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+# This is a simple smoke test runner to validate the .NET isolated smoke tests.
+# It supercedes the usual e2e-tests.ps1 script for the .NET isolated scenario because building the tests on the docker image
+# is unreliable. For more details, see: https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-host/issues/7995
+param(
+	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+	[string]$HttpStartPath
+)
+
+try {
+	# Make sure the Functions runtime is up and running
+	$pingUrl = "http://localhost:8080/admin/host/ping"
+	Write-Host "Pinging app at $pingUrl to ensure the host is healthy" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+	Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri "http://localhost:8080/admin/host/ping"
+	Write-Host "Host is healthy!" -ForegroundColor Green
+	Exit-OnError
+
+	if ($NoValidation -eq $false) {
+		# Note that any HTTP protocol errors (e.g. HTTP 4xx or 5xx) will cause an immediate failure
+		$startOrchestrationUri = "http://localhost:8080/$HttpStartPath"
+		Write-Host "Starting a new orchestration instance via POST to $startOrchestrationUri..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
+
+		$result = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri $startOrchestrationUri
+		Write-Host "Started orchestration with instance ID '$($result.id)'!" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+		Write-Host "Waiting for orchestration to complete..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
+
+		$retryCount = 0
+		$success = $false
+		$statusUrl = $result.statusQueryGetUri
+
+		while ($retryCount -lt 15) {
+			$result = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri $statusUrl
+			$runtimeStatus = $result.runtimeStatus
+			Write-Host "Orchestration is $runtimeStatus" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+
+			if ($result.runtimeStatus -eq "Completed") {
+				$success = $true
+				Write-Host $result
+				break
+			}
+
+			Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
+			$retryCount = $retryCount + 1
+		}
+	}
+
+	if ($success -eq $false) {
+		throw "Orchestration didn't complete in time! :("
+	}
+} catch {
+	Write-Host "An error occurred:" -ForegroundColor Red
+	Write-Host $_ -ForegroundColor Red
+
+	# Rethrow the original exception
+	throw
+}
+
+Write-Host "Success!" -ForegroundColor Green
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