Tests Do Not Detect Routes - Laravel

Question

I created a route that functions OK, but my tests are unable to detect it. Since the test is of type feature, all Laravel features should be included.

I recently updated both my Composer and npm packages, including Laravel itself. Could this be the root cause of the problem?

Manipulating the closure to return a view or use a specific controller, clearing the cache, and dump autoload haven't resolved the issue.

Pest.php

pest()->extend(Tests\TestCase::class)
    ->use(Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase::class)
    ->in('Feature', 'Unit');

RouteTest.php

test('example', function () {
    $response = $this->get('/');

    $response->assertStatus(200);
});

web.php

Route::get('/', function () {
   dd('Welcome!');
});

Test Error:

   FAILED  Tests\Feature\routes\ProjectRouteTest > example                                                                          
  Expected response status code [200] but received 404.
Failed asserting that 404 is identical to 200.

  at tests/Feature/routes/ProjectRouteTest.php:6
      2▕ 
      3▕ test('example', function () {
      4▕     $response = $this->get('/');
      5▕ 
  ➜   6▕     $response->assertStatus(200);
      7▕ });
      8▕ 


  Tests:    1 failed (1 assertions)
  Duration: 0.25s

Thank you in advance. I've been hung up on it for a while

Do you have setup something that would be able to receive and handle HTTP requests while you run your tests? — Randommm
– Randommm, Commented Apr 4 at 11:01
@Randommm Not precisely. However, I installed Laravel Breeze and upgraded dependencies. — SajjadLabs
– SajjadLabs, Commented Apr 4 at 11:09
@SajjadLabs is there a possibility you have global middlewares and one is throwing not found or 404? — matiaslauriti
– matiaslauriti, Commented Apr 4 at 11:29
@SajjadLabs the method dd(), while helpful for debug, doesn't return a 200 server response code. so the assert status on the response is correctly failing — N69S
– N69S, Commented Apr 4 at 13:59

Erfan Shokouhi · Accepted Answer · 2025-04-14 22:59:57Z

0

Your routes may have been cached, so you should execute :

php artisan route:clear

This should delete the previously optimized routes.

You could also delete bootstrap/cache contents to fully delete the cached bootstrap configurations.

Alternatively you could run the Artisan::call(‘route:list’) inside your test class and check the output to see if the route is correctly bootstrapped.

edited Apr 14 at 22:59

answered Apr 14 at 22:52

Erfan Shokouhi

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