# API

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## [About the API category](https://community.smartbear.com/t/about-the-api-category/20)

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**Author:** [@tanzeem](https://community.smartbear.com/u/tanzeem)\
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**Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 10:27am UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/about-the-api-category/20 "2026-09-02T10:27:42Z")

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Get help designing, documenting, and testing APIs with ReadyAPI and Swagger.

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## [XPath Match Assertion swapped expected and actual result](https://community.smartbear.com/t/xpath-match-assertion-swapped-expected-and-actual-result/766)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
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**Last updated:** [October 16, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/xpath-match-assertion-swapped-expected-and-actual-result/766 "2026-10-16T19:42:06Z")

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Originally posted by CamillaR on October 16, 2026 Hi, I have a test step with an XPath Match Assertion to check the nuber of rows in the response. The expression is ${#ResponseAsXml#count(//Row)} and I have set the e…

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## [Unable to login: Java.io.IOException: Could not obtain access token](https://community.smartbear.com/t/unable-to-login-java-io-ioexception-could-not-obtain-access-token/761)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
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**Last updated:** [October 11, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/unable-to-login-java-io-ioexception-could-not-obtain-access-token/761 "2026-10-11T22:12:58Z")

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Originally posted by CharleneL on October 11, 2026 Opening ReadyAPI brings up the “Activate ReadyAPI License” dialog. I selected “Login with SmartBear ID” and clicked the “Login” button, which successfully generated a…

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## [Readyapi 4 - Running single test step doesnt show PASS och FAIL in the Navigator window](https://community.smartbear.com/t/readyapi-4-running-single-test-step-doesnt-show-pass-och-fail-in-the-navigator-window/757)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
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**Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/readyapi-4-running-single-test-step-doesnt-show-pass-och-fail-in-the-navigator-window/757 "2026-10-07T11:49:05Z")

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Originally posted by masto\_se on October 07, 2026 Is there a viable reason for this? In previous versions when executing a test step the result was always updated in the navigator. Now I have to review the assert sect…

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## [Share how you use AI in your API testing (30-min call)](https://community.smartbear.com/t/share-how-you-use-ai-in-your-api-testing-30-min-call/756)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/share-how-you-use-ai-in-your-api-testing-30-min-call/756 "2026-10-06T16:37:31Z")

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Originally posted by Jo-Laing on October 06, 2026 Hey there! Our UX Research team is looking to talk with you about how you use AI in your testing work today, and what role you see it playing in your ReadyAPI workflo…

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## [completeLastOperation in datasource](https://community.smartbear.com/t/completelastoperation-in-datasource/613)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
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**Last updated:** [September 29, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/completelastoperation-in-datasource/613 "2026-09-29T20:28:05Z")

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Originally posted by masto\_se on September 29, 2026 The property in a Datasource called completeLastOperation should not be saved to disk, it is more of a runtime thing. It does affect my repo unnecessarily.

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## [Searchbar lacks a clear/reset button](https://community.smartbear.com/t/searchbar-lacks-a-clear-reset-button/612)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/searchbar-lacks-a-clear-reset-button/612 "2026-09-29T20:24:39Z")

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Originally posted by masto\_se on September 29, 2026 I think it used to be a x-button before beside the searchbar in Readyapi 3.x It disapeared in 4 ??

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## [Korean (CJK) characters show as boxes (□) on macOS Apple Silicon in ReadyAPI 4.x](https://community.smartbear.com/t/korean-cjk-characters-show-as-boxes-on-macos-apple-silicon-in-readyapi-4-x/582)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/korean-cjk-characters-show-as-boxes-on-macos-apple-silicon-in-readyapi-4-x/582 "2026-09-07T14:18:11Z")

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Originally posted by ohyoungrok on August 24, 2026 Hi, After upgrading from ReadyAPI 3.66.0 to the 4.x line on macOS (Apple Silicon), all Korean characters in the UI render as empty boxes (□, “tofu”). This affects te…

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## [ReadyAPI 4.1.0 issues with groovy "assert" statements](https://community.smartbear.com/t/readyapi-4-1-0-issues-with-groovy-assert-statements/572)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/readyapi-4-1-0-issues-with-groovy-assert-statements/572 "2026-09-04T17:34:01Z")

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Originally posted by groovyguy on August 14, 2026 I have already opened a support ticket, but I wanted to see if anyone else is running into this issue. With ReadyAPI, a vast majority of our tests use groovy scripts t…

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## [Tear down script not executed when project is executed from testEngine.](https://community.smartbear.com/t/tear-down-script-not-executed-when-project-is-executed-from-testengine/587)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/tear-down-script-not-executed-when-project-is-executed-from-testengine/587 "2026-09-01T02:28:17Z")

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Originally posted by Raghav21 on August 31, 2026 As part of our current project effort we have a teardown script that pulls out the runner data to pull out the execution data and push to a porta using a endpoint. We …

