DTP 2024.2

In this release:

Release date: November 5, 2024

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 for more information.

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.

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 for more information.
Users will be redirected to an error page if they encounter login or configuration errors.

Violations Explorer allows users to search by keyword within the violation messages. See Searching for Violations 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.

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 for more information.

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

The following software is shipped with DTP 2024.2:

ID	Description
LS-2375	In non-US locales, upgrade.bat uses a backup folder with "/" in name
DTP-27316	Improve error message in Build Audit report when failing to download a report