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These release notes describe recent changes to Harness Software Engineering Insights.

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April 2024​

Version 202404.1​

New features and enhancements​

  • Added support configuring the Jira and GitHub integration to ingest data from Jira Data Center and Github Enterprise without using the Ingestion Satellite. To learn more, Contact Harness Support. (SEI-5361)
  • Added performance enhancements to the DORA profile configuration for setting up filters of integrations with large volumes of data. (SEI-6220) (ZD-59940)
  • The Jira integration now supports displaying Story Points as decimal values, rounded up to two decimal places across all reports and drill-downs. (SEI-6244)
  • The label size in the X-axis of the bar chart has been set to 11 characters across all widgets. (SEI-6346)
  • The Include only associated PR’s option under the widget settings in the Issue Lead Time by Stage report has been renamed to Include the associated Pull Requests and Commits. (SEI-6372)
  • Added support for configuring the Themes filter for PagerDuty, CI/CD, and all SCM integrations. This filter can now be configured in the Collection Definition as a checkbox tree, with search functionality. When you add a Themes filter for the selected integration in the Collection Definition, the relevant widgets will only display data for the selected themes. (SEI-6056) (SEI-6054)

Early access features​

  • Added support for a new filter Include CFR status for all CICD integrations under the Deployment Frequency and Change Failure Rate settings of the DORA profile. (SEI-6442)

    You can now configure the DORA profile to establish a theme-based correlation between Pull Requests and Deployments. This feature is currently in BETA and is behind the Feature Flag <SEI_THEME_BASED_DORA>. Contact Harness Support to enable this feature.

  • The terminology for the GitHub Enterprise integration type has been renamed to GitHub Enterprise Server. The new experience for the GitHub and Jira integration is currently in BETA and is behind the Feature Flag <SEI_EASY_ONBOARDING_GITHUB> and <SEI_EASY_ONBOARDING_GITHUB>. Please contact Harness Support to enable this feature. (SEI-6139)

  • Added the following improvements to the Issue Backlog Trend report. (SEI-6369)

    • You can now configure the report to display historical data for the current issues, allowing you to analyze trends over time.
    • Now you can define the settings for the current issue type using the existing filters and set preferences for tracking trends related to specific issue types using historical data filters i.e. Status & Category
    • A new time interval option Daily has been added into the widget settings. Now you can choose between the Day, Week, Month and Quarter time intervals directly within the widget.

      To learn more, go to Issue Backlog Trend Report. This feature is currently in BETA and is behind the Feature Flag <SEI_SHOW_HISTORICAL_FILTERS>. Contact Harness Support to enable this feature.

Fixed issues​

  • Fixed the bug that was causing the PAGE NOT FOUND error on the expanded view of widgets drill down page. (SEI-5926)
  • The issue causing the new Business Alignment report drill down to crash for Azure DevOps integration has been resolved. (SEI-6409) (SEI-6455)
  • The issue with the Drilldown displaying all deployments for the Github Actions integration due to Collection filters not working has been resolved. (SEI-6423) (ZD-60997)

March 2024​

Version 202403.2.1​

Hotfix​

  • Added support for a new column Time Spent In Stage in the Issue Time Across Stages report drill-down. This field now displays the specific amount of time spent in each stage as selected in the Bar Chart widget. (SEI-6202)

Version 202403.2​

New features and enhancements​

  • Added support for displaying the decimal Story Points as the nearest integer value in all the reports and drill-down for the Jira integration. (SEI-5758)
  • Added support for three new columns in the Issue Hygiene report drill-down. (SEI-5137) (SEI-6259)
    • Current Sprint: This column in the drill down will show the current sprint to which the ticket is assigned.
    • Previous Sprints: This column will display the names of all previous sprints to which the ticket was assigned.
    • Sprint Hops: This column will indicate how many times the ticket has been moved across sprints.
  • Added support to allow users to share an Insight with other contributors and display data for the selected time interval under the Insight settings. (SEI-6173)
  • The Multi-Series Report, when configured using the Issues Report, now includes support for the Line Chart as a visualization type. (SEI-6177)
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  • Added support for a new Propel node List GitHub Teams to retrieve the complete list of team names within a specific organization. (SEI-6047)
  • The Trend Line in the Issue Backlog Trend Report is now set to be dynamic with the selected stacks and labels in the widget. (SEI-5843)

