# Load test with Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/load-test-with-discourse/77291>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [5. Januar 2018 um 07:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/load-test-with-discourse/77291 "2018-01-05T07:31:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Post date:** [5. Januar 2018 um 15:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/load-test-with-discourse/77291/9 "2018-01-05T15:53:08Z")

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> [@SimonWu](#):
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> When user has created a lot of topics before, the operation of show latest page will be slow.

You may want to consider having your load test use a pool of users that create posts, which might better simulate real world traffic and database state.

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