Testing your app

Call DynamicThrottle::fake() in every test that sends requests through the middleware, for example in your base test case's setUp(). The counters, the manifest and the telemetry then live in memory: tests need no Redis, and each one starts from zero. Save rules with the Rule model, before or after fake(), and assert on the response:

use Afzal\DynamicThrottle\Facades\DynamicThrottle;
use Afzal\DynamicThrottle\Models\Rule;

DynamicThrottle::fake();

Rule::create(['name' => 'Login', 'pattern' => 'login', 'scope' => 'ip', 'max_attempts' => 5, 'window_seconds' => 60]);

$this->post('/login')->assertHeader('X-RateLimit-Remaining', 4);

The counters read Laravel's clock, so $this->travel() moves their windows. The fake store never fails, and each fake() starts without a cooldown.