What's New in This Guide

This section introduces the documentation updates for release 23.4.x.

ATS Framework Release 23.4.4 - F87372-14, January 2025

NRF Release 23.4.6

• ATS release tag for NRF is changed to 23.4.6.
• Updated the following sections with the new images for 23.4.6:
  • Logging into ATS
  • NRF-NewFeatures Pipeline
  • NRF-Regression Pipeline
• Updated the service account yaml filename from ocats-nrf-custom-serviceaccount. to ocats-nrf-custom-serviceaccount- in the Enabling NF FQDN Authentication section.
• Number of test cases in NRF_NewFeatures pipeline: Provides a total of 32 feature files with 53 scenarios.
• Number of test cases in NRF_Regression pipeline: Provides a total of 553 feature files with 1540 scenarios.
  • Previous Release Test Cases: Provides a total of 599 feature files with 1638 scenarios.
  • "2-Site-GEO" cases: These are part of Regression pipeline. It has 6 feature files with 15 scenarios. These are already provided 2 Site Geo test cases.
  • In 3-Site-GEO, there are 10 feature files with 14 scenarios.
  • "NF-FQDN-Authentication-Feature" cases: These are also part of Regression pipeline. It has 5 feature files with 25 scenarios.
  • CCA Header cases: These are part of Regression pipeline. It has 5 feature files with 17 scenarios.
  • NRF-Growth :- Provides a total of 20 features files with 27 new scenarios.
  • "All-Except-Above-Options" suite: Provides a total of 553 feature files with 1540 scenarios.

BSF Release 23.4.5

• ATS release tag for BSF is changed to 23.4.5.
• There are no new test cases added in this release.

ATS Framework Release 23.4.4 - F87372-13, October 2024

SCP Release 23.4.4

• ATS release tag for SCP is changed to 23.4.4.
• Number of test cases in SCP_NewFeatures pipeline: 40 new feature files with 239 new scenarios for Release 16 and no new feature file with no new scenarios for Release 15 SCP deployments.
• Number of test cases in SCP_Regression pipeline: 293 feature files out of which 254 are for Release 16 and 39 are for Release 15 SCP deployments.

SEPP Release 23.4.3

• ATS release tag for SEPP is changed to 23.4.3.
• Number of test cases in SEPP_NewFeatures pipeline (in SEPP mode): 15 new feature files and 71 new scenarios
• Number of test cases in SEPP_Regression pipeline (in SEPP mode): 135 feature files and 791 scenarios
• Number of test cases in SEPP_NewFeatures pipeline (in Roaming Hub mode): 10 new feature files and 55 new scenarios
• Number of test cases in SEPP_Regression pipeline (in Roaming Hub mode): 125 feature files and 607 scenarios

NRF Release 23.4.5

• ATS release tag for NRF is changed to 23.4.5.
• Updated the following sections with the new images for 23.4.5.
  • Logging into ATS
  • NRF-NewFeatures Pipeline
  • NRF-Regression Pipeline
• Number of test cases in NRF_NewFeatures pipeline: Provides a total of 32 feature files with 52 scenarios.
• Previous Release Test Cases: Provides a total of 599 feature files with 1638 scenarios.
• "2-Site-GEO" cases: These are part of Regression pipeline. It has 6 feature files with 15 scenarios. These are already provided 2 Site Geo test cases.
• In 3-Site-GEO, there are 10 feature files with 14 scenarios.
• "NF-FQDN-Authentication-Feature" cases: These are also part of Regression pipeline. It has 5 feature files with 25 scenarios.
• CCA Header cases: These are part of Regression pipeline. It has 5 feature files with 17 scenarios.
• NRF-Growth :- Provides a total of 20 features files with 27 new scenarios.
• "All-Except-Above-Options" suite: Provides a total of 553 feature files with 1540 scenarios.

ATS Framework Release 23.4.3 - F87372-12, August 2024

Policy Release 23.4.5

• ATS release tag for CNC Policy is changed to 23.4.5.
• Number of new Test Cases added to pipeline (PCF): Provides a total of 22 feature files and 52 scenarios of Policy_NewFeatures pipeline.
• Number of new Test Cases added to pipeline (Converged Policy): Provides a total of 28 feature files and 71 scenarios of Policy_NewFeatures pipeline.
• Number of new Test Cases added to pipeline (CN-PCRF): Provides a total of 2 feature file and 4 scenario of Policy_NewFeatures pipeline.
• Previous Release Test Cases (PCF): Provides a total of 171 feature files and 560 scenarios of Policy_Regression pipeline.
• Previous Release Test Cases (Converged Policy): Provides a total of 218 feature files and 700 scenarios of Policy_Regression pipeline.
• Previous Release Test Cases (CN-PCRF): Provides a total of 24 feature files and 77 scenarios of Policy_Regression pipeline.

