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HttpWatch Changelog

What's new in HttpWatch 15.0.5

Mar 11, 2024
  • Fixed: A 'Type must be number' error could occur when recording in Edge
  • Update: Chrome and Edge CRX files in the HttpWatch install directory have been updated

New in HttpWatch 15.0.4 (Mar 11, 2024)

  • New: The Cookie tab now shows all cookie attributes (e.g. path, domain etc) for sent cookies as well as received cookies
  • New: Blocked cookies are now shown on the Cooke tab and can be optionally hidden using the 'Show blocked cookies' check box
  • New; The Blocked column on the Cookie tabs shows the reasons why a cookie was blocked by the browser
  • New: Warnings HW3007 and HW3008 were added to show when request and response cookies were blocked
  • New: Automatic formatting now available for JavaScript, CSS, XML and HTMLcontent
  • New: Supports file names longer than 256 characters allowing HWL files to be opened from deeply nested directories on file shares
  • Improved: Browser and HttpWatch Studio windows are now closed without user interaction during silent installs
  • Improved; Faster UI performance when scrolling through text or large lists of requests
  • Changed: Removed support for Internet Explorer
  • Changed: HttpWatch Studio can no longer open HWL files from HttpWatch version 10 and earlier
  • Changed; HttpWatch Studio can no longer open HWL files saved from Internet Explorer
  • Changed: Requires Windows 10 or later on desktop PCs and Windows Server 2016 or later on servers
  • Changed: Requires Chrome and Edge version 103 or later
  • Changed: The Chrome and Edge extensions now user manifest version 3
  • Changed: Added BlockReasons property to Cookie automation class
  • Changed: Removed Source property from Cookie automation class

New in HttpWatch 14.0.25 (Jan 26, 2024)

  • Fixed: The Warnings tab in a page summary was not correctly updated when the list of warnings was modified
  • Fixed: Invalid response headers values were sometimes shown after multiple redirections
  • Improved: Added more info tips for response headers controlling security and document policies

New in HttpWatch 14.0.24 (Jan 2, 2024)

  • Fixed: An 'invalid response time' error could occur
  • Fixed: Query string values were not displayed correctly in some cases
  • New: Automatic update checking can be disabled by administrators using a registry value in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (See 'How to disable update checking' in Help)

New in HttpWatch 14.0.23 (Oct 18, 2023)

  • Fixed: An 'invalid window' error could occur during installation

New in HttpWatch 14.0.22 (Aug 18, 2023)

  • Fixed: An error could occur in the installer when shutting down browser windows.

New in HttpWatch 14.0.21 (Jul 12, 2023)

  • Fixed: An upgrade notification could be displayed despite having installed the latest version of HttpWatch

New in HttpWatch 14.0.19 (May 12, 2023)

  • Fixed: The automatic notification of an HttpWatch version update was not displayed in some cases

New in HttpWatch 14.0.18 (May 11, 2023)

  • Improved: Now accepts HAR files where a floating point number is used rather than an integer for byte counts. This improves compatibility with some third party tools

New in HttpWatch 14.0.17 (Apr 27, 2023)

  • Fixed: The toolbar in HttpWatch Studio could fail to display properly after closing a log file

New in HttpWatch 14.0.16 (Mar 13, 2023)

  • New: HttpWatch now automatically checks for updates. This can be disabled if required in Tools->Options->General
  • Fixed: The request grid could fail to display properly in HttpWatch Studio when opening a small log file

New in HttpWatch 14.0.15 (Dec 1, 2022)

  • Improved: Default file names for log files are automatically generated from host names
  • Fixed: Syntax highlighting of text in the Content and POST Data tabs
  • Fixed: Folding of text in the Content and POST Data tabs
  • Fixed: A crash could occur when sending a log file by email

New in HttpWatch 14.0.14 (Sep 14, 2022)

  • Improved: Added extra information to the error message displayed if HttpWatch fails to start recording.

New in HttpWatch 14.0.13 (Aug 24, 2022)

  • Fixed: An error could occur when installing HttpWatch
  • Changed: HttpWatch now requires version 14.0.13 of the browser extension in Chrome and Edge. Updated CRX files are included with the installer

New in HttpWatch 14.0.12 (Jul 1, 2022)

  • Fixed: Auto recording could fail in new Chrome and Edge tabs
  • Fixed: An error could occur when closing the HttpWatch window
  • Changed: The Internet Explorer extension is no longer installed by default as IE 11 was retired on June 15th, 2022. It can be installed by manually selecting the option in the installer or by using the command line argument /IEExtension=1
  • Changed: Version 14.0.12 of the Edge and Chrome extension CRX files are now included with the installer

New in HttpWatch 14.0.7 (May 19, 2022)

  • Fixed: An error could occur when opening the HttpWatch window in Chrome or Edge.
  • Fixed: An incorrect HTTP Load time could be displayed when loading HWL files.

New in HttpWatch 14.0.6 (May 13, 2022)

  • Fixed: A 'corrupted file' error could occur when opening HWL files in HttpWatch Studio version 14.0.5
  • Fixed: An error could occur when closing Edge or Chrome when HttpWatch was recording
  • Fixed: The main grid control could fail to display correctly when opening HttpWatch if auto recording was enabled

New in HttpWatch 14.0.5 (Apr 27, 2022)

  • Fixed: The data tip for the Console column sometimes failed to display entries correctly
  • Improved: The installer now avoids the requirement for a reboot if Edge has the 'Startup Boost' setting enabled

New in HttpWatch 14.0.4 (Apr 12, 2022)

  • Fixed: An access violation could occur when displaying a data tip

New in HttpWatch 14.0.3 (Mar 19, 2022)

  • Fixed: An error occurred when attempting to use the the ExportFieldsAsCSV automation method
  • Fixed: A 'statusCode not found' error could occur in Chrome and Edge
  • Fixed: A 'Failed to find queue' error could occur in Chrome and Edge

New in HttpWatch 14.0.2 (Mar 12, 2022)

  • New: Console output from Edge and Chrome (version 64 onwards) is now recorded by HttpWatch. This includes logged error, warning and information messages and output from the JavaScript runtime such as syntax errors, exceptions and calls to the console.* API
  • New: Console tabs display the console output that is specific to pages and requests
  • New: A new Console window shows all the console output that has been recorded
  • New: Console recording can be enabled or disabled using the 'Record console output' checkbox in Tools->Options->General
  • New: A Console column has been added to the main grid to show whether console output was recorded for each page or request
  • New: The UI has been updated with improved flat look icons
  • New: A new 'Full URL' data column has been added so that the original unformatted URL can be saved to CSV files
  • Improved: HttpWatch now detects requests in Edge and Chrome that belong to detached frames and would have previously have been displayed as never completing

New in HttpWatch 13.1.18 (Jan 5, 2022)

  • Fixed: It was not possible to save HWL files in version 12.x format from the browser extensions.
  • Improved: Added Windows 11 to the list of supported Windows versions.

New in HttpWatch 13.1.17 (Nov 10, 2021)

  • Fixed: In certain situations a reduced set of response headers were displayed in Chrome and Edge
  • Fixed: An image loading error could occur when starting HttpWatch

New in HttpWatch 13.1.16 (Oct 4, 2021)

  • Fixed: A'Specified resource cannot be found' error could occur when using the ExportCSV and ExportFieldsAsCSV automation methods.

New in HttpWatch 13.1.15 (Sep 21, 2021)

  • Fixed: An error could occur during installation while closing browser windows
  • Improved: HttpWatch recognizes Windows 10 Version 21H1 May 2021 Update in the Operating System section of Properties pane

New in HttpWatch 13.1.14 (Aug 3, 2021)

  • Fixed: A 'file not found' error could occur during installation

New in HttpWatch 13.1.13 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Fixed: An error could occur during installation

New in HttpWatch 13.1.12 (Jun 26, 2021)

  • Changed: Updated Chrome and Edge CRX extension files

New in HttpWatch 13.1.11 (May 27, 2021)

  • Fixed: A 'failed to parse' error could occur in Chrome or Edge
  • Improved: Page grouping has been improved in web pages containing frames or iframes

New in HttpWatch 13.1.9 (May 13, 2021)

  • Improved: Updated help about silently installing HttpWatch to shown how to handle file names and directories containing spaces

New in HttpWatch 13.1.8 (Apr 28, 2021)

  • A 'failed to create registry key' error could occur when installing IE support

New in HttpWatch 13.1.7 (Apr 12, 2021)

  • Improved: XHR and Fetch requests are now shown when a HAR file is imported from Chrome/Edge DevTools
  • Improved: Info tips have been added to the Summary pane to show descriptions of timings, status codes, errors, etc
  • Fixed: The browser name could be incorrectly shown as Internet Explorer when opening a HAR file
  • Fixed: A HAR or HWL file may not be correctly displayed if it was loaded into HttpWatch Studio using a command line argument

New in HttpWatch 13.1.6 (Mar 4, 2021)

  • Fixed: A 'bad function call' error could occur when closing the Find dialog
  • Fixed: An error could occur when uninstalling HttpWatch
  • Changed: HttpWatch contains CRX files for version 13.1.6 of the HttpWatch extension for Chrome and Edge. If you are working in an offline environment the extensions can be updated using the CRX files in the HttpWatch install directory. (See 'Manually Installing Chrome and Edge Extensions' for more information)

New in HttpWatch 13.1.5 (Feb 13, 2021)

  • Improved:
  • The HTTP/2 :status pseudo response header is now in shown in Chrome and Edge.

