Release Notes for Spira v5¶

Version 5.4.0.4 (June 2018)¶

Summary

Security and Performance improvements: enforced password expiration and restrictions, requirements management module now 400% faster

New artifact icons: more contemporary, visually striking, with a modular consistent design

New Features and Fixes

Exploratory testing: associated incidents are not shown during test execution [IN:4461]
Exploratory test containing a link to another test case: upon saving, the link is removed. [IN:4466]
Saving Automation info with error gives concurrency error. [IN:4563]
Sorting of test run sections in reports incorrect [IN:4638]
Edit button appears on some association tabs where it should not. [IN:4640]
Allow Source Code Sidebar to be Expandable [IN:4649]
Parameters Pop-up Window Can;t be Dragged & Dropped [IN:4650]
Test execution page jitters and shakes at specific screen and page height combinations [IN:4651]
Ability to require users to change password at certain intervals [RQ:35]
Improvements to TaraVault [RQ:2170]

Version 5.4 (February 2018)¶

Summary

New Agile Task and Incident Boards

Program View of Releases & Incidents (SpiraPlan)

Graphing Enhancements and Custom Graphs

New features

Document Management
- Remove document popup [RQ:1867]
- live reloading: document details page [RQ:2099]
Program Management
- Add a project-group level incident list page for programs [RQ:1896]
- Program-view of Planning > Releases [RQ:2165]
Project Management
- Add incident-only planning board [RQ:1911]
- Add Task-only planning board [RQ:1913]
- Ability to Split a User Story (requirement) [RQ:2160]
- Live reloading on the release > build page [RQ:2161]
- Implement Bulk Edit permission [RQ:2169]
Reporting
- Custom SQL widget for graphs [RQ:2173]
- Add graphs to list pages and changing release list [RQ:2175]

Bug fixes and enhancements

Need to prevent a test being executed if it has test cases in an invalid status for execution [IN:4387]
Duplicate Source Code Revision Session IDs in v5.3.04+ [IN:4458]
Preview tab on Document Details breaks for XML documents! [IN:4182]
Instant Messenger Post as Comments function doesn't work [IN:4288]
Test set total estimated duration does not refresh if individual test case est dur is changed [IN:4316]
Extend the length of data sync password column in DB. It gets truncated too easily [IN:4331]
Foreign Key Exception error when cloning a test step from the test step details screen [IN:4335]
Error displayed when you try and import test steps from root folder [IN:4343]
Release execution status not updated when test runs are deleted or edited. [IN:4349]
Document detail page: with Modify Owned permission, save button is never enabled [IN:4351]
Exploratory Test Execution throws fault exception error in SpiraTest / team if user does not have view access to tasks [IN:4356]
Test Set Status Widget includes deleted Test Sets [IN:4363]
