Release notes for HCL OneTest™ API

This document contains information about What's new, installation, known issues, known limitations, and contact information of HCL support.

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Product description

HCL OneTest™ API is an integration testing and virtualization tool that includes capabilities to automate and run tests earlier and more often to find problems sooner in the development cycle. See HCL OneTest API overview.

What's new

You can find information about the features introduced in this release of HCL OneTest™ API.
The following sections list the new features, enhancements, or other changes made in this release.
  • HCL OneTest™ Server

    For information about HCL OneTest™ Server, see Release notes.

  • HCL® Quality Server
    • Tools page

      The list of agents changed for a release was updated. Review the Tools page of HCL® Quality Server to see each tool and the version that it was last changed.

  • Technologies

    • Testing of databases that are in a Kubernetes cluster

      HCL OneTest™ API now supports testing of databases that are in a Kubernetes cluster when the databases are not exposed externally through an ingress gateway.

      You can configure a physical connection to the Kubernetes cluster and then create a physical connection with the database that is in the cluster. You can then create tests or stubs to test the database.

      See Testing databases that are in a Kubernetes cluster.

    • Support for Revenera 2022.12

      With Revenera 2018.02 (LLS 1.0) reaching EOS, you can now use Revenera 2022.12 (LLS 3.0) as a local license server to host licenses for HCL OneTest™ API or HCL OneTest™ Virtualization.

    • Support for the Apache Kafka OAUTHBEARER framework

      You can now use the OAUTHBEARER framework to authenticate with the Kafka broker.

      See Creating physical Apache Kafka transport connections.

    • Support to include null values for missing fields in messages with repeating elements

      HCL OneTest™ API now stores null values for the missing fields in messages with repeating elements. The null values are added to a list tag. The null values are stored in list tags only when the field is marked as optional. Message processing by using filters is not affected by this change.

      To disable the new behavior you must add the following system property to the IntegrationTester.ini file: 
      -Dstore.missing=FALSE

      See Repeating elements and list tags.

    • Support to create a single integration test from multiple operations

      HCL OneTest™ API now supports the creation of a single integration test from recorded events that are under multiple operations.

      See Creating tests from recorded events.

    • Support for accessing console errors as tags in tests and stubs

      When you want to access the errors reported in tests, as inputs in other test or stub steps, you can now use the built-in tags ERRORS or LATEST_ERROR, for all errors or the latest error reported.

      For example, if the send request action fails because the target is not available, the error message is now captured and you can use the tag value in a subsequent test action, test, or stub to take a different course of action.

Deprecated capabilities

You can find information about the capabilities that are deprecated in this release and are planned for a removal in a future release.
Note: You can contact the HCL Client Support team if you have any concerns.
  • No capabilities are deprecated in this release.

Removed capabilities

No capabilities are removed in this release.

Installing and upgrading

You can find information about the installation and upgrade instructions for HCL OneTest™ API.

Installing HCL OneTest™ API

For information about installation, see Installation of HCL OneTest API.

Installing HCL® Quality Server

For information about installation, see Installation of HCL Quality Server.

Upgrading HCL OneTest™ API

If you use Installation Manager, you can find the upgrade requirements in HCL OneTest API upgrade information and requirements.

If you use the stand-alone installer to install the software packages, you cannot upgrade the product software. You must uninstall the previous version of the product software and install the latest version by using the stand-alone installer.

Upgrading HCL® Quality Server

If you use Installation Manager, you can find the upgrade requirements in HCL Quality Server upgrade information and requirements.

If you use the stand-alone installer to install the software packages, you cannot upgrade the product software. You must uninstall the previous version of the product software and install the latest version by using the stand-alone installer.

Known issues

You can find information about the known issues identified in this release of HCL OneTest™ API.
Table 1. Release documents - Fix list and known issues
Product Download document Knowledge base
HCL OneTest™ API Release document HCL support

The knowledge base is continually updated as problems are discovered and resolved. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems.

Known limitations

The only known limitation is that the Logical View does not display a diagram. Instead, a tree view, similar to that used in the Test Factory and Test Lab is used to support the logical components of the SUT.

Contacting HCL support

  • For technical assistance, contact HCL Customer Support.
  • Before you contact HCL support, you must gather the background information that you might need to describe your problem. When you describe a problem to the HCL support specialist, be as specific as possible and include all relevant background information so that the specialist can help you solve the problem efficiently. To save time, know the answers to these questions:
    • What software versions were you running when the problem occurred?
    • Do you have logs, traces, or messages that are related to the problem?
    • Can you reproduce the problem? If so, what steps do you take to reproduce it?
    • Is there a workaround for the problem? If so, be prepared to describe the workaround.