testing that a user can edit profile

Simple enough situation, a user can edit their own profile. Run it through a browser test, works like a charm. Make a test for it... well now we have something interesting. I posted this over on the Laracasts site, but I figure more exposure is always good.

/** @test */
    function auth_user_can_edit_own_profile()
    {
        $user = factory('App\User')->create();
        $user->setProfile();  //this just makes an empty profile so a 1-1 relation exists
        $this->actingAs($user);
        $response = $this->post('profile/'.$user->id.'/update',[
            'quote'=>'Hello World',
        ]);
        $response->assertSee('Hello World');
    }

I get a failure. what displays on the screen is a redirect to the main page. O.o Nothing in my code should make that happen.

I believe it has something to do with my form request's authorize() method. However, I fail to see how. I have tried using $this->withoutExceptionHandling() in my test with no change.

storeProfile form request:

public function authorize()
    {
        $profile = $this->route('profile');
        if ($this->user()->can('edit profile') || $this->user()->id == $profile->user_id)
        {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }


Profile Controller update:

public function update(storeProfile $request, Profile $profile)
    {
        $profile->update($request->except('name'));
        $profile->save();

        if($profile->user->name != $request->input('name'))
        {
            $profile->user()->update(['name' => $request->input('name')]);
            //TODO event to track name changes
        }

        return redirect()->action('ProfileController@show',['id' => $profile->user_id]);
    }

Any insights to this would be really helpful, but I truly don't understand what is happening. Thank you all for taking the time to read and help!

Things I have tried:

• Set authroize to return true. - no change
• $this->flushSession(); - no change
• $this->withoutExceptionHandling() - nochange