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+package org.redisson.connection.balancer;
+
+import static com.jayway.awaitility.Awaitility.await;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.redisson.RedisRunner;
+import org.redisson.RedisRunner.RedisProcess;
+import org.redisson.Redisson;
+import org.redisson.api.RedissonClient;
+import org.redisson.config.Config;
+import org.redisson.config.ReadMode;
+
+public class WeightedRoundRobinBalancerTest {
+	
+    @Test
+	public void testUseMasterForReadsIfNoConnectionsToSlaves() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        RedisProcess master = null;
+        RedisProcess slave = null;
+        RedissonClient client = null;
+        try {
+        	master = redisTestInstance(6379);
+        	slave = redisTestInstance(6380);
+        	
+        	Map<String, Integer> weights = new HashMap<>();
+        	weights.put("127.0.0.1:6379", 1);
+        	weights.put("127.0.0.1:6380", 2);
+        	
+        	Config config = new Config();
+        	config.useMasterSlaveServers()
+	        	.setReadMode(ReadMode.SLAVE)
+	        	.setMasterAddress("127.0.0.1:6379")
+	        	.addSlaveAddress("127.0.0.1:6380")
+	        	.setLoadBalancer(new WeightedRoundRobinBalancer(weights, 1));
+        	
+			client = Redisson.create(config);
+        	
+			// To simulate network connection issues to slave, stop the slave
+			// after creating the client. Cannot create the client without the
+			// slave running. See https://github.com/mrniko/redisson/issues/580
+        	slave.stop();
+        	
+        	RedissonClient clientCopy = client;
+        	await().atMost(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS).until(() -> assertThat(clientCopy.getBucket("key").get()).isNull());
+		} finally {
+			if (master != null) {
+				master.stop();
+			}
+			if (slave != null) {
+				slave.stop();
+			}
+			if (client != null) {
+				client.shutdown();
+			}
+		}
+    }
+    
+	private RedisProcess redisTestInstance(int port) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        return new RedisRunner()
+                .nosave()
+                .randomDir()
+                .port(port)
+                .run();
+    }
+}