Constant VUs

Description

A fixed number of VUs execute as many iterations as possible for a specified amount of time. This executor is equivalent to the global vus and duration options.

Options

In addition to the common configuration options this executor also adds the following options:

When to use

Use this executor if you need a specific amount of VUs to run for a certain amount of time.

Example

In this example, we'll run 10 VUs constantly for a duration 45 minutes.

1import http from 'k6/http';
2import { sleep } from 'k6';
3
4export const options = {
5  discardResponseBodies: true,
6  scenarios: {
7    my_awesome_api_test: {
8      executor: 'constant-vus',
9      vus: 10,
10      duration: '45m',
11    },
12  },
13};
14
15export default function () {
16  http.get('https://test-api.k6.io/');
17  sleep(Math.random() * 3);
18}