Release Notes 8.9.x

Compatibility changes specific to Jira API authentication.

Fixed a bug that prevented the upload of attachments with file extensions .7z, .log, .py (python) and .ps1 (PowerShell).

Mitigated Apache Log4J Critical Security vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-44832 and CVE-2021-45046.

Fixed a bug that did not retain the data for the expected outcome or last test step column when navigating steps using tab key while authoring a test case.

Fixed a bug that allowed users to alter project settings without permissions assigned to their role.

Fixed a bug that displayed archived folders even after clearing the applied filters.

Fixed a bug that trimmed long folder names while filtering assets by folders on linking screens or performing bulk operations.

Fixed a bug that displayed an obsolete linkage of an issue under test case details - issue tab for an older test case executed version that is no longer available on the execution screen.

Fixed a bug that displayed an obsolete record of a test case execution run for an older version under issue details when replaced with the latest test case version on the execution screen.

Fixed a bug that prevented duplicating test case steps row if it contained images.

Fixed a bug that did not allow clearing the test execution comments.

Fixed a bug that prevented searching shareable test cases from the "Ask me anything" field.

Fixed a bug that deleted data from the hidden test step column after saving the test case.

Fixed a bug that did not sync the data of the test step user-defined fields to advanced reports after adding a new test step on an existing test case.

Mitigated - Apache Log4J Security vulnerability - CVE-2021-44228 by replacing the Log4j2 libraries with version 2.15.0, for more details read the QMetry advisory.

Fixed a bug that prevented displaying all releases and cycles in the report filters when Projects are selected using the select all option.

Fixed a bug that required extra customization permissions to add labels despite the user role having permissions to modify labels.

Fixed bug that prevented importing test cases from excel.

Fixed bug that prevented integrating a Gitlab repository when the repository project is a part of a subgroup.

Fixed bug that created a duplicate step while inserting a step between existing test case steps.

Fixed bug that added steps with description from the "keyword" attribute when the "name" attribute in the cucumber automation result file is found empty. QMetry now skips the test steps that do not have data in the step "name" attribute.

Fixed bug that did not display the list of releases and cycles while filtering linked test cases on a requirement or a test suite.

Support of user-defined fields on test case steps.

Option to disable auto-deriving test case execution status from step statuses and vice-versa from project settings.

Support for the below version control repositories for BDD integrations:

Option to disable authentication required on test step executions for Part 11 compliance enabled projects from eSignature settings.

Improved UI experience - QMetry web application upgraded with Angular framework version 12.

`Jira Integration - QMetry Enterprise` app v2.1.7 is released compatible with v8.9. Customers hosted on the Jira server/data center need to update the app manually. This app is upgraded automatically for Jira Cloud customers.