Exception removing a parameter from a test case if it is used in any test configuration [IN:4384]
Moving iteration should update test coverage but it does not. [IN:4463]
Rich text fields created using API can contain script tags which are not filtered out on fields without CKEditor [IN:4468]
No cross-association displayed in TESTCASE dedicated sub-tab [IN:4475]
On first load of attachments tab, the wrong documents are loaded briefly [IN:4478]
Exploratory testing: When run from "My Assigned Test Cases" test case doesn't go into exploratory mode [IN:4506]
Split requirement dialog has a place to specify owner but it does not get used [IN:4510]
Subscribe to a Document [IN:2488]
Change Test case copy to place copy below, rather than above, the copied test case [IN:2570]
Excel 2003 reports show blank effort as zeros and incorrectly show effort as percentages [IN:2797]
Version Control - Date sorting appears to put dates "in the future" at the bottom of the list (when sorting descending) [IN:3003]
Source Code Revisions page: problems with filtering and sorting [IN:3194]
Check to see if Attachment Description still has XSS vulnerability in Spira 5.0 [IN:3357]
Error appears on release details page and the list of builds is not shown, under certain circumstances. [IN:3692]
Project Group Planning Board: should omit requirements from inactive projects [IN:3798]
Planning board issues (intermittent; related to changing display options) [IN:3869]
Planning Board filtering by deleted release breaks page [IN:4032]
Planning Board: "By Person" views have some issues with the effort numbers [IN:4061]
With Modify Owned permission for incidents, remove attachment is disabled. [IN:4080]
Document detail page: followers list is missing [IN:4272]
With incident modify owned, user can add attachment to incident they don't own [IN:4297]
Test execution, table view: New incident pop-up needs styling update [IN:4306]
Do not prefix the name with "Copy of" when copy/paste to a different folder [IN:4309]
When running test set, test case/run actual duration is incorrect under certain circumstances [IN:4327]
Project Home dashboard: two widgets don't refresh when change from a specific release to all releases [IN:4333]
Project Group planning board: new option has appeared but does not work [IN:4455]
Email notifications do not use a set reply-to address [IN:4459]
Exploratory testing: add ability to paste test step actual result and description into task description [IN:4465]
Exploratory testing, creating tasks: task description not always saved [IN:4490]
For default developer role, Testing -> Configurations menu item leads to error [IN:4495]
Right after saving a new incident, remove attachment doesn't work. [IN:4098]
Test Run Details - test step Full Screen - add scroll bars [IN:4319]
Disable all status result buttons (pass, fail) once clicked, until success is returned [IN:4454]

