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As of today, IBM is no longer sponsoring the STAF project. This means that it is now up to the STAF/STAX community to perform further development as needed. What is changing is that IBM will not be providing any more changes to STAF or STAX and will not be providing any more releases. What's remaining the same is that since the STAF project is open source, you can continue to download its source code and releases via the STAF homepage on SourceForge at http://staf.sourceforge.net/ and you can continue to post questions to the STAF Help and Open Discussion forums or to the staf-users mailing list and I, or other members of the STAF/STAX community, will answer them as we have time. ... read more

STAF V3.4.26 is now available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/.

STAF V3.4.26 includes:

1) Reliability Improvements:
-- Fixed a core dump issue when starting STAFProc on some AIX systems.
-- Fixed a problem where STAFProc may fail to start if a STAF Java service's registration takes a long time (via the service configuration statement in the STAF.cfg file). Also, to aid in debugging, logged a message in the JVM Log with the number of times STAFProc attempted to connect to the JVM before it succeeded or failed.... read more

STAF V3.4.25 and STAX V3.5.17 are now available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/.

STAF V3.4.25 includes:

1) Security Improvements:
-- Changed the "ssl" network interface to use the TLS V1.2 protocol (which required building STAF using OpenSSL 1.0.2g instead of 0.9.8e) and disabled the SSLv2, SSLv3, TLSv1, and TLSv1.1 protocols to fix TCP/IP vulnerability "TLS V1.2 Protocol Detection".
-- Reissued the default certificate for the "ssl" network interface with a stronger hashing algorithm (SHA-256) to fix TCP/IP vulnerability "SSL Certificate Signed Using Weak Hashing Algorithm".... read more

STAF V3.4.24 and STAX V3.5.16 are now available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. These releases contains bug fixes and documentation updates.

STAF V3.4.24 includes:

1) Security Improvements:
-- Reissued the default certificate for the SSL network interface with a longer RSA key length (2048 bits instead of 1024) to fix TCP/IP vulnerability scan failures caused by a weak RSA key. All STAF systems that communicate using the ssl interface with the default certificate should be upgraded to V3.4.24 or later so that they use the same certificate in order to avoid RC 16 with error message "STAFConnectionProviderConnect: Error in client SSL handshake".... read more

STAF V3.4.23 and STAX V3.5.15 are now available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. These releases contains new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates.

STAF V3.4.23 includes:

1) Installation Improvements:
-- Upgraded the STAF installers to use InstallAnywhere Premier Edition 2015 (instead of IA 2013) which supports the latest operating systems, including Windows 10.... read more

STAF V3.4.22, STAX V3.5.14 and Email V3.3.9 are available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. These releases contain new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates.

STAF V3.4.22 includes:

1) Operating System Updates:
-- Changed to use RHEL 6.6 for the linux 32-bit STAF build system instead of RHEL 5.11
-- Changed to use Windows 7 for the winamd64 STAF codepage build and test system instead of Windows Server 2008
-- Added OpenSSL support for STAF on Linux PPC64 LE (Little Endian) ... read more

STAF V3.4.21 and STAX V3.5.13 are available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. These releases contain new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates.

STAF V3.4.21 includes:

1) Operating System Updates:
-- Added support for STAF on Linux PPC64 LE (Little Endian)
-- Upgraded the Mac OS X STAF build system from Snow Leopard (10.6) to Yosemite (10.10)... read more

STAF V3.4.20 and STAX V3.5.12 are available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. These releases contain new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates.

STAF V3.4.20 includes:

1) SSL Certificate Updates:
-- Provided a new default certificate for the STAF ssl network interface as the default SSL certificate expired on Oct 17 2014. If you use the ssl interface and the default SSL certificate, upgrade to STAF V3.4.20 to avoid return code 16 (No path to endpoint) with error message "STAFConnectionProviderConnect: Error in client SSL handshake".... read more

STAF V3.4.19 and STAX V3.5.11 are now available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. These releases contain new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates.

STAF V3.4.19 includes:

1) Installation Improvements:
-- Upgraded the STAF installers to use Flexera Public Hotfix C for InstallAnywhere 2013 Premier. ... read more

STAF V3.4.18 and STAX V3.5.10 are now available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. These releases contain new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates.

STAF V3.4.18 includes:

1) Installation Improvements:
-- Upgraded the STAF installers to use InstallAnywhere 2013 Premier (with IBM Hot Fix B) instead of InstallAnywhere 2012 SP 1 (with IBM Hot Fix H). InstallAnywhere 2013 supports the latest operating systems.... read more

STAF V3.4.17 and STAX V3.5.9 are now available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. These releases contain new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates.

STAF V3.4.17 includes:

1) Documentation Improvements:
-- Updated STAF FAQ entry "3.3.1 Explain startup error: Error constructing service, JSTAF" with more current information.... read more

STAF V3.4.16 and STAX V3.5.8 are now available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. These releases contain new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates.

STAF V3.4.16 includes:

1) Operating System Requirements Updates:
-- Upgraded the STAF Linux i386 (32-bit) and Linux AMD64 (x86_64) build machines from Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.9 Server to RHEL 5.10 Server.... read more

STAF V3.4.15 and STAX V3.5.7 are now available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. These releases contain new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates.

