What's new in Trace.Space

Compare Baselines: Comparison is now fully available - highlight changes in the tree, review item diffs, and choose which attributes to compare.

Variants in Every View: Switch the active variant from the top of Explore pages (Dashboard, Items, Analysis, and Parameters). The left sidebar is split into Manage and Explore so navigation stays clearer.

Baselines as Variants: Mark a baseline as a variant when you create or edit it, with a Variant tag and a Variants column (and filter) on the baselines table.

Pin and Update Versions: Pin a specific item version or keep it on a live/rolling pin, bump outdated pins to the latest version in one action, and see which versions are pinned in item history. Traces and item details follow the pinned version and stay read-only while pinned.

Apply Type Changes to Existing Items: When you edit a type attribute, you can save that change for all existing items at once.

Clearer AI Edits: If AI cannot update an attribute because the type does not allow it, the chat now tells you which attributes were blocked.

More Readable Attributes: Expanded text now shows full attribute values in the item sidebar, and document view can show attribute names instead of only tooltips. Tree-row actions sit over long titles instead of pushing them aside.

Safer API Skill Downloads: The API client skill download now distinguishes reads from writes and warns before you take a mutating action.

Fixes: More reliable variant and baseline behavior (new items pin to the active variant, frozen variants hide create actions, history and time machine show the correct version), plus polish across compare, sidebars, AI item creation, and background exports.

Compare Baselines: Compare any two baselines side by side - open the compare view from a baseline, switch which versions you are comparing, and review changes either as a list of differences or in a tree view. A baseline history screen in the sidebar gives you a full record of how a baseline evolved.

Expanded Text: A global "Expanded text" toggle shows full item titles instead of truncated ones across the left sidebar, including trace titles and test run names in the item sidebar.

Consistent View Settings: Layout and view settings now apply across all routes and views, with a tidier set of controls.

Richer DocX Exports: Exports now carry across every content type used in attribute fields.

More AI Models: An expanded model catalog gives you more AI options to choose from.

Test Step Automation: New endpoints let you create and manage test steps programmatically.

Fixes: Improved accuracy of the Traced To filter and item titles, steadier AI text generation without flashing, a restored "Generate" attribute button, more reliable ReqIF imports, and a number of dashboard, filter and Analysis view polish fixes.

AI-Assisted Editing: Ask the AI to edit item attributes, review proposed changes with highlighting before accepting, regenerate attributes from the document, table or sidebar, and select text in the editor to refine it with "Edit with AI".

Variants: Choose an active variant and every view - tree, document, table, graph and matrix - shows the exact version of each item pinned in that variant, with a clear indicator of what belongs to it. Narrow all views down to just the items in the variant when you want to focus, and pinned items stay protected from accidental edits.

Faster Loading on Large Datasets: Big organizations load noticeably quicker - large item trees, recent activity and trace navigation are all significantly more responsive.

Zoom In on Images and Diagrams: Open any image or diagram in a full-screen view with zoom and pan, making it easy to inspect fine details.

Export Saved Filters: Export the contents of a saved filter view to .xlsx or .docx, the same way you can elsewhere in the product.

Gemini Models: Gemini models are now available as an AI option.

Test Run Comments and History: Leave comments directly on test runs and view their full history, just like reviews and baselines.

Reorganized Analysis Sidebar: Analyses, Saved Filters and the Traceability Matrix now live together under a single "Analysis" section for easier navigation, with favorite, rename, share and delete actions available on each.

Fixes: Improved reliability around test run notifications and controls, corrected trace direction wording when creating traces, and polished the Analysis view layout.

Analysis View (Beta): Build a multi-step analysis by chaining filters together and see how your items connect across each step in a single table. Choose which attributes each step shows, save an analysis to come back to it later, or simply ask the AI assistant to build one for you.

Custom Dashboards: Build your own dashboards - create, rename, duplicate and delete them, add table panels driven by your saved filters, and arrange everything by dragging panels into place. Choose which columns each panel shows, and in what order.

