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+'use strict'
+
+const { tspl } = require('@matteo.collina/tspl')
+const { test, after } = require('node:test')
+const { Pool, Client } = require('..')
+const { createServer } = require('node:http')
+
+// Client passes okay
+test('client respects keep-alive', async (t) => {
+  t = tspl(t, { plan: 1 })
+  const server = createServer({ joinDuplicateHeaders: true, keepAlive: true }, (req, res) => {
+    // Server always responds with a 20s keep-alive header
+    res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain', Connection: 'keep-alive', 'Keep-Alive': 'timeout=20' })
+    res.end('foo')
+  })
+
+  let connections = 0
+  server.on('connection', () => {
+    connections++
+  })
+  after(() => server.close())
+  const expectedConnections = 1
+  const keepAliveTimeout = 20 * 1000 // 20 seconds
+  server.listen(0, () => {
+    const client = new Client(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}`, { keepAliveTimeout, keepAliveMaxTimeout: keepAliveTimeout * 2 })
+    after(() => client.close())
+
+    client.request({ path: '/', method: 'GET' }, (err, res) => {
+      if (err) {
+        t.fail(err)
+        return
+      }
+      res.body.on('end', () => {
+        client.request({ path: '/', method: 'GET' }, (err, res) => {
+          if (err) {
+            t.fail(err)
+            return
+          }
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            res.body.on('end', () => {
+              t.strictEqual(connections, expectedConnections, 'Client connections should have been reused')
+            }).resume()
+          }, keepAliveTimeout / 2)
+        })
+      }).resume()
+    })
+  })
+  await t.completed
+})
+
+test.only('Pool respects keep-alive', async t => {
+  t = tspl(t, { plan: 1 })
+
+  const server = createServer({ joinDuplicateHeaders: true, keepAlive: true }, (req, res) => {
+    res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain', Connection: 'keep-alive', 'Keep-Alive': 'timeout=2' })
+    res.end('foo')
+  })
+  let connections = 0
+  server.on('connection', () => {
+    connections++
+  })
+  after(() => server.close())
+  const expectedConnections = 1
+  const keepAliveTimeout = 2 * 1000 // 2 seconds
+  server.listen(0, () => {
+    const pool = new Pool(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}`, { connections: expectedConnections, keepAliveTimeout, keepAliveMaxTimeout: keepAliveTimeout * 2 })
+    pool.on('connectionError', (err) => {
+      console.error('Connection error')
+      console.error(err)
+    })
+    after(() => pool.close())
+    pool.request({ path: '/', method: 'GET' }, (err, res) => {
+      if (err) {
+        t.fail(err)
+        return
+      }
+      res.body.on('end', () => {
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          pool.request({ path: '/', method: 'GET' }, (err, res) => {
+            if (err) {
+              t.fail(err)
+              return
+            }
+            res.body.on('end', () => {
+              t.strictEqual(connections, expectedConnections, 'Pool connections should have been reused between batches')
+            }).resume()
+          })
+        }, keepAliveTimeout / 2)
+      }).resume()
+    })
+  })
+  await t.completed
+})
+
+// Pool fails
+test('pool respects keep-alive batched requests', async t => {
+  t = tspl(t, { plan: 1 })
+
+  const server = createServer({ joinDuplicateHeaders: true, keepAlive: true }, (req, res) => {
+    // Server always responds with a 20s keep-alive header
+    res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain', Connection: 'keep-alive', 'Keep-Alive': 'timeout=20' })
+    res.end('foo')
+  })
+  let connections = 0
+  server.on('connection', () => {
+    connections++
+  })
+  after(() => server.close())
+  // Can also use `10`
+  const expectedConnections = 1
+  const keepAliveTimeout = 20 * 1000 // 20 seconds
+  server.listen(0, () => {
+    // Pool is set to keep connections alive for 20 seconds too
+    const pool = new Pool(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}`, { connections: expectedConnections, keepAliveTimeout, keepAliveMaxTimeout: keepAliveTimeout * 2 })
+    pool.on('connectionError', (err) => {
+      console.error('Connection error')
+      console.error(err)
+    })
+    after(() => pool.close())
+
+    // Can also use `20`
+    const batchSize = 2
+    let batch1Completed = 0
+    for (let i = 0; i < batchSize; i++) {
+      pool.request({ path: '/', method: 'GET' }, (err, res) => {
+        if (err) {
+          t.fail(err)
+          return
+        }
+        res.body.on('end', () => {
+          batch1Completed++
+          if (batch1Completed === batchSize) {
+            // Once the first batch is done, wait half of the keep-alive timeout
+            setTimeout(() => {
+              // And execute another batch of requests
+              let batch2Completed = 0
+              for (let j = 0; j < batchSize; j++) {
+                pool.request({ path: '/', method: 'GET' }, (err, res) => {
+                  if (err) {
+                    t.fail(err)
+                    return
+                  }
+                  res.body.on('end', () => {
+                    batch2Completed++
+                    if (batch2Completed === batchSize) {
+                      t.strictEqual(connections, expectedConnections, 'Pool connections should have been reused between batches')
+                    }
+                  }).resume()
+                })
+              }
+            }, keepAliveTimeout / 2)
+          }
+        }).resume()
+      })
+    }
+  })
+
+  await t.completed
+})