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Exhaust Connections

AttackAttack
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Opens many connections to Redis to exhaust the connection pool and test connection limit handling
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Redis Instances
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Exhaust Connections

Opens many connections to Redis to exhaust the connection pool and test connection limit handling
AttackAttack
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Exhaust Connections

AttackAttack
New
Opens many connections to Redis to exhaust the connection pool and test connection limit handling
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Exhaust Connections

Opens many connections to Redis to exhaust the connection pool and test connection limit handling
AttackAttack
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Introduction

Opens many connections to a Redis instance to exhaust the available connection pool and test how applications handle connection limit errors. The connections are held open for the configured duration and released when the attack ends.

Combine with Connection Count Check to verify that your application detects and handles the connection pressure correctly. For latency-based faults, use Pause Clients instead.

Use Cases

  • Test how applications handle Redis connection pool exhaustion and maxclients limit errors.
  • Verify that connection pooling libraries reconnect gracefully after connections are released.
  • Validate alerting triggers when Redis connection count approaches the configured limit.

Parameters

ParameterDescriptionDefault
DurationHow long to hold the connections open.60s
Number of ConnectionsNumber of connections to open simultaneously. Minimum 1, maximum 10000.100

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License
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MaintainerSteadybit
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