In this release, we have gone the extra mile to enhance your test automation experience. This new and improved version will help you to build robust tests like never before.
Release Notes - Qualitia Automation Studio - 9.0
We are constantly working to improve your Qualitia experience, here’s a summary of what has changed…
Highlights
Qualitia Server and Client Updates
Enabled manual server updates, client notifications for available updates, and provided Linux Debian client installer for seamless Qualitia client updates.
License Management and Activation
Streamlined license management with options for offline/online activation and deactivation, along with floating license consumption.
Project and User Setup
Added functionality for copying setup links, performing health checks for project readiness, and sending user credentials and access details through email notifications.
Enabled silent installation for client updates.
User and Project Management
Introduced enhancements for user and project management, including user allocation, admin role management, project creation/editing, and project updates via Qualitia Server Portal.
Test Case and Task Editor
Improved test case editor with mouse-based step addition, reusable test data variables, multi-iteration execution, and visual enhancements for test data presentation.
Task Recording: Enhanced task recording with options to start, pause, resume, and stop recording directly from the task editor context menu and toolbar.
Testcase Recording: Improved test case recording capabilities, including starting, pausing, resuming, and recording applicable parameters and actions.
Project Management
Added functionalities for editing shared profiles, refreshing device sections, and managing task history with bulk delete options.
ObjectSpy and Recorder
Enhanced ObjectSpy with updated UI, hover mode editing, object highlighting, deletion, and auto-heal technology, along with new recording capabilities for web and mobile tasks.
Added notifications for object editing, smart object status visibility, and mobile recording features including start, pause, resume, and device information display.
Search and Find Functionality
Implemented advanced search and find functionalities across various lists and editors, including Object Toolkit, Test Explorer, Project, and User Management lists.
Execution Profiles and Scheduling
Added features for managing execution profiles, including add, clone, delete, edit, and scheduling of suite executions with user-defined timings.
Import and Export
Enhanced import and export functionalities with options to select scenarios, handle duplicates, and export environment variables.
Debugger Enhancements
Added ability to view step details, execution status, and test data in read-only mode, with enhanced controls for step-by-step execution, breakpoint management, and iteration switching in the debugger.
Custom Actions and Objects Management
Improved management of custom actions and objects for desktop, web/mobile, and SFDC, including creation, update, and deletion capabilities.
Configuration and Settings for SFDC
Improved Salesforce integration, expanded license management features, and added support for multiple license servers and connection status notifications.
Error Handling and Notifications
Upgraded error toolkit with enhanced columns, search functionality, refresh indicators, and error handling messages for various tool sections.
Testing and Execution
Introduced features for marking API parameters as active/inactive, executing test cases from selected steps, using suite execution profiles, session restoration, and auto-updating test cases/projects.
Miscellaneous
Removed version control field from project configuration, and improved validation messages for custom actions and objects.
What’s New
🚀Getting Started
Install & Update
Quick Installation: Install Qualitia in under three minutes for a quick setup.
Auto Update: Auto-update in just five minutes for easy maintenance.
User-Friendly Process: Introduced easy installation steps for a hassle-free experience.
Java Version Support: Qualitia now supports Java versions 11, 17, and 21.
Upgrade Experience: Upgrade is made easier and reduced overall time-consumed during an upgrade.
XPath Support for Shadow DOM Elements: Merged support for XPath with Shadow DOM elements in version 9.0.
Login Screen
Enhanced Security: Provide security to end users with client updates on the login screen.
User-Friendly Connectivity: Connect to the server by providing the URL on the login screen.
Persistent Login: Maintain persistent login sessions for user convenience.
Login Screen Text Update: Updated the color of the text displayed on the Login screen's left section.
📚 Project Management
Added functionality for copying setup links, performing health checks for project readiness, and sending user credentials and access details through email notifications. Enabled silent installation for client updates.
Cross-Platform Support: Projects now support both Mac and Windows machines for enhanced flexibility.
Improved UI: Symbols indicate project types for a more intuitive user experience.
Efficient Project Handling: Project management and supervision are more efficient and secure with assigned privileges.
🧑🤝🧑 User & Role Management
User Management
Role-Based Security: Implement role-based security for different user roles.
Admin Privileges: Admin can provide privileges to any user for better control.
Password Security: Users can change passwords frequently for enhanced account security.
Role Management
Role Searching: Simplified role searching in the role list with the Find feature.
Privilege Division: Divide product administration privileges into four chunks for better organization.
