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Release Notes for Spira Addons

This page shows summary information about releases in Spira's addons, data syncs, integrations, and optional features.

September 2026

  • Product Migration Tool v2.0.0-beta4:

    • New Features:

      • [RQ:5367] Support backing up an entire product's data, in addition to its template
      • [RQ:5372] Include product membership in product backups, and create new users when necessary

    • Bug Fixes:

      • [IN:13450] Fix resuming a migration reconnecting to source instance instead of destination
      • [IN:13038] Migrate Release Type -> WorkflowId mapping to fix releases not migrating properly

Beta Version Limitations

This version of the Product Migration Tool is a beta release, and some users may see errors when migrating Custom Lists. Custom product role permissions also may not be migrated correctly. Please contact Inflectra support if you experience any issues using the tool, and we will work to get them fixed for the full release.

  • Jira Cloud Data Synchronization v8.8:

    • Bug Fixes and Enhancements:
      • [IN:13213] Fixes a bug where the IsOlder property causes some fields to be reset on updates
      • [IN:13214] Fixes a bug where release sync fails when attempting to create a Jira version from a Closed Spira release

August 2026

July 2026

  • Jenkins Integration released at v4.0.2

  • YouTrack Data Synchronization v2.0:

    • Bug Fixes and Enhancements:
      • [IN:13216] Improves error messaging for misconfigured project mappings
      • [IN:13187] Modernizes the Markdown/HTML conversion between Spira and YouTrack for more reliable formatting in both directions

  • Spira AIConnect SpiraApp released at v1.1

  • Spira MCP Server:

    • Enhancements and New Features:

      • Create product artifacts directly from AI coding assistants [RQ:5669]
      • Filter product artifact searches with advanced criteria to get exactly the information needed [RQ:5657]
      • Read, search for, and set custom properties on product artifacts [RQ:5670]
      • Retrieve all associations for a given product artifact [RQ:5675]
      • Review and add comments to individual product artifacts [RQ:5674]
      • Update key product artifacts to keep information in Spira up to date [RQ:5673]

  • Jira Server/Data Center Data Synchronization v7.4:

    • Bug Fixes and Enhancements:
      • [IN:13045] Adds the option to resync a single project from the beginning using a special token

  • Jira Cloud Data Synchronization v8.7:

    • Bug Fixes and Enhancements:
      • [IN:13130] Adds a security warning for instances using the admin user (#1) as their sync user
      • [IN:13128] Adds support to handle a known cache-related bug in the Jira API that affects the sync
      • [IN:13045] [IN:13070] Adds the option to resync a single project from the beginning using a special token
      • [IN:13138] Fixes a bug with empty date fields in Jira syncing to Spira
      • [IN:13068] Fixes a bug related to manual user mappings when using email as the External Key

  • Azure DevOps Data Synchronization v8.1:

    • Bug Fixes and Enhancements:
      • [IN:13150] Fixes a bug with auto-mapping users for Entra-backed organizations

June 2026

  • Jira Cloud Data Synchronization v8.6:

    • Bug Fixes and Enhancements:
      • [IN:12818] Adds validation and warnings for one-to-one product/project mapping violations
      • [IN:12719] Adds Jira issue ID to missing mapping log messages to aid in administrative troubleshooting
      • [IN:11176] Fixes a bug where custom Integer and Text fields do not reset
      • [IN:12793] Fixes a bug where hierarchy is not forced to re-sync when resetting sync
      • [IN:11520] Fixes a bug related to handling higher numbers for time fields
      • [IN:12814] Performance optimizations for syncing comments, releases, components, users, and custom properties

May 2026

  • YouTrack Data Synchronization:

    • Bug Fixes and Enhancements:
      • [IN:12706] Improve authentication error handling to display clearer messages when API token format is incorrect, and fix token prefix validation to handle all known formats

  • Spira MCP Server:

    • Enhancements and New Features:

