diff --git a/compiler/daemon/daemon-tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/BaseDaemonSessionTest.kt b/compiler/daemon/daemon-tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/BaseDaemonSessionTest.kt
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2023 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CompilerSystemProperties
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon.client.CompileServiceSession
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon.client.DaemonReportingTargets
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon.client.KotlinCompilerClient
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon.common.CompileService
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon.common.CompilerId
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon.common.DaemonJVMOptions
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon.common.DaemonOptions
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.integration.KotlinIntegrationTestBase
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.util.KtTestUtil
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.KotlinPaths
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir
+import java.io.File
+
+/**
+ * Use this class as the base for tests that lease daemon sessions.
+ *
+ * It provides you with the [leaseSession] method that leases a session and registers it, so at the end of the test's execution
+ * the daemon will be shut down.
+ *
+ * [LastSessionDaemonTest] is an example of such a test suit.
+ */
+abstract class BaseDaemonSessionTest {
+    @TempDir
+    lateinit var workingDirectory: File
+
+    private val compilerClassPath = KotlinIntegrationTestBase.getKotlinPaths().classPath(KotlinPaths.ClassPaths.Compiler)
+
+    private val compilerId by lazy(LazyThreadSafetyMode.NONE) { CompilerId.makeCompilerId(compilerClassPath) }
+
+    private val compileServices = mutableSetOf<CompileService>()
+
+    val outputDirectory
+        get() = workingDirectory.resolve("output")
+
+    open val defaultDaemonOptions
+        get() = DaemonOptions(
+            File(workingDirectory, "daemon-files").absolutePath,
+            shutdownDelayMilliseconds = 0,
+            autoshutdownUnusedSeconds = 1,
+            autoshutdownIdleSeconds = 1,
+        )
+
+    open val defaultDaemonJvmOptions
+        get() = DaemonJVMOptions(
+            maxMemory = "384m"
+        )
+
+    @AfterEach
+    fun stopDaemons() {
+        for (compileService in compileServices) {
+            runCatching { compileService.shutdown() }
+        }
+        Thread.sleep(500) // wait a bit so that all the daemons are shut down
+    }
+
+    fun getHelloAppBaseDir(): String = KtTestUtil.getTestDataPathBase() + "/integration/smoke/helloApp"
+
+    private fun DaemonJVMOptions.withLogFile(logFile: File) = copy(
+        jvmParams = (jvmParams + "D${CompilerSystemProperties.COMPILE_DAEMON_LOG_PATH_PROPERTY.property}=\"${logFile.loggerCompatiblePath}\"").toMutableList()
+    )
+
+    fun leaseSession(
+        clientMarkerFile: File = workingDirectory.resolve("client.alive"),
+        sessionMarkerFile: File = workingDirectory.resolve("session.alive"),
+        jvmOptions: DaemonJVMOptions = defaultDaemonJvmOptions,
+        daemonOptions: DaemonOptions = defaultDaemonOptions,
+        logFile: File? = null,
+    ): CompileServiceSession {
+        val actualJvmOptions = logFile?.let { jvmOptions.withLogFile(it) } ?: jvmOptions
+        println("Leasing a session with $actualJvmOptions and $daemonOptions")
+        clientMarkerFile.createNewFile()
+        sessionMarkerFile.createNewFile()
+        logFile?.createNewFile()
+        return KotlinCompilerClient.connectAndLease(
+            compilerId,
+            clientMarkerFile,
+            actualJvmOptions,
+            daemonOptions,
+            DaemonReportingTargets(out = System.err),
+            autostart = true,
+            leaseSession = true,
+            sessionAliveFlagFile = sessionMarkerFile,
+        )?.also { compileServices.add(it.compileService) } ?: error("failed to connect daemon")
+    }
+}
+
+fun File.assertLogFileContains(vararg substrings: String) {
+    val text = readText()
+    val notFound = substrings.filterNot { it in text }
+    assert(notFound.isEmpty()) {
+        """
+        |$this does not contain the following substrings:
+        |${notFound.joinToString(System.lineSeparator())}
+        |
+        |The whole file content:
+        |$text
+        """.trimMargin()
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/compiler/daemon/daemon-tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/LastSessionDaemonTest.kt b/compiler/daemon/daemon-tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/LastSessionDaemonTest.kt
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2023 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon.client.KotlinCompilerClient
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon.common.CompileService
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import java.io.File
+import java.lang.Thread.sleep
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+
+@DisplayName("Compiler daemon operations test in the LastSession mode")
+class LastSessionDaemonTest : BaseDaemonSessionTest() {
+    private val logFile
+        get() = workingDirectory.resolve("daemon.log")
+
+    @DisplayName("Already leased session can perform compilation")
+    @Test
+    fun canCompileInLastSessionMode() {
+        val (compileService, sessionId) = leaseSession(logFile = logFile)
+        sleep(DAEMON_PERIODIC_CHECK_INTERVAL_MS + 1_000)
+        logFile.assertLogFileContains("Some sessions are active, waiting for them to finish")
+        val testMessageCollector = TestMessageCollector()
+        val exitCode = KotlinCompilerClient.compile(
+            compileService,
+            sessionId,
+            CompileService.TargetPlatform.JVM,
+            arrayOf("-include-runtime", File(getHelloAppBaseDir(), "hello.kt").absolutePath, "-d", outputDirectory.absolutePath),
+            testMessageCollector
+        )
+        assertEquals(0, exitCode)
+    }
+
+    @Disabled("KT-55322")
+    @DisplayName("can lease a session when the daemon in the LastSession state") // either by starting a new daemon or returning it to the Alive state
+    @Test
+    fun canLeaseNewSession() {
+        leaseSession(logFile = logFile)
+        sleep(DAEMON_PERIODIC_CHECK_INTERVAL_MS + 1_000)
+        logFile.assertLogFileContains("Some sessions are active, waiting for them to finish")
+        // trying to lease a session with the same config again
+        leaseSession(logFile = logFile)
+    }
+}
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