folder provides an option to move test cases to a chosen folder. 

• Search QMetry enabled projects using Name or Key. 

• See latest execution result of test case on the view.

General Improvements

• Import/Export tool now export & import test cases along with the folder path.

• Associated Test Runs on Story, Test case & Test Scenario page will be sorted as per their latest association.

• Added Open API’s for folder operations.

• Added JQL functions to ‘get test cases linked with specific folder’, ‘get defects linked with test runs’ and ‘get test runs having defects’.

Release Date: 2018-06-11

Version 2.70

Summary: Compatibility with Jira 7.10.0

Release Date: 2018-04-20

Version 2.60

Summary: New Feature

Details:

• Organize and manage test cases in a folder structure based hierarchy.

  • Group test cases under folder/sub folders and organize them systematically based on features, modules, sprints, testing types, etc.

  • Move or reuse test cases across folders in bulk.

  • Link selected test cases in a folder directly to a new/existing test run or story.

Release Date: 2018-04-09

Version 2.50

Summary: Improvements

Details:

1. Construct JQL filters using QMetry functions that enhances the search & reporting capabilities. JQL filters using QMetry Functions can be saved, shared, exported or used in a dashboard just like a normal JQL.

Here is list of supported functions. These functions support operators IN & Not IN.

1.  

   • Get Stories linked with Test cases, Test Scenarios and Test Runs.

   • Get Test cases linked with Stories and Test Scenarios.

   • Get Test Scenarios linked with Stories and Test Cases

   • Get Test Runs linked with Test cases, Test Scenarios, Stories & with Issues.

   • Get Stories, Test cases, Test Scenarios having defects linked.

   • Get Automated Test cases, Test scenarios and Test Runs

   • Get Test cases filtered by Assigned to and Executed by.

   • Get Test cases with and without Steps.

   • Get Test Run filter by updated date, execution results and having platforms.

2. Dashboards available as part of QMetry Analytics will now be an integral part of QMetry for Jira add-on.

Release Date: 2018-03-26

Version 2.40

Summary: Improvements

Details:

• Included support for IE11 and Microsoft Edge browsers.

• Testers can choose to hide/show and rearrange columns on the Test run screen for test case and test steps.

• Search linked test cases by Id or summary on story, test scenario, and test run page.