System Requirements
Operating System
Microsoft® Windows 10
Microsoft® Windows 11
Monitor Resolution
Recommended: 1080p (1920 x 1080)
On some HiDPI displays, Cycle may have difficulty positioning the cursor consistently, this is a hardware issue. More info
Local System Resources
| Use Case | CPU | Disk Space | Memory (RAM) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regression Testing | Minimum: 2.0 Ghz - Quad Core Recommended: 2.5 Ghz - Quad Core | Minimum: 2 GB Recommended: 10GB* | Minimum: 8 GB Recommended: 16GB |
| Performance Testing | 2.5 Ghz - 8 Logical Processors** | SSD | 16GB |
Ensuring as few other applications are open as possible and occasionally restarting Cycle will improve user experience.
*Additional space may be needed as test artifacts such as reports and images are produced.
**For devices that support hyper-threading or simultaneous multithreading (SMT), multiply the number of cores by threads to identify the number of logical processors. Otherwise, the number of cores is the same as the logical processors.
Performance Testing support
Performance Testing is supported for the following:
- Browsers: Chrome, Edge
- Technologies: Web, Terminal, API, Database
Cycle can support 10 concurrent Chrome or Edge sessions on a single device or 30 concurrent terminal sessions on a single device.
Reach out to your Technical Account Manager for any technologies not listed, if you would like to explore Edge IE Mode/Windows Native App performance testing, or if you are facing limitations scaling API performance testing.
Cloud Infrasructure for Performance Testing
| Cloud | Sizing | vCPUs | RAM | Storage Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | Standard_F8_v3 | 8 | 16GB | SSD |
| GCP | c2-standard-8 | 8 | 32GB | SSD |
| AWS | t3.2xlarge | 8 | 32GB | SSD |
VMs should be non-burstable to avoid throttling resources in resource instensive activities. If cost is an issue, consider dynamically spinning up agents on spot VMs, with some additional agents for expected loss in cloud infrastructure.
Java Heap Size should be set to 8GB for performance testing. This can be configured by specifying -Xmx8G in the Cycle Server Tuning Parameters. When running Cycle CLI, you must set them in an OS environment variable named JETVMPROP.
Image Capture should be disabled to optimize Cycle performance during a performance test. This setting can be found under Execution Settings as "Save failure screenshots."
Additional Requirements
Web Application Testing
Latest:
Chromedriver | Internet Explorer Driver | Microsoft Edge Driver
More info
Legacy applications may have interfaces that can not be scaled for IE Mode performance testing
Windows Native Application Testing
Microsoft® Windows 10 or higher
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2016 or higher
Windows Developer Mode enabled
Windows Accessibility Insights (for element identification)
More info
Limited to one worker per VM for performance testing
Java App Testing
Microsoft® Windows 10 or higher
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2016 or higher
Java 8
System Environment Variables for Java Home and Marathon driver (more info)
SAP ECC Testing (BETA)
Deployment of Jacob DLL into the Cycle Java bin (more info)
System Environment Variables for Java Home and Jacob DLL (more info)