Practical Guide to Open‑Source End‑to‑End Load Testing for Complex Services
The article explains why single‑endpoint load tests miss critical bottlenecks in high‑traffic e‑commerce, live‑streaming and financial systems, and presents an open‑source, CI‑integrated stack—including SkyWalking, k6, OpenResty, Istio, Debezium, Kafka, Prometheus, and Grafana—plus pitfalls and emerging AI‑driven enhancements for reliable end‑to‑end performance testing.