ATS Framework Release 23.4.3 - F87372-11, July 2024

BSF Release 23.4.4

• ATS release tag for BSF is changed to 23.4.4.
• There are no new test cases added in this release.

UDR Release 23.4.4

• ATS release tag for UDR is changed to 23.4.4.

ATS Framework Release 23.4.3 - F87372-10, July 2024

SEPP Release 23.4.2

• ATS release tag for SEPP is changed to 23.4.2.

NRF Release 23.4.4

• ATS release tag for NRF is changed to 23.4.4.
• Updated the following sections with the new images for 23.4.4.
  • Logging into ATS
  • NRF-NewFeatures Pipeline
  • NRF-Regression Pipeline
• Number of test cases in NRF_NewFeatures pipeline: Provides a total of 32 feature files with 62 scenarios.
• Previous Release Test Cases: Provides a total of 599 feature files with 1638 scenarios.
• "2-Site-GEO" cases: These are part of Regression pipeline. It has 6 feature files with 15 scenarios. These are already provided 2 Site Geo test cases.
• In 3-Site-GEO, there are 10 feature files with 14 scenarios.
• "NF-FQDN-Authentication-Feature" cases: These are also part of Regression pipeline. It has 5 feature files with 25 scenarios.
• CCA Header cases: These are part of Regression pipeline. It has 5 feature files with 17 scenarios.
• NRF-Growth :- Provides a total of 20 features files with 27 new scenarios.
• "All-Except-Above-Options" suite: Provides a total of 553 feature files with 1540 scenarios.

SCP Release 23.4.3

• ATS release tag for SCP is changed to 23.4.3.
• Number of test cases in SCP_NewFeatures pipeline: 40 new feature files with 239 new scenarios for Release 16 and no new feature file with no new scenarios for Release 15 SCP deployments.
• Number of test cases in SCP_Regression pipeline: 293 feature files out of which 254 are for Release 16 and 39 are for Release 15 SCP deployments.

ATS Framework Release 23.4.2 - F87372-09, April 2024

BSF Release 23.4.2

• ATS release tag for BSF is changed to 23.4.2.
• Number of new Test Cases added to pipeline: Provides a total of 1 feature files and 3 scenarios for BSF_NewFeatures pipeline.
• Number of Test Cases in BSF_Regression pipeline: Provides a total of 26 feature files and 76 scenarios of BSF_Regression pipeline.

Policy Release 23.4.3

• ATS release tag for CNC Policy is changed to 23.4.3.
• Number of new Test Cases added to pipeline (PCF): Provides a total of 21 feature files and 51 scenarios of Policy_NewFeatures pipeline.
• Number of new Test Cases added to pipeline (Converged Policy): Provides a total of 27 feature files and 70 scenarios of Policy_NewFeatures pipeline.
• Number of new Test Cases added to pipeline (CN-PCRF): Provides a total of 2 feature file and 4 scenario of Policy_NewFeatures pipeline.
• Previous Release Test Cases (PCF): Provides a total of 171 feature files and 560 scenarios of Policy_Regression pipeline.
• Previous Release Test Cases (Converged Policy): Provides a total of 218 feature files and 700 scenarios of Policy_Regression pipeline.
• Previous Release Test Cases (CN-PCRF): Provides a total of 24 feature files and 77 scenarios of Policy_Regression pipeline.

ATS Framework Release 23.4.2 - F87372-08, April 2024

Updated the ATS GUI image for version 23.4.2 in the ATS System Name and Version Display on the ATS GUI section.

NRF Release 23.4.3

• ATS release tag for NRF is changed to 23.4.3.
• Updated the following sections with the new images for 23.4.3.
  • Prerequisites
  • Logging into ATS
  • NRF-NewFeatures Pipeline
  • NRF-Regression Pipeline
• Number of test cases in NRF_Regression pipeline: 553 feature files with 1556 scenarios.

SEPP Release 23.4.1

• ATS release tag for SEPP is changed to 23.4.1.

UDR Release 23.4.3

• ATS release tag for UDR is changed to 23.4.3.

SCP Release 23.4.2

• ATS release tag for SCP is changed to 23.4.2.
• Number of test cases in SCP_NewFeatures pipeline: 40 new feature files with 239 new scenarios for Release 16 and no new feature file with no new scenarios for Release 15 SCP deployments.
• Number of test cases in SCP_Regression pipeline: 293 feature files out of which 254 are for Release 16 and 39 are for Release 15 SCP deployments.

