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Load Testing LLM Endpoints
12.1🔒Why LLM Load Testing Requires Special AttentionTraditional load testing assumes predictable response times and linear scaling. LLM endpoints violate both assumptions:
12.2🔒Lab: k6 LLM Load Test
12.3🔒Cold Start Testing Pattern
12.4🔒Rate Limit Testing
12.5🔒Cost-Aware Load TestingLLM load tests cost real money. Plan your budget:
12.6🔒CI Integration for LLM Load TestsPro Tip: LLM load testing requires a mindset shift from "how many requests per second" to "how does cost, latency, and quality behave as…
12.7🔒Key Takeaways -- Chapter 121. LLM load tests must account for variable response times, rate limits, cold starts, and cost. 2. Use ramping-arrival-rate to find the…
12.8🔒Exercises -- Chapter 12Exercise 12.1 (Beginner): Using the cost estimator, calculate the cost of running 500 requests priced at gpt-4o's historical rates with an…
12.9🔒Career Translation- Designed and executed LLM load testing suites using k6 with custom TTFT, TPS, and rate limit metrics, identifying the concurrency ceiling…
12.10🔒Q&AInterview Depth CheckPrompt: You need to load test an LLM-powered chatbot before a marketing campaign that is expected to triple traffic. Your testing budget is…