Version 5.3 (October 2017)¶

Summary

Data-driven testing with test configurations

Exploratory testing: new testing mode to edit, move, and create test steps during exploratory testing sessions

Improved artifact details page: new designs, improved information flow, faster performance

New features

Session Management
- Database-backed session management [RQ:1791]
Reporting
- Incident Cumulative Count by Status [RQ:2143]
- Charts using jqplot are improved by replacing them with c3/d3 [RQ:2100]
- Reporting page charts have popovers in place to give quick help information [RQ:2158]
- Project/Program home page charts have popovers in place to give quick help information [RQ:2157]
UI Updates
- All details pages have unified top title area, including workflow operations [RQ:2091]
- live reloading: task details page [RQ:2096]
- live reloading: requirement details page [RQ:2097]
- live reloading: release details page [RQ:2098]
- All details pages restyled with new "unity" design [RQ:2106]
Enhanced Support for FDA Processes [RQ:2149]

Bug fixes and enhancements

Have insert test step link dialog remember last test case [IN:1451]
Ability to sort reports by custom properties [IN:1624]
Documentation: for incident date range graphs, explain that they rely on the "closed on date" not the status [IN:2755]
Update the documentation: for test set list, explain the "Display data for" dropdown [IN:2933]
Embedded images not appearing in Word 2003 format reports [IN:3325]
Project Home Test Set Status widget: overdue test sets should consider status [IN:3379]
Documentation: 2 places give incorrect information about what happens when you click View Details [IN:3396]
Misleading Error Message when trying to execute a Test Case without step [IN:3612]
Documentation: Add a description of the bracketed numbers at the top of the test execution page [IN:3622]
Test execution: certain sequences of actions related to actual result and "pass all" result in actual results being lost [IN:3627]
Change event not fired if click only one checkbox on a form manager dropdown [IN:3630]
Release Detailed report: take out "Active" and add "Status" and "Type" fields, plus a few other minor issues [IN:3645]
Update documentation to explain the new "Refresh the Database Indexes" button. [IN:3654]
Documentation: explain new Release Types and statuses [IN:3676]
Rich text custom fields shown on list pages are not shown formatted, but as HTML [IN:3679]
Add New Document popup does not hide fields correctly, forcing scrolling [IN:3689]
Automatically set artifact type on the association panel if a shared project only shares one artifact with current project [IN:3765]
Allow sorting by custom properties in all reports [IN:3776]
Test execution attachment panel should clear the grid on changing test case immediately [IN:3780]
Test Case list page produces error when filtering by test steps and adding new test case [IN:3783]
Tooltips not working for releases in the Quick Filter panel [IN:3788]
Column resizing causes big problems on mobile devices, probably needs to be disabled. [IN:3794]
With Limited View, problems displaying test set detail page (and also test case detail page) [IN:3796]
Scrollbar in IE covers rightmost content of page [IN:3806]
Notification Events page does not go to incident workflow [IN:3817]
In test execution screen, disable incident creation if no releases exist [IN:3818]
Double-Click for Quick-Edit on list pages does not work in Chrome [IN:3822]
Cannot move items to the Root folder on Task List [IN:3830]
Deleting associations button should be labeled "remove" not "delete" to avoid confusion [IN:3835]
Viewing History Details of Purged item causes error to be logged. [IN:3899]
German umlauts not showing correctly in Word 2003 reports [IN:3915]
Planning board usability - dragging may move previously selected items [IN:3918]
REST API: get/post Test Set Folder Test Sets search does not filter properly by test set folder id [IN:3984]
Can expand and collapse hierarchical lists in the newly redesigned association panel [IN:3986]
Show tooltips in search results on the new associations panel [IN:4004]
In Administration, the "rows per page" setting is not saved - keeps reverting back to 15 [IN:4011]
Separate out the release filters in the test set report (display data for vs. column filter) [IN:4029]
Multi-select lists: dropdown closes when click checkbox, and change event is not triggered [IN:4034]
Test execution with single step test case does not refresh incident tab after passing/failing [IN:4042]
Labels inside forms were not correctly showing as disabled when they are disabled [IN:4043]
Make screenshots have more unique filenames and be stored in separate folder [IN:4048]
Cutting and pasting test cases can remove them from the ui by adding them to folders in other projects [IN:4051]
Copying folder into subfolder creates semi-infinite loop. [IN:4052]
Custom Properties not displaying in PDF format reports (other formats OK) [IN:4053]
Searching by ID on associations tab of incident details page can cause errors [IN:4062]
SpiraTest: followers are not displayed on incident detail page [IN:4069]

