Early Access release track date: 09-Oct-2025
Default release track date: 16-Oct-2025
We’re excited to announce the release of TestRail 9.6.0, which introduces a brand-new Getting Started Page, a revamped Sample Project for new onboarding and trial users, Zero-Downtime Backups for Professional and Enterprise plans, and updates to the TestRail CLI.
✨ New Getting Started Page
TestRail 9.6.0 introduces a brand-new Getting Started Page, now available to all users as the central hub for onboarding and feature discovery with:
- Automatic onboarding: opens automatically for new users at first login and remains accessible anytime from the Help menu.
- Context-aware guidance: trial accounts see onboarding actions to accelerate evaluation, while paid accounts see resources to support adoption and team enablement.
- Quick access: integrations, reporting, automation, AI (Cloud only), TestRail Academy, Documentation, Live Demo, and more, all just one click away.
- Flexible control: users can hide the page when ready, but still reopen it later from the Help menu.
📊 Revamped Sample Project
The Sample Project has been reworked to better demonstrate TestRail’s core capabilities and help new users onboarding faster (also available for trials now).
- Realistic project structure with test cases, runs, plans, milestones, and dashboards.
- Mock Jira integration data and pre-generated reports to illustrate traceability and analytics.
- Automation example with a demo “Execute Automated Tests” button.
- Fully editable and safe to explore, helping new users understand TestRail without starting from scratch.
⚡ Zero-Downtime Backups
We also made an important improvement to your TestRail experience: starting last week, all Professional and Enterprise customers benefit from Zero-Downtime Backups.
What this means for you:
- No more daily interruptions during scheduled backups.
- Seamless access to TestRail at all times.
- Greater reliability and performance, with no action required on your end.
This enhancement has already taken effect for all eligible customers.
💻 TestRail CLI 1.12.1
The latest version of the TestRail CLI is now available with new capabilities:
- Added failed automated tests assignment using --assign option.
- Added label management for Projects, Test Cases, and Tests.
- Added reference management for cases (references cases command).
- Added support for references in runs via add_run command (--run-refs and --run-refs -action).
🐞 Fixes and Improvements (12)
- TR-12842: Markdown tables not displaying correctly
- TR-13003: Unable to search for emails in user groups
- TR-13456: Section hierarchy not preserved when importing CSV files
- TR-13593: Bulk edits over a certain number don’t trigger the “Review Changes” dialog
- TR-13881: Error when importing test cases
- TR-14026: Partial search requests not returning results
- TR-14255: Reports showing incorrect “Tested By” information
- TR-14832: Text boxes resizing incorrectly while typing
- TR-14910: Freezing issue on the Data Management tab
- TR-14985: Duplicate sections created during CSV import
- TR-15206: Error when editing a test case
- TR-15652: Dates showing in US format when locale is set to UK/AU English