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  1. “The Decline of WebPageTest After the Catchpoint Era” by @innoweb

    🔗 innoweb.com.au/blog/the-slow-d

    > The spirit of openness, clarity, and technical depth that defined it has been overshadowed by commercialisation and integration. I understand how this happens - it’s a familiar story for beloved tools after acquisition - but that doesn’t make it any less disappointing.

    #WebPageTest #WebPerf

    ⚓️ nicolas-hoizey.com/links/2026/

  2. “WebPageTest.org is moving to the new UI within the Catchpoint Portal to provide users with enhanced features” in docs.catchpoint.com/wptpro/doc

    🤣🤦‍♂️🤡

    #WebPageTest #Catchpoint #webperf #enshittification

  3. Ok, the roadmap in #WebPageTest #Catchpoint docs says “Add scripting capabilities to scheduled tests for full control” in the “Later (Future Enhancements)” section…

    docs.catchpoint.com/wptpro/doc

    As some features like authentication are now only available in scheduled tests, we can't have both authentification and scripts in the same tests… 😭

    Basic authentication is in the “Next (Planned for Upcoming Releases)” section of the roadmap, while it was available before…

    #webperf #enshittification

  4. With #WebPageTest before #Catchpoint, we could set the URL for the test, and a script that had access to variables like %ORIGIN% or %URL%

    Now, when we activate the script feature in an “Instant Test”, the URL field is disabled, so we can't have reusable scripts… 😭

    Oh, and it looks like using scripts is not possible in scheduled tests, I couldn't find it. 😡

    #webperf #enshittification

  5. Almost every time I try to connect to #Catchpoint 's #WebPageTest with our paid account, I get a 400 error. 😭

    I have to try 5 to 10 times before being able to access the tool and use it…

    @grigs do you have similar issues?