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Agility 26.2 Point Release 7

Overview​

Enhancements and bug fixes in Digital.ai Agility.

Enhancements​

  • Format banner messages using Markdown, including bold and italic text, bulleted lists, and hyperlinks
  • Replace illegal XML control characters in REST API responses with a new replaceIllegalChars query parameter
  • Configure workflow transition rules for a team from the Workflow tab, by work item type and project role

Format Banner Messages with Markdown​

Deployment: All deployments. Edition: All editions.

Banner messages now support Markdown formatting, so you can highlight important information and link to relevant pages without leaving Agility. This uses the same Markdown syntax already supported in Rooms 2 conversations.

Key capabilities:

  • Format banner message text with bold and italic styling
  • Add a bulleted list to a banner message
  • Insert hyperlinks directly in a banner message

For complete instructions, see Configure Banner Messages.

Banner Message

Replace Illegal XML Characters in REST API Responses​

Deployment: All deployments. Edition: All editions.

Text fields in Agility can contain control characters that aren't valid in the XML 1.0 specification, such as vertical tab or form feed characters. Previously, the REST API encoded these characters as illegal character references, which caused standard, conforming XML parsers to reject the response.

Add the replaceIllegalChars=true query parameter to a REST API request to replace these characters with the Unicode replacement character (U+FFFD) instead, so the response parses correctly in standard XML parsers.

What changed:

  • The REST API accepts a new optional query parameter: ?replaceIllegalChars=true.
  • When set to true, illegal control characters (all control characters other than tab, newline, and carriage return) are replaced with U+FFFD.
  • If any characters are replaced, the containing XML element includes a replacedIllegalChars="true" attribute.

Configure Workflow Transition Rules for a Team​

Deployment: All deployments. Edition: All editions.

Control status changes for work items by configuring workflow transitions directly from the Workflow tab on the Team Details page. For each status, define which statuses a work item is allowed to move from into that status (To Status → From Allowed Status), configured separately for each work item type: Story, Defect, and Test Set.

What You Can Do:

  • Add, edit, or delete a rule for a status and work item type in the Rule Builder.
  • Select one or more From statuses for each rule.
  • Restrict a transition to one or more project roles, so only members in those roles can make that move (for example, only a Project Lead can move an item from In Testing to Done). Members with the System Admin role can always make any transition.
  • Publish your changes. Until you publish, changes stay in draft mode and are accessible only to the user who made them.

Workflow Rule Builder

Once a workflow is published, Agility enforces its rules wherever a status can change, including the Storyboard (Agility Core and Rooms 2), the work item details view or drawer, bulk updates, and inline edits. An action that violates a transition rule is blocked, and an attempt by a member outside the allowed roles is also blocked, each with an error notification.

System Admins, Member Admins, Project Admins, and Project Leads can define the rules at the team process level.

For more information, see Workflow Transition Rules.

Fixes​

Process Tab on the Team Details Page​

Resolved an issue where the Process tab on the Team Details page became unresponsive after you switched to another tab, such as Details or History, and back. The Process tab now updates correctly when you switch between tabs.

Release Forecasting Page Error​

Resolved an issue where the Release Forecasting page displayed an "Invalid parameter value. Parameter name: optimistic" error after you entered forecast criteria and clicked Go. The Release Forecasting page now loads forecast results correctly.

Rooms 2 Updates​

Rooms 2 is updated weekly. To know more about the enhancements and fixes of Rooms 2, see Rooms 2 Weekly Updates.

Point Releases​

How to UpgradeAgility EnterpriseAgility Ultimate
On-demand (auto-upgrade)October 31, 2026October 31, 2026
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