This directory contains k6 load testing scripts for comparing v1 and v2 Unkey APIs.

Tests the ratelimiting endpoints with random identifiers.

UNKEY_ROOT_KEY=your_key REGION=us-east k6 cloud ratelimit.js

Features:

• 50/50 split between v1 (api.unkey.dev) and v2 (api.unkey.com) APIs
• Random user identifiers from pool of 5 users
• Tests /v1/ratelimits.limit vs /v2/ratelimit.limit

Tests the key verification endpoints.

UNKEY_ROOT_KEY=your_key KEY=your_test_key k6 cloud keyverify.js

Features:

• 50/50 split between v1 and v2 APIs
• Tests /v1/keys.verifyKey vs /v2/keys.verifyKey

1. Install k6: brew install k6
2. Set up k6 Cloud account and configure project ID in scripts
3. Configure environment variables

• UNKEY_ROOT_KEY - Required. Your Unkey root API key
• KEY - Required for keyverify.js. Test key to verify

• Duration: 10 minutes at 10 req/s
• Load zones: Currently US East only (others commented out)
• Thresholds: P95 < 500ms, 99% success rate
• Project ID: 3788521 (update as needed)

• request_latency - Custom trend metric with URL and region tags
• Built-in k6 HTTP metrics (duration, success rate, etc.)
• All metrics automatically available in Grafana Cloud