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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package e2e
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestRoute_with_priority(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []HttpTestCase{
+		{
+			caseDesc: "add another route with no priority (default 0)",
+			Object:   ManagerApiExpect(t),
+			Method:   http.MethodPut,
+			Path:     "/apisix/admin/routes/r1",
+			Body: `{
+					"uri": "/server_port",
+					"methods": ["GET"],
+					"upstream": {
+						"type": "roundrobin",
+						"nodes": [{
+							"host": "172.16.238.20",
+							"port": 1981,
+							"weight": 1
+						}]
+					}
+				}`,
+			Headers:      map[string]string{"Authorization": token},
+			ExpectStatus: http.StatusOK,
+		},
+		{
+			caseDesc:     "access the route",
+			Object:       APISIXExpect(t),
+			Method:       http.MethodGet,
+			Path:         "/server_port",
+			ExpectStatus: http.StatusOK,
+			ExpectBody:   "1981",
+			Sleep:        sleepTime,
+		},
+		{
+			caseDesc: "add another route with valid priority (1), upstream is different from the others",
+			Object:   ManagerApiExpect(t),
+			Method:   http.MethodPut,
+			Path:     "/apisix/admin/routes/r2",
+			Body: `{
+					"uri": "/server_port",
+					"methods": ["GET"],
+					"priority": 1,
+					"upstream": {
+						"type": "roundrobin",
+						"nodes": [{
+							"host": "172.16.238.20",
+							"port": 1982,
+							"weight": 1
+						}]
+					}
+				}`,
+			Headers:      map[string]string{"Authorization": token},
+			ExpectStatus: http.StatusOK,
+		},
+		{
+			caseDesc:     "access the route to determine whether it meets the priority (compair 1 and default)",
+			Object:       APISIXExpect(t),
+			Method:       http.MethodGet,
+			Path:         "/server_port",
+			ExpectStatus: http.StatusOK,
+			ExpectBody:   "1982",
+			Sleep:        sleepTime,
+		},
+		{
+			caseDesc:     "delete route (r1)",
+			Object:       ManagerApiExpect(t),
+			Method:       http.MethodDelete,
+			Path:         "/apisix/admin/routes/r1",
+			Headers:      map[string]string{"Authorization": token},
+			ExpectStatus: http.StatusOK,
+			Sleep:        sleepTime,
+		},
+		{
+			caseDesc:     "delete route (r2)",
+			Object:       ManagerApiExpect(t),
+			Method:       http.MethodDelete,
+			Path:         "/apisix/admin/routes/r2",
+			Headers:      map[string]string{"Authorization": token},
+			ExpectStatus: http.StatusOK,
+			Sleep:        sleepTime,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		testCaseCheck(tc)
+	}
+}