YouTrack Issue & Bug Tracker

Please welcome YouTrack 3.2, a fresh update for your super-fast issue tracker! Super-fast, because this release is totally dedicated to performance improvements.

These improvements affect all parts of the software, from launching YouTrack to search queries, notification system, FIS, release notes and more. You might think, YouTrack is already fast enough, so why bother putting so much effort into more improvement? Honestly speaking, what prompted these improvements was our own YouTrack installation. We’ve reached 400,000 issues and 28,000 users - pretty big, wouldn’t you say? Now, if your current YouTrack installation has fewer than 100,000 issues, maybe you won’t feel the difference immediately. But remember, every project grows, and it’s really nice to have an issue tracker that doesn’t slow down with that growth. With YouTrack covering your growing performance needs, you’ll never be forced to migrate because of a frail issue tracker.

And now, here are the juicy details about the great performance improvements we’ve got today:

• Search Queries

Advanced search capabilities are at the heart of YouTrack, so we never stop sharpening search. Processing complicated search requests, which sometimes requires filtering results from 100,000 issues, has been optimized by up to 10 times. For example, if you search for issues “reported by All Users and updated during last week and…”, you’ll definitely feel the difference!

• Suggestions and underlines

Showing suggestions and underlines are sped up in search queries, commands, create/edit report dialog, mailbox integration, and TeamCity integration.

• Notifications System

The notifications queue is now processed up to 5 times faster. When you have thousands of notifications to process, this will really make a difference. For example, a queue of hundreds of notifications is now processed in less than 7 minutes.

• Issues List & FIS

We’ve optimized the longest possible issues list (100 issues) to load 20% faster. We’ve also optimized the Linked Issues tab containing a number of linked issues to open much faster. Also, calculating the paging on FIS is now asynchronous, which saves you time on opening an issue and switching to the next/previous one.

• Release Notes

Opening issues in HTML is greatly improved as well. No more waiting to open your release notes!

• Matrix Reports

The results of matrix reports are now stored in the DB, which means that they are not recalculated automatically each time you open the dashboard. We’ve also added a Recalculate report button, as well as the last calculated date and time label. With these improvements, you don’t have to waste time on recalculating reports regularly, and just update the results only per request.

More Features

But that’s not all! Here are more useful features you need to know about:

1. We’ve added a very easy way to select and copy issue ID from the full issue screen. Simply press Ctrl+C to select issue ID, then press Ctrl+C to copy issue ID to the clipboard. Simple!
2. Finally, we’ve excluded the current search query from issue URLs. How does it work?  When you’re looking through the list of filtered issues, you may want to copy the URL of an issue and paste it somewhere. Now you navigate to the full issue screen, and get the issue URL without any additional parameters.
3. Disable processing issues not mentioned in VCS: Now you can control whether to process resolved issues that are not mentioned in commit comments, by enabling/disabling control in TeamCity mapping dialog. This option is disabled by default:

1. Show progress on calculating matrix reports: Now you can check visual progress while creating or recalculating your complicated matrix report.

Please read the full Release Notes for more details. Download YouTrack 3.2 along with YouTrack Workflow Editor 3.2 or sign up for YouTrack InCloud, the latest version is already there!

Enjoy your rocket-fast issue tracker even more!
JetBrains YouTrack Team

If you attend this year’s Code Generation conference on 28th - 30th March 2012, please reserve some time in your conference calendars for stopping by the JetBrains booth. JetBrains is sending Alex Shatalin, Maxim Mazin, Evgenii Schepotiev and Vaclav Pech to spread the word on MPS and the cool stuff that we create with it. Besides meeting us at the booth, you’ll also be able to see us on stage during the MPS hands-on session, which we hold on Wed 28th, and then on Thu 29th we’ll continue with a YouTrack/Web-DNQ case study presentation as well as with an MPS IDE functionality demonstration. See you all there!

Develop with pleasure!
-JetBrains MPS Team

Building on the knowledge gained in the first part of the Tracking YouTrack series, in this episode Vaclav Pech and me will go through the many aspects of issue management in YouTrack. We’ll learn how to create new issues quickly, attach files and screen-shots, organize issues, tag them, assign them and a lot more. Watch this screen-cast to get a good grip on YouTrack.

