Release Notes - 22.10-LTS

Licensing Information - codebeamer 22.10-LTS (Gina)

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General Information - codebeamer 22.10-LTS (Gina)

See Upgrade to 22.10-LTS Using Two-Phase Upgrading Procedure - Since 22.10-SP7 for the detailed upgrade procedure.

The codename for You must login to see this link. Register now, if you have no user account yet. is Gina. For further information on release codenames, see Codebeamer Release Codenames. Before upgrading to 22.10-LTS, consider the following recommendations:

• Run the upgrade procedure during the weekend, because the procedure takes several hours.
• Create a database dump of the existing database.
• Check existing projects and processes in a test environment before production rollout.
• Provide more than 16 GB memory for Java process if the given instance has more than 4000 trackers.

Important Technical Changes

• Existing Tracker inheritance completely refactored to achieve overall performance results.
• Upgraded frontend libraries to the latest versions (JQuery, JQuery UI, jsTree, Froala editor).
• 22.10-LTS version does not support JIRA v9.x version.

Important Usability Changes

Improved Coverage Browser

• New user interface is introduced with extended filtering options.
• New preset function is introduced.
• Note that there is no backward compatibility for permanent links, filters must be recreated and saved as a preset.

Refactored Test Step Reuse Function

• Test step reuse does not create associations between tracker items anymore.

Modified test step fields in test cases trackers might block the upgrade procedure. Read the Check Test Step Reuse at Codebeamer Upgrade wiki to learn how to mitigate the possible upgrade problems, and consult with the Support Team for more information.

Review Hub

• The Review Hub no longer notifies the user of item changes on an item status change page during the review finalization process.

ReqIF Export

• When loading a ReqIF export configuration that contains tracker views, the export is performed according to the current state of the selected view, instead of the state of the view when the export configuration has been saved.

codebeamer 22.10-LTS Release Notes

Epics

• EPIC-5642091 - Ordering by outline in reports and in table view
• EPIC-5745413 - Authentication with tokens without user interaction
• EPIC-5810477 - Export working sets to ReqIF
• EPIC-6055184 - Using data from downstream references in calculated fields
• EPIC-6651277 - Supporting large number of reused test steps
• EPIC-6630967 - Supporting cbQL queries in coverage browsers
• EPIC-6730683 - Improved tracker inheritance handling
• EPIC-6706659 - Upgrading Froala / JQuery / moment.js / JQuery UI / JSTree libraries to the latest
• EPIC-6859270 - Working set APIs for Variant Management Tools
• EPIC-7050044 - Review hub checklist
• EPIC-6888308 - Basic filtered merge
• EPIC-7042462 - Early access GitHub integration
• EPIC-7038631 - Security issue fixes
  • Removing struts third party library and all dependencies from the code base
  • Updating third party libraries with known critical and high security issues
• EPIC-7042464 - Optimizing working set performance
• EPIC-7260719 - Support for running test sets that include non-accepted test cases API
• EPIC-7256724 - Basic extension of standard baseline functionality: consolidation and additional sorting and filtering
• EPIC-7373761 - Java 17 support
• EPIC-7539014 - Concurrent synchronization with multiple JIRA server instances
• EPIC-7568611 - Making the tracker item template content editable
• EPIC-7632912 - Adding folder structure from project to test plan
• EPIC-7603569 - Notification of changed fields during the detail view

