The Testing Gap

Learn about load testing and the loop holes in testing that can cause system to crash.

What was missed in testing?

Despite the massive load-testing effort, the system still crashed when it confronted the real world. Two things were missing in our testing.

Weak test scripts

First, we tested the application the way it was meant to be used. Test scripts would request one URL, wait for the response, and then request another URL that was present on the ...