# Rendezvous With K6  URL:: https://k6.io/blog/rendezvous-with-k6 Author:: k6.io ## Highlights > I believe Mercury first coined and implemented it (I may be wrong) in LoadRunner. NeoLoad has it with the same name, and JMeter calls it Synchronizing timer ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01g601v62r29ym33621xmg6m1j)) > Rendezvous is a function that stops the virtual users when they reach that instruction in the script. The function makes them wait until more virtual users get to that step or a timer runs out. Then everyone who reaches that point will execute the next instruction simultaneously ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01g601vp8kjhs8bndn103qsvyk)) --- Title: Rendezvous With K6 Author: k6.io Tags: readwise, articles date: 2024-01-30 --- # Rendezvous With K6  URL:: https://k6.io/blog/rendezvous-with-k6 Author:: k6.io ## AI-Generated Summary Rendezvous is a French word commonly used in the load testing word. The Rendezvous function stops virtual users when they reach an instruction. Then, when a condition is met, the halted virtual users execute the next instruction simultaneously. ## Highlights > I believe Mercury first coined and implemented it (I may be wrong) in LoadRunner. NeoLoad has it with the same name, and JMeter calls it Synchronizing timer ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01g601v62r29ym33621xmg6m1j)) > Rendezvous is a function that stops the virtual users when they reach that instruction in the script. The function makes them wait until more virtual users get to that step or a timer runs out. Then everyone who reaches that point will execute the next instruction simultaneously ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01g601vp8kjhs8bndn103qsvyk))