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JIRA Client 3.1.3 (26 February, 2013)

Patch release with fixes for licensing in the universal edition and other fixes and improvements.

• Make JIRA Client reuse HTTP sessions to save bandwidth and lessen load on JIRA
• Fixed: Cannot download queries that contain conditions with negation
• Fixed: Problems moving issue when security level field is required
• Fixed: Getting licensing error on client, unable to run queries
• Fixed: Can not set license file location with "jiraclient.license" command-line option
• Fixed: Login problems when username contains uppercase letters

JIRA Client 3.1.2 (26 January, 2013)

Several fixes.

• Connection wizard: automatically detect that JIRA uses HTTPS and configure with HTTPS URL
• Handle redirects that changes protocol http to https during connection setup
• Filter by user name: the character '.' is a reserved JQL character
• Show license file location in LicenseKey dialog
• Remote search by Security Level

JIRA Client 3.1 (17 January, 2013)

Support for JIRA 5.2 and single edition for all types of licenses.

• Support JIRA 5.2
• Replace Pro, Lite and Site with single distribution
• JIRA Client can't work with the new Labs Search on
• Issue Type selection doesn't work
• Support remote "<field> is empty" queries
• JIRA Client downloads too many issues during quick synchronization
• Support Epic Name field, introduced by GreenHopper 6.1 (probably other fields too)
• "Quick check" during quick sync should download only issue ID and Updated fields
• Drag and drop onto uneditable custom field produces error message "Cannot change connection"
• Degradation: non-standard issue key pattern is rejected where it was accepted in 2.3
• JIRA Client Lite: both active and inactive JIRA users count against the limit of 10 users
• "Connection is offline" item message does not disappear after connection is online

JIRA Client 3.0.2 (27 September, 2012)

OnDemand login and custom field fixes.

• Login problems with JIRA OnDemand ("the server did not set session id")
• Better support for custom fields of type unknown to JIRA Client
• Cannot upload custom fields of type "date"
• Cannot update date-time custom field on JIRA earlier than 4.4: "wrong date format" with duplicate "h:mm a"

JIRA Client 3.0.1 (15 August, 2012)

Patch release.

• Cannot link issues on some JIRA 5.1 instances
• Select "Fixed" resolution by default on the Resolve Issue screen
• Recent variants are not shown for custom fields like "select list" or "version picker"
• "Download Attachments" action in the issue table pop-up is always disabled
• Column widths are reset to default when column is added to the table
• Don't set invalid values via drag and drop
• External links with hyphen in URL custom field are opened in JIRA Client instead of browser
• Users that cannot edit own comments cannot edit local comments too

JIRA Client 3.0 (6 July, 2012)

A major release. Added features, improvements, and fixed bugs include (since 2.3.6):

• "New Issue Here" action in Navigation Tree
• When displaying an issue hierarchy, issues linked to multiple parents should be displayed several times, once under each parent
• Allow to add and remove links in New/Edit Issue
• Do not ask confirmation when closing New Issue window with no user input
• Incremental search in all text editors
• Add "me" button to all "Assignee" editors
• Attachment improvements
• Tabular Distribution configurations
• Bulk add comment
• Compatibility with JIRA 5.1
• Local file name for screenshot does not match filename on server
• OutOfMemoryError on JIRA server when uploading large attachments
• Timezone problems with update of Due Date and Date custom field
• Cannot create issue if Estimate field is required

JIRA Client 3.0 RC 1 (24 May, 2012)

With this release, the Early Access Program for JIRA Client 3.0 is finished. Changes made throughout the EAP period are collected on the EAP change log page. Many issues found in Alpha 1 and later Alpha and Beta versions have been fixed, and a few improvements have been added:

• When displaying an issue hierarchy, issues linked to multiple parents should be displayed several times, once under each parent
• Do not ask confirmation when closing New Issue window with no user input
• Cannot create issue if Estimate field is required
• When I set due date, the resulting date is one day less
• Timezone problems with update of a Date Time custom field
• Local filename for screenshot does not match filename on server
• Attach screenshot/text: allow to specify the exact attachment name
• Allow to attach text files from New Issue
• Allow to rename attachments before they are uploaded
• Tabular Distribution configurations
• Allow user to select encoding when viewing text attachment
• Disallow setting versions from another project as values of "Version Picker" custom field

