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+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+from oslo_concurrency import processutils
+
+from heat_integrationtests.functional import functional_base
+
+
+class PurgeTest(functional_base.FunctionalTestsBase):
+    template = '''
+heat_template_version: 2014-10-16
+parameters:
+resources:
+  test_resource:
+    type: OS::Heat::TestResource
+'''
+
+    def test_purge(self):
+        stack_identifier = self.stack_create(template=self.template)
+        self._stack_delete(stack_identifier)
+        stacks = dict((stack.id, stack) for stack in
+                      self.client.stacks.list(show_deleted=True))
+        self.assertIn(stack_identifier.split('/')[1], stacks)
+        cmd = "heat-manage purge_deleted 0"
+        processutils.execute(cmd, shell=True)
+        stacks = dict((stack.id, stack) for stack in
+                      self.client.stacks.list(show_deleted=True))
+        self.assertNotIn(stack_identifier.split('/')[1], stacks)
+
+        # Test with tags
+        stack_identifier = self.stack_create(template=self.template,
+                                             tags="foo,bar")
+        self._stack_delete(stack_identifier)
+        cmd = "heat-manage purge_deleted 0"
+        processutils.execute(cmd, shell=True)
+        stacks = dict((stack.id, stack) for stack in
+                      self.client.stacks.list(show_deleted=True))
+        self.assertNotIn(stack_identifier.split('/')[1], stacks)