This morning when launching Katalon Recorder, I was excited to see another update had been shipped. However, that excitement quickly went away as I began running my scripts. The speed of the recorder is drastically slower in this version. At first, I thought that I had left the speed setting down a notch or two from the fastest mode. Yet when I checked, it was at the fastest setting.
The speed is significantly slower. Yesterday, using version 6, the speed allowed my scripts to run in minutes. Now, with version 7, the same data set will take well over 20+ minutes. Is anyone else experiencing this slowdown? I am happy to provide more details and perform tests.
If this can not be resolved rapidly, how can I downgrade to the previous version?
However, the new version of the extension does not work at all with the old version of Chrome (version 109.0.5414.168, official build, 64-bit, Windows 8.1). The previous version generally worked fine with the older version of Chrome.
Earlier on the forum, the Katalon team provided recommendations for installing unpacked extensions in Chrome (previous versions). However, the repository with version releases has not been updated for a long time. I hope that attaching the extension archive I have saved (version 6.0.1, update from 2024-04-23) will not violate community rules.
This is the original CRX file from the Chrome Web Store, which was saved in one of my browser directories (C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\extensions_crx_cache) during the last update or installation. This file can be opened and unpacked using tools like 7-Zip, and more detailed instructions can be found in the link I provided above.
Please NOTE that if you download the CRX file in Chrome (not using Save link as), then the browser will automatically try to start installing the extension (which we donāt need if our goal is to install an unpacked extension, an outdated version), this attempt will most likely fail. ljdobmomdgdljniojadhoplhkpialdid_6_0_1.crx (5.8 MB)
We have been forced to disable the extension it is messing up many of our forms, is running very slowly, and many of the runScript code is no longer running (eg prompt). Please fix this Katalon.
Iāve personally found the performance an improvement, but I have noticed I am now having issues where text input fields with JS events attached to them arenāt triggering the JS events correctly (and in some cases seem to be blanking out the field after populating them, post file upload via ātypeā).
runScript is also personally working for me.
I donāt believe that these issues are bugs with what I am testing, but with the extension in this case.
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Hi Albert - Thank you for the reply. I am very grateful that a member of the Support team has already reached out, and I have provided all of the items that you requested. If it would help with the investigation, I am happy to join a web session and provide additional details.
I am looking forward to updates in the coming weeks!
That is a great technique, derobertis.michael. Iām going to give that a try!
The scenario that I am reporting and have observed in this post does not appear to be related to the test I have created or the web property that I am testing. The solution is drastically slower!
Actually, if you install an Extension in this way, then it wonāt upgrade. I purposely keep two versions of the Katalon Recorder installed. The active current version, and a previous known-good version.
I switch back and forth by simply disabling one and enabling the other.
Why would I do this? Because browser extensions upgrade automatically whenever the extension developer releases a new version and not on my schedule.
I am a software developer myself and I know that not all releases are good. This is not me complaining, it is just the reality of life. I, myself, have released more duds than I care to admit. That is why I appreciate the Katalon Recorder extension. It helps me to keep my duds to a minimum.
That said, this is not the first version of the Katalon Recorder that broke things. Sometimes purposely, sometimes not. When I am busy testing a release, I donāt necessarily have time to also debug the latest Katalon Recorder or upgrade my testing scripts. Sometimes I need to get a patch or feature out quickly.
Therefore it is important to me to have an older known-good version of the Katalon Recorder available. If something is off, I can quickly switch versions, complete my testing and log the issue afterward. It also means I can quickly verify that the issue is with the new release of the Katalon Recorder, and not some goofy error on my side.
I believe manual extension installation is also against policy for us, but nevertheless thank you very much.
Yes I agree regarding software releases containing bugs. I have been a Katalon user for years and am a massive fan of their products. The unfortunate situation with this release however is it has forced us to disable it because we do a lot of runScript stuff (akin to having a mini framework which manages all the conditions etc).
Manual extension installation is against policy here too. However, the āFirefox trickā is working perfectly: Katalon has not been updated for Firefox, and it can run the exact same scenarios as on Chrome. Back in business for now.
Hi @brenton, we have been working on a fix and will be releasing version 7.0.1 next week. This update will include the fix for the returnPrompt function, as well as the bug on http://dealhub.io and http://monday.com. We will notify you in the forum once the update is released. Kindly verify if the issue has been resolved and inform us if it persists.
Regarding the performance issues, please be assured that we are actively investigating them.
Thank you for your understanding and dedication to Katalon.
That is great news. Thank you for the update @vy.huynh. Iāll be happy to provide feedback when v7.0.1 is released. I am also available to test a Beta build if it would be helpful before the version is GA.
As Vy Huynh has confirmed the release of KR version 7.0.1 with many bug fixes to address the issue(s) raised in this thread, we will proceed to close this thread shortly.
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