Gloss; add definition for happy path #997
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There's a version of the docs published here: https://mdr-ci.staging.k6.io/docs/refs/pull/997/merge It will be deleted automatically in 30 days. |
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| : A period that lets VUs finish an iteration at the end of a load test. Graceful stops prevent abrupt halts in execution.<br/><br/>[Graceful stop reference](/using-k6/scenarios/graceful-stop/) | ||
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| : The default system behavior that happens when a known input produces an expected output. A common mistake in performance testing happens when scripts account only for the happy path. Most load tests try to discover system errors, so test scripts should include exception handling.<br/><br/>[Happy path (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_path) |
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| : The default system behavior that happens when a known input produces an expected output. A common mistake in performance testing happens when scripts account only for the happy path. Most load tests try to discover system errors, so test scripts should include exception handling.<br/><br/>[Happy path (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_path) | |
| : The default system behavior that happens when a known input produces an expected output. A common mistake in performance testing happens when scripts account only for the best case (in other words, the happy path). Most load tests try to discover system errors, so test scripts should include exception handling.<br/><br/>[Happy path (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_path) |
To avoid using the term name in the definition.
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I've put it in parenthesis, because I want the text to drive home how the happy path relates specifically to testing. I want to be explicit that "best case" is synonymous with "happy path". And I avoided "scenario" only because it could mean something else in this gloss :-)
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part of #932