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**July 4th, 2025**

The Xray team is proud to announce the release of **Xray Cloud v6.5.0.**

# Release Highlights

## **Configure Test and Test Step Status by Project**

We’re excited to introduce the ability for users to activate or deactivate statuses for specific projects (Figure 1).

![Figure 1 - Xray Project Level Settings](media://3fa589a6-d493-48e8-b354-ebd4bfb74229)

### **What’s New?**

#### Managing Test Statuses Efficiently

Reduce the number of tests and Test Step statuses available in each project to the ones you actually use, reducing clutter in projects and in reports, increasing the speed in identifying the right status to use, and reducing errors.

- Allow admins to assign projects when creating test statuses and test step statuses globally.
- Enable admins to activate or deactivate statuses for specific projects, reducing clutter.
- Adopt the same behavior as Jira’s workflow status management to ensure consistency and familiarity for users.

**Learn more** about managing test and test step statuses more efficiently:

- Customize **global Test statuses** [here](https://getxraydocs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/XRAYCLOUD/pages/44566467) and **test step statuses** [here](https://getxraydocs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/XRAYCLOUD/pages/44566490).
- Manage **project-level Test statuses** [here](https://getxraydocs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/XRAYCLOUD/pages/301403663) and **test step statuses** [here](https://getxraydocs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/XRAYCLOUD/pages/301434880).

![XE_tier_feature.png](media://78ca5ea2-eb48-4ff7-bcd4-800ede0d2569)

## **Introduction of the Usage Monitor to Drive Adoption and Best Practices in Xray Enterprise**

Track adoption, spot anti-patterns, and drive Testing best practices across your organization (Figure 2).

![Figure 2 - Xray Usage Monitor](media://448dec91-a770-4b1e-b962-e460ea752dec)

### **What's New?**

Gain visibility into how Xray is being used across projects with detailed usage metrics for key testing entities like Tests, Test Executions, Test Runs, and more.

- Identify adoption gaps and detect anti-patterns, such as excessive use of certain test types, low execution rates, or inactive projects, helping guide teams towards best practices.
- Extract usage data easily through CSV exports for further analysis or reporting outside of Jira.
- Empower admins with actionable insights to foster better testing discipline, promote consistent usage patterns, and support continuous improvement.

Learn more [here](https://getxraydocs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/XRAYCLOUD/pages/74352876) about how the Usage Monitor can help drive smarter adoption of Xray across your organization.

## **Enhanced Visibility for Archived Test Runs in Xray**

Streamline archived Test Runs impact on your Testing activities and reporting (Figure 3).

![Figure 3 - Test Executions List Report showcasing archived Test Runs](media://c858b471-e403-477a-94b4-cb2f77cf5b82)

### **What's New?**

Easily spot archived test runs within a Test Execution through a new visual icon, helping teams understand the status of historical data at a glance. Main changes: 

- The icon is now visible in key reports such as the **Test Executions List**, making it easier to scan and filter relevant executions.
- When **all Test Runs** inside a Test Execution are archived, the **TO DO** status color is now displayed in a **darker grey** to improve visual contrast and simplify analysis.

These changes make working with archived data more intuitive and consistent, especially when auditing or reviewing historical test activity.

Find out more about Test Run Archiving [here](https://getxraydocs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/XRAYCLOUD/pages/44565109).

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Got questions? Want to learn more about these upcoming features? Reach out to us via [Support Portal](https://jira.getxray.app/servicedesk/customer/portal/2).