After I patch, I put the tube inside a tire/wheel combination kept on hand for such purposes. I then air it up to typical-use psi, and if it holds overnite, then the tube is good to pack in my saddle bag.
I found that just airing up a patched tube outside a tire/wheel only lets you put in ~5psi, which is not enough for a real-world test.

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