Vivid Trace 2021.1 Release Notes

Released 2021-07-19
Updated 2021-08-31 for Vivid Trace version 2021.1.1
Updated 2021-12-04 for Vivid Trace version 2021.1.2
Updated 2022-02-04 for Vivid Trace version 2021.1.3
Updated 2022-04-19 for Vivid Trace version 2021.1.4
Updated 2022-05-12 for Vivid Trace version 2021.1.5
Updated 2022-05-25 for Vivid Trace version 2021.1.6
Updated 2022-06-10 for Vivid Trace version 2021.1.7
Updated 2022-10-21 for Vivid Trace version 2021.1.8
Updated 2023-01-05 for Vivid Trace version 2021.1.9
Updated 2023-07-06 for Vivid Trace version 2021.1.10
Updated 2023-12-16 for Vivid Trace version 2021.1.11
Updated 2024-04-25 for Vivid Trace version 2021.1.12

This document describes what has changed in Vivid Trace for Jira version 2021.1. When planning to update the add-on in your Jira system to this version, consider the information within as there may be changes that are undesirable in your circumstances or known issues that might affect the stability of your operations. This document covers the following topics:

• Highlights
• Update Notes
• Change List
• Known Issues
• End-of-Support Statements

Highlights

Share your trace configurations with teammates.

You've designed a good trace configuration, now you can share it with the whole team.

Sharing in Vivid Trace uses a simple access control model: Delegate ownership to project leads, spread edit permission amongst team members to help keep the trace configuration up-to-date over time, or maybe share it with everyone in view-only mode. It's up to you. More information

Find and favorite trace configurations shared by others.

If a trace configuration has been shared with you, you can find it here. Your favorites are kept close at hand in the Trace Studio dock for instant recall. More information

Improve signal-to-noise with the new Artifact Types tracing parameter.

With the new Artifact Types tracing parameter, you can select which issue types are followed during tracing. More information

Qualified for Jira Data Center

Vivid Trace is now qualified by Atlassian for Jira Data Center. With Vivid Trace's bounded processing-time guarantees, Data Center customers can confidently deploy Vivid Trace with backing from Vivid and Atlassian.

Update Notes

The latest release of Vivid Trace 2021.1 is recommended for general production including as an update to Vivid Trace 2021.1 and prior versions. The update can be validated on a test instance of Jira before updating the add-on on your production systems. Points of caution associated with this release:

• When installing or updating to Vivid Trace version 2021.1, your Jira instance might need to be re-indexed before Vivid Trace can be used. In this case, the Jira administration section will display a reminder until the re-index is performed. Vivid Trace will not operate correctly until this re-index has been completed. You can choose Background Indexing to perform the re-index with no disruption to Jira availability.
• Note that the minimum supported version of Confluence Server is now 7.4, and Jira Server and Jira Data Center is now 9.4. If you are considering updating to Vivid Trace version 2021.1, your Confluence or Jira host system must meet these minimum version requirements.