User Stories

• US-7675941 - Improved performance on the Kanban page
• US-7635763 - Fixing XSS vulnerabilities
• US-7563355 - External-SCM-related trackers in every project
• US-7373763 - Java 17 support
• US-7318474 - External Git feature is extendable without releasing a new version of codebeamer
• US-7261562 - Improved tracker inheritance performance
• US-7254533 - Tracker inheritance stabilization
• US-7237762 - Removing third parties with known dependencies
• US-7042456 - Related commits are available in a pull request
• US-6888320 - Ignoring fields marked as "Omit Merge" at merge all action
• US-6828985 - Replacing Apache Struts controllers with Spring
• US-6706703 - Upgrading moment.js library
• US-6706700 - Upgrading JSTree to the latest version
• US-6706662 - Upgrading JQuery UI to the latest version
• US-6706661 - Upgrading JQuery to 3.x or latest
• US-6706660 - Upgrading Froala editor to 4.x version
• US-5508517 - Refactoring tracker template hierarchy
• US-4921140 - Encryption key must be set during the installation process
• US-7635836 - Concurrent synchronization with multiple JIRA Server instances
• US-7686333 - Add project folder structure to test set library
• US-7681245 - Drag and drop of tracker folders into the test set
• US-7633089 - Adding project tracker folder structure to the test plan
• US-7632915 - Adding project folder structure to the test plan
• US-7606198 - Notification of changed fields during the detail view
• US-7348526 - Link management functionality for the coverage browser
• US-7348217 - Configurable filtering behavior in the coverage browser
• US-7343161 - Improved filtering and sorting on the Select Default Baselines popup
• US-7343158 - Improved filtering and sorting on the Branches Tab of the Tracker Baseline popup
• US-7260740 - Support for running test sets that include non-accepted test cases
• US-7256939 - "Show only my Items" checkbox on project baseline and tracker baseline screens
• US-7256810 - Filtering based on "Created By" for project baselines
• US-7256771 - Filtering based on "Created By" for tracker baselines
• US-7256727 - Sorting based on "Created By" for tracker baselines
• US-6651751 - New reference type to support test step reuse
• US-6630968 - Support for standard codebeamer query in test set and test run browsers
• US-6448293 - Improved re-calculation trigger in computed fields
• US-6432759 - Using data from downstream references in computed fields
• US-6389191 - Support for OpenID client credentials grant
• US-6055195 - Convenient API for filtered downstream access
• US-6055190 - Recalculating fields only at relevant downstream changes
• US-5800822 - Support for ordering by outline in the report selector
• US-5810472 - Seamless export of ReqIF from working sets
• US-5810469 - ReqIF export from working sets
• US-7686314 - Replacing API stabilization

Tasks

• TASK-8311038 - requests.txt using rolling log4j configuration

Bugs

• BUG-8349742 - Review statistics exported to Excel from the Review Hub contains wrong colors for review statuses
• BUG-8327085 - Adding a tracker to existing working set is not possible, onscreen error
• BUG-8292952 - Wiki timeout at Artifact.findArtifactBaselines-Inline when trying to get the properties on a wiki page
• BUG-8119120 - Reference links lost after merge to the default working set
• BUG-8101709 - The user can initiate several mass suspected merge requests in parallel
• BUG-7922547 - When moving tracker items that were imported from or exported as ReqIF, to another tracker, the ReqIF data of the items gets lost
• BUG-7899066 - A long series of hashtags in a Wikitext field results in a non-editable item and unresponsive browser
• BUG-7843838 - Review hub set statuses eats up all the server performance
• BUG-7833108 - Missing mandatory field exception at working set creation
• BUG-7791928 - Review hub creation error due to slow request
• BUG-7777656 - Swagger API response definitions are missing exception mappings
• BUG-7722968 - Cannot create project from template on customer dump server
• BUG-7676132 - Ancestor items are not part of the view-based ReqIF export
• BUG-7622822 - Exporting tracker data to Excel or Word gives an "There are no items to export" error
• BUG-7603278 - At mass review the reason for rejection value is preselected
• BUG-7388539 - Reviewed by filter finds irrelevant reviews
• BUG-5501324 - Invalid data source inheritance between inherited trackers

codebeamer Gina-RC1 Release Notes

Tasks

• TASK-889975 - Showing a warning message if the user selected a status that is not accessible from the current status of an item
• TASK-7185267 - Backport - ReqIF export - exporting a baseline limits the exported items to 500
• TASK-7238015 - Raising the retention period of the exported .reqifz files in ReqIF export to 7 days
• TASK-7240163 - Moving external commits to the first place on the SCM tab
• TASK-7548893 - Supporting RPE6 from 22.04-SP1
• TASK-7578456 - Reverting mxGraph version to previous version
• TASK-7632931 - View-based ReqIF export: reopening the export window re-reads the available view list
• TASK-7632993 - View-based ReqIF export: displaying new, updated, and deleted column information
• TASK-7676220 - Timeout configuration should be configuration for Quartz database pool
• TASK-7798338 - Swagger API: returning the shared fields in GET requests for tracker item schemas