New in HttpWatch 13.1.4 (Feb 11, 2021)

  • Fixed: POST requests generated in Chrome and Edge using sendBeacon during page unload would remain active and never complete

New in HttpWatch 13.1.3 (Jan 6, 2021)

  • Fixed: An 'unmatched message' error could occur with Chrome and Edge

New in HttpWatch 13.1.2 (Jan 4, 2021)

  • Fixed: A 'relative URL not available' error could occur on some web pages

New in HttpWatch 13.1.1 (Dec 30, 2020)

  • New: The page URL (including fragments) is now shown for each page group. This makes it easier to debug Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) where URL fragments may be used for navigation.
  • New: URLs are now displayed in a shorter, page relative format by default. The full URL is still shown on the Overview tab, in info tips and when copying to the clipboard
  • New: The 'https://' prefix on URLs is no longer shown by default as HTTPS is now the preferred scheme for all requests
  • New: A red warning triangle indicator is now displayed next to insecure HTTP URLs
  • New: A 'URL Display' tab in Tools->Options controls how URLs are displayed
  • New: Added a URL property to the Page automation class
  • New: Warning HW1011 has been added to highlight HTTPS requests that did not use the HTTP/2 or later network protocol and could therefore affect performance
  • Improved: Warning HW2001 now warns about any use of HTTP not just of on secure pages
  • Improved: URL indicators are now displayed in the Path and Query column
  • Improved: A new page group is created in Chrome and Edge when the user interacts with a page using the mouse or keyboard
  • Improved: Now displays parameters in Chrome and Edge for some types of POST requests where the POST tab was previously empty
  • Fixed: Requests could sometimes be incorrectly shown as originating from a service worker
  • Fixed: Using the F1 key in the Chrome and Edge extension did not display context sensitive help
  • Changed: HttpWatch 13.1 now requires at least version 13.0.19 of the Chrome and Edge extensions. If you are working in an offline environment the extensions can be updated using the CRX files in the HttpWatch install directory. (See 'Manually Installing Chrome and Edge Extensions' for more information)

New in HttpWatch 13.0.17 (Nov 5, 2020)

  • Improved: If a target_closed error occurs while recording in Chrome or Edge the error message suggests checking whether the Adobe Acrobat extension is installed. This extension always produces this error in HttpWatch unless it is disabled or set to only allow site access by 'On Click'

New in HttpWatch 13.0.16 (Sep 3, 2020)

  • Improved: The installer now detects additional issues with the registry that could prevent installation
  • Fixed: Suppressed some warnings that did not apply to requests intercepted by service workers
  • Fixed: A 'pure virtual call' error could occur when closing HttpWatch in Chrome or Edge

New in HttpWatch 13.0.15 (Aug 5, 2020)

  • Fixed: An error could occur when installing HttpWatch with IE support in a custom file folder
  • Changed: The prompt displayed when the debugging banner is closed in Edge and Chrome now shows that the command line option --silent-debugger-extension-api is required to suppress this banner

New in HttpWatch 13.0.12 (Jul 22, 2020)

  • Fixed: A 'loading failed' error could occur in Chrome and Edge.

New in HttpWatch 13.0.11 (Jul 16, 2020)

  • Fixed: An 'invalid string position error' could occur when opening an HttpWatch Professional license file
  • Improved: Added instructions on how to pin the HttpWatch extension button to the Chrome version 83+ toolbar

New in HttpWatch 13.0.9 (Jun 15, 2020)

  • Improved: The installer now detects more registry configuration issues that could prevent installation completing successfully

New in HttpWatch 13.0.8 (Jun 12, 2020)

  • New: A CRX file (HttpWatchForEdge.crx) for the offline installation of the Edge extension is now installed with HttpWatch
  • New: The HttpWatchCRXFile property of the Edge automation class now provides the location of the Edge CRX file
  • New: A form filling sample program for Edge written in C# using Selenium is now installed with HttpWatch

New in HttpWatch 13.0.7 (Jun 8, 2020)

  • New: Now supports the use of HTTP/3 in Chrome and Edge

New in HttpWatch 13.0.6 (Jun 7, 2020)

  • New: HttpWatch supports Microsoft Edge version 80 or later using an extension hosted in the Microsoft Store
  • New: The installer now allows you to choose which browsers to use with HttpWatch
  • New: The automation interface can now be used to control HttpWatch in Microsoft Edge
  • New: A Find method was added to the Entries automation class providing an easy way to locate requests by URL or ID
  • New: HttpWatch now restores the original position of extension and log windows even if they were placed using the Windows Snap feature
  • New: Indicator symbols next to a request's URL show whether it was created using the XmlHttpRequest (XHR) or Fetch APIs (Chrome and Edge Only)
  • New: The Result column now shows if a request was handled by a service worker
  • New: The Result column now shows if a request was returned from the memory of prefetch cache (Chrome and Edge Only)
  • New: A diamond indicator symbol next to a request's URL shows that it was generated by a service worker
  • New: Displays the SameSite attribute for cookies received from the server
  • Improved: Detects the use of JSON even if the wrong content type has been set. Password masking and formatting will be applied in these cases

New in HttpWatch 12.2.5 (Jun 4, 2020)

  • Improved: Version 12.x can now use license keys purchase for version 13.x

New in HttpWatch 12.2.4 (May 4, 2020)

  • Fixed: An access violation could occur in HttpWatch with Google Chrome

New in HttpWatch 12.2.3 (Apr 28, 2020)

  • Fixed: In some cases HttpWatch did not display the full set of request or response headers in Google Chrome

New in HttpWatch 12.2.2 (Jan 8, 2020)

  • New: The Content tab can now display SVG images on Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703) or later.
  • New: The Content tab and grid can now display the dimensions of SVG images.
  • New: A new Preview button on the Content tab switches between the graphical view of an image and the underlying data, e.g. with SVG this means switching between the SVG image and the underlying XML text.
  • New: Added image/svg+xml as a content type in the filter dialog.
  • Improved: Image display on the Content tab now scales based on the DPI of the display.
  • Fixed: A crash could occur when exporting HAR files

New in HttpWatch 12.0.18 (Sep 16, 2019)

  • Improved: Added a workaround for the HAR output from Chrome. It could add a 'SameSite' value to the cookie object even though it is not defined in the HAR spec.
  • Improved: Added a workaround for the HAR output from Firefox. It sometimes drops the required 'title' value from the page object.

New in HttpWatch 12.0.16 (Aug 23, 2019)

  • Improved: HAR files containing incorrectly encoded control characters can now be opened in HttpWatch.
  • Improved: Content mime types ending in '+json' are now treated as JSON for syntax highlighting, folding and formatting, e.g. application/vnd.appname+json
  • Fixed: An 'invalid summary box size' error could occur on High DPI monitors.
  • Fixed: The selected text was sometimes not scrolled into view when searching through word wrapped content.

New in HttpWatch 12.0.15 (Aug 13, 2019)

  • Fixed: The HTTP Load time could sometimes be reported incorrectly on Chrome.

New in HttpWatch 12.0.14 (Aug 2, 2019)

  • Fixed: Sometimes requests recorded in Chrome were not correctly displayed as being from the cache.
  • Fixed: The Content tab did not display content for requests with a 304 response in Chrome.
  • Improved: The connection ID is no longer displayed in Chrome for QUIC based requests as they do not use TCP connections.

New in HttpWatch 12.0.11 (Jul 27, 2019)

  • Fixed: Requests recorded in Chrome were sometimes not correctly displayed in ascending time order.
  • Changed: Modified the installer to avoid a false positive detection from a small number of anti-virus products.

New in HttpWatch 12.0.9 (Jul 15, 2019)

  • Fixed: The Receive timing value was incorrectly reported in the Chrome extension and tended to be higher than the true value.

New in HttpWatch 12.0.8 (Jun 29, 2019)

  • Fixed: Searching using the Find window selected the matching text but did not scroll it into view. This problem occurred in the text views of the Content and POST Data tabs if word wrap was enabled.

New in HttpWatch 12.0.7 (Jun 25, 2019)

  • Fixed: An error occurred when opening HWL files from HttpWatch Basic version 11 or earlier.

New in HttpWatch 12.0.6 (Jun 20, 2019)

  • Fixed: An error could occur when using the 'Export Page as HAR...' context menu item.

New in HttpWatch 12.0.5 (Jun 19, 2019)

  • Fixed: A 'Failed to reset stream' error could occur in IE.

New in HttpWatch 12.0.2 (Jun 16, 2019)

  • New: Enhanced debugging of JSON based REST API calls through the use of formatted, syntax highlighted request and response body viewers.
  • New: POST Data tab displays top level JSON data items
  • New: POST Data has a selectable Text view that allows the underlying request body to be viewed, e.g. multi-part form data, JSON request, etc
  • New: Password masking is now applied to top-level JSON fields in a POST message. This provides a way to stop sensitive data such as passwords being stored in log files when the data is sent with a simple JSON based POST.
  • New: Textual content now supports folding for most common file types, e.g. HTML, CSS, JSON, XML. Sections of text, such as an HTML tag, can be collapsed to make it easier to understand the structure of a file and locate areas of interest.
  • New: The original order of POST parameters is preserved and display using an 'Index' column on the POST Data tab.
  • Improved: HttpWatch Studio can now load large HAR files up to 5 times faster than previous versions.
  • New: The Content automation class has two new properties, Encoding and Text, that simplify access to textual content that includes international characters.
  • Changed: The Content.Data property has changed from a string to a byte array making it easier to access non-textual resources such as images.
  • New: The Request automation class has two new properties, Data and Text, that provide access to the request body.