Version 5.2 (April 2017)¶

Summary

Improved reporting: additional graphs and more dashboard layout choices

Planning board improvements

Testing improvements

New features

Users section on various artifact detail pages (author, owner, subscribees) [RQ:1551]
Redesign of Incident Details Page [RQ:1869]
Adding new/replacement graphs based D3/C3 [RQ:1887]
Planning board enhancements [RQ:1908]
Cross-project associations on incident details page [RQ:1910]
Enhanced functionality for subscribing to / following artifacts [RQ:1961]
Additional graphs for Reports/Project Home [RQ:2075]
Different Project Home pages for different roles [RQ:2078]

Bug fixes and enhancements

Have insert test step link dialog remember last test case [IN:1451]
Ability to sort reports by custom properties [IN:1624]
Documentation: for incident date range graphs, explain that they rely on the "closed on date" not the status [IN:2755]
Update the documentation: for test set list, explain the "Display data for" dropdown [IN:2933]
Embedded images not appearing in Word 2003 format reports [IN:3325]
Project Home Test Set Status widget: overdue test sets should consider status [IN:3379]
Documentation: 2 places give incorrect information about what happens when you click View Details [IN:3396]
Misleading Error Message when trying to execute a Test Case without step [IN:3612]
Documentation: Add a description of the bracketed numbers at the top of the test execution page [IN:3622]
Test execution: certain sequences of actions related to actual result and "pass all" result in actual results being lost [IN:3627]
Change event not fired if click only one checkbox on a form manager dropdown [IN:3630]
Release Detailed report: take out "Active" and add "Status" and "Type" fields, plus a few other minor issues [IN:3645]
Update documentation to explain the new "Refresh the Database Indexes" button. [IN:3654]
Documentation: explain new Release Types and statuses [IN:3676]
Rich text custom fields shown on list pages are not shown formatted, but as HTML [IN:3679]
Add New Document popup does not hide fields correctly, forcing scrolling [IN:3689]
Automatically set artifact type on the association panel if a shared project only shares one artifact with current project [IN:3765]
Allow sorting by custom properties in all reports [IN:3776]
Test execution attachment panel should clear the grid on changing test case immediately [IN:3780]
Test Case list page produces error when filtering by test steps and adding new test case [IN:3783]
Tooltips not working for releases in the Quick Filter panel [IN:3788]
Column resizing causes big problems on mobile devices, probably needs to be disabled. [IN:3794]
With Limited View, problems displaying test set detail page (and also test case detail page) [IN:3796]
Scrollbar in IE covers rightmost content of page [IN:3806]
Notification Events page does not go to incident workflow [IN:3817]
In test execution screen, disable incident creation if no releases exist [IN:3818]
Double-Click for Quick-Edit on list pages does not work in Chrome [IN:3822]
Cannot move items to the Root folder on Task List [IN:3830]
Deleting associations button should be labeled "remove" not "delete" to avoid confusion [IN:3835]
Viewing History Details of Purged item causes error to be logged. [IN:3899]
German umlauts not showing correctly in Word 2003 reports [IN:3915]
Planning board usability - dragging may move previously selected items [IN:3918]
REST API: get/post Test Set Folder Test Sets search does not filter properly by test set folder id [IN:3984]
Can expand and collapse hierarchical lists in the newly redesigned association panel [IN:3986]
Show tooltips in search results on the new associations panel [IN:4004]
In Administration, the "rows per page" setting is not saved - keeps reverting back to 15 [IN:4011]
Separate out the release filters in the test set report (display data for vs. column filter) [IN:4029]
Multi-select lists: dropdown closes when click checkbox, and change event is not triggered [IN:4034]
Test execution with single step test case does not refresh incident tab after passing/failing [IN:4042]
Labels inside forms were not correctly showing as disabled when they are disabled [IN:4043]
Make screenshots have more unique filenames and be stored in separate folder [IN:4048]
Cutting and pasting test cases can remove them from the ui by adding them to folders in other projects [IN:4051]
Copying folder into subfolder creates semi-infinite loop. [IN:4052]
Custom Properties not displaying in PDF format reports (other formats OK) [IN:4053]
Searching by ID on associations tab of incident details page can cause errors [IN:4062]
SpiraTest: followers are not displayed on incident detail page [IN:4069]

Version 5.1 (December 2016)¶

Summary

Powerful new search

Improved program management tools

Seamless cross-product associations

New features

Enhanced project group dashboards and reporting [RQ:1700]
Ability to configure which cross-project associations are allowed [RQ:1702]
Ability to included shared projects' requirements on requirements list page [RQ:1704]
Hosted data integration hub for cloud customers [RQ:1870]
Data mapping to allow easier use of multiple instances of the same system [RQ:1888]
Enhanced global search that uses SQL free text indexing [RQ:1886]
Streamline navbar for project groups and projects [RQ:1889]
Ability to resize column widths on list pages [RQ:1893]
Project Group Planning Board [RQ:1894]
Add cross-project associations capability to requirement details page [RQ:1895]
Brand new users get helpful in-app onboarding / orientation [RQ:1901]