ATS Framework Release 23.4.1 - F87372-07, March 2024

NRF Release 23.4.2

• ATS release tag for NRF is changed to 23.4.2.
• Updated the following sections with the new images for 23.4.2.
  • Prerequisites
  • Logging into ATS
  • NRF-NewFeatures Pipeline
  • NRF-Regression Pipeline
• Number of test cases in NRF_NewFeatures pipeline: 27 feature files with 45 scenarios.

ATS Framework Release 23.4.1 - F87372-06, March 2024

UDR Release 23.4.2

• ATS release tag for UDR is changed to 23.4.2.

ATS Framework Release 23.4.1 - F87372-05, February 2024

SCP Release 23.4.1

• ATS release tag for SCP is changed to 23.4.1.
• Number of test cases in SCP_NewFeatures pipeline: 40 new feature files with 239 new scenarios for Release 16 and no new feature file with no new scenarios for Release 15 SCP deployments.
• Number of test cases in SCP_Regression pipeline: 293 feature files out of which 254 are for Release 16 and 39 are for Release 15 SCP deployments.

ATS Framework Release 23.4.1 - F87372-04, February 2024

Policy Release 23.4.1

• ATS release tag for Policy is changed to 23.4.1.
• Number of new Test Cases added to pipeline (PCF): Provides a total of 21 feature files and 51 scenarios of Policy_NewFeatures pipeline.
• Number of new Test Cases added to pipeline (CN-PCRF): Provides a total of 2 feature file and 4 scenarios of Policy_NewFeatures pipeline.
• Number of new Test Cases added to pipeline (Converged Policy): Provides a total of 27 feature files and 70 scenarios of Policy_NewFeatures pipeline.
• Previous Release Test Cases (PCF): Provides a total of 173 feature files and 694 scenarios of Policy_Regression pipeline.
• Previous Release Test Cases (CN-PCRF): Provides a total of 24 feature files and 77 scenarios of Policy_Regression pipeline.
• Previous Release Test Cases (Converged Policy): Provides a total of 220 feature files and 834 scenarios of Policy_Regression pipeline.

ATS Framework Release 23.4.1 - F87372-03, February 2024

NRF Release 23.4.1

• ATS release tag for NRF is changed to 23.4.1.
• Updated the following sections with the new images for 23.4.1.
  • Prerequisites
  • Logging into ATS
  • NRF-NewFeatures Pipeline
  • NRF-Regression Pipeline
• Updated the value of REPLICATION_STATUS_URI variable in the following sections:
  • Prerequisites
  • NRF-NewFeatures Pipeline

ATS Framework Release 23.4.1 - F87372-02, January 2024

UDR Release 23.4.1

• ATS release tag for UDR is changed to 23.4.1.

BSF Release 23.4.1

• ATS release tag for BSF is changed to 23.4.1.
• Number of new Test Cases added to pipeline: Provides a total of 1 feature file and 3 scenario of BSF_NewFeatures pipeline.
• Previous Release Test Cases: Provides a total of 24 feature files and 76 scenarios of BSF_Regression pipeline.

ATS Framework Release 23.4.0 - F87372-01, December 2023

Updated the following sections with the details of ATS 23.4.0:

• Added the following features in the ATS Framework Features section:
  • Support for Transport Layer Security to access the ATS GUI with the HTTPS protocol.
  • ATS Feature Activation and Deactivation to activate or deactivate specific features.
  • Individual Stage Group Selection to select and execute a single or multiple stages or groups.

