Ever had a test pass locally but fail randomly in CI? That's what happened to me when testing timestamp fields.
The issue? Date::now() gets called twice - once in your code, once in your test - and those milliseconds add up.
The fix is simple: freeze time with Date::setTestNow() or $this->freezeTime() before making requests.
No more flaky tests, just reliable assertions.
dev.to/tegos/stop-flaky-tests-freeze-time-in-laravel-testing-1cnj
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