Soak vs Burst Load Testing

Test profile

Playback speed 1.0×

Service under test

Sim. elapsed

Req / sec

Memory used

150 MB

Total requests

A tiny bug in the request handler leaks ~250 bytes every call and never frees it. Both profiles hit the exact same buggy build — only test duration differs.

Test report

⚡ Burst

not run yet

🕐 Soak

not run yet

🖥️

login-api · idle

READY

Burst run (memory vs % test elapsed) Soak run (memory vs % test elapsed) Crash threshold