---
title: "Defaults & overrides — HTTP Client Rate Limits for Laravel | Roundly"
description: "Set the default store and deferrer in config, override them per call site with RateLimits::usingStore() / usingDeferrer(), or per instance."
url: https://roundly-consulting.com/open-source/docs/http-client-rate-limits-for-laravel/defaults
language: en
---

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# Defaults & overrides

## Globally, in config

Set store / deferrer in config/http-client-rate-limits.php: every limit the manager builds uses them — the RateLimits facade, an injected manager, named profiles, compound arrays and every form of Http::rateLimit():

```php
use RoundlyConsulting\HttpClientRateLimits\Store\CacheStore;

// config/http-client-rate-limits.php
'store' => CacheStore::class,
'cache_store' => 'redis',                   // any store from config/cache.php (null = default)
'cache_prefix' => 'http-client-rate-limits',
```

## Per call site

RateLimits::usingStore() / usingDeferrer() return a configured copy of the manager, so the shared singleton is never mutated:

```php
use RoundlyConsulting\HttpClientRateLimits\Facades\RateLimits;
use RoundlyConsulting\HttpClientRateLimits\Store\RedisStore;

$limits = RateLimits::usingStore(new RedisStore('cache'))->usingDeferrer(new MyDeferrer);

$limits->perMinute(30);
```

A copy that doesn’t override the store keeps sharing the manager’s config-resolved one, so hits still accumulate in one budget per process. RateLimits::releasingJob() is the same kind of copy, with the ReleaseDeferrer.

## Per instance

```php
use RoundlyConsulting\HttpClientRateLimits\Facades\RateLimits;
use RoundlyConsulting\HttpClientRateLimits\Store\RedisStore;

$middleware = RateLimits::perMinute(30);

$middleware->setStore(new RedisStore('cache')); // share limits across processes via Redis
$middleware->setDeferrer($myDeferrer);
```

## Resolution order

- setStore() / setDeferrer() on an instance — always wins for that instance.
- RateLimits::usingStore() / usingDeferrer() / releasingJob() — for limits built from that manager copy.
- The store and deferrer config keys — everything else.

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