Changelog for Teamscale 8.8 ​

Version 8.8.17 ​

Fixes ​

• Treemap annotations were not rendered on Test Gap Treemap slides if they would have overflown
• Applying a change to a slide then switching to another slide sometimes jumped back to the previous slide

Version 8.8.16 ​

Fixes ​

• For some commits, the number of findings in the Commit Details view was incorrectly shown as zero

Version 8.8.15 ​

Fixes ​

• App-based GitHub issue connector failed validation
• Toleration and false positive flagging was lost for Simulink findings on backup import
• Security: "Referrer-Policy" disclosed server name to external services
• Pre-Commit was not possible if the current branch was unknown to Teamscale
• Hiding the 'Tasks' column in the table on the Findings perspective did not work

Version 8.8.14 ​

Fixes ​

• Group Edit view showed role assignment of current user instead of selected group

Version 8.8.13 ​

Fixes ​

• ABAP method names were not correctly parsed in some cases
• Requirements Tracing: Horizontal scrollbar was only available by scrolling to the bottom of the page in the Verification Matrix view
• Findings badge was not rendered correctly in Bitbucket pull requests
• Bitbucket webhook events scheduled merge request updates for wrong projects

Version 8.8.12 ​

Fixes ​

• Pre-commit data was shown when using Instance Comparison
• Add to Jira issues option could not be configured separately for each Jira issue connector in the project
• Backup import from other instance failed with OutOfMemoryError
• Eclipse plugin: ABAP CDS objects were not supported

Improvements ​

• Better logging for StackOverFlowError while creating a TFS connection

Version 8.8.11 ​

Fixes ​

• Users with an e-mail as the username could not be added to groups
• Activity view showed no commits in some cases
• Incorrect types in Simulink type analysis for some cases where types from subsystem outports were not propagated upwards
• False positives for "Comments should not contain nested comments" check for trailing slashes in a comment for Objective-C++
• False positives for "Methods should not be defined in a header file" check for C++
• Branch transformations sometimes led the default branch to be excluded from the analysis resulting in an error

Improvements ​

• Introduced "Import Only Items Changed After" option for issue/requirements connectors to limit the import of old items
• Improved instance comparison performance for test gap analysis
• ABAP Metadata files are now included per default in ABAP connectors

Version 8.8.10 ​

Fixes ​

• ClassCastException with custom field types in PolarionSynchronizer
• SpecItemIndexCleanupTrigger did not clear the specification items correctly
• ConcurrentModificationException in TestHistorySynchronizer
• Dashboards perspective was broken if users had deleted dashboards marked as favorite
• Voting connectors did not include submodules configured with SSH URLs
• Static methods in Objective-C were not parsed correctly
• GitHub validation for public repositories reported no errors if the access token was not valid
• Importing backups with external uploads twice could trigger rollbacks also on the second backup import

Improvements ​

• Improved performance of loading metrics

Version 8.8.9 ​

Fixes ​

• Parsing error for C/C++ code when using pragma directives between if, else-if and else statements
• False positives for "Missing interface comment" check in Kotlin when using @field annotations
• False positives for "Unreachable code after exit statement" check in JavaScript/TypeScript when using get and set methods
• External reports uploaded to SVN revisions were stuck in Queued state when analysis was still in progress
• ABAP metadata files were visible in the UI
• Activity > Commits view: Findings churn of merge commits excluded the findings introduced by the merge commit

Version 8.8.8 ​

Fixes ​

• Analysis Profile with PowerShellScriptAnalyzer activated could not be saved
• PowerShellScriptAnalyzer verify step failed due to wrong Powershell version in Teamscale docker image
• NullPointerException in CppDependencyExtractor
• Some tolerated ESLint findings got lost after project import and reanalysis
• Referencing stored issue queries that use the baseline function threw parsing errors
• Teamscale ran out of heap memory due to huge amounts of processed external uploads marked for deletion
• External uploads in an external storage backend were kept during a project copy
• Check Explorer: Missing checks and misplaced options
• When creating reports from templates, project names and dates were not automatically adjusted

