diff --git a/concurrency-limits-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/concurrency/limits/limiter/AbstractPartitionedLimiterTest.java b/concurrency-limits-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/concurrency/limits/limiter/AbstractPartitionedLimiterTest.java
index 6133631c..b2a548ae 100644
--- a/concurrency-limits-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/concurrency/limits/limiter/AbstractPartitionedLimiterTest.java
+++ b/concurrency-limits-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/concurrency/limits/limiter/AbstractPartitionedLimiterTest.java
@@ -176,17 +176,23 @@ public void testBypassPartitionedLimiter() {
                 .bypassLimitResolver(new ShouldBypassPredicate())
                 .build();
 
-        for (int i = 0; i < 1; i++) {
-            Assert.assertTrue(limiter.acquire("batch").isPresent());
-            Assert.assertEquals(i+1, limiter.getPartition("batch").getInflight());
-            Assert.assertTrue(limiter.acquire("admin").isPresent());
-        }
+        Assert.assertTrue(limiter.acquire("batch").isPresent());
+        Assert.assertEquals(1, limiter.getPartition("batch").getInflight());
+        Assert.assertTrue(limiter.acquire("admin").isPresent());
 
         for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++) {
             Assert.assertTrue(limiter.acquire("live").isPresent());
             Assert.assertEquals(i+1, limiter.getPartition("live").getInflight());
             Assert.assertTrue(limiter.acquire("admin").isPresent());
         }
+
+        // Verify that bypassed requests are able to proceed even when the limiter is full
+        Assert.assertFalse(limiter.acquire("batch").isPresent());
+        Assert.assertEquals(1, limiter.getPartition("batch").getInflight());
+        Assert.assertFalse(limiter.acquire("live").isPresent());
+        Assert.assertEquals(9, limiter.getPartition("live").getInflight());
+        Assert.assertEquals(10, limiter.getInflight());
+        Assert.assertTrue(limiter.acquire("admin").isPresent());
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/concurrency-limits-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/concurrency/limits/limiter/SimpleLimiterTest.java b/concurrency-limits-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/concurrency/limits/limiter/SimpleLimiterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ebc80f83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/concurrency-limits-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/concurrency/limits/limiter/SimpleLimiterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package com.netflix.concurrency.limits.limiter;
+
+import com.netflix.concurrency.limits.Limiter;
+import com.netflix.concurrency.limits.limit.FixedLimit;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+public class SimpleLimiterTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void useLimiterCapacityUntilTotalLimit() {
+        SimpleLimiter<String> limiter = SimpleLimiter.newBuilder()
+                .limit(FixedLimit.of(10))
+                .build();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+            Assert.assertTrue(limiter.acquire("live").isPresent());
+        }
+
+        // Rejected call after total limit is utilized
+        Assert.assertFalse(limiter.acquire("live").isPresent());
+        Assert.assertEquals(10, limiter.getInflight());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testReleaseLimit() {
+        SimpleLimiter<String> limiter = SimpleLimiter.newBuilder()
+                .limit(FixedLimit.of(10))
+                .build();
+
+        Optional<Limiter.Listener> completion = limiter.acquire("live");
+        for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
+            Assert.assertTrue(limiter.acquire("live").isPresent());
+        }
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(10, limiter.getInflight());
+        Assert.assertFalse(limiter.acquire("live").isPresent());
+
+        // Release token
+        completion.get().onSuccess();
+        Assert.assertEquals(9, limiter.getInflight());
+
+        Assert.assertTrue(limiter.acquire("live").isPresent());
+        Assert.assertEquals(10, limiter.getInflight());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimpleBypassLimiter() {
+        SimpleLimiter<String> limiter = SimpleLimiter.<String>newBypassLimiterBuilder()
+                .limit(FixedLimit.of(10))
+                .bypassLimitResolver((context) -> context.equals("admin"))
+                .build();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+            Assert.assertTrue(limiter.acquire("live").isPresent());
+            Assert.assertEquals(i+1, limiter.getInflight());
+        }
+
+        // Verify calls with passing bypass condition will return a token
+        // whereas remaining calls will be throttled since inflight count is greater than the limit
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+            Assert.assertFalse(limiter.acquire("live").isPresent());
+            Assert.assertTrue(limiter.acquire("admin").isPresent());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimpleBypassLimiterDefault() {
+        SimpleLimiter<String> limiter = SimpleLimiter.<String>newBypassLimiterBuilder()
+                .limit(FixedLimit.of(10))
+                .build();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+            Assert.assertTrue(limiter.acquire("live").isPresent());
+            Assert.assertEquals(i+1, limiter.getInflight());
+        }
+
+        // Verify that no calls are bypassed by default
+        Assert.assertFalse(limiter.acquire("live").isPresent());
+        Assert.assertFalse(limiter.acquire("admin").isPresent());
+    }
+
+}