26.2 enhancements and patches
For a list of recent updates and enhancements across multiple versions, see Release-notes-and-notices.
BMC Helix applies upgrades as described in the BMC Helix Upgrade policy. BMC Helix applies upgrades and patches during Maintenance windows.
26.2
Track the availability and performance of REST APIs with the REST API monitor profile
BMC PATROL for Synthetic Monitoring 26.2 introduces the REST API monitor profile that enables you to monitor the availability, performance, and response content of REST‑based services.
With REST API monitoring, you can:
- Monitor REST API endpoints by using GET and POST methods
- Measure REST API response times
- Validate HTTP response codes
- Validate response content by using content match rules
Monitor authenticated REST APIs by extracting and reusing tokens across requests
This enhancement helps you proactively detect REST API failures and performance degradation before they impact dependent applications or services. For more information, see Configuring REST API monitoring.
The following application classes are added to the REST API monitor profile:
- REST API Monitoring (STM_REST_API_CNTR)
- REST API Auth Profiles Container (STM_REST_API_AUTH_CNTR)
- REST API Auth Profile (STM_REST_API_AUTH)
- Auth Extraction Variable (STM_REST_API_AUTH_EXTRACT_VAR)
- Auth Extraction Variables (STM_REST_API_AUTH_EXTRACT_VAR_CNTR)
- REST API Endpoints Container (STM_REST_API_EP_CNTR)
- REST API Endpoint (STM_REST_API_EP)
- Content Match Rule (STM_REST_API_CONTENT_MATCH)
Support for Internet Information Services (IIS) Web Server
The Internet Server Monitor profile supports Internet Information Services (IIS) Web Server. You can monitor IIS‑based environments to track server availability and performance metrics. The monitor policy configuration includes Server Credentials fields that allow you to authenticate with the IIS server and collect IIS performance and availability metrics. These credentials are required only when IIS monitoring is enabled and can be left blank if IIS monitoring is not configured. For more information, see Configuring Internet server monitoring and System requirements.
Select the HTTP Version for URL and Internet Server monitoring
The URL Monitoring and Internet Server monitor profile configuration introduces an HTTP version field. With this enhancement, you can support protocol compatibility and improve monitoring accuracy by selecting the HTTP protocol version required by the monitored endpoint, such as HTTP/1.1 or HTTP/2. For more information, see Configuring URL Monitoring.
Configure SSL Hostname Verification for URL and Internet Server monitoring
The URL Monitoring and Internet Server monitor profile configuration introduces an SSL Hostname Verification field. This enhancement allows you to enable or disable hostname validation during the SSL/TLS validation process, providing flexibility for environments that use standard or custom certificates. For more information, see Configuring URL Monitoring.