Developer & QA Tools 16.5 Minor: February 16, 2026

New Feature

• Added abstract interface for developers to programmatically generate Ctalog data from arbitrary manufacturer data sources.

Improvement

• The Catalogue Permutation Tool has been enhanced with a more robust backend and greater flexibility to support modern catalogue testing needs. It now allows defining permutation targets and filter criteria through code or via JSON-based specification files, enabling clearer, reusable, and shareable test configurations. A new user interface provides options to select and validate specification files, improving reliability and scalability when handling large or complex catalogues.
• CET Facelift’s Icon Library now offers a centralized source of icons with copyable codes and automatic updates, helping prevent duplication and ensuring proper SVG loading.
• Improved the Release Debug dialog with grouped actions and settings, clearer action names, better layout, fewer missing resources, and a resizable window that remembers its last size and position when re-opened.

• The list below shows what the actions used to be called and what they are now called in the updated UI:
  "Installation Manager" -> "Open installation manager ..."
  "Force new update cycle" -> "Force new update cycle"
  "Show Editions welcome on next start" -> "Show Editions welcome on next start"
  "Report machine status now" -> "Report machine status now"
  "Render server accelerator settings" -> "Open render server accelerator settings ..."
  "Gc and heap summary" -> "Print GC and heap summary"
  "*** debug break ***" -> "Throw a bug"
  "*** access violation ***" -> "Throw an access violation"
  "*** dump cm & c++stacks ***" -> "Short stack dump & C++ stack dump"
  "*** background crash ***" -> "Cause a background crash"
  "Remove Snapper X" -> "Remove snappers of type ..."
  "Load drw without dwg" -> "Load drawing without DWG's ..."
  "Load drw and disconnect UFOs" -> "Load drawing and disconnect UFO's ..."
  "Insert from Current Toolbox" -> "Insert all snappers from current toolbox"
  "Insert from Toolboxes" -> "Insert all snappers from all toolboxes"
  "Repair individual tagging" -> "Repair individual part tagging"
  "Repair crashing blocks" -> "Repair blocks with circular dependencies"
  "Remove NaN snappers" -> "Remove NaN snappers"
  "View report log" -> "View report log"
  "Convert floor" -> "Start convert floor animation"
  "Build Info" -> "Open build info ..."
  "Collaboration debug" -> "Open collaboration debug dialog ..."
  "RED Merge Debug Dialog" -> "Open RED merge debug dialog ..."
  "Measure memory usage" -> "Open memory usage dialog ..."
  "Start profiler" -> "Start profiler"
  "Performance Report" -> "Open extension performance report ..."
  "Model Performance" -> "Open model performance dialog ..."
  "Remove illegal child snappers" -> "Remove illegal child snappers"
  "Snapper Graph Cache" -> "Open snapper graph cache dialog ..."
  "Open RecoveryWizard (Test)" -> "Open RecoveryWizard ..."
  "Undo history ..." -> "Open undo history dialog ..."

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Fixes & Enhancements

Bug Fix

• Fixed problem where Probe results would crash when no Probe tests were run.
• Fixed problem with calls to APath2D.contains occasionally causing crashes in developer mode.