What's new

This topic introduces the new features and improvements in OpenText Core Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Cloud) CE 24.4.

User experience

This release includes the following enhancements to the user experience.

Area	Enhancement
Distribution map	An Export image option is now available in the cloud location distribution map. This allows you to download a visual representation of the selected locations. For details, see Deploy on cloud LGs.

This release includes the following data and analytics updates.

Area	Enhancement
Test Run archiving	A new mechanism automatically archives test results when they exceed 1,000 runs. For details, see Automatic archiving.
Integration with Datadog	A new integration with Datadog enables you to gather metrics collected by the Datadog monitoring tool and add them to your load test. For details, see Add a Datadog monitor.

This release includes the following modernization updates.

Area	Enhancement
User interface	Several pages in the test definition area of the user interface were redesigned, providing a more modern look and feel. For example, the Runs and Trend pages were modernized.

The VuGen and third-party protocols include the following enhancements. For details, see the VuGen What's new.

Protocols	Enhancement
TruClient 2.0 - Web	You can now add TruClient 2.0 - Web scripts to your load tests (as a technical preview).

This release includes the following deprecation notices.

Area	Description
Quick Start options	You can no longer create a load test from HAR or CSV files, or REST API calls.
Bamboo	The integration with Bamboo was removed.

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