---
title: "Your performance tests are smelly!"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/your-performance-tests-are-smelly--beeryutdd
source_url: https://blog.testproject.io/2022/11/09/your-performance-tests-are-smelly/
type: article
source: "Test Automation Blog"
published: 2022-11-09T09:34:52.562Z
updated: 2022-11-09T09:34:52.485Z
tags: ["data-science", "testing", "performance", "data-analysis", "load-testing"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Your performance tests are smelly!

**[Test Automation Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/testproject)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Code smells and test smells are not bugs, but certain code structures that imply bad design or shortcomings as far as readability and maintainability. If there's a significant regression or even improvement in the performance that cannot be explained by code or architectural changes, it has to be accounted for in the analysis.

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Tags: [#data-science](https://daily.dev/tags/data-science), [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing), [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#data-analysis](https://daily.dev/tags/data-analysis), [#load-testing](https://daily.dev/tags/load-testing)

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