V3 Winter '26 Release 2 (3.0.3)
Executive Summary
We’re pleased to announce the release of Provar Automation V3 (v3.0.3). This version introduces several enhancements across Provar’s core capabilities, focusing on improved accuracy, security, and usability.
Key Highlights
- Upgraded Locator Engine: Enhanced element detection and accuracy across complex and dynamic Salesforce UIs for improved test reliability.
- New Image Validator: Validate visual assets directly within your tests to enable comprehensive end-to-end validation.
- Salesforce Permission Set Group Inclusion: Extended support for testing and managing Salesforce user access configurations.
- Enhanced Security Framework: Incorporates multiple security upgrades and dependency updates aligned with enterprise-grade standards.
- Network Settings on Welcome Screen: Simplified proxy and connectivity setup for a smoother onboarding experience.
- Stability & Usability Fixes: Includes critical fixes and refinements based on feedback from the Early Adopter Program (EAP) and general usage.
Mandatory Installation Instructions
To ensure a clean setup and avoid compatibility issues, please follow these steps before installing version 3.0.3:
- Remove old configuration folders
Delete previous configuration directories from:
{UserHome}\Provar\.configuration\{versioned config folders} - Delete your existing Chrome profile folder
{UserHome}\Provar\.chromeProfile - Import your projects into a new workspace
Avoid reusing your previous workspace to ensure compatibility with new configurations.
Provar Automation Features and Enhancements
Locator Engine Enhancement
This enhancement improves the accuracy and reliability of locators when generating XPaths for generic websites. Provar now intelligently detects and excludes dynamically generated attributes from being used in locator construction, resulting in more stable and reusable test scripts.
What Changed
Provar’s locator engine has been enhanced to identify generated IDs that are auto-created or non-deterministic and prevent them from being included in XPaths. This avoids brittle locators that may break across sessions, environments, or deployments.
Customer Impact
- Improved Locator Stability: Reduced test flakiness for dynamically rendered web applications.
- Fewer Maintenance Issues: Locators are now more consistent across environments and releases.
- Better Automation Accuracy: More reliable identification of stable UI elements.
New Image Validator
The Image Validator feature is available in the Provar AI section in the Test Palette.
The new API for image validation matches images with their expected descriptions. This API allows users to input an image through a URL or file path and provide a description to verify the image content.
This enhancement allows users to validate visual assets and UI components directly within their automated test cases, powered by Provar’s secure hosted AI infrastructure.
For more information, click here.
What’s New
- Seamless Integration: The Image Validator is now natively integrated into Provar’s testing framework, requiring no additional setup or configuration.
- AI-Powered Accuracy: Image validation tasks are securely processed using Provar’s hosted AI infrastructure, ensuring both accuracy and compliance with enterprise security standards.
- Customizable Assertions: Users can define soft or hard assertions to control whether a test continues or aborts based on image validation results. (This capability is also available for the Intent Validator.)
- Improved Usability: Configuration options are now aligned with Provar’s standard automation design, providing a consistent and intuitive experience within the AI Palette.
Customer Impact
- Enhanced Visual Testing: Incorporate image validation directly into automated test flows without external tools.
- Increased Reliability: Reduce manual verification and visual regression errors.
- Secure and Scalable: Leverage Provar’s hosted AI for reliable and compliant validation processing.
Permission Set Group Inclusion
This release introduces enhanced layout extraction capabilities that now include Permission Set Groups alongside existing Profiles and Permission Sets. This update provides users with a more complete and accurate view of field-level visibility and layout configuration within Salesforce.
What’s New
- New Option in Extract/Assert Layout Screen:
A new checkbox labeled “Include Permission Set & Group” is now available in the Extract/Assert Layout UI. When selected, Provar includes both Permission Sets and Permission Set Groups in the extracted layout data. - Comprehensive Field Visibility:
The extracted layout information now reflects fields influenced by both the user’s profile and any associated permission set groups, ensuring a unified and complete representation of Record Layouts and Dynamic Forms Layouts (DF Layouts). - Cross-Version Compatibility:
This enhancement is supported in both Provar Automation V2 and V3, maintaining continuity across environments. - Backward Compatibility:
Existing test steps, assertions, and automation flows continue to function without modification. The update extends functionality without impacting legacy behavior.
Customer Impact
- Broader Security Context: Gain deeper insight into how Permission Set Groups impact field-level access and layout visibility.
- Improved Test Accuracy: Ensure your test validations reflect real-world user access configurations.
- Simplified Configuration: Quickly toggle inclusion of Permission Set and Group data using a single checkbox—no scripting or setup changes required.
Network Settings Now Accessible from the Provar Welcome Screen
This update restores the Network Settings option on the Provar Welcome Screen, allowing users to easily configure proxy or direct network connections before launching the application.
What’s New
- Network Settings Button Added:
A “Network Settings” button now appears on both the Welcome Screen and the License Activation Screen, providing quick access to proxy configuration options. - Proxy Configuration Window:
Clicking the button opens the familiar Proxy Configuration window, enabling users to set up or modify network preferences, including SOCKS proxy settings, before Provar fully launches. - Preserved Functionality:
All existing network configuration features continue to function as before, ensuring consistent behavior for users upgrading from earlier versions.
Customer Impact
- Improved Accessibility: Configure or update proxy settings directly from the launch screen without navigating through Preferences.
- Simplified Setup: Quickly troubleshoot or modify connection settings before login or activation.
- Enhanced User Experience: Reduced friction for users working in secured or proxied environments.
Utterance Generator Updates
The existing Utterance Generator has been extended to allow local variable testing in addition to the option of generating a CSV file.
You can use the Utterance Generator to test user intent for Agentforce testing. Find more about Utterance Testing here.
Security Improvements
This release includes ongoing security and compliance improvements validated through Provar’s internal and third-party review processes. These updates reinforce Provar’s commitment to delivering a secure, enterprise-grade platform aligned with modern security standards and best practices.
A JFrog Xray Scan Report has been reviewed to confirm component integrity and compliance.
Education
We offer a variety of courses and articles to support you along your journey with us!
Please share your feedback via the end-of-course surveys and helpful article feature, respectively. We value your input.
University of Provar
The University of Provar has created new courses on locators such as XPaths, Page Objects, and how Provar uses locators. We also have new courses providing guidance on the newest AI features available in V3.
Search our new catalog page by role, learning level, product, and more.
Documentation
V3 and V2 documentation have been split to make finding what you need even easier.
Search V3 documentation by selecting the Provar Automation V3 menu option or clicking on the product button in the middle of the page.
Customer Support
We are committed to providing continuous support. Please contact us If you have any questions about this release; we’re happy to assist you. To get in touch, log into the Provar Success Portal and select ‘Raise a Case,’ or contact your dedicated Customer Success Specialist.