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+rule_files:
+- ../prometheus_alerts.yaml
+- ../prometheus_rules.yaml
+
+evaluation_interval: 1m
+
+tests:
+- interval: 1m
+  input_series:
+  # 100 requests in the overall interval, 99 successful and 1 error
+  - series: 'apiserver_request_total{job="kube-apiserver",verb="GET",code="200"}'
+    values: '0 10 20 50 90 99'
+  - series: 'apiserver_request_total{job="kube-apiserver",verb="GET",code="500"}'
+    values: '0 0 0 1 1 1'
+
+  promql_expr_test:
+  - eval_time: 5m
+    expr: code_verb:apiserver_request_total:increase1h{verb="GET"}
+    exp_samples:
+    - labels: '{__name__="code_verb:apiserver_request_total:increase1h", code="200", verb="GET"}'
+      value: 99.0
+    - labels: '{__name__="code_verb:apiserver_request_total:increase1h", code="500", verb="GET"}'
+      value: 1.0