Cant use older Katalon version

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Hello,

I am getting back into Katalon after a hiatus and noticed my katalon had updated to 7.1 version, but i need it to be on version 6.3.3. When I re-download the 6.3.3 version and try to run it I am forced to enter in my login credentials. When I enter my credentials I get a email or password error EVEN THOUGH it is correct because I am able to sign into my account online. when i try to do the offline activation it sends me here Katalon Studio Offline Activation | Katalon Solution which does not help me activate my account. Is there anyway I can get Version 6.3.3 again?

Thank you !

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Why?

It failed. That’s expected. NEW installs of OLD versions (all versions prior to 7.x) are deprecated.

No. If you have an old version installed somewhere, it should still work. But as I pointed out above, NEW installs of OLD versions are deprecated. They will not work.

Why?

The old activation subsystem is like the dodo.

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Hi Russ!

Thank you very much for your reply! are main development is still on 6.3.3 so i wanted to stay on that version. will there be issues with me using 7.1 while others are others are on 6.3.3 like things not getting implemented in a way that will be compatible with 6.3.3? This is my only concern.

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Depends.

There were a few changes (details around here somewhere) with renamed/reversioned webdriver classes. If you don’t use those, maybe not.

I’ll see if I can dig them out…

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Yep, here you go…

import org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver
import com.kms.katalon.core.webui.driver.SmartWaitWebDriver

One or both of those changed. Look at this code (benefit of keeping old code commented for a while)

    WebDriver driver = DriverFactory.getWebDriver()
    // Capabilities cap = ((RemoteWebDriver) driver).getCapabilities()
    Capabilities cap = ((SmartWaitWebDriver) driver).getCapabilities()

Maybe @ThanhTo @duyluong can explain more?