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+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const { createServer } = require('http');
+const { connect } = require('net');
+
+// Make sure that calling the semi-private close() handlers manually doesn't
+// cause an error.
+
+const server = createServer(common.mustCall((req, res) => {
+  req.client._events.close.forEach((fn) => { fn.bind(req)(); });
+}));
+
+server.unref();
+
+server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
+  const client = connect(server.address().port);
+
+  const req = [
+    'POST / HTTP/1.1',
+    'Content-Length: 11',
+    '',
+    'hello world',
+  ].join('\r\n');
+
+  client.end(req);
+}));