New in HttpWatch 11.1.47 (Jun 4, 2019)

  • Fixed: In some cases with Google Chrome the network bytes received value (the 'Received' column in the main grid) did not include the response header size

New in HttpWatch 11.1.46 (May 29, 2019)

  • Improved: Added a work-around for HAR specification violations in files recorded by WebPageTest
  • Fixed: Log files were sometimes scrolled down by a few lines when opened in HttpWatch Studio

New in HttpWatch 11.1.45 (Apr 30, 2019)

  • Fixed: An error could occur in IE when recording requests with trailing headers
  • Fixed: XHR requests were not grouped by page in Chrome after clearing the log or when recording was started on an existing page

New in HttpWatch 11.1.44 (Apr 10, 2019)

  • Fixed: An access denied error could occur when opening HttpWatch in Chrome
  • Fixed: Cancelled XHR requests in IE could be shown as still being active

New in HttpWatch 11.1.39 (Feb 7, 2019)

  • Fixed: The OpenWindow() automation method would fail after attaching to a Chrome tab for the second time

New in HttpWatch 11.1.38 (Feb 6, 2019)

  • Fixed: A 'native messaging error' could occur in Chrome. The fix also requires the latest version of the extension from the Chrome Web Store (version 11.1.38 or later)
  • Fixed: The AttachByTitle() method can now attach to Chrome tabs that have previously been used with HttpWatch - either interactively or through automation
  • Updated: The .Net automation samples can now display international characters in the console

New in HttpWatch 11.1.37 (Jan 12, 2019)

  • Fixed: 'A graphical operation failed' error that could occur when opening HttpWatch in IE
  • Fixed: An error could occur when starting HttpWatch in Chrome
  • Fixed: An access violation could occur when modifying the password masking substrings in Chrome
  • Improved: The installer now prompts to shut down HttpWatch Studio if it is running

New in HttpWatch 11.1.33 (Sep 30, 2018)

  • Fixed: Network traffic from deeply nested iframes was not recorded in Chrome 71+

New in HttpWatch 11.1.32 (Sep 27, 2018)

  • Improved: Network traffic is recorded from nested iframes in Chrome 71 or later
  • Improved: Added work-arounds for deviations from the HAR spec in Firefox HAR files allowing them to be loaded into HttpWatch Studio
  • Fixed: Recording could not be started in Chrome if a chrome: protocol based page or the tab start page was displayed in the active tab

New in HttpWatch 11.1.31 (Jul 26, 2018)

  • Fixed: A 'loadingFinished' error could occur in Chrome

New in HttpWatch 11.1.28 (Jun 14, 2018)

  • Fixed: The HttpWatch extension for Chrome did not display all recorded requests on some types of pages

New in HttpWatch 11.1.27 (May 21, 2018)

  • Fixed: An 'Invalid page event' error could occur in Chrome 66

New in HttpWatch 11.1.26 (May 9, 2018)

  • Improved: Added work-arounds for HAR file compatibility issues with HAR files created in Chrome 66
  • Fixed: An 'Invalid page load time' error could occur in Chrome 66

New in HttpWatch 11.1.25 (May 4, 2018)

  • Fixed: The first network request for a page (usually the HTML) was not recorded in Chrome 66

New in HttpWatch 11.1.23 (Mar 17, 2018)

  • Fixed: The uninstaller did not remove the HttpWatch CRX file
  • Changed: Added a work-around for a false positive malware detection in Windows Defender

New in HttpWatch 11.1.22 (Mar 14, 2018)

  • Fixed: Requests read from a Chrome Devtools HAR file may not be correctly displayed as (Cache)
  • Improved: Added data tips for Feature-Policy, Integrity, Origin-Policy, Clear-Site-Data headers

New in HttpWatch 11.1.21 (Mar 7, 2018)

  • Fixed: An 'invalid spdy version' error could occur in Chrome
  • Fixed: An error could occur if the HttpWatch Chrome extension was restarted after a system reboot

New in HttpWatch 11.1.20 (Feb 13, 2018)

  • Fixed: HTTP compression statistics are now displayed for HTTP/2 requests imported from a Chrome Devtools HAR file
  • Fixed: A crash could occur when using SSLRobot from IE protected mode
  • Fixed: Second and subsequent pages in a printout were not printed using the IE and Chrome extensions
  • Fixed: Printing could fail with an error if new requests were recorded before printing had completed

New in HttpWatch 11.1.19 (Jan 11, 2018)

  • New: Added a form fill automation sample program for Chrome and Selenium
  • New: Added a HttpWatchCRX property to the Chrome automation class for use with Selenium
  • Improved: Selenium automation samples now use Selenium Nuget packages for easier installation and maintenance
  • Changed: Removed Watir based automation sample code

New in HttpWatch 11.1.15 (Dec 28, 2017)

  • Fixed: HttpWatch could go into an endless validation loop when entering values in Tools->Options->Recording

New in HttpWatch 11.1.14 (Dec 12, 2017)

  • New: The HttpWatch automation interface now supports Google Chrome

New in HttpWatch 11.0.25 (Nov 23, 2017)

  • Fixed: The first few requests made while loading a page in a new tab or window in Chrome were sometimes not recorded
  • Fixed: An error could occur after stopping a recording in Chrome
  • Improved: The HttpWatch extension for Chrome is now installed as a CRX file in the install directory for manual installs without an internet connection

New in HttpWatch 11.0.24 (Nov 21, 2017)

  • Fixed: HAR files could fail to load if the text element contained a single character

New in HttpWatch 11.0.23 (Nov 17, 2017)

  • Improved: The Overview tab and the data tip on the Result column now indicate if a (Cache) request in Chrome was read from the in-memory cache
  • Fixed: Sometimes cache requests in Chrome were not shown as (Cache) in HttpWatch
  • Fixed: Requests in Chrome could be displayed with the wrong starting time offset in the log
  • Fixed: An access violation could occur when recording in Chrome

New in HttpWatch 11.0.22 (Nov 8, 2017)

  • New: Updated to support Chrome 63 and later
  • Improved: Requests are recorded in a new page group when a page is refreshed in Chrome
  • Improved: The Chrome channel (e.g. Dev, Beta, Canary) is displayed in the Properties panel when using a non-stable build
  • Improved: In Chrome the resource queuing time is now included in the Blocked timing
  • Fixed: The first request in a web page was not displayed with the correct timing offset relative to other requests in Chrome

New in HttpWatch 11.0.21 (Oct 18, 2017)

  • Improved: Using the F5 and Ctrl+F5 shortcut keys in the HttpWatch extension window now causes a refresh or forced refresh of the Chrome tab being recorded
  • Improved: Added data tips for values in the Protocol column
  • Improved: Extended version information for Windows 10 is now displayed in the Properties pane
  • Fixed: Duplicate comment items were incorrectly added to HAR files

New in HttpWatch 11.0.20 (Oct 4, 2017)

  • Improved: Added data tips for commonly occuring network errors in Chrome
  • Fixed: Automatic scrolling did not always work correctly in the main request grid

New in HttpWatch 11.0.19 (Sep 26, 2017)

  • Improved: Added workarounds for inconsistencies in HAR files from F12 Developer Tools in IE 11 so that they can be loaded and viewed in HttpWatch
  • Fixed: Timing errors could occur in (Aborted) requests recorded in Chrome

New in HttpWatch 11.0.18 (Sep 19, 2017)

  • Fixed: A 'frame not found' error could occur when recording in Chrome 61

New in HttpWatch 11.0.17 (Aug 31, 2017)

  • Fixed: HttpWatch was not added to the Tools menu in Internet Explorer
  • Fixed: An error could occur when searching headers in the Chrome extension
  • Fixed: An error could occur when after clicking on the cancel debugging banner in Chrome

New in HttpWatch 11.0.16 (Aug 17, 2017)

  • Fixed: The Help button on the Options dialog could fail to open the help window in IE
  • Fixed: HttpWatch could crash if the active Chrome tab was closed or Chrome was opened and immediately closed
  • Fixed: An error could occur in IE if recording was stopped while a page was still loading

New in HttpWatch 11.0.15 (Jun 26, 2017)

  • Fixed: An error could occur when clearing the log in Chrome
  • Improved: The setup program is no longer held up by Office preloaded instances of IE

New in HttpWatch 11.0.14 (Jun 23, 2017)

  • Fixed: Set-Cookie response headers in Chrome were not correctly displayed
  • Fixed: Compression statistics are now displayed when Brotli compression is used
  • Fixed: HttpWatch could crash when closing a Chrome tab
  • Fixed: An access violation occurred if the Stream automation property was accessed in a Chrome HWL file

New in HttpWatch 11.0.13 (Jun 6, 2017)

  • Fixed: An error occurred in the Chrome extension while copying content to the clipboard
  • Fixed: The chrome extension could crash when saving HAR files containing SPDY requests

New in HttpWatch 11.0.12 (Jun 6, 2017)

  • Fixed: Saving an HWL file from the Chrome extension caused an access violation if any SPDY requests had been recorded
  • Fixed: HttpWatch could crash when closing Chrome
  • Fixed: Third party shell extensions could cause the Chrome extension to crash when opening the Save dialog
  • Fixed: An 'invalid TTFB timing' error could occur in the Chrome extension

New in HttpWatch 11.0.11 (May 23, 2017)

  • Fixed: A 'timing not found' error could occur in the Chrome extension
  • Fixed: An error could occur when opening the Chrome Extension
  • Fixed: An error could occur when closing the IE Extension

New in HttpWatch 10.0.62 (May 17, 2017)

  • Improved: Added info tip for Alt-Svc header

New in HttpWatch 10.0.60 (Apr 20, 2017)

  • Fixed: The Find dialog failed to use the value selected in the the autocomplete list

New in HttpWatch 10.0.59 (Apr 20, 2017)

  • Fixed: An error or deadlock occurred when attempting to use the 'Image Dimensions' column

New in HttpWatch 10.0.58 (Feb 3, 2017)

