Vera 2026.2 Release Notes
Software version: Vera 2026.2
Release date: June 30, 2026
Explore the following sections for essential details about this release:
Version information
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High-level Vera version |
2026.2 |
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Software Build (You can verify this on the Versions screen in the Web Portal) |
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New features
For a detailed overview of all new features, see What's new in 2026.2.
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VS-7995, VS-7996, VS-7997, VS-7998, VS-7999, VS-8000, VS-8001, VS-8002, VS-8003, VS-8004, VS-8005, VS-8006, VS-8164 |
Vera now offers a public API with API key management, rate limiting, and OpenAPI documentation. Site Administrators create and manage API keys in the Web Portal to integrate external systems with Vera securely. |
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VS-6163, VS-6164, VS-6165, VS-6166, VS-6168, VS-6169, VS-6172, VS-6173, VS-6174, VS-7897, VS-8044, VS-8065 |
Site Administrators can now configure SAML 2.0 single sign-on directly from the Web Portal, including identity provider management, certificate handling, authentication context settings, and audit logging. |
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VS-8022, VS-8023, VS-8024, VS-8025, VS-8026, VS-8029, VS-8030, VS-8031, VS-8196, VS-8197, VS-8205 |
Vera now detects and helps resolve status mismatches between Vera and connected Jira and qTest source systems from the new Record Integrity workspace. Administrators review mismatches, configure acceptable source statuses per workflow state, receive notification emails, and attempt automatic fixes. |
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VS-6171, VS-6175, VS-6933, VS-6982, VS-6983, VS-6984, VS-7976, VS-7977 |
Site Administrators can now view, resolve, and manage electronic signature verification failures in the Web Portal. Domain members see signature status on approval tasks, and Vera can rescan, edit, or filter resolved failures. |
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VS-7236, VS-7706, VS-7708, VS-7783 |
Various workflow management improvements in the Web Portal, such as clearer field validation errors, an enhanced Workflow Change Requests tab with filtering, and corrected display of sub-records in Record Type Workflows. |
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VS-7873, VS-7874, VS-7879 |
Vera now obfuscates sensitive data in Web Portal console output and in Web Portal and Vera API logging. |
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VS-7968, VS-7969, VS-7970, VS-7971, VS-8248 |
System Administrators can now use a GraphQL query interface to build custom queries that retrieve data from their Vera instance. |
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VS-7045 |
Vera automatically imports SAML SSO settings and certificates into the Web Portal database on startup. |
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VS-7498 |
The Approval Routes tab now displays the assigned approver for each approval task. |
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VS-7642 |
Optimized the Get Records and Get Domains for User APIs to retrieve only the required user details, improving performance. |
Resolved issues
In this release, we've fixed the following issues:
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VS-7091, VS-7136, VS-8352, VS-8356 |
Security improvements |
Various security improvements. |
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VS-6762 |
Record Authors not set correctly when a qTest user's name contains a comma |
Vera now parses usernames that contain commas correctly when it builds user lists. This addresses issues found when the Prevent Author Approval feature processed the authors list. |
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VS-7112 |
Admin password reset doesn't use the configured password policy |
Fixed an issue where an administrator couldn't reset passwords when a custom password policy was in use. |
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VS-7239 |
Task assigned to a deleted user can't be reassigned |
Fixed an issue where a task couldn't be reassigned if the current assignee was a deleted user. |
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VS-7676 |
No feedback after using the toggle to set the Default Policy |
A default policy change now takes effect immediately after you select the toggle. |
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VS-7824 |
Rework queries and indexes in Vera.Worker.Traceability |
Optimized MongoDB indexes in the vera-worker-traceability service. |
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VS-7826 |
Rework queries and indexes in Vera.Modules.Routes |
Optimized MongoDB indexes related to the routes module. |
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VS-7912 |
User sessions disconnect without an inactivity prompt after about 15 minutes |
Fixed an issue where some user actions didn't update the user's last access time, causing a premature logout. |
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VS-7914 |
Importing or routing records in a new Jira Connection fails when the linked connection has a blank name |
Fixed an issue causing routing failures for new Jira Connections. |
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VS-7917 |
Task rejection applies to the wrong task when a user has multiple approval roles |
Fixed an issue where a user's task rejection could display on the wrong task if the user was a member of multiple approval roles. |
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VS-7988 |
UpdateRecord from qTest isn't marked as Draft, circumventing collision protections |
Fixed prioritization of record imports by making sure draft qTest record imports are marked as draft. |
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VS-8143 |
Jira-qTest records with custom workflows may fail to route |
Fixed an issue where Jira-qTest Requirements couldn't be routed for approval from Jira under certain circumstances. |
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VS-8144 |
Default domain is created twice when running multiple pods |
Fixed an issue causing Vera to create more than one default domain on startup. |
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VS-8153 |
Jira-qTest Requirements have Actions buttons |
Fixed an issue where Jira-qTest Requirements received Vera Actions when they shouldn't. |
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VS-8194 |
qTest Module sometimes sends HTML for the Test Case Approval Route field |
Fixed an issue that caused qTest records that had previously been withdrawn or approved to get routed again. |
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VS-8213 |
Mail server password resets after saving settings |
Fixed an issue causing the password for the SMTP configuration to revert to the default value when another field on the Mail Settings form was updated. |
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VS-8239 |
Defects linked to Xray test executions aren't present in the Web Portal |
Fixed an issue where the defects modal could be missing or empty for Xray records. |
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VS-8272 |
Print View footer overlaps record content |
Fixed an issue where the footer in Print View overlapped with content on the page.
