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Should I write an integration test that verifies rate limits?

This test would call a web service over and over for about a minute to confirm that a particular response code is returned, notifying us of our rate limit being reached. Not only is it a very slow test, it doesn’t confirm much of anything, and wastes resources.

Should I write an integration test that verifies rate limits?

This test would call a web service over and over for about a minute to confirm that a particular response code is returned, notifying us of our rate limit being reached. Not only is it a very slow test, it doesn’t confirm much of anything, and wastes resources.