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+var net = require('net');
+describe('loopback application', function() {
+  it('pauses request stream during authentication', function(done) {
+    // This test reproduces the issue reported in
+    //   https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-storage-service/issues/7
+    var app = loopback();
+    setupAppWithStreamingMethod();
+
+    app.listen(0, function() {
+      sendHttpRequestInOnePacket(
+        this.address().port,
+        'POST /streamers/read HTTP/1.0\n' +
+          'Content-Length: 1\n' +
+          'Content-Type: application/x-custom-octet-stream\n' +
+          '\n' +
+          'X',
+        function(err, res) {
+          if (err) return done(err);
+          expect(res).to.match(/\nX$/);
+          done();
+        });
+    });
+
+    function setupAppWithStreamingMethod() {
+      app.dataSource('db', {
+        connector: loopback.Memory,
+        defaultForType: 'db'
+      });
+      var db = app.datasources.db;
+
+      loopback.User.attachTo(db);
+      loopback.AccessToken.attachTo(db);
+      loopback.Role.attachTo(db);
+      loopback.ACL.attachTo(db);
+      loopback.User.hasMany(loopback.AccessToken, { as: 'accessTokens' });
+
+      var Streamer = app.model('Streamer', { dataSource: 'db' });
+      Streamer.read = function(req, res, cb) {
+        var body = new Buffer(0);
+        req.on('data', function(chunk) {
+          body += chunk;
+        });
+        req.on('end', function() {
+          res.end(body.toString());
+          // we must not call the callback here
+          // because it will attempt to add response headers
+        });
+        req.once('error', function(err) {
+          cb(err);
+        });
+      };
+      loopback.remoteMethod(Streamer.read, {
+        http: { method: 'post' },
+        accepts: [
+          { arg: 'req', type: 'Object', http: { source: 'req' } },
+          { arg: 'res', type: 'Object', http: { source: 'res' } }
+        ]
+      });
+
+      app.enableAuth();
+      app.use(loopback.token({ model: app.models.accessToken }));
+      app.use(loopback.rest());
+    }
+
+    function sendHttpRequestInOnePacket(port, reqString, cb) {
+      var socket = net.createConnection(port);
+      var response = new Buffer(0);
+
+      socket.on('data', function(chunk) {
+        response += chunk;
+      });
+      socket.on('end', function() {
+        callCb(null, response.toString());
+      });
+      socket.once('error', function(err) {
+        callCb(err);
+      });
+
+      socket.write(reqString.replace(/\n/g, '\r\n'));
+
+      function callCb(err, res) {
+        if (!cb) return;
+        cb(err, res);
+        cb = null;
+      }
+    }
+  });
+});