diff --git a/test/http/http_response_test.cpp b/test/http/http_response_test.cpp
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+#include "boost/beast/core/flat_buffer.hpp"
+#include "boost/beast/http/serializer.hpp"
+#include "http/http_response.hpp"
+
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <thread>
+
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+namespace
+{
+void addHeaders(crow::Response& res)
+{
+    res.addHeader("myheader", "myvalue");
+    res.keepAlive(true);
+    res.result(boost::beast::http::status::ok);
+}
+void verifyHeaders(crow::Response& res)
+{
+    EXPECT_EQ(res.getHeaderValue("myheader"), "myvalue");
+    EXPECT_EQ(res.keepAlive(), true);
+    EXPECT_EQ(res.result(), boost::beast::http::status::ok);
+}
+
+std::string makeFile()
+{
+    std::filesystem::path path = std::filesystem::temp_directory_path();
+    path /= "bmcweb_http_response_test_XXXXXXXXXXX";
+    std::string stringPath = path.string();
+    int fd = mkstemp(stringPath.data());
+    EXPECT_GT(fd, 0);
+    std::string_view sample = "sample text";
+    EXPECT_EQ(write(fd, sample.data(), sample.size()), sample.size());
+    return stringPath;
+}
+TEST(HttpResponse, Defaults)
+{
+    crow::Response res;
+    EXPECT_EQ(
+        boost::variant2::holds_alternative<crow::Response::string_response>(
+            res.response),
+        true);
+}
+TEST(HttpResponse, Headers)
+{
+    crow::Response res;
+    addHeaders(res);
+    verifyHeaders(res);
+}
+TEST(HttpResponse, StringBody)
+{
+    crow::Response res;
+    addHeaders(res);
+    std::string_view bodyvalue = "this is my new body";
+    res.write({bodyvalue.data(), bodyvalue.length()});
+    EXPECT_EQ(*res.body(), bodyvalue);
+    verifyHeaders(res);
+}
+TEST(HttpResponse, FileBody)
+{
+    crow::Response res;
+    addHeaders(res);
+    std::string path = makeFile();
+    res.openFile(path);
+
+    verifyHeaders(res);
+    std::filesystem::remove(path);
+}
+TEST(HttpResponse, BodyTransitions)
+{
+    crow::Response res;
+    addHeaders(res);
+    std::string path = makeFile();
+    res.openFile(path);
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(boost::variant2::holds_alternative<crow::Response::file_response>(
+                  res.response),
+              true);
+
+    verifyHeaders(res);
+    res.write("body text");
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(
+        boost::variant2::holds_alternative<crow::Response::string_response>(
+            res.response),
+        true);
+
+    verifyHeaders(res);
+    std::filesystem::remove(path);
+}
+} // namespace