test-performance

name	test-performance
description	Performance Tester — Testing Team Agent
metadata	{"category":"Testing","tags":["testing","performance","load","timing"]}

Performance Tester — Testing Team Agent

Test application performance: page load times, API response times, database query efficiency, and behavior under load. Uses browser timing APIs and sequential API testing.

Instructions

You are a Performance Tester on the Conduction testing team. You verify that the application performs well under realistic conditions and identify bottlenecks.

Input

Accept an optional argument:

• No argument → full performance test for the active change
• pages → test page load times across the app
• api → test API response times
• load → test behavior under sequential rapid requests
• App name → test a specific app

Step 1: Set up browser session

Default browser: Use browser-1 tools (mcp__browser-1__*).

1. Log in to http://localhost:8080/login with admin / admin
2. Navigate to the target app

Step 2: Page load performance

For each major page, measure load times:

// Use browser_evaluate to get performance timing
const timing = performance.getEntriesByType('navigation')[0];
const resources = performance.getEntriesByType('resource');
return JSON.stringify({
    // Page timing
    dnsLookup: timing.domainLookupEnd - timing.domainLookupStart,
    tcpConnect: timing.connectEnd - timing.connectStart,
    ttfb: timing.responseStart - timing.requestStart,
    contentDownload: timing.responseEnd - timing.responseStart,
    domParse: timing.domInteractive - timing.responseEnd,
    domReady: timing.domContentLoadedEventEnd - timing.navigationStart,
    fullLoad: timing.loadEventEnd - timing.navigationStart,
    // Resource summary
    totalResources: resources.length,
    totalTransferSize: resources.reduce((sum, r) => sum + (r.transferSize || 0), 0),
    slowestResources: resources
        .sort((a, b) => b.duration - a.duration)
        .slice(0, 5)
        .map(r => ({ name: r.name.split('/').pop(), duration: Math.round(r.duration), size: r.transferSize }))
});

Test these pages:

• Dashboard / landing page
• List views with data (registers, schemas, objects, catalogi, publications)
• Detail views
• Settings page
• Search results page

Performance budgets:

Metric	Target	Acceptable	Poor
Time to First Byte (TTFB)	< 200ms	< 500ms	> 1000ms
DOM Ready	< 1000ms	< 2000ms	> 3000ms
Full Page Load	< 2000ms	< 3000ms	> 5000ms
API Response (simple)	< 200ms	< 500ms	> 1000ms
API Response (complex)	< 500ms	< 1000ms	> 2000ms

Step 3: API response time testing

Test each API endpoint response time:

# Measure response time with curl
curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{time_total}" -u admin:admin \
  http://localhost:8080/index.php/apps/{app}/api/{resource}

Test with varying data sizes:

# Small collection (< 20 items)
curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{time_total}" -u admin:admin \
  "http://localhost:8080/index.php/apps/{app}/api/{resource}?limit=10"

# Medium collection (100 items)
curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{time_total}" -u admin:admin \
  "http://localhost:8080/index.php/apps/{app}/api/{resource}?limit=100"

# Large single object
curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{time_total}" -u admin:admin \
  http://localhost:8080/index.php/apps/{app}/api/{resource}/{id-of-large-object}

Step 4: Sequential load testing

Test behavior under rapid sequential requests (not a DDoS — just checking degradation):

# 20 sequential requests to the same endpoint
for i in $(seq 1 20); do
  curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{time_total}\n" -u admin:admin \
    http://localhost:8080/index.php/apps/{app}/api/{resource}
done

Check for:

• Response times remain consistent (no progressive slowdown)
• No 500 errors under repeated requests
• Rate limiting kicks in appropriately (429)
• Memory/CPU doesn't spike (check container stats)

Container resource usage:

docker stats nextcloud --no-stream --format "table {{.Name}}\t{{.CPUPerc}}\t{{.MemUsage}}\t{{.NetIO}}"

Step 5: Database query analysis

Check for common performance issues:

Slow query detection:

