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+// Flags: --expose-internals
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+const { outHeadersKey } = require('internal/http');
+const { OutgoingMessage } = require('http');
+
+{
+  // tests for _headers get method
+  const outgoingMessage = new OutgoingMessage();
+  outgoingMessage.getHeaders = common.mustCall();
+  outgoingMessage._headers;
+}
+
+{
+  // tests for _headers set method
+  const outgoingMessage = new OutgoingMessage();
+  outgoingMessage._headers = {
+    host: 'risingstack.com',
+    Origin: 'localhost'
+  };
+
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(outgoingMessage[outHeadersKey], {
+    host: ['host', 'risingstack.com'],
+    origin: ['Origin', 'localhost']
+  });
+}