User Guide Version history Features added to TestArchitect 8.3 Update 3

 What's new in TestArchitect for macOS

What's new in TestArchitect for macOS

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

• 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.

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.