diff --git a/tools/k6/covers_cold.js b/tools/k6/covers_cold.js
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+import http from "k6/http";
+import { sleep } from "k6";
+
+/**
+ * Fetches up to 20 pages from the first archive, ensuring the cache is cold.
+ *
+ * HOWEVER, it does not delete any existing thumbnails from thumbs/ so you need to do that if
+ * needed.
+ *
+ * k6 run tools/k6/covers_cold.js
+ */
+const ParallelThumbnails = 6;
+const MaxThumbnails = 100;
+const BaseUrl = "http://localhost:3000";
+
+export const options = {
+    vus: 1,
+    iterations: 1,
+};
+
+function arrayChunk(arr, size) {
+    return arr.reduce((acc, _, i) => {
+        if (i % size === 0) acc.push(arr.slice(i, i + size));
+        return acc;
+    }, []);
+}
+
+function awaitJobs(jobs) {
+    const urls = jobs.map((job) => `${BaseUrl}/api/minion/${job}`);
+
+    for (;;) {
+        const ret = http.batch(urls).filter((x) => x.json().state !== "finished");
+        if (ret.length === 0) {
+            break;
+        }
+        sleep(0.5);
+    }
+}
+
+export function setup() {
+    const resp = http.get(`${BaseUrl}/api/archives`).json();
+    return { archives: resp };
+}
+
+export default function (data) {
+    const { archives } = data;
+
+    http.del(`${BaseUrl}/api/tempfolder`);
+    for (const chunk of arrayChunk(archives.slice(0, MaxThumbnails), ParallelThumbnails)) {
+        const thumbnails = chunk.map((archive) => `${BaseUrl}/api/archives/${archive.arcid}/thumbnail?no_fallback=true`);
+
+        // If the thumbnail is not available yet, wait for creation
+        const resp = http.batch(thumbnails);
+        const jobs = resp.filter((x) => x.status === 202).map((x) => x.json().job);
+        awaitJobs(jobs);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tools/k6/page_fetching.js b/tools/k6/page_fetching.js
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+import http from "k6/http";
+
+// Run with: k6 run tools/k6/page_fetching.js
+
+export const options = {
+    scenarios: {
+        cold_start: {
+            executor: "shared-iterations",
+            vus: 4,
+            iterations: 20,
+            startTime: "0s",
+        },
+        lukewarm_start: {
+            executor: "shared-iterations",
+            vus: 4,
+            iterations: 10,
+            startTime: "10s",
+        },
+    },
+};
+
+export function setup() {
+    http.del("http://localhost:3000/api/tempfolder");
+
+    const resp = http.get("http://localhost:3000/api/archives");
+
+    return { archives: resp.json() };
+}
+
+export default function (data) {
+    const { archives } = data;
+
+    const inx = Math.floor(Math.random() * archives.length);
+    const archive = archives[inx];
+
+    const files = http.get(`http://localhost:3000/api/archives/${archive.arcid}/files`).json();
+
+    for (const p of files.pages) {
+        http.get(`http://localhost:3000${p}`);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tools/k6/single_archive_cold.js b/tools/k6/single_archive_cold.js
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+import http from "k6/http";
+
+/**
+ * Fetches up to 20 pages from the first archive, ensuring the cache is cold.
+ *
+ * k6 run tools/k6/single_archive_cold.js
+ */
+
+export const options = {
+    vus: 1,
+    iterations: 4,
+};
+
+function fetchAllPages(archive) {
+    const files = http.get(`http://localhost:3000/api/archives/${archive.arcid}/files`).json();
+
+    let left = 10;
+    for (const p of files.pages) {
+        http.get(`http://localhost:3000${p}`);
+        left -= 1;
+        if (left === 0) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+export function setup() {
+    const resp = http.get("http://localhost:3000/api/archives").json();
+    const archive = resp[0];
+
+    return { archive: archive };
+}
+
+export default function (data) {
+    const { archive } = data;
+
+    http.del("http://localhost:3000/api/tempfolder");
+    fetchAllPages(archive);
+}
diff --git a/tools/k6/single_archive_warm.js b/tools/k6/single_archive_warm.js
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+import http from "k6/http";
+
+/**
+ * Fetches up to 20 pages from the first archive, ensuring the cache is warm first.
+ *
+ * k6 run tools/k6/single_archive_warm.js
+ */
+
+export const options = {
+    vus: 10,
+    iterations: 50,
+};
+
+function fetchAllPages(archive) {
+    const files = http.get(`http://localhost:3000/api/archives/${archive.arcid}/files`).json();
+
+    let left = 10;
+    for (const p of files.pages) {
+        http.get(`http://localhost:3000${p}`);
+        left -= 1;
+        if (left === 0) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+export function setup() {
+    http.del("http://localhost:3000/api/tempfolder");
+
+    const resp = http.get("http://localhost:3000/api/archives").json();
+    const archive = resp[0];
+    fetchAllPages(archive);
+
+    return { archive: archive };
+}
+
+export default function (data) {
+    const { archive } = data;
+
+    fetchAllPages(archive);
+}