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# Gateway Testing

> How to use the dashboard's gateway section and public contract to validate that an API is charging and forwarding correctly.

# Gateway Testing

The dashboard exposes the public gateway base URL for each API and helps operators reason about the standard paid flow.

## What you validate

1. the gateway URL is correct
2. the unpaid request returns `402` for paid routes
3. the paid retry succeeds after a valid proof is attached
4. the response comes back from the origin through the gateway

## Public-safe test model

The public integration model remains:

* request the gateway route
* receive `HTTP 402` when payment is required
* retry with `x-payment`
* inspect the successful response

This page intentionally does not document internal forwarding logic, private headers, or implementation details that are not part of the external contract.