Shopify / Shopify/toxiproxy

Protocol aware toxics

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Description

We could build protocol aware toxics, e.g.

  • HTTP. Send extremely large headers, slow headers, slow body but fast headers, 5xx, infinite redirects..
  • Redis. Slow writes and fast reads, out of memory conditions (reads but no writes), ..

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Research direction

The issue proposes protocol-aware toxics for HTTP and Redis, including slow or malformed traffic and resource conditions. Begin by determining the project entry points for existing toxics and how protocol-specific behavior would be scoped; done would require an agreed design and implementation covering the selected protocol cases.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
networking, testing
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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