Release Notes for Helix Plan Web

Version numbers

Helix Plan releases are named e.g. 2025.1/001, where 2025 is the release year, 1 is the release number and 001 is the build number.

Any version includes all changes of previous releases.

Versions prior to 2024.1 use the older format, for example 11.1055.

Release notes for the Helix Plan and Hansoft products

Note

Helix Plan will change name to P4 Plan in an upcoming release. Read more about the change here: Introducing the p4 platform

2025.1/002

Release date: 2025-04-15

Fixes

9376 D: No message is shown when login fails in the web client

Compatibility

Requires Helix Plan 2025.1/001 or higher

2025.1/001

Release date: 2025-03-25

New features

New projects tab, where an overview of all active sprints is shown. Main managers can create and edit sprints in this view.
A new sidebar where item details can be viewed and edited. This is available in all views where items are shown.
Two types of sprint boards:
- Status boards with one lane for the default statuses and other lanes for workflows that are represented in the sprint
- Custom sprint boards, as configured in the desktop client
New tasks can be created directly in the boards

Fixes

8856 B: QA Permission to disallow editing comments, does not stop you from posting comments in the web client
9260 B: Web client throws user out immediately if logging in using SSO and the option "User cannot log in using Helix Plan password" is checked
9351 B: Clear filter button is visible in To Do when there are no active filters
9195 C: In the web client, users who are not a members of a sprint cannnot edit items in the sprint that are assigned to them

Compatibility

Requires Helix Plan 2025.1/001 or higher

2024.3/002

Release date: 2025-01-28

New features

Show units in number input fields where applicable
Always show project name and sub project path in item details
New clickable icon to trigger the global find

Fixes

9251 B: Error when logging in with certain user names containing a non-ascii character
9254 D: The Helix Core integration shortcut in p4v is called "Add to Hansoft item", should be "Add to Helix Plan item"

Compatibility

Requires Helix Plan 2024.3/002 or higher

2024.3/001

Release date: 2024-12-17

New features

New look of the "To Do" tab, with a Table and Board view selector
Include assignee and ID by default when no column has been selected in a report
Show target line on charts

Compatibility

Requires Helix Plan 2024.3/001 or higher

2024.2/006

Release date: 2024-11-12

New features

Show tooltip when hovering over long texts
Use the default QA workflow configured in the project as default when creating bugs

Fixes

9197 B: QA permission rules giving edit access on fields to users, are ignored in the API and web client
67267 D: Date and time fields do not reset on error in item details page in the web client

Compatibility

Requires Helix Plan 2024.2/010 or higher

2024.2/004

Release date: 2024-10-15

New features

View Helix Plan web client as HTML Tab in the P4V client

Fixes

9173 C: Unset date columns show as 1/1/1970 in the web client
9171 D: The web client uses an old Help manual link

Compatibility

Requires Helix Plan 2024.2/010 or higher

2024.2/003

Release date: 2024-10-01

New features

New "Reports" tab where you can run any report that you created, or that is shared to you
Global find field to search for items in all projects matching on name or ID
Do not show "To be deleted" items by default in the To do list

Fixes

9170 B: Fetching To do list blocks other web operations for all users
9134 C: The install script fails if the wrong TLS version is used by Powershell
65543 C: Logging in without being connected to the API server only shows a generic error
65978 D: The "Assigned to" column is displayed for Sprint items
65982 D: Top bar menus not drawn while an item list is loading

Compatibility

Requires Helix Plan 2024.2/010 or higher

2024.1/003

Release date: 2024-09-17

Fixes

65586 C: Clicking a link that contains "=" in a comment, crops the link at that character

Compatibility

Requires Helix Plan 2024.1/013 or higher

2024.1/002

Release date: 2024-06-11

Upgrade notes

Since this upgrade has a change in the nginx config, please take the following steps. This only applies if you are upgrading from Helix Plan Web 2024.1/001:
1. Upgrade the web client according the the instructions.
2. Copy the new "location /htmlwindows.xml" section from the example nginx config file:
  - Windows: HelixPlanWeb\nginx-example-windows.conf
  - macOS and Linux: HelixPlanWeb/nginx-example.conf
3. Replace the "location ^~ /htmlwindows.xml" section in your nginx.conf file with the copied one.
4. Restart nginx.
Please refer to the Web user guide for more details on installing and upgrading.

New features

Time spent added in the web client is also added to the timesheet, if the option is enabled on the custom Time spent column.

Fixes

9115 C: Missing substitution of Domain and Port in the Helix Core integration .xml file

Compatibility

Requires Helix Plan 2024.1/013 or higher

2024.1/001

Release date: 2024-05-21

Description

Initial release of Helix Plan Web. This product replaces the Helix Plan Web Service, and is built on Helix Plan API.
The package contains:
- Helix Plan API
- Web client files
- Helix Core integration files
- Install scripts
- Dockerfile

Upgrade notes

When upgrading from the Helix Plan Web Service, these are the general steps to take.
1. Shut down the web service, see the instructions.
2. Remove the web service daemon: 'HPMWeb --daemon-remove'
3. Install Helix Plan Web according to the instructions, bearing in ming the following:
  - When configuring the .env file, reuse the server details from HPMWebConfig.json.
  - Certificates in nginx/certificates can be reused. Rename and move your certificate and key file to 'web.pem' and 'web.key' in the certificates folder in the new installation.

New features

Reset password directly from the web client when a password change is required
If more than 50 items are in the To Do list, remove groupings and apply infinite scrolling
Delete your own comments

Compatibility

Requires Helix Plan 2024.1/013 or higher