Bugs

• BUG-8122506 - DOORS Bridge: specific DOORS history entries can cause an inconsistency between revision table
• BUG-8101709 - Users can initiate several mass suspected merge requests in parallel
• BUG-7924419 - codebeamer Setup Wizard page should be modified
• BUG-7923016 - Tracker items: an additional link is created at bug item on item details page
• BUG-7918957 - Incremental updates from a DOORS module HEAD revision appear out-of-line with local modifications in the item history
• BUG-7911375 - Swagger: enrich the info message at GET /v3/items/{itemId}/relations
• BUG-7905674 - Ineffective slow query in the application log - selectCalendarHierarchy
• BUG-7904897 - Cannot save tracker configuration if there is an embedded table with a tracker item reference column, where the same item is referenced in multiple rows
• BUG-7899100 - Widgets: chartRendererSupport.updateChart() sets height to width
• BUG-7827674 - Editor: Unable to apply custom ratio to images
• BUG-7813952 - Document View: hotkeys CTRL + Insert and Alt + Up/Down do not work when focusing on the item in the mid panel
• BUG-7786557 - ReqIF export and import: codebeamer creates wrong type of ReqIF file if the summary is added as a new field when responding to a Doors import
• BUG-7786362 - Review hub: summary became unreadable disregarding permission if a user with no read permission opens it
• BUG-7749726 - Unintended comment entry in referred item after commenting during state transition
• BUG-7712485 - Microsoft Excel tab of exporting items overlay is empty and not possible to export when name of the saved custom view contains "," character
• BUG-7712262 - Array size exceeds VM limit when error page is created
• BUG-7686677 - Modifying baseline properties clears signature checkmark
• BUG-7673284 - Fix Version/s is not filled after Jira sync
• BUG-7665011 - Error message for missing mandatory value in downstream tracker.
• BUG-7662229 - ReqIF import: the failed column in the import summary is missing from the notification email
• BUG-7658529 - View-based ReqIF export: tracker view filter definition is copied by the ReqIF export
• BUG-7655706 - ReqIF import: attempt to update non-head revision for some items
• BUG-7655633 - Inconsistent handling of condition evaluation at reference field
• BUG-7655477 - Release date change is not saved in history if we change it from GANTT chart
• BUG-7652550 - Working set creation failed due to double references, which were not cleaned up at working set creation revert process.
• BUG-7642107 - New item template feature shows error messages
• BUG-7642099 - "Mandatory if" not working, it falsely resolves to "mandatory"
• BUG-7642048 - Cannot save changes if any of table column fields is mandatory, but not editable in a given status
• BUG-7638701 - Intelligent view drag and drop converts description format to plain text
• BUG-7638672 - Traceability browser: AND/OR logic is not available after it was set
• BUG-7633530 - Cannot connect via HTTPS using out of the box codebeamer 22.04 installer (no Apache)
• BUG-7622394 - System error when opening OpenId configuration if application configuration is incomplete or incorrect
• BUG-7619838 - Excel export from baseline with intelligent document view yields wrong version of level 1 items
• BUG-7619700 - Horizontal deployment: NPE during project export
• BUG-7613700 - Links are broken in emails sent out by the "Summary Email" feature
• BUG-7606482 - Report failed with ORACLE Database Exception (ORA-06502) character string buffer too small
• BUG-7603274 - Mass review: "Mandatory if" field stays mandatory in mass review but not mandatory in simple review
• BUG-7603226 - Backlog sorting does not work
• BUG-7600301 - Description updated by a state transition action shows plain text instead of the defined wikitext value
• BUG-7600163 - Move to and copy to function enters value to an unmapped field in the target item
• BUG-7597743 - Multiple parallel test runners overwrite each other's data when executed by the same user
• BUG-7597735 - Word export: wikitext field is displayed in markup if the field is in a reference of item
• BUG-7594609 - Filter does not handle log filtering value, control buttons are out of screen
• BUG-7578289 - WYSWYG editor: Chrome applies strikethrough style to copied text
• BUG-7563396 - Null Pointer exception at working set merge
• BUG-7544339 - Mass suspected merge can fall into infinite loop
• BUG-7383916 - "Nobody" option as Allowed Value of a Members type field has no effect
• BUG-7383901 - Creating shared field via tracker config is not possible
• BUG-7379056 - Swagger API: cannot convert ProjectRoleReferenceDto into a swagger AbstractReferenceModel
• BUG-7378523 - Test Runner: duplicate conversation id corrupts image upload
• BUG-7360365 - Cannot export wiki markup data in ReqIF export