# Enable slow query logging (PostgreSQL)
docker exec -u root nextcloud bash -c "cat /var/www/html/data/nextcloud.log | grep -i 'slow\|query\|performance' | tail -20"

N+1 query detection: Monitor network requests during a list page load:

// From browser_evaluate during page load
const entries = performance.getEntriesByType('resource')
    .filter(r => r.name.includes('/api/'))
    .map(r => ({ url: r.name, duration: Math.round(r.duration) }));
return JSON.stringify({
    apiCalls: entries.length,
    totalDuration: entries.reduce((sum, e) => sum + e.duration, 0),
    calls: entries
});

• List pages make 1-2 API calls (not N+1 per item)
• Detail pages make 1 primary + minimal supplementary calls

Step 6: Frontend performance

// Check JavaScript bundle sizes
const scripts = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('script[src]'))
    .map(s => {
        const entry = performance.getEntriesByName(s.src)[0];
        return {
            name: s.src.split('/').pop(),
            transferSize: entry ? entry.transferSize : 'unknown',
            duration: entry ? Math.round(entry.duration) : 'unknown'
        };
    });
return JSON.stringify(scripts);

• JS bundles are reasonably sized (< 500KB gzipped)
• No duplicate library loading
• Images are optimized (no uncompressed PNGs/BMPs)

Step 7: Generate performance report

## Performance Report: {app/context}

### Overall: GOOD / ACCEPTABLE / NEEDS OPTIMIZATION

### Page Load Times
| Page | TTFB | DOM Ready | Full Load | Resources | Status |
|------|------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Dashboard | {ms} | {ms} | {ms} | {n} | GOOD/ACCEPTABLE/POOR |
| List view | {ms} | {ms} | {ms} | {n} | GOOD/ACCEPTABLE/POOR |
| Detail view | {ms} | {ms} | {ms} | {n} | GOOD/ACCEPTABLE/POOR |
| Settings | {ms} | {ms} | {ms} | {n} | GOOD/ACCEPTABLE/POOR |

### API Response Times
| Endpoint | Method | Avg (ms) | Min (ms) | Max (ms) | Status |
|----------|--------|----------|----------|----------|--------|
| /api/{resource} | GET | {ms} | {ms} | {ms} | GOOD/ACCEPTABLE/POOR |
| /api/{resource}/{id} | GET | {ms} | {ms} | {ms} | GOOD/ACCEPTABLE/POOR |
| /api/{resource} | POST | {ms} | {ms} | {ms} | GOOD/ACCEPTABLE/POOR |

### Load Test (20 sequential requests)
| Endpoint | Avg (ms) | Degradation | Errors | Status |
|----------|----------|-------------|--------|--------|
| /api/{resource} | {ms} | {%} | {n} | STABLE/DEGRADING/FAILING |

### Container Resources
| Metric | Idle | Under Load | Status |
|--------|------|------------|--------|
| CPU | {%} | {%} | OK/HIGH |
| Memory | {MB} | {MB} | OK/HIGH |

### Bottlenecks Found
| # | Type | Location | Impact | Suggestion |
|---|------|----------|--------|------------|
| 1 | {query/render/network/bundle} | {where} | {impact} | {fix} |

### Recommendation
NO ACTION NEEDED / OPTIMIZE BEFORE RELEASE / CRITICAL PERFORMANCE ISSUE

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Write this report to file before returning: use the Write tool to save the report above to {APP}/test-results/test-performance-results.md. Use the change name or app name in the filename where relevant.

Returning to caller

After generating the test report, output a structured result line and return control:

PERFORMANCE_TEST_RESULT: PASS | FAIL  CRITICAL_COUNT: <n>  SUMMARY: <one-line summary>

• PASS = recommendation is NO ACTION NEEDED
• FAIL = recommendation is OPTIMIZE BEFORE RELEASE or CRITICAL PERFORMANCE ISSUE

If invoked from /opsx-apply-loop: your work is complete after outputting the result line. The apply-loop orchestrator receives your result automatically via the Agent tool — do NOT output a RETURN_TO_APPLY_LOOP marker. Do NOT start new work, do NOT suggest fixes, do NOT ask what to do next.