What's new

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

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Learn about some of the new features included in this version:

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User experience

This release includes the following enhancements to the user experience and user interface:

Area Enhancement
Accessibility Several pages, such as the login screens, now conform to VPAT accessibility standards and guidelines. This is part of an ongoing commitment to create accessible technologies and products.
Login page The user login page has been split into two distinct phases to simplify the login process and enhance the user experience. For details, see Sign in.
JMeter scripts You can now show the contents of JMeter script .csv files in the Script Details tab. For details, see Prerequisites.

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Data and analytics

This release includes the following data and analytics updates:

Area Enhancement
Datadog monitor OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering now integrates with Datadog™. You can set up the Datadog monitor, and view the collected data in online and offline test results and in analysis graphs. For details, see Datadog monitor.

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Cloud and SaaS

This release includes the following cloud and SaaS updates:

Area Enhancement
REST API

Additions to the REST API enable you to add a custom prefix to Azure and Amazon host templates to enable the customization of virtual machine names.

For details, see the REST API references.

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Integrations and ecosystem

This release includes the following integrations and ecosystem updates:

Area Enhancement
Kubernetes orchestrator
  • For each Kubernetes orchestrator account, you can define global limits for memory, CPU, and the number of pods. Setting these capacity limits can enhance inherent elasticity for Kubernetes by providing better control over resource allocation.

  • When using a Kubernetes orchestrator with Dockerized host images, you can specify security settings for all containers in the pod using the runAsGroup and fsgroup settings.

For details, see Kubernetes configuration settings.

JMeter External .jar files and plugins can be zipped and uploaded along with JMeter scripts to load generators. For details, see Set up and run a JMeter test.
REST API

Additions to the REST API allow you to manage host attributes and locations for auto-matching load generators.

For details, see the REST API references.

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Modernization

This release includes the following modernization updates:

Area Enhancement
.NET 8 The application server backend and services were upgraded to .NET 8 to enhance security and functionality.
Oracle provider

The system has migrated to the native Oracle provider to ensure better integration with the Oracle database. This change impacts the upgrade process in Oracle-based environments. For details, see Install.

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OpenText VuGen and protocols

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

Area Enhancement
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 VuGen What's New.

Area Enhancement
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.

TruClient 2.0 - Web

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

    • Global function library for both Windows and Linux Ubuntu

  • You can now use the TruClient script converter to convert TruClient - Web scripts on other Performance Engineering platforms to TruClient 2.0 - Web format.

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.

  • IPv6 is supported when recording scripts using the Listening IP option.

  • You can now configure the following options in the UI:

    • VTS port forwarding settings.

    • Turn off target server info caching.

    • Allow insecure renegotiation for legacy SSL implementations.

    • Use the CNG engine when replaying the script, instead of the default CAPI engine.

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.

64-bit support 64-bit support is now provided for the SAP Web, RDP, and Windows Sockets (WinSock) protocols.

 

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

Area Enhancement
ScalUP

When using ScalUp (previously ScaLRD) with OpenText™ Enterprise Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Enterprise), you can now define hosts attributes for the automatic host selection.

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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