Linux network latency
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Description
Simulate unreliable network conditions on Linux hosts by adding latency to API calls. Test whether your users are affected when network response times degrade to hundreds or thousands of milliseconds.
What this Scenario does
This Scenario adds increasing levels of network latency to your Linux hosts, simulating the kind of unreliable network conditions that are common in distributed systems—especially during cloud region degradation, cross-region communication, or network congestion.
Why run this Scenario?
- Validate that services running on Linux hosts handle degraded network conditions without cascading failures.
- Test timeout and retry configurations for inter-service communication at the Linux OS level.
- Identify services that are overly sensitive to network latency and could cause poor user experience.
- Verify that network monitoring on Linux infrastructure detects latency increases and triggers alerts.
Expected outcome
When network latency increases significantly on Linux hosts, our services continue to respond within acceptable bounds and users experience minimal impact.
