19.2: Security Freeze 9/3/26 • 20.0: open in main; EA6 Code Freeze 8/27/26; Code Freeze 1/7/27
Welcome to the JMP Development Update for August 14, 2026!
This week JMP management made the decision to delay our 19.1.5 security release and make an exception to include two emergency bug fixes aimed at addressing a table corruption issue impacting P&G and other customers. Testing on two fixes is proceeding today in 20 and 19.2 with integration to 19.1.5 to follow. We expect to generate 19.1.5 final installer candidates for testing next week and sign off once they are fully vetted.
20 EA6 is planned to freeze in a little less than two weeks. In addition to EAs for the desktop products, we will have a JMP Live EA based on the EA6 code base. Once created and tested, the JMP Live EA will be made available to select JMP Live customers for testing new features.
Please note that in addition to the 20 Late Features page, I have also added a 20.1 Features page to Confluence. We are nearly a month past 20 Feature Freeze so minor new features that were not already in progress at Feature Freeze and are not required to ship in 20 should be considered for 20.1 instead.
Speaking of new features, thanks to Aurora Tiffany-Davis, Michael Goff and Praveena Panineerkandy for presenting at the JMP Dev meeting on Thursday about Process Screening Triage in JMP Live! If you were not able to attend the meeting live, you can find a recording here.
Finally, thanks to Shannon L for sharing the August 2026 Atlassian customizations/improvements including a new Jira workflow for JMP R&D development projects! More details can be found here.
If you use the R&D Jira projects of JMP, JMP HTML5, or JMP Clinical, please be aware that this coming Monday, August 17, a new workflow will be rolled out to several JMP R&D development projects.
In order to more accurately track which JMP software version a fix associated with a Jira issue is made, we’re adding a requirement that Fix Version has been set in the Jira Issue in several of the transitions.
In short:
- This new workflow will apply to all of the Jira Issue types in those projects except for Feature Request
- Fix Version will be required moving Jira Issues to Test-Ready, Testing, and Accepted & Closed
- There is guidance in the documentation on what to use for the Fix Version when closing a Jira Issue and no source or other changes were made
Contact Shannon Leslie or any of the other JMP Atlassian admins with questions. Also check out our JMP Atlassian Q&A Teams channel, where this and other Atlassian information will continue to be shared.
General Announcements
Important Upcoming Dates
- 20 EA6 Code Freeze – 8/27/26
- JMP 19.2 Security Freeze – 9/3/26
- First Portable UI String Handoff for 20 – 8/6/2026
- 20 EA7 Code Freeze – 10/1/2026Final Portable UI String Handoff for 20 – 11/12/2026
- 20 Code Review Mode - 11/26/2026
- 20 Code Freeze – 1/7/27
- Please visit Confluence for a full list JMP 19 dates and JMP 20 dates.
JMP Development Updates
Web Testing
- Josh:
- Continued JMP Live installer testing activities.
- Rebuilding machines to restart installer testing efforts.
- Assisted with multiple customer installer questions.
- Planning upcoming installer testing activities.
- Added the WebTest Automation Notices test to the nightly servers that deploy using the JMP Live installer.
- Built a two-server AWS development environment to assist Development in reproducing an issue where JMP Pool does not connect to JMP Live when WebJMP starts first.
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- Hui:
- Continued JMP Live 20 I18N testing (JMPTEST-2096); advanced Control Chart Warnings localization scope — JMPTEST-2628, 20 items in progress.
- I18N testing surfaced functional defects in Process Screening: JMPHTML-15762 (Major, warning pane not opening on test marker click). Also reported JMP-31900 during I18N testing; filed as Normal but escalated for qc_time data corruption — verified and closed same week. JMPHTML-15757 identified as a duplicate.
- Reported JMP-31941 (Normal, graphics disappear on resize with malformed JSL) and JMPHTML-15763 (Major, tooltip Summary Statistic shows ###) during bug verification.
