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New Persistent Task Runner 

A new persistent Task Runner type has been added to specifically handle sequences that don’t install packages, such as Import and Export sequences, reducing the time for these sequences to run from minutes to seconds. 

By default, an agent for the persistent Task Runner will be installed on the Gateway, and because the Gateway is always on this means Import and Export sequences will start immediately without needing to wait for a Task Runner to be provisioned. 

If needed, additional persistent Task Runners can be added on the Task Runner Config page under the Advanced menu. When a Persistent Task Runner is added it will be automatically provisioned in the Rimo3 Resource Group in Azure and remain running even after being used for testing.  When a Persistent Task Runner is deleted, it will also be deprovisioned.  The Persistent Task Runner agent on the Gateway cannot be deleted. 

Uninstall is now optional 

Uninstalling applications during the Intelligent Smoke Test is now optional and this can be achieved in 2 ways. 

Firstly, the uninstall field is no longer mandatory and can be left blank when adding packages manually. 

Secondly, there is now a tenant level setting that can be used to control the uninstall behaviour for all packages.  This can be found under General Settings on the Advanced menu and is called “Host.TenantSmokeTestSettings.PerformUninstallStep”.  

The values of this setting are: 

• Always – If an uninstall command is present the uninstall will always be performed for all package types. 
• App Volumes/MSIX Only – Only modern package formats will be uninstalled, uninstall won’t be performed for any other package type. 
• Never – No uninstall will be performed for any package type, including modern package formats. 
  
  

Bulk Delete 

Packages can now be selected on the dashboards and bulk deleted.  If a selected package is part of a running sequence it cannot be deleted and will be skipped. 
 
 

Other improvements & fixes 

• The way exit codes are handled has been consolidated for all relevant package types and improved to include better messaging for required, forced and unexpected restarts. 
• The Windows Installer Fast Retry exit code is now explicitly handled and installs/uninstalls can be configured to retry the install/uninstall action up to 6 times with an interval of up to 10mins between retries if another Windows Installer action is in progress. 
• The Wowza Video Player has been updated to Video.js player for playing live video and video playback.