Let’s dive in and explore the exciting new functionalities, as well as the latest enhancements in security, performance, and quality that await you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bringing the power of Artificial Intelligence to Polarion<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Siemens is uniquely positioned to drive Industrial AI and help our customers bridge the gap between generic AI model-based agentic use cases and engineering processes adhering to strict regulations and factual results. Polarion plays a pivotal role in this strategy in the Software-defined lifecycle sphere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Siemens envisions an end-to-end multi-layer AI stack from underlying engineering Foundational models specifically trained for various domains on real engineering data, through a flexible AI Fabric linking Siemens Xcelerator applications, including Polarion, as well as third-party apps, into unified ontologies empowering Digital Thread Agents executing actions across the integrated applications. Specific in-app AI features are also encompassed for rapid adoption by end users of various Siemens applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polarion 2512 introduces Managing a large number of Work Items<\/strong> can sometimes lead to duplicates or make it challenging to group related items for comprehensive planning and testing. Our new Let’s say you are a product owner or a test lead, and you are looking at a “System Administrator must be able to set the user roles<\/em>” Manually searching for related stories across a large backlog can be time-consuming, and you might miss stories that are conceptually linked but use different terminology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now you can select the Only the most similar Work Items<\/strong> are listed, giving you a great starting point for comparison. Administrators can define how many results are listed and set a similarity score in the The last thing any company needs is to have safety issues caused by contradicting requirements. Imagine one requirement states the input voltage for a computer board is 5V, while a second requirement states that the output voltage of a power supply is 24V. To help prevent such problems, we created Simply select the Requirement <\/strong>and run There might be multiple inconsistencies listed with links leading to all involved Work Items<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vague Requirements <\/strong>with open questions or overcomplicated language can also be a safety risk. This feature allows you to compare Requirement <\/strong>descriptions directly against the rigorous standards developed by the IN<\/strong>ternational CO<\/strong>uncil on S<\/strong>ystems E<\/strong>ngineering (INCOSE<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just select a Requirement <\/strong>and run You can then often copy the suggested text to your clipboard and use it to replace the original text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Continuing our work from recent releases on Now a Collection <\/strong>contains a specific set of Documents<\/strong>, the Test Runs<\/strong> that validate those Documents, <\/strong>and their Test Results<\/strong> all in a single, convenient place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Collections <\/strong>now offer a dedicated Test Runs<\/strong> view filtered to the scope of the Collection<\/strong>, ensuring that only the Documents <\/strong>referenced within it are available for test execution. You can create new Test Runs<\/strong> without ever leaving the Collection <\/strong>view, allowing you to initiate campaigns that remain tightly linked to the baseline versions and artifacts defined by the Collection<\/strong>. This context-aware approach gives teams a unified place to track test progress, view relevant Test Runs<\/strong>, and maintain full oversight across all related Documents <\/strong>for more accurate coordination and higher confidence in validation outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We always value our conversations with customers. Your insights are invaluable in helping us continually enhance your Polarion experience. With this release, we focused on improving your productivity. We’ve listened to your needs, and it’s with great excitement that we announce a suite of enhancements designed to make your work even more effective and collaborative!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Driven directly by your input, we’re proud to share that this release incorporates a total of 32 functional enhancements requested directly by customers, successfully closing almost 202 customer Enhancement Requests (ERs)! These targeted improvements are all about making your daily tasks in Polarion more efficient and straightforward, helping you accomplish more with less effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We introduced user @Mentions <\/strong>to Polarion to improve team collaboration and boost productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, when you type @<\/em> in To enable this feature, we upgraded all comments to rich text, so you can also use rich text formatting within your Work Item<\/strong>, Document<\/strong>, and Page <\/strong>comments to highlight important statements and increase clarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But we didn’t stop with comments. We extended the Mention <\/strong>feature across all of Polarion’s rich text fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See Mentions, Notifications, and Watchers<\/a> in Polarion Help for a table listing all the places you can use our new Mention <\/strong>feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When a user is mentioned in a comment or rich text field, an email is immediately sent with a preview of the comment or the rich text that they are mentioned in. If multiple users are mentioned