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How to make a random delay between test steps with soapUI?

Serhiy
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Add Groovy Script step before each Request step with the next code that adds 0-9 seconds delay:

sleep(new Random().nextInt(10) * 1000)
Artem Zankovich
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  • +1 Thanks! I was searching a while.. the SOAP UI docu only stats how to add a delay for the client side (http://www.soapui.org/Functional-Testing/controlling-flow.html) – Martin Dürrmeier Jun 16 '11 at 08:29
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    In Jenkinsfile, I had to drop `* 1000` (`sleep` accepts seconds, not milliseconds). – jfs Dec 01 '20 at 06:19
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Exactly what you're looking for is the following.

  1. Add a Delay test step.

  2. Instead of filling a fixed number i.e. 500ms, use this expresion

    ${=(int)(Math.random()*10000)}

And change the 10000 with the multiplier that best suits your test.

jezuito
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Inside delay test step specify ${=5000 + 5000*Math.random()} Which delay your request for 5s-10s.

Or you can use groovy script before each request.

Or you can run a groovy snippet to run before each test step execute. Check events.

ShiyamTJ
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Easiest way would be to add Delay step (which is inbuilt step for soapui pro) and mention the time in ms(milliseconds)

SuperMan
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Typically, it should be a "Load Test" with a defined strategy of requests :

Thread : is it concurrent tests or not (1) ?
Strategy : "Simple" in your case
Test Delay : the delay between each test run in milliseconds
Random : the relative amount of randomization for delay
         (0 = no random, 1 = all random)
Donatello
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