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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# (C) Maxim Dounin
+
+# Tests for try_files directive.
+
+###############################################################################
+
+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 rewrite/)->plan(3)
+	->write_file_expand('nginx.conf', <<'EOF');
+
+%%TEST_GLOBALS%%
+
+daemon         off;
+
+events {
+}
+
+http {
+    %%TEST_GLOBALS_HTTP%%
+
+    server {
+        listen       127.0.0.1:8080;
+        server_name  localhost;
+
+        location / {
+            try_files $uri /fallback;
+        }
+
+        location /nouri/ {
+            try_files $uri /fallback_nouri;
+        }
+
+        location /fallback {
+            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8081/fallback;
+        }
+        location /fallback_nouri {
+            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8081;
+        }
+    }
+
+    server {
+        listen       127.0.0.1:8081;
+        server_name  localhost;
+
+        location / {
+            add_header X-URI $request_uri;
+            return 204;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+EOF
+
+$t->write_file('found.html', 'SEE THIS');
+$t->run();
+
+###############################################################################
+
+like(http_get('/found.html'), qr!SEE THIS!, 'found');
+like(http_get('/uri/notfound'), qr!X-URI: /fallback!, 'not found uri');
+
+TODO: {
+local $TODO = 'fixed in 1.1.12';
+
+like(http_get('/nouri/notfound'), qr!X-URI: /fallback!, 'not found nouri');
+
+}
+
+###############################################################################