Squash TM 5.X Release Notes

Squash TM 5.1.1

Released on 2024/02/16

Corrections

Campaigns:
- #54 Improved performance for displaying execution plan
Automation:
- #24 Performance problems in the Automation workspace

Squash TM 5.1.0

Released on 2023/10/05

Evolutions

Requirements:
- Improve performance in the jooq query for requirement research
Test cases:
- Duplicate a dataset in the same test case
- Copy a dataset in other test cases
Reporting:
- Positional order in requirement editable report and test cases editable report
Xsquash4GitLab:
- Choose multiple operators when adding a filter to a synchronization
- Retrieve ascendent labels when synchronizing a GitLab group
- Retrieve ascendent milestones when synchronizing a GitLab group
- Retrieve ascendent iterations when synchronizing a GitLab group
- Optimize "at least one" query in Xsquash4GitLab synchronization filters
- Uncheck acceptance reporting in GitLab by default
- Gray out the "Simulate" button until the simulation is complete

Corrections

Requirements:
- If a synchronized epic is in 'Approved' status, it is impossible to transform the requirement into a high-level requirement
Test cases:
- 9177 English typographical error on a graph legend

Squash TM 5.0.2

Released on 2023/06/26

Corrections

Automation:
- 9145 Unable to add an environment variable to a project as a project leader

Squash TM 5.0.1

Released on 2023/04/18

Corrections

Campaigns:
- Issue in the Campaign workspace search if there are more than 65k ITPI executed/assigned

Squash TM 5.0.0

Released on 2023/03/07

Evolutions

Xsquash4Jira:
- Synchronization of Jira epics as Squash high level requirements
- Synchronization of epic - user story Jira links as high level requirement - standard requirement Squash links
- Indication of tickets synchronized several times in the UI and logs
- Resizing of the columns of the Synchronizations block
Xsquash4GitLab:
- Wizard for creating execution plans from a scope of GitLab issues
- Add a synchronization filter on the GitLab issue type
Requirements:
- Optimization of the query of the "Validation by criticality" chart on the requirements default dashboard
Test cases:
- Use of a monospaced font for datatables of BDD test steps
- Display variable parts of BDD test steps in monospaced font and italics
- Escaping parameters markers (< > ") in free values and fixed parts of BDD test steps
- Parameters markers are no longer closed automatically and an error message indicates the position of unclosed parameters markers
- Prevent from having both datatable and docstring in the same BDD test step
Campaigns:
- Increase of the number of characters allowed for a test suite name
Reporting:
- Custom campaign export from a multiple selection
- Display issues linked to a GitLab bugtracker in campaign and iteration reports
Automation:
- Enhancements in Robot Framework scripts generated by Squash from BDD test cases
  - Add quotes around test case parameters
  - Add the test case name and description in the "Documentation" part in the "Settings" section
  - Display test case information in the "Metadata" part of the "Settings" section
  - Enhancement of the syntax of a generated Robot Framework script according to the Robot Framework best practices
  - Escape automatically the characters ($ @ & % # \ =) of a BDD test step datatable
  - Add Retrieve Dataset keyword
  - Add Retrieve Datatables keyword
  - Add Retrieve Docstrings keyword
- Evolutions on environment tags and variables
  - Association and dissociation if environment variables to a project
  - New display of environment variables on a project page and in the "Overview of the automated test execution" pop-up
  - Extension of allowed characters for uninterpreted environment variable values
  - Display the automation technology tag on an automated execution page and in the execution details pop-up of an automated suite
- Automation workflow:
  - New automation workflow "Squash simple"
  - Modify the "Squash" workflow name to "Squash advanced"
  - Display the Squash AUTOM fields, "Auto. script" field and transmission date on the test case page when the Squash advanced workflow is enabled
  - Add a search field on the "Source code repository URL" field
- Display the location of the test case when hovering the "Project" column in the Automation workspace
- Display a warning message on a test automation server page and in the "Overview of the automated test execution" pop-up when Squash public URL is not configured
- Add the feature name in the Automated test reference of a Gherkin test case
Administration:
- Enable/Disable delete permission for users
- Create and manage "interpreted text" environment variables
Transverse / Ergonomy:
- Add the location of elements of their consultation page
- Multiple and discontinuous selection with Mac
- Increased node opening time when moving objects in the library
- Allow text selection in the tables
- Increase the width of the "Report an issue" pop-up
- Add a [Back] button on the search page
REST API:
- Modify the "Eligibility for Automation" and "Automation priority" fields of a test case
- Modify the automation status of a test case
Administration REST API:
- Delete a project
- Configure the EventBus URL of a Squash AUTOM server

