Load Testing

Test carried out on the theme "Car", in the context of a car event with 500 people interested in Authentify It technology over a short timeframe

Load testing is an essential practice to evaluate system resilience under high user demand. However, when hosted on DigitalOcean, our infrastructure benefits from automatic Cloudflare DDoS protection.

While this protection ensures strong security against malicious traffic, it also introduces limitations for synthetic load testing, as Cloudflare automatically filters or rate-limits what it interprets as potential DDoS activity.

As a result:

Load testing from external sources may not fully reflect real-world scalability.
To obtain accurate results, tests must be coordinated with Cloudflare’s security settings or executed through controlled environments and whitelisted IPs.
Despite these constraints, the system benefits from continuous monitoring and stress testing in staging environments, ensuring performance under realistic conditions.

Test objectives

Validate system performance under anticipated user loads
Identify potential bottlenecks and performance issues
Ensure system stability during traffic spikes
Verify response times remain within acceptable thresholds

Test scenarios

1. Soft

Users: 500 concurrent users
Timeframe: 6-minute window
User Flow:
All 500 users reach the Tesla Example claim URL within a 2-minute window
400 users (80%) complete the claiming process and navigate to the Car about page
200 users (50% of those who claimed) proceed to the passport and install the Apple Pass for a multi-owner car approximately 45 seconds after claiming

2. Medium

Users: 500 concurrent users
Timeframe: 4-minute window
User Flow:
All 500 users reach the Tesla Example claim URL within a 2-minute window
400 users (80%) complete the claiming process and navigate to the Car about page
200 users (50% of those who claimed) proceed to the passport and install the Apple Pass for a multi-owner car approximately 45 seconds after claiming

3. Hard

Users: 500 concurrent users
Timeframe: 2-minute window
User Flow:
All 500 users reach the Tesla Example claim URL within a 2-minute window
400 users (80%) complete the claiming process and navigate to the Car about page
200 users (50% of those who claimed) proceed to the passport and install the Apple Pass for a multi-owner car approximately 45 seconds after claiming