What's new in 26.4
The following new features and enhancements are now available.
User enhancements
The following user enhancements are available.
| Area | What's new |
|---|---|
| Semantic search for defects |
You can now search inside the defects grid using natural language. Items are listed based on semantic similarity to the search terms, even when they differ from the terminology used in the defects. For details, see Search. |
| Filter by comment fields |
You can now filter items by comment fields, such as defects you commented on recently or items that contain comments. For details, see Filters. |
| Dynamic Filter date ranges |
Dashboard Dynamic Filters now support date fields. You can filter linked widgets using relative periods or specific date ranges. Dynamic filters now provide a complete solution for adjusting the data scope of widgets and keeping multiple widgets synchronized. For details, see Dynamic filters. |
| Application module levels in widgets |
In summary and traceabilily graphs, you can now use third- and fourth-level application modules as the x-axis or Group By field. For details, see Add and configure widgets. |
| Phase selector |
You can now undo an item's phase change without needing to discard all other changes. For details, see Phases. |
| Select all items in list fields |
When filtering on list fields or editing multi-value list fields, you can now select all items with a single action instead of selecting items one-by-one. For details, see Filters. |
MCP Server
The MCP server is officially released. Connect your preferred AI clients or agents to the MCP server to access product data.
The MCP server supports retrieving, editing, and creating entities, as well as adding comments.
Upgrade: If you used the MCP server previously, the space administrator must configure the following:
- Consent to OAuth authentication by setting the OAUTH2_ADMIN_CONSENT_GRANTED parameter.
- Grant MCP permissions to selected roles.
For details, see MCP server.
CI integrations
The following CI integration enhancement is available.
| Area | What's new |
|---|---|
| Harness CI integration |
Harness CI integration now supports running pipelines with runtime parameters directly from OpenText Core Software Delivery Platform. This includes on-demand test runners for JUnit, NUnit, and UFT. For details, see Harness CI integration and CI integrations. |
REST API
The following REST API changes are introduced.
| Area | What's new |
|---|---|
| Similarity search (text_search) |
Use the similar_to property in the text_search API parameter to find items semantically similar to a selected backlog item or manual test. This helps identify overlapping coverage and avoid duplicate work. For details, see Text search. |
| User and workspace activity API |
Retrieve user and workspace activity data through an API to analyze engagement and workspace utilization across the tenant. For details, see User and workspace activity. |
| BDD specifications and scenarios |
The bdd_spec and scenario_test resources are now public without requiring the ALM-OCTANE-TECH-PREVIEW header. Selected related fields used in test and run flows are now also public. These include: owner, automation_status, description, estimated_duration, bdd_spec, linked_bdd_specs, and owner_bdd_spec. For details, see Resources. |
Strategy
For details on the latest features in Strategy, see the Strategy Help Center.
Functional Testing
For details on the latest features in Functional Testing, see the Functional Testing Help Center.
Performance
For details on the latest features in Performance, see the following what's new topics.
| Area | What's new |
|---|---|
| OpenText Core Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Cloud) | OpenText Core Performance Engineering Help Center |
| OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Enterprise) | OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering Help Center |

