Chaos Engineering Tips

Guides, tutorials, and deep dives into building resilient mobile and web applications.

Tip6 min read

Why Your Checkout Dies When Intercom is Down (and How to Fix It)

Why your Checkout page dies when the "Chat Widget" goes down. Learn how to test resilience against 3rd party failures.

January 21, 2026Read more →
Guide5 min read

Wireshark vs Charles Proxy: Why Mobile Developers Choose the Wrong Tool

A detailed comparison of Wireshark vs Charles Proxy for mobile development. Learn why Charles is the standard for API debugging.

January 20, 2026Read more →
Guide2 min read

Fix CertPathValidatorException in Android: SSL Bypass for OkHttp & Retrofit

Getting "Trust anchor for certification path not found"? Copy working snippets to disable SSL validation in Android (OkHttp). Includes Network Security Config guide.

January 19, 2026Read more →
Guide2 min read

Fix Error -1202 & ATS in Swift: SSL Bypass for URLSession & Alamofire

Getting "The certificate for this server is invalid" (-1202)? Copy working snippets to bypass SSL in Swift (Debug only). Includes Info.plist ATS guide.

January 19, 2026Read more →
Guide2 min read

Fix HandshakeException: Flutter SSL Bypass (Dio & HttpOverrides)

Getting HandshakeException? Copy working snippets to bypass SSL validation in Flutter (Dio & Native). Includes safety checks and a cloud proxy alternative.

January 19, 2026Read more →
Guide6 min read

How to Configure HTTP Proxy in iOS Simulator: The 2026 Guide

Learn how to set up a "smart" proxy in iOS Simulator using macOS network settings without checking Zoom or Slack connectivity.

January 2, 2026Read more →
Tip5 min read

Tip #7: The "Silent Logout" (Auth Chaos)

Why your users lose their work when they leave a tab open overnight. Learn how to test token expiration resilience.

December 28, 2025Read more →
Tip4 min read

Tip #6: The "Zombie UI" (Resilient UX)

The "Zombie UI" is when you click "Submit" and nothing happens. Learn how to test the 3-Step Feedback Loop with Playwright.

December 24, 2025Read more →
Tutorial6 min read

Announcing Chaos Proxy API: Automate Network Chaos in CI/CD 🚀

Stop manual testing. Programmatically inject 500 errors and latency into your GitHub Actions pipeline.

December 20, 2025Read more →
Guide6 min read

Top 5 Network Throttling Tools for Mobile QA in 2025

Compare the best tools for simulating slow 3G/Edge networks: Charles Proxy, Chrome DevTools, Network Link Conditioner, and Debuggo.

December 20, 2025Read more →
Tip5 min read

Tip #5: The "Rage Click" (Idempotency Testing)

Why your "polite" automation scripts miss the most expensive bugs (Duplicate Transactions). Learn how to test idempotency with Playwright.

December 19, 2025Read more →
Tip4 min read

Tip #4: The "Poisoned Payload" (Response Fuzzing)

Why your frontend crashes even when the API returns 200 OK. Learn how to verify data resilience.

December 15, 2025Read more →
Tip4 min

Tip #3: The "10% Rule" (Random Failure Injection)

How to catch "Uncaught Promise Rejections" by introducing randomness.

December 14, 2025Read more →
Tip4 min read

Tip #2: The "Spinner of Death" (Testing Latency)

Why 0ms latency on localhost hides your worst race conditions.

December 13, 2025Read more →
Tip6 min read

Chaos Engineering for Frontend: How to Break Your App Before Users Do

Stop testing on localhost. Learn how to simulate 3G networks, 503 errors, and JSON failures on real mobile devices.

December 13, 2025Read more →
Tip5 min read

Tip #1: Stop Testing Success. Kill the Database.

Intro to Chaos Engineering for QA: Testing resilience, not just functionality.

December 12, 2025Read more →
Tutorial4 min read

Android Emulator Proxy Setup: The "Easy Way" (2025 Guide)

The definitive guide to configuring HTTP proxy settings on Android Emulator. Learn how to bypass SSL pinning and debug API traffic with Debuggo.

December 8, 2025Read more →
Tutorial5 min read

How to Install Charles Proxy Certificate on Android 14 (2025 Guide)

Android 14 blocks user certificates. Learn how to fix network_security_config.xml to sniff HTTPS traffic with Charles Proxy or Fiddler.

December 5, 2025Read more →
Tutorial2 min read

How to Test API Resilience with Curl and Chaos Proxy (MacOS)

A 90-second guide to simulating network failures and latency in your terminal using Curl and Debuggo. No code changes required.

December 1, 2025Read more →
Tutorial3 min read

How to Simulate API Errors in Browser with FoxyProxy & Chaos Proxy

Learn how to inject 503 errors and 10s latency into your browser traffic using FoxyProxy and Debuggo. Perfect for testing frontend loading states.

November 28, 2025Read more →
Guide3 min read

How to use SwitchyOmega with Auth Proxy (2025 Guide)

Learn how to set up SwitchyOmega to route browser traffic through a proxy server with authentication. Updated for 2025.

November 25, 2025Read more →
Error Code2 min read

How to Simulate HTTP 500 Error on iOS & Android Apps

Learn the easiest way to force 500 Internal Server Error on mobile devices to test app resilience.

November 20, 2025Read more →
Error Code2 min read

How to Simulate HTTP 503 Error on iOS & Android Apps

Learn the easiest way to force 503 Service Unavailable on mobile devices to test app resilience.

November 20, 2025Read more →
Error Code2 min read

How to Simulate HTTP 504 Error on iOS & Android Apps

Learn the easiest way to force 504 Gateway Timeout on mobile devices to test app resilience.

November 19, 2025Read more →
Error Code2 min read

How to Simulate HTTP 400 Error on iOS & Android Apps

Learn the easiest way to force 400 Bad Request on mobile devices to test app resilience.

November 18, 2025Read more →
Error Code2 min read

How to Simulate HTTP 401 Error on iOS & Android Apps

Learn the easiest way to force 401 Unauthorized on mobile devices to test app resilience.

November 18, 2025Read more →
Error Code2 min read

How to Simulate HTTP 403 Error on iOS & Android Apps

Learn the easiest way to force 403 Forbidden on mobile devices to test app resilience.

November 18, 2025Read more →
Error Code2 min read

How to Simulate HTTP 404 Error on iOS & Android Apps

Learn the easiest way to force 404 Not Found on mobile devices to test app resilience.

November 18, 2025Read more →
Error Code2 min read

How to Simulate HTTP 405 Error on iOS & Android Apps

Learn the easiest way to force 405 Method Not Allowed on mobile devices to test app resilience.

November 18, 2025Read more →
Error Code2 min read

How to Simulate HTTP 408 Error on iOS & Android Apps

Learn the easiest way to force 408 Request Timeout on mobile devices to test app resilience.

November 18, 2025Read more →
Error Code2 min read

How to Simulate HTTP 422 Error on iOS & Android Apps

Learn the easiest way to force 422 Unprocessable Entity on mobile devices to test app resilience.

November 18, 2025Read more →