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VS-8291 |
Edit User: the Select all roles checkbox doesn't save roles |
Fixed an issue where roles selected with the Select all checkbox weren't saved correctly. |
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VS-8294 |
vera-server: increase graceful shutdown timeout for in-flight requests during pod termination |
Added a longer graceful shutdown period to Vera Server to reduce issues caused by pod eviction during processing of long-running records. |
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VS-8409 |
Execution linkages incorrectly copied forward on record revision |
Fixed an issue where execution links were incorrectly copied to a new record revision when a record was revised. |
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VS-8426 |
Approve button isn't disabled during bulk approvals |
Fixed an issue where the Approve button was clickable more than once during bulk approvals. |
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VS-8433 |
Entity details Linked Records tab links use the latest revision instead of the referenced revision |
Fixed an issue causing all links to linked records to go to the latest revision instead of the listed revision number. |
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VS-8440 |
Record Type blank for qTest execution in the Linked Records table |
Fixed an issue where the Linked Records table showed an empty value for some record types. |
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VS-8472 |
Print View: sub-record attachment images missing until the user scrolls to steps |
Fixed an issue where some attachments didn't display on a printed copy of a record. |
Docker image information
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Azure repositories |
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AWS repositories |
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How to upgrade |
For more details on how to upgrade, check out Upgrade to 2026.2. |
Known issues and limitations
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Summary |
Notes |
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VS-139 |
"Pending Tasks" field refreshes too slowly after route withdrawal. |
The "Pending Tasks" field in qTest and Jira doesn't immediately update when the record is approved or rejected in Vera. The cached values update when the user invokes a browser refresh. |
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VS-698 |
Vera can't create a qTest record if two fields in the record have the same name. |
The Vera-qTest integration doesn't support importing records from qTest where the record has two fields with the same name. If such a record is routed for approval from qTest, an error occurs. |
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VS-700 |
User sees duplicate approval tasks for the same record in approval queue. |
If an approval route contains two pending tasks for the same role (for example, two Technical approvals), an eligible approver sees both tasks in their queue. |
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VS-988 |
Vera doesn't apply a default approval route. |
If a record is routed for approval and doesn't match any configured route templates, an error message indicates Vera processed the record but no Approval Route was configured. |
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VS-1064 |
An error displays when splitting an issue in the standard Vera Jira workflow. |
Atlassian's create issue property prevents the splitting of a record. Combined with inconsistencies around workflow permissions, the error message can't be addressed. |
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VS-2864 |
User GUID displays instead of display name. |
Custom fields with a user selection dropdown display in the web portal as the user's ID rather than the user's name. |
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VS-3346 |
MongoDB can't connect when password isn't encoded. |
MongoDB passwords must be URI encoded per MongoDB specifications. |
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VS-3984 |
Empty bitmap image attachments display as broken links. |
Empty bitmap images display as a broken link in Vera Record Details and Print View. |
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VS-4359 |
Scenario isn't formatted on record detail for some Cucumber tests. |
Depending on the length of a Cucumber Xray Test, the scenario formatting may not display correctly in Vera. |
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VS-4899 |
System Admin can edit a user's IdP username with special characters. |
An administrator can update a user's Identity Provider Username with invalid characters. |
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VS-4900 |
User list in Role Management doesn't work with special characters. |
The user dropdown on the Role Management page fails to handle searching with some special characters. No filter is applied. |
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VS-4903 |
Filters in active user sessions page don't work with special characters. |
The Username, Full Name, and Last Access columns on the Active User Sessions page fail to handle filtering on some special characters. No filter is applied. |
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VS-4992 |
User Import doesn't assign Domain Viewer role when a domain without roles is specified. |
Importing a user into a domain without defining roles results in the user not being added to the domain, but the results file shows a successful addition. |
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VS-5352 |
Approval Queue filter for Assigned Date returns incorrect values when timezone is configured. |
Filtering on a time in the approval queue may return incorrect results when the user has a configured timezone. |
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VS-5377 |
Print View data runs off the side of the page. |
Data with long single-word values may run off the page or be truncated when printing a record. |
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VS-5378 |
Footer in Print View doesn't show time in user's set timezone. |
The timestamp in print preview doesn't display in the user's Vera-configured timezone. |
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VS-5410 |
qTest records with custom fields that duplicate a Vera system field don't route for approval. |
If a qTest project has a custom field that matches the name of a Vera system field, the entity can't be routed for approval. This is an unsupported configuration. |
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VS-5566 |
Status mismatch between Tosca and qTest when notification service is down during final approval. |