STAF V3.4.15 includes:

1) Operating System Updates:
-- Removed support for STAF on Windows IA64 (as Microsoft no longer provides mainstream support for Itanium-based systems as of July 2013).... read more

STAF V3.4.14, STAX V3.5.6 and Email V3.3.8 are now available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. These releases contains new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates.

STAF V3.4.14 includes:

1) Java API Improvements:
-- Added javadoc comments for all of the STAF Java classes provided in the JSTAF.jar file to make it easier to write code that uses these STAF Java classes.... read more

STAF V3.4.13, STAX V3.5.5 and Email V3.3.7 are now available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. These releases contains new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates.

STAF V3.4.13 includes:

1) Operating System Updates:
-- Upgraded the Linux i386 and Linux AMD64 (x86_64) build machines for STAF from RHEL 5.8 Server to RHEL 5.9 Server.
-- Upgraded the Linux ppc64-32 and ppc64-64 build machines for STAF to the latest operating system updates for SLES 10.4.... read more

STAF V3.4.12 is now available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. This release contains new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates.

STAF V3.4.12 includes:

1) Operating System Updates:
-- Changed to build STAF Java support on all HP-UX platforms using the latest service pack for HP-UX IBM Java 1.4.2 instead of Sun Java 1.4.2... read more

STAF V3.4.11, STAX V3.5.4, and Event Service V3.1.5 are now available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. These new releases contains new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates.

STAF V3.4.11 includes:

1) Operating System Updates:
-- Added support for Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8
-- No longer provide STAF builds for Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 -- only 10.6 or later is supported via the STAF Mac OS X Universal installer files
-- Changed the STAF builds for Solaris Sparc 32-bit and 64-bit, x86, and x64 to no longer support Java 1.4.2 -- only Java 5.0 and later is supported... read more

STAF V3.4.10 is now available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. This new release contains new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates.

STAF V3.4.10 includes:

1) Operating System Updates:
-- Upgraded the AIX 32- and 64-bit build system from AIX 5.3 to 6.1 because AIX 5.3 reached End of Life. This means that STAF V3.4.10 for AIX can be installed on AIX 6.1 or later or IBM i 7.1 or later.... read more

STAF V3.4.9 and STAX V3.5.3 are available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. These new releases contain new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates.

STAF V3.4.9 includes:

1) Operating System Updates:
-- Improved support for Windows 8 Consumer Previews (32-bit and 64-bit) by providing new STAF installer files (e.g. STAF349-setup-Windows8_Preview_x86.exe, STAF349-setup-Windows8_Preview_x64.exe) for them that fix some installation problems
-- Upgraded the Linux i386 (32-bit) and AMD64 (x86_64) build systems from RHEL 4.9 to RHEL 5.8 because RHEL 4 reached End of Life
-- Upgraded the FreeBSD build system from 7.3 to 7.4 because 7.3 reached End Of Life... read more

STAF V3.4.8, STAX V3.5.2, and HTTP V3.0.4 are now available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. These new released contain new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates.

STAF V3.4.7, STAX V3.5.1, Email V3.3.6, HTTP V3.0.3, and Namespace V1.0.3 are now available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. STAF V3.4.7 and STAX V3.5.0 contain new features and bug fixes. STAX V3.5.0 is a major new version of STAX containing new features and bug fixes.

STAF V3.4.6, STAX V3.5.0, Cron V3.4.0 and EventManager V3.4.0 are now available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. STAF V3.4.6 contains bug fixes and documentation updates. STAX V3.5.0 is a major new version of STAX containing new features and bug fixes. The most significant feature added to STAX (and to the Cron and EventManager services) is support for Jython 2.5.2 (instead of Jython 2.1) which allows you to take advantage of a wealth of new features added to Jython..

STAF V3.4.5 is now available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. The new release contains new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates including:

PROCESS Service Improvement:
- Changed the effect of the NEWCONSOLE option when starting a process on a Unix systems via the PROCESS service so that if a process's stdout/err is not redirected, it won't be redirected to STAFProc's console..... read more

STAF V3.4.4, STAX V3.4.5, and STAX V3.5.0 Beta 1 are now available. Also, new versions of the following STAF services are now available:, Email V3.3.5, FTP V1.0.3, Cron V3.3.8, and EventManager V3.3.8. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF (Software Test Automation Framework) web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. These new releases contain new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates.... read more

STAF V3.4.2 and STAX V3.4.3 are now available. You can find more information and download the binaries from the official STAF web site at http://staf.sourceforge.net/. These new releases contain new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates.

Some of the improvements in STAF V3.4.2 include:

1) Operating system support changes:
- Added support for 64-bit IBM i (aka i5/OS, OS/400). Previously only provided a 32-bit STAF build for IBM i.
2) Improved the TRACE service:
- Added the ability to limit the size of the service result tracing via the TRACE service's new MAXSERVICERESULTSIZE setting.
3) Improvements in the Variable (VAR) service and the Miscellaneous (MISC) service:
- Provided the ability to return an error when submitting a SET request to the VAR service if the variable already exists and to return its current value by adding a FAILIFEXISTS option.
- Improved the VAR service's error handling when deleting multiple variables in a single request and when getting a variable.
- Added the ability to get a system's current date-time via the MISC service's WHOAREYOU request.... read more