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+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+common.skipIfInspectorDisabled();
+
+const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
+const { createServer } = require('http');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
+const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
+const entry = fixtures.path('empty.js');
+const { Worker } = require('worker_threads');
+
+function testOnServerListen(fn) {
+  const server = createServer((socket) => {
+    socket.end('echo');
+  });
+
+  server.on('listening', () => {
+    fn(server);
+    server.close();
+  });
+  server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1');
+}
+
+function testChildProcess(getArgs, exitCode, options) {
+  testOnServerListen((server) => {
+    const { port } = server.address();
+    const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, getArgs(port), options);
+    const stderr = child.stderr.toString().trim();
+    const stdout = child.stdout.toString().trim();
+    console.log('[STDERR]');
+    console.log(stderr);
+    console.log('[STDOUT]');
+    console.log(stdout);
+    const match = stderr.match(
+      /Starting inspector on 127\.0\.0\.1:(\d+) failed: address already in use/
+    );
+    assert.notStrictEqual(match, null);
+    assert.strictEqual(match[1], port + '');
+    assert.strictEqual(child.status, exitCode);
+  });
+}
+
+tmpdir.refresh();
+
+testChildProcess(
+  (port) => [`--inspect=${port}`, '--build-snapshot', entry], 0,
+  { cwd: tmpdir.path });
+
+testChildProcess(
+  (port) => [`--inspect=${port}`, entry], 0);
+
+testOnServerListen((server) => {
+  const { port } = server.address();
+  const worker = new Worker(entry, {
+    execArgv: [`--inspect=${port}`]
+  });
+
+  worker.on('error', common.mustNotCall());
+
+  worker.on('exit', common.mustCall((code) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(code, 0);
+  }));
+});