diff --git a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HalfCloseRaceTest.java b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HalfCloseRaceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d3714b997d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HalfCloseRaceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+//
+//  ========================================================================
+//  Copyright (c) 1995-2013 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
+//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//  All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+//  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+//  and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
+//
+//      The Eclipse Public License is available at
+//      http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+//
+//      The Apache License v2.0 is available at
+//      http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
+//
+//  You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
+//  ========================================================================
+//
+
+package org.eclipse.jetty.server;
+  
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.Socket;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class HalfCloseRaceTest
+{
+    @Test
+    public void testHalfCloseRace() throws Exception
+    {
+        Server server = new Server();
+        ServerConnector connector = new ServerConnector(server);
+        connector.setPort(0);
+        connector.setIdleTimeout(500);
+        server.addConnector(connector);
+        TestHandler handler = new TestHandler();
+        server.setHandler(handler);
+
+        server.start();
+        
+        Socket client = new Socket("localhost",connector.getLocalPort());
+        
+        int in = client.getInputStream().read();
+        assertEquals(-1,in);
+        
+        client.getOutputStream().write("GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n".getBytes());
+        
+        Thread.sleep(200);
+        assertEquals(0,handler.getHandled());
+        
+    }
+
+    public static class TestHandler extends AbstractHandler
+    {
+        transient int handled;
+        
+        public TestHandler()
+        {
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void handle(String target, Request baseRequest, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException
+        {
+            baseRequest.setHandled(true);
+            handled++;
+            response.setContentType("text/html;charset=utf-8");
+            response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
+            response.getWriter().println("<h1>Test</h1>");
+        }
+        
+        public int getHandled()
+        {
+            return handled;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ssl/SslBytesServerTest.java b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ssl/SslBytesServerTest.java
index 6592a3aa68c..c1c01a60d3b 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ssl/SslBytesServerTest.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ssl/SslBytesServerTest.java
@@ -1634,9 +1634,6 @@ public class SslBytesServerTest extends SslBytesTest
         Assert.assertThat(sslFlushes.get(), Matchers.lessThan(20));
         Assert.assertThat(httpParses.get(), Matchers.lessThan(50));
 
-        //System.err.println(((Dumpable)server.getConnectors()[0]).dump());
-        Assert.assertThat(((Dumpable)server.getConnectors()[0]).dump(), Matchers.containsString("SCEP@"));
-
         completeClose(client);
 
         TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(200);