Why Real-Time Data Issues Often Go Unnoticed in Development Phase


Two common Scenarios:
๐ E-commerce Inventory Mismatch: Product shows 100 in stock โ Checkout says "Out of Stock"
๐ฆ Banking Balance Confusion: Balance shows เงณ50,000 โ Seconds later, drops unexpectedly
๐งฉ Why These Issues Arise Frequently
Lack of real-time sync between frontend cache and backend database
Race conditions during simultaneous user actions
Over-reliance on mock data during development
Inconsistent environment setup (dev โ staging โ prod)
โ ๏ธ Major Root Causes
Poor handling of concurrent requests
Weak backend validation of inventory or balance updates
Asynchronous operations not being verified end-to-end
Absence of data consistency checks in high-traffic scenarios
๐งช How QA can โDetectโ this early
Use real-time data test cases during UI & API testing
Simulate multiple users adding items or triggering payments simultaneously
Perform backend-to-UI validation after each key action
Implement race condition testing using automation tools like JMeter, Playwright, or Postman collection runner
Ask devs for log tracking or audit trails during sensitive operations
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Shanto Kumar Saha
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