      • Add Kiro Power support to make it easier to use the server within Kiro, including to build specs [RQ:5624]
      • Migrate to a JSON-first data to LLMs to allow for richer analysis by the LLM [RQ:5605] [RQ:5606]
      • Retrieve information about artifact sub-artifacts (test steps, requirement scenarios, and risk mitigations) [RQ:5622] [RQ:5644]
      • Retrieve information about assigned work from a unified "my work" tool [RQ:5619] [RQ:5634]
      • Retrieve information about specific artifacts' types, statuses, priorities, and custom properties [RQ:5643]
      • Retrieve product level artifacts in bulk or individually [RQ:5620] [RQ:5639]
      • Retrieve program level artifacts in bulk or individually [RQ:5621] [RQ:5640]
      • Retrieve workspace information in bulk or individually [RQ:5623] [RQ:5641]
      • Unified artifact search tool that reduces the number of tools and token usage for LLMs [RQ:5631]

April 2026

  • Azure DevOps Data Synchronization v8.0:

    • [IN:12625] TFS/ADO dataSync plugin to support unidirectional incident sync modes
    • [IN:12539] Add ID range based pagination to the ADO data sync's work item retrieval, to enable projects of any size to be migrated
    • [IN:12625] TFS/ADO dataSync plugin to support unidirectional incident sync modes
    • [IN:12632] TFS/ADO DataSync Throw Object Null Error if Priority Blank in ADO
    • [IN:12654] Improvements to ADO dataSync Rich Text sync descriptions

March 2026

  • Jira Cloud Data Synchronization v8.5:

    • Bug Fixes and Enhancements:
      • [IN:11657] Adds a new option to skip rich text warnings in descriptions and support for a new custom property to indicate sync direction (isOlder)
      • [IN:12002] Fixes a bug when syncing hierarchy in more restricted Jira environments
      • [IN:12097] Significantly increases performance when using the createReleasesOnly mode
      • [IN:11965] Fixes a problem related to syncing unmapped Requirement types in projects when they were customized
      • [IN:11977] Fixes a bug related to Sync Mode parameters
      • [IN:11272] Fixes a bug related to deleted releases sync
      • [IN:12060] Improves Event Log messages related to product misconfigurations in Jira
      • [IN:11979] Improves the description of the Auto-Mapping feature in documentation

February 2026

  • PyTest Integration v2.1:

  • Bug Fixes and Enhancements [IN:12204]:

    • Can additionally now map to modules to allow for more high level test reporting
    • Makes the default test case optional to provide greater control about what is reported or not
    • Performance improvements

  • PyTest Integration v2.0:

    • Bug Fixes and Enhancements [IN:12204]:
      • Credentials can be stored securely in environment variables
      • Can link a Python test to a Spira test case using pytest markers
      • Can map to classes, or markers, as well as functions
      • CLI and configuration options for verbose mode, dry-run mode, disabling Spira reporting, or batch reporting

December 2025

November 2025

  • Jira Cloud Data Synchronization v8.3:

    • Bug Fixes and Enhancements:
      • [IN:11692] Fix a bug that could cause an infinite loop of description field updates during bidirectional sync when Plain text is enabled
      • [IN:11722] Simplified description updates when using Rich Text sync

October 2025

September 2025

August 2025

  • Jira Spira QA Coverage app v2.2.0:

    • New features:
      • Improve the addon to optionally show all test cases directly covering a requirement with details about their execution status and date

  • Jira Cloud Data Synchronization v8.2.0.0:

    • Bug Fixes and Enhancements:
      • [IN:11450] Fix a bug that prevents the sync of Releases when the Start Date is missing
      • [IN:11419] Fix a bug that prevents rich text sync when a description is required in Jira
      • [IN:11418] Fix 'Association Already Exists' errors in the Event Log related to the plugin
      • [IN:11411] Adds new Sync Mode createReleasesOnly parameter to prevent Release updates in Jira
      • [IN:11507] Fixes API calls to Jira after Atlassian removed Issue Search endpoint for Jira Cloud

July 2025

  • Jira Cloud Data Synchronization v8.1.0.0:

    • Bug Fixes:

