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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# (C) Maxim Dounin
+
+# Tests for http proxy cache, proxy_no_cache.
+
+###############################################################################
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+
+use Test::More;
+
+BEGIN { use FindBin; chdir($FindBin::Bin); }
+
+use lib 'lib';
+use Test::Nginx;
+
+###############################################################################
+
+select STDERR; $| = 1;
+select STDOUT; $| = 1;
+
+my $t = Test::Nginx->new()->has(qw/http proxy cache rewrite/)->plan(16)
+	->write_file_expand('nginx.conf', <<'EOF');
+
+%%TEST_GLOBALS%%
+
+daemon off;
+
+events {
+}
+
+http {
+    %%TEST_GLOBALS_HTTP%%
+
+    proxy_cache_path %%TESTDIR%%/cache keys_zone=one:1m;
+
+    server {
+        listen       127.0.0.1:8080;
+        server_name  localhost;
+
+        location / {
+            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8081;
+
+            proxy_cache one;
+            proxy_cache_key $uri;
+            proxy_cache_valid any 1y;
+            proxy_no_cache $arg_nocache;
+
+            proxy_intercept_errors on;
+            error_page 404 = @fallback;
+        }
+
+        location /t3 {
+            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8081;
+
+            proxy_cache one;
+            proxy_cache_key $uri;
+            proxy_cache_valid any 1y;
+            proxy_no_cache $arg_nocache;
+        }
+
+        location /t4 {
+            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8081;
+
+            proxy_cache one;
+            proxy_cache_key $uri;
+            proxy_cache_valid any 1s;
+            proxy_no_cache $upstream_http_x_no_cache;
+
+            proxy_cache_revalidate on;
+        }
+
+        location @fallback {
+            return 403;
+        }
+
+        add_header X-Cache-Status $upstream_cache_status always;
+    }
+
+    server {
+        listen       127.0.0.1:8081;
+        server_name  localhost;
+
+        location / {
+        }
+
+        location /t3 {
+            set $nocache "";
+            if ($arg_expires) {
+                set $nocache "no-cache";
+            }
+            add_header Cache-Control $nocache;
+            add_header Transfer-Encoding invalid;
+        }
+
+        location /t4 {
+            set $nocache "";
+            if ($arg_expires) {
+                set $nocache "no-cache";
+            }
+            add_header Cache-Control $nocache;
+            add_header X-No-Cache $arg_nocache;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+EOF
+
+$t->write_file('t', 'SEE-THIS');
+$t->write_file('t3', 'SEE-THIS');
+$t->write_file('t4', 'SEE-THIS');
+
+$t->run();
+
+###############################################################################
+
+like(http_get('/t?nocache=1'), qr/MISS.*SEE-THIS/s, 'request');
+like(http_get('/t'), qr/MISS.*SEE-THIS/s, 'request not cached');
+like(http_get('/t'), qr/HIT.*SEE-THIS/s, 'request cached');
+
+# proxy_no_cache with intercepted errors,
+# ngx_http_upstream_intercept_errors()
+
+like(http_get('/t2?nocache=1'), qr/403 Forbidden/, 'intercepted error');
+
+TODO: {
+local $TODO = 'not yet' unless $t->has_version('1.27.2');
+
+like(http_get('/t2'), qr/403 Forbidden.*MISS/s, 'intercepted error not cached');
+
+}
+
+like(http_get('/t2'), qr/403 Forbidden.*HIT/s, 'intercepted error cached');
+
+# proxy_no_cache with internal 502/504 errors,
+# ngx_http_upstream_finalize_request()
+
+like(http_get('/t3?nocache=1'), qr/502 Bad/, 'internal 502 error');
+
+TODO: {
+local $TODO = 'not yet' unless $t->has_version('1.27.2');
+
+like(http_get('/t3?expires=1'), qr/502 Bad.*MISS/s,
+	'internal 502 error expires');
+like(http_get('/t3'), qr/502 Bad.*MISS/s, 'internal 502 error not cached');
+
+}
+
+like(http_get('/t3'), qr/502 Bad.*HIT/s, 'internal 502 error cached');
+
+# proxy_no_cache with revalidate and 304,
+# ngx_http_upstream_test_next()
+
+like(http_get('/t4'), qr/MISS.*SEE-THIS/s, 'revalidate');
+like(http_get('/t4'), qr/HIT.*SEE-THIS/s, 'revalidate cached');
+select undef, undef, undef, 2.5;
+like(http_get('/t4?nocache=1'), qr/REVALIDATED.*SEE-THIS/s,
+	'revalidate nocache');
+
+TODO: {
+local $TODO = 'not yet' unless $t->has_version('1.27.2');
+
+like(http_get('/t4?expires=1'), qr/REVALIDATED.*SEE-THIS/s,
+	'revalidate expires');
+like(http_get('/t4'), qr/REVALIDATED.*SEE-THIS/s,
+	'revalidate again');
+
+}
+
+like(http_get('/t4'), qr/HIT.*SEE-THIS/s, 'revalidate again cached');
+
+###############################################################################