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mabl Desktop App release notes

Molly Exten
  • Updated

2.24.19 (2025-04-25)

Added

  • Added an option to import api steps from cURL requests.

Changed

  • Improved the quality of generated API tests.
  • Conducted routine application maintenance.

Fixed

  • Fixed a bug where the mabl Trainer would not allow recording of an enter text step when the focus was on a non-editable field.
  • Removed an excess scrollbar that showed during API Test Generation

2.24.14 (2025-04-23)

Changed

  • Conducted routine application maintenance.
  • Conducted routine application maintenance.

Fixed

  • Fixed a bug where preview of visual find description would not update after using Redraw button to select new area.

2.24.11 (2025-04-22)

Added

  • Added support for variable usage and variable autocomplete in visual tap step.
  • Added ability to use variables in visual find descriptions.

Changed

  • Conducted routine application maintenance.
  • Conducted routine application maintenance

Fixed

  • Updated title and copy of the visual find overlay.
  • Fixed a bug where quick edit could cause corruption of the visual tap step.
  • Fixed an issue where long running operations in the mabl Trainer would cause tap step to show results of validation of a different step.
  • Fixed an issue during test generation causing the intent display to be empty for the first few seconds after the Trainer launches.
  • Fixed a visual bug in the mabl Trainer when displaying test intent during test generation.

2.24.5 (2025-04-17)

Priority: High

Fixed

  • Fixed a bug where "Wait Until" steps couldn't be created.
  • Fixed a bug where tap coordinates were not saved after editing a tap step.

2.23.5 (2025-04-09)

Fixed

  • Fixed a bug where the preview of response values extracted from a JSON body was empty in the mabl Trainer API step editor.

2.23.4 (2025-04-07)

Fixed

  • Fix ability to set variables in API tests with multiple flows.

2.23.3 (2025-04-03)

Added

  • Added the ability to filter variables by name in the Manage Variables view
  • Added support for mobile visual find.
  • Implemented internal changes to support an upcoming API testing feature.

Changed

  • Conducted routine application maintenance.

Fixed

  • Address some mobile find issues by improving the scoring of the find logic.

2.21.15 (2025-04-01)

Added

  • Added the ability to search for flows by semantic meaning to the web and mobile trainers.

Changed

  • Conducted routine application maintenance.

Fixed

  • Hide Passkey dialog during training sessions.

2.21.11 (2025-03-21)

Added

  • Enhanced drag and drop capabilities in the API Test Editor to allow collapsed flows to be dragged.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue in the mabl Trainer where the search bar icon would be visible on secondary windows such as the snippet editor.
  • Fixed an issue in the mabl Trainer where the title of the window would overflow onto another line in Japanese.

2.21.9 (2025-03-19)

Added

  • Added intelligent name suggestion when bulk adding steps to a flow in the API Test Editor based on the steps in the flow and workspace naming conventions for API flows.

2.21.8 (2025-03-18)

Changed

  • Improved the authentication details and snippets tabs in the API Test Editor so that information about inherited values is displayed.

Fixed

  • Fixed a bug in the API Test Editor which would cause the editor to crash after deleting certain steps.
  • Fixed a bug in the API Test Editor where the test configuration modal would open when adding a step.

2.21.5 (2025-03-10)

Added

  • Added the ability to hold shift and click to select a range of steps in the API Test Editor.

2.21.4 (2025-03-07)

Added

  • Added support for a soon to be released feature for the API Test Editor.

Changed

  • Updated the look of the API Test Editor to increase consistency with the mabl Trainer.
  • Updated the look of the API Test Editor when creating a new test.
  • Conducted routine application maintenance.

2.21.0 (2025-03-04)

Changed

  • Improved Android find logic speed.

Fixed

  • Fixed a bug where local runs of API tests initiated from the desktop app would not use test-level reusable snippets.

2.20.22 (2025-03-03)

Fixed

  • Fixed a bug in the API Test Editor where running the test would fail to use the current value of variables.

