TestEngineering/Performance/Talos

Talos is a versatile cross-platform Python performance testing framework. It was created to serve as a test runner for the performance tests that Mozilla was running back in 2007, as well as providing an extensible framework for new tests as they were created.

So, why Talos? Talos is the bronze automaton of Greek myth. Talos protected the island of Crete, throwing giant boulders at unwary seamen. He's also purported to have heated himself glowing hot and then embraced his enemies. Basically, he was awesome.

Documentation

• Talos tests
• Talos platforms
• Running Talos tests
• Adding Talos tests
• Talos development
• Talos data format

Reporting issues

• Talos bugs, such as requests for new tests or repairs to the talos code itself can be filed in Testing::Talos
• Perfherder bugs can be filed in Tree Management::Perfherder
• Talos machine maintenance bugs are filed under Infrastructure & Operations::RelOps: General, such as bugs having to do with the hardware that Talos is run on or requests to run extra talos tests against a given build

Contributing

We welcome contributions. Please see codetribute for some good first bugs to get you started!

Further reading

• http://armenzg.blogspot.com/2011/12/taloszip-talosjson-and-you.html
• https://blog.mozilla.org/nfroyd/2012/09/19/looking-at-talos-differently/
• https://blog.mozilla.org/nfroyd/2012/10/05/looking-at-talos-differently-part-2/
• https://elvis314.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/reducing-the-noise-in-talos/
• http://limpet.net/mbrubeck/2013/11/10/improving-regression-detection.html