# Deep dive into Temporal stress testing

DevFeed: [Deep dive into Temporal stress testing](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/deep-dive-into-temporal-stress-testing-36012.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/temporal-deep-dive-stress-testing>)

Author: Manu Srivastava

Published: 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Temporal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/temporal-blog.md>)

Topics: [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scalability.md>), [reliability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reliability.md>)

Tags: [reliability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reliability.md>), [scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scalability.md>), [stress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/stress.md>), [temporal-concepts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/temporal-concepts.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [workflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflow.md>)

## AI overview

This article describes how Temporal stress-tests its workflow system while it acts as both a database and a service orchestrator. It explains the rabbit scenario, which creates an exponential burst of workflow load, and discusses how testing helps identify issues missed in small-scale deployments.

## Source excerpt

Explore the process of stress testing workflows, ensuring scalability and reliability while acting as both a database and service orchestrator.