  • Fixed: Versions 10.0.54 - 10.0.56 failed to display the content type correctly for 304 and (Cache) responses
  • Fixed: A deadlock could occur on certain pages in IE while recording with HttpWatch

New in HttpWatch 10.0.56 (Jan 16, 2017)

  • New: Added integration with SSLRobot (SSL/TLS testing tool - see sslrobot.io). Servers can be checked from the SSL tab or by using the URL context menu in the main grid. The integration can be disabled in Tools-Options-SSLRobot

New in HttpWatch 10.0.55 (Dec 6, 2016)

  • Improved: Added a workaround to allow POST requests to be loaded from Firefox HAR files where the 'postData' element contains an empty 'param' value in addition to a 'text' value

New in HttpWatch 10.0.54 (Dec 6, 2016)

  • Improved: HAR files containing request bodies for methods other than POST can now be opened
  • Improved: The request body for methods other than POST are now displayed

New in HttpWatch 10.0.51 (Oct 17, 2016)

  • Fixed: Spurious (Aborted) requests could appear in saved HWL file when using HttpWatch with Firefox

New in HttpWatch 10.0.49 (Sep 15, 2016)

  • Fixed: A 'resource not available' error could occur when using the GotoURL automation method with IE

New in HttpWatch 10.0.48 (Jul 1, 2016)

  • Improved: Added HAR file compatbility work-arounds to allow HAR files to be opened from the latest versions of Firefox and Chrome

New in HttpWatch 10.0.47 (Jun 28, 2016)

  • Fixed: IE could fail to load the first web page while the auto recording confirmation dialog was displayed

New in HttpWatch 10.0.44 (Mar 14, 2016)

  • Improved: Firefox related files are only installed if Firefox support is selected in the installer
  • Changed: Updated the contact information in the About box

New in HttpWatch 10.0.43 (Feb 18, 2016)

  • Fixed: EOF characters in textual content were not correctly handled and could cause HAR files to be unreadable in HttpWatch and other tools

New in HttpWatch 10.0.42 (Jan 18, 2016)

  • Improved: The HttpWatch installer now uses SHA-256 code signing

New in HttpWatch 10.0.40 (Dec 29, 2015)

  • Improved: the HttpWatch installer has been updated to prevent dll hijacking

New in HttpWatch 10.0.39 (Dec 21, 2015)

  • Fixed: an access violation could occur when using HttpWatch and Symantec Endpoint Protection version 15

New in HttpWatch 10.0.37 (Dec 11, 2015)

  • Fixed: application/x-www-form-urlencoded encoded POST parameters were not displayed correctly if they contained the '@' character

New in HttpWatch 10.0.36 (Dec 8, 2015)

  • Fixed: A crash could occur in IE while recording HTTPS traffic

New in HttpWatch 10.0.35 (Nov 25, 2015)

  • Improved: An error message is now displayed if a potential incompatibility with Symantec Endpoint Protection is detected in IE

New in HttpWatch 10.0.34 (Nov 2, 2015)

  • Improved:
  • Added more information to the error message displayed when IE add-ons have been blocked
  • Passwords Are Masked in Log Files:
  • A common problem with collecting HTTP trace files from customers or users is that the file may contain the password that was entered during login. HttpWatch is configured by default to mask out suspected password fields in submitted web forms:
  • The list of sub-strings used to identify senstive strings can be edited to mask out other sensitive fields in POST messages:
  • Supports HTTP/2 in Firefox 35 - 39
  • HttpWatch supports the use of HTTP/2 in Firefox version 35 and 36

New in HttpWatch 10.0.33 (Oct 22, 2015)

  • Fixed: An error could occur when recording in IE during an SSL renegotiation

New in HttpWatch 10.0.32 (Oct 20, 2015)

  • Fixed: A 'Parse error' could occur in IE with HTTPS sites
  • Fixed: An 'Invalid connect time' error could in IE and Firefox

New in HttpWatch 10.0.31 (Sep 13, 2015)

  • Fixed: The SSL 'Public Key Size' value was incorrect for some sites
  • Fixed: Exported HAR files were invalid if a 304 response contained content

New in HttpWatch 10.0.27 (Jul 28, 2015)

  • New: Added support for Mozilla Firefox 40
  • New: Removed support for Mozilla Firefox 31

New in HttpWatch 10.0.26 (Jul 24, 2015)

  • Changed: The RC4 cipher is now marked as being weak strength
  • Changed: The TLS 1.0 protocol is now marked as being medium strength
  • Fixed: An invalid HAR file was created if a 401 response occurred on a POST
  • Fixed: A 'Password masking error' occurred if a POST was submitted with XHR using incorrectly encoded POST parameter names
  • Fixed: A 'Connection terminated' error could occur while stopping recording in Firefox

New in HttpWatch 10.0.24 (Jul 2, 2015)

  • Fixed: The HttpWatch add-on in IE would crash while recording requests whose host name contained the characters '[' or ']'

New in HttpWatch 10.0.23 (Jun 27, 2015)

  • Fixed: HttpWatch could lock up or crash after using the autocomplete dropdown in the Find window
  • Fixed: Submitted form data was not correctly displayed as separate POST parameters if the fields contained certain non-alphanumeric characters
  • Fixed: The POST Data tab was not correctly highlighted if it was not the active tab
  • Fixed: A 'Cannot create stable subkey' error could occur during installation

New in HttpWatch 10.0.22 (Jun 18, 2015)

  • New: Added support for Mozilla Firefox 39
  • New: Removed support for Mozilla Firefox 30
  • Fixed: An 'invalid vector(T) subscript' error could occur while viewing the POST data tab in Firefox

New in HttpWatch 10.0.21 (Jun 11, 2015)

  • Changed: Auto recording on IE 8 in protected mode is limited to a low integrity directory, e.g. C:\Users\john\AppData\LocalLow\HttpWatch Logs . This does not apply to IE 9 and later
  • Fixed: An invalid response header size of zero could be written to a HAR file in Firefox
  • Fixed: IE 11 on Windows 10 build 10130 and later would fail with the error ERROR_INTERNET_CONNECTION_RESET while recording in HttpWatch. HttpWatch no longer supports IE on Windows 10 builds older than 10130
  • Fixed: The Time value could be missing for image requests in IE that resulted in a 304 response

New in HttpWatch 10.0.20 (Apr 20, 2015)

  • New: Added support for Mozilla Firefox 38
  • Fixed: An access violation could occur when recording HTTP/2 traffic in Firefox

New in HttpWatch 10.0.13 (Mar 31, 2015)

  • Fixed: A 'Password masking failed' message could be displayed with large POST requests
  • Fixed: The invalid URL request generated by old versions of jQuery in IE 8 was not correctly recorded
  • Improved: The setup program now checks whether 'Automatically activate newly installed add-ons' is enabled or if the two CLSIDs for HttpWatch have been white listed when it detects that user add-on management has been disabled for IE

New in HttpWatch 10.0.12 (Mar 25, 2015)

  • A 'Password masking failed' message could be displayed if a POST request had a Content-Type of 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' but the POST body was encoded in a different format (e.g. JSON)

New in HttpWatch 10.0.11 (Mar 23, 2015)

  • New: Supports Mozilla Firefox 37
  • Fixed: The HttpWatch window did not display correctly when opened in Firefox using Shift+F2
  • Fixed: A 'Password masking failed' message could be displayed if a POST request failed
  • Fixed: The HttpWatch add-on could not be opened in Firefox on Windows 10 Technical Preview
  • Fixed: Added help for 'Password Masking' options

New in HttpWatch 10.0.6 (Mar 13, 2015)

  • Fixed: An illegal instruction error could occur in HttpWatch Studio on some PCs running Windows 7 x64

New in HttpWatch 10.0.5 (Mar 2, 2015)

  • Fixed: An error or deadlock could occur when viewing data on the POST Data tab
  • Fixed: A 'Failed to create a window' error could occur on some PCs

New in HttpWatch 10.0.4 (Feb 25, 2015)

  • Fixed: A 'Failed to find boundary value for POST ... during password masking' error could occur in Firefox

New in HttpWatch 10.0.3 (Feb 23, 2015)

  • Fixed: An access violation could occur in IE or Firefox while recording traffic

New in HttpWatch 10.0.2 (Feb 23, 2015)

  • New: Password masking searches POST parameters and replaces password characters with asterisks. This allows HWL and HAR files to be recorded by end users and customers without exposing password fields. The password parameters are detected by the presence of sub-strings such as 'pass', 'pwd' or 'secret' in the parameter name. The list of sub-strings can be altered in Tools->Password Masking
  • New: The POST tab displays an alert bar when a password field has been masked and highlights the value in green
  • New: Masked POST parameter values are also masked in the Stream tab for application/x-www-form-urlencoded and multipart/form-data encoded POST request bodies
  • New: HttpWatch Studio has a new improved UI design similar to Microsoft Visual Studio 2013
  • New: Supports Firefox 30 - 36
  • Changed: HttpWatch no longer supports Windows XP or Windows Vista
  • Changed: HttpWatch supports IE 8 - 11 but no longer supports IE 6 and 7

New in HttpWatch 9.4.17 (Jan 21, 2015)

  • New: Added Protocol property on Entry automation class to provide SPDY or HTTP/2 version string
  • New: Added IsHTTP2 property on Entry automation class
  • New: Added SSLHandshake timing property to Timings and TimingSummaries automation classes
  • Changed: Renamed SPDYStreamID' property to StreamID
  • Fixed: An error occurred if a web server returned an invalid status code value of zero

New in HttpWatch 9.4.16 (Jan 15, 2015)

