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Kobiton 4.21 Release Notes

Oct 4, 2025

deviceConnect: Improvements to provisioning profile handling

For Mac mini hosts without internet access, provisioning profiles could become invalid before expiration because Apple requires re-validation every 7 days. When this occurs, hosted iOS and iPadOS devices go offline.

Previously, applying a new valid profile in deviceConnect required multiple manual steps: removing old profiles, uploading new ones, uninstalling mobile agents, and restarting services.

With this release, deviceConnect automatically detects and applies newly uploaded provisioning profiles, eliminating the need for manual intervention.

A manual service restart is still required after importing the new provisioning profile.

Kobiton Command Line Interface (CLI)

Enterprise environments often need to control and operate devices in batches. To address this, Kobiton now provides a Command Line Interface (CLI) that supports batch operations, scripting, and streamlined management of multiple devices simultaneously.

There is also a new type of session: CLI session. In the Session List, filter for this session by using type:cli or choose CLI in the search bar dropdown.

  • Private or Local devices only - Public devices not supported.

  • For CLI sessions:

    • No Session Explorer available.

    • Session video and logs are not available in Session Overview.

    • Mixed sessions between manual and CLI are not supported.

    • CLI sessions time out after 10 minutes by default and can be configured for up to 2 hours. You can reset the timeout using the kobiton session ping command.

A user guide for the Kobiton CLI is available here.

Test Management: Updated display for app install test steps

With this update, app install steps in the Test Case Details page now display the following instead of the screenshot not available message:

  • App source: App Repo or Upload

  • App name

  • App version

Scriptless Improvements

  • Bug Fix: Resolved an issue where deleting all test steps for an app in a test case caused any test suite using that test case to fail during execution.

  • Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where clearing the search box in the Blocker Remediation pop-up did not restore the complete view tree.

General improvements and fixes

  • deviceConnect Console: Provisioning profile deletion option restored.

  • App Repo & App Install Menu: Now shows version code (Android) and short string (iOS) alongside the app version.