Load Testing · Senior · Question 8 of 76
You plan to replay production traffic against staging. What is the main risk?
- 1Replayed traffic is always smaller than the real one
- 2Staging can't receive HTTP requests from outside
- 3Side effects: emails, payments or writes to shared systems
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Correct answer: Side effects: emails, payments or writes to shared systems
Explanation
Replays can trigger real notifications or charges and may contain personal data. Filter writes, mock outbound calls, and anonymize the logs.