  • New: Now supports HTTP/2 in Firefox 35
  • New: Added 'HTTP/2' column to show if request uses HTTP/2
  • New: Added 'Protocol' column to show which next generation protocol is being used, e.g. 'h2-14' or 'spdy/3.1'
  • Changed: Renamed 'SPDY Request Data Frames' column to 'Request Data Frames'
  • Changed: Renamed 'SPDY Response Data Frames' column to 'Response Data Frames'
  • Changed: Renamed 'SPDY Stream ID' column to 'SPDY Stream ID'

New in HttpWatch 9.4.15 (Jan 10, 2015)

  • Fixed: The HttpWatch window in IE could hang or freeze for a few seconds at a time on PCs with an active UI Automation client

New in HttpWatch 9.4.14 (Jan 8, 2015)

  • New: Added support for Mozilla Firefox 35
  • Changed: Removed support for Mozilla Firefox 27

New in HttpWatch 9.4.11 (Nov 18, 2014)

  • New: Added support for Mozilla Firefox 34
  • Changed: Removed support for Mozilla Firefox 26

New in HttpWatch 9.4.9 (Nov 11, 2014)

  • New: The SSL tab now displays a warning icon if the SSL connection contains items considered to be of medium or weak strength
  • Changed: The SSLv3 protocol is now flagged as having weak strength on the SSL tab
  • Changed: Removed warning HW3005 as modern browsers correctly handle no-cache and no-store
  • Improved: Error symbols relating to SSL (e.g. SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP) are now displayed in Firefox instead of the raw hex error code

New in HttpWatch 9.4.2 (Oct 22, 2014)

  • Fixed: An access violation could occur in Firefox when recording is stopped

New in HttpWatch 9.4.1 (Oct 22, 2014)

  • New: HttpWatch Studio now has vertical and horizontal tab groups making it easier to display two or more log files next to each other for comparison
  • New: Added support for Mozilla Firefox 33
  • Changed: Removed support for Mozilla Firefox 25
  • New: Added IsLastAccessSet and IsLastUpdateSet properties to CacheInfo to indicate if LastAccess and LastUpdate properties contain a valid date time value
  • Improved: An error message is displayed by the setup program if a policy has been applied to IE that will stop the HttpWatch add-on being enabled
  • Fixed: An 'invalid SPDY ID' error could occur on aborted SPDY connections

New in HttpWatch 9.3.40 (Sep 12, 2014)

  • Fixed: An access violation could occur in Firefox 30 -32
  • Fixed: Accepts HAR files that have no postData section when the POST request is empty

New in HttpWatch 9.3.39 (Aug 30, 2014)

  • New: Added support for Mozilla Firefox 32
  • Changed: Removed support for Mozilla Firefox 24
  • Improved: The Basic/Professional indicators in the Select Columns dialog are no longer displayed in HttpWatch Professional

New in HttpWatch 9.3.38 (Jul 28, 2014)

  • Fixed: HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) redirections are now correctly handled in Firefox. Previously, the initial HTTP request was shown as not complete. It is now shown as terminated with error code NS_BINDING_REDIRECTED.
  • Fixed: A breakpoint exception occurred at startup in Firefox 31 if automatic recoding was enabled.

New in HttpWatch 9.3.36 (Jul 10, 2014)

  • New: Added support for Mozilla Firefox 31
  • Changed: Removed support for Mozilla Firefox 23
  • Improved: Automatic scrolling now behaves like the iOS app. As new requests are recorded, scrolling only occurs if you were previously viewing the end of the log in the IE or Firefox add-ons
  • Fixed: The 'Copy Content' menu item could place random characters at the end of textual content
  • Fixed: An access denied error could occur when copying text in IE Enhanced Protected Mode (EPM)

New in HttpWatch 9.3.35 (Jun 21, 2014)

  • Fixed: An access violation could occur in Firefox 30

New in HttpWatch 9.3.24 (May 16, 2014)

  • Fixed: The DNS Lookup host name and the connection IP address were not displayed on the Overview tab in IE 9 and earlier

New in HttpWatch 9.3.22 (May 2, 2014)

  • Fixed: Errors 1332 and 8519 could occur when installing HttpWatch on some Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 PCs

New in HttpWatch 9.3.21 (Apr 30, 2014)

  • Fixed: HttpWatch failed to open in IE EPM if HttpWatch was installed in a non-standard directory
  • Fixed: An access violation could occur when resizing a column

New in HttpWatch 9.3.20 (Apr 30, 2014)

  • New: Added support for Mozilla Firefox 29
  • Changed: Removed support for Mozilla Firefox 21
  • Fixed: 'Open' and 'Open in New Tab' URL context menu items did not display in version 9.3
  • Fixed: An 'attach request error' would occur if an attempt was made to open a new tab in a browser created using automation

New in HttpWatch 9.3.11 (Apr 8, 2014)

  • New: Send log file by email is available in IE Protected and Enhanced Protected modes
  • Fixed: Send log file by email failed with Microsoft Outlook 2013

New in HttpWatch 9.2.21 (Mar 25, 2014)

  • Fixed: The option to automatically purge old log files did not work with CSV and HAR files
  • Fixed: A deadlock could occur when recording in Internet Explorer

New in HttpWatch 9.2.20 (Mar 1, 2014)

  • New: Added support for Mozilla Firefox 28
  • Changed: Removed support for Mozilla Firefox 17 - 20

New in HttpWatch 9.2.6 (Feb 17, 2014)

  • Fixed: An 'invalid connect timing' error could occur in Firefox

New in HttpWatch 9.2.5 (Feb 15, 2014)

  • Fixed: An 'invalid ssl handshake timing' error could occur in Firefox

New in HttpWatch 9.2.3 (Feb 13, 2014)

  • New: SSL Handshake timings are now available in Firefox
  • New: Information about the type and strength of the cryptographic algorithms used by SSL connections are now recorded in Firefox
  • New: SSL information (e.g. key size, protocol version, etc) can now be added as columns to the main request grid
  • New: Added a new warning (HW2005) for SSL connections with medium or low strength
  • New: Automatic recording can now save to HAR and CSV log files

New in HttpWatch 9.1.21 (Feb 4, 2014)

  • New: Added support for Mozilla Firefox 27
  • New: Added support for SPDY 3.1 in Firefox 27
  • Fixed: Windows 8.1 and Windows 2012 R2 operating system names are now displayed correctly in the Properties window

New in HttpWatch 9.1.13 (Jan 3, 2014)

  • Fixed: SPDY and HTTPS connections were not correctly recorded in Firefox when an SSL proxy was configured
  • Fixed: POST parameters were not recorded in IE with some Ajax based file uploaders

New in HttpWatch 9.1.12 (Dec 27, 2013)

  • Fixed: HttpWatch 9.1 failed to record some requests correctly in IE 10 and displayed 'invalid status line' errors

New in HttpWatch 9.1.11 (Dec 23, 2013)

  • Fixed: An access violation could occur while recording in IE

New in HttpWatch 9.1.8 (Dec 11, 2013)

  • Changed: Added workarounds for common HAR file inconsistencies to improve import compatibility with tools such as Chrome Dev Tools, Fiddler and WebPagetest
  • Fixed: HttpWatch was not compatible with Firefox ESR release 24.1
  • Fixed: An access violation could occur during recording in IE 10 and earlier

New in HttpWatch 9.1.7 (Dec 8, 2013)

  • Fixed: A 'failed to get socket' error could occur in IE 8
  • Fixed: HttpWatch Studio failed to import HAR files from Chrome Dev Tools

New in HttpWatch 9.1.6 (Dec 5, 2013)

  • Fixed: Previously loaded web pages failed to refresh correctly in IE 11 when HttpWatch was recording
  • Fixed: The cache before and after states are now correctly displayed for video files in IE

New in HttpWatch 9.1.5 (Dec 4, 2013)

  • Fixed: An access violation could occur in IE 11 when HttpWatch displayed an error message
  • Fixed: The About window now displays the correct version number

New in HttpWatch 9.1.4 (Dec 4, 2013)

  • New: Added support for Internet Explorer 11
  • New: Added support for Mozilla Firefox 26
  • Changed: HAR file compatibility with other tools has been improved by ignoring certain types of the deviations from the HAR specification during file import
  • Fixed: Data tip is now displayed for the (Cache) value in the Results column
  • Fixed: The correct value is now displayed in the Content Size column for 304 responses

New in HttpWatch 9.0.25 (Nov 7, 2013)

  • Fixed: DNS prefetching in IE 10 was disabled while HttpWatch was recording

New in HttpWatch 9.0.24 (Oct 22, 2013)

  • New: Added support for Mozilla Firefox 25

New in HttpWatch 9.0.21 (Oct 1, 2013)

  • Fixed: Duplicated requests could be displayed if a filter was active and page grouping was disabled

New in HttpWatch 9.0.20 (Sep 19, 2013)

  • Fixed: An access violation occurred in Firefox 24 when attempting to open a URL through the automation interface or with the HttpWatch user interface

New in HttpWatch 9.0.19 (Sep 16, 2013)

  • New: Added support for Mozilla Firefox 24
  • Changed: Removed support for Mozilla Firefox 10 - 16

New in HttpWatch 9.0.15 (Aug 7, 2013)

  • Fixed: A crash could occur on some PCs when recording with HttpWatch in Firefox 18 or later
  • Fixed: IPV6 DNS lookups in Firefox were not blocked by the network.dns.disableIPv6 config flag if HttpWatch was active

New in HttpWatch 9.0.13 (Aug 5, 2013)

  • New: Supports Mozilla Firefox 23

New in HttpWatch 9.0.11 (Jul 24, 2013)

  • Fixed: An access violation could occur in Firefox 18 or later
  • Fixed: The 'Before Request' cache state was not recorded correctly for some requests in Firefox
  • Improved: Reduced the overhead of using HttpWatch with complex web pages in Firefox