Watch this screen-cast and join Vaclav Pech on his journey to learn YouTrack search queries. The idea came from a short phone call, where I’ve tried to provide Vaclav with some YouTrack’s tips and tricks, so this screen-cast is made in a form of dialog. We’ll try different ways to use YouTrack effectively, build queries, save search results, filter displayed issues and tag them. Enjoy our show!



Note: You may also like the second part covering issue creation and management.

Here we are with a good news for everyone who is interested in YouTrack! Now we’ve got a YouTrack Google+ page. We consider it to be a good way to share hot news about the latest updates, promotions, demos, webinars and any kind of information we would like you to get really fast. You are welcome to add YouTrack Google+ page to your circles to get all the important news right form your stream. We’ll be happy to hear from you in return. Leave your comments, questions and any kind of feedback you would like to share with us!

Track with pleasure!
JetBrains YouTrack Team

We are happy to let you know that YouTrack 3.1.2, the latest update for your fast-flying issue tracker, is available! This minor update contains a number of import bug fixes. Download YouTrack 3.1.2 along with YouTrack Workflow Editor 3.1.2. If you are using YouTrack InCloud, your site is already upgraded to the latest version. If you would like to get more details, please take a look at the Release Notes, and don’t hesitate to share your feedback with us:

1. Submit issues and feature requests in our bug tracker.
2. Speak out at our community forum.
3. Submit private feedback using our feedback form.

Also, we encourage you to follow us on social networks to stay tuned to the latest news:

1. YouTrack on Twitter
2. YouTrack on Google+
3. JetBrains on Facebook
   
   Keep tracking with pleasure!
   JetBrains YouTrack Team

Please welcome YouTrack 3.1.1, a fresh update for your favorite bug and issue tracker. This minor update includes important bug fixes for the recently released YouTrack 3.1. You are welcome to download YouTrack 3.1.1 along with YouTrack Workflow Editor 3.1.1, take a look at the full list of YouTrack 3.1.1 Release Notes for more details, and don’t forget to let us know what you think! If you are using YouTrack InCloud — a hosted YouTrack version, the latest YouTrack 3.1.1 is already there! Keep in mind that YouTrack InCloud is free to use all winter, so don’t miss the chance to sign up now!

Keep tracking with pleasure!
JetBrains YouTrack Team

We are happy to announce that YouTrack 3.1 is released! We did our best to make a nice Christmas present for you and cheer you up! It’s been a while since the last YouTrack update, and this time we prepared a huge amount of great new features you definitely need to try. Check out what we’ve got for you this time!

Intelligent Duplicates Management

1. Keep focus and all details in one place. Getting lost in hundreds of duplicates? Now when you close an issue as duplicate, all its votes and watchers are automatically transferred to the main issue. And if you decide to unlink the duplicate issue, all its votes and watchers are transferred back to the original issue.
   
2. Filtering duplicates with comments and attachments. Now you can filter all duplicates that contain comments or attachments right from the main issue. You can also see the number of issues with comments or attachments. Simply navigate to the Linked Issues tab, then click ‘with attachments’ or ‘with comments’ as appropriate to navigate straight to the issues you need (instead of browsing the whole list of duplicates).
   

Change Custom Field Type

1. Need more than one Assignee or Build value? In YouTrack 3.1 you can change the existing custom field type from single value to multi values. This applies to Enumeration, Version, Build, User and Group custom field types.

View Changes History in Related Comment

1. Changes history is now merged with the related comment. You can see all the changes made at the same time right below the comment. If you normally comment the changes you make, now it’s much easier to go through the comments along with the changes made. And that’s not all - attachments can now be added or previewed from comments as well.

‘Has’ Search Keyword

1. YouTrack’s search syntax now allows you to filter issues with a specific attribute, such as attachments, comments, links, or none of these. For example, enter: has: comments has: votes to find all issues that have comments and at least one vote.

