diff --git a/configure.sh b/configure.sh
index 75ace95b..dcdb55d6 100755
--- a/configure.sh
+++ b/configure.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ then
     sudo apt install python3.12-venv
 else
     echo "Python 3.12 is already installed."
+    sudo apt install python3.12-venv
 fi
 
 # Check if pip is installed
diff --git a/synthetic_workload_invoker/WorkloadInvoker.py b/synthetic_workload_invoker/WorkloadInvoker.py
index 0783be7b..b6e5d583 100755
--- a/synthetic_workload_invoker/WorkloadInvoker.py
+++ b/synthetic_workload_invoker/WorkloadInvoker.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 # Standard imports
 import argparse
+from concurrent.futures import ProcessPoolExecutor
 import json
 import os
 from requests_futures.sessions import FuturesSession
@@ -154,11 +155,12 @@ def HTTPInstanceGeneratorGeneric(instance_times, blocking_cli, url, data):
         logger.error("Invalid URL: " + url)
         return False
 
-    session = FuturesSession(max_workers=16)
+    session = FuturesSession(executor=ProcessPoolExecutor(max_workers=os.cpu_count()))
     parameters = {"blocking": blocking_cli, "result": RESULT}
     after_time, before_time = 0, 0
 
     st = 0
+    json_data = json.dumps(data)
     for t in instance_times:
         # st: sleep time
         st = st + t - (after_time - before_time)
@@ -168,7 +170,7 @@ def HTTPInstanceGeneratorGeneric(instance_times, blocking_cli, url, data):
         future = session.post(
             url,
             headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
-            data=json.dumps(data),
+            data=json_data,
             verify=False,
         )
         after_time = time.time()
@@ -178,7 +180,7 @@ def HTTPInstanceGeneratorGeneric(instance_times, blocking_cli, url, data):
 
 def CreateActionInvocationThreads(workload, all_events):
     threads = []
-    for (instance, instance_times) in all_events.items():
+    for instance, instance_times in all_events.items():
         blocking_cli = workload["blocking_cli"]
         if workload["endpoint"] == "local_openwhisk":
             action = workload["instances"][instance]["application"]
diff --git a/tests/stress_tests/ReqStressTest.py b/tests/stress_tests/ReqStressTest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e45fdcca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/stress_tests/ReqStressTest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+import json
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+
+test_rates = [50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000]
+
+
+def ParseLog(log_file):
+    with open(log_file, "r") as f:
+        lines = f.readlines()
+
+    start_time = 0
+    end_time = 0
+    for line in lines:
+        if "Test started" in line:
+            start_time = line.split(" - w")[0]
+            ms = int(start_time.split(",")[1])
+            start_time = time.mktime(time.strptime(start_time, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S,%f"))
+            start_time += ms / 1000
+        if "Test ended" in line:
+            end_time = line.split(" - w")[0]
+            ms = int(end_time.split(",")[1])
+            end_time = time.mktime(time.strptime(end_time, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S,%f"))
+            end_time += ms / 1000
+
+    return end_time - start_time
+
+
+def main():
+
+    results = {"test_rates": [], "durations": [], "logged_durations": []}
+
+    with open(
+        os.path.join(
+            os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "test_data", "stress_test_workload.json"
+        )
+    ) as f:
+        workload = json.load(f)
+
+    for test_rate in test_rates:
+        if os.path.exists(
+            os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "..", "logs", "SWI.log")
+        ):
+            os.remove(
+                os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "..", "logs", "SWI.log")
+            )
+
+        workload["instances"]["instance1"]["rate"] = test_rate
+        file_description = "stress_test_workload_" + str(test_rate) + ".json"
+
+        with open(
+            os.path.join(
+                os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "test_data", file_description
+            ),
+            "w",
+        ) as f:
+            json.dump(workload, f, indent=4)
+
+        start = time.time()
+        os.system(
+            " cd ../../; ./WorkloadInvoker -c ./tests/test_data/" + file_description
+        )
+        end = time.time()
+
+        time.sleep(0.5)
+
+        log_duration = ParseLog(
+            os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "..", "logs", "SWI.log")
+        )
+
+        results["test_rates"].append(test_rate)
+        results["durations"].append(end - start)
+        results["logged_durations"].append(log_duration)
+
+    with open(
+        os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "stress_test_results.json"),
+        "w",
+    ) as f:
+        json.dump(results, f, indent=4)
+
+
+def plot_results():
+    with open(
+        os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "stress_test_results.json"),
+        "r",
+    ) as f:
+        results = json.load(f)
+
+    plt.plot(
+        results["test_rates"], [15.0 / x for x in results["durations"]], label="Now"
+    )
+    plt.xlabel("Traffic Rate (rps)")
+    plt.ylabel("Testing Capacity")
+    plt.legend()
+    plt.xscale("log")
+    plt.ylim(0, 1.1)
+    plt.savefig(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "stress_test_results.png"))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/tests/test_data/stress_test_workload.json b/tests/test_data/stress_test_workload.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a02b8191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_data/stress_test_workload.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+    "test_name": "example_test",
+    "test_duration_in_seconds": 15,
+    "random_seed": 100,
+    "blocking_cli": false,
+    "endpoint": "generic",
+    "instances":{
+        "instance1":{
+            "application": "example_app1",
+            "url": "https://127.0.0.1",
+            "data": {},
+            "distribution": "Uniform",
+            "rate": 2,
+            "activity_window": [5, 15]
+        }
+    },
+    "perf_monitoring":{
+        "runtime_script": null,
+        "post_script": null
+    }
+}