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Synthetic Tests

Synthetic Tests is a comprehensive online service monitoring solution provided by TrueWatch. It enables the creation of API tasks without coding, using globally distributed monitoring nodes to simulate real user access experiences across different regions and network environments. This monitoring not only covers key business scenarios such as network quality, website performance, and critical endpoints, but also provides periodic monitoring of multi-dimensional performance metrics like user experience.

Through the visual data analysis platform provided by TrueWatch, you can view and analyze monitoring data in real-time, gaining deep insights into service performance. TrueWatch supports multi-dimensional real-time analysis of data, helping users fully understand service availability. Additionally, by setting up alert mechanisms, you can perform anomaly detection on key performance indicators, ensuring timely response to issues and maintaining business stability and continuity.

Getting Started

  • Multi-Protocol Tests

    Create test tasks based on mainstream protocols such as HTTP(S), TCP, ICMP, and WebSocket through a visual interface without writing code. This allows comprehensive proactive health checks on website APIs, server ports, network connectivity, and even real-time communication services, covering the full link from network layer to application layer.

  • Network Path Tests

    Supports active detection of target network paths from public or self-built test nodes via TCP, UDP, and ICMP, allowing you to view end-to-end performance, per-hop paths, anonymous nodes, and path changes, helping to locate network latency, packet loss, and routing anomalies.

  • Real User Perspective

    Leverages TrueWatch's globally distributed monitoring node network to proactively initiate requests from different regions and network environments (e.g., different ISPs), simulating the access paths and experiences of real end users worldwide. This enables accurate assessment of global service availability and performance, and helps identify regional network issues or service delays.

  • Multi-Dimensional Performance Analysis

    Each test provides deep performance data. Through the "Explorer", you can obtain full-link performance breakdown metrics including DNS resolution time, SSL handshake duration, Time to First Byte (TTFB), and more. You can also view request error details and page loading performance, enabling drill-down analysis from macro availability to micro performance bottlenecks.

  • Self-Built Node Capability

    In addition to using TrueWatch's preset global nodes, you can create dedicated private detection nodes in specific geographic locations, cloud service providers, or private network environments (e.g., corporate intranet, hybrid cloud architecture) based on business needs. This achieves fully customized monitoring coverage, ensuring monitoring capabilities for internal services, special network paths, and data sovereignty requirements.

  • Intelligent Alert System

    All test data is automatically integrated into the TrueWatch unified data analysis platform, allowing you to monitor and alert on the massive performance data generated by synthetic test tasks. You can set fine-grained rules that trigger alert events at different severity levels when data volume or metrics (e.g., average response time, number of error requests) reach predefined thresholds within a specified time period.