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+'use strict';
+
+// Make sure http.request() can catch immediate errors in
+// net.createConnection().
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const http = require('http');
+const req = http.get({ host: '127.0.0.1', port: 1 });
+req.on('error', common.mustCall((err) => {
+  assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ECONNREFUSED');
+}));