Test Management Improvements: See test runs directly in the item sidebar, filter test cases in the table view, and act on many test cases at once with bulk actions and quicker action menus.

Background Processes at a Glance: Long-running work now appears on your dashboard with clear names, live status and links that take you straight to the result.

Uninterrupted AI Chat: Chat now runs reliably in the background with better stop and resume behavior, so answers finish even as you move around the app.

Easier Item Organization: The tree scrolls automatically while you drag an item, making it far easier to move items across long lists.

Broader Trace Permissions: Team members with read access can now create and manage traces, while parent-child traces stay restricted to those with edit rights.

Safer Bulk Deletes: Deleting while a filter is applied no longer removes items you cannot see.

Fixes: Improved reliability around deleted items, CSV import, comment notification links, single item view layout, test execution results, filtering and AI responses, plus faster loading of background process information.

Fixes: More reliable and secure email delivery with stricter validation of sender addresses, plus security hardening from dependency updates.

Test Management (Beta): Run and manage test runs with a new table view - see results, testers, progress, and versions at a glance, edit results inline, and add test cases on the fly.

Faster Exports: Exports now run in the background - keep working and get notified with an automatic download when your file is ready, no more blocking progress windows.

Fixes: More reliable filtering (including "no value" filters), a smoother video editing experience, and improved stability around item restore, sign-out, saved filters, and email delivery.

Video in the Editor: Add videos to your items the same way you add images - copy-paste, drag-and-drop, or a quick command - then resize and move them between editors.

Faster Trace Editing: Reverse a trace or switch its type with a single click right from the Traceability Matrix, and enjoy clearer, easier-to-read trace selection.

Uninterrupted AI Chat: AI responses now finish in the background even if you navigate away or close the panel, so you never lose an answer in progress.

More Readable AI Responses: Refined formatting, spacing, and styling make AI chat easier to read at a glance.

Quicker Search: Press Cmd+K to open search and start typing right away.

Fixes: Improved stability and polish across drag-and-drop, the Traceability Matrix, filters, video playback, and search, plus security hardening.

Manage Top-Level Items More Easily: Create, import, paste, and manage top-level items directly from a new menu on the Items header, or by right-clicking in the tree.

Clearer Trace Selection: Custom trace types are now grouped with a filter and list in the "Traced to" sidebar, making the right trace easier to find when you have many types.

Fixes: Long trace type names now display cleanly in the Traceability Matrix, plus general reliability and security hardening improvements.

Connect Your AI Tools (MCP): Connect external AI clients like Cursor, Claude Code, and VS Code to Trace.Space, with guided setup, downloadable configs, and a more reliable sign-in experience.

AI Saved Filters: Turn AI chat results into a Saved Filter in one click, so you can revisit and refine the same set of items later.

Traceability Matrix Improvements: The legend now shows every trace type and direction, and you can hide empty cells to focus only on rows and columns that actually have traces.

Faster Trace Workflows: Create items and traces straight from the "Missing trace" window with a confirmation when a new item is created, and open any traced item in a new tab with right-click or CMD+click.

Broader API Access: Any organization member can now create their own API clients, and download a ready-made skill to start querying Trace.Space right away.

Cleaner Editor: Long item mentions now wrap neatly across lines in the editor and AI chat.

Fixes: Corrected trace direction and icons, instant role updates when group membership changes (no re-login needed), and more reliable CSV imports for UTF-8 files.

Create Items from "Traced to": Add new items and link traces directly from the "Traced to" tab, without leaving your current item.

Choose Item Type in the Tree: Pick the exact item type when creating an item from the tree view.

AI Custom Trace Types: The AI assistant now understands and works with your custom trace types, including undirected traces.

Fixes: Stability and polish across the mermaid diagram editor, Traceability Matrix selection, item type selectors, DOCX list exports, traceability rule settings, and AI chat reliability.

AI in Your Dashboard: Chat with AI directly from the dashboard and My Feed, without opening the sidebar.

Review Exports: Export reviews to DOCX and XLSX, alongside the existing baseline exports.

Latest AI Model: Added support for the Opus 4.8 model.