Policy Release 23.4.0

• The following changes are made to Jenkins in ATS 23.4.0:
  • Added new test cases for 23.4.0.
  • Stage 2,3,4,5 and 6 now contains feature files that runs in parallel. Stage 1 continues to run feature files in sequence.
  • Upgraded version of ocdns-bind, ocstub-py, ocamf-stub and oc-ldap-org1 stub.
  • Added options to display test cases under their stage and group names on BuildWithParameters page of ATS UI.
  • Improved ATS Tagging Support (Framework support only, the actual tags are yet to be exposed).
  • Replaced ocstub-go with ocstub-py.
  • Replaced Seagull with diam-sim.
• ATS release tag for Policy is changed to 23.4.0.
• Number of new Test Cases added to pipeline (PCF): Provides a total of 21 feature files and 51 scenarios of Policy_NewFeatures pipeline.
• Number of new Test Cases added to pipeline (CN-PCRF): Provides a total of 2 feature file and 4 scenarios of Policy_NewFeatures pipeline.
• Number of new Test Cases added to pipeline (Converged Policy): Provides a total of 27 feature files and 70 scenarios of Policy_NewFeatures pipeline.
• Previous Release Test Cases (PCF): Provides a total of 170 feature files and 561 scenarios of Policy_Regression pipeline.
• Previous Release Test Cases (CN-PCRF): Provides a total of 24 feature files and 77 scenarios of Policy_Regression pipeline.
• Previous Release Test Cases (Converged Policy): Provides a total of 217 feature files and 701 scenarios of Policy_Regression pipeline.
• Added details of CNCATS feature for activation or deactivation feature to ATS Framework Features section for Policy 23.4.0 features.
• Updated Enabling Static Port with the details of enabling static port.
• Updated Enabling Static API Node Port with the details of enabling static API node port.
• Updated Enabling Aspen Service Mesh with the details of enabling Aspen Service Mesh.
• Updated Enabling Persistent Volume with the details of enabling persistent volume.
• Updated Enabling Helm Test with the new parameter name to enable helm test along with the environment details for OCCNE and Webscale.
• Updated the Resource Requirements section with details of ATS resource requirement.
• Replaced the helm3 commands with helm commands to install the ATS packages.

BSF Release 23.4.0

• ATS release tag for BSF is changed to 23.4.0.
• Replaced ocstub-go with ocstub-py.
• Replaced Seagull with diam-sim.
• Updated ATS Framework Features section for BSF 23.4.0 features.
• Number of new Test Cases added to pipeline: Provides a total of 1 feature file and 3 scenario of BSF_NewFeatures pipeline.
• Previous Release Test Cases: Provides a total of 24 feature files and 76 scenarios of BSF_Regression pipeline.
• Updated the following sections with 23.4.0 release updates under Installing ATS for BSF:
  • Resource Requirements
  • Downloading the ATS Package
  • Enabling Static Port
  • Enable Static API Node Port
  • Enabling Aspen Service Mesh
• Updated the following sections with 23.4.0 release updates under Running BSF Test Cases using ATS:
  • Running BSF_NewFeatures Pipeline
  • BSF New Features Documentation
  • Running BSF Regression Pipeline
  • BSF Regression Documentation

SCP Release 23.4.0

• ATS release tag for SCP is changed to 23.4.0.
• Updated multiple images according to release 23.4.0.
• Number of test cases in SCP_NewFeatures pipeline: 33 new feature files with 217 new scenarios for Release 16 and no new feature file with no new scenarios for Release 15 SCP deployments.
• Number of test cases in SCP_Regression pipeline: 293 feature files out of which 254 are for Release 16 and 39 are for Release 15 SCP deployments.
• Updated the following sections with 23.4.0 release updates:
  • Preinstall Preparation of SCP for SCP-ATS
  • Configuring ATS for CCA Test Cases
  • Logging in to ATS
  • SCP-NewFeatures Pipeline
  • SCP-Regression Pipeline
  • Downloading the ATS Package
  • Modifying the scpc-alternate-resolution Microservice

NEF Release 23.4.0

• ATS release tag for NEF is changed to 23.4.0.
• Updated the following sections with 23.4.0 release updates:
  • Resource Requirements
  • Downloading the ATS Package
  • Pushing the Images to Customer Docker Registry
  • Deploying ATS and Stub in Kubernetes Cluster
• The following sections are updated for the Converged Charging Support in NEF and Support for Update Operation in Monitoring Event features:
  • Prerequisites
  • NEF-NewFeatures Pipeline
  • Resource Requirements
• Number of test cases in NEF_NewFeatures pipeline: 36 new feature files and 262 new scenarios
• Number of test cases in NEF_Regression pipeline: 106 feature files and 614 scenarios

NSSF Release 23.4.0

• ATS release tag for NSSF is changed to 23.4.0.
• Updated multiple images according to release 23.4.0.
• Number of test cases in NSSF_NewFeatures pipeline: 1 new feature files and 20 new scenarios
• Number of test cases in NSSF_Regression pipeline: 79 feature files and 675 scenarios
• Updated Total Number of Resources and Resource Details table Resource Requirements section.
• Updated procedure for Deploying ATS in Kubernetes Cluster.

