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# What's new

This topic introduces the new features and enhancements in version 26.1 for OpenText™ Performance Engineering for Developers

and DevWeb.

In this topic:

## AI-driven Performance Engineering

This release includes the following enhancement for AI-driven Performance Engineering.

Area | Enhancement
--- | ---
MCP support | MCP support is now available, providing a standardized and secure way to leverage AI-driven natural-language prompts to streamline and automate performance engineering workflows. Using Copilot in Microsoft Visual Studio Code, natural language can be used to interact with the DevWeb MCP server to perform common tasks such as: Record a DevWeb script. Generate a DevWeb script from a HAR file. Generate a DevWeb script from a Swagger file. Run DevWeb scripts in Single mode, Single mode with iterations, or Load mode. For details, see MCP integration.

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## Load testing and modeling

The following enhancement is included for load testing and modeling.

Area | Enhancement
--- | ---
ScalUP | When running ScalUP for OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering tests, you can now specify a location for automatch hosts. You can also run a command to obtain a list of available host locations. For details, see Define hosts and Controller for tests.

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## Integrations and ecosystem

The following enhancement is included for integrations and ecosystem.

Area | Enhancement
--- | ---
Third-party integrations | Documentation added for using node modules to incorporate third-party APIs in DevWeb scripts. For details, see Third-party support.

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## Modernization

This release includes the following modernization enhancements.

Area | Enhancement
--- | ---
Use CSV data | You can run scripts using data in a CSV file, rather than manually coding your test (Beta feature). For details, see Build methods for scripts.
New SLA rule | You can now use the Passed Transaction Rank Percentile rule in your SLAs. This rule validates if transaction duration measurements meet a percentile rank, for passed transactions only. For details, see SLA rules.

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See also:

- What's new in earlier versions
- Known issues
- Basics

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