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# What's new in 25.1

This topic introduces the new features and enhancements in version 25.1 for VuGen and the script protocols.

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## What's new video

Learn about some of the new features included in version 25.1.

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## Data and analytics

This release includes the following data and analytics enhancement.

Area | Enhancement
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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 replaying scripts. For details, see Observability metrics.

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## Protocols

This release includes the following protocol enhancements.

Area | Enhancement
--- | ---
TruClient 2.0 - Web | The TruClient 2.0 - Web protocol now has full availability, and includes the following updates: 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 OpenText Performance Engineering solutions to TruClient 2.0 - Web format. For details, see TruClient 2.0 - Web protocol.
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. For details, see TruClient - Web protocol.
DevWeb | The following updates are included for the DevWeb protocol: When using the option to Group concurrent requests for the Offline Script Generator, you can now extend the default timeframe duration, to include or exclude requests from concurrent groups. For details, see DevWeb > Recording Options. You can configure the WebSocket buffer to be generated as a function instead of a const string. For details, see DevWeb > Recording Options. In Runtime Settings, you can configure whether canonical form is used for HTTP request headers in a script. Improved correlation detection for script generation. Support for IPv6. You can use the DevWeb SDK getIPList function to return IP addresses for version 4, 6, or both. For details, see DevWeb protocol.
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. For details, see Configure 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. For details, see web_custom_request (C) or web.customRequest (JavaScript) in the Function Reference. MPEG-4 file format version 2 is supported for streaming media during recording and replay. For details, see Record streaming media in Web - HTTP/HTML. IPv6 is supported when recording scripts using the Listening IP option. For details, see Start Recording dialog box. You can now configure the following options in the UI: VTS port forwarding settings. For details, see Connect with the VTS server. Turn off target server info caching. For details, see HTTP properties > Advanced recording options. Allow insecure renegotiation for legacy SSL implementations. For details, see Preferences view - Internet protocol. Use the CNG engine when replaying the script, instead of the default CAPI engine. For details, see Preferences view - Internet protocol.
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). For details, see Citrix protocol.
SAP GUI | Auto logon is now supported using the SAP UI Landscape XML file. For details, see SAPGUI > Auto logon recording options.

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## Integrations and ecosystem

This release includes the following integrations and ecosystem enhancement.

Area | Enhancement
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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. For details, see Working with AWS Secrets Manager.

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## Modernization

This release includes the following modernization enhancements.

Area | Enhancement
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64-bit replay | The following protocols now support replay on 64-bit architecture: Oracle - Web Oracle NCA SAP Web RDP Windows Sockets (WinSock)
Ubuntu support | This release includes support for Ubuntu 24.04.

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## Security and infrastructure

This release includes the following security and infrastructure enhancement.

Area | Enhancement
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FIPS-compliant encryption | You can now encrypt text in Vuser scripts using FIPS-compliant AES-256 encryption. For details, see Encode passwords and text.

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See also:

- What's new in earlier versions
- Known issues
- Deprecated features
- Support Matrix
- Readme

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