# Appvance IQ (AIQ) 5.3.7 Release Notes

### **Summary**

Release 5.3.7 focuses on strengthening Test Designer and API Designer reliability, hardening Mobile and Desktop Designer visual accessors, improving Core scenario execution and CI/CD stability, and resolving critical InstantQA data-handling issues. This release also includes fixes for Linux platform compatibility, repository synchronization, cloud storage notifications, and script generation tooling.

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**SQL Performance Enhancement Documentation:**

**AppvanceIQ Database Schema Deployment Guide:** [AppvanceIQ Database Schema Deployment Guide - Optimized MySQLAppvance.sql — CLI Execution Instructions](https://appvance.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CKB/pages/5068718081)

**AppvanceIQ MySQL Upgrade Guide:** [AIQ MySQL 8.0.x → 8.4 RDS Upgrade Guide](https://appvance.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CKB/pages/5147328513)

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### **New Features**

- Mobile Designer: added Notification sub-menu and corresponding actions in the UI.
- Mobile: coordinate-based actions now switch between Native Context and back for visual accessors, including byOCR support.
- Mobile: push notification handling on Android is now supported.
- Test Designer: new UI actions added, plus TestDesigner is being upgraded to support HTTP2 for broader market compatibility.
- Test Designer: configurable Action Timeout at the Scenario level.
- Test Designer: added support for the Salesforce Inspector browser extension (Edge and Chrome) per Stellantis/Accenture request.

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### **Summary of Improvements**

- Improved reliability of InstantQA script translation and testcase loading for shared projects.
- Strengthened API Designer request data generation, including YML-based REST imports and array-based whiteboard/locker data handling.
- Improved scenario execution reliability, including encrypted DPL playback and bulk scenario handling.
- Improved Mobile and Desktop Designer visual accessor accuracy (coordinate handling, Appium native mode errors, screen/pyautogui size mismatches).
- Improved platform stability on Amazon Linux 2023 and Windows (locale-based startup script failures).
- Improved CI/CD and distribution performance via faster, multi-threaded AIQ .zip downloads.
- Improved repository sync integrity to prevent cross-instance file visibility issues.
- Improved cloud notification reliability for S3-backed email delivery.

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### Overall Improvements

- Faster, more reliable GENI Script gen-to-AIQ script upload integration.
- More accurate API Designer data generation and request handling.
- More stable scenario execution across encrypted and bulk scenarios.
- More accurate mobile and desktop visual accessors across platforms.
- Improved cross-platform startup reliability (Windows locale handling, Amazon Linux 2023 support).
- Faster CI/CD artifact distribution and improved repository environment isolation.

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## Release Details

**Build:** [5.3.7-631236](https://aiqbuilds.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/AIQ-5.3.7/631236/AIQ-5.3.7-631236.zip "https://aiqbuilds.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/AIQ-5.3.7/631236/AIQ-5.3.7-631236.zip")  
**Release Date:** <span style="color: rgb(205, 200, 194); background-color: rgba(4, 17, 29, 0.06);">Jul 17, 2026</span>  
**Build URL:** [https://aiqbuilds.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/AIQ-5.3.7/631236/AIQ-5.3.7-631236.zip](https://aiqbuilds.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/AIQ-5.3.7/631236/AIQ-5.3.7-631236.zip "https://aiqbuilds.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/AIQ-5.3.7/631236/AIQ-5.3.7-631236.zip")