Exciting news: We’re currently in the final stages of preparing for the WebXPRT 5 GA release and expect to take it live very soon!
The WebXPRT 5 Preview period has been very successful, and we appreciate the interest and engagement that we’ve seen from around the world. When we released the Preview and encouraged testers to submit and publish results, we said we’d try to limit any changes in the GA release to areas that would not affect test scores, such as the UI and non-workload features. We’re pleased to report that we’ve achieved that goal. WebXPRT 5 Preview testing results will be comparable with GA build results, so there will be no need to retest with the GA if you’ve already recorded Preview build scores.
If you haven’t yet used the WebXPRT 5 Preview, we encourage you to check out this blog post about the workload lineup. As we implied above, the seven core workloads in the Preview build will remain unchanged in the GA release. Additionally, while we are including a placeholder section for future experimental workloads, we’re not yet ready to include one in the GA release. We are actively working on candidate workloads for that section, but some of the underlying web technologies are not yet ready for widespread use. Taking the time to get these experimental workloads right means that there are really cool and all-new WebXPRT 5 capabilities that are still on the way!
Keep an eye on this space and WebXPRT.com for the GA announcement. This new chapter in the WebXPRT story will be the best one yet!
Justin
