The refreshed qTest Manager user experience becomes available to all users in August 2026, giving release owners a clear decision point on adoption before teams depend on future interface improvements.
Users may still opt out of the new experience. That choice has a material operating consequence: opted-out users will not receive future improvements as Tricentis continues development on the new user interface.
What changes in August
The August release moves the refreshed qTest Manager experience from a staged introduction to broad availability. This is primarily a workflow and adoption change, not a migration of test data, requirements, test cases, executions, or defects.
For enterprise teams, the important distinction is between access and readiness:
- The new experience is available to every user.
- Users can opt out if a critical workflow needs more validation.
- Opting out limits access to future interface improvements.
- Teams should avoid treating opt-out as a permanent operating model.
The release notes also indicate that feature availability can roll out gradually. Administrators should account for short timing differences between environments when scheduling communications or validation activities.
Why release owners should care
A navigation and interface change can affect release execution even when test assets remain unchanged. Test managers, manual testers, automation leads, business reviewers, and quality approvers often use different paths through qTest. Small changes in navigation, hierarchy views, or rich-text editing can alter the time needed to locate evidence, update execution status, or review a release.
