Regressions

The following regressions will be resolved in 5.6.1:

• ThreadGroups are running endlessly in non-gui mode https://github.com/apache/jmeter/issues/6008
• After disabling the Java Request sampler, it cannot be enabled again https://github.com/apache/jmeter/issues/6004

What's Changed

• doc: add load profile samples to Open Model Thread Group documentation by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/718
• Master tests by @pjfanning in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/722
• Add .asf.yaml, enable GitHub Issues by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/728
• Add GitHub Issue templates by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5710
• doc: handle markup in documentation by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5711
• Add Chinese Simplified Translation for Open Model Thread Group by @kaola89 in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/725
• SyncTimerTest | Used Junit 5 assertions to keep it consistent by @SampathKumarAmex in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/726
• Update grgit to 4.1.1 (from 4.1.0) by @SampathKumarAmex in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/691
• Update Spock to 2.2-groovy-3.0 (from 2.1-groovy-3.0) by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5713
• Remove Travis CI configuration as the ASF is moving away from Travis CI by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5719
• Bump actions/checkout to v3 by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5722
• Update Bugzilla -> GitHub issues in the contribution documentation by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5712
• UPPER is the default case for changeCase by @orimarko in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5731
• bump checksum-dependency-plugin to 1.86, so public pgp keys could be stored under the source control by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5760
• Update Gradle to 7.6 from 7.3 by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5763
• Change from Assert. to Assertions. by @milamberspace in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5813
• Bug #5807 - Fix an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException on HTTP parameters … by @milamberspace in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5812
• Add KeyStroke for start_no_timers (Start no pauses: CRTL+SHIFT+n) by @dgetzlaf in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5792
• chore: bump Gradle to 8.1.1 by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5814
• chore: call verifyReleaseDependencies only when building release version by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5828
• Deadlock in testsuite by @FSchumacher in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5870
• Trim variable names in Argument objects by @FSchumacher in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5874
• [66139] Ensure Open Model Thread Group initializes config elements only once by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/717
• Add errorprone verifications by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5873
• Fix NumberFormatException when counter is empty or not a digit on Proxy Settings panel by @milamberspace in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5901
• Speed up CPU-bound tests by skipping recoverRunningVersion for elements that are shared between threads (the ones that implement NoThreadClone) by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5899
• Use JMeterProperty#intValue for loop count directly by @FSchumacher in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5876
• Use Caffeine for caching HTTP headers instead of commons-collections4 LRUMap by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5911
• feat: Use Caffeine for caching compiled scripts in JSR223 samplers instead of commons-collections4 LRUMap by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5909
• feat: Use Caffeine for caching customizers in TestBeanGUI instead of commons-collections4 LRUMap by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5910
• feat: use ServiceLoader to find implementations instead of searching classes in jars by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5885
• feat: add property to disable FunctionProperty caching by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5788
• ci: add randomized matrix for better test coverage by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/693
• style: use bounded wildcards for private, and static methods by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5927
• Update website copyright year to 2023 by @raboof in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5787
• perf: cache datetime formatter in __time function by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5934
• Added Shortcut key event for Reset search - 66053 by @rollno748 in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/710
• perf: remove excessive BufferedInputStream from HTTP sampler by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5952
• perf: avoid String.replaceAll in HTTPJavaImpl by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5953
• perf: avoid string concatenation in HTTPHC4.HttpClientKey by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5954
• fix: PropertyIterator.remove should remove properties from both collections in TestElement by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5958
• chore: allocate Xmx1500m for the build by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5962
• test: Add OpenJDK JMH for creating microbenchmarks in JMeter code by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5960
• Migrate TestElement interface to Kotlin by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5959
• chore: reduce verbosity of the build logs by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5965
• Add more variables to template to compute sampler names by @FSchumacher in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5869
• doc: update the next version to be 5.6 by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5936
• feat: Enable usage of ${...} expressions for checkbox controls by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5944
• chore: bump vlsi-release-plugins to 1.89 by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5972
• chore: use testFixtures sourceset instead of depending on all the test classes by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5975
• perf: add PropertyIteratorImpl.EMPTY_ITERATOR when iterating over an empty collection by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5985
• fix: AbstractTestElement#clone might produce non-identical clones if element constructor adds a non-default property value by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5984
• DSL for programmatic test plan generation by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/678
• fix: restore public static final String references to literals for backward compatibility by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5988
• fix: encode unicode characters in filenames when sending files in HTTP Sampler by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5987

