diff --git a/swift/common/utils/__init__.py b/swift/common/utils/__init__.py
index aa32548ad2..22a09c4499 100644
--- a/swift/common/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/swift/common/utils/__init__.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ from swift.common.utils.logs import (   # noqa
     LOG_LINE_DEFAULT_FORMAT,
     NOTICE,
 )
-from swift.common.utils.config import ( # noqa
+from swift.common.utils.config import (  # noqa
     TRUE_VALUES,
     NicerInterpolation,
     config_true_value,
@@ -1493,6 +1493,253 @@ def load_multikey_opts(conf, prefix, allow_none_key=False):
     return sorted(result)
 
 
+class CooperativeCachePopulator(object):
+    """
+    A cooperative token is used to avoid the thundering herd problem when
+    caching is used in front of slow backend(s). Here is it how it works:
+
+    * When lots of in-flight requests try to get the cached item specified by
+      a key from memcache and get cache misses, only the first few (limited by
+      ``num_tokens``) of query requests will be able to get a cooperative
+      token by creating or incrementing an internal memcache key.
+    * Those callers with tokens can send backend requests to fetch data from
+      backend servers and set data into memcache.
+    * All other cache miss requests without a token should wait for cache
+      filling to finish, instead of all querying the backend servers at the
+      same time.
+    * After those requests with a token are done, they will release the token
+      by deleting the internal cache key, and finish this usage session. As
+      such, one token usage session starts when the first request gets a token
+      after cache misses and ends when all requests with a token are done.
+
+    Multiple tokens are available in each usage session in order to increase
+    fault tolerance in the distributed environment. When one request with a
+    token hangs or exits, any other request with a token can still set new
+    fetched data into memcache and finish the current usage session. The
+    CooperativeCachePopulator class uses ``num_tokens`` to define the maximum
+    number of tokens during each usage session. The default is 3.
+
+    In the rare case of all 3 requests with tokens failing, the existing usage
+    session ends after a ``token_ttl`` period is reached and the token key
+    expires. If this happens then other pending requests which have no token
+    will exit waiting in the same order as entering the token session, and fall
+    back to querying the backend and setting data in memcache. After any of
+    those requests without a token successfully sets data in the memcache, the
+    following requests in waiting can fetch that data from memcache as they
+    continue retrying. The ``token_ttl`` is designed to be a back-off time
+    window for retrying the backend; it will work for the same purpose in this
+    case as well. When one token session ends after ``token_ttl``, requests
+    which see a cache miss will start a new cooperative token session.
+
+    :param app: the application instance containing app.logger, app.statsd
+    :param infocache: the infocache instance.
+    :param memcache: the memcache instance, must be a valid MemcacheRing.
+    :param cache_key: the cache key.
+    :param cache_ttl: time-to-live of the data fetched from backend to set into
+        memcached.
+    :param avg_backend_fetch_time: The average time in seconds expected for the
+        backend fetch operation ``do_fetch_backend`` to complete. This duration
+        serves as a base unit for calculating exponential backoff delays when
+        awaiting cache population by other requests, and for determining the
+        cooperative token's time-to-live (``token_ttl``) which is set to 10x
+        this value. Should be greater than 0.
+    :param num_tokens: the minimum limit of tokens per each usage session,
+        also the minimum limit of in-flight requests allowed to fetch data
+        from backend. The default is 3, which gives redundancy when any request
+        with token fails to fetch data from the backend or fails to set new
+        data into memcached; 0 means no cooperative token is used.
+    :param labels: the default labels for emitting labeled metrics, for example
+        resource or operation type, account, container, etc.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, app, infocache, memcache,
+                 cache_key, cache_ttl, avg_backend_fetch_time, num_tokens=3,
+                 labels=None):
+        self._logger = app.logger
+        self._statsd = app.statsd
+        self._labels = labels or {}
+        self._infocache = infocache
+        self._memcache = memcache
+        self._cache_key = cache_key
+        self._cache_ttl = cache_ttl
+        self._token_key = '_cache_token/%s' % cache_key
+        self._avg_backend_fetch_time = avg_backend_fetch_time
+        # Time-to-live of the cooperative token when set in memcached, this
+        # defines the typical worse time that a token request would need to
+        # fetch the data from the backend when it's busy, default to be 10
+        # times of the average time spent on ``do_fetch_backend`` which is
+        # the ``avg_backend_fetch_time``.
+        self._token_ttl = avg_backend_fetch_time * 10
+        self._num_tokens = num_tokens
+        # The status of cache operation which sets backend data into Memcached.
+        self.set_cache_state = None
+        # Indicates if this request has acquired one token.
+        self.token_acquired = False
+        # Indicates if the request has no token and doesn't get enough retries.
+        self.lack_retries = False
+        # The HttpResponse object returned by ``do_fetch_backend`` if called.
+        self.backend_resp = None
+        # Track if fetch_data has been called to enforce one-shot usage
+        self._fetch_called = False
+
+    def do_fetch_backend(self):
+        """
+        To fetch data from the backend, needs to be implemented by sub-class.
+
+        :returns: a tuple of (data, response).
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def cache_encoder(self, data):
+        """
+        To encode data to be stored in Memcached, default to return the data
+        as is.
+
+        :returns: encoded data.
