Artillery 2.0.33, released on 2026-06-16, delivers focused updates to core dependencies, enhancing its capabilities for performance and security testing.

Key Changes

  • Browser Automation: The Playwright dependency has been upgraded to v1.61.0. This update is significant for tests involving browser interactions, providing QA engineers with access to the latest browser features, critical bug fixes, and performance improvements. It ensures that Artillery’s browser-based tests, often used for end-to-end and UI performance analysis, remain current and effective, aligning with modern web testing standards.
  • Data Generation: The fake-data plugin now utilizes Faker.js, replacing Falso. This transition standardizes fake data generation within Artillery, offering a more widely adopted and actively maintained library. Faker.js provides a rich set of data generation options, crucial for creating diverse and realistic test data sets. This is especially important for simulating varied user behaviors and data inputs in load testing scenarios, as explored in our Artillery load testing tutorial.

Impact for QA Teams

QA teams will find improved stability and expanded capabilities for browser-based performance tests due to the Playwright update, ensuring tests reflect real-world user experiences more accurately. The switch to Faker.js simplifies test data management, making it easier to generate diverse and realistic data for various testing scenarios. This directly enhances the reliability and relevance of performance testing results, allowing teams to identify bottlenecks and vulnerabilities more effectively.