New in HttpWatch 9.0.9 (Jul 16, 2013)

  • Fixed: Failing or cancelled requests in Firefox were sometimes shown as being active even though they had terminated
  • Improved: The internal error 'ERROR_CANCELLED' is no longer displayed in IE 10 when a '204 No Content' response is received instead of an image
  • Improved: Updated the 'Getting Started' instructions to reflect recent changes in Firefox and Internet Explorer

New in HttpWatch 9.0.8 (Jun 17, 2013)

  • Fixed: An access violation could occur when displaying the Properties pane in HttpWatch Basic Edition

New in HttpWatch 9.0.7 (Jun 17, 2013)

  • New: The HttpWatch iPhone app is now available in the app store
  • New: SSL Handshake timings are available in IE and the iPhone app
  • New: Information about the type and strength of the cryptographic algorithms used on SSL connection is recorded in IE and on the iPhone
  • New: The name and type of the device is recorded in HttpWatch 9.0 and can be viewed in the Properties pane of an HWL file
  • New: Supports Mozilla Firefox 22

New in HttpWatch 8.5.58 (May 31, 2013)

  • Fixed: A time stamp error could occur in Firefox 21

New in HttpWatch 8.5.57 (May 24, 2013)

  • Fixed: An access violation could occur in Firefox when recording requests that failed to complete

New in HttpWatch 8.5.53 (May 23, 2013)

  • Fixed: The HttpWatch plugin for Firefox would fail to appear if it was initially opened with the Shift+F2 shortcut key
  • Fixed: A deadlock could occur while recording in IE 10

New in HttpWatch 8.5.51 (May 11, 2013)

  • New: Supports Mozilla Firefox 21

New in HttpWatch 8.5.33 (Mar 12, 2013)

  • Fixed: HttpWatch now works correctly when the Simple Adblock add on for IE is installed

New in HttpWatch 8.5.31 (Mar 9, 2013)

  • New: Supports Mozilla Firefox 20
  • Fixed: An access violation could occur when viewing Flash files on the Content tab
  • Fixed: A 'failed to load bind info' error could occur in IE 10
  • Fixed: An 'invalid DNS time stamp' error could occur using HttpWatch on Windows XP

New in HttpWatch 8.5.30 (Feb 12, 2013)

  • Fixed: Typos in the HttpWatch help file and Tools menu

New in HttpWatch 8.5.29 (Feb 4, 2013)

  • Fixed: Double clicking on an HWL or HAR file in Windows Explorer could cause the error message 'There was a problem sending the command to the program' and fail to display the file in HttpWatch Studio

New in HttpWatch 8.5.28 (Jan 29, 2013)

  • New: Supports Mozilla Firefox 19
  • Fixed: The request body of an asynchronous XmlHttpRequest POST message was not transmitted to the server when recording with HttpWatch in IE 10

New in HttpWatch 8.5.27 (Jan 29, 2013)

  • Fixed: The BytesReceived and BytesSent properties of the Entry automation class always returned zero when opening a HAR file
  • Fixed: Sorting by the Occurrences column in the warnings summary grid did not sort numerically

New in HttpWatch 8.5.26 (Jan 9, 2013)

  • Improved: Now displays browser errors that occur after a 200 OK response has been received from the server, e.g. INET_E_DATA_NOT_AVAILABLE in IE or NS_ERROR_INVALID_CONTENT_ENCODING in Firefox when compressed content cannot be expanded
  • Fixed: Content was not displayed from certain type of servers using deflate compression due to an 'incorrect header check' error

New in HttpWatch 8.5.25 (Dec 22, 2012)

  • New: Supports Mozilla Firefox 18
  • Changed: Removed support for Mozilla Firefox versions 2 - 9
  • Fixed: The Cache tab in Firefox did not correctly show the state of the cache after a 304 response
  • Fixed: An access violation occurred when attempting to use the Content tab to view Flash downloads on Windows 8

New in HttpWatch 8.5.19 (Nov 23, 2012)

  • Fixed: A deadlock could occur in IE when opening a PDF document in a separate window with auto recording enabled
  • Improved: Updated the error message displayed if the plugins.click_to_play setting in Firefox 17 prevents HttpWatch being opened

New in HttpWatch 8.5.17 (Nov 20, 2012)

  • New: Supports Mozilla Firefox 17

New in HttpWatch 8.5.16 (Nov 15, 2012)

  • Fixed: Selenium could not open Firefox 16 with the HttpWatch extension enabled

New in HttpWatch 8.5.15 (Nov 10, 2012)

  • Improved: Reduced the overhead of running with the HttpWatch window open in Firefox on pages that contain many nested iframes
  • Fixed: The undocked HttpWatch window did not always display the correct title in Firefox
  • Fixed: An access violation could occur when closing down Firefox when HttpWatch was recording
  • Fixed: An 'abnormal termination' error could occur in IE

New in HttpWatch 8.5.13 (Oct 9, 2012)

  • New: Supports Mozilla Firefox 16
  • Improved: DNS Lookup and Connect timings are now available in IE 10
  • Improved: HAR and XML exports can now handle requests with data compression errors
  • Fixed: An access violation occurred when using the AttachByTitle method with IE 8
  • Fixed: A 'Not enough storage' error could be displayed when HttpWatch encountered truncated UTF8 character sequences

New in HttpWatch 8.5.5 (Aug 30, 2012)

  • Improved: The error message returned from AttachByTitle now includes a reference to setting up Selenium profiles correctly for HttpWatch
  • Fixed: A time stamp error could occur in Firefox 15

New in HttpWatch 8.5.4 (Aug 28, 2012)

  • New: Supports Mozilla Firefox 15
  • New: Supports the SPDY version 3 protocol in Firefox
  • New: Added a SPDY version column
  • New: Added video mime type options to filter dialog
  • New: Supports High DPI display modes in Windows 7
  • New: Content tab shows a checker board background for transparent images when the border option is enabled
  • New: Content tab adds PNG and transparent bitmap formats to the clipboard allowing transparent images to be pasted into application such as Word and Powerpoint
  • Fixed: HttpWatch could block for several minutes in a CPU bound loop when attempting to display tool tips for very large text items
  • Fixed: Invalid HAR files could be generated if HTTP header values contained embedded null characters

New in HttpWatch 8.4.14 (Jul 28, 2012)

  • Fixed: The installer could incorrectly report that third party extensions were disabled in IE
  • Fixed: HTTPS connections to Facebook in Firefox 13 and 14 were not correctly recorded
  • Fixed: The automation interface failed to create instances of IE 10 on Windows 8 x64 Release Preview
  • Fixed: An error message could be displayed when attempting to open HttpWatch for the first time in IE 9 or IE 10

New in HttpWatch 8.4.13 (Jul 19, 2012)

  • Fixed: The error message 'Request not found' could be displayed in Firefox 14
  • Improved: The error message for HAR import errors now contains information about the source of the HAR file
  • Improved: The documentation for the Header Name property now highlights that HTTP header names are case insensitive

New in HttpWatch 8.4.12 (Jul 17, 2012)

  • Changed: Updated description for warning HW1011 to indicate that Cache-Control: Public is only required for caching of HTTPS resources in Firefox version 3.6 and earlier
  • Improved: Added links from automation samples to documentation at apihelp.httpwatch.com

New in HttpWatch 8.4.11 (Jul 14, 2012)

  • New: Supports Mozilla Firefox 14
  • New: The AttachByTitle method on the Controller automation class makes it easier to integrate HttpWatch with automation frameworks such as Selenium
  • New: Added sample programs and documentation for automating IE and Firefox with HttpWatch and Selenium

New in HttpWatch 8.3.18 (Jun 12, 2012)

  • Fixed: An error could occur if SPDY requests were active when recording was started

New in HttpWatch 8.3.17 (Jun 12, 2012)

  • Fixed: SPDY request data was not handled correctly when several requests were queued up on a SPDY connection
  • New: Added data tips for the Strict-Transport-Security and X-Content-Type-Options response headers

New in HttpWatch 8.3.16 (Jun 12, 2012)

  • Fixed: Deflate compressed content was not handled correctly in SPDY requests to twitter.com

New in HttpWatch 8.3.15 (Jun 12, 2012)

  • New: Supports Mozilla Firefox 13
  • New: Supports SPDY protocol in Firefox 13
  • New: The HWL file format has been changed to support the SPDY protocol. HttpWatch versions 8.0 - 8.2 would need to be updated to read HWL files from version 8.3
  • New: Stream tab shows SPDY level streams and the number of data frames used in request and response messages
  • New: The SPDY stream ID is displayed on the Overview tab when appropriate
  • New: Added IsSPDY and SPDYStreamID properties to automation interface
  • New: Added four new SPDY related columns in the Network column group
  • New: Added _SPDYStreamID custom field to HAR export file
  • Fixed: The Columns window did not correctly remove recently added columns

New in HttpWatch 8.2.12 (Jun 12, 2012)

  • New: Added HttpWatch icon to HttpWatch menu items in Firefox
  • New: Added Copy context menu item to image and flash views in the Content tab
  • Fixed: Corrected some typos in the help file

New in HttpWatch 8.2.11 (Jun 12, 2012)

  • New: Supports Mozilla Firefox 12
  • New: Textual and image based content can now be directly copied to the clipboard using the new Copy button on the Content tab
  • New: Content is also copied to the clipboard as a file so that it can be directly pasted into programs that support this clipboard format. For example, content can be pasted as a file into Windows Explorer or as an attachment in Microsoft Outlook

New in HttpWatch 8.1.13 (Jun 12, 2012)