+        """
+        return data
+
+    def cache_decoder(self, data):
+        """
+        To decode data from Memcached, default to return the data as is.
+
+        :returns: decoded data.
+        """
+        return data
+
+    def _query_backend_and_set_cache(self):
+        """
+        Fetch data from the backend and set the value in the Memcached.
+
+        :returns: value of the data fetched from backend; None if not exist.
+        """
+        data, self.backend_resp = self.do_fetch_backend()
+        if not data:
+            return None
+
+        if self._infocache is not None:
+            self._infocache[self._cache_key] = data
+        try:
+            encoded_data = self.cache_encoder(data)
+            self._memcache.set(
+                self._cache_key, encoded_data,
+                time=self._cache_ttl, raise_on_error=True)
+        except swift.common.exceptions.MemcacheConnectionError:
+            self.set_cache_state = 'set_error'
+        else:
+            self.set_cache_state = 'set'
+        return data
+
+    def _sleep_and_retry_memcache(self):
+        """
+        Wait for cache value to be set by other requests with intermittent and
+        limited number of sleeps. With ``token_ttl`` set as 10 times of
+        ``avg_backend_fetch_time`` and the exponential backoff doubling the
+        retry interval after each retry, this function will normally sleep and
+        retry 3 times maximum.
+        The first retry is 1.5 times of the ``avg_backend_fetch_time``, the
+        second is 3 times, and the third is 6 times of it, so total is 10.5
+        times of the ``avg_backend_fetch_time``. This roughly equals to the
+        ``token_ttl`` which is 10 times of the ``avg_backend_fetch_time``.
+
+        :returns: value of the data fetched from Memcached; None if not exist.
+        """
+        cur_time = time.time()
+        cutoff_time = cur_time + self._token_ttl
+        retry_interval = self._avg_backend_fetch_time * 1.5
+        num_waits = 0
+        while cur_time < cutoff_time or num_waits < 3:
+            if cur_time < cutoff_time:
+                sleep(retry_interval)
+                num_waits += 1
+            else:
+                # Request has no token and doesn't get enough retries.
+                self.lack_retries = True
+
+                # To have one last check, when eventlet scheduling didn't give
+                # this greenthread enough cpu cycles and it didn't have enough
+                # times of retries.
+                num_waits = 3
+            cache_data = self._memcache.get(
+                self._cache_key, raise_on_error=False)
+            if cache_data:
+                # cache hit.
+                decoded_data = self.cache_decoder(cache_data)
+                return decoded_data
+            # cache miss, retry again with exponential backoff
+            retry_interval *= 2
+            cur_time = time.time()
+        return None
+
+    def _fetch_data(self):
+        total_requests = 0
+        try:
+            total_requests = self._memcache.incr(
+                self._token_key, time=self._token_ttl)
+        except swift.common.exceptions.MemcacheConnectionError:
+            self._labels['token'] = 'error'  # nosec bandit B105
+
+        if not total_requests:
+            # Couldn't connect to the memcache to increment the token key
+            data = self._query_backend_and_set_cache()
+        elif total_requests <= self._num_tokens:
+            # Acquired a cooperative token, go fetching data from backend and
+            # set the data in memcache.
+            self.token_acquired = True
+            data = self._query_backend_and_set_cache()
+
+            if self.set_cache_state == 'set':
+                # Since the successful finish of one whole cooperative token
+                # session only depends on a single successful request. So when
+                # any request with a token finishes both backend fetching and
+                # memcache set successful, it can remove all cooperative tokens
+                #  of this token session.
+                self._memcache.delete(self._token_key)
+        else:
+            # No token acquired, it means that there are requests in-flight
+            # which will fetch data form the backend servers and update them in
+            # cache, let's wait for them to finish with limited retries.
+            data = self._sleep_and_retry_memcache()
+            self._labels['lack_retries'] = self.lack_retries
+            if data is None:
+                # Still no cache data fetched.
+                data = self._query_backend_and_set_cache()
+        return data
+
+    def fetch_data(self):
+        """
+        Coalescing all requests which are asking for the same data from the
+        backend into a few with cooperative token.
+
+        :returns: value of the data fetched from backend or memcache; None if
+            not exist.
+        """
+        if self._fetch_called:
+            raise RuntimeError("fetch_data() can only be called once per "
+                               "CooperativeCachePopulator instance")
+        self._fetch_called = True
+
+        if not self._num_tokens:
+            # Cooperative token disabled, fetch from backend.