Deprecation notice​

  • The option to download the Triage data using the Download button has now been deprecated. You will be impacted by this if you have enabled Triage rules under your SEI project for the Jenkins integration. Contact Harness Support for assistance.
  • The option to configure the Github Actions integration using Webhook has been deprecated. (SEI-5739)

Early access features​

  • Improved the Diagnostic Tab with the following enhancements.
    • Support for displaying Project & Sprint details has been added to the Integration Status section.
    • Now, clicking on the associated Project name will open the Project details page, displaying all the Issues, Status, and their associated details.
    • Clicking on the associated Sprint name will now open the Sprint details page, displaying all the Issues included as part of the selected Sprint.
    • Selecting the issue key under the Sprints or Project tab will now automatically redirect you to the details page of the selected issue.

      This new Diagnostics page feature is currently in BETA and is behind the Feature Flag <SEI_SHOW_DIAGNOSTIC_TILE>. Contact Harness Support to enable this feature.
  • Added support to measure the incident recovery time using the DORA MTTR report for the PagerDuty integration. PagerDuty is a cloud-based incident response platform that integrates with various monitoring tools to alert the appropriate teams when an issue occurs with their systems or services. To use this functionality, ensure that you configure the DORA profile to measure the MTTR metric using the PagerDuty integration.

    Find the resource below to get started with using this feature. This feature is currently in BETA and is accessible behind the Feature Flag <SEI_MTTR_PAGERDUTY_ENABLED>. Please contact Harness Support to enable this feature.
  • The SEI Rally integration is now supported for the following widgets: DORA Lead Time for Changes report & DORA MTTR report. This feature is currently in BETA is accessible behind the Feature Flag <RALLY>. Please contact Harness Support to enable this feature.

Fixed issues​

  • Improved the error messaging associated with the issue where users were unable to update the contributor data by uploading a CSV file due to incorrect headers in the CSV file. (SEI-5785)
  • Fixed the bug on the Issue Hops report where the Total Tickets field was displayed as zero for the Rally integration. (SEI-6279)
  • The issue that caused the hygiene filters from being applied to the Issue Hygiene report has been resolved.
  • The DORA Deployment Frequency and Change Failure Rate report was not displaying data correctly when configured with certain Filters such as components, labels, fix_versions, versions, and Starts with and Contains Filter Settings under the DORA profile definition. This issue has been resolved. Note that if you have these Filters configured in your DORA settings, you will need to delete and re-configure the profile settings. (SEI-6164)

Version 202403.1.1​

Hotfix​

  • Sprint reports and drill-down reports inaccurately included certain issues resolved outside their designated sprint time. This has been fixed to accurately display relevant issues resolved within the sprint period by considering the Issue Resolved In field for each item. Tickets falling on the Outside of Sprint category are not included in the velocity calculation, as they represent work completed before the start of the sprint. (SEI-6170)
  • Added support to retrieve and display up to 999 active versions for the Contributor list. (SEI-5908)
  • The repository selection dropdown was not displaying data in the Collection definition for the Bitbucket integration. This issue has been fixed. (SEI-6245)

Version 202403.1​

New features and enhancements​

  • Added support for displaying the latest pipeline execution link for the CICD Job Count Report, CICD Pipeline Jobs Duration Trend Report, CICD Job Duration Report, CICD Pipeline Jobs Count Trend Report, CICD Pipeline Jobs Duration Report, DORA Deployment Frequency & Change Failure Rate reports.

