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ALB AZ down

Detach one or more availability zones from an Application Load Balancer for a configurable duration so you can test how clients, target groups, and AZ-aware routing behave when a zone is taken out of the load balancer rotation.

CLB AZ down

Disable one or more availability zones on a Classic Load Balancer for a configurable duration so you can test how clients and back-end instances behave when an AZ is removed from the load balancer rotation.

EBS loss by ID

Detach an EBS volume by volume ID for a configurable duration and reattach it afterwards so you can test how a workload behaves when its storage disappears.

EBS loss by tag

Detach EBS volumes selected by tag for a configurable duration and reattach them afterwards so you can test how workloads behave when a tagged subset of storage disappears.

EC2 CPU hog

Stress a configurable number of CPU cores inside a target EC2 instance via AWS Systems Manager so you can test how the workload behaves when the host is starved of CPU.

EC2 DNS chaos

Block or redirect DNS resolution for selected hostnames on a target EC2 instance via AWS Systems Manager so you can test how the workload reacts when a dependency cannot be resolved.

EC2 HTTP latency

Add latency to inbound HTTP traffic on a configurable port of a target EC2 instance via AWS Systems Manager so you can test how clients react when an HTTP service responds slowly.

EC2 HTTP modify body

Replace HTTP response bodies on a configurable port of a target EC2 instance via AWS Systems Manager so you can test how clients react when an upstream returns unexpected content.

EC2 HTTP modify header

Add, change, or remove HTTP headers on a configurable port of a target EC2 instance via AWS Systems Manager so you can test how clients react when headers are missing or malformed.

EC2 HTTP reset peer

Reset TCP connections to an HTTP service on a configurable port of a target EC2 instance via AWS Systems Manager so you can test how clients react when the server tears down connections mid-flight.

EC2 HTTP status code

Rewrite HTTP response status codes on a configurable port of a target EC2 instance via AWS Systems Manager so you can test how clients react to specific error codes returned by an upstream service.

EC2 IO stress

Generate sustained filesystem read and write load on a target EC2 instance via AWS Systems Manager so you can test how the workload behaves under disk pressure or near-full storage.

EC2 memory hog

Consume a configurable amount of memory inside a target EC2 instance via AWS Systems Manager so you can test how the workload behaves when the host is starved of memory.

EC2 network latency

Add configurable latency and jitter to outbound traffic on an EC2 instance via AWS Systems Manager so you can test how the workload reacts when network round-trip times grow.

EC2 network loss

Drop a configurable percentage of outbound packets on a target EC2 instance via AWS Systems Manager so you can test how the workload reacts when network reliability degrades.

EC2 process kill

Kill one or more processes by PID inside a target EC2 instance via AWS Systems Manager, so you can test how the workload recovers when a critical process disappears without losing the host.

EC2 stop by ID

Stop one or more EC2 instances selected by instance ID for a configurable duration so you can test how the workload running on those instances behaves during and after the outage.

EC2 stop by tag

Stop EC2 instances selected by tag for a configurable duration so you can test how the workload running on those instances behaves when a tagged subset disappears.

ECS agent stop

Stop the ECS container agent on every container instance in an ECS cluster for a configurable duration so you can test how tasks, scheduling, and self-healing behave when the cluster temporarily loses its agent.

ECS container CPU hog

Stress a configurable number of CPU cores at a configurable load percentage inside a percentage of running ECS tasks (EC2 launch type) for a configurable duration so you can test how the workload behaves under sustained CPU pressure.

ECS container HTTP latency

Add latency to inbound HTTP traffic on a specific port inside a percentage of running ECS tasks (EC2 launch type) for a configurable duration so you can test how clients behave when the HTTP service responds slowly.

ECS container HTTP modify body

Replace HTTP response bodies on a specific port inside a percentage of running ECS tasks (EC2 launch type) with a configurable string for a configurable duration so you can test how clients behave when the response body is unexpected.

ECS container HTTP reset peer

Reset TCP connections to HTTP clients on a specific port after a configurable timeout inside a percentage of running ECS tasks (EC2 launch type) for a configurable duration so you can test how clients behave when the server abruptly closes the connection.

ECS container HTTP status code

Return a configurable HTTP status code (and optionally rewrite the body) on a specific port inside a percentage of running ECS tasks (EC2 launch type) for a configurable duration so you can test how clients behave when the service returns an unexpected status.

ECS container IO stress

Stress filesystem IO using a configurable number of workers writing to a configurable mount path inside a percentage of running ECS tasks (EC2 launch type) for a configurable duration so you can test how the workload behaves when disk IO is saturated.

