Polling kills my machine

[marianolc79]

Hello

I’m in the 3.9 version of Gatling. I don’t know if I’m doing well but with this scenario:

ScenarioBuilder scenarioBuild() {
        return
                scenario(SCENARIO_NAME)
                        .exec(
                                poll()
                                        .every(5)
                                        .exec(httpFilterRequest("Commodore"))
                        );

    }

    {
        setUp(
                scenarioBuild()
                        .injectClosed(
                                constantConcurrentUsers(1).during(Duration.ofMinutes(1))
                        )
        )
                .maxDuration(Duration.ofMinutes(1))
                .protocols(httpBuilder().disableFollowRedirect());
    }

My laptop finish to block. It creates many many requests. My goal was to exec a request every 5 secs during 1 minute. What I’m doing wrong?

Here a copy of the console report:

---- Requests ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Global                                                   (OK=12     KO=40929 )
> Computer filter Commodore                                (OK=12     KO=40929 )
---- Errors --------------------------------------------------------------------
> j.n.SocketException: No buffer space available (maximum connec  40929 (100.0%)
tions reached?): connect

Thanks in advance!

[GeMi]

Hi,
check this solution:

gemiusz/gatling-examples-maven-java/blob/master/src/test/java/pl/gemiusz/Case0014Loop5times1RPSand3sPauseSimulation.java

[slandelle]

poll is a non blocking background task so your scenario terminates immediately as it doesn’t contain anything else.

Your injection profile is constantConcurrentUsers(1) meaning a new virtual user starts as soon as the current single one terminates.

As a result, you’re indeed spawning virtual users like crazy.

Note that your scenario must call .exec(poll().stop()).

[marianolc79]

@slandelle

constantConcurrentUsers

Ok. Thanks slandelle. I didn’t fully understand poll action.

[GeMi]

I don’t get why:

@slandelle

poll is a non blocking background task so your scenario terminates immediately as it doesn’t contain anything else.

Your injection profile is constantConcurrentUsers(1) meaning a new virtual user starts as soon as the current single one terminates.

As a result, you’re indeed spawning virtual users like crazy.

Note that your scenario must call .exec(poll().stop()).

is solution if you write:

@marianolc79

My goal was to exec a request every 5 secs during 1 minute. What I’m doing wrong?

I’m little confused

Of corse you are missing things that @slandelle mention but you try to archive some goal.

[slandelle]

@GeMi Both our answers are partial solutions: you explained how to implement the user case properly, I explained why the current code doesn’t work and why it crashes (and that it’s not a Gatling bug).