Implement synthetic monitoring and automated testing to simulate user behavior and detect issues before users. Use when creating end-to-end test scenarios, monitoring API flows, or validating user workflows.

Synthetic Monitoring Table of Contents [Overview]( overview) [When to Use]( when to use) [Quick Start]( quick start) [Reference Guides]( reference guides) [Best Practices]( best practices) Overview Set up synthetic monitoring to automatically simulate real user journeys, API workflows, and critical business transactions to detect issues and validate performance. When to Use End to end workflow validation API flow testing User journey simulation Transaction monitoring Critical path validation Quick Start Minimal working example: Reference Guides Detailed implementations in the references/ directory: Guide Contents [Synthetic Tests with Playwright](references/synthetic tests with playwright.md) Synthetic Tests with Playwright [API Synthetic Tests](references/api synthetic tests.md) API Synthetic Tests [Scheduled Synthetic Monitoring](references/scheduled synthetic monitoring.md) Scheduled Synthetic Monitoring Best Practices ✅ DO Test critical user journeys Simulate real browser conditions Monitor from multiple locations Track response times Alert on test failures Rotate test data Test mobile and desktop Include error scenarios ❌ DON'T Test with production data Reuse test accounts Skip timeout configurations Ignore test maintenance Test too frequently Hard code credentials Ignore geographic variations Test only happy paths

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