fakie – the flaky web proxy

An HTTP proxy for testing web apps under flaky network conditions. Can be configured to drop:

• the first n attempts to send each request;
• the first n attempted responses from each request; and/or
• a percentage of requests and/or responses at random.

No automated tests were used, but also no vibes. Use at your own risk.

A moymoy.dev project.

Usage

Ensure you have Rust installed, then install fakie using cargo:

cargo install fakie

Run fakie --help for CLI usage.

TODO

• drop first request attempt
• configurable listen address
• logging/stdout
• counter reset
• read hostname from CLI
• read IP address from CLI
• read TLS/no TLS from CLI
• configurable drop rate
• chaos mode (random drops)
• find next available port when socket in use
• automated tests
• CI/CD
• windows
• execute sub-process and detect open port?
• time-based filter?
• path re-writes