# Appvance IQ (AIQ) 5.3.2 Release Notes
### **Summary**
This release focuses on improvements across API Testing, AISG, Web & Mobile Designers, CI/CD, and Controller stability. We’ve improved platform reliability and enhanced authentication support.
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### **New Features**
- **Expanded SQL Authentication Support**
Added support for connecting to MSSQL using **ActiveDirectoryPassword** and **IntegratedSecurity** authentication (Azure environments).
- **CI/CD Secret Manager Integration**
CI/CD pipelines can now securely use external secret managers as parameters when executing scenarios.
- **FFMPEG Integration (AI Assert)**
Integrated FFMPEG into AIQ (Controller/TestNode) to enhance media handling capabilities.
- **API Designer Improvements**
- Improved visibility of response codes when importing YAML files.
- Enhanced readability of Locker blocks when adding new parameters.
- Better handling of DPL variable replacements in API scripts.
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### **Summary of Improvements**
### API Testing & Designer
- Fixed issue where copied blocks were renamed “Unnamed block.”
- Resolved double-curly-brace values being incorrectly treated as variables in request bodies.
- Fixed null pointer exceptions when running `.api` scripts.
- Corrected DPL values not being replaced properly during execution.
- Resolved issue where failure reports did not display the associated test case name.
### AISG
- Improved performance for initial AISG scans.
- Fixed timeout issues when using SmartTags + Inputs scan types.
- Resolved cases where certain buttons were not detected by AISG.
- Addressed scenarios where blueprint files could not be opened.
- Fixed issues where AISG execution would stall in CI/CD pipelines.
### Web & Desktop Designer
- Resolved iframe recording issues in Web Designer.
- Fixed getFile 500 errors preventing Visual Accessor from displaying.
- Corrected encrypted DPL conversion display inconsistencies.
- Fixed home repository visibility inconsistencies in File Explorer.
### Mobile Designer
- Resolved OCR-related host resolution errors.
- Fixed Visual Assessor and ByOCR execution issues.
### Controllers & TestNode
- Resolved out-of-memory crashes on Linux controllers.
- Fixed browser launch failures for Chrome and Edge using WebDriver.
- Improved S3 authentication handling with proper token refresh.
- Addressed unresponsive AIQ behavior in Ubuntu environments.
- Fixed dashboard reporting gaps for failed and slow requests.
### Service Suite & AIQ
- Fixed hyperlink extraction from embedded email text.
- Corrected absolute path handling in exec() for Service Suite.
- Improved login error feedback when accounts are locked.
- Optimized backend stored procedures for improved reporting performance.
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## Overall Improvements
- Increased stability in CI/CD and large-scale execution environments.
- Enhanced API script reliability and variable handling.
- Improved scan accuracy and timeout management in AISG.
- Better system resource handling to prevent controller crashes.
- Strengthened authentication and security integrations.
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## Release Details
**Build:** [AIQ-5.3.2-625891](https://aiqbuilds.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/AIQ-5.3.2/625891/AIQ-5.3.2-625891.zip "https://aiqbuilds.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/AIQ-5.3.2/625891/AIQ-5.3.2-625891.zip")
**Release Date:** Mar 9, 2026
**Build URL:** [https://aiqbuilds.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/AIQ-5.3.2/625891/AIQ-5.3.2-625891.zip](https://aiqbuilds.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/AIQ-5.3.2/625891/AIQ-5.3.2-625891.zip "https://aiqbuilds.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/AIQ-5.3.2/625891/AIQ-5.3.2-625891.zip")
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