2.20.21 (2025-03-03)

Added

  • Added the option to bulk copy and paste steps in the mabl Trainer.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue with training an mobile enter text step using a variable

2.20.19 (2025-02-27)

Added

  • Added a new configurable option to enter text in mobile tests.
  • Added scenario name to the virtual tab badge tooltip.
  • Added a search bar to the mabl Trainer to quickly find steps in a test.
  • Updated pendo guide ID for mobile tests.
  • Added a "Flow parameters" badge in the mabl Trainer to quickly view the values of applied parameters on flows.
  • Added a badge to the mabl Trainer indicating when a step has a note.
  • Added a preview of the API URL value after variable replacement in the API Test Editor.

Changed

  • Improved contrast for the forms in the app.
  • Changed the deployment event result card to show failed plan runs first.
  • Changed the mabl trainer close confirmation modal to use standard button styles.
  • Changed the results by test tab to not display the mobile build file column for workspaces that do not use mobile tests.
  • Changed the mabl trainer step forward action to use a more appropriate icon.
  • Removed "Added by mabl" badges from the automatically added steps in the mabl trainer.
  • Changed the width of the add step panel to be consistent with the main mabl trainer window.
  • Updated nested conditional steps in the trainer to change color based on depth, making it easier to distinguish steps at different levels of nesting.
  • Improved the API Editor UI by hiding the "Set response cookies in browser" option for mobile tests.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue with saving mobile conditional ELSE IF steps
  • Fixed an issue in the API Test Editor where newly created variables would not be available as an autocomplete option in the URL field.

2.20.8 (2025-02-18)

Changed

  • Added screen capture assertions to conditionals.

2.20.7 (2025-02-13)

Changed

  • Added a "clear selection" button to the API Test Editor when selecting multiple steps to delete.
  • Remove large file upload from labs. It is now available to all users without enabling the labs feature.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue with saving mobile configure find conditional steps.

2.20.4 (2025-02-04)

Added

  • Added the ability to bulk select and delete steps in the API Test Editor.

Changed

  • Changed how variables are stored for API tests in preparation for upcoming features.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue with entering text in mobile tests when the active element is not findable.
  • Fixed an issue with the mobile highlighting logic that could highlight a stale element after the interaction.
  • Fixed regression with configure find not appearing on mobile scroll to element steps.
  • Fixed an issue with the trainer being unable to train an advanced WebView step.
  • Fixed an issue where Mabl Assist test generation was not working with certain proxy settings.
  • Fixed an issue where flows imported by mabl Assist were not loading variable steps correctly.

2.19.0 (2025-01-28)

Added

  • Updated the trainer steps list so that different instances of the same flow can expand and collapse independently.

2.18.60 (2025-01-27)

Fixed

  • Reverted a change to the mabl Trainer which caused some errors when editing steps.

2.18.59 (2025-01-24)

Changed

  • Updated a link in the mabl Trainer to the correct help doc article for MFA support.

Fixed

  • Fixed some visual issues in the mabl Trainer.

2.18.57 (2025-01-22)

Fixed

  • Fixes an issue where test with an indexed variable could not be saved.

2.18.56 (2025-01-21)

Changed

  • Updated the formatting of the steps list and divider in the API Test Editor.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue where configure finds for container elements were not working properly for mobile steps.
  • Fixed an issue where configure finds were not saved correctly for mobile create variable steps.

2.18.53 (2025-01-06)

Changed

  • Removed the loop count validation when using variables.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue where variable references in test-wide authentication settings in API tests were not being saved correctly.
  • Fixed an issue where changes to test-wide authentication and snippet settings in API tests would not be applied when running steps in the API Test Editor until the test was saved.

2.18.51 (2024-12-16)

Added

  • Added support for variables in send keys steps.
  • : Added support for text body assertions on HTML and XML content type responses in API tests.

Changed

  • Updated default step training timeouts for Android and iOS training sessions

Fixed

  • Fixed some missing Japanese translations in the API Test Editor.
  • Improved the UX in the API Test Editor when creating assertions/variables for non-json api responses.

2.18.48 (2024-12-10)

Fixed

  • Fixed mobile screenshot capture / genai assertions on MacOS

2.18.47 (2024-12-09)

Added

  • Internal improvements to build and code management processes.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue in the API Test Editor where the current values of variables would be cleared when a new test is saved for the first time.

