# Appvance IQ (AIQ) 5.3.0 Release Notes We are excited to announce the release of **Appvance IQ version 5.3.0**, a feature-packed update that delivers **new capabilities, performance improvements, and critical fixes** across the platform. This release focuses on: - **Repository and Performance Enhancements** – streamlined repository handling, cloud-first design, and faster performance. - **Expanded Platform Support** – including full **Kubernetes support** for scalable deployments and enhanced **Azure Active Directory authentication**. - **AI Script Generation (AISG) Improvements** – “Blueprints” have evolved into **Digital Twins**, with better coverage mapping, autosave controls, and CI/CD log integration. - **Mobile & API Testing Enhancements** – new Appium support, Perfecto Cloud integration, SOAP auto-suggestions, and request body validation. - **AI ASSERT** is a **no-code validation feature** that allows QA teams to **validate anything they can describe** using **natural language**, without writing a single line of code or defining locators. With AI ASSERT, testers can now verify **images, text, layouts, tables, animations, motion graphics, and more** — all through simple, human-like assertions. - **No Code. No Locators. Just Natural Language.** - **Universal Validation:** Works across UI elements, media, and visuals. - **Seamless Integration:** Available in **Web Designer** to start. - **Empowers Everyone:** QA, design, and product teams can now validate UX/UI effortlessly. - **Retired Legacy Components** – Web Designer (Classic) and Mobile Designer (Classic) are officially retired in AIQ 5.3.0. All future enhancements will focus on the new Web and Mobile Designer experience. - **Stability and Fixes** – Across Scenario Editor, Desktop Designer, Mobile Testing, API Testing, Reporting, and CI/CD pipelines. --- ## Release Details **Build:** [AIQ-5.3.0-622303](https://aiqbuilds.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/AIQ-5.3.0/622303/AIQ-5.3.0-622303.zip "https://aiqbuilds.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/AIQ-5.3.0/622303/AIQ-5.3.0-622303.zip") **Release Date:** 12/17/2025 **Build URL:** [https://aiqbuilds.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/AIQ-5.3.0/622303/AIQ-5.3.0-622303.zip](https://aiqbuilds.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/AIQ-5.3.0/622303/AIQ-5.3.0-622303.zip "https://aiqbuilds.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/AIQ-5.3.0/622303/AIQ-5.3.0-622303.zip") --- For additional documentation, see: [General Notes](https://appvance.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CKB/pages/4592861212) Windows AMIs Linux (Ubuntu) AMIs --- ### ⚠️ Security Alert – False Positive During the installation of **AIQ 5.3.0**, Symantec may flag ascanrules-release-69.zap (C:\\AIQ\\AIQ-5.3.0-615640\\aiq\_distribution\\OWASP\\home\\plugin\\) as **“Hacktool.”** This is a **false positive** — the file is a legitimate **OWASP ZAP** plugin required for penetration testing. 👉 **Action:** Whitelist the OWASP directory in Symantec to prevent deletion. If removed, restore the file to enable app penetration scenario execution. --- ## 🚀 New Features & Enhancements ### Global Enhancements - **Repositories – Functional and Performance Improvements** - All changes now push directly to cloud repositories (S3, Git, etc.). - Eliminates controller storage bottlenecks. - Files now display at the top of folders. - **Azure Active Directory Authentication** for SQL databases. - **Direct JSON/XML Editing** inside AIQ. - **AWS S3 Region Support** for repositories. - **Kubernetes Support** for containerized deployments. - **Admin Tools**: Ability to force logout stuck user sessions. - **Deprecations**: - Encrypted DPL → migrate to **HashDPL**. - Web Designer (Classic) retired. - Mobile Designer (Classic) retired. ### AI Script Generation (AISG) - Terminology update: “Blueprint” → **Digital Twin**. - Disable the Auto-Save option. - AI Hints highlighted on Coverage Map. - AISG results are available in CI/CD logs. ### Mobile Testing - **Mobile AISG** is fully supported. - Highlight Mode for element discovery during playback. - Required upgrades: **Appium 2.12.1**, **XCUITest 7.28.3**, **UIAutomator2 3.8.1**. - Added **Perfecto Cloud** integration. ### API Testing - Auto-validation of request body syntax. - SOAP response auto-suggestions enabled. - “Beautify” formatting button for imported files. - Enable/disable individual blocks in scripts. ### Desktop Testing - Relative path designator updated to `{dds}` (previously `{mds}`). - Logs aligned with Web Designer logs. - Updated Windows Appvance Driver. --- ## 📌 New Features in AIQ 5.3.0 ### 🌐 React UI - Remove elements from action lists. - Enhanced file navigation and repository error messages. - UX refinements, dark mode option, and accessibility improvements. - Notifications for long-running tasks and enhanced