    You can now view the latest pipeline execution link as a column in the drill-down view of the reports. By clicking on the link, you will be redirected to the corresponding GitLab pipeline execution tab. Please note that this feature is only available for reports generated using a GitLab Cloud integration and will be available for newer or updated pipelines. To receive older pipeline data, please contact Harness Support. (SEI-2683) (SEI-3546) (SEI-5825)
  • In the Activity Logs tab we have added the support for adding Type as a Filter. This allows you to filter the activity logs using filters such as Action, Email, and more. (SEI-5157) (SEI-5343)
  • Users on the SEI Harness Platform will now have an improved navigation experience, eliminating the need to select Collection Category and Collections to access Insights.
    • Now, when users create a new Project, they will be directed to a landing page where they can choose to create a new Insight.
    • After logging in, users will be automatically directed to the first Collection and Insight.
    • For existing logged-in users, the application will maintain their latest state and navigate them to the recently viewed Collection and Insight, ensuring a seamless continuation of their workflow. (SEI-5203) (SEI-5690)
  • Improved the user experience on the Insights tab by enabling users to redirect to the Integration Configuration page when they click on the Integrations Monitoring icon. Additionally, renamed the Last updated at field to Last ingested at in the Integration Monitoring tab. (SEI-5342)
  • Added support for configuring the Deployment Frequency and Change Failure Rate using the Issue Created event in the DORA profile definition. This will enable users to define the settings when utilizing any Issue Management tool as a medium to calculate Deployment Frequency or Change Failure Rate. (SEI-5422) (SEI-5931) (SEI-5933)
  • Activity Logs data can now be exported by clicking the Export button located in the Activity Logs tab of the SEI application. (SEI-5449)
  • The default time range for all the Sprint Metric reports has been updated from 2 weeks to 30 days. (SEI-5787)
  • Added the ability to display the Custom Field Key ID from Azure Boards while configuring the Filters on the Report, Collection and Profile settings. Now, when configuring custom field Filters, the Custom Field Key ID associated with the field is displayed for clarity. (SEI-5799) (SEI-5800) (SEI-5801)
  • Added performance enhancements for the SCM metrics and reports. The following reports do not have the support for this enhancement: SCM PR Activity report, SCM PR Lead Time by Stage report, SCM PR Lead Time Trend report, Issue Hotspots report.
  • The Median field in SEI all reports and metrics will now be calculated by determining the normal median using the 50th percentile.
  • The Timezone field will now use UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) as the default timezone across the platform to maintain a standardized format for enhanced clarity and consistency.

Early access features​

  • A new Diagnostics page has been added to the application, which includes a system status section. Users can now access this page by selecting the Diagnostics tile in the Settings page. This new tab comprises of two sections: Jobs status and Satellite status, providing users with the most up-to-date health status information for both Jobs and Ingestion Satellite. (SEI-5818)

    This new Diagnostics page feature is currently in BETA and is behind the Feature Flag <SHOW_DIAGNOSTIC_TILE>. Contact Harness Support to enable this feature.

Fixed issues​

  • There was an issue which was causing the ingestion to fail for the Jira integration. This issue has been resolved now. (SEI-5213)
  • In the Activity Logs, the Email data field is now case-insensitive. This means that records will show up when searched, regardless of the case used. (SEI-5872)
  • Copying the widget to another Insights was not functioning properly, causing the application to freeze. This issue has now been fixed. (SEI-5879) (SEI ON HARNESS)
  • The bug in the Issue Hotspot Report, which caused the drilldown to not display any value when the widget was configured with Issue Type as a Filter, has been resolved. (SEI-5906)
  • The issue where Jira's priority field values were not appearing in the drill down when defined differently from P0, P1, etc., has been resolved to include various definitions of priority. (SEI-5949)
  • The issue of making changes to the Collection definition and saving them not working as intended has been resolved. Now, when you save any new changes, an alert dialog will be displayed. Upon clicking on the save button, the changes will be saved successfully. (SEI-5983)
  • In the Collection definition, when applying Filters, the expectation was for the Azure Repos and Bitbucket repository name to start with an uppercase letter. This issue has been fixed to ensure that the repository list no longer requires the first letter to be capitalized. This resolves the case sensitivity filter problem. (SEI-6018)
  • The bug in the Collection definition that was causing a limitation on filtering repositories beyond the first 1000 has been resolved. This fix enables users to search for and select repositories from all available options when filtering the results. (SEI-6046)
  • On SEI Harness Platform, the addition of notes on Insights was throwing an error. This has been resolved. (SEI-5880)

February 2024​

Version 202402.2​

New features and enhancements​

  • Added the ability to display the Custom Field Key ID from Jira while configuring the Filters on the Report, Collection and Profile settings. Now, when configuring custom field Filters, the Custom Field Key ID associated with the field is displayed for clarity. (SEI-5184) (SEI-5609)
  • Added support to view files based on page size selection in the Issue Hotspot report and Support Hotspot report. (SEI-5546)
  • In the Sprint Reports, support has been added to include all tickets that were initially committed at the beginning of the sprint irrespective of their final status in the sprint as part of the metric calculation. (SEI-5736)

Early access features​

  • Improved the ingestion logic to fetch information for the Pull Request related to the Development Field in the work item in Azure Boards for the Azure DevOps integration. Please note that this feature is currently in BETA. Contact Harness Support to enable this feature. (SEI-2265) (SEI-5064) (SEI-5065)
  • The release includes a new integration for the Rally Software. Rally is a web-based platform for managing and tracking the entire application development lifecycle, including project management, release planning, iteration planning, and defect tracking. (ECOE-3)

    To learn more, go to Rally integration.

