Load Testing · Junior · Question 4 of 75
What is a soak (endurance) test for?
- 1Checking how fast the app starts after a cold deploy
- 2Finding problems that appear only after hours of steady load
- 3Finding the exact second when the server stops responding
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Correct answer: Finding problems that appear only after hours of steady load
Explanation
A soak test keeps a normal load for hours. It reveals memory leaks, growing queues, filling disks and connections that are never released.