Changelog for Teamscale 5.4 ​

Version 5.4.11 ​

Fixes ​

• Instance comparison did not work against Teamscale 5.3.x or older

Version 5.4.10 ​

Fixes ​

• Re-analysis was required after changing project configuration options that don't require re-analysis

Version 5.4.9 ​

Fixes ​

• Improved error handling and more meaningful error messages for Jira responses
• Changes to project configurations with validation errors were not persisted on forced save
• Currently-selected project in the project chooser was not pre-selected when creating a dashboard from template

Version 5.4.8 ​

Fixes ​

• False positives for "The variable may contain a null value and is dereferenced" check in case of string.IsNullOrWhitespace calls in C#
• Dashboards could not be edited on low-resolution screens
• Upload Commit details dialog for large reports was unresponsive
• Activity details view did not show issue links

Version 5.4.7 ​

Fixes ​

• False positives for "Do not shadow built-ins" check in Python
• IntelliJ & NetBeans Plugin: Pre-commit findings could not be opened in web browser from Findings window
• Instance comparison service failed to create remote snapshot (Bad Request error)
• IndexOutOfBoundsException in 'Switch statement without default case' check
• Source files downloaded from Teamscale had a hyphen rather than a dot as file-extension separator

Version 5.4.6 ​

Fixes ​

• External upload commits were mistakenly shown as changes in the change treemap of the delta perspective
• False positives for "Comments have to be consistent and complete" check in MATLAB
• Clone detection did not detect identical clones if they contained numeric literals of different types
• Entering an invalid regex in the architecture editor resulted in an unrecoverable error
• IDE Plugins failed to load findings from Teamscale 5.4.x servers
• Externally uploaded findings were assigned to the wrong files in case of name clashes
• Vague error message when attempting to create a project with multiple issue connectors

Version 5.4.5 ​

Fixes ​

• Multi-version file system connector did not work
• Parsing of C++ statements starting with operator keyword failed
• False positives for "Unused variable or parameter" check in C# due to failed parsing of constructors implemented as single lambdas
• Parsing of if inside of case failed for IEC61331
• global keyword was not recognized in generics declarations of C# parameter lists, leading to parsing errors in C# expression-bodied members
• AngularJS components that create new instances were parsed incorrectly
• False positives for "Multiple declarations of extern objects/functions" check in case of external declarations in different namespaces
• False positives for "Includes shall only be preceded by preprocessor statements or comments" check in C/C++
• Using RocksDB sometimes caused Teamscale to get stuck
• Leading underscores in architecture names were moved to the end in architecture overview page
• CTC parser could not handle "linedir" probe type
• Comparison of users in instance comparison was case-sensitive
• Artifactory completely blocked project if one ZIP file was missing or unreadable

Version 5.4.4 ​

Improvements ​

• Faster processing of coverage uploads
• Instance Comparison Findings are grouped by category

Fixes ​

• IllegalArgumentException during cleanup after job execution due to a missing temp directory
• OutOfMemoryError when test execution data was repeatedly merged
• Projects sometimes got stuck after the initial import was done
• Time travel was active in activity details view leading to JS errors
• Some rare language constructs in C# and C++ caused errors in dataflow analysis
• TGA Trend always showed the executed methods for the whole system even when sub-paths were selected

Version 5.4.3 ​

Fixes ​

• Projects could get stuck after a rollback and not continue analysis
• Backup import failed with message "Size of request part 'backup' exceeds maximum allowed size"
• Misleading disk space warning when using symlinks
• Project alias could not be removed from configuration in case of validation errors
• Slashes in partition and branch names in external uploads view caused errors
• Finding message overlapped the location column in the findings table in the commit details view
• "Consistent Storage Class Modifiers" check crashed with IndexOutOfBoundsException in rare cases
• Users could not be deleted if the user limit was exceeded
• Selection of projects for update without reanalysis after analysis profile change was off by one
• Uploaded external metrics were not validated leading to ClassCastException in some cases
• Pausing the analysis for a single project paused all projects
• Limiting the displayed metrics in the metrics perspective to a threshold profile did not work

Version 5.4.2 ​

Fixes ​

• Eclipse/IntelliJ/NetBeans plugins had problems connecting to Teamscale server using wildcard TLS certificates
• Finding location links in the issue details view navigated to outdated code locations
• Line-number links for architecture findings in the finding details view did not work
• Naming convention check failed for anonymous structs
• HTTP 500 error when trying to load js-libs with invalid cache entries
• False positives for "Expecting an exit statement at end of switch cases" check for certain nested switch statements
• False positives for "Assignment to wider essential type" check
• False positives for "Non-void function should return a value" check in the context of function pointers
• False positives for "The variable may contain a null value and is dereferenced" check in case of multiplication after array dereference

Version 5.4.1 ​

Improvements ​

• New parameter to skip project validation on create/update
• Instance comparison now includes worker and parse logs
• The IntelliJ plug-in now supports Subversion (requires IntelliJ 2019.1 or newer)
• Zipped Eclipse/IntelliJ/NetBeans plug-in repositories are now available for offline installation

Fixes ​

• In collapse mode, sidebar submenus were not shown
• Clarified the description of the View permission for user scope
• Navigation was broken when branch name or path contained special characters
• Navigation from metrics perspective to issue perspective led to "File not found" error
• RepositoryException in TFS Connector due to case mismatches
• IndexOutOfBoundsException in 'Redundant parentheses' check for Python
• In the IntelliJ and Netbeans plug-ins, automatically created mappings incorrectly started with a slash

Version 5.4.0 ​

Major Features ​

• Code regions can now be selected in code files
• Delta Perspective: Findings flagged as tolerated or false positives are now clearly marked
• Configurable branch lookup paths for SVN connector
• Significantly improved the scheduler; resulting in much improved performance, scalability, and robustness of the analysis

Web UI ​

• Metrics Hotspot Table Widget: Default sorting according to the score
• Tasks Perspective: Tags of tasks are now shown in the task list
• Delta Perspective: Consistent messages across the different views in case of no changes
• Activity Perspective: Direct link from commit details to impacted tests
• Timetravel is now possible with short git revisions

Security Improvements ​

• Stacktraces are no longer exposed to the end-user
• Cookies are now secure (when https is enabled) and CSP and XSS preventing headers were added
• Versions of JS libraries are no longer exposed to the clients
• Session timeout is now configurable
• File system connectors can no longer access the complete filesystem (white-listing option)

New Checks ​

• Configurable unwanted methods check (C/C++)

IDE Integrations ​

• IntelliJ Plug-in: Pre-Commit Results view now has Expand/Collapse All buttons
• IntelliJ Plug-in: Teamscale plug-in is automatically enabled

Administration ​

• New global permission for creation of support requests
• Adjustable issue patterns for CSV based issue connector
• Admin Perspective: Editable global role assignments
• Default file name excludes for ABAP Test code in the project configuration