INTERMEDIATE // REAL TIME RESPONSE
MODULE 09 // QUALITY ASSURANCE

Response Testing.

Test your response handling logic thoroughly. Simulate various ABIS responses to ensure your application behaves correctly across all scenarios.

TESTING STRATEGIES

Mock ABIS responses in development and staging environments. Create test fixtures covering the full response spectrum: low-risk approvals, medium-risk challenges, high-risk blocks, various error conditions, and timeout scenarios.

Test edge cases explicitly: score exactly at threshold boundaries, confidence intervals at extremes, malformed responses, partial failures, and network timeouts. These edges often reveal bugs that normal testing misses.

Load test your response handling. ABIS latency under load may differ from baseline. Ensure your timeout handling and circuit breakers behave correctly when ABIS slows down during traffic spikes.

UNIT TESTS

Test decision logic with mocked ABIS responses. Cover all score ranges, confidence levels, and signal combinations.

INTEGRATION TESTS

Test actual ABIS integration in staging. Verify request formatting, response parsing, and error handling.

LOAD TESTS

Verify performance under traffic spikes. Test timeout behavior and circuit breaker activation.

CHAOS TESTS

Inject failures: ABIS unavailable, slow responses, malformed data. Verify graceful degradation.

KNOWLEDGE CHECK // Q09
Why is testing edge cases at threshold boundaries particularly important?