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