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+
+import { xdr } from '@stellar/stellar-sdk';
+import { EventProcessingQueue, EventProcessor } from '../services/event-processing-queue';
+import { NotificationFixtureBuilder } from '../test-utils/notification-fixture-builder';
+
+jest.mock('../utils/logger', () => ({
+  __esModule: true,
+  default: {
+    info: jest.fn(),
+    warn: jest.fn(),
+    error: jest.fn(),
+  },
+}));
+
+describe('Notification Processing Load Tests', () => {
+  describe('EventProcessingQueue Throughput', () => {
+    it('should handle 100 concurrent events efficiently', async () => {
+      const eventCount = 100;
+      const processedIds: string[] = [];
+      
+      const processor: EventProcessor = jest.fn().mockImplementation(async (event) => {
+        processedIds.push(event.id);
+        return true;
+      });
+      
+      const queue = new EventProcessingQueue(processor, {
+        baseDelayMs: 1,
+        pollIntervalMs: 10,
+        maxConcurrency: 10,
+      });
+      
+      const contractConfig = NotificationFixtureBuilder.aContractConfig().build();
+      
+      const startTime = Date.now();
+      
+      // Enqueue 100 events
+      for (let i = 0; i < eventCount; i++) {
+        const event = NotificationFixtureBuilder.aStellarEvent()
+          .withId(`load-test-event-${i}`)
+          .build();
+        queue.enqueue(event, contractConfig, `load-test-req-${i}`);
+      }
+      
+      queue.start();
+      
+      // Wait for all events to process
+      while (processedIds.length < eventCount) {
+        await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
+      }
+      
+      const endTime = Date.now();
+      const totalTimeMs = endTime - startTime;
+      const throughput = (eventCount / totalTimeMs) * 1000;
+      
+      queue.stop();
+      
+      expect(processor).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(eventCount);
+      expect(processedIds.length).toBe(eventCount);
+      
+      // Log benchmark results
+      console.log(`\n=== Load Test Results (${eventCount} events) ===`);
+      console.log(`Total processing time: ${totalTimeMs}ms`);
+      console.log(`Throughput: ${throughput.toFixed(2)} events/second`);
+      console.log(`Average latency per event: ${(totalTimeMs / eventCount).toFixed(2)}ms\n`);
+    }, 30000);
+    
+    it('should handle 500 events with maxConcurrency=20', async () => {
+      const eventCount = 500;
+      const processedIds: string[] = [];
+      
+      const processor: EventProcessor = jest.fn().mockImplementation(async (event) => {
+        await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1));
+        processedIds.push(event.id);
+        return true;
+      });
+      
+      const queue = new EventProcessingQueue(processor, {
+        baseDelayMs: 1,
+        pollIntervalMs: 10,
+        maxConcurrency: 20,
+      });
+      
+      const contractConfig = NotificationFixtureBuilder.aContractConfig().build();
+      
+      const startTime = Date.now();
+      
+      for (let i = 0; i < eventCount; i++) {
+        const event = NotificationFixtureBuilder.aStellarEvent()
+          .withId(`load-test-500-event-${i}`)
+          .build();
+        queue.enqueue(event, contractConfig);
+      }
+      
+      queue.start();
+      
+      while (processedIds.length < eventCount) {
+        await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
+      }
+      
+      const endTime = Date.now();
+      const totalTimeMs = endTime - startTime;
+      const throughput = (eventCount / totalTimeMs) * 1000;
+      
+      queue.stop();
+      
+      expect(processor).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(eventCount);
+      
+      console.log(`\n=== Load Test Results (${eventCount} events, maxConcurrency=20) ===`);
+      console.log(`Total processing time: ${totalTimeMs}ms`);
+      console.log(`Throughput: ${throughput.toFixed(2)} events/second`);
+      console.log(`Average latency per event: ${(totalTimeMs / eventCount).toFixed(2)}ms\n`);
+    }, 60000);
+  });
+});