2.18.45 (2024-12-04)

Added

  • Internal improvements to build and code management processes.
  • Internal improvements to build and code management processes.
  • Expand definition of json/xml content types
  • Internal improvements to build and code management processes.
  • Added padding to the last step in the mabl Trainer for better visibility.
  • Added support for numeric comparisons in API test body/header assertions.
  • Added a guide for the mobile element selection overlay.
  • Internal updates.
  • Fixed an issue with Configure Find and Wait Until, sometimes timing out on iOS mobile tests.
  • Internal improvements to build and code management processes.
  • Added GenAI screen capture assertions for browser and mobile tests.
  • Remove legacy labs feature access overrides for db connectivity
  • Introduced the ability to use the up/down arrow keys while selecting a mobile element to adjust the highlighted element under the mouse pointer.
  • Added support for the "matches regex" assertion type in web and mobile testing.
  • Added support for case insensitive assertions as well as new assertion types in API testing, including greater than or less than, starts with or ends with, and regular expression assertions.
  • Internal changes to support an upcoming feature release.
  • Fixed reintroduced issue when testing GenAI Assertions containing aliased variables such as app.url.
  • Internal changes to support an upcoming feature release.
  • Enabled GenAI assertions for conditional statements in mobile tests.
  • Fixed show/hide icon behavior in mobile enter text bar.
  • Added support for MariaDB in the database query editor.

Changed

  • Hide option to highlight mobile elements in the trainer.
  • Moved the variables table in the API Test Editor to a collapsible bottom panel to improve the editing experience.
  • Improved some failure retry logic with GenAI features.
  • Introduced additional mobile debug tooling.
  • Reduced the verbosity of logs emitted to the troubleshooting log file.
  • Updated the default file download behavior to save to users downloads directory instead of prompting for a path on download completion.
  • Updated max allowed genai assertions from 3 to 6
  • Release GenAI Assertions for general availability.
  • Added the ability to learn and explicitly store criteria for GenAI assertions to improve consistency across runs.
  • Improved native mobile enter text logic.
  • Conducted routine application maintenance.
  • Supported mobile appium/javascript snippets in the snippet editor prompt for mobile tests.
  • Displayed more informative error message if the app crashed.
  • Honored the GenAI setting in the query editor.
  • Improved replay of GenAI assertions with short explanations.
  • Updated native mobile tests libraries.
  • Autocompleted variable names now included closing curly braces when accepting an autocomplete option.
  • Fixed an error when creating mobile training sessions.
  • Fixed an issue where the element highlight would crash the browser.
  • Loading screens for mobile training sessions against tablets now indicate a tablet like device instead of a phone device
  • Conducted routine application maintenance.
  • Conducted routine application maintenance.
  • JavaScript snippet executions in the editor will now display error details when the snippet does not execute properly.
  • Added support for using GenAI Assertions in conditional statements.
  • Added support for executing reusable API test snippets.
  • Added auto-complete of postman functions in the API Test Editor when editing pre-request and post-request scripts.
  • Conducted routine application maintenance.
  • Validated minimum AI Assertion prompt length.
  • Made selecting container element optional for Scroll To Element steps.
  • Updated API version for db types.
  • Conducted routine application maintenance.
  • Introduced Bypass CORS option in Accessibility Check steps.
  • Query editor: Fixed the save button options when a genAI query was being edited.
  • Reverted mobile enter text behavior to send all of the text at once by default.
  • Introduced gen-AI queries in database steps.
  • Improved progress and timeout messaging for capturing find information during mobile training.
  • Updated mobile training UI to support iPad training sessions.
  • Updated the query editor to automatically scroll to newly added assertions or variables.
  • Fixed setting platform version for mobile training sessions.
  • Improved the database query step editor UI.

Removed

  • Fixed an error when running a step with a missing snippet.
  • Conducted routine application maintenance to clean up some dependencies.