User-Friendly Descriptions: Easily understandable privilege descriptions for improved user experience.
Project Deactivation: Deactivate and activate projects as per user needs.
🚀Develop
Project Switching
Enhanced Navigation: Switch between projects seamlessly for improved productivity.
Informative UI: Display project symbols in the dropdown list for a better user experience.
Test Scenario
Bulk Scenario Creation: Create scenarios in bulk for improved efficiency.
Test Case
Simplified UI: Streamlined user experience for faster test case development.
Toolkit Integration: Enabled toolkit for faster automation development.
Improved Parameterization: Enhanced test case parameterization for better readability.
Auto-Population of Test Cases: Auto-populate feature-based imported object and UI sequence for test cases.
Test Case Editor Icon: Introduced Test Case Editor icon that displays test cases present in the suites.
Test Data
Enhanced Features: Multiple features added for a better user experience.
Multitool Kit Support: Support for multitool kits for improved flexibility.
Keyboard-Friendly UI: Improved UI for keyboard-friendly data rendering.
Task & Task Steps
Streamlined UI: Simplified user experience for task development.
Toolkit Integration: Enabled toolkit for faster automation development.
Recorder Functionality: Use recorder functionality directly in the Task Editor.
Custom Action
Troubleshooting Guide: Seamless troubleshooting within the product for common issues.
Adaptability: Enhanced adaptability for diverse automation needs.
Integration: Seamlessly integrate with Eclipse/VB Editors for a smooth development experience.
Error Toolkit
Advanced Error Display: Display various artifact errors in advance for proactive issue resolution.
Timely Tracking: Track and resolve artifact errors with indicated messages for a smoother user experience.
Accelerated Issue Resolution: Swift issue resolution and preventive insights for improved overall product security.
Object Recorder
Web Application
Parametric Recording: Record parameters as test data for better dataset management.
Enhanced UI: Improved user interface for a smoother recording experience.
Pause and Play: Pause and resume recording at your convenience.
Mobile Application
Parametric Test Data: Test data with parameters recorded for better flexibility.
Client-Server Elimination: Simplified configuration process with the removal of client-server architecture.
Improved UI: Enjoy an improved user interface for a better overall experience.
Flutter Locator Label: Improved reliability when testing with Flutter-based mobile applications.
Landscape Orientation Support: Supports landscape orientation for mobile devices.
Performance Enhancements: Improved the initial launch performance of mobile applications.
Minicap Replacement with MJPEG: Eliminated minicap, enabling support for MOS and MR on 32-bit Android devices.
Desktop Application
UFT Auto-Close: UFT now closes automatically after debugger execution if the close option is enabled.
Scheduler Enhancements: Improved to respect settings for executing on a running UFT instance and handle custom actions/scenarios effectively.
Improved UFT Handling: UFT Handling enhanced to avoid launching in hidden mode.
SFDC Application
SFDC.Login Composite Action: Introduced a new composite action for SFDC.Login, simplifying the Salesforce login process.
SFDC Recorder Feature: Create Salesforce Login Component Objects using the Recorder feature.
SelectPageUsingURL Action: Addressed execution failure for the SelectPageUsingURL action.
Kotak and ABFL instances are now supported, we are able to ease automation of the user flows using the import feature.
SwitchTabUsingURL: New action for improved reliability of Switch Tabs, a guided approach using connected apps.
Salesforce object management: Support for all labels from meta data available during execution, improved reliability via multi-locators for imported objects.
Containers and Classifications for Objects: Containers are introduced for imported objects for easier classification.
Change Management for Salesforce: Introduced Change Management for Salesforce, requiring a feature flag to be turned on. Now shows only changes made since the last sync.
Improved Handling of Unimported Objects: Change management shows an object as new even if it exists but wasn't imported before. Only objects added after the last import are shown.
Server-to-Server OAuth Integration: Enhanced to support seamless server-to-server connectivity using client credential flow with Qualitia.
REST API Support for Web Applications: Introduced REST API support, enhancing web application testing capabilities.
Default Request Headers Auto-Generation: Automatically generates default request headers when creating REST API objects.
Encrypted Environment Variables: Encrypted form of environment variables is not working in REST API.
Parameter and Headers Section: In Qualitia API Testing, a feature includes checkboxes to mark parameters as active or inactive.
Request Failure Marking: If some validations fail, they are marked as defects rather than request failures.
Execution Report Enhancements: Qualitia execution report now shows request body details to validate proper response body passage.