+            data = self._query_backend_and_set_cache()
+            self._labels['token'] = 'disabled'  # nosec bandit B105
+        else:
+            data = self._fetch_data()
+            if 'token' not in self._labels:
+                self._labels['token'] = 'with_token' if self.token_acquired \
+                    else 'no_token'
+
+        if self.backend_resp:
+            self._labels['event'] = 'backend_reqs'
+            self._labels['status'] = self.backend_resp.status_int
+        else:
+            self._labels['event'] = 'cache_served'
+        if self.set_cache_state:
+            self._labels['set_cache_state'] = self.set_cache_state
+        self._statsd.increment('swift_coop_cache', labels=self._labels)
+        return data
+
+
 def write_pickle(obj, dest, tmp=None, pickle_protocol=0):
     """
     Ensure that a pickle file gets written to disk.  The file
diff --git a/test/debug_logger.py b/test/debug_logger.py
index 44f377fab8..a632cfc36c 100644
--- a/test/debug_logger.py
+++ b/test/debug_logger.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class BaseFakeStatsdClient:
         self.calls = defaultdict(list)
         self.recording_socket = RecordingSocket()
         self.counters = defaultdict(int)
+        self.labeled_stats_counters = defaultdict(int)
 
     @property
     def sendto_calls(self):
@@ -94,8 +95,15 @@ class BaseFakeStatsdClient:
         Hook into base class primitive to track all "counter" metrics
         """
         self.counters[metric] += value
+        labels = kwargs.get('labels', None)
+        if labels is not None:
+            hashable_labels = frozenset(labels.items())
+            self.labeled_stats_counters[(metric, hashable_labels)] += value
         return super()._update_stats(metric, value, *args, **kwargs)
 
+    def get_labeled_stats_counts(self):
+        return self.labeled_stats_counters
+
     # getter for backwards compat
     def get_stats_counts(self):
         return self.counters
diff --git a/test/unit/__init__.py b/test/unit/__init__.py
index d5cf333a7a..afa8388b22 100644
--- a/test/unit/__init__.py
+++ b/test/unit/__init__.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from io import BytesIO
 from uuid import uuid4
 from http.client import HTTPException
 
+from swift.common import memcached
 from swift.common import storage_policy, swob, utils, exceptions
 from swift.common.memcached import MemcacheConnectionError
 from swift.common.storage_policy import (StoragePolicy, ECStoragePolicy,
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ from swift.common.storage_policy import (StoragePolicy, ECStoragePolicy,
 from swift.common.utils import Timestamp, md5, close_if_possible, checksum
 from test import get_config
 from test.debug_logger import FakeLogger
+from test.unit.common.test_memcached import MockedMemcachePool, \
+    MockMemcached
 from swift.common.header_key_dict import HeaderKeyDict
 from swift.common.ring import Ring, RingData, RingBuilder
 from swift.obj import server
@@ -395,6 +398,14 @@ def track(f):
 
 
 class FakeMemcache(object):
+    """
+    Simple in-memory test helper for basic memcache GET/SET operations.
+
+    This class provides a lightweight mock that stores data in a Python dict.
+    It does not implement TTL expiration or the full memcache protocol, and
+    bypasses MemcacheRing's internal handling (e.g., atomic incr operations).
+    Use this for simple tests that only need basic key-value storage.
+    """
 
     def __init__(self, error_on_set=None, error_on_get=None):
         self.store = {}
@@ -468,6 +479,65 @@ class FakeMemcache(object):
 del track
 
 
+class TestableMemcacheRing(memcached.MemcacheRing):
+    """
+    Real MemcacheRing with injectable errors for testing concurrent scenarios.
+
+    This class wraps the actual MemcacheRing implementation while allowing
+    controlled injection of connection errors. It preserves MemcacheRing's
+    internal behavior including atomic operations and protocol compliance.
+    Use this for testing components that rely on memcache features like
+    atomic incr/decr or when testing concurrent access patterns.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, servers, inject_incr_error=None, inject_set_error=None,
+                 inject_get_error=None, inject_del_error=None, **kwargs):
+        self.inject_incr_error = inject_incr_error
+        self.inject_set_error = inject_set_error
+        self.inject_get_error = inject_get_error
+        self.inject_del_error = inject_del_error
+        super().__init__(servers, **kwargs)
+        mock_cache = MockMemcached()
+        self._client_cache['1.2.3.4:11211'] = MockedMemcachePool(
+            [(mock_cache, mock_cache)] * 2)
+        self.set_calls = []
+        self.incr_calls = []
+        self.get_calls = []
+        self.del_calls = []
+
+    def incr(self, key, delta=1, time=0):
+        self.incr_calls.append((key, delta, time))
+        if self.inject_incr_error:
+            raise MemcacheConnectionError
+        return super().incr(key, delta, time)
+
+    def set(self, key, value, serialize=True, time=0,
+            min_compress_len=0, raise_on_error=False):
+        self.set_calls.append((key, value, time))
+        if self.inject_set_error:
+            if raise_on_error:
+                raise MemcacheConnectionError
+            else:
+                return None
+        super().set(
+            key, value, serialize, time, min_compress_len, raise_on_error)
+
+    def get(self, key, raise_on_error=False):
+        self.get_calls.append(key)
+        if self.inject_get_error:
+            if raise_on_error:
+                raise MemcacheConnectionError
+            else:
+                return None
+        return super().get(key, raise_on_error)
+
+    def delete(self, key, server_key=None):
+        self.del_calls.append(key)
+        if self.inject_del_error:
+            raise MemcacheConnectionError
+        super().delete(key, server_key)
+
+
 class FakeIterable(object):
     def __init__(self, values):
         self.next_call_count = 0
diff --git a/test/unit/common/test_utils.py b/test/unit/common/test_utils.py
index cb5bdfbcf7..af64c60236 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/test_utils.py
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ import io
 import itertools
 
 from swift.common.statsd_client import StatsdClient
-from test.debug_logger import debug_logger, FakeStatsdClient
+from test.debug_logger import debug_logger, FakeStatsdClient, \
+    debug_labeled_statsd_client
 from test.unit import temptree, make_timestamp_iter, with_tempdir, \
-    mock_timestamp_now, FakeIterable
