diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/http/AbstractInterceptorTest.java b/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/http/AbstractInterceptorTest.java
index f85ded10834..158d64eeea3 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/http/AbstractInterceptorTest.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/http/AbstractInterceptorTest.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -170,6 +172,28 @@ public CompletableFuture<Boolean> afterFailure(BasicBuilder builder, HttpRespons
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  @DisplayName("afterFailure (HTTP), invoked when remote server offline")
+  public void afterHttpFailureRemoteOffline() {
+    // Given
+    server.shutdown();
+    final HttpClient.Builder builder = getHttpClientFactory().newBuilder()
+        .connectTimeout(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+        .addOrReplaceInterceptor("test", new Interceptor() {
+          @Override
+          public CompletableFuture<Boolean> afterFailure(BasicBuilder builder, HttpResponse<?> response, RequestTags tags) {
+            return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(false);
+          }
+        });
+    // When
+    try (HttpClient client = builder.build()) {
+      final CompletableFuture<HttpResponse<String>> response = client.sendAsync(client.newHttpRequestBuilder().uri(server.url("/not-found")).build(), String.class);
+
+      // Then
+      assertThat(response).succeedsWithin(Duration.of(10, ChronoUnit.SECONDS));
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   @DisplayName("afterFailure (HTTP), replaces the HttpResponse produced by HttpClient.consumeBytes")
   public void afterHttpFailureReplacesResponseInConsumeBytes() throws Exception {