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Concurrency & Performance Test Results — 2026-06-06
Environment
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Date | 2026-06-06 |
| Backend version | v2.9.3 → v2.9.5 |
| Target | http://172.18.0.6:5001 (loopback, server → container direct) |
| Payment mode | PAYMENT_MODE=status (no real blockchain) |
| Flow | Full E2E: setup buyer+3 sellers → createRequest → 3 offers → selectOffer → pay → deliver → confirmDelivery |
| Server | 89.58.32.32 (netcup ARM, 6 vCPU) |
| Runner | scripts/smoke/marketplace-e2e-notifications.mjs |
Run 1 — Baseline (rate limiter blocking, v2.9.3)
CONCURRENCY_LEVELS=1,2,4,8,16,32
| Level | Passed | Total | Rate | Failure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | — |
| C2 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 429 rate limit |
| C4–C32 | 0 | — | 0% | 429 rate limit |
Finding: globalLimiter (100 req/15 min) exhausted by concurrent user setup. Added RATE_LIMIT_BYPASS_IPS env var to skip limiter for the Docker host gateway IP.
Run 2 — Clean baseline (bypass active, UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE default=4)
CONCURRENCY_LEVELS=1,2,4,8,16,32 — run ID 20260606090606
| Level | Passed | Total | Rate | Failure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | — |
| C2 | 2 | 2 | 100% | — |
| C4 | 4 | 4 | 100% | — |
| C8 | 8 | 8 | 100% | — |
| C16 | 15 | 16 | 93.75% | 1× admin.create 500 |
| C32 | 10 | 32 | 31% | auth.login + admin.create timeouts |
| Total | 40 | 63 | 63.5% |
API Latency (all levels combined)
| API | p50 | p95 | p99 | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| auth.login | 5221ms | 15000ms | 15002ms | 15002ms |
| users.admin.create | 4372ms | 15004ms | 15007ms | 15007ms |
| marketplace.purchaseRequests.create | 315ms | 507ms | 579ms | 579ms |
| marketplace.offers.create | 246ms | 399ms | 448ms | 450ms |
| marketplace.offers.select | 193ms | 455ms | 504ms | 504ms |
| marketplace.purchaseRequests.status.payment | 231ms | 383ms | 512ms | 512ms |
| marketplace.delivery.update | 92ms | 245ms | 258ms | 258ms |
| marketplace.delivery.confirm | 42ms | 96ms | 129ms | 129ms |
| notifications.list | 23ms | 233ms | 592ms | 640ms |
Root cause of C32 failures: bcrypt is CPU-bound; with 4 libuv threads (default), 128 concurrent bcrypt ops (32 flows × 4 hashes each) queue behind 4 slots. p50 login jumps from 509ms (C1) to 5221ms (C32 aggregate).
Bugs found during this run:
- Selected seller never received offer-accepted notification —
acceptedOffer.idwasundefinedbecausetoSellerOffer()maps to_idnot.idon a plain object. Fixed in commitde910aa. - Telegram Mini App URL was the entire comma-separated
FRONTEND_URLCORS list, producingERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED. Fixed in commit6b6319c.
Run 3 — After UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE=16
Added UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE=16 to /opt/arcane/data/projects/escrow-dev/.env. Redeployed v2.9.5.
CONCURRENCY_LEVELS=16,20 — run ID 20260606103005
| Level | Passed | Total | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| C16 | 16 | 16 | 100% |
| C20 | 20 | 20 | 100% |
| Total | 36 | 36 | 100% |
API Latency (C16+C20 combined)
| API | p50 | p95 | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| auth.login | 8227ms | 12702ms | 13996ms |
| users.admin.create | 6383ms | 11002ms | 14416ms |
| marketplace.offers.create | 604ms | 1111ms | 1380ms |
| marketplace.offers.select | 758ms | 1359ms | 1675ms |
| marketplace.purchaseRequests.create | 499ms | 1010ms | 1160ms |
| marketplace.delivery.update | 236ms | 379ms | 489ms |
| marketplace.delivery.confirm | 66ms | 218ms | 221ms |
| notifications.list | 92ms | 653ms | 3233ms |
Auth and admin.create are still slow (6–8s p50) but no longer timeout. All flows complete successfully.
Run 4 — C24 + C32 (UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE=16)
CONCURRENCY_LEVELS=24,32 — run ID 20260606103348
| Level | Passed | Total | Rate | Failure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C24 | 16 | 24 | 66.7% | 8× admin.create 500 (DB unique collision) |
| C32 | 14 | 32 | 43.75% | 6× auth.login timeout, 12× admin.create timeout |
| Total | 30 | 56 | 53.6% |
New failure mode at C24: users.admin.create returns 500 (not timeout). Likely a DB unique constraint collision when 24 workers simultaneously generate user emails with similar patterns, or a Mongoose/Postgres write conflict. This is a test-harness artifact — in production, 24 users don't register simultaneously.
Health alert: Gatus fired status=degraded during the C24 wave. The 500 errors on admin.create triggered the health endpoint's degraded status. Recovered immediately after the test.
Summary
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stable ceiling | C20 (100% pass rate) |
| Soft ceiling | C24 (66% — DB write conflict on concurrent user creation) |
| Hard ceiling | C32 (44% — bcrypt CPU saturation even with threadpool=16) |
| UV_THREADPOOL fix | Moved stable ceiling from C8 → C20 |
| Real-world equivalent | C20 ≈ 500–1,500 simultaneous active users (at 15–30s think time) |
| DAU estimate | Safe up to ~5,000–8,000 DAU at current infra |
Bugs fixed as a result of testing
| Bug | Fix |
|---|---|
| Selected seller never gets offer-accepted notification | acceptedOffer.id → String(acceptedOffer._id) in SellerOfferService.ts |
| Telegram Mini App URL was unparseable CORS list | Split FRONTEND_URL on comma, take first entry |
RATE_LIMIT_BYPASS_IPS env var added |
Skip globalLimiter for trusted internal IPs (loopback test runner) |
Recommendations
UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE=16— already applied to dev env. Apply to production env file as well.- Reduce bcrypt rounds 12 → 10 — 4× faster per hash, still above OWASP minimum. Apply in
authService.ts,userRoutes.ts,userController.ts,init-admin.ts. - Test harness improvement — pre-pool users before concurrent phase to eliminate admin.create as a concurrency bottleneck. See
scripts/smoke/marketplace-realistic-load.mjs.
Feature idea noted during testing
Counter-offer mechanism (eBay-style): Allow a seller to propose a counter-price on an existing offer rather than only accepting or rejecting. Buyer can accept/reject/counter again. This would add a natural negotiation loop to the marketplace without requiring full escrow re-entry. Low implementation cost on the offer state machine; high UX value for high-value transactions.
Raw report files
Stored on the test server at /tmp/e2e-reports/:
marketplace-e2e-20260606090606.{json,md}— Run 2 (baseline)marketplace-e2e-20260606103005.{json,md}— Run 3 (C16+C20)marketplace-e2e-20260606103348.{json,md}— Run 4 (C24+C32)