Setting Cookies For Web Performance Tests

Setting cookies when testing your page can be useful in many situations, for example:

• to opt into a specific A/B test
• to test a page with user preferences saved
• to skip a consent banner

How to set a cookie

To set a cookie, first open the test settings page and select Advanced Settings. Then, under Cookies select Add Cookie.

Then either select an existing cookie or create a new one.

Fill out the form and click Create.

Checking if the cookie is sent correctly

1. Open the Requests tab
2. Open a request on the cookie domain
3. Select Headers
4. Scroll down to Request Headers
5. Find the cookie header