+    mock_timestamp_now, TestableMemcacheRing, FakeIterable
 
 import contextlib
 import errno
@@ -64,7 +65,8 @@ from uuid import uuid4
 from swift.common.exceptions import Timeout, LockTimeout, \
     ReplicationLockTimeout, MimeInvalid
 from swift.common import utils
-from swift.common.utils import set_swift_dir, md5, ShardRangeList
+from swift.common.utils import set_swift_dir, md5, ShardRangeList, \
+    CooperativeCachePopulator
 from swift.common.container_sync_realms import ContainerSyncRealms
 from swift.common.header_key_dict import HeaderKeyDict
 from swift.common.storage_policy import POLICIES, reload_storage_policies
@@ -122,6 +124,13 @@ class MockOs(object):
             return getattr(os, name)
 
 
+class MockApp(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, logger, statsd):
+        self.logger = logger
+        self.statsd = statsd
+
+
 class MockSys(object):
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -2956,6 +2965,891 @@ cluster_dfw1 = http://dfw1.host/v1/
         self.assertEqual(os.getppid(), utils.get_ppid(os.getpid()))
 
 
+class TestCooperativeCachePopulator(unittest.TestCase):
+    backend_resp = Response(status=200, body=b'response')
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.logger = debug_logger()
+        conf = {
+            'log_statsd_host': 'host',
+            'log_statsd_port': 8125,
+            'statsd_label_mode': 'dogstatsd',
+            'statsd_emit_legacy': True,
+        }
+        self.statsd = debug_labeled_statsd_client(conf)
+        self.memcache = TestableMemcacheRing(
+            ['1.2.3.4:11211'], logger=self.logger)
+        self.infocache = {}
+        self.cache_key = "test_key"
+        self.token_key = "_cache_token/%s" % self.cache_key
+        self.cache_ttl = 60
+        self.avg_backend_fetch_time = 0.001
+
+    class MockCachePopulator(CooperativeCachePopulator):
+        def do_fetch_backend(self):
+            return "backend data", TestCooperativeCachePopulator.backend_resp
+
+    class DataTransformCachePopulator(CooperativeCachePopulator):
+        def cache_encoder(self, data):
+            return data.upper()
+
+        def cache_decoder(self, data):
+            return data.lower()
+
+        def do_fetch_backend(self):
+            return "backend data", TestCooperativeCachePopulator.backend_resp
+
+    class DelayedCachePopulator(CooperativeCachePopulator):
+        def __init__(self, app, infocache, memcache,
+                     cache_key, cache_ttl, avg_backend_fetch_time,
+                     backend_delay=0,
+                     fetch_backend_failure=False,
+                     num_tokens=3, labels=None):
+            super().__init__(
+                app, infocache, memcache, cache_key, cache_ttl,
+                avg_backend_fetch_time, num_tokens, labels=labels
+            )
+            self._backend_delay = backend_delay
+            self._fetch_backend_failure = fetch_backend_failure
+
+        def do_fetch_backend(self):
+            if self._backend_delay:
+                eventlet.sleep(self._backend_delay)
+            if self._fetch_backend_failure:
+                return None, FakeResponse(status_int=503)
+            else:
+                return "backend data", \
+                    TestCooperativeCachePopulator.backend_resp
+
+    def test_populator_constructor(self):
+        obj = self.MockCachePopulator(
+            MockApp(self.logger, self.statsd),
+            self.infocache, self.memcache,
+            self.cache_key, self.cache_ttl,
+            self.avg_backend_fetch_time,
+            num_tokens=10, labels={
+                'resource': "test",
+            }
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(obj._logger, self.logger)
+        self.assertEqual(obj._labels, {
+            'resource': "test",
+        })
+        self.assertEqual(obj._infocache, self.infocache)
+        self.assertEqual(obj._memcache, self.memcache)
+        self.assertEqual(obj._cache_key, self.cache_key)
+        self.assertEqual(obj._cache_ttl, self.cache_ttl)
+        self.assertEqual(obj._token_key, '_cache_token/%s' % self.cache_key)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            obj._avg_backend_fetch_time, self.avg_backend_fetch_time)
+        self.assertEqual(obj._token_ttl, self.avg_backend_fetch_time * 10)
+        self.assertEqual(obj._num_tokens, 10)
+        self.assertEqual(obj.cache_encoder(42), 42)
+        self.assertEqual(obj.cache_decoder(42), 42)
+        self.assertIsNone(obj.set_cache_state)
+        self.assertFalse(obj.token_acquired)
+        self.assertIsNone(obj.backend_resp)
+
+    def test_populator_num_tokens_zero(self):
+        populator = self.MockCachePopulator(
+            MockApp(self.logger, self.statsd),
+            self.infocache, self.memcache,
+            self.cache_key, self.cache_ttl,
+            avg_backend_fetch_time=.1,
+            num_tokens=0, labels={
+                'resource': "test",
+            }
+        )
+        data = populator.fetch_data()
+        self.assertEqual(data, "backend data")
+        self.assertEqual(populator.backend_resp, self.backend_resp)
+        self.assertEqual(populator.set_cache_state, "set")
+        self.assertFalse(populator.token_acquired)
+        self.assertEqual(self.memcache.get_calls, [])
+        self.assertEqual(self.infocache[self.cache_key], "backend data")
+        self.assertEqual(self.memcache.incr_calls, [])
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.set_calls,
+            [(self.cache_key, "backend data", self.cache_ttl)]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(self.memcache.del_calls, [])
+        stats = self.statsd.get_labeled_stats_counts()
+        self.assertEqual({
+            ('swift_coop_cache', frozenset((
+                ('resource', 'test'),
+                ('event', 'backend_reqs'),
+                ('token', 'disabled'),
+                ('set_cache_state', 'set'),
+                ('status', 200)),
+            )): 1,
+        }, stats)
+
+    def test_populator_fetch_data_called_twice(self):
+        populator = self.MockCachePopulator(
+            MockApp(self.logger, self.statsd),
+            self.infocache, self.memcache,
+            self.cache_key, self.cache_ttl,
+            self.avg_backend_fetch_time,
+        )
+        data = populator.fetch_data()
+        self.assertEqual(data, "backend data")
+        self.assertTrue(populator._fetch_called)
+        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, populator.fetch_data)
+
+    def test_first_request_with_token(self):
+        # Test the first request will acquire the token, fetch data from
+        # the backend and set it into Memcached.
