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Robot Framework 5.0 is a big new major release with lot of interesting new features such as TRY/EXCEPT, WHILE, inline IF, RETURN, BREAK and CONTINUE syntax, support for custom argument conversion in libraries and various enhancements to xUnit outputs. Robot Framework 5.0 only works with Python 3.6 or newer.

For more details see the full release notes.

Robot Framework 5.0 release candidate 2

Robot Framework 5.0 is a big new major release with lot of interesting new features such as TRY/EXCEPT, WHILE, inline IF, RETURN, BREAK and CONTINUE syntax, support for custom argument conversion in libraries and various enhancements to xUnit outputs. Robot Framework 5.0 only works with Python 3.6 or newer.

Robot Framework 5.0 release candidate 2 contains all planned features and code changes. Please test the release candidate in your environment and report possible problems! The final release is targeted for Wednesday, March 23, 2022.

For more details see the full release notes.

Robot Framework 5.0 beta 1

Robot Framework 5.0 is a big new major release with lot of interesting new features such as TRY/EXCEPT, WHILE, inline IF, RETURN, BREAK and CONTINUE syntax, support for custom argument conversion in libraries and various enhancements to xUnit outputs. Robot Framework 5.0 only works with Python 3.6 or newer. Robot Framework 5.0 beta 1 is the second preview release and contains majority of the planned new features.

For more details see the full release notes.

Robot Framework 5.0 alpha 1

Robot Framework 5.0 is a big new major release with lot of interesting new features such as TRY/EXCEPT, WHILE, inline IF, RETURN, BREAK and CONTINUE syntax, support for custom argument conversion in libraries and various enhancements to xUnit outputs. Robot Framework 5.0 only works with Python 3.6 or newer. Robot Framework 5.0 alpha 1 is the first preview release with all the planned new syntax implemented.

For more details see the full release notes.

Robot Framework 4.1.3 contains a fix to a regression related to parsing reStructuredText files (#4124) that was introduced in Robot Framework 4.1.2.

Robot Framework 4.1.2 contains a considerable enhancement to memory usage along with some bug fixes. It is the last planned release in the whole Robot Framework 4.x series and also the last planned release to support Python 2 that itself has not been supported since January 2020. Unfortunately this also means the end of our Jython and IronPython support, at least until they get Python 3 compatible versions released.

For more details see the full release notes.

Robot Framework 4.1.1 is mostly a bug fix release, but it also adds official Python 3.10 support. For more details see the full release notes.

Robot Framework 4.1 is a feature release with several nice enhancements, for example, to the continue-on-failure mode and argument conversion, as well as some bug fixes. For more information see the full release notes.

Robot Framework 4.0.3 fixes few regressions, including a critical regression using TypedDict in type hints introduced by earlier RF 4.0.x releases. For more information see the full release notes.

Robot Framework 4.0.2 is the second and the last planned bug fix release in the Robot Framework 4.0.x series. It fixes some problems in the earlier Robot Framework 4.0 and 4.0.1 releases. For more information see the full release notes.

Robot Framework 4.0.1 is the first bug fix release in the Robot Framework 4.0.x series. It fixes several severe and not so severe issues reported since Robot Framework 4.0 was released. For more information see the full release notes.

Robot Framework 4.0.1 beta 1

Robot Framework 4.0.1 is the first bug fix release in the Robot Framework 4.0.x series. This beta release contains fixes to all issues that have been reported so far, but if more problems are encountered they can still be fixed before the final Robot Framework 4.0.1 release. For more information see the full release notes.

Robot Framework 4.0 is a new major release with lot of big new features. Highlights include the SKIP status and native IF/ELSE support as well as enhancements to, for example, type conversion and Libdoc. For more details see the full release notes.

Robot Framework 4.0 rc 2

Robot Framework 4.0 is a new major release with lot of big new features such as the SKIP status and native IF/ELSE support as well as enhancements to, for example, type conversion and Libdoc. Robot Framework rc 2 contains all planned changes, and changes compared to the earlier rc 1 a minimal. The final version is planned to be released on Thursday Match 11, 2021.

For more information about Robot Framework 4.0 rc 2 see the full release notes.

Robot Framework 4.0 rc 1

Robot Framework 4.0 is a new major release with lot of big new features such as the SKIP status and native IF/ELSE support as well as enhancements to, for example, type conversion and Libdoc. Robot Framework rc 1 contains all planned changes and if no problems are found the final version will be released on Thursday Match 11, 2021.

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• b9e7790 Updated version to 5.0
• 6be5f0f Release notes for 5.0
• c6c1ccb Doc fixes based on comments on #devel on Slack.
• 1d6f5a5 Update installation instructions. Fixes #4259.
• 47136e3 tuning
• 500b4f9 doc(ug): add up-to-date logs and reports
• 2f916a1 doc(ug): update test data and log/report images
• 943fecb README: Add TM, better Slack links
• 12a7d12 Update README.
• 1f775bd Better styles for UG (#4283)
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