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Real web browser load testing solutions.
So I'm in a situation where I have a web application that is having very serious problems that occur under fairly meagre load, and our main barrier to working out what exactly is going wrong is that we cannot recreate the problem in a test environment.
We've tried all manner of load testing solutions and none of them have worked; we think the issue is that to trigger the problems, the pages actually need to render as part of the test, and for that I need to be able to use real browsers.
Are there any testing solutions anyone can recommend that does this? I know in theory I could spin up a bunch of VMs, install Firefox+Selenium and have at it, but getting VMs access to our test environment is not trivial.
Money is no object for this request.
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Like a boss!
Contact gt.net for a solution.
I need an off-the-shelf solution, that I can whack on the credit card and start using tomorrow really, I don't have time to work out a bespoke solution with a provider.
BowserStack may help:
https://www.browserstack.com
Functionality of multiple browser versions on different platforms.
I used this in the past to troubleshoot similar elusive issues that you described.
There are test solutions that will render in real browsers, can't remember the name sorry.
What about developing something using phantomjs?
No time, I just want to pay for a service and crack on.
Check out locust.io - has some basic abilities to do some parsing, etc. However, might not solve the rendering issue, but still might be worth a shot.
https://loader.io/
https://www.soasta.com/load-testing/
Have you tried loadimpact.com?
https://loadimpact.com/website-testing
Seems to do what you need, and you can scale your plan as per your needs.
Put the url on LET. Ask the bored folk there to create some load. Free.
https://loader.io/
Love these guys & their interface.
We've got stuff similar to this, we need to have browsers actually render the page.
https://www.soasta.com/load-testing/
Loader.io doesn't do real browser testing, Soasta....well, that site is so shit I can't work out exactly what they do, but as they're part of Akamai I'll speak to my account manager and get him to hook me up with their guys on Monday to see what if they can help.
Doesn't appear to do genuine browser testing.
I haven't used anything for a long time, but when I was last using something for "real browser users" I think I used this company https://www.loadbooster.com/
Your account was hacked by offshore TE specialists, wasn't it?
Or are you being held hostage by Triad shoe snipers?
@Nekki
Sorry if I sound like a dumb ass (I'm a web programming baby remember).
But couldn't you host your project, go on another computer with a browser and a desktop and type in the url and try to replicate the issue?
https://www.blazemeter.com/blog/can-you-run-performance-test-100000-real-browsers
https://www.blazemeter.com/blog/view-webcast-performance-testing-real-browsers
And... https://loadtestgo.com/features
Blazemeter and loadtestgo.com seem to be good options, not exactly real browsers though. https://www.loadbooster.com/ seem to do it more or less.
Without some form of automation I can’t generate the level of load I need to cause the failures. Just hitting the app over and over in a single browser doesn’t invoke the application crashes.
Try Paessel webstress software. can Simulate up to 4000 users per second and is free. Hits/load/ramp and much more settings