Robot Framework 3.0.3

Robot Framework 3.0.3 is a new release containing mainly bug fixes but also few nice enhancements. See the full release notes for more details.

Robot Framework 3.0.3 RC 1

Robot Framework 3.0.3 is a new release containing mainly bug fixes but also few nice enhancements. This release candidate is its first and also last planned preview release. See the full release notes for more details.

Robot Framework 3.0.2

Robot Framework 3.0.2 is the second minor release in the Robot Framework 3.0.x series. The main motivation for this releases is fixing a performance regression with evaluating expressions using some BuiltIn keywords occurring since RF 2.9 (#2523), but there are also few other fixes and several nice enhancements. For more details about the features and fixes see the full release notes.

Source distribution is available at PyPI and pip users can simply run pip install --upgrade robotframework to install the latest release or pip install robotframework==3.0.2 to install exactly this version.

This release has been sponsored by the Robot Framework Foundation. Additionally Nokia Networks has been sponsoring the work related to performance enhancements.

Robot Framework 3.0.2 was released on Monday February 13, 2017.

Robot Framework 3.0.1

Robot Framework 3.0.1 fixes several higher and lower level bugs in the earlier releases, and also adds some really nice enhancements. The most important new features are the ability to limit parsing of test case files to a certain file type (e.g. --extension robot, #2365) and case-insensitivity support added to most comparison keywords in the BuiltIn library (#2439). Robot Framework also now officially supports PyPy, an alternative and in some contexts faster and more memory efficient implementation of the Python language (#2513). For more details about the features and fixes see the full release notes.

Source distribution is available at PyPI and pip users can simply run pip install --upgrade robotframework to install or upgrade to the latest release or pip install robotframework==3.0.1 to install exactly this version.

This release has been sponsored by the Robot Framework Foundation and would not have been possible with this scope otherwise. Big thanks for all the member companies of the foundation for your support!

Robot Framework 3.0.1 was released on Friday January 6, 2017.

Robot Framework 3.0

Robot Framework 3.0 is a new major release with Python 3 support and a new powerful listener interface that allows modifying executed tests as well as execution results. Also start-up scripts have been enhanced and it is now possible to run tests with new robot command and like python -m robot. See the full release notes for more information about new features, bug fixes, backwards incompatible changes and deprecated features.

Source distribution is available at PyPI and pip users can simply run pip install --upgrade robotframework to install or upgrade to the latest release.

The standalone JAR distribution with Jython 2.7 is available at Maven central. As discussed in issue #2218, separate Windows installers are not created anymore.

Robot Framework 3.0 was released on Thursday December 31, 2015.

Robot Framework 3.0 beta 1

Robot Framework 3.0 beta 1 is the last planned preview release before release candidates and the final 3.0 release. The biggest enhancements in Robot Framework 3.0 are Python 3 support and a new listener interface that allows modifying executed tests as well as execution results. Also start-up scripts have been enhanced and it is now possible to run tests with robot command and like python -m robot. See the full release notes for more information about new features, bug fixes, backwards incompatible changes and deprecated features in Robot Framework 3.0.

Source distribution is available at PyPI and pip users can simply run pip install --upgrade --pre robotframework to install or upgrade to the latest release or pip install robotframework==3.0b1 to install exactly this version.

Separate Windows installers are not created and the plan is not to create them even for final releases in the future (#2218). The standalone jar distribution can be created and added here if there are requests, but we only upload final releases to the Maven central.

Robot Framework 3.0 beta 1 was released on Wednesday December 23, 2015.

Robot Framework 3.0 alpha 2

Robot Framework 3.0 alpha 2 is the second preview of the next Robot Framework major version. The biggest enhancement it contains is Python 3 support, but also new generic robot start-up script have been introduced.

Biggest change in alpha 2 over alpha 1 is improvement in the execution speed when using listeners. The issue list at the end of full release notes mentions for each issue whether it came in alpha 1 or 2.

Source distribution is available at PyPI and pip users can simply run pip install --upgrade --pre robotframework to install or upgrade to the latest release or pip install robotframework==3.0a2 to install exactly this version.

Separate Windows installers are not created and the plan is not to create them even for final releases in the future (#2218). The standalone jar distribution can be created and added here if there are requests, but we only upload final releases to the Maven central.

Robot Framework 3.0 alpha 2 was released on Thursday December 10, 2015.

Robot Framework 3.0 alpha 1

Robot Framework 3.0 alpha 1 is the first preview of the next Robot Framework major version. The biggest enhancement it contains is Python 3 support, but also new generic robot start-up script have been introduced. For more details see the full release notes.

Source distribution is available at PyPI and pip users can simply run pip install --upgrade --pre robotframework to install or upgrade to the latest release or pip install robotframework==3.0a1 to install exactly this version.

Separate Windows installers are not created and the plan is not to create them even for final releases in the future (#2218). The standalone jar distribution can be created and added here if there are requests, but we only upload final releases to the Maven central.

Robot Framework 3.0 alpha 1 was released on Thursday November 19, 2015.

Robot Framework 2.9.2

Robot Framework 2.9.2 fixes broken AutoItLibrary support, adds IronPython support to the Dialogs library, and contains several other fixes and enhancements. For more details see the full release notes.

Source distribution and Windows installers are available at PyPI and the standalone JAR with Jython 2.7 at Maven central. Pip users can simply run pip install --upgrade robotframework to install or upgrade to the latest release or pip install robotframework==2.9.2 to install exactly this version.

Robot Framework 2.9.2 was released on Friday October 9, 2015.

Robot Framework 2.9.1

Robot Framework 2.9.1 is a bug fix release that fixes few high priority bugs in
Robot Framework 2.9. For more details see the full release notes.

Source distribution and Windows installers are available at PyPI and the standalone JAR with Jython 2.7 at Maven central. Pip users can simply run pip install --upgrade robotframework to install or upgrade to the latest release or pip install robotframework==2.9.1 to install exactly this version.

Robot Framework 2.9.1 was released on Friday August 28, 2015.