diff --git a/test/cmd/httpdebug/main.go b/test/cmd/httpdebug/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var (
+	bind   = flag.String("bind", ":3000", "TCP port to bind to")
+	silent = flag.Bool("silent", false, "if set, don't log http headers")
+)
+
+func main() {
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	slog.Info("listening", "url", "http://localhost"+*bind)
+	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(*bind, http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.URL.Path == "/.within/health" {
+			fmt.Fprintln(w, "OK")
+			return
+		}
+
+		contains := strings.Contains(r.Header.Get("Accept"), "text/html")
+		slog.Info("got request", "method", r.Method, "path", r.RequestURI)
+
+		if contains {
+			w.Header().Add("Content-Type", "text/html")
+			fmt.Fprint(w, "<pre id=\"main\"><code>")
+		}
+
+		var out io.Writer
+
+		switch *silent {
+		case true:
+			out = w
+		case false:
+			out = io.MultiWriter(w, os.Stdout)
+		}
+
+		fmt.Fprintln(out, r.Method, r.RequestURI)
+		r.Header.Write(out)
+
+		if contains {
+			fmt.Fprintln(w, "</pre></code>")
+		}
+	})))
+}