Stress Testing

Stress Testing is a type of performance testing that pushes a system beyond its normal operating limits to evaluate its stability, behavior, and error handling under extreme conditions. The primary goal is to find the breaking point of the system and see how it recovers from failure.

Example: A company is preparing to launch a highly anticipated product. They perform Stress Testing by simulating one million concurrent users attempting to log in and make purchases on their e-commerce website at the exact same time. The test is designed to intentionally crash the system to identify at what point it fails, what happens during the failure, and whether it can recover gracefully after the stress is removed.