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+# Test that plugins with their own new method don't break applications.
+
+# 5.70 creates all of the request/response structure itself in prepare,
+# and as the new method in our plugin just blesses our args, that works nicely.
+
+# In 5.80, we rely on the new method to appropriately initialise data
+# structures, and therefore we need to inline a new method on MyApp to ensure
+# that plugins don't get it wrong for us.
+
+# Also tests method modifiers and etc in MyApp.pm still work as expected.
+
+use FindBin;
+use lib "$FindBin::Bin/lib";use Test::More tests => 3;
+
+use Catalyst::Test qw/TestAppPluginWithNewMethod/; # 1 test for adding a modifer not throwing.
+ok request('/foo')->is_success;
+is $TestAppPluginWithNewMethod::MODIFIER_FIRED, 1, 'Before modifier was fired correctly.';