Can you create a Gaussian timer

Gatling (Open-Source)
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hihi,

Is it possible to implement a Gaussian Timer? I see there is a io.gatling.javaapi.core.CoreDsl.normalPausesWithStdDevDuration(Duration). Is this sufficient at the Simulation level to implement a Gaussian timer or do you need to add a pause(min, max) at each of the scenario/API call level.

Regards,
Ciaran

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Gaussian is another name for normal distributions, so yes, use normalPausesWithStdDevDuration.

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Thanks Stephane. Is only normalPausesWithStdDevDuration required? No extra pauses?
Ciaran

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Sorry, I don’t understand the question.

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I realized some shortcuts for normal pauses were missing, see Core: shortcuts for normal pauses configuration are missing from setUp · Issue #4365 · gatling/gatling · GitHub

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Hi Stephane, how are you?
Other than normalPausesWithStdDevDuration (at the Simulation set-up level), do I need to add any other pauses (lower down at the Scenario level)? In the Gatling documentation, it describes normalPausesWithStdDevDuration as ```
// make pauses follow a normal distribution
// where the mean is the value specified in the pause(duration) element.
// and the standard deviation is the duration configured here.

Is pause(duration) defined at the Scenario level?

Regards,
Ciaran
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The pause configuration defined at setUp level only tunes the behavior of the pauses defined in the scenarios. It doesn’t add any pauses in the scenario.

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