      • [IN:11274] [IN:11273] Improves consistency of release/version creation
      • [IN:11271] Fixes a bug where error messages would flood the Event Log when Jira credentials lack permissions
      • [IN:11269] Fixes a bug where Releases were always marked to update
      • [IN:11251] Fixes a bug where Releases were never updated to 'In Progress'
      • [IN:11250] Fixes a bug where Releases with no StartDate would not sync
      • [IN:11258] Fixes a bug where invalid artifact associations would be tempted to be created
      • [IN:11195] Fixes syncing bold text issues from Spira to Jira

June 2025

  • Jira Cloud Data Synchronization v8.0.0.0:

    • New features:

      • New sync mode "Complete", with support for bidirectional sync of Requirements and Tasks between Jira and Spira
      • Bidirectional sync of Releases with no need for artifact association
      • Option for automatic mapping of standard and custom properties based on name matching
      • Option to sync Epic/Story hierarchy into Spira Requirements and vice-versa
      • Support for syncing custom fields of type Release
      • Support for mapping multiple Jira statuses to one Spira status for Tasks and Requirements
      • Option to not sync comments
      • Option to not sync some Jira Types
      • Attachment sync on updates
      • Rich text enhancements, including support for embedded images and files
      • Option to force plain text conversion for descriptions, to keep bidirectional sync of that field
      • Option to sync standard time tracking fields

    • Bug Fixes:

      • [IN:9764] [IN:10543] Release type and tags standard fields never resetting
      • [IN:9432] Updates from Spira to Jira may fail if field is required in destination status
      • [IN:8830] DataSync service may fail if API Key is used in some contexts
      • [IN:10846] [IN:10748] [IN:10835] [IN:10837] General code performance and logging updates
      • [IN:10761] Component sync may fail in some bidirectional contexts

  • Desktop Data-Synchronization Utility v4.1.0.0:

    • Support for extended DataSync plugin properties
  • Standalone Data-Synchronization Windows Service v8.1.0.0:
    • Support for extended DataSync plugin properties

December 2024

  • Jira Importer:

    • Handles the import of the following test artifacts from XRAY Cloud as well as XRAY Datacenter and Server:
      • test cases
      • test steps
      • test sets
      • test plans
      • test runs
      • test run steps

  • RemoteLaunch v6.0.4.0:

    • RemoteLaunch to support cross-project Test Case executions [IN:10109]
    • Allow all users to login with their API Key, however they authenticate when logging in to Spira [IN:7579]

October 2024

  • TestRail Importer:

    • Handles TestRail API rate limiting when importing from TestRail cloud instances
    • Imports custom fields for test cases and test runs
    • Imports and maps test case priority, type, and status
    • Handles TestRail test cases that don't have any defined steps
    • Imports TestRail test templates as test case types
    • Imports TestRail 'ref' field as Spira custom property
    • Maps TestRail test run cases in a test plan to Spira test set test cases
    • Handles embedded images that were not attached to the case in TestRail

September 2024

  • Jira Data Synchronization:

    • Support mapping 'JiraIssueKey' (if any) to custom property type 'text' for Requirements in Spira. This way, customers can have that value on the requirement's list page
    • Feature of syncing Tags and Labels between Spira and Jira
    • Support of 'duedate' Jira field mapping, Jira -> Spira
    • Improved handling of User custom properties from Jira > Spira Cloud
    • Fixed issues with potential duplicates on next sync cycle
    • Fixed reporter field updating issue, due to improper mapping
    • Feature to turn off synchronization of attachments (after creation), Incidents or Requirements
    • Fixed issue with new Releases creation in Spira

July 2024

  • Excel365 import export tool v3.1.0.0: This version limits the maximum page size for Test Cases to 200 records to avoid crashes and memory errors [IN:9509]
  • Google Sheets v3.1.0.0: This version limits the maximum page size for Test Cases to 200 records to avoid crashes and memory errors [IN:9509]

April 2024

  • Jira Data Synchronization: Enhanced bidirectional incident synchronization for both Jira Cloud and Jira Server plugins:

    • Apply more precise timestamp checking to prevent recent Jira updates from blocking a Spira change being processed
    • Update Jira issue before and after executing a status transition to ensure all required fields are submitted

  • Spira Migration Tool: New desktop tool (Mac OS and Windows) to backup and migration Spira product templates with ease.