JIRA Client 2.3.6 (22 February, 2012)

• In Mac OS X application refuses to minimize
• Cannot filter by Epic/Theme
• Labels should be case-sensitive
• Cannot progress workflow action if Greenhopper Rank field is on screen ("Cannot upload illegal values")
• Support com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira:gh-global-rank

JIRA Client 3.0 Alpha 1 (1 February, 2012)

• "New Issue Here" action in Navigation Tree
• Allow to edit issue while it is uploading or downloading
• Add "me" button to all "Assignee" editors
• Button to quickly set resolution to Fixed
• Action to create and attach text file to an issue
• Incremental search in all text editors
• Labels should be case-sensitive
• On the Mac Cmd-W should close windows
• A dialog for setting system properties
• OutOfMemoryError on JIRA server when uploading large attachments
• Cannot create issue with labels and custom field of type "Multi Group Picker" if the latter is required
• Mouse wheel doesn't work in some tables (Recent Items, System Properties)
• Attachment tooltip hides the pop-up menu on Mac OS X
• Do not define HOME env variable in launch.sh
• "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: null source" error

JIRA Client 2.3.5 (13 October, 2011)

• Some custom fields are not working with Jira 4.4
• Server response is incorrectly decoded when sent in non-UTF charset
• Cannot create issue on JIRA 4.2 and later if "Labels" is a required field
• Dates (Created, Updated) are loaded only with details on localized JIRA 4.4
• Cannot upload datetime custom field value: pattern is not determined
• Support custom fields from Database Values plugin
• Issues in a project the key of which contains a dash followed by numbers do not show in query
• Text does not wrap in the "Log Work" dialog in Jira Client on OS X

JIRA Client 2.3.4 (3 February, 2011)

• JIRA Client doesn't show Labels if JIRA installation has no custom fields (JIRA 4.2)
• JIRA login required when valid credentials given
• On some JIRA installations, JIRA Client may not allow to edit comments on server although user can edit them on JIRA
• Local comments cannot be edited if the user does not have permissions to edit own comments and on JIRA older than 3.11
• Georgian characters are not displayed
• Create a shortcut for "Assign" action
• Use standard shortcuts for Undo/Redo on Mac
• Support non-standard project keys

JIRA Client 2.3.3 (1 December, 2010)

• Existing connections to JIRA 4.2 may become unusable after upgrading to JC 2.3.2
• Attachments are removed if "Download Details" cannot get attachments from ManageAttachments.jspa

JIRA Client 2.3.2 (18 November, 2010)

• Support JIRA 4.2
• Fall back to form-based login if LoginGadgetResource fails
• Correctly inform the user that JIRA login requires CAPTCHA
• Ability to specify date and time formats for non-English JIRAs
• Recognize JIRA Order plugin custom field
• Moving issues between projects may not work
• Queries with text searches don't work sometimes
• In Mac OS X application refuses to minimize and restore

JIRA Client 2.3.1 (20 August, 2010)

• Support JIRA Studio integrated with Google Apps
• Improve cookie handling to correctly follow redirects
• Improve support for the JIRA Toolkit plugin
• Implement remote search for numeric custom fields with range searchers
• Add "Parent Key" to the list of exportable attributes
• Query Builder doesn't restore numeric condition type
• Opening WMV attachments on Windows leads to Java VM crash
• "Show <AppName> in Menu Bar" action disappears on the Mac

JIRA Client 2.3 (09 July, 2010)

• Hide/Show Navigation Tree
• Speed up quick search by issue Key, allowing the user to type in only the number

JIRA Client 2.3 Beta 1 (31 May, 2010)

• Remember table configuration per query
• Search for empty fields
• Usability: There should be a way to open issue I've just posted
• Convert issues to/from sub-tasks
• Move subtasks
• Edit comments on JIRA server
• "Text Search" constraint type for the Query Builder
• Per-connection offline mode (a way to pause updating a connection)
• Cleaner UI on Windows XP, Vista, 7
• Trailing spaces in project's Version lead to weird behaviour
• JIRA Client does not correctly detect expired cookies sometimes
• Better support for JIRA Studio

