In this release:

Release date: Month Date, 2024

Enhancements

Other Notes

October 31, 2024

Enhancements

License Server Enhancements

• Tool licenses can now be released to the user's login username instead of their OS username. See Configuring License Server for information about enabling this option.
• Both the user's login and OS usernames are logged when a tool requests a license.  
• Multiple named-user licenses can now be assigned to the same username. See Types of Licenses for more information.
• The API Documentation and Usage API Documentation pages have been separated and are now available from the Help menu.  
• GET /tokens API, which returns a list of license tokens, is now exposed as a public API.
• Added new GET /usage API, which allows grouping tool usage results by tool version, user, and host. See Viewing Tool License Usage more information.
• Added ability to request tool licenses from Tool Licenses page. See Managing Tool Licenses#Request for more information.

Integration with DOORS Next

• Added support for DOORS Next, a requirements management system from IBM. See Integrating with DOORS Next for more information.
• DOORS Next Requirements Traceability report is now available in the Traceability Pack. 
• Users can send test data from DTP to DOORS Next using the /syncTestCases API.
• DOORS Next Requirements can be viewed in Parasoft C/C++test and SOAtest Requirements View.

OpenID Connect (OIDC) Enhancements

• You can now enable basic authentication in OIDC mode for a simpler way for your automation users to authenticate with DTP. See Configuring OpenID Connect#Advanced Configuration for more information.
• Users will be redirected to an error page if they encounter login or configuration errors.

Enhancements to Explorers

• Violations Explorer allows users to search by keyword within the violation messages. See Searching for Violations#Search by Keyword for more information.
• Violations Explorer provides clearer messaging when there are 0 violations.
• Test Explorer provides clearer messaging when there are 0 tests.
• Violations and Coverage Explorers now indicate when resource groups are being applied in the Filter.

Other Notes

• DTP now ships with Java 17 and Tomcat 10.
• Added support for MySQL 8.4 and the utf8mb4 character set. DTP databases created with version 2024.2 use the utf8mb4 character set and utf8mb4_general_ci collation. The character set and collation of databases created in previous versions of DTP remain unchanged during the upgrade process.
• PUT /globalToolSettings API now only accepts text/plain payload.
• Technical Support Archive now includes Tomcat log files.
• User Administration now logs when a user is added to or removed from a group.
• Supported Tools Database in License Server no longer displays tools that are no longer supported by Parasoft.
• Helm Chart now supports the configuration of Persistent Volume Claims (PVC).
• Only users with admin permissions can access Extension Designer. 
• You can now configure the DTP session timeout, giving you greater control over user session durations. See Configuring DTP Session Timeout for information about configuring your session timeout.
• Requirements Traceability report which pulls data from CSV file is now available in the Traceability Pack.
• Added ability to request DTP license from DTP License page. See Opening and Licensing DTP#Request for more information.
• Added support for CWE version 4.15.
• Added support for OWASP Dependency-Check 11.0.0.

Deprecated or No Longer Supported

• Support for Oracle 18c is has been deprecated.
• Support for MySQL 5.7 is has been deprecated.
• Anonymous Access option has been removed from the Extension Designer Server Settings page.

Software Shipped with DTP

The following software is shipped with DTP 2024.2:

• Apache Tomcat 10.1.2431
• Java Azul OpenJDK 17.0.13+11 (17.50.19-ca54.21)

Resolved PRs and FRs