2) Sampler: Flow Control Action
Loop breaking and Loop switching to next iteration is possible using ‘Flow Control Sampler’
3) Post Processor: XPath2 Extractor
XPath 2.0 support added in a new element called XPath2 extractor, providing easier XML namespaces handling, up to date XPath syntax and better performances
4) Listener
The request and response headers/body, are clearly separated to allow us to better inspect requests and responses. You can also search in all those tabs for a particular value
5) Search
‘Search’ feature improvements added to allow iterations in the tree over search results and do necessary replacements through Next/Previous/Replace/Replace/Find buttons
6) Functions
“__threadGroupName” has been introduced to get ThreadGroup name
7) Non Test Element: HTTP(S) Test Script Recorder
Recording feature improvement to provide a popup that is always on top when you navigate in browser, allowing you to name transactions while you navigate in your application
8) File -> Restart
Now we can restart JMeter from menu
In addition, bugs fixes and security patches added, new functions added and more elements were improved.
Courtesy: https://jmeter.apache.org