+        populator = self.MockCachePopulator(
+            MockApp(self.logger, self.statsd),
+            self.infocache, self.memcache,
+            self.cache_key, self.cache_ttl,
+            self.avg_backend_fetch_time,
+            labels={
+                'resource': "test",
+            }
+        )
+        data = populator.fetch_data()
+        self.assertEqual(data, "backend data")
+        self.assertEqual(populator.backend_resp, self.backend_resp)
+        self.assertEqual(populator.set_cache_state, "set")
+        self.assertTrue(populator.token_acquired)
+        self.assertEqual(self.memcache.get_calls, [])
+        self.assertEqual(self.infocache[self.cache_key], "backend data")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.incr_calls,
+            [(self.token_key, 1, self.avg_backend_fetch_time * 10)]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.set_calls,
+            [(self.cache_key, "backend data", self.cache_ttl)]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(self.memcache.del_calls, [self.token_key])
+        stats = self.statsd.get_labeled_stats_counts()
+        self.assertEqual({
+            ('swift_coop_cache', frozenset((
+                ('resource', 'test'),
+                ('event', 'backend_reqs'),
+                ('token', 'with_token'),
+                ('set_cache_state', 'set'),
+                ('status', 200)),
+            )): 1,
+        }, stats)
+
+    def test_first_request_with_token_with_encoder(self):
+        # Test the processing of first request with cache data encoder and
+        # decoder.
+        populator = self.DataTransformCachePopulator(
+            MockApp(self.logger, self.statsd),
+            self.infocache, self.memcache,
+            self.cache_key, self.cache_ttl,
+            self.avg_backend_fetch_time,
+            labels={
+                'resource': "test",
+            }
+        )
+        data = populator.fetch_data()
+        self.assertEqual(data, "backend data")
+        self.assertEqual(populator.backend_resp, self.backend_resp)
+        self.assertEqual(populator.set_cache_state, "set")
+        self.assertTrue(populator.token_acquired)
+        self.assertEqual(self.memcache.get_calls, [])
+        self.assertEqual(self.infocache[self.cache_key], "backend data")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.incr_calls,
+            [(self.token_key, 1, self.avg_backend_fetch_time * 10)]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.set_calls,
+            [(self.cache_key, "BACKEND DATA", self.cache_ttl)]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(self.memcache.del_calls, [self.token_key])
+        stats = self.statsd.get_labeled_stats_counts()
+        self.assertEqual({
+            ('swift_coop_cache', frozenset((
+                ('resource', 'test'),
+                ('event', 'backend_reqs'),
+                ('token', 'with_token'),
+                ('set_cache_state', 'set'),
+                ('status', 200)),
+            )): 1,
+        }, stats)
+
+    def test_following_request_with_token(self):
+        # Test the following request (not the first one) which also acquires
+        # the token, fetch data from the backend and set it into Memcached.
+        # Simulate that there are 1 or 2 requests who have acquired the tokens.
+        prior_reqs_with_token = random.randint(1, 2)
+        total_requests = self.memcache.incr(
+            self.token_key, delta=prior_reqs_with_token, time=10)
+        self.assertEqual(total_requests, prior_reqs_with_token)
+        # Test the following request to get the token.
+        self.memcache.incr_calls = []
+        populator = self.MockCachePopulator(
+            MockApp(self.logger, self.statsd),
+            self.infocache, self.memcache,
+            self.cache_key, self.cache_ttl,
+            self.avg_backend_fetch_time,
+            labels={
+                'resource': "test",
+            }
+        )
+        data = populator.fetch_data()
+        self.assertEqual(data, "backend data")
+        self.assertEqual(populator.backend_resp, self.backend_resp)
+        self.assertEqual(populator.set_cache_state, "set")
+        self.assertTrue(populator.token_acquired)
+        self.assertEqual(self.memcache.get_calls, [])
+        self.assertEqual(self.infocache[self.cache_key], "backend data")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.incr_calls,
+            [(self.token_key, 1, self.avg_backend_fetch_time * 10)]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.set_calls,
+            [(self.cache_key, "backend data", self.cache_ttl)]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(self.memcache.del_calls, [self.token_key])
+        stats = self.statsd.get_labeled_stats_counts()
+        self.assertEqual({
+            ('swift_coop_cache', frozenset((
+                ('resource', 'test'),
+                ('event', 'backend_reqs'),
+                ('token', 'with_token'),
+                ('set_cache_state', 'set'),
+                ('status', 200)),
+            )): 1,
+        }, stats)
+
+    def test_fetch_data_cache_hit_without_token(self):
+        # Test the request which doesn't acquire the token, then keep sleeping
+        # and trying to fetch data from the Memcached until it succeeds.
