# Changelog for Teamscale 5.4
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Changed System Requirements
- As of Teamscale 5.3, running the Teamscale server on Windows requires the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio to be installed.
- As of Teamscale 4.9, a Java Runtime Environment with Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy is required. Updating your JRE may be necessary.
Update from Older Version
When updating from 5.3.x or earlier, a full re-analysis via backup is required.
# 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.IsNullOrWhitespacecalls 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
ifinside ofcasefailed for IEC61331 globalkeyword was not recongnized 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 preceeded 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
IndexOutOfBoundsExceptionin 'Redundant parentheses' check for Python- In the IntelliJ and Netbeans plug-ins, automatically created mappings incorrectly started with a slashe
# 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