Fixes: Faster, smoother scrolling on large Traceability Matrices; trace type changes now update instantly across tabs; correct direction when creating parent/child traces; restored Jira integration; and various reliability and security hardening improvements.

Traceability Rules for Custom Trace Types: Define traceability rules against your own custom trace types, extending the rules engine beyond the built-in types.

Fixes: Improved reliability and polish in the AI Generate popover (tooltips and focus behavior) and the Trace Types UI (table spacing, icon picker, and Chat trace creation copy).

Security Hardening: Updated response headers policy for improved security.

Restore Deleted Items: Bring back deleted items from any view - the sidebar, single item view, document view, or the "Deleted" tag - and pick a new parent to restore them under.

Better Table Column Sizing: All system columns in tables can now be resized, and the table layout fills the available width even when only a few columns are visible.

Improved AI Generation Quality: Restructured AI prompts produce better-formatted descriptions and more thorough quality checks across all field types.

Fixes: Accept AI Item now works from any view, not just Document or Trace view.

Attribute Rename Propagation: When renaming a Type's attribute, you can now optionally propagate the new name to existing Items of that type, with a count of how many Items will be affected shown up front.

Baseline Exports: Export any baseline to DOCX or XLSX directly from the baseline sidebar or table - no extra navigation needed.

Images in AI Chat: Attach images to your AI conversations to give the assistant visual context alongside your message.

Create Items from Missing Traces: When a required trace is missing in the sidebar, create the target item right there - with a cleaner layout, faster suggestions, and a built-in search.

Fixes: Improved CSV import flexibility and accuracy (any single attribute can satisfy the mapping step; blank rows are skipped automatically), more accurate Dashboard Analytics item counts, and a fix for newly added attributes being assigned as the wrong title or main field.

Webhooks API: Subscribe to item, trace, comment, and review events and receive signed HTTP deliveries to your endpoint in real time - with automatic retries and full lifecycle management.

CSV Import Wizard: A new step-by-step CSV import flow with column mapping, data preview, and picklist/userlist value matching for accurate imports.

Create Items from Traces: Create a new item and link it as a trace directly from the sidebar - no need to navigate away.

Image Attachments in AI Chat: Attach JPEG, PNG, or WebP images to AI conversations for richer, visual context.

Full-Width AI Sidebar: Expand the AI chat sidebar to full width for a more comfortable reading and writing experience.

Improved Exports: XLSX and DOCX exports now cover all field types and handle errors gracefully instead of failing the entire export.

Fixes: Resolved issues with quality check annotations, editor toolbar positioning, table column resizing, command suggestions, ReqIF import accuracy, sidebar trace search, and long-document import stability.

More AI Models: Added GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4-mini, Grok 4.20, and Magistral Medium to the model store, plus tentative support for self-hosted Gemma 4 31B and GPT-OSS 120B. Default model selections updated to the current flagship models.

Smarter Custom Model Detection: Custom AI providers (including OpenAI-compatible endpoints) now surface accurate model information - including image and document support - even when the provider's API does not expose it.

More Readable Popover Editor: Inline text popovers in the table view and item sidebar now use the same comfortable font size as the document view, with a wider layout that fits more text.

Visual Polish: Icons across the app now render with consistent stroke weights regardless of size, fixing inconsistencies in mixed icon grids.

Fixes: AI chat reliability improvements, including correct adaptive thinking behavior on Opus 4.7 / 4.6 / Sonnet 4.6 and recovery from previously stuck chat sessions after failed responses.

Refreshed Item Type Icon Picker: Updated icon picker design with larger icons and clearer visual hierarchy when configuring Item Types.

Fixes: Authentication and login security hardening with stricter email validation and input constraints.

More Reliable Editor Popovers: Editor toolbars, comment popovers, and link editors now use a unified popover system, fixing positioning and stacking issues - especially inside modals.

Review Agent Honors Your Default Model: Reviews started with the AI Reviewer enabled now correctly use the AI model and provider configured in your organization's settings.

Fixes: Resolved review creation modal layout and popover issues. Stability and security hardening across backend SQL queries and frontend dependencies.