+
+        def test_fetch_data(avg_fetch_time,
+                            total_miss_retries,
+                            expected_sleep_calls):
+            self.logger.statsd_client.clear()
+            self.statsd.clear()
+            num_tokens_per_session = random.randint(1, 3)
+            retries = 0
+
+            class CustomizedCache(TestableMemcacheRing):
+                def get(self, key, raise_on_error=False):
+                    nonlocal retries
+                    retries += 1
+                    if retries <= total_miss_retries:
+                        value = super().get(
+                            "NOT_EXISTED_YET")
+                        return value
+                    else:
+                        return super().get(key)
+
+            self.memcache = CustomizedCache(
+                ['1.2.3.4:11211'], logger=self.logger)
+            # Simulate that there were 'num_tokens_per_session' requests who
+            # have acquired the tokens.
+            total_requests = self.memcache.incr(
+                self.token_key, delta=num_tokens_per_session, time=10)
+            self.assertEqual(total_requests, num_tokens_per_session)
+            self.memcache.set(self.cache_key, [1, 2, 3])
+            # Test the request without a token
+            self.memcache.incr_calls = []
+            self.memcache.set_calls = []
+            populator = self.MockCachePopulator(
+                MockApp(self.logger, self.statsd),
+                self.infocache, self.memcache,
+                self.cache_key, self.cache_ttl,
+                avg_backend_fetch_time=avg_fetch_time,
+                num_tokens=num_tokens_per_session,
+                labels={
+                    'resource': "test",
+                }
+            )
+            populator._token_ttl = 1
+            with mock.patch.object(utils, 'sleep') as mock_sleep:
+                data = populator.fetch_data()
+            self.assertEqual(expected_sleep_calls, mock_sleep.call_args_list)
+            self.assertEqual(data, [1, 2, 3])
+            self.assertIsNone(populator.backend_resp)
+            self.assertIsNone(populator.set_cache_state)
+            self.assertEqual(self.infocache, {})
+            self.assertEqual(
+                self.memcache.incr_calls,
+                [(self.token_key, 1, populator._token_ttl)]
+            )
+            self.assertEqual(self.memcache.set_calls, [])
+            self.assertEqual(retries, total_miss_retries + 1)
+            self.assertEqual(
+                self.memcache.get_calls,
+                ['NOT_EXISTED_YET'] * (retries - 1) + [self.cache_key]
+            )
+            self.assertFalse(populator.token_acquired)
+            stats = self.statsd.get_labeled_stats_counts()
+            self.assertEqual({
+                ('swift_coop_cache', frozenset((
+                    ('resource', 'test'),
+                    ('event', 'cache_served'),
+                    ('token', 'no_token'),
+                    ('lack_retries', False)),
+                )): 1,
+            }, stats)
+
+        test_fetch_data(1.0, 1, [mock.call(1.5), mock.call(3.0)])
+        test_fetch_data(
+            1.0, 2, [mock.call(1.5), mock.call(3.0), mock.call(6.0)])
+        test_fetch_data(2.0, 1, [mock.call(3.0), mock.call(6.0)])
+        test_fetch_data(
+            2.0, 2, [mock.call(3.0), mock.call(6.0), mock.call(12.0)])
+
+    def test_fetch_data_cache_miss_without_token(self):
+        # Test the request which doesn't acquire the token, then keep sleeping
+        # and trying to fetch data from the Memcached, but enventually all
+        # retries exhausted with cache misses.
+        num_tokens_per_session = random.randint(1, 3)
+        retries = 0
+
+        class CustomizedCache(TestableMemcacheRing):
+            def get(self, key, raise_on_error=False):
+                nonlocal retries
+                retries += 1
+                return super().get("NOT_EXISTED_YET")
+
+        self.memcache = CustomizedCache(['1.2.3.4:11211'], logger=self.logger)
+        # Simulate that there are 'num_tokens_per_session' requests who have
+        # acquired the tokens.
