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AI-generatedRunner max-concurrent vs. default event-loop: latency trade-off under concurrent request constraint
Insomnia's Runner serialises truly concurrent requests through a single Node.js event loop, causing wait times to scale with request concurrency. A documented 'max concurrent' setting allows overriding this serialisation, but setting the value above the available CPU count produces diminishing latency returns and may extend total request duration. This creat