Fixes in this release

Product fixes

• Activity & Issues

  • Fixed an issue where an error occurred when a background job was retried too many times.

• Collections

  • Fixed an issue where ServiceNow collections were unable to pass configuration validation when Single Select to Relationship mappings were configured, which blocked integration processing and upgrades.
  • Fixed an issue where project usage could not be searched due to a repository connection error.
  • Fixed an issue where projects and collections could not be deleted when many projects were configured in a collection.

• Container Synchronization

  • Fixed an issue where repository authentication expiration prevented container integrations from synchronizing artifacts.

• Extensions

  • Fixed an issue where extension errors did not include the line number where the error occurred.

• Installers

  • Fixed an issue where OEM windows installers were not signed.

• Metrics Dashboard

  • Improved the performance of the user counting feature.

• Hub

  • Fixed an issue where authentication expired issues did not auto-recover.

• Repositories

  • Fixed an issue where the API key authentication method did not work for certain repositories.

• Settings

  • Fixed an issue where the License Server settings were not displayed when starting Hub for the first time.

• Time Tracking

  • Improved the performance of worklog filtering in time tracking integrations.
  • Improved performance of time tracking integrations for work items with a large number of worklogs.
  • Fixed an issue where errors that occurred after submitting a worklog sometimes caused the worklog to be duplicated.

Connector-Specific Fixes

• Atlassian Jira

  • Fixed an issue where retrieving Manual Test Steps from non-Xray items failed silently instead of producing an error.
  • Fixed an issue where excessive calls were made when retrieving Jira artifacts.
  • Fixed an issue that sometimes occurred when the token timed out using the OpenID Connect Private Key Signed JWT authenticator.
  • Fixed an issue where some selection fields returned duplicated options.

• Broadcom Rally

  • Fixed an issue where a ConcurrencyConflictException error occurred when creating Rally artifacts.

• IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next

  • Added performance improvements for listing projects in IBM DOORS Next when global configuration is enabled.

• Micro Focus ALM/Quality Center

  • The Formatted ID field is now a required field.

• Microsoft Azure DevOps Server

  • Fixed an issue that caused inconsistent behavior when attachments were not found.

• Planview Portfolios

  • Fixed an issue where artifact update failed to delete worklogs when older worklogs were also associated with the artifact.

• Salesforce

  • Fixed an issue where the Formatted ID field was sometimes missing.

• ServiceNow

  • Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented person fields from being synchronized.

• Tricentis Tosca

  • Fixed an issue where Test Steps found in Test Step Folders under a Test Case could not be synchronized.
  • Fixed an issue where an error occurred while performing a search operation.
  • Fixed an issue where collections could not be opened and artifacts could not be synchronized when the custom field "Type" existed.

• WhiteHat Sentinel

  • The Formatted ID field is now a required field.

SDK-Specific Fixes

• SDK

  • Fixed an issue where duplicate artifacts were sometimes created.
  • Fixed an issue where detecting changes to an artifact sometimes took a long time if the artifact had thousands of time tracking entries.

Features

Product Features

• Collections

  • Added the option to search where a project is being used.

• Extensions

  • The JavaScript engine used to run extension scripts has been upgraded. ECMAScript 2022 is now fully supported, so that the latest JavaScript language features can be used when writing extensions.

• Metrics Dashboard

  • ROI metrics are now calculated based on an estimate of 6 minutes per transaction rather than 3 minutes.

• Models

  • Model fields can now be renamed without causing invalid field mappings or disabling field flow.

• Product Upgrades

  • Added the option to resume integrations individually following an upgrade to Hub Cloud.

• Repositories

  • Two new user groups have been added, 'RepositoryOnlyUsers' and 'NonRepositoryUsers', which respectively grant users permissions to edit only repositories, or all configurations except repositories.

• Settings

  • Added the option to import selected configuration elements when importing a configuration.

Connector-Specific Features

• Atlassian Jira

  • Added support for the 'Attachment Url' field.
  • Added support for Test Runs and Test Executions in the Jira Cloud Xray plugin.

• Atlassian Jira Align

  • Added custom field support to Jira Align for text boxes, text areas, single selects, and multi select fields.
  • Added support for "Capitalized", "Budget", and "Spend to Date" fields to Epics and Features.
  • Added support for "Investment Type" (as an integer field; requires custom customer-side scripting to work) and "Funding Stage" fields to Epics.
  • Added support for "Portfolio Ask" and "Target Completion" fields to Epics, Features, Capabilities, and Themes.
  • Added support for the "Tags" field to Epics and Capabilities.
  • Added support for the "In Progress Date" field to Epics, Features, and Tasks.
  • Added support for the "Accepted Date" field to Epics, Capabilities, Features, and Stories.
  • Added support for the "Start / Initiation" field to Epics, Capabilities, Features, and Themes.
  • Added support for the "External Id" field to Capabilities, Defects, Epics, Features, Stories, Tasks, and Themes.

• Digital.ai Agility

  • Blocked certain fields from the artifact schema. Please contact customer care if you'd like to unblock certain fields.

• Microsoft Project Server

  • Added support for the "Marked" field.

• Planview AgilePlace

  • Added support for synchronizing AgilePlace cards between boards given that the two boards have the same lane structure and name.
  • Added support for the Score and Double Type fields.

    Note that external connectors must enter a score value within the range of 1 to 99, otherwise, the field will not synchronize with AgilePlace.

• PTC Windchill

  • The 'Change Notice Name' and 'Change Notice Identity' fields on the Change Task artifact type are now supported as read-only string fields
  • Added support for "Assignee Full Name" and "Reviewer Full Name" String fields on Change Tasks.
  • The Created-by and Modified-by fields on the Change Task artifact type are supported as read-only String fields that carry the username.
  • The Change Notice link on the Change Task artifact type is supported as a read-only artifact link field.

• Tricentis Tosca

  • Added support for Tosca Test Steps and Test Step Logs.
  • Added support for Personal Access Token authentication for Tricentis Server-Based Workspaces. See connector documentation for more details.

SDK-Specific Features

• General

  • The NTLM authentication method has been disabled by default. If needed, a system property can be used to enable the NTLM authentication. Property name: artifacts.ntlmEnabled.
  • NTLM proxy support is now disabled by default. A new system property can be set to re-enable NTLM support for proxies. Please contact customer care for more information.

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Release notes for other applications

• Jazz Foundation (Jazz Team Server) and Global Configuration Management
• IBM Engineering Workflow Management
• IBM Engineering Test Management
• IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next
• IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Engineering Insights
• IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody - Model Manager
• Jazz Reporting Service