What's new in 25.1 – 25.4

This topic introduces the new features and improvements in OpenText Core Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Cloud) CE 25.1 – 25.4.

What's new in 25.4

This topic introduces the new features and improvements in OpenText Core Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Cloud) CE 25.4.

Area Enhancement

Performance Engineering Aviator (Beta)

  • Aviator for Analysis in OpenText Core Performance Engineering Analysis now includes the following improvements:

    • Usability enhancements.

      • Aviator for Analysis now includes the following usability improvements:

      • Edit the last prompt without having to retype or reconstruct complex queries.

      • Copy any previously sent prompt within the same chat session for reuse in other contexts or chats.

      • Retry the last prompt with a single click.

      • Answers questions related to all supported monitors, user-defined data points, and chart data for specific transactions.

      • A visual progress indicator reflects the different phases of the processing flow.

      • More precise errors messages with relevant context for faster issue resolution.

      • Expanded the list of predefined prompts.

    • Generate widgets. Aviator can now generate dashboard widgets based on suggestions or using a predefined prompt.

    For details, see OpenText Core Performance Engineering Analysis integration.

  • MCP server (Beta)

    You can now deploy and configure a Linux Docker container with an OpenText Core Performance Engineering MCP server. This enables you to receive data and perform actions on your tenant using natural language on your favorite MCP client provider. For details, see MCP integration.
User experience

  • Results page. This release includes the following results page updates:

    • Added the ability to select columns to display in the Results grid.

    • Added the following columns to the grid: Scripts, Hits/sec, Throughput, and Errors.

    For details, see Results.

  • Scripts. This release includes the following script updates and improvements:

    • When managing scripts globally from the test assets Scripts page, you can now filter scripts by their modification date, filter based on the script's usage, and filter by the script's source if a Git agent is configured in the project. For details, see Manage scripts as assets.

    • When managing scripts for a specific test from the load test's Load profile page, you can now filter scripts in a test based on the script's activation status, and filter by the script's source if a Git agent is configured in the project. For details, see Manage scripts within a load test.
Data and analytics

  • Public API. Extended public API to include runs aborted during delayed start time in license usage reports.
Load testing and modeling

  • Policies. Tenant administrators can now define policies with rules that govern how tests are executed across projects in the tenant. For details, see Policies.

  • Labels. Tenant administrators can restrict users from creating, editing, or deleting labels for scripts, load tests, and results. To restrict label management to tenant administrators only, submit a service request. Non-admin users will still be able to assign and unassign existing labels. For details, see Assign labels.
Integrations and ecosystem

  • APIs. Runs aborted during delayed start time are now included in license usage reports.
VuGen and protocols

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

  • LLM. A new protocol enables you to test and simulate interactions with LLMs (large language models), while importing performance metrics directly into your OpenText Core Performance Engineering dashboard.

  • RTE, Kafka, Siebel Web, Windows Socket, MQTT. An enhanced Runtime Settings user interface is in use for the RTE, Kafka, Siebel Web, Windows Socket, and MQTT protocols. For details, see Runtime settings.

What's new in 25.3

This topic introduces the new features and improvements in OpenText Core Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Cloud) CE 25.3.

Area Enhancement

Performance Engineering Aviator (Beta)

  • Aviator for Scripting in VuGen provides assistance with many aspects of the scripting process. Using AI assistance before, during, and after the scripting process can help to save time and simplify script creation.

    Aviator can assist with tasks such as selecting the best protocol for an application scripting session, error analysis and remediation, function and coding assistance, script optimization, and script summarizing. When combined, these assisted actions can yield significant time savings, while also reducing required scripting skill sets.

    All users, from new to experienced performance engineers, will welcome Aviator's partnership in the scripting process.

  • Aviator for Analysis in OpenText Core Performance Engineering Analysis redefines how teams approach performance analysis. It helps accelerate investigations, increase productivity, and streamlines the onboarding of new team members.

    Through conversational analysis, performance engineers can interact with Aviator using natural language directly within the dashboard environment. When you ask for summaries, trends, anomalies, or detailed insights, Aviator delivers clear, contextual answers about critical metrics.

    By leveraging Aviator’s capabilities, teams can significantly reduce the time spent diagnosing errors, and move faster from detection to resolution with actionable guidance.

    For details, see OpenText Core Performance Engineering Analysis integration.
User experience

  • Onboarding. Added an on-boarding dialog box that is displayed to new tenant administrators the first time that they sign in.

  • Scripts. When managing scripts globally from the test assets Scripts page, the search was extended to include Author, Type, and Labels, in addition to the Name column. For details, see Scripts.
Data and analytics

  • Observability support. This release introduces an integration with OpenTelemetry, providing observability support. The integration enables you to push telemetry data to an OpenTelemetry Collector when running load tests. For details, see Observability support.
Cloud and SaaS

  • Vuser logs. When log collection is enabled in your test settings, Vuser logs are now available for download for 30 days after the test run. This update extends the previous 7-day retention period, giving you more time for analysis, troubleshooting, and reporting. For details, see Data and logs.
VuGen and protocols

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

  • Gatling. Added support for Gatling 3.13.4.