    This feature is currently in BETA is accessible behind the Feature Flag <RALLY>. Please contact Harness Support to enable this feature.

Fixed issues​

  • In the Collection definition, when applying Filters, the expectation was for the repository name to start with an uppercase letter. This issue has been fixed to ensure that the repository list no longer requires the first letter to be capitalized. This resolves the case sensitivity filter problem. (SEI-5804)

Version 202402.1.1​

Hotfix​

  • In the Issues Report, there was an existing bug where the Worktype Exclude filter was not allowing the addition of multiple values for a given custom field. This has been fixed and now the filter functions correctly. (SEI-5225)
  • Renamed the label in the Integration Monitoring tab from FAILED to WARNING for ingestion jobs that have failed due to some reason in the past 7 days. (SEI-5415)
  • There was an existing issue in the Sprint Metric Single Stat reports where clicking on commit tickets was causing the app to crash. This has been resolved now. (SEI-5372)
  • Support has been added for displaying only items with an associated Pull Request in the Issue Lead Time by Stage report, DORA Lead Time, and Mean Time reports for the Jira integration. The Ticket Details page now displays a table of Associated PRs. This feature is currently supported only for Jira. (SEI-5604)(SEI-5667)
  • Added the capability to ingest all types of pipeline data, including pipelines with the status WAITING, from Azure Pipelines for the Azure DevOps integration. (SEI-5378)
  • Improved the ingestion logic for commits related to a Pull Request for the GitHub and GitLab integration. The maximum number of commits fetched for a pull request is now limited to 250. (SEI-5858)

Version 202402.1​

New features and enhancements​

  • Added the support to enable the addition of stages based on Jira Status categories as a filter in the Velocity Lead Time type Workflow profile setting. As a result, all the statuses that fall under each category will belong to a particular stage. This feature can be linked to the Lead Time in Stages report and the Jira releases report. (SEI-5040) (SEI-5108)
  • Improved the calculation logic for the average field across various Single Stat reports. Now the field is calculated based on the configured/selected calendar date. (SEI-5072)
  • In the SCM PRs Single Stat report, we have added the support to select any time range by using the calendar component to view the PRs based on the selected metric. (SEI-5073)
  • Added the support for a New Propel node that gets the data for a GitHub team (repositories and its members) from GitHub. (SEI-5136)
  • In the SCM Files report we have added the ability to view the files as per the configured page size selection in the report settings. (SEI-5158)
  • Added the capability for users to select only those items that have Associated Pull Requests (PRs) in the widget-level settings of the following reports - Issue Lead Time by Stage report, DORA Lead Time and DORA Mean Time report. This improvement will enable the calculation of the lead time metric for only those tickets that have associated PRs. (SEI-5424)
  • Improved the UX on the Collections definition page by allowing for better visibility of the integration name. (SEI-5298)
  • Improved the user experience on the Insights page. Now if a user clicks on the integration, it will redirect to its integration configuration page. The terminology for Last Updated At is changed to Last Ingested At. (SEI-5342)

Early access features​

  • Added the support for re-authentication for Jira and GitHub integrations. The new experience for the re-authentication flow for the Jira and GitHub integration is accessible behind the Feature Flag <SHOULD_ENABLE_REAUTH>. Please contact Harness Support to enable this feature. (SEI-5188)

Fixed issues​

  • In the Issue Backlog Trend Report, there was a bug where the Ticket Lifetime field appeared the same for all tickets. This has been fixed and now the field has been replaced with the Resolution Time column. (SEI-1999)
  • There was an existing bug in the Issue Hygiene Report where removing the criteria did not update the hygiene score in the widget. This has been resolved and now the data is displayed correctly in the report. (SEI-4645)
  • There was some inconsistency in the data displayed on the Sprint Metrics Trend Report when using Azure DevOps as the integration for the Issue Management Tool. This has been fixed now. (SEI-4690)
  • In the Lead time by Time Spent in Stages report there was an issue where in the extended drill-down view the data was displayed incorrectly. This has been resolved now. (SEI-4753)
  • In the Jira integration, there was a bug where the Custom Hygienes were displayed as blank and were only showing story points as the criteria to define the hygiene misses. This has been fixed now. (SEI-5076)
  • There was a bug where integrations created using the GitHub App were not ingesting data due to repositories not being selected during the integration creation. This has been fixed and now the ingestion should start automatically as the integration is created. (SEI-5223)
  • In the Issue Backlog Trend report and the SCM Issues Resolution Time Report drill-down, there was an issue where the Ticket Lifetime (Resolution Time) column data was not visible in the downloaded CSV file. This issue has been resolved now. (SEI-5237) (SEI-5269)
  • There were two known issues in the Sprint Metrics Report related to how certain Jira tasks/items were being counted.
    • Some Jira tasks were still appearing in the report even after they had been removed during the middle of the sprint. This happened because these tasks were included when generating metrics for the report. This has been fixed and now any tasks which are deleted mid-sprint will not appear in the Report. (SEI-5259)
    • The report incorrectly identified some tasks as falling outside of their designated sprint period. This has been resolved to identify issues added in the sprint based on the Start Date and End Date of the sprint. (SEI-5406)

