diff --git a/packages/w3up-client/test/memuse.test.js b/packages/w3up-client/test/memuse.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7b549dcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/w3up-client/test/memuse.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import * as Test from './test.js'
+import * as Result from '../src/result.js'
+import { randomCAR } from './helpers/random.js'
+
+/**
+ * @type {Test.Suite}
+ */
+export const testMem = {
+  'test usage': async (
+    assert,
+    { client, mail, connect, grantAccess, plansStorage }
+  ) => {
+    const space = await client.createSpace('test')
+
+    const email = 'alice@web.mail'
+    const login = client.login(email)
+    const message = await mail.take()
+    assert.deepEqual(message.to, email)
+    await grantAccess(message)
+    const account = await login
+
+    Result.try(await account.provision(space.did()))
+    await space.save()
+
+    const car = await randomCAR(50_000_000)
+    const before = process.memoryUsage()
+    console.log(before)
+
+    // @ts-expect-error
+    const link = await client.uploadCAR(car, { pieceHasher: null })
+
+    const after = process.memoryUsage()
+
+    console.log({
+      rss: after.rss - before.rss,
+      heapTotal: after.heapTotal - before.heapTotal,
+      heapUsed: after.heapUsed - before.heapUsed,
+      external: after.external - before.external,
+      arrayBuffers: after.arrayBuffers - before.arrayBuffers,
+    })
+  },
+}
+
+Test.test({ MemoryUse: testMem })
diff --git a/packages/w3up-client/test/test.js b/packages/w3up-client/test/test.js
index 7bf1f9105..356954751 100644
--- a/packages/w3up-client/test/test.js
+++ b/packages/w3up-client/test/test.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { StoreMemory } from '@web3-storage/access/stores/store-memory'
 import * as Context from '@web3-storage/upload-api/test/context'
 import * as Client from '@web3-storage/w3up-client'
 import * as assert from 'assert'
+import * as http from 'http'
 
 /**
  * @typedef {Omit<typeof assert, 'ok'> & {ok(value:unknown, message?:string):void}} Assert
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ export const test = (suite) => {
 
 export const setup = async () => {
   const context = await Context.createContext({
+    http,
     assert,
   })