User Guide Version history Features added to TestArchitect 8.3 Update 3

 What's new in TestArchitect for Linux

What's new in TestArchitect for Linux

The following new features and improvements are introduced in TestArchitect version 8.3 Update 3 running on Linux.

• Before upgrading to the latest version of TestArchitect, it is strongly recommended that you back up all repositories.
• A TestArchitect client and any repository server to which it connects must be the same version.

TestArchitect Client

New features

• Standardized TestArchitect test result status:

  • Current result statuses, including Passed, Failed, Passed with Warnings/Errors, Passed with Known Bugs, and Not Run, are refined in such a way that the conditions and interpretations are consistent and are administered in a standard manner. This limits false positive and false negative errors that might occur in test results.

  • Adding a new result status, Not Finished: Reviewing test results is easier, because this new status helps you distinguish the cases in which a test is started, but it is unable to reach the end of an automated run.

    Please note that, the number of automation errors/warnings, and passed/failed checkpoints do not matter in this case. Specifically:

    • Automation runs that crash unexpectedly are Not Finished.
    • Automation errors occur and they are handled by the following built-in actions:
      • exit test module
      • exit test case
      • terminate.

Enhancements to existing features

• Replication repositions: Default value of data synchronization mode between the primary repository and the replication repository is changed from Lazy to Eager, which means that the data by default is synchronized immediately after each modification.

TestArchitect Automation

Enhancements to existing features

• Web services testing improvements:

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) support: TestArchitect allows you to run automated tests on AWS which enables you to remove hardware-based resource constraints to quickly create developer environments and expand your testing machine fleet.

    Remember: 
    When you send HTTP requests to AWS, you are required to sign the requests so that AWS can identify who sent them. To sign a request, you first need to calculate signature (learn more).
    Notes: 
    • As of this release, signing process is not yet supported through TestArchitect’s built-in actions. Consequently, you need to program a user-scripted action for the signing process (refer to the below links).
      • Signing AWS Requests with Signature Version 4
      • Signature Version 2 Signing Process
    • If you face difficulties while creating a signature, please contact TestArchitect Support at [email protected]

  • A new parameter for the Encoder configuration:

    • addDefaultContentCharsetToContentType: Tells whether REST Assured should automatically append the content charset to the content-type header if content charset is not defined explicitly.

  • Support for HTTP digest authentication: TestArchitect provides you with additional approach for specifying web service credentials which is Digest Authentication. To work with web services that require Digest authentication, use the authenticate built-in action.

  • Support for writing responses to a file in TestArchitect: You are able to save binary data files embedded in the given web service’s HTTP response. The response file argument of send http request specifies a filename and an extension of the stored file.