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Kobiton 4.15 release notes

September 14, 2024

New OS support

This release adds support for the following:

  • iOS/iPadOS 18 beta 8

For iOS/IPadOS 18 Beta 8, the cleanup policy does not clear signed-in accounts in the Mail app and Safari browser cache.

Restart a device for users without ADMIN role

Before this release, only users with the ADMIN predefined role could restart a private/local device, and they could only do this from the Device Management page.

With this release, users with the appropriate permission can restart a device by selecting Restart via the Device List page.

  • Users without ADMIN role must be assigned a custom role with the permission org_setting.reboot_private_device to use this feature.

  • Non-admin users with restart permission may only restart devices they can access via their assigned teams.

  • Only devices with Available status or Retained by the current user can be restarted from the device details.

Option to enable/disable unlimited retention for devices

This release introduces the option to enable/disable unlimited retention of devices for an org. In Settings → Other Settings, we added the checkbox: Allow unlimited retention. Check or uncheck this box, then choose Save to enable/disable unlimited retention of devices.

  • To access the Other Settings page, the user must be assigned a role with the permission org_setting.modify.

  • The Allow unlimited retention checkbox applies to the whole org. By default, this checkbox is checked.

Minor improvements and bug fixes

This release includes several enhancements and bug fixes to improve your day-to-day testing.

  • Addressed the following Script-based test automation and Device Inspector items:

    • Enable the ability to kick off sequential Xium sessions while in a mixed session.

    • Fixed an issue with running Appium automation using the Appium Selenium WebDriver 5.0.0 or above.

    • Added support for UIAutomator locator when using Appium Inspector.

    • Added support for slider element in Appium Inspector.

  • Addressed the following Scriptless enhancements and bug fixes:

    • Adjust settings for the following flags in a session: IgnoreUnimportantViews, IncludeSystemWindows

      • Default setting for manual and Appium automation sessions is false.

      • If a user selects Capture mode in a Manual session, both flags are set to true.

    • Some minor improvements and bug fixes.

  • Other items addressed:

    • Added wildcard support to the deviceName query parameter for the get all devices API v2 endpoint. Example: Use /v2/devices?deviceName=iPad* to return devices whose name starts with iPad.

    • Network Payload Capture: fixed an issue with converting payload files with %%% in the content.

    • Improve stability of passcode-enabled devices.

    • Improve stability of Lightning-mode devices.

    • Fixed an issue with iOS/iPadOS 14 to 16 devices in virtualUSB for MacOS. Note: iOS/iPadOS 17 and above is not supported in virtualUSB.

    • Improved device battery information reporting in the Device List: temperature, percent charged, battery health, and status.