What's New in Zephyr Enterprise Release 8.5.0
October 14, 2025
Introducing Zephyr Enterprise 8.5.0. This version includes new features and improvements that will enhance your experience. Upgrade to Zephyr Enterprise 8.5.0 to take full advantage of these benefits.
Important Announcements
After upgrading to version 8.5, you must trigger a full reindex.
Improvements
The following updates bring significant improvements and fixes:
OAUTH Support for SMTP
OAuth 2.0 for SMTP is a modern authentication method that uses secure, token-based access instead of a username and password. With this approach, your application does not store or transmit login credentials. Instead, it requests an access token from a trusted identity provider, such as Google or Microsoft, and uses that token to authenticate with SMTP.
Hide the Internal Custom Field from the Jira Requirement
The internal custom field will no longer appear in the requirement imported from Jira.
Real-time Indexing Improvement
Reindexing now uses the Artemis queue, introduced in Zephyr version 8.5. It replaces the earlier Kestrel queue and offers a more modern, reliable, and scalable architecture for real-time indexing.
MySQL version 8.4.5
Starting release 8.5, Zephyr now supports MySQL version 8.4.5.
Enhanced Advanced Search with Date Field Support
You can now use date fields in the Advanced Search across the following modules: Test Case, Requirement, and Execution.
Drag and Drop Notifications
You can now select or clear the drag and drop notifications checkbox in the Requirements and Test Repository modules. When selected, a warning message appears whenever a requirement or test case is moved to a different location through drag and drop.
Environment Option
Administrators can now configure the Environment option. This new option is mandatory when creating, editing, or cloning test cycles and managing automation jobs (including Vortex, API, and Jenkins integrations).
Download License Usage Data
A new dialog box is available to download license usage information. Users can select a date range (for example, monthly) and click Download to export the data as a CSV.
Personal Access Token Support for Jira DC Integration
Starting from version 8.5, Zephyr Enterprise supports Personal Access Token (PAT) as an additional authentication method for Jira integration. This enhancement offers increased security and flexibility when connecting Zephyr Enterprise with Jira.
Plugin Improvement
Starting from version 8.5, project and release filters support is available when viewing, editing, or adding BDD features through the Jira plugin.
Bug Fixes
The following table lists the bug IDs, fixed issues, and error resolution.
Bug ID | Resolution |
|---|---|
ZEPHYR-34281 | Improved the Performance when fetching details from Jira and its Metadata. |
ZEPHYR-34301 | Improved the performance of moving test case folders in a release. |
ZEPHYR-36244 | Fixed an issue in Defect Tracking where clicking linked defects did not display the defect summary or pagination correctly. |
ZEPHYR-37986 | Fixed an issue where SSO failed user authorization when attribute values were present without Auto Provisioning. The system now validates the username and allows login. |
ZEPHYR-38174 | Fixed an issue where the Test Step section, including Test Steps, Test Data, and Expected Results, did not display formatted text when imported using Excel. |
ZEPHYR-38312 | Fixed an incorrect error message that appeared for a missing file in the Vortex Suite Automation Result Path. |
ZEPHYR-38351 | Fixed an issue in Zephyr where test steps in defects were not displayed in a readable format. |
ZEPHYR-39326 | Fixed an issue where creating a Jira issue from Zephyr failed if the locked Category field was appearing on the create screen. |
ZEPHYR-39358 | Fixed an issue where editing a defect field added duplicate comments. |
ZEPHYR-39551 | Fixed an issue where importing requirements from Jira displayed unrelated custom fields created in Zephyr that were not linked to Jira. |
ZEPHYR-40726 | Fixed an issue where the All-Release options in the export window were removed. |
ZEPHYR-39980 | Fixed an issue where Zephyr audit logs did not display the correct date and time when getting a callback from the webhook for a requirement or defect from Jira. |
ZEPHYR-41224 | Fixed an issue when the Jira field was added using automation and not added to the screen. |
ZEPHYR-41413 | Improve the performance in the Automation API process. |
ZEPHYR-41034 | Fixed an issue where the Members column displayed “0” after a search instead of showing the correct number of members in the group. |
ZEPHYR-41536 | Fixed an issue where the epic's load was only done on the defect creation screen. |
ZEPHYR-41637 | Fixed the issue where the test steps from one test to another overwrite all steps in the second test. |
ZEPHYR-41657 | Fixed an issue preventing Jira 10 integration in Zephyr using basic authentication, as from Jira 10, Basic is not supported; only PAT/OAUTH/OAUTH2.0 are supported. |
ZEPHYR-41677 | Fixed an issue where the Jira sync configuration failed when the JQL contained a Hash (#) character. |
ZEPHYR-41839 | Fixed an issue where the Jira sync configuration failed when the JQL contained an ampersand (&) character. |
ZEPHYR-41889 | Fixed an issue that caused duplicate Jira user credentials in the “defect_user_info” table. |
ZEPHYR-42551 | Fixed an issue in the UI where the search box had no clear border. |
ZEPHYR-42552 | Fixed an issue in the UI where buttons and options were not visually distinctive. |
ZEPHYR-42553 | Fixed the Run Button Icon in the UI. |
ZEPHYR-42557 | Fixed an issue where the page did not automatically scroll to the clone details after clicking the Clone icon. |
ZEPHYR-42559 | Fixed an issue where the Add Cycle button appeared over the calendar instead of in the left navigation pane in the UI. |
ZEPHYR-42564 | Fixed an issue where pages in the UI did not automatically scroll to the section for entering new release information. |
ZEPHYR-42565 | Fixed an issue where warning and confirmation dialog boxes were missing name and ID details for the release deletion operation. |
ZEPHYR-42575 | Fixed an issue where the System Setup icon changed to a smaller icon when navigating away from the administrator options without a clear indication. |
ZEPHYR-42624 | Fixed an issue where users could modify the testcase of a different project from a different project. |
ZEPHYR-42887 | Fixed an issue where callback events for defects were rejected by the webhook when the Jira project and ZE release mapping were not found in both internal and external flows. |
ZEPHYR-42892 | Fixed an issue where Jira issue searches failed with an error when the JQL exceeded 500 characters. |
ZEPHYR-43045 | Fixed the issue where the Truncate Audit Log dialog displayed an incorrect date. |
ZEPHYR-43061 | Fixed an issue where test case steps disappeared or appeared in the wrong order during editing or viewing. |
ZEPHYR-43127 | Fixed an issue where the defect user cache building failed for all defect tracking systems due to a problem with a single defect tracking system. |
ZEPHYR-43200 | Fixed an issue where triggering a full reindex returned an “Elastic Search is not reachable” error when Elastic Search was in a cluster configuration. |
ZEPHYR-43350 | Fixed an authentication error that occurred during Elasticsearch health status verification. |
ZEPHYR-43352 | Fixed an issue where the migration progress showed 100% but the migration failed. |
ZEPHYR-41544 | Fixed an error where the time zone and format displayed in execution attachments did not match the format used in attachment file names. |
ZEPHYR-41635 | Fixed an issue where clicking the project name does not automatically scroll to the bottom of the form to display all project details. |
ZEPHYR-41636 | Enhanced the project selection interface for better usability. |
ZEPHYR-43353 | Fixed an issue where the Zephyr Support link did not redirect to the ZE web form. |