JIRA Client 2.2 (29 April, 2010)

• Default columns config: add status-type-priority
• Drag-and-drop on Labels field should provide Replace action by default

JIRA Client 2.2 Beta 1 (6 April, 2010)

• Support JIRA 4.1
• Enable ClearType throughout the application (Windows, Linux)
• A way to synchronize just a single connection
• A single column with issue status, type, and priority icons
• Pop-up menus with Copy, Paste, etc. in text fields (Windows, Mac)
• Merge window: buttons for resolutions
• Make Open File/Folder attachment actions available on Mac and Linux
• Improve "Open containing folder" to select opened item in Explorer/Finder
• Make "Tab" key move focus from large text fields
• Adding new projects to a connection doesn't bring new issues until restart
• Highlighting of text search matches in comments is broken
• Time Tracker erases unsaved bug/issue edits
• Time tracking window shows wrong artifact
• E-mail and mailto: links are decorated, but not handled properly on the Mac
• "Open Containing Folder" doesn't work on Vista
• In New Bug window, Description field does not have scrollpane

JIRA Client 2.1.2 (11 March, 2010)

• Support "Resolved" field in JIRA 4 or later
• Invalid HTML in Labels report breaks configuration download

JIRA Client 2.1.1 (9 February, 2010)

• JRE HTTP executor incorrectly sends requests for URLs that need encoding
• Wrong "Big Time" when publishing time tracking data

JIRA Client 2.1 (21 January, 2010)

• Synchronization fails with https proxy when authentication required
• Simplify connection setup procedure for servers with a self-signed SSL certificate
• Field values for a new bug are lost if the fields are missing on Create Issue screen in JIRA configuration
• JIRA date format is incorrectly determined on JIRA 4
• Drag-and-drop on Components, Fix Versions and the like should provide both "add" and "replace" actions
• Pasting an image file onto an issue should bring up the screenshot editor
• Issues created through HTML interface can get duplicated in JIRA Client in some cases
• Improve as-you-type navigation in the "Select Columns" dialog
• Version Picker and Single Version Picker fields do not display versions when edited on a workflow action dialog
• New connection initialization incorrectly reports failure when Remote API is off.
• New Connection Wizard: Suggested URL disappears after pressing <Tab>

JIRA Client 2.1 Beta 1 (14 December, 2009)

• Attach file / screenshot when creating issue
• New/Edit Issue: Display recently selected items in Assignee, Affects Versions and other fields
• Quick as-you-type navigation in all lists and Tag dialog
• Redesign the main menu
• Wizard for creating new connection
• Make "Create Distribution" dialog simpler
• New/Edit Issue checks for invalid values for Components and other fields
• Messages and warnings related to issue are shown in the new message panel
• Remove "Hide empty queries: ON | OFF" from Navigation Tree
• Support Undo/Redo in Screenshot tool
• Closing Icons for Tabs
• Show type and priority icons in links view
• Always expand first 10 comments
• JIRA Client is not able to reassign issues if "assignee" field is removed from "edit issue" screen in JIRA
• Support dependency of issue types from project
• Support dependency of security levels from projects
• Hierarchy drop-down should show links only from current connection
• Labels are not auto merged
• Move to other project changes issue type even when the original type is available in both projects
• Cannot upload changes to issue that was concurrently moved to another project on server
• Two clicks on comment garbles author name

JIRA Client 2.0.1 (16 October, 2009)

• Issue may be moved to another project if only type is changed

JIRA Client 2.0 (6 October, 2009)

Several issues found in the beta version fixed.

• JCO-464 Get list of attachments from XML
• JCO-463 Remaining Time, changed via Time Tracker window, reverts back after publish

JIRA Client 2.0 Beta 1 (24 September, 2009)

This version adds support for the latest JIRA 4, improvements to time tracking feature and has a number of issues fixed.

• JIRA 4 version is not detected in HTML mode
• Querying using relative times does not work with JIRA 4
• JIRA 4: Deleting work log succeeds, but shows an error
• JIRA 4: Counting the number of issues returned by a query does not work
• Time tracking enhancements in JIRA Client
• Issue table: show selection
• Tray Icon and window minimization on Mac
• Menu becoming disabled on Mac
• Label alignment on Mac
• Alt+Number shortcuts don't work on Mac
• Reverse the order of dialog buttons on Mac

JIRA Client 1.5.3 (19 August, 2009)

This version contains bug fixes.