- Collaborated with Praveena and Seema in a defect review meeting — confirmed reproducibility of JMPHTML-15699 (multiple selection broken after sorting) and JMPHTML-15689 (warning pane failure beyond first process); both developer-acknowledged.
- Verified and closed JMP-260, JMPHTML-15704, and JMP-31900.
- Risk: JMPHTML-15762, JMPHTML-15699, and JMPHTML-15689 remain open — all in the Process Screening area — and require developer resolution before release validation completes.
- Anna:
- Tested ScatterPlot 3D w/different column types.
- Tested Columns Switcher w/different column types, special characters, and transform columns.
- Tested Local data Filter w/different column types, special characters, and transform columns.
- Tested Process Capability platform w/graphlets.
Verified desktop fixes in HTML5 and JMP Live.
Core
- Dan S: Updated scripting for the new <
- Dave B:
- Fixed a distribution journal bug that caused the bar heights to change after the journal was saved and reopened
- Tried to recreate a couple of reported bugs (crash during baselines and add-ins getting unloaded unexpectedly)
- Xan: Support min/max for Size legend settings; add LegendDisplay::revertToInitialState; check weak_ptr<>::lock() result before use.
- Evan: Finding and fixing WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) issues in both Light and Dark modes.
DOE and Reliability
- Caleb: Worked with Eric and Simin to triage and divide up Life Distribution/Fit Life by X bug tickets. I did the same with Bill for sample size explorer tickets. I also prepared for my Discovery Talk recording and continued working to finish up a paper with WildTrack.
Hosting and Interfaces
- Paul: Worked on JMP-31940 - file handle issue, and crashes in pyarrow (JMP-31155 and JMP-30521).
Interactive HTML
- Praveena:
- Mike Stickles: Completed work on JMPHTML-15608 (Implement Constellation Plot in Interactive HTML) and submitted the code for review. Selections are now propagating correctly outward in the node graph where appropriate, and selections are correctly mirrored in and from the Dendrogram when it is included.
- John Powell:
- Updated the JMP button tooltip to include the product name (JMPHTML-15750).
- Implementing an order-independent transparency algorithm (WBOIT) to improve rendering of transparent 3D surfaces (JMPHTML-15727).
- Working on retaining open/closed states of Outline Boxes across sessions (JMPHTML-15737).
JMP Live
- Aurora:
- Wrote up "Rolling Data" issue with JMP Live triage, met with Annie and Dieter, devised a plan, and implemented it
- Triage bug fixing and small performance improvements in code and tests
- Merged Custom Triage status to main (feature is 90% done)
- Dev Demo on JMP Live Triage in 20 (with Michael and Praveena)
- Created Confluence articles "Third Party Package Notices File - Creation and Use" and "JMP Live EA (Early Adopter) Releases"
- Third-party package updates
Statistics
- In Custom Design, more tip work, like ⓘ little buttons for tip popup windows, and added a field to enter the table name and support "Save Script to Script Window" in JSL (JMP-31707, JMP-31942)
- In Augment Design, pre-populated factors and responses in launch dialog (JMP-31707)
- In Process Screening, fixed crash with no "n Trials" column for Proportion Chart (JMP-31975), allowed more than 300 axis labels in Shift Graph, and add note if 'Relaunch on Selected Processes' has both several columns and several groups.
- Send an example script to Joseph for cross-tabbing covering arrays.
Stat Testing
- Mark: I prepared to record the JMP Discovery Summit presentation with Jacob. I met with Ryan D., Caleb, and Simin to define the study for the second phase of Additive Manufacturing. I reviewed John's findings and suggestions for changes to the user experience with Custom Design. I met with Ryan, Joseph, and Jacob to discuss upcoming code pushes for Easy DOE. I met with Chris and Yeng to discuss Bayes Opt work and the presentation at the JMP Discovery Plenary.
- Tonya: Investigating unit test failures that only happen in the nightly runs. Testing the separation of attribute and variability chart launches. Updating unit tests due to changes in outline node names for Attribute and Variability. Altering benchmarks for Process Screening unit tests due to axis changes. Testing multivariate capability analysis. Testing preferences. Bug verification.
