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# What's new in 26.3

The following new features and enhancements are introduced in the current release.

In this topic:

## DevOps Aviator

The following AI DevOps Aviator enhancements are available.

Area | What's new
--- | ---
Knowledge source scoping | Knowledge sources can now be filtered to apply to a subset of entities or workspaces. This enables scoping a source to a particular product, team, or other precise criteria. For details, see Aviator knowledge sources.
Default Aviator reply language | Users can set the default language for Aviator responses. For details, see Aviator Smart Assistant. Admins can define the list of additional selectable languages using the GENAI_ADDITIONAL_SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES parameter.

## Insights

The following enhancements are available for dashboards.

Area | What's new
--- | ---
Scripted dashboard widgets | Create custom JavaScript-based widgets and add them to dashboards for specialized visualizations and reporting. For details, see External actions.
Dashboard dynamic filters | With dynamic filters in dashboards, you can link multiple widgets to the same filters. When you adjust the filter settings, the data scope of all the linked widgets stays synchronized. For details, see Dynamic filters.
Widget dynamic totals | Widget totals now update when you show or hide legend values. The total reflects visible values while preserving the original total for context (for example, Total X / Y). For details, see Widget functionality.
Cycle time widgets | For data accuracy, it is recommended to replace the predefined cross-release cycle time and resolution time widgets with custom widgets. The predefined widgets are deprecated. For details, see Widget descriptions.

## Agile & Quality

The following Agile and Quality enhancements are available.

Area | What's new
--- | ---
Grid/board item display limit | To improve performance, the grid and board views of the Backlog Items, Features, and Defects tabs now limit the number of items that can be displayed. The default limit is 100,000. You can add filters to the views to keep the count within the limit. For details, see Grids and boards.
Epic release milestones | Epics can now be assigned to release-specific milestones in addition to cross-release milestones. For details, see Epics. The capability depends on the space admin setting the EPIC_SUPPORT_RELEASE_SPECIFIC_MILESTONES parameter. For details, see Configuration parameters.

## Common functionality

The following enhancements are available.

Area | What's new
--- | ---
Search | The following search improvements are available: Global search and context search support exact-phrase matching. Indicators are now displayed in the global search box while results are being collected. For details, see Search.
Filtering | The following filtering improvements are available: New operators: Starts with, Contains, and Does not contain are now available for string, list, and reference filters. Renamed operators: String filter operators is and is not are relabeled Matches and Does not match. You can now set your own Last X days or Next X days date ranges, in addition to choosing set ranges. For details, see Filters.
Improved item card design | A new design for item cards creates a clear distinction between the item's properties and navigational controls. For details, see User interface.
Improved phase selector | The phase selector now includes a distinct button for the primary next phase. For details, see Phases.
Comment changes in History tab | Comment edits are now included in an item's History tab. A diff viewer shows the changes between edits. For details, see History and auditing.
Excel export readability | In Excel exports, additional reference fields, such as Application Modules, now display in the ID - Name format, making linked items easier to identify. For details, see Export data.

## Integrations

The following integrations updates are available.

Integration | What's new
--- | ---
Harness CI integration | Integrate Harness CI with OpenText Software Delivery Management to collect pipeline and test results, run pipelines, and configure webhook-based communication. For details, see Harness CI integration.
GitLab workflow runs | GitLab workflow runs can be represented in OpenText Software Delivery Management as separate pipeline views. For details, see GitLab CI integration.
GitLab extension support for BDD | The native GitLab CI integration now supports BDD test results injection from GitLab pipelines, as well as running BDD tests from OpenText Software Delivery Management. For details, see GitLab CI integration.
Azure DevOps integrations | Azure DevOps extension integration now supports code coverage injection into OpenText Software Delivery Management by using JaCoCo, LCOV, and SonarQube data from pipeline execution. Azure DevOps Services now provides support for OpenText Functional Testing test discovery, execution, and injection of test results into OpenText Software Delivery Management. For details, see Configure JaCoCo and LCOV coverage injection and Run tests using Azure DevOps Services.

## Administration

The following Administration enhancements are available.

Area | What's new
--- | ---
Automated run attachments | Attachments can now be added to latest automated test runs. For details, see Run automated tests.
Business rules | The following enhancements are available in business rules: Business rules can now prevent changes to an item's attachments. Using business rules, finalized manual run steps can be locked in both REST and UI updates. For details, see Rule examples. Send Mail and Trigger Webhook rules can now react to add and edit attachment actions. Business rules for reference fields now enforce modified lookup list filters during API and bulk updates, preventing invalid values from being saved. For details, see Business rule actions.
Data access control | Data access category management now supports up to 126 categories, with grid-based management features including search, sort, and filtering. For details, see Data access control.
Automated test results REST API support | The test result injection API has been extended to support: Automated test fields: quality stories, covered tests, covered requirements, user tags Automated run fields: run-by user, quality stories, user tags, sprint, environment Custom fields (UDFs) defined on automated tests or automated runs For details, see Add automated test results.
Custom entities public REST API support | Custom entities now have public REST API and Swagger support. For details, see Custom entities and Resources.
Entity search | In the Entities tab of the Space and Workspace settings areas, a search box has been added to help you locate the entity that you want to configure. For details, see Entity settings.
Space-level API key deactivation | API keys can now be temporarily deactivated instead of being revoked or deleted. This allows access to be restored later using the same API secret. For details, see API access.
Swagger update | Swagger is upgraded from OAS 2.0 (Swagger2) to OAS 3.0 (OpenAPI3). In existing spaces, the default Swagger version is OAS 2.0. For details, see Interactive API client.
System field labels and descriptions | System field descriptions can now be edited. The descriptions are also displayed as tooltips in items' details displays. Display labels of various system fields have been updated for clarity and consistency. The display labels can be edited by the administrator. For details, see Fields.
External actions documentation | The external actions documentation was reorganized into self-contained, end-to-end topics for each action type, making it easier to implement external actions from start to finish. Dedicated topics now cover CORS and user identification, along with a revamped overview topic.

## See also

- What's new - earlier versions
- Support Matrix

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