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+from random import choice
+
+from sanic import Sanic
+from sanic.response import HTTPResponse
+from sanic.utils import sanic_endpoint_test
+
+
+def test_response_body_not_a_string():
+    """Test when a response body sent from the application is not a string"""
+    app = Sanic('response_body_not_a_string')
+    random_num = choice(range(1000))
+
+    @app.route('/hello')
+    async def hello_route(request):
+        return HTTPResponse(body=random_num)
+
+    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, uri='/hello')
+    assert response.text == str(random_num)