search across repositories. - Keyboard shortcuts for navigation. ### 📝 Scenario Editor - New modular action blocks, validation blocks, and scenario templates. - Support for conditional workflows, grouped actions, nested loops, and reusable steps. - Auto-complete for variable references and real-time validation checks. - Drag-and-drop improvements and better variable scoping. - Support for execution pause/resume and user-defined macros. - Performance optimizations for large scenarios. ### 🤖 AI Script Generation (AISG) - Disable autosave for Digital Twins saved in GitLab. - Results are displayed in CI/CD logs with filtering options. - Enhanced Coverage Map navigation and Digital Twin metadata. - Support for Digital Twin versioning and cleanup of old twins. - Runtime execution statistics, hint prioritization, and auto-retry for failed scans. - Optimized creation speed and general performance improvements. ### 📱 Mobile Testing - Custom scaling for Highlight actions and OCR highlight support. - Expanded locator strategy support. - Support for custom app permissions and biometric authentication testing. - Enhanced Appium integration and error handling during test runs. - Parallel device testing support. ### 🔌 API Designer - Enable/disable SOAP requests individually. - Block reuse, request chaining, and data-driven API blocks. - Syntax highlighting for JSON/XML bodies. - Block-level comments and more auto-complete options. - Import/export of test collections and REST response reuse across scripts. ### ☁️ Cloud Config - Improvements to EC2/S3 integration and provisioning logging. - Support for multiple VPCs and region-specific defaults. - Enhanced error handling for AWS configurations. - Validation for S3 bucket access. ### 📊 Reporting - Enhanced iteration summary export options (CSV/Excel, PDF). - Filtering and per-user filtering improvements. - Charting options and trend capabilities. - Enhanced XML reporting format. ### 🔄 CI/CD - Enhanced AISG compatibility and coverage summaries. - Retry logic for reporting sync and failed executions. - Webhook notifications. ### 🖥️ Desktop Designer - Updated driver logs, new driver APIs, and compatibility expansions. - Improved installer and IDE shortcuts. - Enhanced logging configuration and context menu options. ### 🔒 Security - Migration support from EncryptedDPL → HashDPL (with fallback). - Additional audit logs for user actions. - SSL authentication support in the SQL client. --- ## 🛠️ Improvements ### 🌐 Web & Scenario Testing - Resolved validation errors when **“All Available Machines”** was selected in Scenario Editor. - Corrected SQL process file execution issues. - Eliminated duplicate Scenario paths during execution. - Restored SmartTags icon visibility after AISG execution. - Addressed issues with deleting repository folders containing AISG files. - Corrected child state display for clicked Action elements. ### ☁️ Cloud Config / Infrastructure - Corrected EC2 startup validation errors (“Please fill all config text fields”). - Improved handling of region-specific EC2/S3 configurations. - Resolved repository configuration failures caused by long usernames. - Enabled SSL authentication in SQL Client. - Restored proper OpenSearch integration. ### 🖥️ Desktop Designer - Corrected inconsistent step numbering and skipped indices in logs. - Eliminated duplicate log entries in the Log Viewer. - Resolved duplicate “Loop started” messages per iteration. - Corrected context menu truncation when adding “Open in Editor”. - Addressed flickering issues in the Scenario Editor UI. ### 📱 Mobile Testing - Improved Preview screen stability (maximization and assertions). - Resolved script recording failures in Mobile Designer. - Corrected playback and element assertion issues. - Improved reliability when running tests across multiple devices. - Enhanced error handling in Highlight Mode and OCR scanning. ### 🔌 API Testing - Addressed runtime errors in email validation scripts. - Corrected failures when verifying PDF document contents. - Restored execution for “For Each” blocks with XML input. - Corrected SOAP responses collapsing into single-line XML. - Resolved crashes when opening large XML files. - Improved parsing of array objects in XML API responses. ### 📊 Reporting & CI/CD - Addressed scrolling issue in the Iteration Summary HTML report. - Corrected filters not persisting in location-based reporting. - Restored XLSX export availability for failed API files. - Improved iteration summary filters for large test runs. - Corrected CI/CD dashboard synchronization from S3-hosted clients. ### ⚙️ General / Platform - Resolved server timezone detection issues. - Corrected user upload problems in the Admin module. - Restored Modified Time Stamp display in downloaded file paths. - Addressed UI flickering when switching tabs during save. - Improved Chrome/Firefox compatibility for Visual Accessors and AISG.