/azure-app-testing

name: azure-app-testing
description: Expert knowledge for Azure App Testing development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when using Azure Load Testing with VNets/private endpoints, JMeter/Locust, Playwright Workspaces, CI/CD, or quotas, and other Azure App Testing related development tasks. Not for Azure Test Plans (use azure-test-plans), Azure DevOps (use azure-devops), Azure Pipelines (use azure-pipelines), Azure App Service (use azure-app-service).
compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata:
  generated_at: "2026-07-19"
  generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0"

Azure App Testing Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure App Testing. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

> **IMPORTANT for Agent**: Use the **Category Index** below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., `L35-L120`), use `read_file` with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., `[security.md](security.md)`), use `read_file` on the linked reference file

> **IMPORTANT for Agent**: If `metadata.generated_at` is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If `mcp_microsoftdocs` tools are not available, suggest the user install it: [Installation Guide](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/mcp/blob/main/README.md)

This skill requires **network access** to fetch documentation content:

• **Preferred**: Use `mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill`. Returns Markdown.
• **Fallback**: Use `fetch_webpage` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown`. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

| Category | Lines | Description | |----------|-------|-------------| | Troubleshooting | L37-L47 | Diagnosing and fixing Azure Load Testing issues: failed or flaky tests, debug-mode runs, AI-based insights, browser recorder problems, private endpoint failures, and Playwright workspace/test run errors. | | Best Practices | L48-L56 | Guidance on load testing App Service apps, tuning high-scale tests, finding performance bottlenecks, and optimizing Playwright Workspace tests for reliability and low latency. | | Decision Making | L57-L64 | Guides for deciding load test resource moves (regions, groups, subscriptions) and tuning performance settings like Azure Functions configs and Playwright parallelism. | | Architecture & Design Patterns | L65-L70 | Designing Azure Load Testing setups with virtual networks and private endpoints, including VNet-injected tests, network isolation, and testing services over private connectivity. | | Limits & Quotas | L71-L78 | Configuring and understanding usage limits, quotas, and free trial constraints for Azure Load Testing and Playwright Workspaces, including monthly caps and workspace configuration options. | | Security | L79-L91 | Securing Azure Load Testing and Playwright Workspaces: RBAC, auth for endpoints, managed identities, Key Vault, CMK encryption, certificates, access tokens, and Azure Policy controls. | | Configuration | L92-L113 | Configuring and running Azure Load Testing and Playwright Workspaces: test definitions, HTTP/JMeter settings, secrets, monitoring, baselines, reporting/export, CI/CD YAML, scheduling, and multi-region load. | | Integrations & Coding Patterns | L114-L124 | Authoring and running load tests with JMeter, Locust, and Playwright, using CSV data and plugins, integrating with VS Code/Copilot, and testing local or private apps via Azure Load Testing. | | Deployment | L125-L129 | Setting up and automating CI/CD for Azure Load Testing, including manual pipeline configuration and integration with Azure Pipelines for automated test runs. |

Troubleshooting

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Use AI-powered actionable insights to diagnose Azure load test issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-testing/load-testing/how-to-analyze-test-results-using-actionable-insights | | Diagnose and troubleshoot failing Azure load tests | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-testing/load-testing/how-to-diagnose-failing-load-test | | Run Azure load tests in debug mode for troubleshooting | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-testing/load-testing/how-to-run-tests-in-debug-mode | | Diagnose Azure Load Testing browser recorder issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-testing/load-testing/troubleshoot-browser-extension | | Troubleshoot private endpoint load tests in Azure Load Testing | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-testing/load-testing/troubleshoot-private-endpoint-tests | | Troubleshoot Playwright Workspaces reporting errors | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-testing/playwright-workspaces/troubleshoot-playwright-workspaces-reporting | | Troubleshoot Playwright Workspaces test run issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-testing/playwright-workspaces/troubleshoot-test-run-failures |

Best Practices

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Load test Azure App Service apps with Azure Load Testing | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-testing/load-testing/concept-load-test-app-service | | Configure high-scale load tests and engine instances in Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-testing/load-testing/how-to-high-scale-load | | Identify performance bottlenecks using Azure Load Testing | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-testing/load-testing/tutorial-identify-bottlenecks-azure-portal | | Configure Playwright visual comparisons in Workspaces reliably | https:/