API Implementation Refactor: Refactored API implementation as per design review for improved performance and maintainability.
Import Objects Mandatory Fields Filter: Dialog box now features a filter to display only mandatory fields.
Web ObjectSpy (WOS)
External Dependency Removed: Launch WOS directly from QAS without external dependencies.User-Friendly Features: Get recently used URLs as suggestions and launch WOS with an empty URL for user guidance.
Object Locking: Prevent multi-user conflicts with object locking for enhanced stability.
Enhanced UI: Improved user interface for a seamless experience.
Mobile ObjectSpy (MOS)
Simplified Configuration: Easier configuration and adjustment with the elimination of server-client architecture.
Integrated Toolkit: Capture objects for multiple applications within a single MOS session.
Error Visibility: Errors in learned objects or test cases are visible in the integrated Error Toolkit for faster resolution.
Manage Objects
Mobile Object Recording: Enable recording of mobile objects via task and test case editors.
Enhanced UI: Improved user interface for better object management.
Sync Objects Loading Message: Message on loading of sync objects: "Loading changed objects..." is now displayed.
Locator Notifications: Users are now notified that they can add a maximum of 5 locators.
Default Actions for Objects: Introduced default actions for objects to streamline testing processes.
Object Management in Editor: When a user adds an object in the editor, the default action is now selected by default.
🏃♀️Execute
Suite Management
Multiple Suite Execution: Execute multiple suites using the scheduler for efficient test management.
Publish Test Cases: Publish test cases for improved execution and user experience.
Integration: Directly integrate with CICD tools for seamless execution.
Testcase Publish Status: Feature the Testcase Publish Status on the Suite Management screen.
Script Suite Usage: Users can now identify which suites a script is used in.
Execution Profile
Simplified Settings: Simplified and improved user experience for standardizing execution settings.
Platform Familiarity: Easily test on multiple platforms with standardized test suite settings.
Execution Failure Fixes: Resolved issues causing execution failure for composite actions.
Publish
Error Identification: Easily identify test cases with errors before execution.
User-Friendly UI: Understand published status with a user-friendly interface.
🎛️Reports & Dashboard
Dashboard
Improved UI: Enjoy an improved user interface for a better dashboard experience.
Real-Time Data: Data refresh in the dashboard immediately for up-to-date information.
Report
ADO Report Pagination: Pagination for ADO reports for easier navigation.
UI Enhancement: Improved UI for a better reporting experience.
🔄Import
QAS allows you to import the Task and Test Cases from the existing projects.
Enhanced import and export functionalities with options to select scenarios, handle duplicates, and export environment variables.
Import Task
Task Import: Reduce the burden of creating new tasks by importing existing ones.
Conflict Resolution: Easily manage conflicts after importing tasks.
Direct Execution: Imported tasks can be used for execution without additional setup.
Import Test Case
Test Case Import: Reuse test cases in different projects with the import feature.
Conflict Management: Resolve conflicts after importing test cases.
Flexible Import: Import test cases with or without test data.
☸ Setting
Improved User Experience: Toast messages on save for an enhanced user experience.
Environment Management: Easily manage environment variables with the implementation of export functionality.
Reload Functionality: Reload project changes without closing the settings modal for improved workflow.
Other Updates
Server Administration
Improved UI: Enjoy a clean and intuitive interface for easy navigation.
Proactive Notifications: Receive notifications for errors and completed actions, ensuring a seamless user experience.
ADO
Qualitia Remote Agent Dependency Removed: Enhance efficiency by eliminating unnecessary dependencies.
Streamlined Pipelines: Reduce pipeline tasks to a single task for user-friendly setup.
Project Integration: Link a single Qualitia project with multiple ADO projects and Qualitia Suite with ADO Suite.
ADO Integration: Link the test case as a “linked” item if it’s linked within Qualitia, when a bug is created in ADO from reports.
Improved Logs: Improved logs generated by tasks, with debug logs enabled only when System.Debug=True in pipeline variables.
Debugger
Debugger Messages: Improved messages for different operations performed in Debugger.
Added ability to view step details, execution status, and test data in read-only mode, with enhanced controls for step-by-step execution, breakpoint management, and iteration switching in the debugger.
Readiness & Update Projects
Issue Resolution: Identify and resolve issues before migrating to 9.0.
Server Repo Optimization: Lighter server repository with Maven project updates.
Reporting Improvements: Enhanced reporting functionalities for better clarity and performance.