ECS container memory hog

Consume a configurable amount of memory (absolute or percentage) using a configurable number of workers inside a percentage of running ECS tasks (EC2 launch type) for a configurable duration so you can test how the workload behaves under sustained memory pressure.

ECS container network latency

Add a configurable amount of network latency on a specific interface inside a percentage of running ECS tasks (EC2 launch type) for a configurable duration so you can test how the workload behaves when the network is slow.

ECS container network loss

Drop a configurable percentage of network packets on a specific interface inside a percentage of running ECS tasks (EC2 launch type) for a configurable duration so you can test how the workload behaves when the network is lossy.

ECS container volume detach

Detach the data volume attached to a percentage of running ECS tasks for a configurable duration so you can test how the workload behaves when its storage disappears.

ECS Fargate CPU hog

Inject CPU stress inside a percentage of running ECS Fargate tasks for a configurable duration via a sidecar container so you can test how the service behaves under sustained CPU pressure.

ECS Fargate memory hog

Consume a configurable amount of memory inside a percentage of running ECS Fargate tasks for a configurable duration via a sidecar container so you can test how the service behaves under sustained memory pressure.

ECS instance stop

Stop one or more EC2 container instances that back an ECS cluster for a configurable duration so you can test how the cluster reschedules tasks, drains workloads, and recovers when capacity disappears.

ECS invalid container image

Swap the container image of an ECS service to an invalid value for a configurable duration so you can test how ECS, your deployment guardrails, and your alerting respond to a failed image pull.

ECS network restrict

Add or remove a network rule (ingress or egress, by IP and port range) for the security group of one or more ECS services for a configurable duration so you can test how the workload behaves when network access is partially restricted.

ECS task scale

Force one or more ECS services to a configurable replica count for a configurable duration so you can test how the workload, dependent services, and autoscaling logic behave when capacity is suddenly scaled up or down.

ECS task stop

Stop a configurable percentage of ECS tasks (selected by task ID or by service) for a configurable duration so you can test how the service reschedules, how dependent traffic reroutes, and how the workload recovers.

ECS update container resource limit

Re-register the task definition of an ECS service with smaller CPU and memory limits for a configurable duration so you can test how the workload behaves when its container resources shrink.

ECS update container timeout

Re-register the task definition of an ECS service with chaos values for container start and stop timeouts for a configurable duration so you can test how the workload behaves when ECS no longer waits long enough for containers to start or drain.

ECS update task role

Swap the task role of an ECS service to a chaos value (or empty) for a configurable duration so you can test how the workload behaves when its IAM identity loses or changes permissions.

NLB AZ down

Detach one or more availability zones from a Network Load Balancer for a configurable duration so you can test how clients, target groups, and AZ-aware routing behave when a zone is taken out of the load balancer rotation.

RDS instance delete

Delete a target RDS DB instance so you can test how applications behave when a database disappears permanently and how disaster-recovery procedures handle the loss.

RDS instance reboot

Reboot a target RDS DB instance (with optional Multi-AZ failover) for a configurable duration so you can test how applications behave when their database restarts.

SSM chaos by ID

Run an arbitrary AWS Systems Manager document against a target EC2 instance selected by ID so you can inject custom chaos that is not covered by a dedicated fault.

SSM chaos by tag

Run an arbitrary AWS Systems Manager document against EC2 instances selected by tag so you can inject custom chaos against a logical group of hosts.

Windows EC2 blackhole chaos

Blackhole all network traffic destined for specific IPs or hosts on one or more Windows EC2 instances (selected by ID or tag) for a configurable duration so you can test how Windows-hosted workloads behave when a specific dependency is completely unreachable.

Windows EC2 CPU hog

Stress a configurable number of CPU cores at a configurable percentage on one or more Windows EC2 instances (selected by ID or tag) for a configurable duration so you can test how Windows-hosted workloads behave under sustained CPU pressure.

Windows EC2 memory hog

Consume a configurable amount of memory (absolute or percentage) on one or more Windows EC2 instances (selected by ID or tag) for a configurable duration so you can test how Windows-hosted workloads behave under sustained memory pressure.

Windows EC2 network latency

Add a configurable amount of latency to network traffic destined for specific IPs or hosts on one or more Windows EC2 instances (selected by ID or tag) for a configurable duration so you can test how Windows-hosted workloads behave when the network is slow.

Windows EC2 network loss

Drop a configurable percentage of network packets destined for specific IPs or hosts on one or more Windows EC2 instances (selected by ID or tag) for a configurable duration so you can test how Windows-hosted workloads behave when the network is lossy.

Windows EC2 process kill

Kill one or more processes (selected by PID or process name) on one or more Windows EC2 instances (selected by ID or tag) for a configurable duration so you can test how Windows-hosted workloads behave when their backing processes die.