WPM 2023.1 release notes
Release date: February 15, 2023
These release notes were last updated on March 29, 2023.
These release notes describe the new features, improvements, and fixed issues in Web Performance Monitor 2023.1. They also provide information about upgrades and describe workarounds for known issues.
Learn more
- For information on the latest hotfixes, see WPM Hotfixes.
- For release notes for previous WPM versions, see Previous Version documentation.
- For information about requirements, see WPM system requirements.
- For information about working with WPM, see the WPM Administrator Guide.
These release notes provide the following details:
- New features and improvements in WPM
- New customer installation
- Before you upgrade!
- How to upgrade
- Fixed issues
- End of life
- Deprecation notice
- Legal notices
New features and improvements in WPM
WPM 2023.1 offers new features and improvements compared to previous versions of WPM.
See also the SolarWinds Platform 2023.1 Release Notes.
New customer installation
For information about installing Web Performance Monitor, see the SolarWinds Platform Product Installation and Upgrade Guide.
Before you upgrade!
If you are upgrading from a previous version, be aware of the following considerations.
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WPM 2023.1 can be upgraded from versions 2020.1 and later. If you are running a version earlier than WPM 2020.2.1, please upgrade to WPM 2020.2.6 first and then upgrade to WPM 2023.1.
How to upgrade
Go to Settings > My Deployment to initiate the upgrade. The SolarWinds Installer upgrades your entire deployment (all SolarWinds Platform products and any scalability engines).
Fixed issues
WPM 2023.1 contains all of the fixed issues from the SolarWinds Platform 2023.1 release.
See the SolarWinds Platform 2023.1 Release Notes for more information.
| Case Number | Description |
|---|---|
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01097066 00820930 01082316 00827260 |
WPM SSL Certificate is now signed using SHA256 encryption algorithm or higher. |
End of life
| Version | EoL Announcement | EoE Effective Date | EoL Effective Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020.2.6 | April 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on WPM 2020.2.6 should begin transitioning to the latest version of WPM. | May 18, 2023: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for WPM 2020.2.6 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | May 18, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for WPM 2020.2.6 |
| 2020.2.5 | January 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on WPM 2020.2.5 should begin transitioning to the latest version of WPM. | February 17, 2023: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for WPM 2020.2.5 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | February 17, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for WPM 2020.2.5. |
| 2020.2.4 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on WPM 2020.2.4 should begin transitioning to the latest version of WPM. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for WPM 2020.2.4 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for WPM 2020.2.4. |
| 2020.2.1 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on WPM 2020.2.1 should begin transitioning to the latest version of WPM. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for WPM 2020.2.1 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for WPM 2020.2.1. |
| 2020.2 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on WPM 2020.2 should begin transitioning to the latest version of WPM. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for WPM 2020.2 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for WPM 2020.2. |
| 2019.4 | July 27, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement - Customers on WPM version 2019.4 should begin transitioning to the latest version of WPM. | August 26, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) - Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for WPM version 2019.4 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | August 26, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) - SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for WPM version 2019.4. |
| 3.0 | July 27, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement - Customers on WPM version 2019.4 should begin transitioning to the latest version of WPM. | August 26, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) - Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for WPM version 3.0 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | August 26, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) - SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for WPM version 3.0 . |
See the End of Life Policy for information about SolarWinds product life cycle phases. To see EoL dates for earlier WPM versions, see WPM release history.
Deprecation notice
WPM currently supports the following feature, but it will be removed in a future release. Avoid using deprecated features.
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
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Deprecated WPM Recorder |
Future releases may not support the ability to edit recordings or play transactions that originate in the Deprecated WPM Recorder. Use the latest Web Transaction Recorder to create recordings, instead. To deploy a new recorder, see the WPM Getting Started Guide. |
| Browser support | All versions of Internet Explorer will become unsupported in a future release. Some pages are not compatible with IE 11. Do not enable Enterprise Mode in IE 11. It is not supported. |
Legal notices
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