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Boosting App Performance for Adidas Runtastic with RabbitMQ

Adidas Runtastic

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The Challenge

Amid the global lockdowns in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Adidas Runtastic app saw an unprecedented surge in users as people turned to running and mobile training apps with gyms being unavailable. This sudden increase in concurrent users revealed limitations in Runtastic’s messaging architecture, particularly in its RabbitMQ implementation. The high demand led to significant latency issues, causing delays and, in severe cases, service disruptions. Diagnostics pointed to the RabbitMQ system as the root cause of these performance bottlenecks.

Our Solution

Our expert team (then branded Erlang Solutions’ RabbitMQ division) conducted an in-depth architecture review and performance testing to diagnose and address the issues within Runtastic’s RabbitMQ setup. We utilised the new Prometheus integration in RabbitMQ 3.8 to visualise various system metrics under overload conditions. Additionally, we provided 10 intensive training workshops for Runtastic’s developers, engineers, and DevOps team members to empower them with the skills needed to manage and resolve similar challenges independently.

The Results

Optimised Messaging Architecture

Through our collaboration, we identified that RabbitMQ’s mirroring logic was overloading its networking components. By fine-tuning these configurations in real-time with the Runtastic team, we successfully eliminated the performance bottlenecks.

Empowered Internal Teams

The training workshops equipped Runtastic’s developers and engineers with the knowledge to independently diagnose and resolve RabbitMQ-related issues in the future, fostering long-term resilience and operational confidence.

Enhanced App Performance

The improvements to RabbitMQ’s configuration led to a significant increase in throughput and overall performance of the Runtastic app, ensuring a seamless user experience even during peak demand periods.


The Impact

With our expert guidance, Adidas Runtastic has substantially improved the reliability and performance of its RabbitMQ messaging system. The Runtastic team is now better equipped to maintain the robustness of their app’s architecture, delivering uninterrupted and high-quality service to its global user base.

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