+        total_requests = self.memcache.incr(
+            self.token_key, delta=num_tokens_per_session, time=10)
+        self.assertEqual(total_requests, num_tokens_per_session)
+        self.memcache.set(self.cache_key, "cached data")
+        # Test the request without a token
+        self.memcache.incr_calls = []
+        self.memcache.set_calls = []
+        populator = self.MockCachePopulator(
+            MockApp(self.logger, self.statsd),
+            self.infocache, self.memcache,
+            self.cache_key, self.cache_ttl,
+            self.avg_backend_fetch_time,
+            num_tokens_per_session,
+            labels={
+                'resource': "test",
+            }
+        )
+        data = populator.fetch_data()
+        self.assertEqual(data, "backend data")
+        self.assertEqual(populator.backend_resp, self.backend_resp)
+        self.assertEqual(populator.set_cache_state, "set")
+        self.assertFalse(populator.token_acquired)
+        self.assertEqual(self.infocache[self.cache_key], "backend data")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.incr_calls,
+            [(self.token_key, 1, self.avg_backend_fetch_time * 10)]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.set_calls,
+            [(self.cache_key, "backend data", self.cache_ttl)]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(retries, 3)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.get_calls, ['NOT_EXISTED_YET'] * retries)
+        self.assertEqual(self.memcache.del_calls, [])
+        stats = self.statsd.get_labeled_stats_counts()
+        self.assertEqual({
+            ('swift_coop_cache', frozenset((
+                ('resource', 'test'),
+                ('event', 'backend_reqs'),
+                ('token', 'no_token'),
+                ('lack_retries', False),
+                ('set_cache_state', 'set'),
+                ('status', 200)),
+            )): 1,
+        }, stats)
+
+    def test_fetch_data_req_lacks_enough_retries(self):
+        # Test the request which doesn't acquire the token, then keep sleeping
+        # and trying to fetch data from the Memcached, but doesn't get enough
+        # retries.
+        retries = 0
+
+        class CustomizedCache(TestableMemcacheRing):
+            def get(self, key, raise_on_error=False):
+                nonlocal retries
+                retries += 1
+                return super().get("NOT_EXISTED_YET")
+
+        self.memcache = CustomizedCache(['1.2.3.4:11211'], logger=self.logger)
+        # Simulate that there are three requests who have acquired the tokens.
+        total_requests = self.memcache.incr(self.token_key, delta=3, time=10)
+        self.assertEqual(total_requests, 3)
+        self.memcache.set(self.cache_key, [1, 2, 3])
+        # Test the request without a token
+        self.memcache.incr_calls = []
+        self.memcache.set_calls = []
+        populator = self.MockCachePopulator(
+            MockApp(self.logger, self.statsd),
+            self.infocache, self.memcache,
+            self.cache_key, self.cache_ttl,
+            self.avg_backend_fetch_time,
+            labels={
+                'resource': "test",
+            }
+        )
+        with patch('time.time', ) as mock_time:
+            mock_time.side_effect = itertools.count(4000.99, 1.0)
+            data = populator.fetch_data()
+        self.assertEqual(data, "backend data")
+        self.assertEqual(populator.backend_resp, self.backend_resp)
+        self.assertEqual(populator.set_cache_state, "set")
+        self.assertFalse(populator.token_acquired)
+        self.assertEqual(self.infocache[self.cache_key], "backend data")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.incr_calls,
+            [(self.token_key, 1, self.avg_backend_fetch_time * 10)]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.set_calls,
+            [(self.cache_key, "backend data", self.cache_ttl)]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(retries, 2)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.get_calls, ['NOT_EXISTED_YET'] * 2)
+        self.assertEqual(self.memcache.del_calls, [])
+        stats = self.statsd.get_labeled_stats_counts()
+        self.assertEqual({
+            ('swift_coop_cache', frozenset((
+                ('resource', 'test'),
+                ('event', 'backend_reqs'),
+                ('token', 'no_token'),
+                ('lack_retries', True),
+                ('set_cache_state', 'set'),
+                ('status', 200)),
+            )): 1,
+        }, stats)
+
+    def test_get_token_connection_error(self):
+        # Test the request which couldn't acquire the token due to memcached
+        # connection error.
+        self.memcache = TestableMemcacheRing(
+            ['1.2.3.4:11211'], logger=self.logger, inject_incr_error=True)
+        populator = self.MockCachePopulator(
+            MockApp(self.logger, self.statsd),
+            self.infocache, self.memcache,
+            self.cache_key, self.cache_ttl,
+            self.avg_backend_fetch_time,
+            labels={
+                'resource': "test",
+            }
+        )
+        data = populator.fetch_data()
+        self.assertEqual(data, "backend data")
+        self.assertEqual(populator.backend_resp, self.backend_resp)
+        self.assertEqual(populator.set_cache_state, "set")
+        self.assertFalse(populator.token_acquired)
+        self.assertEqual(self.infocache[self.cache_key], "backend data")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.incr_calls,
+            [(self.token_key, 1, self.avg_backend_fetch_time * 10)]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.set_calls,
+            [(self.cache_key, "backend data", self.cache_ttl)]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(self.memcache.del_calls, [])
+        stats = self.statsd.get_labeled_stats_counts()
+        self.assertEqual({
+            ('swift_coop_cache', frozenset((
+                ('resource', 'test'),
+                ('event', 'backend_reqs'),
+                ('token', 'error'),
+                ('set_cache_state', 'set'),
+                ('status', 200)),
+            )): 1,
+        }, stats)
+
+    def test_set_data_connection_error(self):
+        # Test the request which is able to acquire the token, but fails to set
+        # the fetched backend data into memcached due to memcached connection
+        # error.
