nick-doc/11 - Testing/Concurrency Test Results 2026-06-06.md

# 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` |

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## 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.

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## 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:**
1. Selected seller never received offer-accepted notification — `acceptedOffer.id` was `undefined` because `toSellerOffer()` maps to `_id` not `.id` on a plain object. Fixed in commit `de910aa`.
2. Telegram Mini App URL was the entire comma-separated `FRONTEND_URL` CORS list, producing `ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED`. Fixed in commit `6b6319c`.

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## 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.

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## 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.

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## 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

1. **`UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE=16`** — already applied to dev env. Apply to production env file as well.
2. **Reduce bcrypt rounds 12 → 10** — 4× faster per hash, still above OWASP minimum. Apply in `authService.ts`, `userRoutes.ts`, `userController.ts`, `init-admin.ts`.
3. **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.

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## 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)