gistfile1.js

var http = require('http');
var assert = require('assert');

var http_server = http.createServer(function(request, response) {
  response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text-plain'});
  response.end('');
}).listen(8081, '127.0.0.1', done);

function done() {
  var client = http.createClient(8081, 'localhost', true);
  var request = client.request('GET', '/', {});

  request.end();

  client.on('end', function() {
    // This will fail and if the request.connection.destroy() isn't called manualy,
    // the socket will hang in the CLOSE_WAIT state
    assert.ok(request.socket._writeQueue.length == 0);
  });
}