Release Notes and Deprecations

Release Notes

You can access the Release Notes of Squash TM and its plugins as well as Squash Orchestrator by navigating with the left panel.

Deprecations

Release Estimated date	Deprecated feature
Squash 8.0 / Orchestrator 2024‑10 Oct 2024	Allure report Squash Orchestrator stops generating Allure reports by default. The generation is reactivable via configuration, using OPENTF_ALLURE_ENABLED environment variable: see the OpenTestFactory documentation for details. See announcement.
Orchestrator 2024‑11 Nov 2024	Plugin for Jenkins The Plugin for Jenkins is deprecated. It will not support the latest Squash Orchestrator features. Jenkins will have to use opentf-ctl as described in the OpenTestFactory documentation.
N/A Dec 2024	squashtest/squash-tm Docker image On 2024-12-31, we will stop publishing any squashtest/squash-tm Docker image. Only squashtest/squash will be available (this is the same image, but signed). See announcement.
Squash 9.0 / Orchestrator 2025‑01 Feb 2025	Jira authentication via OAuth 1A Jira authentication via OAuth 1A will not be supported anymore, the OAuth 2 protocol will have to be used. See announcement.
	Import of test cases in .zip format Test case import using a Zip file will not be possible. Import will have to be performed using the more comprehensive Excel format. See announcement.
	Export of test cases in .csv format Test cases will not be exportable anymore as CSV files. Export will have to be performed using the more comprehensive Excel format. See announcement.
Squash 10.0 May 2025	Supported databases Support for PostgreSQL 13 and 14 will be discontinued, PostgreSQL 15 or later will be required. Support for MariaDB 10.6 will be discontinued, MariaDB 10.7 or later will be required.
	Java version Squash 10.0 will require Java 21.
	Basic authentication for REST API Basic authentication for REST API will be disallowed by default. It will be reactivable via the squash.rest-api.disallow-basic-authentication configuration parameter. See announcement.
	Jira Requirements plugin Jira Requirements plugin will no longer be distributed. Requirement synchronization from Jira must be done using the more comprehensive Xsquash4Jira plugin.
Squash 11.0 August 2025	RTC Bugtracker Squash support of RTC (Rational Team Concert) Bugtracker will be dropped.
	Allure report Squash support of Allure reports will be dropped. No Allure report will be creatable anymore. See announcement.
	H2 The H2 DBMS, which allows for quickly discovering Squash TM, but should not be used in production, will no longer be supported. People wishing to easily discover Squash TM can do so by using the Docker image or our trial offers.
Squash 12.0 Dec 2024	Plugin for Jenkins The Plugin for Jenkins will not be released anymore. Jenkins will have to use opentf-ctl as described in the OpenTestFactory documentation.
	Very old passwords Starting with Squash TM 1.19 (end of 2018), the passwords used for login to the application are hashed with bcrypt instead of the previously used SHA-1 (which has been revealed to be insecure). With Squash TM 12.0, login with passwords hashed in SHA-1 will not work anymore. Users having not changed their password since January 2019 need to modify it before the instance is upgraded to Squash TM 12.0.
TBD Mid 2026	Basic authentication for REST API Basic authentication for REST API will not be supported anymore. See announcement.