Search & Find
Efficient Data Handling: Easily search and filter data from large lists.
Improved UI: Enhanced usability with a clear and quick search experience.
New Import Objects Style: Updated style to ensure search results display properly, with improved usability.
TSR
Desktop Project Support: Multi-TSR support for desktop projects.
Execution Control: Reorder the execution of objects and utilize auto-sync functionality.
Retry Mechanism: Retry functionality for failed TSR imports.
Efficient Deletion: TSR deletion if not in use.
Editor Pub Sub
Change Detection: Changes in the explorer are easy to detect using refresh.
Update Emphasis: Emphasize updates in the explorer using refresh with a red dot indicator.
Qualitia BOT
Offline Execution: Ability to perform offline execution without the Qualitia client.
Browser and Platform Support: Offline execution on different browsers and platforms.
Defect Management
Automated Defect Logging: Log defects automatically in ADO and Jira if found during suite execution.
Efficient Defect Tracking: Streamlined process for efficient defect tracking within Qualitia.
CI Integration with Jenkins, Bamboo, TeamCity
Simplified Integration Setup: Reduce efforts in setting up CI integration with Jenkins, Bamboo, and TeamCity.
Artifact Management: Effortlessly create, push, and execute artifacts in CI tools for reduced maintenance.
Dynamic Test Suite Updates: Manage existing artifacts seamlessly with dynamic updates in Test Case and Test Suite.
Security & Protocol Enhancements
HTTPS Support: Enabled HTTPS support for Qualitia Server. The License Server remains on HTTP.
HTTPS Support for CryptLex: Introduced HTTPS support for CryptLex, ensuring secure communication and data integrity.
Server Certificate Validation: Validate server certificates by reading them through supplied files.
Usage of SHA-1 for Cryptographic Operations: Removed SHA-1 usage across various modules.
Lack of Rate Limiting for Resource Allocation: Addressed lack of rate limiting in readiness for Electron Migration.
Input Validation Improvements: Improved validation of application inputs to prevent security vulnerabilities.
Insecure JWT Verification: Resolved insecure JWT verification in the server module.
Use of TLS 1.0: Deprecated use of TLS 1.0 in network communication.
Vulnerabilities Addressed:
XSS: Resolved XSS vulnerabilities in various modules.
SSRF: Resolved Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerabilities.
XXE: Resolved XML External Entity (XXE) attack vulnerabilities.
Path Traversal: Resolved path traversal vulnerabilities.
User Interface & Usability
Drag & Drop for Validation Rules: Drag & drop feature enabled for arranging the sequence of validation rules.
Weblink Buttons Visibility: Weblink buttons in the object repository are now visible as standard buttons.
Terminology Update: Changed the terminology from "Add" to "Generate" for icon tooltips present on the object toolkit.
Task Management: Option to skip a step in the task and a default task for standard objects, including the skip feature for consistent testing.
Populate TC/Task Tooltip Update: Tooltip updated to "Generate Automation."
Upgrade Utility Enhancements: Provides an option to delete or skip entries for missing test cases in the upgrade utility.
Condition Handling Improvement: The condition operates correctly when satisfied, but it fails to exit if not met. Enabling "pause failure" resolves this issue.
Known Issues
When test cases are recorded and objects are imported simultaneously, deleted objects may still appear in the test case.
Deleted objects may appear in SFDC project test cases during recording. To resolve this, reload the test case by switching to a different tab.
Objects from SFDC ObjectSpy may appear in the object repository when switching to another tab.
You might notice delays in saving and displaying recorded objects in the UI editor when working with large datasets.
The Appium URL for the custom mode on iOS is unexpectedly resetting.
You would not be able to delete a connection if it contains objects not used in any test cases or tasks.
Mobile device auto-selection is not functioning; you need to manually choose the device from the dropdown menu for mobile execution.
Editing an API object with an existing object in edit mode may cause the previously opened object to lose its state.
If your WDA driver is not prebuilt Appium will rebuild it, leading to an execution delay of 50 seconds to 1 minute on the first run.
OAuth is supported for the following types
Client Credentials
Password Credentials
Device invoking flows are not supported
The dynamic body feature for Post/PUT requests is not functioning correctly.
Standard buttons are being created with every new connection.
The date format for 'Close Date' and 'Start Date' in Salesforce datasets is unclear. The required format is YYYY-MM-DD.
The SwitchWebExecutionPlatform action is being recorded when switching from Desktop web to Mobile app.