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## [Change the UI style of ReadyAPi 4.0?](https://community.smartbear.com/t/change-the-ui-style-of-readyapi-4-0/478)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/change-the-ui-style-of-readyapi-4-0/478 "2026-08-19T18:22:05Z")

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Originally posted by msandoval on May 12, 2026 I just updated to 4.0, and the UI is horrendous. There’s a lot of dead space. Is there a way to switch back to the previous UI without switching Ready API versions? UI f…

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## [Shape the Future of ReadyAPI + AI — Survey Closes August 31](https://community.smartbear.com/t/shape-the-future-of-readyapi-ai-survey-closes-august-31/559)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/shape-the-future-of-readyapi-ai-survey-closes-august-31/559 "2026-08-03T14:13:54Z")

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Originally posted by yousaf on August 03, 2026 Hi everyone, The ReadyAPI team are conducting some user experience research, and would love to learn how you use ReadyAPI today and which AI tools you use alongside it, …

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## [Auth profile does not work with PKCE enabled](https://community.smartbear.com/t/auth-profile-does-not-work-with-pkce-enabled/553)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/auth-profile-does-not-work-with-pkce-enabled/553 "2026-07-27T19:49:38Z")

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Originally posted by tatiana\_suarez on July 27, 2026 Company add PKCE to the SSO login page, I added into my tests but it does not work code challenge method is S256. Geeting: Unfortunately, we can’t open this page…

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## [Incorrect Response Displayed in ReadyAPI When Running SOAP Test Cases in Parallel](https://community.smartbear.com/t/incorrect-response-displayed-in-readyapi-when-running-soap-test-cases-in-parallel/552)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
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**Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 10:40am UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/incorrect-response-displayed-in-readyapi-when-running-soap-test-cases-in-parallel/552 "2026-07-23T10:40:13Z")

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Originally posted by phuong\_pham on July 23, 2026 Hi all, Has anyone experienced the following issue in ReadyAPI? When running SOAP WS test cases in Parallel mode, some test steps fail because the response shown in …

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## [JDBC fails with "org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.values.XmlValueDisconnectedException" error in TestEngine](https://community.smartbear.com/t/jdbc-fails-with-org-apache-xmlbeans-impl-values-xmlvaluedisconnectedexception-error-in-testengine/477)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/jdbc-fails-with-org-apache-xmlbeans-impl-values-xmlvaluedisconnectedexception-error-in-testengine/477 "2026-07-22T20:28:07Z")

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Originally posted by Jeanette on May 12, 2026 Recently several tests JDBC steps are failing when run in TestEngine returning “org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.values.XmlValueDisconnectedException”. These same JDBC calls are…

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## [PDF Report not getting generated with JDK21 version and ReadyAPI 3.64](https://community.smartbear.com/t/pdf-report-not-getting-generated-with-jdk21-version-and-readyapi-3-64/550)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 10:15am UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/pdf-report-not-getting-generated-with-jdk21-version-and-readyapi-3-64/550 "2026-07-21T10:15:55Z")

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Originally posted by PradeepKumar on July 21, 2026 I am unable to create PDF report on HelloWorld JDK21 application with ReadyAPI version 3.64. This is working fine with JDK17 but getting report generation issue with…

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## [ReadyAPI 4.0.1SOAP request fields in Form show (?)](https://community.smartbear.com/t/readyapi-4-0-1soap-request-fields-in-form-show/486)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/readyapi-4-0-1soap-request-fields-in-form-show/486 "2026-07-14T14:03:44Z")

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Originally posted by panidjar1 on May 26, 2026 fields display ? instead of the actual values, even though the XML request contains valid populated data and the fields that are not used should have been just empty. Th…

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## [ReadyAPI Log4j version 2.25.4](https://community.smartbear.com/t/readyapi-log4j-version-2-25-4/538)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/readyapi-log4j-version-2-25-4/538 "2026-07-13T14:40:32Z")

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Originally posted by Kevin20 on July 12, 2026 Hi - We have a vulnerability that is assigned to this version of Log4J (2.25.3) bundled with Ready API version 4.1.0. I have been waiting for an update of Log4j but it has…

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## [ReadyAPI 4.1.0 gRPC client fails with NotSslRecordException against plaintext gRPC server](https://community.smartbear.com/t/readyapi-4-1-0-grpc-client-fails-with-notsslrecordexception-against-plaintext-grpc-server/535)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
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**Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 9:38am UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/readyapi-4-1-0-grpc-client-fails-with-notsslrecordexception-against-plaintext-grpc-server/535 "2026-07-09T09:38:50Z")

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Originally posted by vijaya7790 on July 09, 2026 Environment ReadyAPI 4.1.0 Build Date: 2026-06-25 Windows 11 gRPC Server: ReceiverGrpcServer.exe Endpoint: 127.0.0.1:50051 Proto: receiver\_control.proto Problem i…

