Zen Performance & Reliability

Performance Impact {#performance-impact}

At Zen, we prioritize your application's performance. Our agents are designed to have minimal impact on your systems, and we continuously monitor this through testing, automated benchmarks and using Zen ourselves.

Reliability & Failsafes {#reliability--failsafes}

Zen is designed to maintain security and performance even when facing connectivity issues with the Aikido platform. Here's how Zen handles different scenarios:

When Zen Starts Without Server Connection {#when-zen-starts-without-server-connection-}

✅ Your application continues running normally
✅ Basic attack blocking (sql, path injection, ..) remain active
⚠️ Some advanced security features (bot detection, threat actors, ..) may be limited until connection is restored

During Normal Operation If Zen Loses Connection {#during-normal-operation-if-zen-loses-connection}

✅ All existing security configurations remain active
✅ Your application continues running without interruption
✅ Previously downloaded security rules stay in effect
⚠️ New security updates will queue until connection resumes

Request Processing {#request-processing-}

✅ All security checks happen locally on your machine
✅ No dependency on Zen server response times. Zen talks to Aikido servers in a background process and not for each request.

Configuration Updates {#configuration-updates-}

Zen maintains strict validation of all configuration updates to ensure:

✅ Only valid configurations are applied
✅ Invalid configurations are safely rejected
✅ Your security posture remains stable

Best Practices {#best-practices}

Keep your Zen agent updated to the latest version
Monitor your application logs for any Zen-related messages
Contact support if you notice any unexpected behavior