Bug fixes and enhancements

Yes/No Slider Checkboxes have bad performance when you have lots of them on a page [IN:3723]
Exclude packages from requirements burndown/up/velocity graphs [IN:3724]
Change Incident fields in My Page Widgets [IN:1388]
Requirements are inserted with an deleted parent [IN:2780]
Associations: at top of "Add New Association" dialog, hide or disable artifacts that the user does not have permission to view. [IN:2859]
Reports: some czech characters are wrong in PDF format [IN:3063]
Filtering by text that contains Czech characters does not work [IN:3311]
Correcting indents in Data Tools for requirements turns reqs into packages even when they have no children [IN:3461]
Requirement gets stuck as a "package" when you copy a package and then delete all the children under the copy [IN:3479]
Dragging a parent requirement under itself causes weird hierarchy issues [IN:3495]
Need to enforce read-only workflow fields on server-side [IN:3635]
Release fields appear blank on some detail pages if the release is in "closed" status [IN:3694]
SpiraTest 5.0 : Reports not return requirements in "Sub-release" [IN:3704]
Rich Text Properties Don't Display Correctly in Some Reports [IN:3705]
SQL Command Timeouts for Custom Query reports [IN:3728]
Resource list page: effort is wrong sometimes due to SQL removing duplicates [IN:3740]
Resource details page: the release dropdown does not work [IN:3742]
Rich text fields are not always hidden when specified in workflow [IN:3747]
Add current folder to parent for 'add folder' dialog [IN:3757]
IE11: On requirement detail page, the newly-redesigned Add Associations dialog does not display at all. [IN:3760]
Requirement list: select all selects requirements from another project [IN:3762]
In new Add Associations dialog, searching doesn't work as expected if user doesn't select an artifact. [IN:3763]
Ability to resize columns [IN:447]
Ability to resize table columns in list screens [IN:539]
Separate the Requirements > Tasks and main Tasks filters [IN:1442]
Make text truncation on list screens configurable [IN:1492]
Show artifact ID when in edit mode on list pages [IN:2326]
Date-Range Graphs a day out for PCs set to timezones west of server time. [IN:2365]
Name heading on detail pages omits <> less than/greater than pairs, and anything between them [IN:2392]
Editing in SpiraTeam: sometimes it is not possible to select text [IN:2395]
With large number of projects, scrollbar appearing in middle of Reporting Screen [IN:2639]
User dropdowns display quotes with a forward slash in dropdown list [IN:2886]
Simply clicking on Add Comment button causes item to be considered modified [IN:2982]
Planning Board: the New Requirement dialog does not display the default estimate [IN:3196]
Incident Summary Graph: get error if select Component for x-axis [IN:3304]
Edge only: pasting a screenshot into a rich text field does not work [IN:3646]
UI: Most number fields need to be widened to show more digits, especially for Edge and Chrome [IN:3666]
Incident detail page, schedule section: clock icon is partially covering the time for "Closed On" date. [IN:3667]
SpiraTeam Users [IN:3690]
The ckeditor native browser spell checker is disabled for test step editing [IN:3695]
Keep titles in sidebar panel heading when minimized [IN:3714]
The Order of Reports Displayed on Menu [IN:3736]
On requirement detail page, association tab: some incident associations give an error when attempting to edit them [IN:3769]
Tooltips not appearing for Activity Stream on Project Home [IN:3770]
Requirement details, associations tab: filtering by comment fails with an error if any comment is blank [IN:3772]
Add variable rows and sorting to some of the admin screens [IN:1419]
Calendar controls / drop down lists getting cutoff [IN:2452]
Large images pasted into comments makes the page width wider than the browser window [IN:3732]

Version 5.0 (July 2016)¶

Summary

Testing improvements: test case folders and test set folders

Electronic signature support

Workflows for releases

The app is 100% response across all sizes of device

New features

Manipulate Components through the API [RQ:1855]
Support for electronic signatures on specific workflow transitions [RQ:1792]
Workflow for releases [RQ:1794]
Ability to have Document custom properties [RQ:1798]
Ability to track Documents history [RQ:1807]
Add CORS support to the REST API [RQ:1821]
Releases can be categorized into different types [RQ:1824]
Releases can have different statuses [RQ:1825]
Screenshot annotation capture tools [RQ:1830]
All pages are fully responsive to different devices (desktop, mobile, etc.) [RQ:1832]
Releases can have task progress roll-up multiple levels [RQ:1839]
Encrypt password and other secure global settings [RQ:1851]

