Changelog for Teamscale 5.8 ​

Version 5.8.13 ​

Fixes ​

• A security vulnerability, if exploited, could lead to data leaks
• Exception in HANA View DependencySynchronizer for table references

Version 5.8.12 ​

Fixes ​

• False positives for "Redundant parentheses" check in Python generator expressions
• Outdated and deprecated term "blacklist" was still used in some areas in the Findings perspective
• NullPointerException when using GitHub for Single Sign-On (SSO), if the user's e-mail was not set in their GitHub profile

Version 5.8.11 ​

Fixes ​

• Incorrect test-gap percentages in issue list, as partitions for issues were not respected
• ABAP Code Inspector findings sometimes were not removed even if all SCI findings in a file had been fixed
• Project permissions for deleted users or groups were not removed
• False positives in "Variable is never used" check when an out parameter is declared as string in C#
• Documentation routing was broken if the Teamscale instance base URL was set

Version 5.8.10 ​

Fixes ​

• Dynamic loading of tasks was not working correctly
• PDF-printing of quality reports printed the first page only
• False positives for "Avoid usage of implicit int" check in C++
• False positives in "Redundant parentheses" check in Python in case multiline expressions were enclosed by parentheses
• Projects with Gerrit connectors caused fatal worker errors when voting and commenting were disabled during analysis

Version 5.8.9 ​

Fixes ​

• Reports sometimes didn't render when created from a template report
• Documentation page did not load if Teamscale's base URL was set
• Wrong finding locations in case of ChecksProcessor errors
• Test code was not excluded from the test executions treemap in the test details view
• False positives for "Avoid unused private fields" check in C# in case fields were only used in string interpolation
• Tasks could not be edited under certain conditions
• Link to the Activity perspective in the analysis warning was broken

Version 5.8.8 ​

Fixes ​

• Unnecessary rollbacks in case non-open Gerrit changes were modified
• False positives for "Multiple declarations of extern objects/functions" check in C++
• Clover coverage reports with execution counts larger than 2.147.483.647 could not be processed

Version 5.8.7 ​

Fixes ​

• Jira issue integration sometimes failed due to a regression in 5.8.6
• Eclipse/IntelliJ/NetBeans: Pre-commit analysis did not work when username contained uppercase characters
• StackOverflowError when building data flow graphs for return statements in lambdas
• Instance comparison showed 404 error pages in rare cases
• A hint was added that a copied project with voting enabled will have voting enabled, too
• False positive in "Non void function should return a value" check for trailing return types in C++
• AssertionError in "Empty blocks" check when processing macro-generated blocks (e.g., do-while) in C/C++
• Validation of Git repository using local bare clone did not work
• Documentation did not load when Teamscale is served through reverse proxy with URL rewriting
• Objective-C headers were mistakenly analyzed as C/C++ headers
• A delta of 0% was shown with a leading minus in the metrics table for assessment metrics
• The Register here button on the login page was too small

Version 5.8.6 latest ​

Fixes ​

• Jira integration caused a lot of Jira notification mails to be sent
• Type-based architecture analysis for TypeScript was offered in UI although not supported
• AssertionError in InconsistentCloneChangeAlerter when analyzing Simulink project
• Voting and commenting failed when branch contains commits with external data
• Only one exclusion category was saved when editing email notification settings
• Findings list view only rendered half of the newly fetched findings after scrolling
• Astree report parser failed when "rulechecks" section contained files
• Missing step in documentation for setting up Teamscale as systemd service
• Saving architectures on branches with a slash in their name failed
• Invalid branch coverage metric values were shown for Python code
• A red error page was shown when switching project in Activity Details view
• Issue perspective auto-complete popup unexpectedly auto-selected the first suggestion

Version 5.8.5 ​

Fixes ​

• Service log contained many warnings regarding duplicate architecture paths

Improvements ​

• New "Edit Task Status" project permission which only allows modifying a task's status, but not its other details

