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+#!/bin/sh
+
+[ "$1" = python3-uvicorn ] || exit 0
+
+python3 - << 'EOF'
+
+import uvicorn
+
+# Config.load() imports and wires the HTTP/WS protocol backends (h11, etc.)
+# for a trivial ASGI app - a real functional check that never binds a port.
+async def app(scope, receive, send):
+    pass
+
+cfg = uvicorn.Config(app, host="127.0.0.1", port=8000, log_level="warning", loop="asyncio")
+cfg.load()
+assert cfg.loaded is True
+assert uvicorn.Server(cfg).config is cfg
+
+EOF