within the same comment, each of them receive a single notification for that comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By default, when you mention someone in Work Item<\/strong> or Page <\/strong>comments, they are also added as a Continuing our focus on boosting your productivity, we’re thrilled to unveil Multi-sidebar support<\/a> in In an effort to improve and speed up dealing with changes between Master <\/strong>and Branched Documents<\/strong>, we are happy to announce that both Automatic <\/strong>and Manual <\/strong>merge (using the Compare<\/strong>\/Merge <\/strong>action) have been enhanced to include the merging of Work Item links<\/a>. The removal or update of links pointing to other Work Items<\/strong> also now happens automatically when merging all fields. Links relative to the Document <\/strong>are automatically converted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We didn’t forget about improving the productivity of our quality engineers and testers. You can now generate An intuitive new Document and Revision<\/strong> picker makes this process flexible. While Document <\/strong>and Revision <\/strong>settings can be pre-populated from your templates, you retain full control to adjust them on the fly. This enhancement directly addresses a key customer request, allowing you to initiate Test Runs<\/strong> precisely from the right Document <\/strong>version, without extra overhead, keeping your test planning focused, efficient, and aligned with your Project’s<\/strong> evolving context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To accelerate your Document Approval<\/strong> process, we added signature notifications<\/a>. Say goodbye to delays and manual follow-ups, as Polarion now automatically alerts users when their signature is required on a Document<\/strong>. This means instant email notifications with direct links, allowing you to jump straight to the Document <\/strong>and take action without delay. You’ll also receive real-time updates, not just when you’re invited to sign, but also when others sign or decline, keeping everyone in the loop and significantly reducing approval cycle times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For administrators, a new notification event in And finally, to conclude on the productivity boosters, we’re introducing the Polarion Help AI Chatbot<\/a>. This intelligent, AI-powered documentation assistant is designed to be a readily accessible resource, available directly from anywhere within Polarion. You can ask your questions, and it will provide clear, digestible help, serving as a quick reference without needing to search through extensive documentation, basically acting as your own support agent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trained on Polarion’s entire documentation set, it delivers structured answers with direct links to the source material for further details. This tool is conveniently located via the same new icon on the top right of the Polarion UI that you use for Polarion Copilot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Polarion Help runs on Siemens infrastructure. It is available for free for on-premise Polarion installations using Hybrid SaaS-type licenses. It can be enabled upon request – the process is described in Polarion’s Help Documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Polarion Administrators are essential. They support their Polarion users by mapping workflows, configuring Projects<\/strong>, and managing who can access what in Polarion. Many of these administrators are also responsible for additional infrastructure tasks, such as server maintenance and support. In Polarion 2512, we added the following features to make their lives easier:<\/p>\n\n\n\n As teams upload more screenshots, binaries, logs, and PDFs\u2014especially during test execution\u2014the Subversion repository can grow quickly. This can lead to increased repository size on the server, potentially impacting its maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To address this, Polarion now offers new Attachment storage options<\/a> for storing files outside Subversion. This feature lets you attach files without inflating the repository or exceeding size limits. Storing these files externally helps keep the repository manageable, making backups and maintenance faster and more predictable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note<\/strong>: This feature is optional, so you can continue storing Attachments directly in Subversion if preferred.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n When enabled, Polarion can store files in external systems such as AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, or NFS, while preserving the same user experience and retaining full traceability. To help organizations maintain robust security around file uploads and meet compliance requirements, Polarion now supports antivirus scanning for all Attachments<\/a>. Note: The feature is optional; if no scanner is configured, Attachment upload will continue to work as it does today.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Transferring Projects <\/strong>between different Polarion instances, bootstrapping new environments, or sharing standardized Project <\/strong>configurations have often required manual steps, reliance on Subversion tools, or workarounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/copilot.png\")
Polarion Copilot<\/strong>, a new paid add-on that delivers in-app AI features as a collection of three AI-powered tools, all accessible via a new icon on the top right of the Polarion UI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/select_AI_icon-1.png\"){kind=icon}
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n Polarion Copilot<\/a> lets you leverage your own Azure-hosted OpenAI LLM and use it with Polarion. It can be purchased for on-premise Polarion installations using Hybrid SaaS-type licenses.