Change List

Issue	Status	Version	Summary
TRACE-825	Changed	2021.1.12	Jira 9.15 compatibility
TRACE-818	Changed	2021.1.9	Support for Java 17
TRACE-819	Changed	2021.1.9	Jira 9.5 compatibility
TRACE-813	Changed	2021.1.8	Jira 9 compatibility
TRACE-800	Fixed	2021.1.7	Incomplete user comparison in the ACL algorithm
TRACE-801	Improved	2021.1.7	Delete Trace Configuration confirmation dialog: Ensure Delete button is not the default
TRACE-802	Changed	2021.1.7	Performance: Change default Issue Context Trace Display Format to Issue Tab Panel
TRACE-803	Fixed	2021.1.7	Potential login redirect loop on admin pages requiring elevated privileges
TRACE-805	Fixed	2021.1.7	Issue Field Layout "Add row" button can mis-operate
TRACE-795	Fixed	2021.1.6	Version 2021.1 ActiveObjects upgrade task fails on blank values
TRACE-796	Fixed	2021.1.6	Disparity between add-on settings and default project settings
TRACE-789	Fixed	2021.1.5	Graceful handling of inactive user accounts
TRACE-791	Fixed	2021.1.5	ACL of preset trace configurations cannot be modified
TRACE-793	Fixed	2021.1.5	Attempt to GET Vivid Trace OpenAPI definition JSON document met with error
TRACE-788	Improved	2021.1.5	Optimize performance of member selector with Data Center -sized quantity of items
TRACE-776	Fixed	2021.1.4	Cannot disable all artifact types or all relation types in project configurations
TRACE-778	Fixed	2021.1.4	Degraded performance of user-group-role selector on large instances
TRACE-779	Fixed	2021.1.4	Horizontal scroll bars not displaying appropriately in Google Chrome
TRACE-752	Improved	2021.1.3	Further isolate JavaScript from global namespace with self-invoking function and prefixes
TRACE-745	Fixed	2021.1.2	Trace Studio Tools menu items disabled immediately after navigating to a trace in the browser
TRACE-746	Fixed	2021.1.2	Deleting an issue type from Jira causes an impassable error in the Issue Context Trace
TRACE-747	Fixed	2021.1.2	Deleting an issue link type from Jira causes an impassable error in the Issue Context Trace
TRACE-750	Fixed	2021.1.2	Add-on configuration "Enter a decimal number" field validation error message is missing a quantity
TRACE-717	Changed	2021.1.1	Qualify Vivid Trace for Atlassian Jira Data Center
TRACE-738	Fixed	2021.1.1	Security principal selector is mostly obstructed from view in Trace Studio trace configuration details panel
TRACE-711	Fixed	2021.1.1	Issue link type with multiple identical description strings erroneously treated as ambiguous
TRACE-672	Changed	2021.1	Support for 1.8 and 11 releases of HotSpot and OpenJDK Java platforms
TRACE-681	Changed	2021.1	Removed the Jira agile quick view panel
TRACE-687	Changed	2021.1	Rename the Jira home menu entry & description to "Trace Studio"
TRACE-505	Fixed	2021.1	Firefox doesn't properly highlight issues and relations in the graphs
TRACE-541	Fixed	2021.1	Drop-down menu lingers after actuating unrelated UI widget
TRACE-557	Fixed	2021.1	License key label on add-on licensing page is incorrect at 150% zoom on narrow window
TRACE-562	Fixed	2021.1	Tooltip in +n case doesn't have a newline between 1st and 2nd entries
TRACE-566	Fixed	2021.1	Security principal selector elements are incorrectly rendered on Firefox
TRACE-579	Fixed	2021.1	Disabling all but the parent/sub-task directions in the Trace Studio causes VTW-5
TRACE-582	Fixed	2021.1	Text attributes in exported PNG and SVG differs from appearance in Jira
TRACE-585	Fixed	2021.1	Issue field layout changes not reflected when IRG is refreshed in Trace Studio
TRACE-589	Fixed	2021.1	Error not produced when graph refreshed after authenticated user logs out
TRACE-603	Fixed	2021.1	Right-justify numeric field contents in in-context Distance setting
TRACE-606	Fixed	2021.1	Exported graph files incorrectly include hover highlighting
TRACE-615	Fixed	2021.1	Trace Studio: Sole enabled direction checkbox can be actuated
TRACE-630	Fixed	2021.1	Custom fields missing from Issue Field Layout
TRACE-684	Fixed	2021.1	Trace SVG export with HTML entity   in issue titles exported as-is fails to render in browser
TRACE-679	Fixed	2021.1	Catch-all error dialog fails to produce error information
TRACE-708	Fixed	2021.1	"List Issues" doesn't escape quotes for JQL component arg
TRACE-337	Improved	2021.1	Allow date/time fields to reflect user's timezone
TRACE-487	Improved	2021.1	Confirm license removal when user attempts to delete Vivid-issued license key and apply an empty license
TRACE-616	Improved	2021.1	Open issues from Trace Studio in separate tab to avoid disrupting the current tracing session
TRACE-319	New	2021.1	Add "Configure Vivid Trace add-on" global navigation menu item for Jira system administrators
TRACE-453	New	2021.1	"Artifact Types" Relations parameter
TRACE-466	New	2021.1	"Recent Traces" global navigation menu section
TRACE-468	New	2021.1	Site-wide configuration setting for visibility of contextual traces
TRACE-540	New	2021.1	Set system default for project trace visibility, allow project-level override
TRACE-595	New	2021.1	Modify sharing settings for a trace configuration
TRACE-703	New	2021.1	Toggle the favorite status of a trace configuration
TRACE-704	New	2021.1	"Find traces" dialog where you can find new traces
TRACE-705	New	2021.1	Add-on Trace configurations management UI

Known Issues

Some inline dialogs, drop downs, and help might appear clipped or incorrectly positioned in your specific version of Jira and its bundled version of the Atlassian User Interface (AUI). In some cases it is possible to scroll or drag some part of your view to better expose such elements.

The Trace Studio is in the midst of a transition to newer technology. After changing the active trace configuration or editing your own sharing permissions, changes might not be reflected in the UI until the browser page is refreshed.

End-of-Support Statements

With Atlassian ending support for Server platforms and older versions, and the release of Vivid Trace for Jira 2021.1.12, the minimum supported version of Jira Data Center has changed to 9.4.0 LTS, and support for Jira Server has been dropped. Likewise, the minimum compatible version of Confluence has changed to Confluence Server 7.4 while Server support has ended.

Earlier releases of this version 2021.1 release line are the last to support versions prior to Jira 9.4, namely Jira 7 and Jira 8.

Versions prior to Vivid Trace version 2021.1 reach sunset status (no further patch updates) on 2021 July 1.

Please see Vivid Trace Life Cycle for more information.

Version History