January 2024

December 2023

  • Jira Cloud DataSync v6.0 and - Jira Server DataSync v6: these updates includes a number of enhancements and bug fixes:

    • Add support for JIRA estimate fields [IN:6345]
    • Add the ability to sync requirements and not import new incidents with a new dedicated "NoIncidents" sync mode [IN:6341]
    • Allow the Jira Due Date field to be mapped to a Spira requirement custom property [IN:6672]
    • Fix the first Comment from Jira Cloud sometimes being duplicated in Spira [IN:7689]
    • Fix artifact associations not always syncing for incidents and requirements, and never syncing for tasks [IN:8864]
    • Improve Jira field mapping for "release" fields [IN:8831]
    • Improve logging by capturing the ProjectID from Jira to help debugging [IN:8684]
    • Improve logging by reducing warning entries for similar issues [IN:8815]
    • Improve the names of the different data sync modes to be more meaningful for end users (True becomes noRequirements and Both becomes Bidirectional) [IN:8936]

  • Jira Configuration Helper: adds the ability to filter statuses by project [IN:8686]

  • Jira Migration Tool : fixes not being able to import users from Jira due to breaking changes in Atlassian's APIs [IN:8840]
  • PyTest Integration: fixes a bug reporting back test results with the correct timezone [IN:9119].

May 2023

  • SalesForce DataSync v1.1.4.0: general performance enhancements, fixes a potential bug that could cause error "429 Too Many Requests" on SalesForce
  • HP ALM Importer v6.0.23.0: fixes restoring a corrupted session

March 2023

  • Google Sheets v3.0.0.0: this major release adds support for: adding/editing custom lists and components; adding users and folders; test step custom properties; pagination to handle large amounts of data; and includes general bug fixes.
  • SalesForce DataSync v1.1.3.0: this release fixes a bug that could cause repeated error messages in the system log

January 2023

  • Excel365 import export tool v3.0.0.0: this major release adds support for: adding/editing custom lists and components; adding users and folders; test step custom properties; pagination to handle large amounts of data; and includes general bug fixes.

December 2022

  • ClickUp Data Sync (December 2022) first release to allow user to sync their ClickUp workspace and tasks to products and artifacts within SpiraPlan.
  • HP ALM Migration Tool v6.0.22.0: this update adds a resume feature to handle unexpected interruptions. It also redesigns the import process, allowing users to track real-time progress and estimated remaining time
  • NUnit 3: this release adds support for PropertyAttribute in C# code to describe the link to the test cases in Spira as an alternative to listing each test in the SpiraConfig.json file.
  • ZenDesk: this release improves custom property support, fixes the component field, and includes better error handling and usability improvements.

November 2022

  • Jira Cloud DataSync v5.4.2.0: this update includes a number of enhancements and bug fixes:

    • [IN:6678]: When converting due date/start date, account for Jira time being in local not UTC
    • [IN:7446]: Bidirectional synchronization with Jira flaky with different timezones
    • [IN:7030]: Handle rich text in descriptions
    • [IN:6343]: Linking within JIRA for created incidents
    • [IN:6347]: Sync over story points for new requirements
    • [IN:6661]: Support to the incident - requirement associations
    • [IN:7241]: Support to the requirement - requirement associations

  • qTest: this update includes bug fixes and enhancements including:

    • Verbose log support
    • Fixes a bug for a timeout that could happen for large amounts of data
    • Fixes a bug for some fields not being imported
    • Fixed duplicate key messages and WCF size limit issues.
    • Fix changed path for signtool
    • Add folder name to logging
    • Fix recursion typo bug
    • Upgraded importer to v6.0 soap API

  • ServiceNow DataSync v5.0.1.0: this update fixes bugs related to the new API standard introduced by the ServiceNow Tokyo 2022, expanding the compatibility of this dataSync plugin with the most recent SNOW version.

  • SpiraCapture: this update improves incident creation to support all fields and enforces relevant Spira workflows, and update the Chrome manifest to v3.

September 2022