diff --git a/t/Controller/Build/cancel.t b/t/Controller/Build/cancel.t
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+use feature 'unicode_strings';
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Setup;
+use JSON qw(decode_json encode_json);
+
+my %ctx = test_init();
+
+require Hydra::Schema;
+require Hydra::Model::DB;
+require Hydra::Helper::Nix;
+
+use Test2::V0;
+require Catalyst::Test;
+Catalyst::Test->import('Hydra');
+use HTTP::Request::Common qw(POST PUT GET DELETE);
+
+# This test verifies that creating, reading, updating, and deleting a jobset via
+# the HTTP API works as expected.
+
+my $db = Hydra::Model::DB->new;
+hydra_setup($db);
+
+# Create a user to log in to
+my $user = $db->resultset('Users')->create({ username => 'alice', emailaddress => 'root@invalid.org', password => '!' });
+$user->setPassword('foobar');
+$user->userroles->update_or_create({ role => 'admin' });
+
+my $project = $db->resultset('Projects')->create({name => 'tests', displayname => 'Tests', owner => 'alice'});
+
+my $jobset = createBaseJobset("basic", "basic.nix", $ctx{jobsdir});
+
+ok(evalSucceeds($jobset),               "Evaluating jobs/basic.nix should exit with return code 0");
+is(nrQueuedBuildsForJobset($jobset), 3, "Evaluating jobs/basic.nix should result in 3 builds");
+
+my ($build, @builds) = queuedBuildsForJobset($jobset);
+is($build->finished, 0, "Unbuilt build should not be finished.");
+is($build->buildstatus, undef, "Unbuilt build should be undefined.");
+
+
+# Login and save cookie for future requests
+my $req = request(POST '/login',
+    Referer => 'http://localhost/',
+    Content => {
+        username => 'alice',
+        password => 'foobar'
+    }
+);
+is($req->code, 302, "Logging in gets a 302");
+my $cookie = $req->header("set-cookie");
+
+
+subtest 'Cancel the build' => sub {
+    my $restart = request(PUT '/build/' . $build->id . '/cancel',
+        Accept => 'application/json',
+        Content_Type => 'application/json',
+        Cookie => $cookie,
+    );
+    is($restart->code, 302, "Restarting 302's back to the build");
+    is($restart->header("location"), "http://localhost/build/" . $build->id);
+
+    my $newbuild = $db->resultset('Builds')->find($build->id);
+    is($newbuild->finished, 1, "Build 'fails' from jobs/basic.nix should be 'finished'.");
+    is($newbuild->buildstatus, 4, "Build 'fails' from jobs/basic.nix should be canceled.");
+};
+
+done_testing;