:author: Charles Callaway
:date: 08-06-2020
:modified: 08-06-2020
:tags: release notes
:lang: en-US
:translation: false
:status: final

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.. _release_notes_v3_0_0:

=====================
Version 3.0.0 - 3.0.2
=====================

Alyvix is an open source APM software tool for visual monitoring. If your machine matches the
system requirements for Alyvix, you can :ref:`install or upgrade it <getting_started_top>`.

**Python 3.7.6 64-bit official distribution** is the recommended Python version to power
Alyvix 3.0.x.



.. _install_release_v3_0_2:

.. rubric:: Version 3.0.2

**Release date:**  March 25th, 2020

**Bug Fixes**

* :ref:`NATS-InfluxDB output mode <alyvix_robot_result_nats_influxdb>` can now publish system
  call objects (*i.e.*, without requiring visual components to detect)
* Running single objects from test cases through Alyvix Robot now correctly saves their measures
  in :file:`.alyvix` output files
* The field name ``performance_ms``, a feature of ``measure`` in :file:`.alyvix` files, had a typo



.. _install_release_v3_0_1:

.. rubric:: Version 3.0.1

**Release date:**  March 11th, 2020

**New Features**

* :ref:`NATS-InfluxDB <alyvix_robot_result_nats_influxdb>`:  You can now output test case performance
  in Nagios format, and publish all measures to an InfluxDB database through a NATS channel
* :ref:`Alyvix Cipher <alyvix_robot_cipher_encryption>`:  You can encrypt a text string
  (*e.g.*, a password) with a given private key

**Improvements**

* *Editor focus handling:*  Both the **ADD** and **RUN** buttons in Alyvix Editor put the cursor
  focus on the previous window rather than Editor itself
* *Scaling factor check:*  Alyvix Editor and Robot supports any scaling factor setting
* *Text component scraper:*  :file:`.alyvix` output files now store all text scrapes from all the
  object candidates and, eventually, their related proper extracts



.. _install_release_v3_0_0:

.. rubric:: Version 3.0.0

**Release date:**  February 3rd, 2020

Alyvix 3 is a major product release, but it shares only the core concept with the previous
version (https://v2.alyvix.com/doc): it has been totally re-designed, re-engineered and
re-coded from scratch.

Build end-user bots and measure end-user experiences: with
:ref:`Alyvix Editor <test_case_building_top>` you can define visual transactions and script
test cases, while with :ref:`Alyvix Robot <test_case_execution_top>` you can
run these test cases to measure end-user transactions.

**New high level features:**

* Multitype objects are defined by image, rectangle and text components
* Objects are defined by up to 3 groups of 5 components each
* Objects can be defined for more than one resolution and scaling factor
* Object names, which are transaction names, are editable
* Each object is browsable through its tree view and is shown in a monitor
* Object interactions are sortable through a tree view
* Objects can be duplicated (as an entire test case) and imported
* A single object can be run from a test case
* The editor is a single instance and designed to properly build visual test cases
* Transactions, conditionals and loops can be scripted visually
* Test case output is customizable, has multiple formats and includes debugging information
* Transaction measurement accuracy can be improved by adding additional processing resources
* It is a FLOSS tool entirely written in pure Python 3