• Custom field of type "Date" is not editable
• Connection test / sync fails when there's only one project in JIRA
• Bundle TrackLink.NET with the application
• Fix issue HTML description that is returned to TrackLink
• Rename "Open Issues" default queries to "Outstanding Issues" where it checks for no resolution
• Cannot find server info on free-license JIRAs
• Greenhopper ranking support is broken: restore

JIRA Client 1.5.2 (11 July, 2009)

This version contains a number of user interface improvements for Mac OS X. It also adds four "number of" columns to the issue table: number of attachments, number of comments, number of work log entries, number of links.

JIRA Client 1.5.1 (12 June, 2009)

This version contains bug fixes, exception fixes and minor performance improvements.

• Support day- and month- based values in estimate field (assume 8-hour day, 5-day week)
• Support JIRA 4 Beta
• Redundant "Visible To" combo box on New Issue form
• Issue table auto-refresh should be on by default
• Download state for issues keeps reverting to partially-downloaded
• Time tracking comment is lost if Publish button is pressed while keyboard focus is still in comment edit area
• Recognize "bugzilla id / import id" field type as read-only
• Move issue fails if there's session timeout in the middle
• When entering incorrect value into Estimate field, there's no indication of error and value is silently skipped

JIRA Client 1.5 (29 May, 2009)

In this version of JIRA Client, a major new feature is introduced: Time Tracking. Also:

• JIRA work logs support
• URLs and issue keys in text fields and comments are clickable
• Support jira groups and project roles for comments
• #230 Minimize to System Tray
• Home, End buttons in issues table
• #952 Support Atlasbits "Custom Issue Order" plug-in with "Reorder by Field"
• #947 Fix: Have a way to choose authentication method if several are offered by the server
• #951 Fix: Subtask creation problem
• #957 Fix: "Original Estimate" value cleared when changing JIRA ticket status

JIRA Client 1.4.1 (27 August, 2008)

• StackOverflowError caused by cycled context frames (z.cmm.a, z.gv.a) (#445)
• Trying to change "Affect versions in" in existing queries cause crash (#927)
• The order of enums in custom fields is lost (#941)
• Cannot search by custom field of type "Select List" with "Multi Select Searcher" search template (#938)
• AOOBE when closing tabs on Mac OS X (#934)
• Check/discard "field change checks" for uploading priorities and other fields that the user may not have permission to change (#929)
• Cannot use NTLM authentication with default preemptive auth (#932)
• Exception: NPE at z.iai.a (#931)

JIRA Client 1.4 (3 August, 2008)

Fixed some issues found in 1.4 beta and turned off spell-checker by default due to problems in third-party library.

JIRA Client 1.4 Beta 1 (24 June, 2008)

• Edit issues with dragging and dropping them on queries (#399)
• Limited support for date/time field (#900)
• Support watchers (#644)
• Collection import/export (#520)
• Support voting (#472)
• Support Labels plug-in (#795)
• When viewing attachment as text, allow to search (#628)
• Let the user specify maximum number of projects that can be configured per connection (#905)
• Reuse cookies and SOAP tokens to minimize number of logins (#904)
• Preserve wiki markup (#896)
• Preemptive HTTP authentication (#907)
• Basic HTTP authentication fails if auth realm is not constant (#874)
• "Issue is Tagged" tooltip should show what tags are (#689)

JIRA Client 1.3.1 (18 April, 2008)

Fixed more minor problems found in 1.3.

JIRA Client 1.3 (13 March, 2008)

Fixed minor problems found in 1.3 beta.

