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title: "Faults | Grafana k6 documentation"
description: "xk6-disruptor: Fault Description"
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# Faults

A fault is as an abnormal condition that affects a system component and which may lead to a failure.

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| Fault type                                                                                                                        | Description                                 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| [gRPC Fault](/docs/k6/latest/testing-guides/injecting-faults-with-xk6-disruptor/xk6-disruptor/faults/grpc/)                       | Fault affecting gRPC requests from a target |
| [HTTP Fault](/docs/k6/latest/testing-guides/injecting-faults-with-xk6-disruptor/xk6-disruptor/faults/http/)                       | Fault affecting HTTP requests from a target |
| [Pod Termination Fault](/docs/k6/latest/testing-guides/injecting-faults-with-xk6-disruptor/xk6-disruptor/faults/pod-termination/) | Fault terminating a number of target Pods   |