API Testing · Senior · Question 12 of 75
What does a soak test reveal for an API that a short load test misses?
- 1Whether the API works with special characters
- 2Memory leaks, connection exhaustion and growing queues
- 3Whether the documentation matches every endpoint
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Correct answer: Memory leaks, connection exhaustion and growing queues
Explanation
Some problems build up over hours: pools not releasing connections, caches growing without limit, logs filling disks.