Version 8.8.7 ​

Fixes ​

• Bullseye Coverage Reports: Some probe event types were not fully supported
• Delta analysis results for a group were accessible to users without corresponding permissions
• Macro expansions on report slides for C, Objective-C and Objective-C++ did not work correctly
• Overflow in the Issue Details view for issue fields that contain long strings (such as URLs)
• File Size assessment metric was not available in the selection dialog for the Metrics Change Table widget
• NullPointerException in CodeChangeIndexSynchronizer when processing line-based text files
• Analysis granularity was enabled after saving a project configuration without modifications in some cases

Improvements ​

• Improved logging for response to webhooks for unknown repositories

Version 8.8.6 ​

Fixes ​

• Firefox: Backup import started for a previously selected backup when changing the input file
• Bullseye Coverage Reports: Parsing failed if files in the report were missing in project
• "Avoid using certain text snippets" check created findings with incorrect locations
• Snippet analysis did not work when base URL was set incorrectly
• Selected (architecture) path was not included in the link from the Delta to the Findings perspective
• CppcheckRunner failed with error "Content not allowed in prolog"
• Related tokens of C/C++ macros were not highlighted as a group in the Code view
• Git tags could not be selected as start and end dates for reports
• "Unwanted method calls" check could not detect function calls with namespace prefixes for C/C++
• Merge requests could not be annotated if the instance base url was invalid
• Azure DevOps line comments sometimes did not show the whole code line
• Links to the compare view from older Teamscale instances did not work if URL prefix was configured
• Security: Existing sessions were not invalidated after password change
• Project Edit view: When configuring a Jira connector, the edit button for the custom fields did not work
• Report Title Slides: Custom images were incorrectly deleted as part of regular database maintenance
• Requirement links in the Code view were not hoverable

Improvements ​

• Performance: Speed-up for the retrieval of issue hierarchies while rendering the Issue Details view

Version 8.8.5 ​

Fixes ​

• Java sealed classes were not parsed correctly
• Intellij plugin: NullPointerException in Teamscale87IdeServiceClient when performing pre-commit for a Teamscale project that did not exist or was still analyzing the first commit
• Filtering by guideline in the Findings perspective did not adjust the number of findings in the Categories tab
• Inconsistent clone changes did not trigger clone alerts in some cases
• Specification item details view did not show code references
• Findings in the commit details view were not shown for commits with coverage information
• Security: Authenticated Teamscale administrators, under certain circumstances, were able to execute code on Teamscale’s host system CWE-78

Version 8.8.4 ​

Fixes ​

• False positives in the comment completeness analysis for C# internal delegates
• PL/SQL scanner did not support spool configurations with referenced variables and set configurations with string literals
• Bullseye Coverage Reports: Parsing coverage reports failed for files with goto statements
• Baselines view was sometimes not shown in left sidebar
• False positives for "Unused variable or parameter" check for C# tuple assignments
• JiraIssueSynchronizer failed with the error "Unable to determine old object" after a rollback
• Git clone failed if the HEAD of the remote repository pointed to a non-existing reference
• Bullet points in markdown lists were not shown in the check explorer and finding details
• Links to the compare view from older Teamscale instances no longer worked
• Files opened via an architecture did not show any findings in the code view
• PolarionSynchronizer blocked workers if concurrency limit was applied
• Events in C# were not parsed correctly
• Commit filter did not correctly aggregate user filter and group filter

Improvements ​

• Web UI no longer requires internet connection

Version 8.8.3 ​

Fixes ​

• Backup import failed when analysis profile was using the deprecated JS Profiler tool
• Uploading MSTest reports failed when duration was not given with sub-second precision
• Projects with an ID including a . could no longer be exported
• Code section was rendered too small in the Finding Detail view on wide screens
• Unnecessary warning about outdated external findings when using code reviews
• False positives in "Avoid usage of implicit int" check for C/C++
• Instance comparison was too strict which resulted in falsely detected differences
• Data flow analysis for C broke on K&R-style function definitions
• NullPointerException when using requirement connectors and tolerated specification item findings
• Missing markers of ABAP dataflow findings in Findings view
• Search did not support architecture paths
• Dashboard view scrolled to top of the page after editing a widget
• Project and path were not updated immediately after change in the Preferences view
• Sidebar expand/collapse affected all browser tabs
• Server responses containing session cookies could be cached server-side under rare circumstances
• Non-coverable lines were marked as coverable in Objective-C
• Searching for files with a file path did not yield any results
• Error in C/C++ dataflow analysis, when using conditionals nested directly in switch case and defaults without braces
• Removed unnecessary filter options in the Method History and Resource History views

