To run a test locally without the policies applied, the developer should create a properties file specifically for local development and set the API instance ID to a value that is not used in API Manager. This way, the developer can use different configuration properties for different environments and avoid triggering API autodiscovery when running tests locally. API autodiscovery is a mechanism that associates an API implementationwith its corresponding API specification and policies in API Manager based on its API instance ID. By setting this ID to a value that does not exist in API Manager, the developer can prevent API autodiscovery from finding and applying any policies to the local test. References: https://docs.mulesoft.com/api-manager/2.x/api-auto-discovery-new-concept#configuring-api-autodiscovery https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/configuring-properties