Zephyr Essential Release Notes

If you navigate away with unsaved changes, they are saved as a draft you can restore later instead of being committed automatically.

You can now discard changes to test steps if you decide not to keep them.

The Test Case Details tab and fields in Test Cycle and Test Plan views still autosave as before. Only the Test Script tab is affected.

The look and feel of the Burndown and Burnup reports in Zephyr Essential has been updated.

Resolved an issue where the Objective box did not retain pasted content containing both text and images after saving a test case.

Resolved an issue where the Start a new test execution option in the Test Player did not create a new execution after clicking Confirm.

Resolved an issue where images pasted into the Actual Result box of a test script were sometimes not saved.

Resolved an issue where the Traceability Matrix report did not finish loading when a work item filter was applied.

Resolved an issue where the Test Player displayed an error when a test case contained a custom select-list field with no options defined.

Resolved an issue where column configuration changes in the grid were not saved when the changes were made in quick succession.

Resolved an issue where clicking a cross-project test case from a test cycle displayed an error instead of opening the test case.

Resolved an issue where drag-and-drop for test steps stopped working after cloning a step and editing its content.

Resolved an issue where the Delete and Backspace keys did not work in rich text boxes, and pasting plain text moved the cursor to the start of the box.

Resolved an issue where deleted images reappeared in the Test Player after scrolling.

Resolved an issue where issue type icons for standard Jira issue types, such as Epic, did not load on the Traceability page.

Resolved an issue where Call to Test parameters displayed as raw tags instead of resolved test data values after updating a test execution.

Resolved an issue where the Assigned To and Executed By boxes in the Test Player intermittently displayed an error instead of user display names.

Resolved an issue where the Save Test Script bar obscured test steps when editing near the bottom of the visible area.

Resolved an issue where an image copied from one Zephyr Essential rich text box and pasted into another disappeared after refreshing the page.

Stable, version-aware test case URLs. Direct links to a test case now stay stable and human-readable even after you create a new version. The URL can include a version segment, letting you navigate directly to a specific version.

More reliable navigation. Inconsistent back-button behavior that could send you to the wrong page has been resolved. Breadcrumbs are now the primary way to move between screens and are context-specific — Test Cases Library, Test Cycle Library, or Test Plan Library — depending on where you are. The redundant Project breadcrumb has been removed, and the browser back button now works as expected.

Resolved an issue where filtering by Coverage (Issues) with the search autocomplete on the Test Cases tab of a test cycle returned no results when typing, although selecting from the dropdown worked.

Resolved an issue where adding existing Jira issues to a Zephyr test entity was capped at 40 results with no way to page through more. You can now find and add issues beyond the first 40.

Resolved an issue where folder search only returned results when you typed an even number of characters. Folder search now works for any search term, across test case, test cycle, and test plan folders.

Resolved an issue in the Test Cycles library where a test cycle appeared in two groups at once when grouped by test plan, after its linked plan was deleted.

Resolved an issue where importing a CSV file failed if a column name contained a period.

Resolved an issue where the Test Execution Results (Detailed) report failed to generate for ad-hoc test executions, or when scenario results were included.

Resolved an issue where a non-admin user saw a blank screen when saving permissions in Project Settings. Zephyr now displays a clear error message and keeps the permissions page visible.

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To open the Test Player, click New Run.

To edit a test cycle, click the test cycle name or key.