Dependencies

• Update lets-plot-jvm by @FSchumacher in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5797
• chore: update xalan:xalan to 2.7.3 by @vlsi in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5880
• fix(deps): update com.github.vlsi to v1.88 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5824
• fix(deps): update dependency checkstyle to v10.10.0 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5825
• fix(deps): update dependency de.thetaphi.forbiddenapis:de.thetaphi.forbiddenapis.gradle.plugin to v3.5.1 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5826
• fix(deps): update dependency jacoco to v0.8.10 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5827
• fix(deps): update junit5 monorepo to v5.9.3 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5832
• fix(deps): update dependency org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-bom to v3.0.17 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5830
• fix(deps): update dependency org.jsoup:jsoup to v1.15.4 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5835
• fix(deps): update dependency org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-bom to v1.6.4 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5834
• fix(deps): update dependency org.freemarker:freemarker to v2.3.32 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5833
• fix(deps): update dependency org.ow2.asm:asm to v9.5 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5837
• fix(deps): update dependency cglib:cglib-nodep to v3.3.0 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5842
• fix(deps): update dependency org.apache.rat:apache-rat to v0.15 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5844
• fix(deps): update dependency org.checkerframework:checker to v3.33.0 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5846
• fix(deps): update dependency nl.jqno.equalsverifier:equalsverifier to v3.14.1 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5845
• fix(deps): update dependency org.objenesis:objenesis to v3.3 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5849
• fix(deps): update dependency com.fifesoft:rsyntaxtextarea to v3.3.3 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5847
• fix(deps): update dependency net.minidev:json-smart to v2.4.10 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5841
• fix(deps): update dependency org.jetbrains:annotations to v23.1.0 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5853
• fix(deps): update dependency org.apache.commons:commons-jexl3 to v3.3 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5851
• fix(deps): update dependency org.apache.mina:mina-core to v2.2.1 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5855
• fix(deps): update dependency net.minidev:accessors-smart to v2.4.9 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5840
• fix(deps): update dependency org.hsqldb:hsqldb to v2.7.1 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5856
• fix(deps): update org.apache.logging.log4j to v2.20.0 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5859
• fix(deps): update dependency org.apache.xmlgraphics:xmlgraphics-commons to v2.8 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5852
• fix(deps): update org.apache.httpcomponents by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5862
• fix(deps): update dependency org.jsoup:jsoup to v1.16.1 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5864
• fix(deps): update dependency com.sun.mail:all to v1.6.7 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5867
• fix(deps): update dependency com.helger.commons:ph-commons to v10.2.3 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5868
• fix(deps): update dependency com.helger.commons:ph-commons to v10.2.4 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5886
• fix(deps): update dependency org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-bom to v1.7.0 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5889
• fix(deps): update dependency org.jetbrains:annotations to v24 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5908
• fix(deps): update dependency net.sf.saxon:saxon-he to v11.5 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5854
• fix(deps): update dependency org.jetbrains.lets-plot:lets-plot-batik to v3.2.0 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5907
• fix(deps): update org.checkerframework by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5887
• fix(deps): update dependency checkstyle to v10.11.0 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5913
• fix(deps): update dependency org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-bom to v1.7.1 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5918
• fix(deps): update com.fasterxml.jackson.core to v2.15.1 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5921
• fix(deps): update dependency org.spockframework:spock-core to v2.3-groovy-3.0 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5931
• fix(deps): update net.minidev json-smart to v2.4.11 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5930
• fix(deps): update dependency org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit to v5.13.1.202206130422-r by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5929
• chore(deps): update actions/checkout action to v3 by @renovate-bot in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5932

New Contributors

• @pjfanning made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/722
• @kaola89 made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/725
• @orimarko made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5731
• @milamberspace made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5813
• @dgetzlaf made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5792
• @renovate-bot made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5824
• @raboof made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/5787
• @rollno748 made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/jmeter/pull/710

Full Changelog: https://github.com/apache/jmeter/compare/rel/v5.5...rel/v5.6