Request delay

[AndreaFranchini]

Example:

{
  connection: 1,
  connectionRate: 1,
  duration: 2,
}

Autocannon will perform 1 req/sec for 2 seconds.

{
  connection: 1,
  connectionRate: 2,
  duration: 2,
}

Autocannon will perform 2 req/sec for 2 seconds. But the requests are fired during the very firsts milliseconds.

How can i setup autocannon for fire request every x milliseconds?

[mcollina]

I don't understand. Autocannon waits for the previous request to finish before starting the new one.

[AndreaFranchini]

Using other words: can i fire request with an omogeneous/costant distribution? I want to setup a scenario where the request are sended at same rate during the test duration.

If i set 50 request per second and i draw a graph of number of request over time, i get an "heartbeat": 50 request in 100ms then 900ms of nothing, repeated during time. What I would like is a graph that is ideally an horizontal straight line, one request every 20ms.

Provided that this type of load test makes sense...

[mcollina]

Autocannon currently does not support that feature, but feel free to send a PR if you would like to work on it!

[lvndry]

Is it still something we want to implement ? I'd be glad to work on it

[mcollina]

Go for it!