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+import Std.Internal.Async.Timer
+
+/-
+these tests are just some preliminary ones as `async_sleep.lean` already contains extensive tests
+for the entire timer state machine and `Async.Timer` is merely a light wrapper around it.
+-/
+
+open Std.Internal.IO.Async
+
+def BASE_DURATION : Std.Time.Millisecond.Offset := 10
+
+namespace SleepTest
+
+def oneSleep : IO Unit := do
+  let task ← go
+  assert! (← task.block) == 37
+where
+  go : IO (AsyncTask Nat) := do
+    let sleep ← Sleep.mk BASE_DURATION
+    (← sleep.wait).mapIO fun _ =>
+      return 37
+
+def doubleSleep : IO Unit := do
+  let task ← go
+  assert! (← task.block) == 37
+where
+  go : IO (AsyncTask Nat) := do
+    let sleep ← Sleep.mk BASE_DURATION
+    (← sleep.wait).bindIO fun _ => do
+    (← sleep.wait).mapIO fun _ =>
+      return 37
+
+def resetSleep : IO Unit := do
+  let task ← go
+  assert! (← task.block) == 37
+where
+  go : IO (AsyncTask Nat) := do
+    let sleep ← Sleep.mk BASE_DURATION
+    let waiter ← sleep.wait
+    sleep.reset
+    waiter.mapIO fun _ =>
+      return 37
+
+def simpleSleep : IO Unit := do
+  let task ← go
+  assert! (← task.block) == 37
+where
+  go : IO (AsyncTask Nat) := do
+    (← sleep BASE_DURATION).mapIO fun _ =>
+      return 37
+
+#eval oneSleep
+#eval doubleSleep
+#eval resetSleep
+#eval simpleSleep
+
+end SleepTest
+
+namespace IntervalTest
+
+def oneSleep : IO Unit := do
+  let task ← go
+  assert! (← task.block) == 37
+where
+  go : IO (AsyncTask Nat) := do
+    let interval ← Interval.mk BASE_DURATION
+    (← interval.tick).mapIO fun _ => do
+      interval.stop
+      return 37
+
+def doubleSleep : IO Unit := do
+  let task ← go
+  assert! (← task.block) == 37
+where
+  go : IO (AsyncTask Nat) := do
+    let interval ← Interval.mk BASE_DURATION
+    (← interval.tick).bindIO fun _ => do
+    (← interval.tick).mapIO fun _ => do
+      interval.stop
+      return 37
+
+def resetSleep : IO Unit := do
+  let task ← go
+  assert! (← task.block) == 37
+where
+  go : IO (AsyncTask Nat) := do
+    let interval ← Interval.mk BASE_DURATION
+    (← interval.tick).bindIO fun _ => do
+      let waiter ← interval.tick
+      interval.reset
+      waiter.mapIO fun _ => do
+        interval.stop
+        return 37
+
+#eval oneSleep
+#eval doubleSleep
+#eval resetSleep
+
+end IntervalTest