Version 202401.2.1​

Hotfix​

  • In the Issues Report, there was an existing bug where the Worktype Exclude filter was not allowing the addition of multiple values for a given custom field. This has been fixed and now the filter functions correctly. (SEI-5225)
  • Renamed the label terminology in the Integration Monitoring tab from FAILED to WARNING for ingestion jobs that have failed due to some reason in the past 7 days. (SEI-5415)
  • There was an existing issue in the Sprint Metric Single Stat reports where clicking on commit tickets was causing the app to crash. This has been resolved now. (SEI-5372)

January 2024​

Version 202401.2​

New features and enhancements​

  • Added the support for partial match functionality to the Code Area filter at the widget-level and collection-level settings. Now, you can apply the filter and select repositories using the Starts With and Contains conditions. (SEI-4812) (SEI-4873)
  • Added exclude support for the code area filter to all widgets. (SEI-4943)
  • Improved tooltip messaging for the configuration settings on the Code Area filter. (SEI-5006)
  • In the Lead Time in Stages report, the filter name 'RELEASE DATE IN' has been renamed to 'Jira Release Date In' (SEI-4947) (SEI-5156).

Early access features​

  • The release includes a new user onboarding flow for the Jira and GitHub integration, focused on simplifying and streamlining the user journey (SEI-3727). The following support has been added as part of this change:

    • Added support for configuring the Jira Cloud integration using the new Jira Connect App.

    • Added support for configuring the GitHub Cloud integration using the new GitHub App.

    • Improved the user experience for configuring the Jira integration on Cloud and Jira Data Centers.

    • Enhanced the user experience for configuring the GitHub integration on Cloud and Enterprise.

    The new experience for the Jira integration is accessible behind the Feature Flag <SEI_EASY_ONBOARDING_JIRA>, and the new experience for the GitHub integration is available behind the Feature Flag <SEI_EASY_ONBOARDING_GITHUB>. Please contact Harness Support to enable this feature.

Fixed issues​

  • The bug in the Trellis score by Collections report, where the scorecard hyperlink for the collection was broken, has now been fixed. (SEI-5019)
  • There was an existing issue where the report was showing as not being supported when more than one Trend Report was added to the Insight. This has been resolved. Now, you can add multiple trend reports to the Insight (SEI-5128)
  • In the Jira integration settings there was a bug where users were unable to save custom hygiene fields. This has been fixed now. (SEI-5152)

Version 202401.1​

New features and enhancements​

  • Added correlation support for mapping Jenkins CI artifacts with Harness CD. Now when configuring stages for a workflow profile, selecting Jenkins as the CI provider now allows you to define Harness CD in the subsequent stage for mapping artifact data. (SEI-2848) (SEI-4623) (SEI-4624) (SEI-4625) (SEI-4626)
  • Optimized the Sprint Metrics Trend Report to update the extended view and display data only when a new filter is applied. (SEI-4739) (SEI-4702) (SEI-4876)
  • Added the support for configuring stages and steps as a filter for Azure DevOps pipelines in the Deployment Frequency and Change Failure Rate report settings. (SEI-4814)
  • Improved the ingestion logic for the HarnessNG Integration to support data retrieval for non-container type artifact deployments. (SEI-4912)
  • Enhanced the Lead Time by Time Spent in Stages report to make ISSUE RESOLVED IN a mandatory filter when the associated profile in the report settings has a Jira Release stage configured. (SEI-4668)

Fixed issues​

  • There was a bug associated with the Azure DevOps integration that caused incorrect redirection for commit links in the reports. This issue has been resolved now. (SEI-4768)

December 2023​

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