  • HashiCorp Vault support. You can now use API functions to access HashiCorp Vault secrets directly from your Vuser script.

  • Port mapping. When defining a new server entry for port mapping, you can now set a range for the SSL versions, for example from SSL 3.x to TLS 1.3.

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

  • Cloud for AWS protocol. Added support for monitoring metrics related to the exchange of messages on AWS SQS, both sent and received, during the load test run. For details, see Cloud for AWS monitoring.

  • Citrix ICA, ODBC. An enhanced Runtime Settings user interface is in use for the Citrix ICA and ODBC protocols. For details, see Runtime settings.

  • TruClient 2.0 - Web:

    • You can convert TruClient 2.0 - Web scripts to Web - HTTP/HTML format.

    • In the Runtime Settings > Log page, you can now specify the MIME types to log for the HTTP response body. This can reduce overhead that may impact performance.

    • Search functionality added, enabling you to search for text in the current view or the whole script. You can also use the Go to button to jump to a specified step.

    • Steps can be marked as optional, so that they are skipped if the target object is not found.

    • You can save steps in the Steps box as favorites, and quickly access them from the Favorites tab.

  • TruClient - Web.

    • TruClient scripts support Chromium browser version 137.

    • In the Runtime Settings > Log page, you can now specify the MIME types to log for the HTTP response body. This can reduce overhead that may impact performance.

  • DevWeb.

    • You can configure DNS resolution to be performed per Vuser.

    • The Replay summary includes an additional column for Hits per IP.

  • Oracle. The Oracle - 2 Tier protocol now supports record and replay on Oracle Database 23ai.

  • Web - HTTP/HTML. An enhancement to the Chrome Recording extension allows you to indicate whether to capture HTTP authentication. You can disable this option to only record requests and responses without the login page.

  • Java. You can now experiment and run Java Vusers with unsupported versions of Java. You can also enable the scripting engine to use an unsupported Java version when generating Java code.

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

  • Trace-level logs. When using trace-level logging, you can choose to include or exclude the HTTP headers and/or HTTP body from the log. This provides control over the amount of detail included in the log.

  • InfluxDB. Support added for InfluxDB 3 database.

  • Trend Report. You can now view a report comparing test runs of your script. The Trend Report enables you to compare results for different data types, in bar or line format

  • DNS resolution per Vuser. You can configure DNS resolution to be performed per Vuser. This also resets the cache when a new Vuser is simulated per iteration.

  • Postman Collection. You can now use the Offline Script Generator to generate a DevWeb script from a Postman Collection file. (Beta)

  • Observability with OpenTelemetry. This release introduces an integration with OpenTelemetry, providing observability support. The integration enables you to push telemetry data to an OpenTelemetry Collector when replaying scripts. (Beta)

  • gRPC code generation:

    • Improved information for payload structure.

    • A separate connect function for connecting to the server.

  • Unhide AP. The new unhide enables the retrieval of hidden data in your script, for example, a user name or password..

What's new in 25.2

This topic introduces the new features and improvements in OpenText Core Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Cloud) CE 25.2.

Area Enhancement

User experience

  • Onboarding. Added a clear and modernized experience for onboarding users to new projects.
Modernization

  • User interface modernization. The Rendezvous page in the test definition area of the user interface was redesigned, providing a more modern look and feel. The existing functionality has been preserved. For details, see Set rendezvous points.
Data and analytics

  • Integration with Datadog. In addition to supporting US1 - East, the following Datadog sites are now supported: US3 - West, US5 - Central, EU1 - Europe, AP1 - Japan, and US1 - FED. For details, see Add a Datadog monitor.
Load testing and modeling

  • Adding Vusers. Increased the maximum percentage of Vusers that can be added at the script level while your test is running. For details, see Configure test settings.

  • Default script location. The default script location for running load tests can be changed from cloud-based to on-premises load generators. To have the script location set to on-premises by default, submit a service request.
Cloud and SaaS

  • Cloud LG location. A new cloud load generator distribution location for Azure was added for Israel. For details, see Vuser load distribution.
Integrations and ecosystem

  • OpenText Core Performance Engineering Analysis. This release introduces an integration with OpenText Core Performance Engineering Analysis, a unified cloud-based solution designed for high scale and smart performance analysis. For details, see OpenText Core Performance Engineering Analysis integration.
Security and infrastructure

  • Cookie preferences. Cookie preferences are now saved for every user. You can set cookie preferences in the Settings menu. For details, see Banner buttons.

What's new in 25.1

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

Area Enhancement
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User experience

 

  • 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.

Modernization

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

  • 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.

Cloud and SaaS

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

Integrations and ecosystem

  • JMeter. JMeter 5.6 is now supported. For details, see the Support Matrix.
VuGen and protocols

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

  • 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.

  • 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:

    • TruClient Browser equivalent to Firefox version 130.

    • TruClient scripts support Chromium browser version 129.

  • DevWeb:

    • 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:

    • 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 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.

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

  • 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.
Deprecation notices

This release includes the following deprecation notices:

  • 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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