The latest release of Sauce Connect, version 5.0, is now available in a public beta and offers enhanced performance, advanced security protocols, and simplified integration and onboarding. The new protocol uses HTTP/2 with SOCKS5 and websocket proxy support, simplifying the approval process for security teams and reducing overhead. With up to five times improvement in test speed and 50 times less memory usage compared to the previous version, Sauce Connect 5.0 is designed to unlock high-performance testing. The platform has also streamlined implementation, reducing steps to navigate and simplifying integration into CI/CD environments.