Is it possible to start all tests in locust immediately?

[shlliu]

Description of issue

For example, I want to simulate 100 clients posting requests to an interface at same time, but I don't want to specify hatch rate, I just want the 100 requests sent out immediately, is it doable in locust?

Expected behavior

TBD

Actual behavior

TBD

Environment settings

• OS:
• Python version:
• Locust version:

Steps to reproduce (for bug reports)

TBD - please provide example code

[cgoldberg]

please use the Slack channel for general questions.

[max-rocket-internet]

@shlliu you can just set the hatch rate and the number of clients to the same value. That way all clients will be started immediately.

For example:

$ locust --no-web --run-time=1200s --clients=200 --hatch-rate=200 --host='https://xxxxxx.com' --locustfile=main.py

[shlliu]

@max-rocket-internet works for me, thx!