Bug fixes and enhancements

Newly added items appear in 'closed' folders. [IN:768]
Allow certain releases to flow-up status like iterations [IN:874]
Ability to filter tasks by requirement in task list [IN:929]
Add company and department to user profile [IN:1044]
Allow dragging of Entire Release name. [IN:1121]
Add last login date/time to Active Sessions screen [IN:1358]
Administrator controlled logon/user broadcast messaging service [IN:1546]
As part of workflow update allow password-based confirmations as optional feature [IN:1670]
Expanding requirement that has multiple levels of children causing items to not appear when filter is set [IN:1707]
Add history items to SOAP API [IN:1770]
Ability to add existing document to artifact through API [IN:1952]
View permissions asks user if they want to save changes. [IN:2106]
When prompting a user that they must enter a comment, highlight the comment box in some way [IN:2146]
Editing in lists: cancel button doesn't work if you used the context menu to go into edit mode [IN:2186]
For user with "limited view", hide the main menu options that they can't use. [IN:2203]
If we don't fix IN2203 for version 4.0, then I suggest that we make the menu item go to My Page instead of Project Home page [IN:2204]
Whole planning menu disappears if requirement view is unchecked for role [IN:2214]
Editing on list page: update and cancel buttons disappear when you put the same row into edit mode a second time [IN:2242]
Incident detail page: "hours" label still present when effort field is hidden [IN:2254]
Include clickable list of tokens on the Notification Event Details page [IN:2275]
Add RemoteHistory object to API and allow artifact history retrieval [IN:2297]
Required fields a pain in requiring new comment when amending data in a status [IN:2304]
Spira API - Connection closed error [IN:2414]
Add API method for checking health of installation [IN:2438]
Error at changing incident state via eclipse plugin [IN:2490]
LDAP bind password stored in database in clear text [IN:2512]
Requirements detail page navigation panel: filter by Assigned uses priority sort. Confusing. tree order would be better [IN:2533]
Add existing attachments dialog should show all documents, not be limited to the "rows per page" setting in document list [IN:2550]
Allow Show/Hide Columns in Attachment Area like in other lists [IN:2568]
Add Active API user count to API functions [IN:2590]
Quick filter panel release list is using rows per page setting from main release list; needs to always show all releases [IN:2610]
User with create permission, but not modify permission, for incidents gets an error when attempting to save a new incident [IN:2637]
Rich text custom field: can't effectively make it required. Need to ignore tags such as
that aren't real data. [IN:2674]
Planning board: item appears to be duplicated after dragging into a closed column and then opening the column [IN:2961]
Filtering the document list: a few minor problems [IN:3013]
For custom fields, need to specify formats for date and number fields in Excel reports [IN:3033]
Documentation: in the integration guide, note which fields are used for exporting ONLY [IN:3165]
Updating requirement effort does not trigger a recalculation of the total effort for the release [IN:3173]
Omit inactive releases from quick filter [IN:3188]
"Allow Empty" custom properties option - allow user to specify whether or not it applies to folders [IN:3192]
Filtering incident reports by component does not work (all incidents are included) [IN:3199]
Cross-site scripting problem: creating an incident through the API, for example via KronoDesk, fails to strip out potentially dangerous HTML [IN:3204]
Release Backlog expansion/contraction status in Planning Board not saved across refreshes [IN:3218]
Admin -> Edit File Icons not refreshing from DB [IN:3220]
Project Managers need to be able to create folders in their projects [IN:3300]
Split task functionality has problem with permissions [IN:3322]
If page gets reloaded due to the Find button, all of the custom fields are omitted [IN:3338]
Rename 'Copy' to Duplicate on Incidents List Page. [IN:3340]
Display last successful/failed login on user's admin profile [IN:3342]
Accented characters cause issues with file upload/download [IN:3343]
Plugin Delete button active even when grayed out [IN:3350]
Add image preview to the 'Preview' tab in Documents. [IN:3352]
German umlauts in TXT attachment to Incident not displayed correctly [IN:3369]
Notifications: 2 different actions are giving system errors. [IN:3375]
Add 'Design Element' as new requirement type [IN:3376]
Error when attempting to edit incident associations [IN:3395]
unassigned items' section of the planning board should stay expanded after adding new requirements [IN:3410]
In reports, in change history, custom list IDs are shown rather than the actual list values. [IN:3413]
Build Pagination Options not populated on Release Details Page [IN:3425]
Display problem when browser window is narrow enough so that the main menu drops down on the left side [IN:3462]
On Edit User page, if you change a role in the "Membership and Mapping" section, then click on the main "Save" button, the change does not get saved. [IN:3474]
REST API should return 404 in cases where artifacts not found (vs. 200) [IN:3477]
Document list: filtering and/or sorting does not work on some fields [IN:3485]
Incident Detail Progress not updating properly on save [IN:3488]
Global Search shows no indication of in-progress searching.. [IN:3505]