Fixed

  • Mobile GenAI assertions not working in trainer for Windows users
  • Fixed an issue where the selected Request Details tab in the API Test Editor would not be maintained when switching steps.
  • Fixed an issue with native mobile Enter Text steps.
  • Fixed an issue with Android assertions taking too long to execute in certain apps.
  • Fixed an issue with Configure Finds using "contains" on iOS native mobile tests.
  • Fixed an issue where clicking Move Cursor Here on a step dropdown menu would move the cursor after the step rather than before it.
  • Fixed an issue with GenAI assertion rendering.
  • Fixed an issue where enter text steps might fail during execution due to text field losing focus.
  • Fixed an issue where partially offscreen elements are not selectable during mobile training sessions.
  • Fixed an issue with recording switch context steps on iframes inside shadow DOM.
  • Fixed an issue where mobile training failed to launch for certain mobile apps.
  • Fix to preserve variable names in genai assertions when used in generated criteria.
  • Fixed an issue of not displaying an overridden flow parameter value in "Expected value" section.
  • Fixed an issue where test save conflicts were not being properly detected.
  • Fixed an issue causing the trainer to save reusable flows improperly when collapsed.
  • Fixed an issue with recording training information for browser tests.
  • Fixed an issue with mobile training against Android tablets where the device orientation was labeled with the inverse value.
  • Fixed an issue in the mobile trainer UI preventing users from editing flow parameters
  • Fixed an issue which prevented mobile training sessions with local devices from starting correctly.
  • Fixed an issue in quick edit that caused subsequent test edits to not prefill values in the launch trainer modal.
  • Conducted routine application maintenance.
  • Fixed an error which would cause the API Test Editor to crash when viewing a step which sets a variable value to undefined.
  • Fixed an issue with translation keys showing up for tooltip of element selector button.
  • Show warning when a test has more than 3 GenAI Assertion steps.
  • Fixed issues in the API test editor when running scripts.
  • Conducted routine application maintenance.
  • Fixed an issue with mobile step ID generation where editing Assert step caused new ID to be created.
  • Fixed an issue in mobile test creation where the selecting an element for assertions would sometimes alternate between two different elements as the mouse moved.
  • Fixed an issue in API Test assertions where certain character sequences in the expected value would not be correctly transformed when executing the assertion.
  • Fixed an issue when switching steps in the API Test Editor.
  • Conducted routine application maintenance.
  • Reset the browser's Safe Browsing settings to "Standard protection".
  • Made it easier to recover work in a training session if an error occurs while creating or editing a step.
  • Fixed an issue with sending text in mobile tests.
  • Fixed an issue where mobile flows created in quick edit mode would not have the proper mobile platform value assigned.
  • Fixed an issue where app would check for updates too soon on startup.
  • Fixed an issue causing release notes to incorrectly render at times on Windows.
  • Fixed an issue where opening certain pages in the trainer would show a white screen.
  • Fixed an issue where the New Assertion button did not populate complex JSON objects.
  • API test-level auth could not be set back to "No Auth" after setting it to something else.
  • Moved the database query genAI prompt to the main query editor.
  • Fixed an issue affecting the layout of elements in the API Test Editor.
  • Fixed an issue affecting testing GenAI assertions in iframes.
  • Listed collections in mongoDB editor.
  • Skipped replay of GenAI assertions on save.
  • Honored the selected environment on steps replay.
  • Used correct datatable when requesting to "Run in cloud" for a test run in the trainer.
  • Fixed clearing step annotations.
  • Shadow DOM performance improvements.
  • GenAI assertions available for mobile tests.
  • Fixed an issue with cancelling ScrollToElement blocking taps.
  • Bug Fix: Resolve aliased variables correctly when testing gen AI Assertion prompts
  • Fixed an issue in mobile training sessions where the UI would freeze in certain situations.
  • Fixed an issue in display of rows with long text in the database query editor.
  • Fixed an issue where multiple app update checks could cause issues installing the downloaded update.
  • Fixed an issue with password variable not available in the trainer.
  • Fixed an issue in the database query editor where the results rows would grow in height to cover the window.
  • Fixed an issue in the database query editor where the name field would display a required error when already filled in.
  • Fixed an issue with the "Launch and initialize app session" step on Android mobile training sessions.
  • Fixed an issue in the wording of text in the database query editor.
  • Fixed an issue where the query editor would crash when a non-latin character was used in the query.
  • Updated GenAI assertions.
  • Fixed an issue in the database query editor where oversized results would not be scrollable.
  • Fixed multiple issues in the database query step editor.
  • Fixed an issue where GenAI assertion requests would fail with a 401/unauthorized error during extended training sessions.

Security

  • updated postman-collection package dependencies.

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