Bring Your Own LLM (BYOK): Configure your organization's own AI provider API keys and model settings directly in Trace.Space, with securely stored credentials. Use the models you prefer, on your own terms.

Cleaner Review Feedback: Long AI review feedback now collapses with an expand/collapse control, keeping the review view focused and readable.

Security Hardening: Security updates across backend and frontend dependencies to address known vulnerabilities.

Test Steps - Full Rollout: Test Steps are now fully available across the sidebar, table view, and diff view. Add, edit, and reorder steps inline with an auto-expanding editor, item mentions, and floating command and parameter menus.

Smarter Trace Interactions: Create and accept traces directly in the right sidebar without leaving the item. Hover over trace icons for rich previews showing trace status, item details, and issue indicators. Trace issues are now also visible in Traceability Matrix cells and tooltips.

Comments: You can now edit and delete your own comments and replies at any time.

Flat Items Table: The items table now loads as a flat, backend-filtered list - faster and more consistent across large datasets.

LLM Provider Configuration: New UI to configure AI providers per organization - first phase of a flexible LLM integration system.

Encrypted Secrets per Organization: LLM credentials and other sensitive configuration can now be stored securely per organization.

System Administration: System admins can now grant and revoke system admin access directly from the admin panel.

Fixes: Resolved issues with bulk editing deleted attributes, Matrix filter scrollbars, breadcrumb spacing, and editor rendering stability.

Space Agent in Reviews: Chat with the AI agent directly in the review sidebar. The agent can now access quality checks and suggest or create traces automatically.

AI Reviewer Progress: See real-time progress as the AI reviewer works through items, and choose which AI model to use per prompt.

Bulk Attribute Edits: Edit attributes across multiple items at once from the saved filters table.

Test Steps: Display, add, delete, and reorder test steps directly in a dedicated table view.

Traceability Matrix: Multi-cell interactions, resizable row and column headers, updated trace icons, and an improved legend.

Relative Date Filters: Filter items using relative date ranges (e.g., "last 7 days") instead of fixed dates.

Baseline to Review: Send items directly from a baseline to a review with a single click.

Doc View Attributes: View and edit all attributes directly in the document view, including non-string fields.

Error Tracking: Integrated error tracking for faster issue detection and resolution.

Fixes: Stability and accuracy improvements to trace suggestions, matrix interactions, graph view rendering, and filter precision.

Saved Matrices: Save, rename, favorite, and share traceability matrix configurations. Get warned about unsaved changes before navigating away.

Trace Data Model Diagram: Visualize your trace type relationships in a diagram on the Dashboard and Item Type pages.

Review Attributes: Edit review attributes directly from the review details view.

Item ID Filter: Filter items by their ID or short ID in the UI.

Smart Link Pasting: Paste a Trace.Space URL in the editor and it automatically transforms into an item mention. Wrap selected text in a link with one action.

Graph View Improvements: Missing traces shown by default and leaf items can be selected directly.

DescendantsOf Filter: New filter to find all descendants of selected items, integrated into saved filters and the traceability matrix.

Fixes: Reliability and performance improvements to trace consistency, dashboard data, search result quality, and UI interactions.

SSO Login: Organizations can now configure single sign-on authentication for their team.

CSV Import: Import items from CSV files directly into Trace.Space.

Traceability Matrix: Multi-cell selection, item preview on hover, display options, saved matrix configurations, and improved layout.

Filter Improvements: Search for field names and values directly in the filter dropdown. Added a secondary filter dropdown for faster access.

Copy & Paste Items: Copy and paste items via the actions menu, including all attributes and children.

Review Agent: AI-powered review agent available for automated review assistance.

Bulk Actions: Perform bulk actions on items in saved filter views.

Item Sidebar from Tree: Click an item in the sidebar tree to open its details panel.

Fixes: Security hardening, stability, and reliability improvements across input handling, editor interactions, and platform robustness.

Saved Filters: Full rollout - create, view, update, delete, rename, and favorite filter views. Browse filtered items in a flat table, apply keyword search, and set result limits.

