Poor Software Load Testing Can Cause Many People Misery

A software professional should have responsibility and integrity. Do software functional and load testing properly and professionally.

Chengdu, a Chinese city with 21 million residents, was put in lockdown on 2022–09–1 and the residents were required to do mandatory daily PCR tests due to the country’s zero-COVID policy. However, the software system used to assist in recording PCR tests “seriously failed” the next day.

Table of Contents:
· The Pain of a Failed Sofware System Caused to millions of already stressful people 
· The Solution is actually Simple, Quick and Low-Cost
· My Specific Solution to load test Chengdu PCR system

The Pain of a Failed Sofware System Brought to Millions of already highly-stressful people

The severely delayed testing process caused millions of people to line up for hours on a rainy night. Chengdu people have recently suffered a long period of extreme-high temperatures, severe drought, electricity shortage, and water shortage. This COVID outbreak and mandatory PCR every 24 hours with a bad software system only made matters worse.

TheBL: https://thebl.com/china/chengdu-covid-testing-system-crashed-long-lines-waiting-for-hours-in-rain-ended-up-returning-home.html