Release notes for HCL OneTest™ API

This document contains information about What's new, installation, known issues, known limitations, and contact information of HCL support.

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Product description

HCL OneTest™ API is an integration testing and virtualization tool that includes capabilities to automate and run tests earlier and more often to find problems sooner in the development cycle. See HCL OneTest API overview.

What's new

You can find information about the features introduced in this release of HCL OneTest™ API.

The following sections list the new features, enhancements, or other changes made in this release.
  • HCL OneTest™ Server

    For information about HCL OneTest™ Server, see Release notes.

  • HCL® Quality Server
    • Tools page

      The list of agents changed for a release was updated. Review the Tools page of HCL® Quality Server to see each tool and the version that it was last changed.

  • Technologies

    • Testing of internal Kubernetes services

      HCL OneTest™ API now supports testing of the internal services in a Kubernetes cluster when those services are not exposed externally through an ingress gateway.

      You can configure the physical connection to the Kubernetes cluster and then synchronize the application resources that run the internal services to create tests and stubs in HCL OneTest™ API.

      See Testing internal services in Kubernetes.

    • Enhanced the connection resilience for an IBM® WebSphere® MQ transport

      The connection resilience is enhanced so that you can now configure the connection resilience in an WebSphere® MQ transport to treat MQRC_NOT_AUTHORIZED errors in the same way as errors that indicate a problem with the MQ connection.

      See MQ Transport: Advanced settings.

    • Enhanced JSONPath and XPATH field actions

      The JSONPath and XPATH field actions are enhanced to allow more fine-grained control when you work with repeating elements. You can now extract the entire set of repeating data or extract any specific individual element.

    • Enhanced stub editor

      The stub editor is enhanced such that when you edit the content of a database stub, the internal datatypes of the columns are now shown in the headers. You can understand the limitations that apply to the content.

    • Sample program to list the state of stubs in HCL® Quality Server

      A sample program is now provided that demonstrates the usage of server REST APIs to enumerate domains, environments, and stubs to list out their current status. You can use the example program as the base when you want to implement non UI-based services such as alerts when stubs move into a broken state.

    • Option to stop stubs that are running in HCL® Quality Server

      When you want to delete a project from the HCL® Quality Server administration page, you can now specify if you want to stop all stubs that are running within the project.

Deprecated capabilities

You can find information about the capabilities that are deprecated in this release and are planned for a removal in a future release.
Note: You can contact the HCL Client Support team if you have any concerns.
  • No capabilities are deprecated in this release.

Removed capabilities

No capabilities are removed in this release.

Installing and upgrading

You can find information about the installation and upgrade instructions for HCL OneTest™ API.

Installing HCL OneTest™ API

For information about installation, see Installing HCL OneTest API.

Installing HCL® Quality Server

For information about installation, see Installing HCL Quality Server.

Upgrading HCL OneTest™ API

If you use Installation Manager, you can find the upgrade requirements in HCL OneTest API upgrade information and requirements.

If you use the stand-alone installer to install the software packages, you cannot upgrade the product software. You must uninstall the previous version of the product software and install the latest version by using the stand-alone installer.

Upgrading HCL® Quality Server

If you use Installation Manager, you can find the upgrade requirements in HCL Quality Server upgrade information and requirements.

If you use the stand-alone installer to install the software packages, you cannot upgrade the product software. You must uninstall the previous version of the product software and install the latest version by using the stand-alone installer.

Known issues

You can find information about the known issues identified in this release of HCL OneTest™ API.

Table 1. Release documents - Fix list and known issues
Product Download document Knowledge base
HCL OneTest™ API Release document HCL support

The knowledge base is continually updated as problems are discovered and resolved. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems.

The only known limitation is that the Logical View does not display a diagram. Instead, a tree view, similar to that used in the Test Factory and Test Lab is used to support the logical components of the SUT.

Contacting HCL support

  • For technical assistance, contact HCL Customer Support.
  • Before you contact HCL support, you must gather the background information that you might need to describe your problem. When you describe a problem to the HCL support specialist, be as specific as possible and include all relevant background information so that the specialist can help you solve the problem efficiently. To save time, know the answers to these questions:
    • What software versions were you running when the problem occurred?
    • Do you have logs, traces, or messages that are related to the problem?
    • Can you reproduce the problem? If so, what steps do you take to reproduce it?
    • Is there a workaround for the problem? If so, be prepared to describe the workaround.