---
title: JMeter 5 and OctoPerf 9.4
url: https://blog.octoperf.com/jmeter-5-and-octoperf-94/
date: '2018-09-26'
authors:
- gbetaillouloux
categories:
- Innovation
tags:
- Analysis
- Design
- Elasticsearch
- JMeter
description: A new version of JMeter means a new version of OctoPerf. And for good measure we've added a couple of other features on top of it.
---

# JMeter 5 and OctoPerf 9.4

JMeter 5 is out, **be the first to test with it from the cloud with OctoPerf!**

## Integration of JMeter 5

![Apache JMeter](https://blog.octoperf.com/img/blog/jmeter5-and-octoperf/apache-jmeter.png "Apache JMeter")

This brand new version of JMeter brings a lot of new features and fixes.
As usual **we've worked hard to migrate all our load generators to JMeter 5** as fast as possible.
Compatibility with previous scripts is still guaranteed since the number of core changes remains small.


## Results tree

The result tree is a long awaited feature displaying statistics for your entire user tree:
![Tree](https://blog.octoperf.com/img/blog/jmeter5-and-octoperf/tree.gif "Tree")

This way **you can quickly tell where the time is spent** or see if you have a high error rate on a particular step. Check our [analysis tips](https://api.octoperf.com/doc/analysis/tips/ "Analysis tips") for more information on that.
It is also compatible with the [usual metrics available in OctoPerf](https://api.octoperf.com/doc/analysis/edit-bench-report/performance-metrics/ "Available metrics").
Feel free to add one even to your older test reports from the left menu.

## Requests names

Naming each individual request is possible in JMeter but so far we relied on containers/transactions for this purpose.
Now if you prefer to import your JMX and keep these names or just like to name requests individually, it is possible:
![Requests names](https://blog.octoperf.com/img/blog/jmeter5-and-octoperf/request-name.png "Requests names")

## Sanity check improvements

We've added **new warning labels to the sanity check** so that you can quickly fix any issue with your scripts prior to the test:
![Sanity](https://blog.octoperf.com/img/blog/jmeter5-and-octoperf/sanity.png "Sanity")
This will make the design even easier by pointing potential mistakes.

## Chrome webdriver

![Webdriver](https://blog.octoperf.com/img/blog/jmeter5-and-octoperf/webdriver.png "Webdriver")

Our webdriver plugin was a bit outdated since is was based on Firefox 47, because of that **we've updated it to Chrome 68**.

## Final note

Although the result tree is more work than it looks like, this release is still a bit lighter than usual because of the summer break, but rest assured **we are working on many new features for the end of this year!**
And as usual, send us your feedbacks and feature requests. Building an even nicer tool requires a lot of these.