diff --git a/marklogic-client-api-functionaltests/src/test/java/com/marklogic/client/fastfunctest/datamovement/SetMaxBatchesTest.java b/marklogic-client-api-functionaltests/src/test/java/com/marklogic/client/fastfunctest/datamovement/SetMaxBatchesTest.java
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+package com.marklogic.client.fastfunctest.datamovement;
+
+import com.marklogic.client.datamovement.DataMovementManager;
+import com.marklogic.client.datamovement.QueryBatcher;
+import com.marklogic.client.fastfunctest.AbstractFunctionalTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+@Disabled("Getting this test in place to verify that setMaxBatches does not appear to work yet.")
+public class SetMaxBatchesTest extends AbstractFunctionalTest {
+
+	@Test
+	void test() {
+		writeJsonDocs(50, "max-batches-test");
+
+		DataMovementManager dmm = client.newDataMovementManager();
+		AtomicInteger uriCount = new AtomicInteger();
+		QueryBatcher queryBatcher = dmm
+			.newQueryBatcher(client.newQueryManager().newStructuredQueryBuilder().collection("max-batches-test"))
+			.withThreadCount(1)
+			.withBatchSize(10)
+			.onUrisReady(batch -> uriCount.addAndGet(batch.getItems().length));
+		queryBatcher.setMaxBatches(2);
+		dmm.startJob(queryBatcher);
+		queryBatcher.awaitCompletion();
+		dmm.stopJob(queryBatcher);
+
+		assertEquals(20, uriCount.get(), "Because the batch size is 10 and we asked for 2 batches back, we only " +
+			"expect 20 URIs back. But through 6.2.2 (and probably going back much further), all URIs are returned. " +
+			"Modifying the thread count and batch size do not appear to affect this at all.");
+	}
+}