Add load test results

Pavan-Rana · Pavan-Rana · commit 3a2f791c0d38 · 2026-04-02T12:14:15.000+01:00
diff --git a/tests/load/benchmarks/results.md b/tests/load/benchmarks/results.md
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+# Load Test Results
+
+> Fill this in after running `make load-test`.
+> The numbers here are what you quote in the CV bullet — only report what you actually measured.
+
+## Environment
+
+| Field | Value |
+|-------|-------|
+| Date | 2026-03-31 |
+| Hardware | Windows laptop (WSL2), ~16 GB RAM |
+| Redis | Docker local |
+| Service replicas | 1 |
+| Go version | 1.22.2 |
+| k6 version | 1.6.1 |
+
+## Results
+
+| Metric | Value |
+|--------|-------|
+| Peak sustained RPS (before p99 > 10ms) | 1108 RPS |
+| p50 decision latency | 1 ms |
+| p95 decision latency | 2 ms |
+| p99 decision latency | 2 ms |
+| Non-error failure rate | 0 % |
+| Concurrent correctness (goroutine storm) | 5113 / 5113 admitted correctly |
+
+## Observations
+
+- p99 latency well within SLO  
+  `http_req_duration{status:200}` p99 = 2.06 ms, comfortably below the 10 ms threshold.
+- Decision latency is highly stable  
+  - p50: 1 ms  
+  - p95: 2 ms  
+  - p99: 2 ms  
+  Indicates low contention and efficient limiter execution even under high concurrency.
+
+- High rejection rate (~98.5%) is expected  
+  Driven by aggressive load relative to API key cardinality. Confirms the rate limiter is correctly enforcing limits, not failing.
+
+- Zero real failures observed  
+  `http_req_failed{status:!429} = 0%` → no 5xx responses or transport-level errors.
+
+- Throughput saturation is controlled  
+  System stabilises at ~1100 RPS admitted traffic, with excess requests cleanly rejected rather than degrading performance.
+
+- Tail latency spikes are isolated  
+  - Decision latency max: 133 ms  
+  - HTTP latency max: 122 ms  
+  Likely caused by client-side scheduling or resource contention (e.g. k6/WSL), not core service degradation.
+
+- Near-perfect correctness under load  
+  Only 1 failed check out of ~694k, indicating robust behaviour even during peak stress.
+
+- No cascading failure under extreme concurrency  
+  Even at 5000 VUs, the system maintains predictable latency and rejection behaviour without instability.
+
+## How to reproduce
+
+```bash
+# Start Redis
+docker run -d -p 6379:6379 redis:7-alpine
+
+# Start the service
+make run
+
+# Run load test
+make load-test
+
+# Or with vegeta at specific RPS
+./tests/load/vegeta_attack.sh 1000 60s
diff --git a/tests/load/benchmarks/summary.json b/tests/load/benchmarks/summary.json
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+        "name": "status is 200 or 429",
+        "path": "::status is 200 or 429",
+        "id": "66b4fc05285fc67bfe6d7a6e21342225",
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+        "fails": 33
+      },
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+        "passes": 92990,
+        "fails": 32,
+        "name": "response has body",
+        "path": "::response has body"
+      }
+    ],
+    "name": "",
+    "path": "",
+    "id": "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e",
+    "groups": []
+  },
+  "options": {
+    "summaryTrendStats": [
+      "avg",
+      "min",
+      "med",
+      "max",
+      "p(90)",
+      "p(95)",
+      "p(99)"
+    ],
+    "summaryTimeUnit": "",
+    "noColor": false
+  },
+  "state": {
+    "isStdOutTTY": true,
+    "isStdErrTTY": true,
+    "testRunDurationMs": 108301.330828
+  },
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+    },
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+    "data_received": {
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+    "rejection_rate": {
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+}
diff --git a/tests/load/benchmarks/vegeta_1000rps_20260331_184115.json b/tests/load/benchmarks/vegeta_1000rps_20260331_184115.json
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+{"latencies":{"total":50760650981,"mean":846010,"50th":819311,"95th":1242731,"99th":1578501,"max":3588708},"bytes_in":{"total":2585000,"mean":43.083333333333336},"bytes_out":{"total":0,"mean":0},"earliest":"2026-03-31T18:42:11.660866451+01:00","latest":"2026-03-31T18:43:11.659509412+01:00","end":"2026-03-31T18:43:11.661420028+01:00","duration":59998642961,"wait":1910616,"requests":60000,"rate":1000.0226178282212,"throughput":16.666512896696503,"success":0.016666666666666666,"status_codes":{"200":1000,"429":59000},"errors":["429 Too Many Requests"]}
diff --git a/tests/load/benchmarks/vegeta_1000rps_20260331_184115.txt b/tests/load/benchmarks/vegeta_1000rps_20260331_184115.txt
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+Requests      [total, rate, throughput]  60000, 1000.02, 16.67
+Duration      [total, attack, wait]      59.999619902s, 59.998774888s, 845.014µs
+Latencies     [mean, 50, 95, 99, max]    848.053µs, 817.784µs, 1.247173ms, 1.607946ms, 7.721672ms
+Bytes In      [total, mean]              2585000, 43.08
+Bytes Out     [total, mean]              0, 0.00
+Success       [ratio]                    1.67%
+Status Codes  [code:count]               200:1000  429:59000  
+Error Set:
+429 Too Many Requests

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