Helix ALM 2023.2.0 release notes
Released: June 2023
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(Desktop) indicates changes specific to the desktop client.
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(Web) indicates changes specific to the web client.
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(REST API) indicates changes specific to the REST API.
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(SOAP SDK) indicates changes specific to the SOAP SDK.
New features
All Helix ALM areas
- Added a new interactive traceability diagram to visualize the relationships between items. (Web)
Enhancements
All Helix ALM areas
- Searching on item numbers has been added to the list window find toolbar. (Desktop)
Issue management
- Creating an issue using the SOAP SDK now selects the active user for the Found By user when two customer records have the same name. (SOAP SDK)
Requirements management
- Requirement document field codes can now be used in snapshot labels.
- Classic MS Word and Excel export timeout values can now be configured as a local option. (Desktop)
Bug fixes
All Helix ALM areas
- List window saved tab filters could be reset when moving between saved views while using a defined filter with at least one column filter applied. (Web)
- The Helix ALM server could crash under rare circumstances when sessions are timed out.
- Adding a workflow event to an item to mark dependent items as suspect could incorrectly mark the item's parent and related peers as suspect.
- Sending an email to Found By users could sometimes return the error "The selected item does not have any valid recipients" if a user does not have an email address. (Desktop)
- Upgraded REST API to address potential vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-48345, CVE-2022-24999). (REST API)
Requirements management
- A self-closing empty SPEC-RELATIONS tag in a ReqIf document would prevent the ReqIf document from being imported.
- The desktop client could crash when clicking the View Differences button when comparing documents. (Desktop)
- Clarified an XML Import error message that appears when a requirement type is not found while importing a document.
Test case management
- The history change report on test run steps could show a step as having been removed and then inserted after passing or failing steps.
- The impact analysis table did not show the status of automated test results. (Web)
- Upgraded the Jenkins plugin to address potential vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-25881, CVE-2022-24999).
Helix ALM 2023.2.0 also includes other minor bug fixes.