Scheduled Load Tests

Run your load tests automatically on a schedule

Scheduling lets you attach a recurring schedule to a saved load test so LoadFocus runs it for you on a daily, weekly, or monthly cadence, at a time and timezone you choose. You get an email only when something needs your attention, so a passing schedule stays quiet.

Scheduling is available on paid Load Testing plans and works for all three engines: cloud load tests, JMeter, and k6.

Set up a schedule

Open the test you want to schedule from the Load Tests page (use Edit test from the row menu, or open a test you have already saved). On the test page, find the Recurring Schedule section below the request and threshold configuration.

1. Enable the schedule

Tick Enable recurring schedule. The schedule fields become active once the test itself has been saved.

2. Choose how often it repeats

• Daily runs the test every day at the chosen time.
• Weekly runs it once a week on the day you pick.
• Monthly runs it once a month on the day of month you pick (1 to 28).

3. Choose the time of day and timezone

Set the Time of day (24-hour clock) and the Timezone. The timezone defaults to your browser's timezone, and the next run is always computed in that timezone, so daylight-saving changes are handled for you.

4. Save the schedule

Click Save schedule. LoadFocus confirms the schedule and shows the Next run date and time. To turn a schedule off, click Remove schedule (or untick the checkbox and save).

When you get an email

A scheduled run emails the test owner in two cases:

• The run fails its pass/fail thresholds. The email lists which checks failed and links to the results.
• The run fails to complete (for example it never started or did not finish).

If a test has no pass/fail thresholds set, scheduled runs only alert when a run fails to complete. To get threshold-based alerts, add pass/fail thresholds to the test first.

A passing run sends no email, so no news is good news.

Plan limits and overlaps

Scheduled runs count against the same plan limits as your manual runs (parallel test slots and per-day, per-week, per-month, and per-year caps). A scheduled run never exceeds what a manual run on the same team is allowed.

If a scheduled run cannot start because a limit is reached at that moment, for example a previous test is still using the parallel slot, LoadFocus skips that one run and continues with the next scheduled time. The schedule is not paused for a limit collision.

A schedule is paused, with an email to the owner, only when the account can no longer run it at all, such as a failed payment, a plan that no longer includes scheduling, or repeated errors. After fixing the underlying issue, re-enable the schedule by saving it again.

See which tests are scheduled

On the Load Tests page, scheduled tests show a SCHEDULED badge next to the test name, and paused schedules show a SCHEDULE PAUSED badge. Hover the badge to see the cadence and time.

To schedule a test straight from the list, open the row's action menu and choose Schedule test. This takes you to the test page with the Recurring Schedule section ready to configure.