Improvements ​

• Improved handling critically low disk space to prevent database corruption
• Improved description for "Hard-coded password" check
• Improved description for "Avoid unused private methods" check
• Improved description for "Non-ASCII characters" check
• Improved performance of Simulink Analysis
• Reduced redundant warning logs in Simulink projects

Version 8.8.2 ​

Fixes ​

• False positives for "Multiple statements in same line" check in Swift when using implicit member expressions
• False positives for "Unreachable code after exit statement" check in C# when using yield return statements
• Swift enum case was not parsed correctly if enum was specified in a single code line
• Yellow colored text used for metric values in the Metrics perspective was hard to read
• Overflow in Impacted tests table in Issues view when using very long test names

Improvements ​

• Documented database compaction behavior

Version 8.8.1 ​

Fixes ​

• Endless loop in "Missing virtual destructor" check for recursive inheritance hierarchy in C/C++
• Test Selection view did not show horizontal scrollbar for available tests
• teamscale-cli: "Could not find service" error when using fetch-findings
• Some service requests failed if HTTPS with HSTS was enabled
• Objective-C statements that start with a C++ keyword (e.g. final) were parsed incorrectly
• IntelliJ plugin: Refresh button in the Findings view did not work
• Syntax coloring of filtered text did not work correctly for LINE language
• GitLab line comments were sometimes not resolved
• teamscale-cli: IllegalArgumentException when using pre-commit --only-uncommitted-changes without changed files
• Error "Expected an identifier after type null" in C# dataflow analysis
• Eclipse plugin: Changing branches was not possible
• Simulink: ClassCastException in signal analysis when models referenced each other recursively
• Impacted tests sometimes included tests which did no longer exist
• Updated SnakeYaml (CVE-2022-1471)
• Test executions were sometimes merged incorrectly if there were no uploads on feature branches

Improvements ​

• Architecture analysis: Improved performance of C/C++ dependency computation
• Documented necessary permissions for Polarion connection

Version 8.8.0 ​

Web UI ​

• "2 years ago" option can now be selected in the relative dates dropdown
• Reports: New option to hide percentage badges on Test Gap Treemap slides
• Users view: Added "Delete user(s)" button
• Users view: Number of filtered users is now displayed as well
• "Non-Code Metrics" were renamed to "Custom Artifacts Metrics" to better reflect the concept
• "Copy Simulink Location" button was removed
• Query Language: New binary operator in query for checking containment in sub queries
• Siblings tab in the Findings now includes an inline code comparison view and new single sibling actions
• Teamscale version is now shown in the Documentation navigation bar
• Column width in Findings view is now adjustable
• Test Selection view now has enhanced performance for large test suites
• Path breadcrumbs in Metrics > Architecture view now omit the -src- separator, and instead clearly separate the architecture and code path
• Admin > Users now also displays the number of filtered users
• Review treemaps now show the date and time when the file was set to Review Done
• Code review now offers a link to a compare view of the current file version with the version of the last review

Analysis ​

• Analysis Profiles now record edit history
• Added PowerShell as supported language
• Added PowerShell Script Analyzer as integrated analysis tool

New Checks ​

• "Duplicate Set Elements" check for C#
• "Suboptimal usage of boolean assertions with comparison expressions" check for Objective-C and Objective-C++ to detect suboptimal usage of XCTAssert

IDE Integrations ​

• IntelliJ plugin: Multiple selected files can be opened at the same time in the browser
• teamscale-cli: Added fetch-findings subcommand
• teamscale-cli: Server credentials can now be passed using --user and --accesskey (in addition to --server) or via environment variable
• teamscale-cli: Tool version is logged if trace or debug logging is enabled

Administration ​

• Worker log warnings appear when analysis jobs take too long
• Improved storage efficiency of the preprocessor-expansions index, the branching layer and storing metrics, reducing the overall database size on disk
• New service to generate worker concurrency distribution statistics
• New service to download dependency graphs
• Result page of Instance Comparison view can now show an overview of differences
• Automatic renewal of SAML SP certificates is now supported
• Compact Coverage Converter CLI now supports more coverage formats (Clover, Cobertura, Gcov) and can create testwise coverage reports from multiple coverage files