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+-- 09-hybrid_mode/11-status_ready.lua
+local helpers = require "spec.helpers"
+
+local cp_status_port = helpers.get_available_port()
+local dp_status_port = 8100
+
+for _, v in ipairs({ {"on", "on"}, }) do
+  local rpc, inc_sync = v[1], v[2]
+
+for _, strategy in helpers.each_strategy() do
+
+  describe("Hybrid Mode - status ready #" .. strategy .. " inc_sync=" .. inc_sync, function()
+
+    helpers.get_db_utils(strategy, {})
+
+    local function start_kong_dp()
+      return helpers.start_kong({
+        role = "data_plane",
+        database = "off",
+        prefix = "serve_dp",
+        cluster_cert = "spec/fixtures/kong_clustering.crt",
+        cluster_cert_key = "spec/fixtures/kong_clustering.key",
+        cluster_control_plane = "127.0.0.1:9005",
+        proxy_listen = "127.0.0.1:9002",
+        nginx_main_worker_processes = 8,
+        status_listen = "127.0.0.1:" .. dp_status_port,
+        cluster_rpc = rpc,
+        cluster_incremental_sync = inc_sync,
+        log_level = "info",
+      })
+    end
+
+    local function start_kong_cp()
+      return helpers.start_kong({
+        role = "control_plane",
+        cluster_cert = "spec/fixtures/kong_clustering.crt",
+        cluster_cert_key = "spec/fixtures/kong_clustering.key",
+        database = strategy,
+        prefix = "serve_cp",
+        cluster_listen = "127.0.0.1:9005",
+        nginx_conf = "spec/fixtures/custom_nginx.template",
+        status_listen = "127.0.0.1:" .. cp_status_port,
+        cluster_rpc = rpc,
+        cluster_incremental_sync = inc_sync,
+        log_level = "info",
+      })
+    end
+
+    describe("dp status ready when inc_sync == on", function()
+      lazy_setup(function()
+        assert(start_kong_cp())
+        assert(start_kong_dp())
+      end)
+
+      lazy_teardown(function()
+          assert(helpers.stop_kong("serve_cp"))
+          assert(helpers.stop_kong("serve_dp"))
+      end)
+
+      it("should return 200 on data plane after configuring #ttt", function()
+        -- insert one entity to make dp ready for incremental sync
+        if inc_sync == "on" then
+
+          print("+++++ post /services")
+          local admin_client = helpers.admin_client(10000)
+          local res = assert(admin_client:post("/services", {
+            body = { name = "service-001", url = "https://127.0.0.1:15556/request", },
+            headers = {["Content-Type"] = "application/json"}
+          }))
+          assert.res_status(201, res)
+
+          admin_client:close()
+
+          helpers.wait_until(function()
+            local http_client = helpers.http_client('127.0.0.1', dp_status_port)
+
+            local res = http_client:send({
+              method = "GET",
+              path = "/status/ready",
+            })
+
+            local status = res and res.status
+            http_client:close()
+
+            if status == 200 then
+              return true
+            end
+          end, 10)
+        end
+       end)
+      end)
+    end)
+end -- for _, strategy
+end -- for inc_sync