Changes in QMetry Jira Authentication starting December 1, 2018

Atlassian is deprecating the basic authentication with passwords and cookie based authentication from December 1, 2018. With this change the support for these authentication methods will be removed by Atlassian. As QMetry uses the basic password based authentication, to ensure continued, uninterrupted and smooth QMetry - Jira integration experience, we request you to update the Jira Integration authentication password with the API token for authentication newly introduced by Atlassian.

Here are some links that are helpful to understand this change

  1. Deprecation Notice - Basic authentication with passwords and cookie-based authentication
  2. Understanding and Creating API tokens for Authentication

Who is being impacted ?

All QMetry SaaS and On Premise users that have "Jira Cloud" Integrated with QMetry.

Pre-requisites of this change ?

Action Required : Update authentication password with an API Token

  • Refer article on how to create API tokens.
  • The authentication password under Integration →  Jira Integrations (Edit) needs to be updated with API Token.
  • All users using Jira Integration, need to follow the below steps
    • Step 1 : Go to Profile.
    • Step 2 : Under "Jira Instances" section at the bottom, click "Update Credentials".

Kindly communicate the above changes to all QMetry users.