Sessions 4.3.9 Release Notes

August 10, 2021

Support special characters in password field of Postgres database

Special characters that are supported in Postgres are now supported in qTest Sessions. The following special characters can now be used in passwords.

& (ampersand) < or >
(angle brackets)
'
(apostrophe)
*
(asterisk)
@
(at sign)
\
(backslash)
{ or }
(braces)
[ or ]
(brackets)
^
(caret)
:
(colon)
,
(comma)
$
(dollar sign)
=
(equal sign)
!
(exclamation point)
-
(hyphen)
#
(number sign)
( or )
(parentheses)
%
(percent)
.
(period)
+
(plus sign)
?
(question mark)
;
(semi-colon)
'
(single quotation mark)
/
(slash)

(space)
~
(tilde)
_
(underscore)
|
(vertical bar)

Security enhancements

  • Background library updates have been made to improve Sessions security.

  • Several enhancements have been made to improve the security of qTest Sessions.

Bug fixes

Ticket # Component Description
N/A N/A An issue was fixed in which Sessions could not properly run database migration when a password contained the : (colon) character.
N/A sessions-js An issue was fixed in which Test Steps were not properly populating in the Description field of a sub-task.
N/A qTest Sessions UI

A link to the Explorer Download Center in the Explorer | Sessions UI has been updated. Previously, this link pointed to a page that no longer exists. This link now points to the correct download page.