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Recording with Brotli Encoding
Load Tester 6.7 and earlier does not support Brotli encoding. This is obviously planned for future releases, but for now you may need to use this workaround. If the site just has brotli on static pages there’s no need to do anything special, but if you are testing a site that is using Brotli encoding on security API calls that return session variables you’ll want to read on.
Brotli encoding has been gaining in popularity because it was designed from the group up for streaming. As a result, it reduces latency over gzip, which was originally designed for files … Continue reading »
Testing Popup Windows
We often receive questions about how Load Tester handles popup windows. In this post, I’ll describe how Load Tester handles these elements and provide a sample recording.
How does Load Tester Handle Popups?
Users do not regularly encounter popups. As a result, these windows may appear to function differently from regular browser windows.
However, when recording using a virtual browser, Load Tester records any calls to the server. Replaying a recording or running a test will replay those calls whether issued from a normal browser window or a popup.
NOTE: The following method is only applicable to “Virtual Browser” recordings.
Recording a Popup Window
1. On the … Continue reading »