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+// Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+// copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+// "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+// without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+// distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
+// persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
+// following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+// MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN
+// NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
+// DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
+// OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
+// USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+// verify that connect reqs are properly cleaned up
+
+var common = require('../common');
+var assert = require('assert');
+var net = require('net');
+
+var ROUNDS = 1024;
+var rounds = 0;
+var reqs = 0;
+
+pummel();
+
+function pummel() {
+  net.createConnection(common.PORT).on('error', function(err) {
+    assert.equal(err.code, 'ECONNREFUSED');
+    if (++rounds < ROUNDS) return pummel();
+    check();
+  });
+  reqs++;
+}
+
+function check() {
+  process.nextTick(function() {
+    process.nextTick(function() {
+      assert.equal(process._getActiveRequests().length, 0);
+      assert.equal(process._getActiveHandles().length, 0);
+      check_called = true;
+    });
+  });
+}
+var check_called = false;
+
+process.on('exit', function() {
+  assert.equal(rounds, ROUNDS);
+  assert.equal(reqs, ROUNDS);
+  assert(check_called);
+});