  • Fixed: The New method of the IE automation object now works correctly with the 32-bit version of IE 10 on Windows 8 64-bit Customer Preview

New in HttpWatch 8.1.12 (Jun 12, 2012)

  • Fixed: Comments containing multiple lines of text are now correctly exported in CSV files
  • Fixed: Page level comments are now exported in CSV files
  • New: By default requests are grouped in the same page when there has been less than 5 seconds of inactivity. If required, this can be overridden using a DWORD registry value called HTTPIdleGroupingSecs in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Simtec Limited\HttpWatch for IE and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Simtec Limited\HttpWatch\Firefox_Plugin for Firefox. Supported values lie in the range 1 - 30 seconds

New in HttpWatch 8.1.11 (Jun 12, 2012)

  • New: Supports Mozilla Firefox 11
  • New: Supports Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 Customer Preview
  • New: The Find and Filter dialogs intelligently provide auto-completion values based on commonly use HTTP terms and the data recorded in the log file
  • Improved: Added data tips for X-XSS-Protection and X-Frame-Options response headers
  • Improved: Now recognizes Windows 8 as an operating system in the Properties window instead of reporting 'Windows 6.2'
  • Improved: The base64 encoded values in HAR export files now have improved compatibility with other libraries and tools through the support of the trailing '=' padding convention
  • Improved: Errors detected during import of base64 encoded sections of HAR files are now reported in more detail with location information

New in HttpWatch 8.0.12 (Jun 12, 2012)

  • New: Added data tips for HTTP headers used during WebSocket opening handshake
  • Improved: The compression used in the setup programs has been improved leading to a 60% reduction in download size
  • Fixed: An access violation occurred in Firefox 10 when a page requested a WebSocket connection

New in HttpWatch 8.0.11 (Jun 12, 2012)

  • Fixed: Some forms of incorrectly labelled binary content could still be output in the HAR Text object
  • Fixed: An integer divide by zero could occur when exporting CSV files
  • Fixed: An access violation could occur when attempting to view the Windows 7 taskbar preview of a log file that failed to load
  • Changed: Added googleapis.com to allowed list of domains in HttpWatch Basic Edition

New in HttpWatch 8.0.9 (Jun 12, 2012)

  • Fixed: An access violation could occur when recording in Firefox 10.0

New in HttpWatch 8.0.8 (Jun 12, 2012)

  • Improved: Flash and image files can now be exported from the Content tab even if they have an invalid format
  • Fixed: Binary content that is incorrectly labeled as text/* by the server no longer corrupts HAR files by inserting invalid characters into the Text element. In a HAR 1.2 files content like this is exported in base64 encoded format
  • Fixed: Binary content was only included in HAR files if the version was explicitly set to version 1.2 with the ExportHAREx method. Base64 encoding of binary content is now used by default with the ExportHAR method and the 'Export HAR...' menu item

New in HttpWatch 8.0.7 (Feb 1, 2012)

  • Fixed: An access violation could occur when right clicking on an empty part of the main request grid

New in HttpWatch 8.0.6 (Feb 1, 2012)

  • New: Supports Mozilla Firefox 10
  • New: Supports Windows 7 Taskbar Previews
  • New: Uses new style of File dialogs on Windows 7
  • New: ID value unique identifies each recorded HTTP request
  • New: Connection ID value shows which request used which TCP connection
  • New: Supports HAR version 1.2 file import and export
  • New: Comments can be added to requests and pages
  • Improved: Performance has been improved in several areas including updates to the main grid display and stepping through requests
  • New: Fields for CSV export can now be chosen by clicking on a button in the Export dialog
  • New: Named cookies, POST values, query string arguments and headers can now be added as columns in the main request grid
  • New: Almost any data item in HttpWatch can be quickly added as a request grid column using the context menu
  • New: Automation interface has been updated for new data items such as Connection ID and Comments
  • New: NextPageComment property on the Plugin object specifies the comment that should be added to the next page recorded by HttpWatch. This provides an easy way to annotate pages while running an automated test script.
  • Changed: Automation interface has backwards binary compatibility with version 7.x but not version 6.x
  • Fixed: IsLoadingPageEx doesn't return false for at least httpIdle seconds after the last call to GotoURL

New in HttpWatch 7.2.23 (Dec 17, 2011)

  • New: Supports Firefox 9.

New in HttpWatch 7.2.19 (Sep 29, 2011)

  • New: Supports Firefox 7.0
  • Fixed: 'Out of range column' errors could occur when third party test tools were used to drive the HttpWatch UI

New in HttpWatch 7.2.13 (Aug 10, 2011)

  • Fixed: HttpWatch would not open in Firefox 5.0.1

New in HttpWatch 7.2.2 (Jun 23, 2011)

  • Fixed: The HttpWatch plugin window could be replaced by a gray or black rectangle in Firefox 5.0 when viewing sites with Flash content

New in HttpWatch 7.1.38 (Apr 27, 2011)

  • Improved: An error message is now displayed if an attempt is made to open HttpWatch in IE 64-bit or a pinned IE 9 site on Windows 7

New in HttpWatch 7.1.37 (Apr 27, 2011)

  • Fixed: Supports web servers that return lower case status lines, e.g. 'http/1.1 200 OK'
  • Fixed: No longer displays an error dialog when attempting to view a corrupted flash file

New in HttpWatch 7.1.36 (Apr 27, 2011)

  • Fixed: A CHW file could be left in the HttpWatch directory after uninstalling HttpWatch
  • Fixed: The first call to the ImageWidth or ImageHeight automation properties would return zero instead of the correct value

New in HttpWatch 7.1.34 (Apr 27, 2011)

  • Fixed: An access violation could occur when closing the Firefox main window with HttpWatch active

New in HttpWatch 7.1.33 (Apr 27, 2011)

  • Fixed: Very large values of max-age in the Cache-Control header caused lexical cast errors
  • Fixed: The value of max-age was not correctly checked if the Cache-Control header also contained other comma separated values
  • Fixed: HttpWatch now handles URLs with user name and password prefixes that contain the $ symbol
  • Fixed: A breakpoint exception could occur in Firefox 4.0
  • Fixed: Closing Firefox using the CloseBrowser method could cause a deadlock

New in HttpWatch 7.1.31 (Apr 27, 2011)

  • Fixed: Range and If-Range headers were not correctly displayed in the Headers tab within the Firefox plugin
  • Fixed: Version 7.1.30 did not validate the httpVersion value in HAR files correctly

New in HttpWatch 7.1.30 (Apr 27, 2011)

  • Fixed: A 'Failed to parse status line' error could occur when opening HAR files
  • Fixed: Opening a PDF file in IE9 RC would cause a 'Get doc object failed' error

New in HttpWatch 7.1.29 (Apr 27, 2011)

  • Fixed: The DOM Load and Render Start events now work correctly in IE9 RC

New in HttpWatch 7.1.28 (Apr 27, 2011)

  • Fixed: The compatibility checking in Firefox has been updated to account for the additional Firefox 4 betas 11 and 12

New in HttpWatch 7.1.27 (Apr 27, 2011)

  • Improved: The directory used by the Save, ExportCSV, ExportXML, ExportHAR and ExportCSVFields automation methods is no longer restricted when using IE in Protected Mode. Any output file name can be used so long as the automation process has access to the target file and directory
  • Improved: The CloseBrowser method now waits for the browser to completely close down before returning. This prevents errors in Firefox when repeatedly open and closing the browser with HttpWatch automation
  • Changed: An error is returned if an attempt is made to use Wait(Ex) or IsLoadingPage(Ex) without first calling Record on the Plugin automation object
  • Fixed: The recording operation system was displayed as 'Windows 7' when an HWL file was recorded on Window Server 2008 R2
  • Fixed: URLs containing a host name with a trailing colon and no port value would cause an 'Invalid source url' error message in IE 6

New in HttpWatch 6.2.45 (May 25, 2010)

  • Fixed: The response from some HTTPS sites was not recorded correctly in the HttpWatch plug-in for IE on Windows Vista and Windows 7

New in HttpWatch 6.2.44 (May 13, 2010)

  • Fixed: A blank gray window could be displayed in IE when attempting to open HttpWatch after a reinstall
  • Fixed: The error message 'Failed to get upload data' could be displayed in Firefox 3.6

New in HttpWatch 6.2.41 (Mar 24, 2010)

  • Fixed: The IE plug-in would not display a single POST parameter correctly in some situations

New in HttpWatch 6.2.40 (Mar 24, 2010)

  • Fixed: Requests are now recorded correctly when 'Auto-detect proxy settings for this network' is used in Firefox

New in HttpWatch 6.2.39 (Feb 26, 2010)

  • Changed: Query string parameters in a HAR file are not validated on import if the URL contains invalid characters or malformed escape sequences

New in HttpWatch 6.2.38 (Feb 26, 2010)

  • Fixed: Attempting to download more than one file at the same time would cause an error if HttpWatch was recording in Firefox 3.5 or later
  • Fixed: In Firefox 3.6 a 'pure virtual call' error could occur when clicking on the HttpWatch Stop buttton

New in HttpWatch 6.2.37 (Feb 26, 2010)

  • Fixed: An error in HttpWatch could occur when opening a new Tab in Firefox 3.6
  • Fixed: The HttpWatch plugin for IE did not correctly display the parameters in Microsoft Silverlight POST requests

New in HttpWatch 6.2.34 (Feb 26, 2010)

  • Fixed: The HttpWatch plug-in would display the error message 'Failed to find window' for some users with Firefox 3.6
  • Fixed: The (Status-Line) response header did not contain the HTTP version when importing a HAR file
  • Changed: The checking of response header sizes in HAR files is now less strict because Firebug may include headers that were not returned from the server

New in HttpWatch 6.2.30 (Feb 26, 2010)

