Why it matters

Stress testing reveals cliffs. Systems fail silently at 100% load; testing exposes.

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The architecture

Ramp beyond ceiling.

Check admission control kicks in.

Verify recovery when load drops.

LLM stress testingRamp past ceiling2-5x expectedAdmission controlreject gracefullyRecoverwhen load dropsVerify graceful degradation and no cascading failure under overload
LLM stress testing.
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How it works end to end

2-5x expected load.

Check 429s not 500s.

Verify recovery.