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Feature Request: Allowlist support for connectors and requests #8
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Yes certainly something I would consider, just need to think about the implementation of it and how we handle both the allow and exclude lists.
I will give it some thought and will try and get something up over the next couple days but feel free to take a crack as well
Reacted by Lloric Mayuga GarciaReacted by Lloric Mayuga GarciaReacted by Lloric Mayuga Garcia- added a commit that references this issue
on Jul 17, 2026 Hey @lloricode — good news: #15 adds exactly this. New
onlyconfig block, mirroring the existingignorestructure:'only' => [ 'connectors' => [ StripeConnector::class, ], 'requests' => [], ],
The semantics we settled on: if either
onlylist has entries, a request is recorded only when its connector or request class is listed; theignorelist still applies afterwards and always wins, so you can allow a whole connector and still silence one noisy request on it. Empty lists keep today's record-everything behaviour, so it's fully backward compatible.This will land in the next release along with
Barstool::context()and PHP 8.5 support. Thanks for the suggestion (and for #10!) — and if this covers part of what you were reaching for with the actions refactor in #12, let me know over there. 🍻Reacted by Lloric Mayuga Garciathank you @craigpotter 💯
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Hi! Sorry, there's no feature request template so I'm using this one — feel free to close if this isn't the right place.
Currently, Barstool only supports an ignore list (ignored_connectors / ignored_requests) to exclude specific connectors and requests from being recorded. In our case, we have a large number of requests and multiple connectors across the project, but we only need to monitor a small subset of them. Maintaining a long and ever-growing ignore list isn't practical — every time a new connector or request is added, we have to remember to exclude it. It would be great to have an allowlist option (e.g., only_connectors / only_requests) where only the listed connectors/requests are recorded and everything else is automatically excluded. Happy to submit a PR if this is something you'd consider! 🙂
How to reproduce the bug
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Package Version
^1.1.1
PHP Version
^8.5
Laravel Version
^12.61.1
Which operating systems does with happen with?
Linux
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