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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# (C) Maxim Dounin
+
+# Test for memcached with keepalive.
+
+###############################################################################
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+
+use Test::More;
+use Test::Nginx;
+
+###############################################################################
+
+select STDERR; $| = 1;
+select STDOUT; $| = 1;
+
+eval { require Cache::Memcached; };
+plain(skip_all => 'Cache::Memcached not installed') if $@;
+
+my $t = Test::Nginx->new()->has('rewrite')->has_daemon('memcached')->plan(7)
+	->write_file_expand('nginx.conf', <<'EOF');
+
+master_process off;
+daemon         off;
+
+events {
+    worker_connections  1024;
+}
+
+http {
+    access_log    off;
+
+    client_body_temp_path  %%TESTDIR%%/client_body_temp;
+    fastcgi_temp_path      %%TESTDIR%%/fastcgi_temp;
+    proxy_temp_path        %%TESTDIR%%/proxy_temp;
+
+    upstream memd {
+        server 127.0.0.1:8081;
+        keepalive;
+    }
+
+    server {
+        listen       localhost:8080;
+        server_name  localhost;
+
+        location / {
+            set $memcached_key $uri;
+            memcached_pass memd;
+        }
+
+        location /next {
+            set $memcached_key $uri;
+            memcached_next_upstream  not_found;
+            memcached_pass memd;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+EOF
+
+$t->run_daemon('memcached', '-l', '127.0.0.1', '-p', '8081');
+$t->run();
+
+###############################################################################
+
+my $memd = Cache::Memcached->new(servers => [ '127.0.0.1:8081' ]);
+$memd->set('/', 'SEE-THIS');
+
+my $total = $memd->stats()->{total}->{total_connections};
+
+like(http_get('/'), qr/SEE-THIS/, 'keepalive memcached request');
+like(http_get('/notfound'), qr/404/, 'keepalive memcached not found');
+like(http_get('/next'), qr/404/,
+	'keepalive not found with memcached_next_upstream');
+like(http_get('/'), qr/SEE-THIS/, 'keepalive memcached request again');
+like(http_get('/'), qr/SEE-THIS/, 'keepalive memcached request again');
+like(http_get('/'), qr/SEE-THIS/, 'keepalive memcached request again');
+
+is($memd->stats()->{total}->{total_connections}, $total + 1, 'keepalive used');
+
+###############################################################################