test_debug 'cat gitweb.output'
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# load checking
+
+# always hit the load limit
+cat >>gitweb_config.perl <<\EOF
+our $maxload = -1;
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'load checking: load too high (default action)' '
+ gitweb_run "p=.git" &&
+ grep "Status: 503 Service Unavailable" gitweb.headers &&
+ grep "503 - The load average on the server is too high" gitweb.body
+'
+test_debug 'cat gitweb.log' # just in case
+test_debug 'cat gitweb.headers'
+
+# turn off load checking
+cat >>gitweb_config.perl <<\EOF
+our $maxload = undef;
+EOF
+
+
test_done