Version 5.8.4 ​

Fixes ​

• High disk space consumption of checked out Git clones
• False positives in commented out code analysis
• Missing validation for sub-paths in Git connector
• Architecture uploads overwrote previous uploads at the same timestamp
• Users with the role "User Manager" could not be imported
• Draft-label for report slides were not correctly positioned in Safari
• Analysis profile was not validated when a reanalysis of a project was triggered
• Metrics table in Test Executions view did not have a summary row
• Header files in projects containing Objective C and C/C++ code were always recognized as C/C++ headers
• Saving admin settings did not provide progress indicator
• Metrics table widget did not indicate that some metrics might be hidden
• Parameter modifiers from C++/CLI caused parsing errors in dataflow analysis
• False positives in commented out code analysis due to punctuation characters in comments
• Jira Gadget service returned an invalid XML descriptor
• False positives for "Missing braces for block statements" check in Objective-C when using @autoreleasepool
• "Remove" buttons for multi-option settings were gray
• Slide comment icon was vertically offset for long texts
• Reloading the change treemap in the delta perspective resulted in an error

Version 5.8.3 ​

Fixes ​

• Sending test mails via SMTP server failed on Java 11
• E-mail notifications were no longer sent
• Incorrect architecture 3rd-party dependencies on local types in ABAP
• Projects were not reloaded after editing options that did not require reanalysis
• Inability to modify the configuration of existing quality reports
• Finding tooltip for Simulink models in the model view was always empty
• New dashboards were not visible after saving
• Methods returning tuples in C# sometimes caused a data-flow error
• False positives in commented out code analysis in some cases due to hyphens
• False positives in dead-store analysis in C#
• False positives in "Avoid unused private methods" check
• Backup imports from version 5.7.x sometimes failed during dashboard migration
• Compare view sometimes showed "Did not find file" error
• Analysis progress in the Dashboard perspective was displayed on one long hard-to-read line
• Right sidebar content was duplicated for Simulink models during navigation in the Metrics perspective

Improvements ​

• Findings tracker now maps findings based on their findingTypeId and external-id property

Version 5.8.2 ​

Fixes ​

• Test Gap Treemap was not displayed for parent issues if only the child issues had changes
• Repository churn page in the Delta perspective's linear history view contained commits from other branches
• Findings in changed code values were incorrect in some cases
• Project Roles page did not load due to a JavaScript error
• Treemap dialog did not close after clicking to open a file or method
• Added hint indicating that flagging multiple findings as false positives or tolerated might take a while
• Task user filters were not reset if two or more users were selected
• StorageException in MergeRequestUpdateTrigger in some rare cases
• False positives for "Do not use == and !=" check in JavaScript in case of comparison with null
• Sorting by count did not work in Findings Summary Bar Chart widget
• Exporting dashboards did not work
• Loading spinner in Issue Table widget did not disappear
• Content of findings message column in the change detail view overlapped other columns
• Task Status and Resolution values were inconsistent

Improvements ​

• Added documentation on Analyzing Test Gaps on a .NET App

Version 5.8.1 ​

Fixes ​

• Setting up projects with SVN repositories with file:// URL and path suffix did not work on Windows
• AssertionError with message "Added revision should reference latest revision" when deleting external uploads
• The findings dialog launched by right clicking on selected findings in the findings view was not always responsive
• Go language was deactivated for all editions
• Some project creation attempts resulted in timeouts
• Findings churn badges in pull requests were sometimes inconsistent with delta findings churn
• Teamscale.bat file showed wrong Teamscale version
• Widget errors in case the project alias was equal to the project id
• Initial welcome screen was no longer displayed
• Incorrect handling of #if conditions containing undefined identifiers not enclosed in define() in C/C++
• Some findings could not be correctly tracked
• Numeric Metric Value widget displayed wrong trend values for issue metrics
• Teamscale service installations using systemd did not set the working directory
• IllegalStateException in "Method and class field have the same name" check

Version 5.8.0 ​

Major Features ​

• New web-friendly user guide
• Possibility of uploading external data for revisions not analyzed by Teamscale yet
• Ability to flag multiple findings as tolerated/false positive
• Aggregation of changes from a hierarchy of issues
• Jira Gadget displaying Teamscale information in Jira dashboards
• New language: Support for Go
• IEC61131: Support for Bachmann export format

Web UI ​

• A warning is now displayed in the code view if externally uploaded findings become outdated due to recent code changes
• Report presentation can now be started from the current slide
• Ability to use keyboard shortcuts during report presentation
• Clone inconsistencies are now highlighted in the compare view
• Dashboard templates now have project name placeholders in the widget titles

New Checks ​

• "Avoid conditional expressions of the form if (true..." check
• "Method and class field have the same name" check (Java, C#)

Code Coverage ​

• New configuration option to display line coverage metrics as absolute values
• Teamscale now respects LCOV exclusion directives