What's new

This topic introduces the new features and improvements in OpenText Core Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Cloud) CE 25.1.

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User experience

This release includes the following enhancements to the user experience.

Area Enhancement
Sidebar menu

The navigation was moved from tabs in the banner to a sidebar menu, providing easier access and improved usability. For details, see Navigation menu.
Initialization window A redesigned Test Initialization window displays the distribution of the Vusers on the map and the provisioning status per location. For details, see Run the test.

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Modernization

This release includes the following modernization updates.

Area Enhancement
User interface

The Help and What's New panes were redesigned with new icons and a modern look. For details, see Banner buttons.

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Data and analytics

This release includes the following data and analytics updates.

Area Enhancement
Report enhancements You can now export individual report sections that are displayed in table format, to a CSV file. For details, see Export a report section.
Snapshot data You can now save up to 5,000 "snapshot on error" images to your Vuser logs on cloud-based load generators for all TruClient protocols. This capability is available through a service request. For details, see Data and logs.

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Cloud and SaaS

This release includes the following cloud updates.

Area Enhancement
Cloud LG location

A new cloud load generator distribution location for Azure was added for Israel (Beta). For details, see Vuser load distribution.

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Integrations and ecosystem

This release includes the following integrations and ecosystem updates.

Area Enhancement
JMeter

JMeter 5.6 is now supported. For details, see the Support Matrix.

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VuGen and protocols

OpenText Virtual User Generator (VuGen) includes the following enhancements. For details, see the OpenText Virtual User Generator What's New.

Area Enhancement
Version updates

VuGen and OneLG version 25.1 are supported.

For details, see Support Matrix.
OpenTelemetry integration A new integration with OpenTelemetry provides observability support. The integration enables you to push telemetry data to an OpenTelemetry Collector.
FIPS-compliant encryption You can now encrypt text in Vuser scripts using FIPS-compliant AES-256 encryption.
AWS Secrets Manager The new integration with the AWS Secrets Manager supports use of the AWS service to retrieve secrets such as authentication credentials for your scripts.

VuGen protocols include the following enhancements. For details, see the OpenText Virtual User Generator What's New.

Area Enhancement
TruClient 2.0 - Web

You can now include TruClient 2.0 scripts in your load tests. Support is available on Linux cloud-based load generators, or Windows and Linux Docker on-premises load generators.

The following updates are included for TruClient 2.0 - Web protocol:

  • Support for:

    • Linux Ubuntu load generator on Docker

    • IP spoofing and TC.getUserIP() function (on Windows)

    • Non-standard file upload

  • You can now use the TruClient script converter to integrate with your Core Performance Engineering tenant and convert your TruClient – Web scripts to the TruClient 2.0 – Web format.
TruClient - Web

The following updates are included for TruClient - Web scripts:

  • TruClient Browser equivalent to Firefox version 130.

  • TruClient scripts support Chromium browser version 129.
DevWeb

The following updates are included for the DevWeb protocol:

  • When recording HAR files with the Offline Script Generator, you can add time to web requests. This provides some control over the timeframe for recorded requests, enabling you to include or exclude requests from concurrent groups.

  • Improved correlation detection for script generation.

  • Support for IPv6 addresses. You can use the getIPList function to return IPs for version 4, 6, or both.

  • You can configure the WebSocket buffer to be generated as a function instead of a const string.

  • You can configure whether canonical form is used for HTTP request headers in a script.
Oracle

The following updates are included for Oracle protocols:

  • Oracle iferror handling supports using the retry interval received from the server.
  • Timer expiration can be handled by sending a terminate command, or by allowing the script to continue running.

These options are configured on the Client Emulation page in the runtime settings.
Web - HTTP/HTML

The following updates are included for the Web - HTTP/HTML protocol:

  • The web_custom_request function now includes a ResponseTime attribute, supported in C and JavaScript. This metric expands performance testing capabilities, including load testing for Large Language Model (LLM) engines.

  • MPEG-4 file format version 2 is supported for streaming media during recording and replay.
Citrix

Citrix protocol now supports Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2402 (build version CU1_1100), and the corresponding Workspace version (full installer, build version 24.2.1000.1016).
SAP GUI

Auto logon is now supported using the SAP UI Landscape XML file.

SAP Web 64-bit support
RDP 64-bit support
Windows Sockets (WinSock) 64-bit support

OpenText Performance Engineering for Developers (LoadRunner Developer) includes the following enhancements. For details, see the OpenText Performance Engineering for Developers What's new.

Area Enhancement
Use alternative scenario.yml You can now define alternative scenario.yml files to use for script replay. You pass the location of the alternative file to use for the script from the command line.

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Deprecation notices

This release includes the following deprecation notices.

Area Description
Silk Performer Silk scripts are no longer supported.

For a complete list of deprecated items and planned removals, see Deprecated features and functionality.

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