# Plan load and performance testing

Load test scenarios, targets, tooling, and how to read the results.

- Topic: Software Development
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Plan, Code, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/plan-load-and-performance-testing

## Prompt

```text
Help me plan load and performance testing.

**System:** [API/web app, architecture, environment to test]
**Critical user journeys or endpoints:** [LIST]
**Expected traffic:** [normal and peak requests per second or concurrent users]
**Performance targets:** [e.g. p95 under 300ms, error rate under 0.1%]
**Tool preference:** [k6 / JMeter / Locust / Gatling / Artillery]

Deliver:
1. Test types to run — baseline, load, stress, spike, soak — and what each answers.
2. Scenarios with a realistic user mix and think times.
3. A test script for the main scenario in my tool.
4. Metrics to collect (latency percentiles, throughput, errors, CPU/memory, database) and how to read them.
5. Pass/fail criteria.
6. Common bottlenecks to check when targets are missed.
```

## What to fill in

- API/web app, architecture, environment to test
- LIST
- normal and peak requests per second or concurrent users
- e.g. p95 under 300ms, error rate under 0.1%
- k6 / JMeter / Locust / Gatling / Artillery

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