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+RealTimeClient = require "./helpers/RealTimeClient"
+FixturesManager = require "./helpers/FixturesManager"
+
+expect = require("chai").expect
+
+async = require "async"
+request = require "request"
+
+Settings = require "settings-sharelatex"
+
+drain = (rate, callback) ->
+	request.post {
+		url: "http://localhost:3026/drain?rate=#{rate}"
+		auth: {
+			user: Settings.internal.realTime.user,
+			pass: Settings.internal.realTime.pass
+		}
+	}, (error, response, data) ->
+		callback error, data
+	return null
+
+describe "DrainManagerTests", ->
+	before (done) ->
+		FixturesManager.setUpProject {
+			privilegeLevel: "owner"
+			project: {
+				name: "Test Project"
+			}
+		}, (e, {@project_id, @user_id}) => done()
+		return null
+
+	describe "with two clients in the project", ->
+		beforeEach (done) ->
+			async.series [
+				(cb) =>
+					@clientA = RealTimeClient.connect()
+					@clientA.on "connectionAccepted", cb
+
+				(cb) =>
+					@clientB = RealTimeClient.connect()
+					@clientB.on "connectionAccepted", cb
+
+				(cb) =>
+					@clientA.emit "joinProject", project_id: @project_id, cb
+
+				(cb) =>
+					@clientB.emit "joinProject", project_id: @project_id, cb
+			], done
+
+		describe "starting to drain", () ->
+			# there is an internal delay of 1000ms, shift accordingly
+			@timeout(5000)
+			beforeEach (done) ->
+				async.parallel [
+					(cb) =>
+						@clientA.on "reconnectGracefully", cb
+					(cb) =>
+						@clientB.on "reconnectGracefully", cb
+
+					(cb) -> drain(2, cb)
+				], done
+
+			afterEach (done) ->
+				# reset drain
+				drain(0, done)
+
+			it "should not timeout", ->
+				expect(true).to.equal(true)
+
+			it "should not have disconnected", ->
+				expect(@clientA.socket.connected).to.equal true
+				expect(@clientB.socket.connected).to.equal true