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+"""
+Broadcast channels for fan-out to local tasks.
+"""
+from functools import partial
+from itertools import cycle
+import time
+
+import trio
+from trio.lowlevel import current_task
+import tractor
+from tractor._broadcast import broadcast_receiver, Lagged
+
+
+@tractor.context
+async def echo_sequences(
+    ctx:  tractor.Context,
+) -> None:
+    '''Bidir streaming endpoint which will stream
+    back any sequence it is sent item-wise.
+
+    '''
+    await ctx.started()
+
+    async with ctx.open_stream() as stream:
+        async for sequence in stream:
+            seq = list(sequence)
+            for value in seq:
+                print(f'sending {value}')
+                await stream.send(value)
+
+
+async def ensure_sequence(
+    stream: tractor.ReceiveMsgStream,
+    sequence: list,
+) -> None:
+
+    name = current_task().name
+    async with stream.subscribe() as bcaster:
+        assert not isinstance(bcaster, type(stream))
+        async for value in bcaster:
+            print(f'{name} rx: {value}')
+            assert value == sequence[0]
+            sequence.remove(value)
+
+            if not sequence:
+                # fully consumed
+                break
+
+
+def test_stream_fan_out_to_local_subscriptions(
+    arb_addr,
+    start_method,
+):
+
+    sequence = list(range(1000))
+
+    async def main():
+
+        async with tractor.open_nursery(
+            arbiter_addr=arb_addr,
+            start_method=start_method,
+        ) as tn:
+
+            portal = await tn.start_actor(
+                'sequence_echoer',
+                enable_modules=[__name__],
+            )
+
+            async with portal.open_context(
+                echo_sequences,
+            ) as (ctx, first):
+
+                assert first is None
+                async with ctx.open_stream() as stream:
+
+                    async with trio.open_nursery() as n:
+                        for i in range(10):
+                            n.start_soon(
+                                ensure_sequence,
+                                stream,
+                                sequence.copy(),
+                                name=f'consumer_{i}',
+                            )
+
+                        await stream.send(tuple(sequence))
+
+                        async for value in stream:
+                            print(f'source stream rx: {value}')
+                            assert value == sequence[0]
+                            sequence.remove(value)
+
+                            if not sequence:
+                                # fully consumed
+                                break
+
+            await portal.cancel_actor()
+
+    trio.run(main)
+
+
+def test_ensure_slow_consumers_lag_out(
+    arb_addr,
+    start_method,
+):
+    '''This is a pure local task test; no tractor
+    machinery is really required.
+
+    '''
+    async def main():
+
+        async with tractor.open_root_actor(
+            debug_mode=True,
+        ):
+
+            num_laggers = 4
+            laggers: dict[str, int] = {}
+            retries = 3
+            size = 100
+            tx, rx = trio.open_memory_channel(size)
+            brx = broadcast_receiver(rx, size)
+
+            async def sub_and_print(
+                delay: float,
+            ) -> None:
+
+                task = current_task()
+                start = time.time()
+
+                async with brx.subscribe() as lbrx:
+                    while True:
+                        #     await tractor.breakpoint()
+                        print(f'{task.name}: starting consume loop')
+                        try:
+                            async for value in lbrx:
+                                print(f'{task.name}: {value}')
+                                await trio.sleep(delay)
+
+                            if task.name == 'sub_1':
+                                # the non-lagger got
+                                # a ``trio.EndOfChannel``
+                                # because the ``tx`` below was closed
+                                assert len(lbrx._state.subs) == 1
+
+                                await lbrx.aclose()
+
+                                assert len(lbrx._state.subs) == 0
+
+                        except trio.ClosedResourceError:
+                            # only the fast sub will try to re-enter
+                            # iteration on the now closed bcaster
+                            assert task.name == 'sub_1'
+                            return
+
+                        except Lagged:
+                            lag_time = time.time() - start
+                            lags = laggers[task.name]
+                            print(
+                                f'restarting slow ass {task.name} '
+                                f'that bailed out on {lags}:{value} '
+                                f'after {lag_time:.3f}')
+                            if lags <= retries:
+                                laggers[task.name] += 1
+                                continue
+                            else:
+                                print(
+                                    f'{task.name} was too slow and terminated '
+                                    f'on {lags}:{value}')
+                                return
+
+            async with trio.open_nursery() as nursery:
+
+                for i in range(1, num_laggers):
+
+                    task_name = f'sub_{i}'
+                    laggers[task_name] = 0
+                    nursery.start_soon(
+                        partial(
+                            sub_and_print,
+                            delay=i*0.001,
+                        ),
+                        name=task_name,
+                    )
+
+                # allow subs to sched
+                await trio.sleep(0.1)
+
+                async with tx:
+                    for i in cycle(range(size)):
+                        await tx.send(i)
+                        if len(brx._state.subs) == 2:
+                            # only one, the non lagger, sub is left
+                            break
+
+                # the non-lagger
+                assert laggers.pop('sub_1') == 0
+
+                for n, v in laggers.items():
+                    assert v == 4
+
+                assert tx._closed
+                assert not tx._state.open_send_channels
+
+                # check that "first" bcaster that we created
+                # above, never wass iterated and is thus overrun
+                try:
+                    await brx.receive()
+                except Lagged:
+                    # expect tokio style index truncation
+                    assert brx._state.subs[brx.key] == len(brx._state.queue) - 1
+
+                # all backpressured entries in the underlying
+                # channel should have been copied into the caster
+                # queue trailing-window
+                async for i in rx:
+                    print(f'bped: {i}')
+                    assert i in brx._state.queue
+
+                # should be noop
+                await brx.aclose()
+
+    trio.run(main)