# Initiate a Test

Ingest Labs conducts daily site performance tests and provides a detailed report of all the relevant parameters. You can also initiate an on-demand site performance test for immediate results.

To initiate a site performance test, perform the following steps:

1. Click the test suite in which you want to initiate a test.

![addnewlighthousevariant](https://ingest-lab.netlify.app/images/siteperformanceimages/addnewlighthousevariant.png)

2. Click **Initiate Test** at the top right of the screen.

![initiatetest](https://ingest-lab.netlify.app/images/siteperformanceimages/initiatetest.png)

The following **Test Queued** message appears.

![testqueued](https://ingest-lab.netlify.app/images/siteperformanceimages/testqueued.png)

The test results display a detailed report of all the parameters selected in the test suite. The report also consists of other featured metrics.

![showfullreport](https://ingest-lab.netlify.app/images/siteperformanceimages/showfullreport.png)

3. Click **Show Full Lighthouse Report** to download a detailed site performance report.

**Note**: You can initiate a test in the standard variant and the new variant, depending on the test suite variant.


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