Testing: prohibited actions

The Stage environment is for integration testing only. The following activities are not permitted and may result in service disruption or legal action:

Action	Status
Penetration testing of any Gateway services	❌ Not permitted — contact Merchant Support to request authorisation first
Load testing	❌ Not permitted
Exploiting security vulnerabilities	❌ Not permitted
Injecting malicious data	❌ Not permitted
Bypassing validation and security checks	❌ Not permitted
Subverting ACLs or user permissions	❌ Not permitted
Port scanning and service discovery	❌ Not permitted
`ping` / `traceroute`	⚠️ Permitted for short-term debugging only