Traceability Matrix: Initial interactive implementation with cell hover highlights.

Layout Refresh: Updated layouts for document view, dashboard/stats, and table views.

Review Attributes: Add, update, and remove attributes on reviews.

Editor Inline Search: Search for items and parameters directly from the editor to quickly insert mentions.

Test Steps Foundation: Added trace reference field types to support test step workflows.

Performance: Field statistics query optimized to under 1ms even for large datasets.

Fixes: Stability and reliability improvements to permissions handling, search results, filter persistence, and table rendering.

AI in Reviews: AI functionality is now available within reviews for smarter feedback assistance.

Review UX Improvements: "Finish review" button hides automatically once all feedback is given. Newest feedback displayed first. Review details sidebar and header redesigned for better discoverability.

Saved Filters Page: Browse and manage all your saved filters in a dedicated page with a created-at column.

Members & Permissions: Added filters for the Members and User Groups pages. New "Manage" access level in the permissions table.

Access Denied Messaging: Users without permissions now see a clear "Access Denied" message listing organization admins to contact.

Readonly Items in Tree: Readonly items are now visible in the left sidebar tree.

Feedback Improvements: Resolve or unresolve item feedback via the API. Toggle between all and required participants in review stats.

Vespa Search: Search is now powered by Vespa with real-time item indexing and permission-aware results.

Fixes: Performance and stability improvements to item creation speed, activity feed scrolling, search ranking, and review UI.

Redesigned Feedback & Comments: New collapsible card layout for feedback and comments with grouped states and user tooltips. View other participants' feedback indicators while reviewing.

Faster Feedback: Change your review feedback directly without needing to delete first.

Review Stats: Reworked participant stats with new filters and progress tracking.

AI Model Updates: Added Sonnet 4.5, Opus 4.5, and GPT-5.1 to available AI models.

Save Search Filters: Save your search filter configurations for quick reuse.

Sidebar Performance: Sidebar tree now uses virtualization for smooth scrolling with large datasets.

On-Prem Support: Self-hosted fonts and optional third-party integrations for on-premises deployments.

Fixes: Reliability and stability improvements to review workflows, feedback inheritance, revision creation, and access control.

Platform Stability: Patch release includes performance enhancements, several fixes and general robustness improvements across the platform.

MCP Server base support: Added base support for MCP Server for LLMs to interact with Trace.Space provided tools.

Fine-Grained Access Control: Empowering administrators with precision permissions. Admins can now set exact permissions at any level, down to individual items, to enforce the principle of least privilege and ensure stronger security.

New Commenting Features: You can now add comments to entire items (not just text). This feature is also available in reviews.

Review Enhancements: You can now view full past review revisions, not just individual items.

Backend: Refactored comments for improved performance.

Traceability Rules: Automatically flag what's missing, broken, or out of sync, so teams can focus on fixing issues, not finding them.

Review Revisions: Enjoy full control over your reviews. You can now:

Smarter Reviews: You can now mark when you're "done reviewing." This allows you to skip items outside your expertise and keeps progress visible and transparent for the whole team.

Ongoing: We are refactoring filters to make finding and managing data even smoother.

Deeper AI Knowledge: The AI now understands traces and reviews.

Fix: Resolved markdown rendering issues in the AI sidebar for perfectly formatted responses.

Smarter AI Interaction:

Custom Design Parameters: Define your own units for design parameters. No matter how and what you measure, we've got you covered.

Full control over AI-generated items: Drag & drop AI-generated items exactly where you need them in the document view or sidebar tree.

UI Improvements:

Design Parameters:

Fixes:

AI-generated Mermaid diagrams: Generate and edit system diagrams with AI. From simple overviews to complex architectures - just describe it, and AI builds it.

Editable Generated Items: Generated items are now fully editable before you accept them.

Attribute Management: Be able to reorder attributes just by using drag & drop.

Fixes:

AI Transparency & Control:

Platform Updates:

Fixes: Addressed various bugs related to design parameters, tables, and general speed improvements.