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TruClient 2.0 General Availability (GA) Is Now Available!

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We are very excited to introduce TruClient 2.0 GA, our largest advancement ever to our market leading browser-based testing solution, TruClient! With TruClient 2.0 we didn’t simply update our existing TruClient solution, but rather we rebuilt TruClient from the ground up as a brand-new solution. Our goal: to take TruClient to the next level for ease of use, functionality and security.

This new TruClient 2.0 protocol maintains the ease of use and functionality you have come to expect from TruClient (such as client-side metrics) while introducing new capabilities that not only enhance usability but resolve certain pain points.  After an extremely successful technical preview release in the LoadRunner family 24.3, we listened to customer feedback and implemented even more new features in TruClient 25.1. Around 30% of the deliverables in the new release are coming from your feedback! During the technical preview, we worked directly with over 40 customers capturing firsthand feedback and analyzed thousands of test runs that contained TruClient 2.0 scripts. This customer feedback and hands on analysis allowed us to improve what was already great! We are excited that TruClient 25.1 will offer solutions to the pain points sometimes experienced in TruClient 1.0 in addition to offering brand new functionality as well. So, what is new? Let’s dive into it. 

  • Browser decoupling. When creating TruClient 2.0 we wanted to make the TruClient experience even easier to use and more robust than it already was. So, one of our highest priorities was to decouple the browsers from the TruClient protocol. Now, with TruClient 2.0, you are no longer locked to a specific version of a browser (or LoadRunner product version). Instead, TruClient 2.0 utilizes the browser you have installed on your desktop or load generator (LG) when creating or replaying a script. This puts users in control of which browser version is utilized during a TruClient scripting and replay session.
  • By decoupling the browsers from TruClient, TruClient 2.0 puts the power of managing security back into the hands of users. Now, for the first time, a higher version level of a browser can be deployed and utilized without a required product upgrade or patch that updates built in browser versions. This is critical when addressing browser security concerns, such as CVEs. TruClient 2.0 will automatically utilize any updated browser without any required product or TruClient 2.0 script updates.
  • Linux Support. TruClient 2.0 also delivers another first, Linux OS Support. For the first time Linux based load generators (LGs) can be used when using TruClient 2.0 scripts in a load test. This new functionality will yield a Total Cost of Ownership reduction due to lower resource costs along with other TruClient 2.0 optimizations.
  • Docker Image Support. In 25.1, TruClient 2.0 will now support Linux Docker image load generators (LGs) for the first time. Users now have the option to leverage Load Generators based on a Docker Image to run TruClient 2.0 scripts as part of a LoadTest.
  • Reduced resource requirements (footprint). The decoupling of the browsers, Linux load generator support, along with other optimizations it is expected that TruClient 2.0 will require fewer resources in some configurations such as much improved CPU utilization. This will allow for fewer needed resources when executing a load test with TruClient 2.0 scripts.
  • Migrating existing TruClient assets. With the release of TruClient 2.0, we are also releasing a brand-new migration utility. This utility will assist when doing a one-time migration of existing TruClient scripts to the new TruClient 2.0. Now, in 25.1, the migration utility fully supports OpenTextTm Enterprise Performance Engineering 25.1 and OpenTextTm Core Performance Engineering 25.1.

As you can see, TruClient 2.0 really delivers! Along with the enhancements mentioned above, TruClient 2.0 delivers many others as well such as full iFrame support and the ability to execute TruClient 2.0 scripts in headless mode.

Try it out today! TruClient 2.0 is available as General Availability in OpenTextTm Professional Performance Engineering 25.1, OpenTextTm Enterprise Performance Engineering 25.1, and OpenTextTm Core Performance Engineering 25.1.

Explore and read more about TruClient 2.0 using the following link: TruClient 2.0

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