Power BI Stress Tester

Tracking since May 11, 2026.

Changelog

• May 16, 2026
  description

  ⚡ POWER BI STRESS TESTER — Performance Testing for Power BI & Microsoft Fabric
  
  Built for BI developers, data engineers, and enterprise teams who need to validate how their Power BI reports perform under real-world load — directly from their browser, zero setup required.
  
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  🆓 FREE PLAN — Always Available
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  ✅ Launch up to 3 simultaneous browser tabs hitting your report
  ✅ Automatic page refresh at your chosen interval (30s–60min)
  ✅ ±10% jitter on refresh timing to simulate real user patterns
  ✅ 1 randomised URL filter (Single mode — picks a random value per refresh)
  ✅ Live per-tab metrics: last load time, average, refresh count
  ✅ Overall metrics: total loads, avg / fastest / slowest load time
  ✅ Live runtime ticker
  ✅ Auto URL detection from your active Power BI tab
  
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  🔑 PRO PLAN — Unlock Full Power
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  🚀 Up to 20 simultaneous tabs for true capacity stress testing
  🎛 Unlimited filter configurations (Table / Column / Values)
  🔀 Multi-selection filter mode — picks a random SUBSET of values per refresh
  📊 Full session log export as structured JSON
     → Per-event timeline with timestamps
     → p50 / p95 / p99 load time percentiles
     → Per-tab and overall performance breakdown
     → Config snapshot for reproducibility
  📋 Session ID + copy to clipboard
  💾 Auto-download when test completes
  
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  🎯 PERFECT FOR
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  → Testing report performance before releasing to hundreds of users
  → Validating Power BI Premium / Fabric capacity limits
  → Comparing load times across filter combinations
  → Reproducing performance issues under concurrent load
  → Generating evidence for capacity upgrade requests
  
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  🔧 HOW IT WORKS
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  1. Open a Power BI or Microsoft Fabric report in Chrome
  2. Click the PBISTress extension icon — your report URL is detected automatically
  3. Configure: number of tabs, refresh interval, filters
  4. Click Launch — tabs open and begin refreshing automatically
  5. Watch live metrics update in real time
  6. Stop the test — session log downloads automatically (Pro)
  
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  🔒 PRIVACY
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  No data is collected. Everything runs locally in your browser.
  The only external request is to Gumroad's API when activating a Pro license key.
  Full privacy policy: [YOUR PRIVACY POLICY URL]
  
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  📋 COMPATIBILITY
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  ✅ app.powerbi.com
  ✅ app.fabric.microsoft.com
  ✅ Works with all report types, workspaces, and apps
  ✅ Chrome / Chromium-based browsers (Edge, Brave, Arc)
  
  ────────────────────────────────────
  
  PBISTress v1.2.2 — Built for Power BI professionals.

  ⚡ POWER BI STRESS TESTER — Performance Testing for Power BI & Microsoft Fabric
  
  Built for BI developers, data engineers, and enterprise teams who need to validate how their Power BI reports perform under real-world load — directly from their browser, zero setup required.
  
  ────────────────────────────────────
  🆓 FREE PLAN — Always Available
  ────────────────────────────────────
  
  ✅ Launch up to 3 simultaneous browser tabs hitting your report
  ✅ Automatic page refresh at your chosen interval (30s–60min)
  ✅ ±10% jitter on refresh timing to simulate real user patterns
  ✅ 1 randomised URL filter (Single mode — picks a random value per refresh)
  ✅ Live per-tab metrics: last load time, average, refresh count
  ✅ Overall metrics: total loads, avg / fastest / slowest load time
  ✅ Live runtime ticker
  ✅ Auto URL detection from your active Power BI tab
  
  ────────────────────────────────────
  🔑 PRO PLAN — Unlock Full Power
  ────────────────────────────────────
  
  🚀 Up to 20 simultaneous tabs for true capacity stress testing
  🎛 Unlimited filter configurations (Table / Column / Values)
  🔀 Multi-selection filter mode — picks a random SUBSET of values per refresh
  📊 Full session log export as structured JSON
     → Per-event timeline with timestamps
     → p50 / p95 / p99 load time percentiles
     → Per-tab and overall performance breakdown
     → Config snapshot for reproducibility
  📋 Session ID + copy to clipboard
  💾 Auto-download when test completes
  
  ────────────────────────────────────
  🎯 PERFECT FOR
  ────────────────────────────────────
  
  → Testing report performance before releasing to hundreds of users
  → Validating Power BI Premium / Fabric capacity limits
  → Comparing load times across filter combinations
  → Reproducing performance issues under concurrent load
  → Generating evidence for capacity upgrade requests
  
  ────────────────────────────────────
  🔧 HOW IT WORKS
  ────────────────────────────────────
  
  1. Open a Power BI or Microsoft Fabric report in Chrome
  2. Click the PBISTress extension icon — your report URL is detected automatically
  3. Configure: number of tabs, refresh interval, filters
  4. Click Launch — tabs open and begin refreshing automatically
  5. Watch live metrics update in real time
  6. Stop the test — session log downloads automatically (Pro)
  
  ────────────────────────────────────
  🔒 PRIVACY
  ────────────────────────────────────
  
  No data is collected. Everything runs locally in your browser.
  The only external request is to Gumroad's API when activating a Pro license key.
  Full privacy policy: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/aabensjustsu/5670e4f590498971bece396e4058e83e/raw/5c1dd67584cc5d7ffdb152f21a73d66d93b45b39/privacy-policy.md
  
  ────────────────────────────────────
  📋 COMPATIBILITY
  ────────────────────────────────────
  
  ✅ app.powerbi.com
  ✅ app.fabric.microsoft.com
  ✅ Works with all report types, workspaces, and apps
  ✅ Chrome / Chromium-based browsers (Edge, Brave, Arc)
  
  ────────────────────────────────────
  
  PBISTress v1.2.2 — Built for Power BI professionals.

Permissions & access

Permissions

tabsstoragealarms

Host access

https://app.powerbi.com/*, https://app.fabric.microsoft.com/*, https://api.gumroad.com/*

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