GenericRandomErrorPlugin

Fails requests with a random selected error from file containing mocked errors.

Configuration example

{
  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/dev-proxy/main/schemas/v2.1.0/rc.schema.json",
  "plugins": [
    {
      "name": "GenericRandomErrorPlugin",
      "enabled": true,
      "pluginPath": "~appFolder/plugins/DevProxy.Plugins.dll",
      "configSection": "genericRandomErrorPlugin"
    }
  ],
  "urlsToWatch": [
    "https://api.openai.com/*"
  ],
  "genericRandomErrorPlugin": {
    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/dev-proxy/main/schemas/v2.1.0/genericrandomerrorplugin.schema.json",
    "errorsFile": "errors.json"
  }
}

Configuration properties

Property	Description	Default
errorsFile	Path to the file that contains error responses.	No default
rate	The percentage of requests to fail with a random error. Value between 0 and 100.	50
retryAfterInSeconds	The number of seconds to wait before retrying the request. Included on the Retry-After response header for dynamic throttling.	5

Command line options

Name	Description	Default
-f, --failure-rate <failure rate>	The percentage of requests to fail with a random error. Value between 0 and 100.	50

Next step

Test my app with random errors