---
title: "Jitter — HTTP Client Rate Limits for Laravel | Roundly"
description: "Add random extra wait so a fleet of workers doesn’t wake up in lockstep — never less than the real wait; inject the randomness for tests."
url: https://roundly-consulting.com/open-source/docs/http-client-rate-limits-for-laravel/jitter
language: en
---

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# Jitter

Add randomised jitter to defers so many workers don’t all wake at the same instant:

```php
Http::rateLimit(RateLimits::perMinute(30)->jitter(50)) // waits 0–50ms longer than needed
    ->get('https://api.example.com/orders');
```

Jitter only applies when a request actually has to wait, and it only ever adds: a random 0 to jitter milliseconds lands on top of the real delay, so a request never goes out before its window has room. On a compound limit the widest jitter of any window applies. In a named profile, use the jitter key (milliseconds).

## Deterministic tests

The randomness source is the injectable Randomizer contract (the default RandomRandomizer uses random\_int). Swap it on the Limiter for deterministic tests:

```php
use RoundlyConsulting\HttpClientRateLimits\Facades\RateLimits;
use RoundlyConsulting\HttpClientRateLimits\Jitter\Randomizer;

$limit = RateLimits::perSecond(1)->jitter(50);

// Always add the full +50ms so waits are deterministic in a test.
$limit->getLimiter()->setRandomizer(new class implements Randomizer {
    public function between(int $min, int $max): int
    {
        return $max;
    }
});
```

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