Class files are not generated while using custom action mapping.
Editing or adding a new environment variable takes approximately 7-9 seconds to save.
The Error Toolkit does not show errors after performing a test case search.
You will see an error message when logging into Qualitia Client if the local license server connection limit is reached.
Qualitia gets stuck on the publish test cases popup when attempting to publish a single test case.
All parameters get deselected while editing any parameter from the URL.
There are difficulties in validating response array values using JSON Path in SFDC.
Uncertainty observed in the execution of the SFDC.SwitchUser action.
Newly added SFDC objects are not visible during the model import process.
All parameters get deselected while editing any parameter from the URL in Qualitia.
Additional object entries still appear under the import object section.
Unclear date format for Salesforce 'Close Date' and 'Start Date' while adding dataset. Required date format: YYYY-MM-DD.
Searching and expanding the tab navigates the user to a random tab name in Qualitia on Windows/MAC.
For the SFDC.SwitchTabUsingURL action, the tabName parameter does not display a dropdown with all tab names listed for an established connection in Qualitia on Windows/MAC.
Execution failure observed for the standard button.
In Lightning View, the global search 'Search&Click' action is recorded but fails during execution.
Extra spaces added to header values or parameter values are not trimmed, potentially causing request failures.
Execution fails for Action: CreateNewEntity with error message: "The SFDCLookup with label name 'Place' does not exist, please verify."
The "Salesforce API" option is not available on the contextual menu to create a Salesforce API object.
When modifying an object or data from the debugger, an incorrect popup appears, and step details are not relevant to the object for SFDC and RestAPI.
Able to edit the standard button object from the contextual menu. (You will be to edit the standard button object from the contextual menu.)
Change management shows an object as new even if the object already exists but was not imported before. Only objects added after the last import should be shown.
An existing RestAPI object in view mode opens in edit mode when attempting to edit another RestAPI object from the contextual menu.
The clickStageByIndex and StoreStageState actions of the progress indicator component fail when executed on Safari browser.
Imported objects cannot be loaded for Rest API.
Scheduler execution is not working for mobile test cases.
In multiuser scenarios, the editor allows the creation of duplicate test cases, tasks, and scenarios.
When an imported object is in view or edit mode, other objects (RestAPI, SFDCAPI, Recorded/Manually created SFDC or web objects, imported SFDC objects) cannot be opened in edit mode from the contextual menu.
Adding or updating iOS capability from settings and clicking on the debugger icon takes over two minutes to launch the debugger window.
The updated action parameter name is not shown in the Qualitia Execution report for static variables after execution.
Previously exported test data cannot be imported unless updated with the correct columns/parameter names to match the current test case parameters and names.
CICD Qualitia Execution is not functioning correctly for HTTPS servers.
During parallel testing with 21 clients, some users encounter an error message stating "Error while creating test case".
The REST API object is not imported when importing test cases or tasks from other projects where the REST API object was created.
Closing Qualitia from Task Manager does not implicitly close UFT if it is launched during test case execution.
In multiuser cases with more than two users, the editor allows the creation of duplicate test cases, tasks, or scenarios.
The connection using the Lightning view URL is accepted initially but fails during import due to the requirement for a classic URL-based connection.
The search filter for import objects does not show results if the connection node is expanded.
After importing TSR in DP objects, the toast message incorrectly states "Object import is in progress" instead of confirming the successful completion of the import.
The Qualitia application abruptly closes if any Windows browse icon is left idle for more than 5 minutes, leading to workflow disruptions and potential data loss.
For optimal performance with more than 15 clients, the server configuration should be at least 16 vCPUs and 32 GB RAM.
Updating objects using the Object Spy update functionality is not working, causing issues in capturing and updating object properties accurately.
The Qualitia Execution Report will not load by default if the JavaScript is disabled in the Jenkins 2.426 or later versions Jenkins Integration.
In Lightning View, the global search 'Search&Click' action is recorded but fails during execution.
For the SFDC.SwitchTabUsingURL action, the tabName parameter does not display a dropdown with all tab names listed for an established connection in Qualitia on Windows/MAC.
The "Salesforce API" option is not available on the contextual menu for creating a Salesforce API object.
Scheduler execution for mobile test cases is machine-specific and not working.
The Scheduler execution is not working on Safari browser due to failure of Webdriver object creation.
When you create a new connection using the Salesforce application and try to import objects, you will see additional object entries under the Import Object section.
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