World Congress 2026 Europe - Virtual Stage • Jun 30, 2026 • Session details

Load Testing AI: Aiming at a Moving Target

Heather Thacker

Are your traditional load tests hiding massive AI retry storms? Learn why LLM architectures require entirely new performance metrics to prevent violent latency cascades and runaway costs.

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