# Shell 1: reply OK first time, then show the other messages while true ; do nc -l -p 8889 -c 'echo -e "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\n\n $(date)" ' ; echo 'Replied OK to coordinator, now listening...' ; nc -kl 8889; done # Shell 2: create LRA with timelimit on join COORDINATOR_URL=http: //localhost:8080/lra-coordinator echo "Creating new LRA" LRA_URL=$(curl -X POST $COORDINATOR_URL/start | sed "s/\" //g") echo "Joining LRA" curl -X PUT $LRA_URL?TimeLimit=8000 -d http: //localhost:8889 # ... Wait 8 seconds for shell 1 to reply OK to timeout-compensate # On shell 2: curl $COORDINATOR_URL # This will show that the LRA is still active and all flags are false (compensated= false , compensating= false , ..) # We can even close it curl -X PUT $LRA_URL/close # On shell 1 you'll see a call to /complete (note that participant has already compensated)