Scalable production test service

A method for providing a load testing service, the method comprising:

• performing by one or more computers comprising one or more hardware processors and memory:
• receiving, by an interface of a scalable production load test service:
• requests to capture items of transaction data for a network-based production service, wherein the items of transaction data to be captured comprise input to the network-based production service received from clients of the network-based production service as client request data over a network, and
• load test specifications for the scalable production load test service, wherein load testing by the scalable production load test service is performed according to a load test specification and is based at least in part on captured items of transaction data;
• subsequent to receiving, by the interface of the scalable production load test service, a load test specification and a request to capture items of transaction data for the network-based production service:
• dynamically allocating, by the scalable production load test service, one or more resources to perform a load test of the network-based production service according to the load test specification, wherein dynamically allocating comprises:
• calculating a quantity of resources needed to perform a load test of the network-based production service according to the load test specification,
• identifying one or more resources available to the scalable production load test service to perform a load test of the network-based production service according to the load test specification, and
• assigning the one or more resources available to the scalable production load test service to perform a load test of the network-based production service according to the load test specification;
• presenting a test specification interface for the scalable production load test service representing:
• costs expected to be associated with selectable options for performance of the load test of the network-based production service using the dynamically allocated one or more resources, and
• controls for selecting the selectable options to adjust selection of the one or more dynamically allocated resources;
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• performing the load test of the network-based production service using the dynamically allocated one or more resources, wherein the performing the load test comprises:
• generating a load for load testing the network-based production service based at least in part on items of transaction data for a network-based production service in a load test data repository, wherein the items of transaction data comprise input to the network-based production service received as client request data over a network by the network-based production,
• sending from the scalable production load test service to the network-based production service transactions based on the generated load, wherein the network-based production service is the network-based production service from which the items of transaction data used to generate the load were captured, and
• collecting performance metrics indicating performance of the load test on the network-based production service.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing program instructions, wherein the program instructions are computer-executable to implement:

• receiving, via an interface, both:
• requests to capture items of transaction data for a network-based production service, wherein the items of transaction data to be captured comprise input to the network-based production service received from clients of the network-based production service as client request data over a network, and
• load test specifications for the scalable production load test service, wherein load testing by the scalable production load test service is performed according to a load test specification, and is based at least in part on captured items of transaction data;
• capturing to a load test data repository of the scalable production load test service, items of transaction data, wherein capturing to the load test data repository comprises:
• filtering the items of transaction data to eliminate from a transaction data repository items of transaction data for which persistence is forbidden or to eliminate from the transaction data repository items of transaction data that have remained in the repository past a specified lifespan, or
• assembling load test transaction inputs according to a mix of load test transaction types projected to exist on a future date based on a demand model provided by the scalable production load test service;
• dynamically allocating by the scalable production load test service, subsequent to receiving a load test specification via the interface, one or more resources to perform a load test of a network-based production service according to the load test specification, wherein dynamically allocating comprises analyzing the load test specification to determine a quantity of resources needed to perform the load test of the network-based production service according to the load test specification;
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• performing the load test of the load test of the network-based production service using the dynamically allocated one or more resources, wherein the program instructions computer-executable to implement performing the load test comprise:
• program instructions computer-executable to implement:
• generating a load for load testing the network-based production service based at least in part on the items of transaction data in the load test data repository, wherein the items of transaction data comprise input to the network-based production service received as client request data over a network by the network-based production service, and
• sending from the scalable production load test service to the network-based production service, transactions based on the generated load, wherein the scalable production load test service is the scalable production service from which the items of transaction data used to generate the load were captured.