Let’s review the three AI features included with Polarion Copilot in this release:<\/p>\n\n\n\n‘Similarity Analysis’ to locate duplicate Work Items<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Similarity Analysis<\/a> feature harnesses AI to help identify Work Items<\/strong> that are similar to one that you select.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Similarity Analysis<\/strong> goes beyond simple keyword matching by understanding the underlying meaning of the text. It helps in identifying semantically similar Work Items<\/strong>, even if they are phrased differently, which can prevent redundant entries and streamline related tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/type_userstory.gif\")
User Story<\/strong>. Your goal is to identify all related stories to consider while planning tests for this functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n User Story<\/strong>, and use Similarity Analysis<\/strong> to search a defined scope for similar Work Items<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Similarity](\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Polarion_similarity_analysis_1.png\" "\\"Similarity")
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Global Administration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDetecting contradictions with Consistency Check<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Consistency Check<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Consistency Check<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Polarion_consistency_check.png\" "\\"The")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n Consistency Check<\/strong> traverses all linked Work Items<\/strong>, depending on the Role <\/strong>and Level Depth<\/strong> configuration, and detects any inconsistencies in their Descriptions<\/strong>, their Types<\/strong>, and their linked Work Items<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/polarion_consistency_check_result.png\" "\\"A")
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To help ensure your engineers craft Requirements <\/strong>and Specification Documents<\/strong> that are compliant with industry standards, we created Content Validation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Content Validation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Just](\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Polarion_content_violation_validate.png\" "\\"Content")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n Content Validation<\/strong> reports which rules were not met, what was wrong, and how you can make the Requirements <\/strong>INCOSE compliant. (See the INCOSE website<\/a> for a complete list of rules.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Content](\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/content_validation_results.png\" "\\"Content")
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Collections<\/strong>, we introduced the ability to create and manage Test Runs<\/strong> directly within the context of a Collection<\/a>. This makes test execution more aligned, consistent, and aware of the exact ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/document-1.png\")
Document <\/strong>set you are validating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Collections](\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/collection_full_2.png\" "\\"Collections")
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Collections<\/strong>, introducing a new Remote Links<\/strong> option within the Collection <\/strong>form. This lets you link a Collection <\/strong>to other OSLC resources, such as Work Items<\/strong>, Documents<\/strong>, or even other Collections<\/strong>, and simultaneously displays any incoming OSLC backlinks. For a seamless experience, rich hover provides convenient previews of linked items, and clicking a link navigates you directly to the associated resource.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n![\"OSLC](\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/oslc_remote_links.png\" "\\"OSLC")
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Boosting your productivity<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Bring anyone into a conversation with @Mentions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Page <\/strong>comments, a dynamic pop-up appears with a list of relevant Project <\/strong>users configurable by role. This lets you give and receive timely feedback, to and from the right people, easily and efficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"We](\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/add_mention_to_comment.png\" "\\"We")
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Work Item<\/strong> Descriptions <\/strong>and rich text Custom Fields<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/mentions_in_work_item_description_fields.png\" "\\"Mentions")
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Documents<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/livedoc_mentions_2.png\" "\\"Mentions")
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Pages<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/page_region_mention.png\" "\\"Mentions")
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Test Run<\/strong> rich text Custom Fields<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/testrun_custom_field.png\" "\\"Mentions")
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Watcher<\/strong>. Administrators can disable this by setting the following property to false<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n\nmentionedUser.addWatcher.enabled<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\nSee more with Multi-sidebar support in Documents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Documents<\/strong>! To enhance overall usability and provide a more comprehensive view of your Document’s<\/strong> content, you can now select and display multiple sidebars simultaneously. Imagine having your Document Outline <\/strong>sidebar open for quick navigation while concurrently viewing the detailed Work Item Properties<\/strong> sidebar. This combination means you no longer need to manually switch between essential views, which can cause you to lose focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"It's](\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/multi_sidebar.png\" "\\"It's")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nMerge links automatically between Branched and Master Documents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Test Runs<\/strong> directly from your Documents<\/a> by selecting a specific Document<\/strong>, Revision<\/strong>, or even a Baseline <\/strong>during the creation process. This means no more editing or maintaining Test Run<\/strong> templates just to target a particular Document <\/strong>and version. Polarion intelligently prepares the Test Run<\/strong> with the correct Test Cases<\/strong> based on your chosen Document <\/strong>and its version, supporting both the ‘From LiveDoc on Create<\/code>‘ and ‘From LiveDoc on Execute<\/code>‘ strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/flexible_test_run_creation-1024x491.png\" "\\"Using")
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Notifications Administration<\/strong> provides full control and visibility over these alerts, ensuring your approval processes are as efficient and transparent as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\nYour own support agent with Polarion Help AI Chatbot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Manage repository size by storing Attachments externally<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Attachments remain accessible and secure, with real-time MIME type checks, file extension validation, and optional antivirus scanning on upload. This gives teams a cleaner and more scalable way to handle files – without changing the way they work.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAutomatic antivirus scanning for Attachments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This new configurable scanning feature allows administrators to connect their preferred antivirus solution. Every uploaded file is checked before it’s stored. If the scanner reports a problem, the upload is blocked, and the uploader is notified. This provides a straightforward way to enhance security without disrupting existing workflows.<\/p>\n\n\n\nImport and export Projects across Polarion instances<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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