SEPP Release 23.4.0

• SEPP supports the following features:
  • Support for Transport Layer Security to access the ATS GUI with the HTTPS protocol.
  • ATS Feature Activation and Deactivation to activate or deactivate specific features.
  • Individual Stage Group Selection to select and execute a single or multiple stages or groups.
• ATS release tag for SEPP is changed to 23.4.0.
• Updated multiple images according to release 23.4.0.
• Updated the Resource Requirements section.
• Added the SEPP ATS Compatibility Matrix section.
• Added the following sections:
  • Creating Secrets and Support for TLSv1.2 and TLSv1.3
  • Configuring Ingress Rate Limiting
  • Configuring Load Sharing among Multiple Remote SEPP Nodes
  • Configuring the Reroute Attempts for Egress Gateway

• Number of test cases in SEPP_NewFeatures pipeline (in SEPP mode): 15 new feature files and 71 new scenarios
• Number of test cases in SEPP_Regression pipeline (in SEPP mode): 135 feature files and 791 scenarios
• Number of test cases in SEPP_NewFeatures pipeline (in Roaming Hub mode): 10 new feature files and 55 new scenarios
• Number of test cases in SEPP_Regression pipeline (in Roaming Hub mode): 125 feature files and 607 scenarios

NRF Release 23.4.0

• ATS release tag for NRF is changed to 23.4.0.
• Updated multiple images according to release 23.4.0.
• Updated the Resource Requirements section.
• Updated the following sections with new images and added the required updates for 23.4.0.
  • Verifying ATS Deployment
  • Prerequisites
  • Logging into ATS
  • NRF-NewFeatures Pipeline
  • NRF-NewFeatures Documentation
  • NRF-Regression Pipeline
  • NRF-Regression Documentation
• Added the port numbers 7, 53 for the excludeInboundPorts parameter in the following sections:
  • Enabling Aspen Service Mesh
  • Prerequisites
• New Test Cases added: Yes.
• Number of new Test Cases added to pipeline:
  • NewFeatures :- Provides a total of 18 features files with 29 new scenarios.
  • NRF-Growth :- Provides a total of 20 features files with 27 new scenarios.
• Previous Release Test Cases: Provides a total of 579 feature files with 1626 scenarios.
  • "2-Site-GEO" cases: These are part of Regression pipeline. It has 6 feature files with 15 scenarios. These are already provided 2 Site Geo test cases.
  • In 3-Site-GEO, there are 10 feature files with 14 scenarios.
  • "NF-FQDN-Authentication-Feature" cases: These are also part of Regression pipeline. It has 5feature files with 25 scenarios (5 new scenarios have been added to this regression option, so that these scenarios can be tested with the same deployment when the NRF and ATS are deployed to validate the NF FQDN feature).
  • CCA Header cases: These are part of Regression pipeline. It has 5 feature files with 17 scenarios (1 new scenario is added to the regression pipeline).
  • "All-Except-Above-Options" suite: Provides a total of 553 feature files with 1555 scenarios.
• In this release, NRF ATS does not support Test Case Mapping and Count, ATS Health-Check, and capturing Application Log.
• Security fixes on ATS and stub images are incorporated.
• NRF-ATS supports OSO 23.4.x.

UDR Release 23.4.0

• ATS release tag for NRF is changed to 23.4.0.
• Updated multiple images according to release 23.4.0.
• Number of Test Cases in UDR-NewFeatures pipeline: Provides a total of 16 test cases.
• Number of Test Cases in EIR-NewFeatures pipeline: Provides a total of 13 test cases.
• Number of Test Cases in Single and Multiple Site SLF-NewFeatures pipeline: 0 test cases.
• Number of Test Cases in SLF-Regression pipeline: 355 test cases with 10 MultiSite scenarios.
• Number of Test Cases in UDR-Regression pipeline: 1350 test cases with 22 MultiSite scenarios.
• Number of Test Cases in EIR-Regression pipeline: 262 test cases.
• Added UDR-ATS and SLF-ATS CPU and Memory Utilization table. For more information, see Deploying ATS Pod and Stubs in Kubernetes Cluster.
• Update the bulk import deployment payload to add customExtension. For more information, see UDR Custom Values File Configuration for SLF Pipelines.
• Added Parallel Test Execution for UDR and SLF. For more information, see Parallel Test Execution for UDR and SLF.
• Updated the migration tool section. For more information, see UDR Custom Values File Configuration for UDR Pipelines.
• Updated the SLF, EIR, and UDR Pre-configured Pipelines image. For more information, see Logging into ATS.
• Added migration tool Helm release name parameter. For more information, see Running UDR NewFeatures Pipeline and Running UDR Regression Pipeline.
• Updated UDR New Features List. For more information, see UDR NewFeatures Documentation.
• Updated EIR NewFeatures Pipeline Configuration. For more information, see Running EIR NewFeatures Pipeline and Running EIR Regression Pipeline.
• Updated EIR New Features List. For more information, see EIR NewFeatures Documentation.