- Jacob:
- Testing Load Model, adding tests for Augment Design
- Writing tests for designs with Scheffe Cubic terms included in the model
- Preparing to record Discovery presentation, with Mark Bailey
- Testing updates to Custom Design
- Zachary: My add-in has been officially published on the JMP marketplace. Here is the link: Measurement Systems Analysis Dashboard. If anyone wants to try it, I recommend using JMP 19 over 20 to avoid unseen issues. Reported JMP-31811
Life Sciences Updates
- Meichen:
- On 8/12 (Wednesday), Russ, Ross Metusalem and I gave a workshop to the NCSU Bioinformatics Department on the general use of JMP, as well as genomics and AI tools, for bioinformatics research.
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- I've been fixing bugs for the Survival platform. Discussed with Valerie about the use of Survival platform, and got useful feedback from PM & SEs about how engineers are using it.
Product Management and Product Marketing
- Kaylee: On Wednesday, we held a sales enablement training on Data Connectors and Data Access in JMP. This training focused on how seamless access to data unlocks the full value of JMP by reducing manual data preparation, eliminating data bottlenecks, and enabling faster, more informed decision-making. The session covered JMP’s current and upcoming data connector capabilities, how to position data access as a solution to customer business challenges, and provided actionable sales plays, discovery questions, and strategies for identifying opportunities to expand accounts by helping customers connect, automate, and scale their analytics workflows. You can watch the recording here.
Technical Support and Engagement
- Wendy: Technical Support would like to extend our appreciation to the following for their exceptional assistance this week:
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- Everyone who worked so quickly to prepare JMP-30350 and JMP-31954 for 19.1.5
- JMP Live Development team and Josh LoPresti for their assistance with customer Bundesdruckerei
- John Schroedl for his assistance with crash cases
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Case Topics for Technical Support queue, last week:
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Case Topics for Engagement queue, last week (excluding automated cases related to Restricted Party Screening):
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Development Operations
- Shannon L: Led preparation and communication for the August Jira workflow rollout, for new Fix Version requirements for JMP, JMP HTML5, and JMP Clinical development projects. Published guidance, answered user questions, and coordinated deployment activities for these Jira changes. Updated the Error Dashboard. Worked with L10N to update their API token for their Atlassian Service Account. Drove JMP 2027 planning discussions and detailed reviews across JMP with Mia, with Brand and DevOps. Supported vulnerability management and security review efforts, including creating drafts of the security bulletin for the upcoming August JMP 19.1.5 and JMP Live 19.5.2 release. Participated in reviews of emergency bug fixes being included in the next release. Worked with my intern, Drew Hunter, who has been converted to year-round, on planning out the second phase of our JMP Access Control Initiative project. Worked with Audrey on the inventory of JMP servers located in the SAS CIS & R&D VMWare centers, to plan their migrations or decommissions; met with CIS to review. Weekly technical meetings.
- Melanie: Worked with Joseph, Jacob, and Krzysztof to apply, test, and run Stringbot against a couple of DOE sample data tables for 20.0 (JMP-28777) • Some data integrity work with Jira work items, updating Fix and Planned versions, moving Features marked Done to Stories, etc. • Some work around late 19.1.5 changes • Rewriting a shell script to manage an empty changelist better so that it doesn’t cause Jenkins to falsely fail a job (JMPTOOL-2362) • Working on a way to validate all files installed for Quick-Start vs what’s in Perforce to catch syncing and scripting problems earlier (JMPTEST-2618)
- Nick:
- Additional troubleshooting on the HTML5 new Mac, trying to figure out what is still getting us into the wrong profile/user space. Still investigating, will need to follow up more next week.
- Worked with SAS IT on the MatLab Mac issue where online installers are failing. Determined with IT that we're not blocking via Firewall or security rule. Sent an email to MathWorks to investigate.