When the notification service is down and a user applies final approval, the update fails on the Tosca side but succeeds on the qTest side. |
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VS-5604 |
User Roles Report gives error when filtering with special characters. |
Filtering with special characters on the User Roles report may result in an error. |
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VS-5620 |
Linked record navigation loses state after navigating to other pages. |
Users may see a blank page after navigating away from the Linked Records tab of a Release, returning to the page, and then selecting a record. |
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VS-6341 |
RMP upload fails when Schema ID is missing. |
Schema ID is required in the Records Management Policy file to upload to the Web Portal. |
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VS-6395 |
Filtering by Full Name doesn't work with special characters on the Available Users table. |
Filtering with any operator besides "Equals" on Full Name in the Available Users table on the Role Management tab results in an error. |
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VS-6452 |
Images and attachments not displayed properly in Activity History. |
Images and attachments show broken links when viewing record details in the Activity History tab. |
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VS-6468 |
Incorrect toast message when adding a project with special characters to a domain. |
Projects can't be created with special characters. The error message displayed is incorrect. |
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VS-6547 |
Text for Xray Test Parameters for Jira DC isn't displayed correctly. |
The display of Xray Test Parameters is inconsistent between Vera and Jira. |
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VS-6580 |
Print View PDF generated with Adobe PDF is missing data. |
Adobe PDF doesn't render Vera records correctly from Print View. Use Save as PDF or Microsoft Print to PDF instead. |
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VS-6844 |
User Full Names with special characters cause the web portal to crash. |
The Vera Web Portal crashes when a user whose full name contains a special character logs in. |
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VS-6849 |
Embedded attachments not displayed as expected in test steps (Record Details). |
Embedded attachments don't display correctly in test steps on the Record Details tab. |
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VS-6851 |
Embedded attachments not displayed as expected in test steps (Print View). |
Embedded attachments don't display correctly in test steps on the Print View tab. |
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VS-6868 |
"Disconnect Session" audit event not possible to achieve. |
The Disconnect Session audit event is captured as Session Destroyed in the audit table. |
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VS-6901 |
HTML Tables in a Test Step for Jira DC not displayed properly. |
Tables originating from an Xray Test Step don't display correctly in Vera. |
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VS-7083 |
Routes aren't cancelled when an error happens during a record update. |
If a route is created successfully but the record update fails, the route persists in the approval queue but can't be acted upon. |
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VS-7198 |
Bulk user import doesn't allow + character. |
Administrators can't import a user through the User Importer if the user has a + in their username. |
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VS-7205 |
Filtering with special characters on Assignee results in 500 errors. |
Users may see unexpected errors when filtering using special characters on the Assignee field in the Approval Queue. |
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VS-7259 |
HTML Tables in a Test Step for Jira DC not displayed properly. |
Tables originating from an Xray Test Step don't display correctly in Vera. |
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VS-7463 |
Execution Summary Report only shows Draft records. |
The Execution Summary report only generates with Draft records in the resulting document. |
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VS-7502 |
[Xray DC] Test Step Attachments aren't present on Test Executions. |
Test step attachments don't display for test executions or sub-test executions. Only attachments on the execution or sub-test execution display for these types of records. |
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VS-7523 |
Filtering with special characters on Workflow State Mapping table results in 500 errors. |
Using special characters in the filter on any column of the Workflow State Mapping Results table results in a page refresh with no filter applied. |
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VS-7774 |
PDF qTest Test Step breaks over page. |
Adjust margin or page sizes to prevent cutoff. Minimum margins resolve the issue. |
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VS-7836 |
Updates to Policy aren't accurately reflected in Audit History Details. |
In audit history, the Old Value for policy detail changes (name, description, owner) isn't accurately displayed. As a workaround, search through the audit history by the policy ID. |
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VS-7857 |
Filtering on Records Page returns incorrect results. |
Filtering with Equals, Does Not Equal, and Is Any of returns incorrect results. |
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VS-7861 |
User timezone changes aren't respected with case-insensitive login. |
If a user logs in with a different case than the username stored in the database and changes their timezone, the change doesn't take effect in Print View until the user logs out and logs back in. |
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VS-7931 |
Linked connection info added during connection creation isn't removed when the system is changed. |
Changing the source system in the middle of creating a new connection may save information from before the change. To see the information again, change back to the originally selected source system. |
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VS-8074 |
Xray Test Step Attachments aren't consistently present in the Vera record. |
Some Xray Test Step Attachments don't show in the Vera Web Portal. As of this release, the Attachment button at the test step level and copy and paste don't work. |
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VS-8453 |
Idle timeout logout shows "user deactivated" instead of session expired. |
Users may see an incorrect message stating their account has been deactivated when they trigger the idle session timeout. |