JIRA Client 1.3 Beta 1 (11 February, 2007)

• Feature: Screenshot capture tool (#70)
• Feature: Open bug for viewing in a separate window (#83)
• Spell checking (#280)
• Exported CSV file with non-ascii characters does not display correctly in MS Excel (#658)
• Scrollbar in add comment section (#720)
• Create attachments with drag-and-drop (#738)
• Show selected bug(s) in a new tab (#740)
• Quick highlighting/searching in issues table (#755)
• Filtering in issue table (#757)
• Export improvements: export to PDF, export comments, export attachments (#783)
• Periodic synchronization should load only changed issues, metadata should be synchronized separately and less often (#793)
• favorites singleton not initialized (#803)
• Netiquette: identify the application in the HTTP User-Agent (#817)
• Communication with JIRA SOAP interface support only xsd: encoding, soapenc: is not supported (#758)
• Date/time field causes Failure exception on upload due to unknown date format (#771)
• Date/time/timestamp parser incorrectly treats Australian EST as U.S. EST (#778)
• Israeli Standard Time (IST) gets confused with Indian Standard Time (IST) (#788)
• Due date field shows wrong value when cleared (#794)
• When uploading changes to "cascade" custom fields, the upload may be incorrectly detected as failed (#806)
• JIRA Client incorrectly loads cascade field data when second item comes before the first in XML (#809)
• Use pager/start parameter when downloading issues from JIRA versions > 3.7 (#813)
• Automatically detect page size limit set in JIRA to avoid HTTP errors when downloading queries (#814)

JIRA Client 1.2.1 (6 October, 2007)

• In Query Builder, for user conditions, show not only first & last name, but also username (#725)
• Exception: NPE at z.geq.ck_ (#733)
• Exception: NPE at z.hjt.a (#732)
• Exception: NPE at z.exp.a (#731)

JIRA Client 1.2 (12 September, 2007)

Changed since version 1.1.1:

• Support sub-tasks (#555)
• Support issue-level security (#384)
• Switch from "collections" to "tags": new tagging action, viewing tags (#629)
• Export from tabular distribution (#452)
• A query constraint "issue is tagged with" (#394)
• DST incorrectly applied in Arizona (detect server time zone through comparing TZ and DST times for an issue) (#626)
• Allow to create new tag right in the "tag issue" dialog (#616)
• Removed parent not detected by not-uploaded sub-tasks (#666)
• JIRA Client fails to detect custom field which has an option with a leading or trailing whitespace (#648)
• Date/time/timestamp parser incorrectly treats China Standard Time (CST) as Central Standard Time (also CST) (#613)
• Add an option "skip proxy" for connection configuration (#646)
• Remote query for check boxes don't work (at least when checkboxes contain whitespace) (#671)
• Uploading sub-task always result in uploading parent task, even if it doesn't contain changes (#665)
• Subtask types are filtered incorrectly if a new subtask of a new issue is edited (#664)
• Exception: ITE at z.fb.b caused by yet another problem with display change (#682)
• Exception: AIOOBE at swing.table.DefaultTableColumnModel.getColumn after z.kl.a (#678)
• Exception: AIOOBE in DefaultTableHeaderUI due to Apple's UI not clearing draggingColumn (#641)
• Exception: z.xv at z.bmc.a (while creating link) (#639)
• Exception: NPE (valueData) at z.dhh.a (#638)
• Exception: NPE at z.fsj.a (#637)
• Exception: NPE at z.bge.a (after drag-and-drop) (#636)
• Exception: NoSuchElementException after z.sm.b (#706)
• Exception: NPE at z.ctf.a (#704)
• Exception: ISE: there's no open chain at z.ejg.a (#703)
• Exception: IllegalStateException: not initialized at z.gnk.h (#701)

JIRA Client 1.2 Beta 1 (23 August, 2007)

• Support sub-tasks (#555)
• Edit field through drag-and-drop reordering (#482)
• Support issue-level security (#384)
• Switch from "collections" to "tags": new tagging action, viewing tags (#629)
• Export from tabular distribution (#452)
• Editable combobox enhancements (was: auto-completion) (#443)
• A query constraint "issue is tagged with" (#394)
• Allow to create new tag right in the "tag issue" dialog (#616)
• JIRA Client fails to detect custom field which has an option with a leading or trailing whitespace (#648)
• Date/time/timestamp parser incorrectly treats China Standard Time (CST) as Central Standard Time (also CST) (#613)
• Add an option "skip proxy" for connection configuration (#646)
• Exception: NPE at z.bge.a (after drag-and-drop) (#636)
• Exception: ITE at z.fb.b caused by yet another problem with display change (#682)
• Exception: AIOOBE at swing.table.DefaultTableColumnModel.getColumn after z.kl.a (#678)
• Exception: AIOOBE in DefaultTableHeaderUI due to Apple's UI not clearing draggingColumn (#641)
• Exception: z.xv at z.bmc.a (while creating link) (#639)
• Exception: NPE (valueData) at z.dhh.a (#638)
• Exception: NPE at z.fsj.a (#637)