- OS update on Jenkins server and back up made in preparation for Jenkins update next week.
- Cleanup on Mac CI machines, and OS updates.
- Fixed JMP 19.1.5 Mac Analysis issues with using the wrong version of XCode after OS update.
- Jim:
- Operating system updates for mac OS build machines
- Continuing to work with developers to get necessary changes into both the 19.2 and 19.1.5 branches
- Updated multiple JIRAs related to JMP renaming and modified associated unit test scripts to use the new names.
- Myron:
- JMPTOOL-2031: haven't heard anything negative from last week's Stringbot run yet – please report any new string assignment issues you might encounter
- JMPTOOL-2121: adapting crash web pages to work with PostGreSQL
- Bob:
- Review installers and processes for name changes for 2027 project
- Prepare final 19.1.5 installers
- Shannon C: Coordination with on 19.1.5 and 19.2 fixes. Assisted TS and development with various crash investigations and looked into files that didn’t symbolize as expected. Triaged Test-Ready Jira issues with no fix version specified in connection with recent work to require Fix version. Weekly meetings.
Localization
- Allison: Sourced a new ZH reviewer and gathered his info to onboard him in Zip; communicated with reviewers for V20 quote and submitted purchase requests in Zip; prepared new ZH translation team with helpful tools when localizing Portable UI; processed vendor invoices.
- Howard:
- Worked on Jenkins trigger job
- Worked on new validation for populate job to make sure xml listed in the ditamap match with actual file list
- Worked on switching to new API token for L10nbot
- Sandy: Testing new Image Diff file validation for Oxygen files. Developing new file validation for Oxygen files after populate job is run.
Documentation
- Susan C:
- Working on an update to the JMP Live 19.5 installation help
- Planning for updates to the 19.1.5 release notes
- Working on plans for JMP Live help updates
- Took change management course
- Jill: Working on several new feature Jiras: JMP-1162, JMP-22428, JMP-27513, and JMP-31060.
- Devon: Cleaning up book title variables in converted docs, taking writing courses through PLATO.
System/Host Testing
- With Nick Holmes in town and new team member Brad Norris to welcome, the System & Web Testing groups enjoyed a lunch at Big Mike’s BBQ.
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- Melisa:
- Helped test the fix for JMP-30350 CRP: Data table with a numeric column and character value labels property crashes JMP on 19.1.5
- Helped test the fix for JMP-31954 recover corrupted data tables on 9.2.
- Entered an unrelated crash with Tags while testing the above Jiras: JMP-31993 Crash when Tag with Value Labels is removed from Column Properties
- Met with Mandy to learn about recent changes that have been made to Filter Views
- Sent the developer feedback on a few items I found during testing Filter Views and entered a crash: JMP-31944 Crash occurs when try to change both Color and Markers together on "View Grouping" legend
- Met with Mandy about the "Use Simple JSL" option for recode and how to write jsl tests in this area
- Reported an error I found while testing recode : JMP-31978 Recode Together causes an error when "Prefer Match" is used with "Value Labels"
- Hunter: Started JMP 19.1.5 final installer testing before halting midweek as additional bug fixes were being evaluated for the release. Investigated and responded to JMP 20 EA 4 case. Ran through a batch of installations and authorization cases with builds containing the new JMP 2027 product name to look for any significant problems. JIRA verifications.
- Nick H: Recently I have been working on finding and verifying many data table metadata bugs. I also helped to verify the emergency value label crash fix for the 19.1.5 release. In addition, I made a change to the JSL Unit Test Framework that makes it easier to setup Perforce Integration on Mac.
- Audrey: Completed Round 3 of JMP 20 I18N testing, testing the JMP App for Stats on iPhone, testing emergency fixes that will go into JMP 19.1.5, working with Shannon Leslie on SAS VMware migration plans for JMP-owned machines.
Note from Shannon
I will be OOTO next week on vacation. I’m sure I must have shared this one before but it always seems appropriate as summer draws to a close. Hope you all have a great week!
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