BDD Step Library 

The BDD Step Library is a project-level steps library organization feature, containing all the Gherkin steps included by all Tests/Preconditions belonging to the project. Thus, it provides an overview of all the Gherkin steps used in the context of each project, allowing users to easily manage and refactor the steps.

You can also configure heuristics in order to recognize variables within the steps. This way, Xray is able to identify a single step from multiple steps within Tests/Preconditions where the only thing that varies is the parameter values.

It is also possible to create static steps. Static steps can be created manually within the BDD library and are not deleted even if there are no Tests/Preconditions using these steps.

Besides project libraries, it is also possible to configure global BDD libraries that can be accessed from multiple projects. Hence, if you have multiple Jira projects using the same Gherkin steps you can also use the same BDD library in Xray.

When creating BDD tests or preconditions, you can now use auto-complete to reuse a step that you already have in the library.

Find out more about this feature here.

Xray now provides a time tracking module within the execution page. This module allows users to record the time spent executing a test by controlling a stopwatch. 

The stopwatch is also synchronized with the Test Run status. When you start executing a step, the stopwatch starts counting. When you set a final status on the Test Run, the stopwatch stops.

You can also log work directly from the execution screen, just like you do within Jira issues. Any logged time will be added automatically to the Test Execution issue log work.

Learn more here.

Data tables with saved filters in Xray issues

Xray now saves any filters applied in datatables within Xray issues for the user. This means that the filters will not be reset when you leave the issue page.