Periodic builds constitute a unique synthetic monitoring technique, allowing you to simulate a given set of actions or paths an end-user would take on your site regularly.
Each scenario step triggering back-end code execution automatically generates a profile of that code. Each profile is tested against your custom assertions and Blackfire recommendations.
Builds can be triggered on demand via Blackfire's dashboard or periodically scheduled every 1, 6, 12, or 24 hours. This allows a periodical check-up on your application performance and early warning if needed.
Builds can also be triggered via the blackfire build-trigger command,
via cURL, and even through native integrations
with the main CI/CD platforms and PaaS such as Platform.sh, and Upsun.
You have many options at your disposal to integrate performance tests into your development and deployment workflow and project the impact of changes before they reach production.
Explore the possibilities, to schedule builds.