Paint States & Attach Multiple Files at Once

1. In YouTrack 3.1 you can attach as many files as you want to an issue or comment in one step, as well as paint your issue statuses with different colors.

Improvements

Mailbox Integration

1. If you use mailbox integration, you’ve probably noticed that all messages with the same subject are collected in one thread and are added as comments to the issue created from the original email. Now these comments contain only the reply itself, without the original message text.
   One more addition concerns the visibility of issues created from email. In YouTrack 3.1, a new issue is created from the reply if its author does not have access to the original issue.

Administration

We’ve added the following enhancements to make your administration process even easier:
1. A custom workflow that allows you to specify the default user/group visibility for all new issues on project level.
2. ‘Send test email’ option in now available while configuring e-mail notifications.
3. Log in and restore your password using an email address.

TeamCity Integration

YouTrack and TeamCity make a perfect combination! We keep improving the integration of our tools by adding these goodies:
1. Multiple build configurations support in integration mapping.
2. Choose whether to receive notifications on changes pulled from TeamCity, such as adding Fixed in Build values or any command applied.
3. Configurable polling interval.

Customizable Workflow

We keep enriching our workflow language to give you more freedom and power, on one side, while on the other side, enhancing the workflow editor to keep your customization process easy and comfortable. In YouTrack 3.1 you can:
1. Find a tag by name, star/unstar issue for a specific user, create a new tag for a user.
2. Use code completion for Group and Version.
3. Perform string operations, including length, indexOf, contains, trim, split, etc.
4. Iterate users of group.
5. Show pop-up messages.
6. Check that collection contains an element.

REST API

1. We extended YouTrack REST API by adding the ability to get issues history.

Please check the Release Notes for more details. Download YouTrack 3.1 now or Sign up for YouTrack InCloud with the latest YouTrack version already available! By the way, YouTrack InCloud is free to use all winter!

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
JetBrains YouTrack Team

As you may have noticed, YouTrack InCloud is out! Other than saying thanks to our beta-testers we would like to tell you about the important steps you need to take before December 31, 2011 to continue using your YouTrack InCloud site in production:

1. You’ll receive an email with a link to confirm your intention to use your YouTrack site in production. Please follow the link.
Note: Please contact us if you haven’t received the email by December 15, not even in your spam folder.

2. Fill in the form and confirm it. At this point we’ll create a JetBrains Account for you, which works as single sign-on for JetBrains online services, and also will be used as your customer profile in future. If you already have a JetBrains Account, please log in first.

3. You’ll receive a confirmation email with the link to your YouTrack InCloud site. Click the link to go to your site, moved to production and keeping all your data safe. Your new plan should include: 2,000 users + 20,000 reporters, free to use all winter.

4. You’ll receive an email with your new YouTrack InCloud site details. Please keep this email.

5. On March 1, 2012 you’ll receive a notice asking you to select the plan that suits your needs best, or switch to a free plan. You’ll have a month to switch and make the payment without interrupting your service.

Please feel free to contact our technical support if you have any questions. We’ll be happy to help. Thank you for choosing YouTrack InCloud!

Keep tracking with pleasure!
JetBrains YouTrack Team

We are happy to announce the release of YouTrack InCloud, a cloud-based version of YouTrack, offering up to three months of free use. We would like to say thanks to all beta-testers who joined us in the early phase and gave us extremely valuable feedback!

So, what’s so good about YouTrack InCloud?

Introductory period offer

As an introductory period offer, you get the maximum available plan including 2,000 Users + 20,000 Reporters, free to use all winter. Get started now>>

Who are Users and who are Reporters?

We’re introducing a new concept of user accounts - Users and Reporters. User accounts have the full set of permissions, while Reporter accounts have a basic set of permissions including issue reporting, commenting, linking, searching and viewing issues. A set of Reporter accounts is included in every commercial plan free of charge, which allows you to create additional accounts for your external users.

Get YouTrack InCloud and enjoy it free all winter or take a quick feature tour. If you are not ready yet, check YouTrack InCloud Pricing.

Enjoy your issue tracking as we host it for you!
JetBrains YouTrack Team