diff --git a/kong/api/init.lua b/kong/api/init.lua
index 4b68d3558039e..b6606e4181a1a 100644
--- a/kong/api/init.lua
+++ b/kong/api/init.lua
@@ -128,3 +128,5 @@ do
 end
 
 return app
+
+-- run tests
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kong/plugins/sample-changer/handler.lua b/kong/plugins/sample-changer/handler.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..371c9707f4e84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kong/plugins/sample-changer/handler.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+local kong_meta = require "kong.meta"
+
+
+
+local SampleChangerHandler = {
+  VERSION = kong_meta.version,
+  PRIORITY = 9000,
+}
+function SampleChangerHandler:access(conf)
+  if math.random() < 0.5 then
+    ngx.ctx.KONG_SPANS = { nil };
+    ngx.ctx.KONG_SPANS[0] = 1;
+    -- kong.tracing = kong.tracing("off", { noop = true });
+
+  else
+    ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "THIS WAS REPORTED")
+  end
+end
+
+return SampleChangerHandler
diff --git a/kong/plugins/sample-changer/schema.lua b/kong/plugins/sample-changer/schema.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..eed9df95f74ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kong/plugins/sample-changer/schema.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+local typedefs = require "kong.db.schema.typedefs"
+
+return {
+  name = "sample-changer",
+  fields = {
+    { protocols = typedefs.protocols_http }, -- TODO: support stream mode
+    { config = {
+      type = "record",
+      fields = {
+        { foo = {
+            description = "The foo               ss.",
+            type = "integer"
+        } },
+    } },
+  }, },
+}