Browserstack Release Notes

What’s new

• ✅ Native Azure Boards integration to manage test cases, runs, and assets directly within work items
• ✅ AI-powered test case generation from work item descriptions, with automatic linking
• ✅ AI-driven test runs created instantly from linked test cases
• ✅ Real-time execution status and consolidated test results for end-to-end visibility
• ✅ Bidirectional sync with the BrowserStack Test Management for consistent, up-to-date data

Key benefits

• ✅ Faster testing with less manual effort
• ✅ Clear traceability from requirement to result
• ✅ Better visibility for QA, developers, and PMs

BrowserStack Percy now supports Tricentis Tosca

BrowserStack Percy now supports Tricentis Tosca. You can now bring visual testing to your existing Tosca workflows, ensuring you catch visual bugs with no additional effort.

What this means for your workflow:

• Visual consistency: Instantly enable visual testing across multiple browsers and screen widths to ensure consistent user experiences

• Noise free results with AI: Automatically suppress noise caused by dynamic elements like timestamps or animations for more accurate builds.

• Faster debugging: Pinpoint the source of visual changes—DOM, CSS, or layout using Root Cause Analysis to fix visual regressions.

Introducing Global Search

A single entry point to find any project, build, or test run across your entire BrowserStack dashboard without manual browsing.

• Single entry point - Search for projects and builds from one place using the top navigation bar
• Faster navigation - Jump directly to specific build IDs, tags, or project names, to skip multiple clicks.
• Cross-Entity Search: Instantly find results grouped by type (Projects, Builds, or Tests) using simple keywords.
• Instant Filtering: Refine results by time frame (last 30 days by default) or specific frameworks to get to the root cause faster.

Reach out to your team admins or check the top search bar to start searching across your scans.

Percy now integrates seamlessly with Jira

What this means for your workflow-

• One-click bug reporting: Create and link Jira issues directly from Percy snapshots, eliminating manual copy paste and context switching.
• Full visual context: Automatically add snapshot details and metadata to Jira tickets so developers see the exact UI regression instantly.
• Seamless collaboration: Keep QA and engineering aligned with real-time status updates and comments that stay in sync across both platforms.

Reduce rework and stop the "QA feedback loop." Detect and fix accessibility issues directly within your IDE and CLI—before code is ever committed. We’ve moved Accessibility DevTools from Beta to General Availability with major upgrades to help you ship accessible experiences faster.

New in this release:

• Mobile-First: Linting for native Android (XML), native iOS (Swift), and React Native.
• Test companion AI Agent: Detect, report, and remediate WCAG violations in your IDE for your web projects through a simple conversational interface.
• Custom Component Linting: Detect issues in your custom internal components (not just standard HTML).
• Support for 15+ IDEs: Now available for IntelliJ, WebStorm, Cursor and the entire JetBrains family.
• Ready for WCAG 2.2: Automated checks for 15 Web and 10 App Success Criteria (Level AA).
• Ask your developers to install the plugin today! Read the docs to get started.

Customize Spectra™ Rule engine customization

Customize Spectra™ Rule engine to match your team’s unique testing standards and roadmap

Introducing Rule Engine Customization to help you fine-tune exactly what gets scanned and how it’s reported.

• Enable/Disable Specific Rules: Toggle individual WCAG rules (like color contrast or keyboard access) to focus only on your current sprint priorities.
• Adjust Severity Levels: Reclassify "Serious" issues to "Critical" (or vice versa) to align with your internal risk standards.
• Reduce Noise: Silence rules that don't apply to your tech stack to keep your reports clean and actionable.

Reach out to your team admins to configure rule engine customization for your scans

With our enhanced Database Integration, you can now fetch test data dynamically from your database and run tests against real, ever-changing data combinations automatically.

Key Highlights

• Live data fetch: Connect directly to your database and pull data at runtime.
• True data-driven testing: Run the same test across multiple dynamic data rows without duplication.
• Zero manual upkeep: No more updating CSVs or static datasets.

🚀 This is ideal for use cases like user accounts, orders, bookings, subscriptions, and configurations where test data changes frequently.

Key Highlights

• Flexible Comparison Operators:
  Define exactly how to check captured dates using operators like 'equals', 'is before/after', or 'is between' for range validation.
• Dynamic Expected Dates:
  Validate against relative timeframes such as 'Today', 'Tomorrow', or even 'A year from now' to keep tests relevant without manual updates.
• Precision Date Offsets:
  Use the '+/-' adjustment buttons to validate specific offsets, such as "3 days after today" or "2 days before a specific deadline."
• Automatic Format Detection:
  Ensure validation accuracy by letting the system auto-detect date formats (e.g., 'dd mm yyyy', 'yyyy mm dd') or manually selecting the required format.
• Variable Support:
  Seamlessly import dates from existing variables for dynamic, data-driven testing scenarios.

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With Date Value Controls, you can confidently automate complex booking systems and scheduling tools, ensuring accurate date handling across every user journey.

Seamlessly link your Low Code Automation tests with Azure Test Plan cases to centralize test management and ensure end-to-end traceability for every build.

⭐ Key Highlights

• Out Of The Box Test Case Mapping: Link specific test case IDs to your automated runs to maintain a clear, unified record of coverage and quality metrics.
• Automated Result Syncing: Automatically sync your test execution results to Azure Test Plan after every build, eliminating manual reporting and status updates.
• Unified Visibility: Access execution details and statuses directly within your Azure DevOps environment, bridging the gap between manual and automated testing.

🚀 With Azure Test Plan integration, you can unify your testing workflow, boost team collaboration, and gain complete visibility into your release readiness.