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AI in Performance Testing: MCP server Integration with OctoPerf

Some topics are just too trendy to overlook, and AI in testing is definitely one of them. A few weeks ago, we shared a blog post introducing the integration between an MCP server and OctoPerf, highlighting the many benefits it brings.

To illustrate this in action, we recently hosted a webinar led by Thomas Pitteman, performance testing expert at Adeo and OctoPerf power user. In this short 20-minute session, Thomas walks through the concept behind the integration, demonstrates several prompts to launch a test directly from Claude, and shows how to query the AI for insights and recommendations on the results.

The webinar wraps up with a Q&A session, which we chose to keep, so you can hear answers to questions you might be wondering about too.

Improve Your Testing Efficiency: Unfolding Spira & OctoPerf's Integration

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Supercharge Your Testing Efficiency! ⚡️ Watch our webinar recording to see how the powerful integration between Spira and OctoPerf can revolutionize your testing workflow.

In this session, we dive deep into:

  • 📊 Unified Dashboard: See how Spira provides a single pane of glass to monitor your release progress, risks, and sprint statuses.
  • ✅ Real-Time Test Results: Learn how to track requirement statuses and drill down into individual test cases, including load tests powered by OctoPerf.
  • ⚡ Seamless OctoPerf Integration: Witness the magic of launching and analyzing OctoPerf load tests directly from Spira, streamlining your performance testing.
  • 📈 In-Depth Performance Analysis: Explore OctoPerf's capabilities for creating, debugging, and analyzing load tests with features like HAR file import, variable management, and real-time reporting.
  • 🌍 Global Load Testing: See how to simulate user traffic from multiple locations and compare performance metrics for a comprehensive view of your application's behavior.
  • 🛠️ Practical Demonstrations: Get hands-on insights into configuring and using both Spira and OctoPerf to enhance your testing process.

New Features Tour - March 2025

Watch Our Latest Webinar: New Features Tour.

We’re excited to share the recording of our latest webinar, New Features Tour - March 2025!

Over the past 12 months, we improved both our SaaS and On-Premise versions, and this session showcases all the powerful updates we’ve introduced.

What’s New?

  • Trend Report – Track performance evolution over time
  • Insights – Automatically detect potential issues in your test
  • JTL Import – Seamlessly import & analyze your JMeter result libraries
  • Data Faker – Generate realistic test data effortlessly

Watch the full webinar to see these features in action and learn how they can optimize your performance testing!

Feature Highlight - Import JTL results from JMeter

OctoPerf offers a JTL import feature that allows anyone to import JMeter results and manipulate them through our reporting UI for free.

What is JTL

JTL stands for Jmeter Test Logs. It is the recommended output for JMeter test results.

It is basically a CSV file that contains a single line for each individual sample result:

jtl-file

It is important to note that the JTL is not structured, it contains results for a given JMeter instance across all threads running. Because of this it can be difficult to differentiate items that share a similar label.

OctoPerf v15.1 - Continuous integration and new trend report

Version 15 of OctoPerf bring a huge focus on continuous integration and Devops practices. We've taken steps to highlight existing integrations, add many others and we've thrown an entirely new report type on top of it.

Continuous integration improvements

It's always been possible to automate OctoPerf tests using our existing plugins or simply through our API. That said the setup of those integrations comes with a learning curve. In order to make this curve as flat as possible we've added a new wizard and the possibility to get a PDF report automatically at the end of the test.