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title: "What Is Stress Testing"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-stress-testing-no5o-i7e3
source_url: https://blog.testproject.io/2022/05/19/what-is-stress-testing/
type: article
source: "Test Automation Blog"
published: 2022-05-19T07:54:29.820Z
updated: 2022-05-19T07:54:29.820Z
tags: ["testing"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# What Is Stress Testing

**[Test Automation Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/testproject)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Stress testing is one of the non-functional testing types of performance testing. It is performed to ensure that the system does not completely crash under heavy traffic, and if it happens, the software can recover as soon as possible. This type of testing is generally done on critical software but can be used as per the requirement.

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