WPM 2024.2 release notes
Release date: June 4, 2024
Here's what's new in Web Performance Monitor 2024.2.
Web Performance Monitor runs on the SolarWinds Platform.
Learn more
- See WPM 2024.2 system requirements to learn about prerequisites for running and installing WPM 2024.2.
- See the WPM 2024.2 Administrator Guide to learn how to work with WPM.
New features and improvements in WPM
Web Performance Monitor 2024.2 includes the new features in version 2024.2 of the SolarWinds Platform. For more information, see the SolarWinds Platform 2024.2 Release Notes.
Other improvements
- NovaJS and Angular dependencies in WPM Recorder and Browser were upgraded.
- SolarWinds has aligned with Microsoft Support and will no longer support Internet Explorer-based transactions in a near-term future release.
- WPM now offers a Recordings Migration Tool, so you can migrate your WPM recordings and discontinue using the Deprecated WPM Recorder. It's important to note that upcoming releases will not support editing recordings or playing transactions that originate in the Deprecated WPM Recorder.
- SolarWinds provides guidance on adjusting WPM for FIPS-enabled environments.
Fixes
For information about new features and fixes in the SolarWinds Platform, see the SolarWinds Platform 2024.2 Release Notes.
| Case number | Description |
|---|---|
| 01503928 |
The WPM Browser no longer closes before playback ends. |
| 01442063, 01558129, 01558185 |
Playback error messages have been improved to provide more information. |
| 01327550, 01526848, 01538086 |
The WPM Recorder handles redirects that abort pending navigation in new tabs without returning errors such as |
|
N/A |
Electron has been upgraded. |
Installation or upgrade
For new SolarWinds Platform deployments, download the installation file from the WPM product page on https://www.solarwinds.com or from the Customer Portal. For more information, see Get the installer.
To activate WPM in an existing SolarWinds Platform deployment, use the License Manager.
For upgrades, go to Settings > My Deployment to initiate the upgrade. The SolarWinds Installer upgrades your entire deployment (all SolarWinds Platform products and any scalability engines).
For more information, see the SolarWinds Platform Product Installation and Upgrade Guide.
For supported upgrade paths to 2024.2, see Upgrade an existing deployment.
Known issues
Excessive DNS requests to the same domain after the upgrade
The communication with redirector.gvt1.com (a Google server) is used to download dictionaries for spell-checking.
Resolution or workaround: This will be fixed in a future release.
During the upgrade, the WPM Playback Player service creates local WPM Player service accounts
When upgrading, the WPM Playback Player service creates local WPM Player service accounts "SEUM-user-#" automatically.
Resolution or workaround:
Delete WPM Player service accounts manually. See How to Delete a User Account. Then, open the AgentSettings.dat file and change numberOfWorkerProcesses to 0.
WPM reports with aggregated data show incorrect data
Reports based on WPM entities that include aggregated data (detailed, hourly, and daily) do not use the Weight parameter correctly.
Resolution or workaround: None
WPM records clicks generated by a website
WPM records clicks that are triggered by a website code. The internal website code might be setting a state on elements that are not reachable and playback of these actions will fail.
Resolution or workaround: None
Click actions inside of an iframe element are not recorded
After the upgrade, it is not possible to click inside of an iframe element if it is inside of a canvas element.
Resolution or workaround: This will be fixed in a future release.
WPM 3.0+ ActionRawMouseClick action does not execute properly in iframes
When WPM Recorder executes an action that was recorded in the second or later iframe, it executes scrolling properly, but xy clicks are executed only in the first frame.
Resolution or workaround: None
Cannot record click action on disabled element
After upgrading the Electron version with the new Chromium v116, when a user clicks on a disabled HTML element, WPM Recorder cannot record the click. It can also affect the WPM Browser, which may display the error: Cannot click element.
Resolution or workaround: None
Recording passwords have inconsistent requirements
The WebRecordingWriter component performs validation of passwords for encrypting recording differently from the way validation is performed in other places in WPM. This results in inconsistent behavior and unexpected runtime errors. For example, WPM Recorder allows the use of passwords that consist of only whitespace characters, and it works correctly. Web Console allows the use of passwords that consist of only whitespace characters, but it fails with an unexpected error. And lastly, RMT does not allow the use of passwords that consist of only whitespace characters.
Resolution or workaround: None
Change to default port may require user to update WPM Recorder
Due to a change to the default port for SWIS Rest API in WPM Recorder and RecordingsMigrationTool, older installations of WPM Recorder may display a message stating there is a required WPM Recorder update.
Resolution or workaround: Manually download the installer to the target machine.
WPM Recorder occasionally displays an error when closing a tab before internal error page is rendered
Occasionally, when playing back a recording, an error message is displayed. It states, "An error occurred! Uncaught (in promise): TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'executeJavaScript')..." The error message is not displayed consistently. This error occurs only after a PDF is downloaded in a new tab.
Resolution or workaround: None
Clicking on elements larger than viewport may not be properly played back
When a user creates a recording that navigates to a page and they scroll all the way to the right and click on the right side of the long button at the top of the page, "Button clicked: Long" is displayed at the top of the page. When the recording is stopped and playback is started, the click action seems to be played back. However, the button was not actually clicked, and the text on the page is not displayed. The click action might be failing with an "out of bounds" exception.
Resolution or workaround: None
End of life
| Version | EoL announcement | EoE effective date | EoL effective date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022.4 | June 4, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on WPM 2022.4 should begin transitioning to the latest version of WPM. | July 4, 2024: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for WPM 2022.4 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | July 4, 2025: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for WPM 2022.4. |
| 2022.3 | February 6, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on WPM 2022.3 should begin transitioning to the latest version of WPM. | March 7, 2024: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for WPM 2022.3 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | March 7, 2025: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for WPM 2022.3. |
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
The following platforms and features are still supported in the current release. However, they will be unsupported in a future release. Plan on upgrading deprecated platforms, and avoid using deprecated features.
| Type | Details |
|---|---|
| WPM Deprecated Recorder | Upcoming releases will not support editing recordings or playing transactions that originate in the Deprecated WPM Recorder. WPM now offers a Recordings Migration Tool, so you can migrate your WPM recordings and discontinue using the Deprecated WPM Recorder. |
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