• BUG-7360180 - codebeamer SCM project: email must not be send
• BUG-7360063 - Unable to merge to default working set in case of two references
• BUG-7360039 - Tracker configuration: shared field definition is not taken over to the working set
• BUG-7359738 - Summary Mail feature does not work correctly for comments
• BUG-7355298 - Report execution with shared fields loads too many unnecessary results
• BUG-7355202 - "defaultNotificationRolesEnabled" configuration option has no effect
• BUG-7318184 - ERROR WorkingSetSupport - IllegalArgumentException: Attempt to update non-head revision
• BUG-7317602 - Swagger: "runTime" value is not persisted when using the automated TestRuns endpoint
• BUG-7312597 - Attempt to save private item template returns error
• BUG-7312473 - Escalation rules disappear if tracker is created from template without inheriting
• BUG-7311672 - Performance and integrity problems in test coverage
• BUG-7304587 - Exporting comments and attachments result in syntax errors
• BUG-7304426 - Users with "Group - view" permission is unable to check group permission
• BUG-7304377 - Unable to complete merge from default working set
• BUG-7304343 - Search does not work because of incorrect indexing after Excel import
• BUG-7288273 - Not possible to open the group administration page with group view or admin permission
• BUG-7283590 - Losing parts of conditions after deployment
• BUG-7273307 - Head revision shown for test management items in baseline
• BUG-7272731 - ORA-01795: maximum number of expressions in a list is 1000 error when user wants to add custom field to tracker configuration
• BUG-7264705 - Cannot perform upgrade on ZF dump
• BUG-7258041 - Hidden trackers in working set
• BUG-7254567 - Baseline description text is truncated
• BUG-7254169 - Shared link saves empty field property
• BUG-7254034 - Saving view might clear view structure
• BUG-7250127 - Unable to add associations in intelligent document view
• BUG-7243461 - Old version of document is not accessible
• BUG-7243124 - Jira synchronization does not synchronize sprints after import
• BUG-7237726 - It is not possible to update choice option field to "--" via mass edit
• BUG-7236984 - Cannot create test case using API because of "Duplicated ids" error
• BUG-7233261 - Swagger: requesting a report with a shared field in columns leads to "tracker cannot be null" error
• BUG-7197675 - Advanced document tracker: new version is not created when document is in a folder
• BUG-7197600 - Derived working sets do not update references correctly
• BUG-7180004 - Unable to save tracker view after opening from shareable URL
• BUG-7171455 - Inheritance lost on template deployment
• BUG-7137056 - ReqIF roundtrip with Doors leads to addition of CBReqIF.ForeignID attribute
• BUG-7097606 - Opening the tracker configuration diagram fails due to an error
• BUG-7090751 - Exporting traceability widget the exported document contains some parameter fields
• BUG-7064719 - Tracker views: incorrectly stored intelligent table view configuration persists after upgrade to 21.09+
• BUG-7061638 - Empty tracker view in baseline
• BUG-7056871 - Unwanted parent field at test run creation
• BUG-7056805 - Sprint parent value cannot be deleted with full page edit mode
• BUG-7056756 - ReqIF import: no information is given to the user when attachments are skipped during the import
• BUG-7048944 - Swagger: a tracker with *** in state transition triggers IllegalArgumentException at GET /v3/trackers/{trackerId}/transitions
• BUG-6990709 - Working set is using wrong reference configuration
• BUG-6984206 - License: no read access to test cases using review HUB license
• BUG-6945338 - Wiki: unable to paste images from wiki
• BUG-6944476 - Swagger: /v3/baselines endpoint returns HTTP 500 on identical baseline
• BUG-6890220 - ReqIF import: closing and opening the specification displays the empty attributes even if the relevant checkbox is empty
• BUG-6836314 - Tracker views: read permission granted through "Participants" is not applied to certain tracker views
• BUG-6828879 - Warn user at shared field deletion if it is used anywhere
• BUG-6826417 - Swagger: apply deployment returns status 500 on projects not accessible due to missing rights
• BUG-6804754 - When query results exceed 40.000 items, codebeamer does not warn about results left out due to maxItemResultCount
• BUG-6792673 - ReqIF import: custom choice field values are being appended instead of updated
• BUG-6791992 - Apply deployment via Swagger succeeds with status code 200, although deployment is disabled
• BUG-6787316 - Item history in baseline shows record for baseline created later
• BUG-6772510 - Document view: a field spanning multiple lines pushes the date field off-screen
• BUG-6754134 - Long project name is split in project selector
• BUG-6748527 - "Show All" on item's history tab triggers values misalignment
