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Release Notes for Spira v9

Version 9.0 (April 2026)

Summary

With version 9 of Spira, we have upgraded much of the behind-the-scenes plumbing to improve stability and performance across the application. It also provides a solid foundation for future innovation.

System administrators can now opt to enforce that all users logging in with a username and password (including with LDAP) also log in using a 2-Step Authentication token.

New Features
  • Upgrade core data access infrastructure to improve performance, stability, and maintainability [RQ:5594] [RQ:5595] [RQ:5596]
  • As a system admin, I can force users to only be able to login to the application if they have MFA setup, to meet our organization's security and compliance needs [RQ:5608]
Bug fixes and enhancements
  • Fix a bug with custom properties in graphs [IN:12318]
  • Documentation improvements [IN:7186] [IN:11730] [IN:12192] [IN:12252] [IN:12291] [IN:12327] [IN:12343] [IN:12371] [IN:12697] [IN:12398] [IN:12423]
  • Fix a bug related to the Anti XSRF token error in Chrome under specific conditions [IN:11832]
  • Fix being unable to change the graph type view in some scenarios [IN:12300]
  • Fix being unable to filter requirements by "text field" in certain cases [IN:12359]
  • Fix endpoints being excluded from the OpenAPI documentation in edge cases [IN:12220]
  • Fix how history is recorded for test cases so that changes to the read-only "Test Steps" flag are recorded in history [IN:12004]
  • Fix left side artifact panel expansion not possible in some situations [IN:12249]
  • Fix login failure after email update for non-admin users [IN:12250]
  • Fix New Milestone page having no page title [IN:12314]
  • Fix non-admin users receiving an authorization error when attempting to delete an incident on the details page, even when they have the appropriate permissions [IN:12311]
  • Fix not being able to register an existing account to an external provider when 2-Step Authentication is enabled [IN:12386]
  • Fix the position of the follower card on artifact details pages [IN:12302]
  • Fix selection of invalid programs in planning boards [IN:12400]
  • Fix Test Execution window not fitting on the screen when there is a long description [IN:12247]
  • Fix Test Set Planned Date Calendar popup being obscured [IN:12405]
  • Fix the instant messenger occasionally showing messages in the wrong order [IN:12305]
  • Fix a bug in the My Subscribed Artifacts widget related to user permissions [IN:12006]
  • Rename Azure AD to Microsoft Entra ID throughout the application and documentation [IN:12260] [IN:12259]
  • Improve the performance of custom filters on hierarchical Requirement lists [IN:12435]
  • Fix a bug related to retrieving capabilities using the v7 APIs for Spira [IN:12486]