JIRA Client 1.1.1 (25 June, 2007)

• Assignee drop-down list is initially empty in the New Issue dialog
• Exception: NPE at z.eka.c

JIRA Client 1.1 (15 June, 2007)

• In issue view, linked issues' summaries may be aligned far to the right (#591)
• Problem with resolving an issue, caused by a version defined in JIRA that contains leading or trailing spaces (#590)
• A number of exceptions fixes
• Removed memory leaks

JIRA Client 1.1 Beta 2 (3 June, 2007)

• z.cnp: transaction failed with IOException (An unexpected network error occurred) (#564)
• Required field is not sent to workflow actions if it hasn't been changed (#500)
• A number of exceptions fixes

JIRA Client 1.1 Beta 1 (27 May, 2007)

This is mostly a bug-fix release, but with some improvements, like more informative tabs and table headers.

• Hide empty distribution groups in the same way empty queries are hidden (#529)
• In table column chooser, make double-click move item from one list to another (#493)
• In left fields viewer, show hidden part of the value on mouse hover (#487)
• Allow xerces/nekohtml parser to ignore invalid <?xml?> declaration in HTML (#551)
• Need context menu for comments list with add/reply actions (#343)
• Remember path that is used to save attachments (#365)
• Assertion at z.elc.a (#566)
• z.xv at z.bmc.a (#563)
• Java error: IP Helper Library GetIfTable function failed (#561)
• NPE at z.ir.a (#560)
• Add comment actions to comment pop-up menu (#221)
• Improved table header (#214)
• When sorting issues by a custom field, empty values are treated as greater than other values (#530)
• Edit Issue creates vast horizontal scrollbar (#515)
• Nested "Create Distribution" created duplicate nodes (#516)
• Issues re-appear in collections if they have been added to it, then removed, then changed somehow (#447)
• "Changed Today" query doesn't update when a new bug appears (#405)
• Sorting order is lost when selected hierarchy is changed (#387)
• Ctrl-Click triggers sorting in table (#45)

JIRA Client 1.0.2 (28 March, 2007)

• Hold off app start until all enums are loaded (#475)
• Don't add ".0" to values in decimal fields in Edit dialog (#389)
• JIRA Client does not verify that Priority field has been changed by edit action (#402)
• Clear per-issue workflow actions if issue's project/type changes (#436)
• Partially support issue deletion (#457)
• Don't show archived versions when changing an issue (#391)
• Released versions are sorted in reverse order (#390)
• Move issue fails on JIRA 3.7 because of a bug in JIRA (Implement workaround) (#401)
• Server fails with HTTP 500 on a second attempt to create a bug with "-" symbol in the summary field (#434)
• CCE: java.lang.String cannot be cast to z.gfz (#471)
• Entering incorrect password for a username when JIRA auth is LDAP-based causes account lock in ADS (#435)
• User names with non-ascii symbols are not sent to the server properly, causing "login failed" (#423)
• Exception fixes
• In certain cases move issue can cause conflicts or errors

JIRA Client 1.0.1 (13 February, 2007)

This patch addresses several problems that have surfaced after the release, contains fixes and workarounds for exceptions reported by our users and has few minor improvements. Fixed in this release:

• Login failed when JIRA redirects from http:// to https:// address. (#358)
• JIRA Client should verify that values were really updated and show error message if JIRA ignored the update (#380)
• When workflow action is rejected by server, there's no way to edit its fields (#368)
• Comment is added twice when put into "resolve as" dialog (#374)
• Renaming versions and components on JIRA server may not be correctly caught up with by JIRA Client (#379)
• Fix Version is not uploaded when issue is created (#363)
• Issue may be created twice (#378)
• Cannot create issue if Priority is a required field (#373)
• Image thumbnails should be rendered with bicubic approximation (#375)
• Exception fixes