Hypothesis load testing

This repository contains scripts for performing load tests against the Hypothesis web service, in particular h, using Locust.

Running tests manually

First, ensure that the file descriptor limit in your current shell is sufficiently high. Otherwise tests may fail with DNS resolution errors before hitting the actual capacity limit of your h instance. On macOS and Linux, you can check limits with ulimit -a and adjust them with ulimit -n. You should choose a limit that is higher than the number of simulated users in your test runs.

Now install Locust and run the tests:

pip install locustio

export H_API_KEY=<your developer token>

# Disable SSL verification if your h instance doesn't have a valid SSL cert
# export VERIFY_SSL=no

locust --host=<h instance URL>

Navigate to http://localhost:8089 in a browser to start running tests and view results.

See the Locust documentation for more details.