• BUG-6740950 - Content of deleted folder is missing from baseline
• BUG-6736011 - Review hub: items order is not kept when I add new items in restart review
• BUG-6735901 - Compare tracker item versions does not respect user time zone settings
• BUG-6735873 - Release Gantt chart: actual release date is incorrect if the user has custom time zone
• BUG-6693573 - Update referring items action with "Execute as different user" modifies referring item, but calculations in the referring item are run in the context of the executing user
• BUG-6687650 - Selective deployment: import fails due to a state transition action
• BUG-6668685 - Keyboard hotkeys are not working properly in test runner
• BUG-6664034 - Test run browser shows data from different tracker
• BUG-6661438 - Swagger: suspect propagation returns null, although not nullable
• BUG-6631083 - Reference selector shifted upwards on narrow-sized screens
• BUG-6620728 - Test plan filter does not work at test set unless tree is expanded
• BUG-6602129 - When editing a comment, "Cancel" button leads to loss of all changes
• BUG-6597809 - On Chrome, mouse cursor is not turning into an arrow when hovering over icon drop zones
• BUG-6582175 - No file locking behavior in document tracker of type
• BUG-6567125 - Unexpected issues when using the wiki.editWikiFieldsInOverlay and the minimize overlay functionality
• BUG-6526766 - Chart widget: unable to fully show report with multiple "Group by" in alphabetical order through multi-bar chart
• BUG-6486004 - Custom test step choice field option is not resolved if test step contains reference
• BUG-6485904 - Unexpected behavior when updating summary of the changes on wiki via Swagger
• BUG-6458331 - Mail notification for document tracker item leads to a document download link instead of the detailed view of the document
• BUG-6439292 - "Generated at" attribute is exported from coverage browser to Excel in a way that the user's time zone is not respected
• BUG-6438329 - Users should not be able to change test run result with mass edit
• BUG-6435737 - Permanent link does not set filter conditions correctly at coverage browser
• BUG-6366149 - Test management: changing field values during test run rerun will not affect child test run items
• BUG-6360557 - Export only distinct item in cbQL word export
• BUG-6360550 - Missing transition permission check at test runs
• BUG-6356287 - User registration: error message is wrong
• BUG-6328592 - Text in mxGraph diagrams is shifted to bottom-right when exported to Word
• BUG-6293448 - Subsequent comments in document view with many items may lead to "Refreshing… If page would not load click here" error
• BUG-6085512 - Unable to move an item in an empty folder through Swagger PATCH @ /v3/items/{itemId}/children
• BUG-5994663 - Run at and Run by values do not change at second run if "Clear previous results" unchecked.
• BUG-5964854 - Field permissions issues on the "Default" project template
• BUG-5906638 - Unclear and confusing terminology and expected behavior regarding test run statuses and results
• BUG-5838651 - Test management: default type is wrong if new folder is created in test case/set document view and edit view
• BUG-5832874 - Comments of child items are missing after moving the items to another project, and the original project is removed
• BUG-5688921 - Excel roundtrip issue with comma separated values, obsolete items cannot be deleted
• BUG-5629067 - V3 API returns max 500 results for item relations
• BUG-5615043 - Shared field option cannot be removed in tracker configuration
• BUG-5564490 - Moved test case items are not displayed in the test results section of a test run item if the original test case tracker is deleted
• BUG-5501324 - Tracker inheritance: invalid data source inheritance between inherited trackers
• BUG-5346882 - WYSWYG editor: text in editor ordered list cannot be colored
• BUG-5324401 - Missing field names in audit trail
• BUG-5150644 - Role in member field only useable if role has permissions on this tracker
• BUG-5081031 - Review hub Word export does not keep item order
• BUG-5009173 - No option to scroll between the trackers using the generate test run option of a test case in document view
• BUG-5002663 - Work items are not wrapped inside the test steps table rows, table width is growing infinitely with every added item
• BUG-4776724 - Copying items result different links in the description
• BUG-4626083 - Tracker item created via API is misplaced when parentItemId is wrong
• BUG-4617079 - Image is broken when wiki content is copied using widgets of dashboards or when copying wiki from workflow action
• BUG-4518808 - Sometimes commits are not loaded after page load
• BUG-2759777 - Reused test step displayed incorrectly in baseline if changed on head
• BUG-1730766 - Diagrams are not exported to Word when using description stereotype