Corrections

Requirements:
- Typos in the "Coverage indicators" tooltip
- Impossible to modify the status of an "Under review" requirement via import
- 9051 If a requirement is set to "Under review" status via a synchronization, it is not possible to modify again the status via synchronization
- Incoherent error in the import log report when the name of column A in the import file is incorrect
- 8738 Keep XML as it is when importing a file
- 9087 ClassCastException error when copying or synchronizing requirements if high level requirements are in the synchronization folder
- Adding of (1) when deleting a child requirement with the same name
- Shift in the "Role" column in the "Linked requirements" table
Test cases:
- Parameters are displayed by alphabetical order and not by id
- Incoherences when adding a BDD test step with nesting of parameters delimiters
- 8738 Keep XML as it is when importing a file
- Wrong management of HTML special characters in BDD test cases
- BDD script preview not conforming to the Robot Framework syntax
- Missing tooltip when hovering "Automated test reference" field on a test case consultation page
- Squash AUTOM fields not updated after transmission
- An advanced tester can select an attachment to link to a test step
- Click ignored in the drop-down menus of a test step if not on the text
Campaigns:
- 8939 The modification of ITPI order in an execution plan with several pages does not work
- Deactivated and reactivated users are not displayed anymore in the "User" column of an execution plan
- Issue when launching an iteration whose first test does not have any step
- The status available for fastpass are incoherent
- Tests suites newly created are not automatically displayed in the "Modify the attributes" pop-up
- ITPI search does not work when the perimeter contains a tests suite and another element
- Issue when running an iteration that contains two different automation technologies in the same git repository
- A "Tester" profile can see Jenkins automated test cases even if they are not assigned
- The option to modify the attributes is not grayed out on a tests suites page for profiles without permissions
- Take automated statuses into account in statistics tables
Issues:
- Some issues are not displayed in the "Known issues" table if the key is identical on 2 different GitLab projects
- Buttons [+] and [-] are not displayed in an execution "Issues" block for a Tester or an Advanced tester
- JDBC error when getting known issues
- In German, the 'Background' of a Gherkin test case has two different translations
- Make it visible that 'Multiple requirements' is clickable in the "Known issues" table
Reporting:
- The "deleted" mention is displayed instead of the custom fields name on a campaign custom export consultation page that is located in a different project from the one selected in the export perimeter
- Impossible to modify an execution progress report which has all the campaigns as a perimeter
- The options name are truncated on a report consultation page
- Custom fields of test cases and test steps from other projects are not listed as attributes in campaign custom exports
- 8648 Harmonization of the colors for identical item values from one chart to another
- All the versions of a requirement have the name of the current version in "Project requirement list" of the "Requirement coverage by tests" report
- The "Selected attributes" field is in the wrong place on a campaign custom export page
- A row is displayed for each execution step in the export file when the issues associated with the executions are selected as an attribute
- Change the wording of the attribute "Progress status" to "Progress rate" in the campaign custom export
Automation:
- Impossible to mark a transmitted test case as suspended
- Oversized display for long SCM URL in the automation workspace
- 9041 Missing scrollbar in the SCM URL list in the automation workspace
- Impossible to transmit test cases located in different projects
- Wrong management of double quotes in Cucumber scripts generated from BDD test cases
- The pipe character cannot be escaped in the datatables of a BDD test case
- 'Auto. Script' can be modified even when a Squash AUTOM test automation server is configured
- Test cases in 'Automatic' and 'Manual' mode appear in the "Overview of the automated test execution" pop-up under certain conditions
Administration:
- Add an auto refresh when associating a project to a template
- Credentials are kept after modifying a bugtracker authentication protocol
- Error when deleting a project containing jobs
- There are two scrollbars in the pop-up for associating an environment variable to a Squash AUTOM test automation server
- Elements are not displayed after the user login is modified
- Impossible to rename a project by modifying only uppercase and lowercase
- Impossible to delete a project if it contains a folder in the campaigns workspace
- The source code management server does not stay configured on the project
- Presence of an icon in a GitLab label blocks Xsquash4GitLab synchronizations
- Error message in the available environments if the orchestrator is unavailable
- "Remote server" workflow is displayed on the project page even when Jira Automation Workflow is not present and issue when modifying it
- Persistence of the environment tags of the old server if the new server is unreachable
- Persistence of the error message when modifying the server if the old server was unreachable
Transverse:
- Home page default message is obsolete
- Improvement of some error messages
- In milestone mode, when hovering the "Flag" button, the sub-menu name is incorrect
- The message displayed in date fields in editing mode is truncated
- Display issue on the "Milestones" sub-menu from the action words workspace
- Folders are not displayed in bold in the libraries with Firefox
- The values of tag custom fields are not kept when the object is moved
- 8926 'Copie' is not translated in other languages than French
Install:
- The Readme file is not up-to-date in the Squash download folder
- Error at startup with H2 via a tar.gz install
Xsquash Data Center:
- 9072 Admin credentials are required to display the Squash TM executions tab

Plugins

New version for all plugins: compatibility with Squash TM 5.0 and corrections