LoadUI Agents constantly dropping packets

benspop3 wrote:

I agree. SoapUI seems to be very solid and LoadUI in local mode works pretty reliably as well. The agents, however, do seem to be very flaky--at least in current release. We have 6 test machines, each running an agent. The agents mysteriously come and go as they please. They often seem to be fine until the testing begins, and then they don't run any tests (I know this because they don't report any results to the Table Log. We even see them behave differently depending on who is logged into the test PCs.

Hi!

I honestly think that your description is quite spot on. In loadUI 1.0 and 1.5 agent distribution used the non-standard CometD protocol, which has proven to be unstable and not intended for our usecase. In loadUI 2.0 however, we have reimplemented the agent communication, replacing CometD with a ISO-standard SSL/TCP communication used by thousands of applications.

Our tests shows that this change has resolved the flakyness that could be seen in loadUI 1.5 and older.

LoadUI 2.0 has been in the works since May and the first beta will be out in 3 weeks.

Regards

Henrik
SmartBear Software