QMetry Release 8.26 Is Now Available

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QMetry Release 8.26 has arrived with powerful updates across Execution Management, Traceability, Import Capabilities, and Integrations.
This release introduces enhancements that make execution tracking more flexible, requirement coverage more organized, project onboarding faster, and integration configurations more accessible through Open APIs.
What’s Changed
With QMetry Release 8.26, teams can now:

Capture and report execution-specific metadata using Test Run User-Defined Fields (UDFs)
Preserve test case coverage order for requirements when creating Test Suites and executing tests
Link requirements, test cases, and issues directly during imports to accelerate project onboarding
Work more efficiently with shareable test cases using smarter filtering and saved search preferences
Access Jira and Azure integration configuration details programmatically through new Open APIs

Key Highlights

Test Run UDFs for execution-level tracking - Capture execution-specific metadata at the test run level and use it for more flexible reporting.
Preserved requirement coverage order - Maintain the order of test case coverage for requirements when creating Test Suites and executing tests.
Faster onboarding through enhanced imports - Link requirements, test cases, and issues directly during imports to reduce manual setup effort.
Improved usability for shareable test cases - Use smarter filtering and saved search preferences to find and manage reusable test cases more easily.
Open APIs for integration visibility - Access Jira and Azure integration configuration details programmatically for connected systems and automation workflows.

Why This Change Matters
QMetry Release 8.26 helps teams:

Improve execution-level visibility and reporting
Maintain consistent requirement traceability
Reduce manual effort during project onboarding
Work more efficiently with reusable and shareable test assets
Support automation workflows with API-based access to integration configurations

Learn More

Release Notes (including highlights of what coming next in Release v8.27)
Demo Videos

Summary
QMetry Release 8.26 gives teams more flexibility and control across execution tracking, traceability, imports, and integrations. With Test Run UDFs, preserved requirement coverage order, enhanced import linking, smarter filtering for shareable test cases, and new Open APIs, this release helps teams work more efficiently while maintaining cleaner and more consistent testing data.

mbaversantmedia · Answer

Since the last release, Business Tester users have not been able to update Test Run UDFs on executions. The UDF was created and made available to Test Run UDFs in our current project, however users still cannot update it and receive 2 pop-up errors. This is a problem as we are porting the Test Worker ID across executions and issues, and we need to capture it in the UDF instead of just comments or anywhere else. We use that number to ensure testers have a test employee to test with.

I’ve included 3 screenshots below.

Error messages after updating the Test Run UDF,
Screenshot of the Business Tester role configuration in QMetry (unchanged since before last release) for my project.
Screenshot of the UDF configuration
Screenshot of the test execution screen and Test Run UDF button at test case level

REPLICATION

Business Tester user in Workday HCM QMetry project creates an issue from within a failed execution
User expands Test Run UDFs to reveal the Worker ID of Test Subject UDF field
User enters 9-digit number in the UDF and hits enter to save
QMetry pops up 2 errors: Failed to save Test Run UDF, and Insufficient Permissions.

Added the permission for Modify Test suite and this enabled the user to write to test run UDF. But it shouldn't really work like that, should it?

Is this something you can fix, as it's hindering our testing?