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## [Error. 412: We only support one authentication type at this time.](https://community.smartbear.com/t/error-412-we-only-support-one-authentication-type-at-this-time/441)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2026, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/error-412-we-only-support-one-authentication-type-at-this-time/441 "2026-07-07T13:24:23Z")

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Originally posted by zeballosyovanny on April 15, 2026 Hello everyone, I’m having trouble logging into my Gmail account. I’m getting the following message: “Error 412: We only support one authentication type at this t…

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## [Retrieve documentId for Portal documents](https://community.smartbear.com/t/retrieve-documentid-for-portal-documents/525)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/retrieve-documentid-for-portal-documents/525 "2026-06-29T22:13:40Z")

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Originally posted by psorenson on June 29, 2026 Would like to test ability using GET and PATCH to review and modify markdown pages (documents) in the Swagger Hub Portal product. I am not seeing an easy way to recover …

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## [Reuse adapted xml file and send in REST](https://community.smartbear.com/t/reuse-adapted-xml-file-and-send-in-rest/646)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2026, 9:39am UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/reuse-adapted-xml-file-and-send-in-rest/646 "2026-06-15T09:39:46Z")

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Originally posted by AAB55 on March 04, 2026 Hi SmartBear, Long time ago that I was here (under a different name :slight\_smile: ). Glad to be back though :wink: So, my question: We want to send a file as Query, ca…

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## [Managing Failures - New vs. Expected/Known Issues](https://community.smartbear.com/t/managing-failures-new-vs-expected-known-issues/645)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/managing-failures-new-vs-expected-known-issues/645 "2026-06-14T14:06:30Z")

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Originally posted by mnwill117 on March 03, 2026 Our test suites run on a schedule in multiple environments, using test runner to run tests using tags to run test cases across multiple test suites. We’re struggling t…

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## [403 forbidden issue](https://community.smartbear.com/t/403-forbidden-issue/643)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/403-forbidden-issue/643 "2026-06-14T13:59:31Z")

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Originally posted by Rpatel772 on February 24, 2026 While API Testing, I sometimes see in ReadyAPI 403 Access denied issue comes but when I close and open ReadyAPI, it goes away, has anyone seen this issue before? My…

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## [Date as a Global property](https://community.smartbear.com/t/date-as-a-global-property/642)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/date-as-a-global-property/642 "2026-06-12T13:17:20Z")

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Originally posted by Armytech on February 12, 2026 Hi How do I set date as a global property? I need to set a global property that when I send the API request it will then input the current date into the call and re…

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## [Which Log4j Version](https://community.smartbear.com/t/which-log4j-version/497)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2026, 3:33am UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/which-log4j-version/497 "2026-06-11T03:33:06Z")

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Originally posted by repke on June 08, 2026 Since even log4j version 2.25.3 has vulnerabilities, which version of ReadyAPI uses a non vulnerable log4j version?

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## [Unable to load license file](https://community.smartbear.com/t/unable-to-load-license-file/626)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/unable-to-load-license-file/626 "2026-06-10T15:55:30Z")

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Originally posted by jasahl on September 23, 2024 I’m trying to install our license file to our on premise server. Steps 1 & 2 are fine, but when I attempt to upload, I get a “Sass license cannot be imported” message,…

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## [4.0.1 Not marking test as passed](https://community.smartbear.com/t/4-0-1-not-marking-test-as-passed/499)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/4-0-1-not-marking-test-as-passed/499 "2026-06-09T12:27:43Z")

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Originally posted by jjam2 on June 09, 2026 I ran the test case, and this test failed. I fixed the assertion and re-ran the test. It says pass in the assertions, but this red x (indicating the test has failed) pers…

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## [ReadyAPI 4.0.1: How to see overview of open messages](https://community.smartbear.com/t/readyapi-4-0-1-how-to-see-overview-of-open-messages/494)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2026, 7:39am UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/readyapi-4-0-1-how-to-see-overview-of-open-messages/494 "2026-06-04T07:39:23Z")

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Originally posted by MaartenR on June 04, 2026 In previous version of ReadyAPI I saw a tab for each in editor opened message. It was easy to switch between messages by clicking on tab headers. It looks like this has …

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## [ReadyAPI 4.0.1: Editor for XML message doesn't open](https://community.smartbear.com/t/readyapi-4-0-1-editor-for-xml-message-doesnt-open/493)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.smartbear.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2026, 7:32am UTC](https://community.smartbear.com/t/readyapi-4-0-1-editor-for-xml-message-doesnt-open/493 "2026-06-04T07:32:57Z")

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Originally posted by MaartenR on June 04, 2026 When click on a XML message in a set of Functional Tests, the message doesn’t always open. When using right-click on the message and ‘Open Editor’ nothing happens. Ther…

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