  • New: Firefox 3.6 RC1 is now supported

New in HttpWatch 6.2.29 (Feb 26, 2010)

  • New: Firefox 3.6 Beta 5 is now supported

New in HttpWatch 6.2.28 (Feb 26, 2010)

  • Fixed: HttpWatch Studio may stop responding while viewing a file from WinZip

New in HttpWatch 6.2.27 (Feb 26, 2010)

  • Fixed: The 'Open in New Tab' context menu item now uses a new window if tabs have been disabled in IE

New in HttpWatch 6.2.26 (Feb 26, 2010)

  • Fixed: The Authorization header was not displayed in the Headers tab of the Firefox plug-in during HTTP authentication

New in HttpWatch 6.2.25 (Feb 26, 2010)

  • Fixed: Windows 7 sometimes displayed the message 'This program might not have installed correctly' after installing HttpWatch
  • Fixed: The error 'GotoURL failed' could occur when using the automation API with IE

New in HttpWatch 6.2.24 (Feb 26, 2010)

  • New: Firefox 3.6 Beta 4 is now supported

New in HttpWatch 6.2.23 (Feb 26, 2010)

  • Fixed: The Size property of the Content automation object now returns zero for (Aborted) requests instead of raising an error
  • Fixed: The Firefox plugin would display the error 'Decompress failed' when attempting to handle invalid compressed data

New in HttpWatch 6.2.22 (Feb 26, 2010)

  • New: Firefox 3.6 Beta 3 is now supported
  • Fixed: Using the HttpWatch plugin for IE and a third party program called Ad Muncher would cause an access violation in IE

New in HttpWatch 6.2.20 (Feb 26, 2010)

  • Fixed: HttpWatch Basic Edition was incorrectly shown as 'HttpWatch Professional Edition' in the Firefox add-ons list
  • Fixed: Repeatedly opening and closing IE browser windows containing HTML frames could cause the error 'InitHttpWatch failed'

New in HttpWatch 6.2.18 (Feb 26, 2010)

  • New: Firefox 3.6 Beta 2 is now supported
  • Fixed: The About box in HttpWatch Basic Edition failed to paint correctly in some situations
  • Fixed: Page groups would occasionally be displayed in the wrong sort order

New in HttpWatch 6.2.15 (Nov 11, 2009)

  • New: Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 is now supported

New in HttpWatch 6.1.55 (Oct 2, 2009)

  • Changed: An error message is now displayed if recording is started in Firefox with HTTP pipelining enabled
  • Fixed: Some third party controls for Firefox could cause the error 'Failed to reset POST data'
  • Fixed: The export dialog on the Content tab would fail to open if the URL contained a colon character

New in HttpWatch 6.1.49 (Sep 4, 2009)

  • Fixed: Improved error handling when opening a corrupted HWL file

New in HttpWatch 6.1.48 (Aug 27, 2009)

  • New: The Properties window now supports Windows 7. Previous versions displayed Windows 7 as 'Windows 6.1'
  • New: The Watir sample for IE now uses Controller.IE.New and Watir's attach method to avoid issues with multiple IE 8 processes and protected mode
  • Fixed: Some .hwl log files could cause the error 'Start time offset on empty page' when opened in HttpWatch Studio
  • Fixed: An access violation could occur when closing HttpWatch Studio

New in HttpWatch 6.1.42 (Jul 2, 2009)

  • Fixed: Columns that are wider that a single page are now printed correctly

New in HttpWatch 6.1.41 (Jul 1, 2009)

  • Fixed: HTTP POSTs on Firefox 2.0 could cause the error message 'Invalid input stream parameter'

New in HttpWatch 6.1.40 (Jun 18, 2009)

  • Fixed: The error 'Decompress failed - corrupted data - incorrect header check' could occur when using the Find dialog with HTTP requests that contain corrupted compression data
  • Fixed : Incomplete requests are now included in the summary values displayed in HttpWatch Studio. In the Firefox and IE plugins requests are not included in Summary statistics until they have been completed

New in HttpWatch 6.1.34 (May 15, 2009)

  • Fixed: Tooltips were not displayed for truncated entries in the main request grid
  • Fixed: The Result column now sorts correctly when it contains HTTP status codes and IE/Firefox error names
  • Fixed: The error 'GetRow failed' could be displayed when collapsing all page groups

New in HttpWatch 6.1.32 (May 8, 2009)

  • New: The HttpWatch automation interface can now be accessed from 64-bit client programs (e.g. C#, VB.NET or Javascript on Vista 64)

New in HttpWatch 6.1.31 (Apr 30, 2009)

  • Fixed: HttpWatch could incorrectly report that a Firefox version (e.g. 3.0.7) was not supported

New in HttpWatch 6.1.30 (Apr 30, 2009)

  • New: Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 is now supported.
  • Changed: Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 and earlier betas are no longer supported
  • Fixed: Error 0x804b0044 could be displayed when deleting cache entries in Firefox
  • Fixed: Increased the initial height of the HttpWatch plug-in for Firefox

New in HttpWatch 6.1.29 (Apr 25, 2009)

  • New: Firefox beta names (e.g. Beta 3) are now shown in the Properties window
  • Fixed: Corrected some typos in the help file under 'Automating HttpWatch'
  • Fixed: The message 'Richedit Assert' could be displayed when opening HttpWatch plug-in for IE
  • Fixed: The message 'Internet Explorer has terminated' could be displayed when repeatedly calling IE.New / Plugin.CloseBrowser with IE 8
  • Fixed: The message 'Firefox is running and cannot be shutdown' could be displayed when repeatedly calling Firefox.New / Plugin.CloseBrowser

New in HttpWatch 6.1.16 (Mar 11, 2009)

  • Fixed: The error message 'CException: An invalid argument was encountered' could be displayed when clicking on Record under IE 6

New in HttpWatch 6.0.20 (Dec 11, 2008)

  • New: Added support for Firefox 3.1 Beta 2
  • Changed: Removed support for Firefox 3.1 Beta 1

New in HttpWatch 6.0.19 (Dec 2, 2008)

  • Fixed: The Firefox plugin is now installed by default when the HttpWatch installer is run in silent mode (using the /S command line flag). A new /firefox_plugin=0 command line flag can be used to disable Firefox support in silent installations. See 'Silent Install' in the HttpWatch help file for more details about the setup program command line arguments

New in HttpWatch 6.0.15 (Oct 14, 2008)

  • Fixed: Displaying certain types of Adobe Flash files on Windows Vista could cause the message 'HttpWatch Studio has stopped working'

New in HttpWatch 6.0.11 (Sep 18, 2008)

  • New: HttpWatch now supports Firefox 2.0 and 3.0 on Windows as well as IE 6, 7 and 8 Beta 2
  • New: Added a Properties window that can opened or closed from the View menu. It displays information about the log including browser type, time zone and operating system version
  • New: A comment can be assigned to a log file using the Properties window or through the automation interface
  • New: The values shown in the Summary window's Timings tab can now be accessed through the automation interface.
  • New: Started times can now be displayed as local time, GMT or as an offset from the start of the log
  • New: the Timings tab in the Summary window now provides minimum, maximum, average and total for each type of timing (e.g. DNS Lookup, Connect, etc)
  • New: Visual Studio style tabs are displayed in HttpWatch Studio for each log file making it easier to switch between files
  • New: The automation interface has been updated to support Firefox, timing summaries and log properties
  • New: There is now a FireWatir automation sample
  • Changed: The shortcut key for the Filter dialog is now Ctrl+F9
  • Changed: Removed workaround for modal dialog issue in IE 8 Beta 1. HttpWatch now requires IE 8 Beta 2 or later to work with IE 8

New in HttpWatch 5.3.20 (Aug 20, 2008)

  • Fixed: The error code 0x800C0019 is now correctly decoded as INET_E_INVALID_CERTIFICATE

New in HttpWatch 5.3.19 (Jul 29, 2008)

  • Fixed: An access violation could occur when HttpWatch was first opened

New in HttpWatch 5.3.12 (Jul 2, 2008)

  • Fixed: In some situations, timing values were incorrectly displayed when moving log files between different types of PC

New in HttpWatch 5.3.11 (Jun 9, 2008)

  • Improved: The speed at which new requests are added to the main request grid has been improved.

New in HttpWatch 5.3.10 (Jun 7, 2008)

  • Fixed: Export on the Content tab created zero length files with IE 7 and IE 8 Beta 1 in Protected Mode on Windows Vista

New in HttpWatch 5.2.13 (Dec 20, 2007)

  • Fixed: Added on-line help for Tools menu items
  • Fixed: Plugin object now works correctly with automation clients compiled against HttpWatch version 5.1 or earlier
  • Fixed: Improved error handling for cache and cookie clearing commands

New in HttpWatch 5.0.10 (Aug 7, 2007)

  • Grouping Of Requests By Page: Requests are now grouped by page as shown below. Each page group can be separately expanded or collapsed to aid navigation through large log files.
  • Real-Time Page Level Time Charts: Page level time charts are displayed and updated in real-time as you record requests in HttpWatch. This gives a direct, visual indication of how a site is performing - allowing common problems to be diagnosed at a glance
  • Real-Time Page Level Summaries: Page level summaries are now displayed and dynamically updated when a page group is selected or collapsed
  • Request Level Time Charts: The time chart displayed for each request is broken down into a number of colored sections to show network level timings such as DNS lookup and TCP connects
  • Flexible Display Options: The View menu controls how the list of requests is displayed
  • Smaller Log Files: The log files recorded by version 5 contain more information, but are up to 75% smaller

New in HttpWatch 4.1.22 (Oct 23, 2006)

  • New: Added instructions for opening HttpWatch in IE 7