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1.8When to Use AI-Driven Profiling
| Scenario | AI-Driven Profiling? | Why |
|---|---|---|
| New product with no production data | No | No data to profile -- use competitive benchmarks instead |
| Established product, routine load test | Yes | Production data enables realistic scenarios |
| Capacity planning for peak events | Yes | Historical peak data reveals true stress patterns |
| Validating auto-scaling configuration | Yes | Realistic ramp patterns exercise scaling triggers |
| Microservice performance regression | Partial | Profile traffic for the specific service under test |
AI-driven profiling is the foundation of modern performance testing. It transforms load testing from a guessing game into an empirical discipline.