Version History of Webserver Stress Tool

Version 7.2.1.246/247 (Feb 2nd 2008)

  • Maintenance Release
  • Bugfix: For HTTPS webpages downloading of images with relative image URLs used HTTP instead of HTTPS
  • Bugfix: Fixed some optical issues on Microsoft Vista

Version 7.2.0.238/239 (Feb 21st 2007)

  • New: Full support for Microsoft Vista

Version 7.1.1.233/234 (Sep 25th 2006)

  • Changed: Help file now in CHM format (for Vista compatibility)
  • Changed: GUI support for XP and Vista skinning

Version 7.1.1.229/230 (Apr 25th 2006)

  • Bugfix: URL Script subroutine "OnAfterClick" was not executed after a click was finished

Version 7.1.1.227/228 (Apr 10th 2006)

  • New: After running a test in command line mode webstress writes the test report as a time-stamped DOC file and then closes (Tip: enable "ZIP logs" option to also keep a copy of all logfiles of each test)
  • Bugfix: In command line mode webstress7.exe used 100% CPU cycles

Version 7.1.0.222/223 (Feb 7th 2006)

  • Maintenance Release
  • Bugfix: Program freezes on some systems after clicking "Start Test"

Version 7.0.3.189 (August 4th 2005)

  • Bugfix: "Start test at" feature used incorrect start time

Version 7.0.3.187 (August 1st 2005)

  • New: Added detailed documentation of URL scripting functions (see manual)
  • New: Added global variables to URL scripting (see manual)
  • New: Added new string constants to URL scripting (see manual)

Version 7.0.2.178/179 (June 30th 2005) 

  • New: Added script commands to load a datafile for each user and use items sequentially
    • You can load a text datafile per user and then use the items (one per line) sequentially. Each time you use one item, the counter is incremented. When end of file is reached it restarts from the beginning.
    • First load the file before the first item is needed (e.g. in Function OnBeforeClick). The use the items as needed 
    • if data.clickcount=0 then 
       data.loaddatafile="c:\boot.ini" 
      end if
      data.url=http://intranet.hp7?"+data.nextdatafileitem
  • Minor Bugfixes

Version 7.0.2.174/175 (May 11th 2005) 

  • Bugfix: Option "Simulate Maximum Data Rate for Client (kbit/s)" did not work correctly.

Version 7.0.2.172/173 (April 11th 2005) 

  • New: Support for "data.SOAPaction" in URL Scripts for SOAP Request Load Testing (see manual, faqs or this article for details)
  • New: Variable "data.token" can be used to store token information between clicks in URL Scripts (see sample in the manual for details)
  • Bugfix: Server ports other than "80" not supported when "download image/Frames/objects" was enabled
  • Bugfix: Restarting a "Clicks Test" failed every second

Version 7.0.1.168/169 (Mar 15th 2005) 

  • Major New Version
  • New: MUCH more testing power and faster processing => We have successfully tested Webserver Stress Tool 7 with
    • more than ~500 MBit/s network load,
    • more than 1.000.000 pageviews per hour and
    • up to 10.000 simultaneous users
  • New: Can simulate up to 10.000 simultaneous and independent users
  • New: Added VB scripting for URL configuration (now ANY URL pattern can be tested!)
  • New: Updated interface with new Icons => now it is easier for newbies to set up a new test 
  • New: Added a "client health" graph where you can find out if you hit the limits of the client or the server
  • New: Optionally all test results can be archived into a ZIP file after each test
  • New: The raw data of the graphs is available in CSV files after the test
  • Updated: Revised manual
  • and many smaller enhancements

Version 6.20 (Mar 26th 2004)