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Release 5.3.0

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
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

General Notes

For additional documentation, see: General Notes 

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.


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