Key Highlights 26.5.0

Here’s a quick look at the most important updates in this release – v26.5.0. Explore the latest enhancements, new features, and important fixes included in this release to improve your overall experience and productivity.

• Fetch and Validate Data on SAP GUI Using Get Shell Text Action Introduced the Get Shell Text action for SAP GUI, enabling you to capture data directly from the SAP GUI screen during test runs. This action allows you to save the captured text into a variable and validate it against your expected values as part of your test steps. Learn more
• Supports .JKS and .ZIP File Upload in API Form-data Requests Enhanced the Form-data request type to support uploading .jks and .zip files as part of API requests. You can now include certificate files and compressed payloads directly in your request configuration and run them without any error. Learn more
• Enhanced Compare Inputs Action The Compare Input action now supports JSON and XML files as input sources. You can compare file-to-file, file-to-static value, or API response-to-file directly in your test steps. With this update, you can validate content, structure, and value differences across files. Learn more
• Enhanced Dashboard Analytics The Dashboard now includes improved charts and filters for Element Repository, Test Cases, and Execution data. You can filter by project, date, and the user who created it and who it is assigned to across the whole dashboard or for each section separately. With this update, you can view detailed breakdowns, track trends over time, and export data as PDF or CSV. The dashboard also refreshes automatically every 30 minutes. Learn more
• Updated Radio-Button Labels in Self Heal Dialog The Self Heal dialog now shows two options Enable Self Heal and Disable Self Heal. This update makes it easier to identify and manage Self-Healing behavior directly from the dialog. Learn more
• New and Improved Self-Healing Functionality for Web Applications Traditional self-healing approaches primarily rely on alternative element properties and locator strategies to recover from UI changes. The enhanced self-healing functionality uses contextual fingerprints to understand the User Interface at runtime and intelligently locate elements on the screen. By moving beyond traditional locator-based identification captured during script development, it can seamlessly adapt to User Interface changes without requiring script updates. Learn more
• Enhanced Dashboard Personalization with Saved Views and Widget Customization The Dashboard now saves your preferences, allowing you to return to the same view across sessions and devices. Using Save View, you can save your preferred dashboard configuration. Reset to Default clears saved preferences and restores the default view. You can also personalize the dashboard by changing chart types and customizing widget layout and visibility. Learn more
• Enhanced Connect Session Action The Connect Session action now supports an additional Logical Unit (LU) parameter. This enhancement enables successful establishment of Mainframe sessions through the WC3270 Emulator for applications that require LU-specific connections. It also helps prevent LU lookup and session initialization errors. Learn more
• Enhanced Avo Agent with Automatic Updates The Avo Agent now automatically updates with the latest improvements, ensuring a smoother transition and a consistent agent experience without requiring manual intervention.
• Enhanced Security for Integration Credentials Passwords and access tokens in integration connection details are now masked by default on the Execution Configuration and Reports HTML pages for integrations such as Azure DevOps, Zephyr Scale, Zephyr, and Jira. An eye icon is provided next to each sensitive field, allowing you to temporarily view or hide the value as needed, improving the security of integration credentials. Learn more