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+'use strict';
+// Flags: --expose-internals
+
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+const outHeadersKey = require('internal/http').outHeadersKey;
+const http = require('http');
+const OutgoingMessage = http.OutgoingMessage;
+
+{
+  const outgoingMessage = new OutgoingMessage();
+  outgoingMessage._header = {};
+  assert.throws(
+    outgoingMessage._renderHeaders.bind(outgoingMessage),
+    /^Error: Can't render headers after they are sent to the client$/
+  );
+}
+
+{
+  const outgoingMessage = new OutgoingMessage();
+  outgoingMessage[outHeadersKey] = null;
+  const result = outgoingMessage._renderHeaders();
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(result, {});
+}
+
+
+{
+  const outgoingMessage = new OutgoingMessage();
+  outgoingMessage[outHeadersKey] = {};
+  const result = outgoingMessage._renderHeaders();
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(result, {});
+}
+
+{
+  const outgoingMessage = new OutgoingMessage();
+  outgoingMessage[outHeadersKey] = {
+    host: ['host', 'nodejs.org'],
+    origin: ['Origin', 'localhost']
+  };
+  const result = outgoingMessage._renderHeaders();
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(result, {
+    host: 'nodejs.org',
+    Origin: 'localhost'
+  });
+}