+        self.memcache = TestableMemcacheRing(
+            ['1.2.3.4:11211'], logger=self.logger, inject_set_error=True)
+        populator = self.MockCachePopulator(
+            MockApp(self.logger, self.statsd),
+            self.infocache, self.memcache,
+            self.cache_key, self.cache_ttl,
+            self.avg_backend_fetch_time,
+            labels={
+                'resource': "test",
+            }
+        )
+        data = populator.fetch_data()
+        self.assertEqual(data, "backend data")
+        self.assertEqual(populator.backend_resp, self.backend_resp)
+        self.assertEqual(populator.set_cache_state, "set_error")
+        self.assertTrue(populator.token_acquired)
+        self.assertEqual(self.infocache[self.cache_key], "backend data")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.incr_calls,
+            [(self.token_key, 1, self.avg_backend_fetch_time * 10)]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.set_calls,
+            [(self.cache_key, "backend data", self.cache_ttl)]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(self.memcache.del_calls, [])
+        stats = self.statsd.get_labeled_stats_counts()
+        self.assertEqual({
+            ('swift_coop_cache', frozenset((
+                ('resource', 'test'),
+                ('event', 'backend_reqs'),
+                ('token', 'with_token'),
+                ('set_cache_state', 'set_error'),
+                ('status', 200)),
+            )): 1,
+        }, stats)
+
+    def test_connection_errors_on_gettoken_and_dataset(self):
+        # Test the request which couldn't acquire the token due to memcached
+        # connection error, and then couldn't set the backend data into cache
+        # due to memcached connection error too.
+        self.memcache = TestableMemcacheRing(
+            ['1.2.3.4:11211'], logger=self.logger,
+            inject_incr_error=True, inject_set_error=True)
+        populator = self.MockCachePopulator(
+            MockApp(self.logger, self.statsd),
+            self.infocache, self.memcache,
+            self.cache_key, self.cache_ttl,
+            self.avg_backend_fetch_time,
+            labels={
+                'resource': "test",
+            }
+        )
+        data = populator.fetch_data()
+        self.assertEqual(data, "backend data")
+        self.assertEqual(populator.backend_resp, self.backend_resp)
+        self.assertEqual(populator.set_cache_state, "set_error")
+        self.assertFalse(populator.token_acquired)
+        self.assertEqual(self.infocache[self.cache_key], "backend data")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.incr_calls,
+            [(self.token_key, 1, self.avg_backend_fetch_time * 10)]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.set_calls,
+            [(self.cache_key, "backend data", self.cache_ttl)]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(self.memcache.del_calls, [])
+        stats = self.statsd.get_labeled_stats_counts()
+        self.assertEqual({
+            ('swift_coop_cache', frozenset((
+                ('resource', 'test'),
+                ('event', 'backend_reqs'),
+                ('token', 'error'),
+                ('set_cache_state', 'set_error'),
+                ('status', 200)),
+            )): 1,
+        }, stats)
+
+    def test_fetch_data_from_cache_connection_error(self):
+        # Test the request which doesn't acquire the token, then keep sleeping
+        # and trying to fetch data from the Memcached, but eventually all
+        # retries exhausted with memcached connection errors.
+        self.memcache = TestableMemcacheRing(
+            ['1.2.3.4:11211'], logger=self.logger, inject_get_error=True)
+        # Simulate that there are three requests who have acquired the tokens.
+        total_requests = self.memcache.incr(self.token_key, delta=3, time=10)
+        self.assertEqual(total_requests, 3)
+        self.memcache.set(self.cache_key, [1, 2, 3])
+        # Test the request without a token
+        self.memcache.incr_calls = []
+        self.memcache.set_calls = []
+        populator = self.MockCachePopulator(
+            MockApp(self.logger, self.statsd),
+            self.infocache, self.memcache,
+            self.cache_key, self.cache_ttl,
+            self.avg_backend_fetch_time,
+            labels={
+                'resource': "test",
+            }
+        )
+        data = populator.fetch_data()
+        self.assertEqual(data, "backend data")
+        self.assertEqual(populator.backend_resp, self.backend_resp)
+        self.assertEqual(populator.set_cache_state, "set")
+        self.assertFalse(populator.token_acquired)
+        self.assertEqual(self.infocache[self.cache_key], "backend data")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.incr_calls,
+            [(self.token_key, 1, self.avg_backend_fetch_time * 10)]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.set_calls,
+            [(self.cache_key, "backend data", self.cache_ttl)]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.get_calls[0], self.cache_key)
+        self.assertEqual(self.memcache.del_calls, [])
+        stats = self.statsd.get_labeled_stats_counts()
+        self.assertEqual({
+            ('swift_coop_cache', frozenset((
+                ('resource', 'test'),
+                ('event', 'backend_reqs'),
+                ('token', 'no_token'),
+                ('lack_retries', False),
+                ('set_cache_state', 'set'),
+                ('status', 200)),
+            )): 1,
+        }, stats)
+
+    def test_concurrent_requests(self):
+        # Simulate multiple concurrent threads, each of them issues a
+        # "fetch_data" request cooperatively.
+        self.avg_backend_fetch_time = 0.01
+        num_processes = 100
+        exceptions = []
+
+        def worker_process():
+            # Initialize new populator instance in each process.
+            populator = self.DelayedCachePopulator(
+                MockApp(self.logger, self.statsd),
+                {}, self.memcache,
+                self.cache_key, self.cache_ttl,
+                self.avg_backend_fetch_time,
+                backend_delay=self.avg_backend_fetch_time,
+                labels={
+                    'resource': "test",
+                }
+            )
+            data = populator.fetch_data()
+
+            try:
+                # Data retrieved successfully
+                self.assertEqual(data, "backend data")
+                if populator.set_cache_state == 'set':
+                    self.assertTrue(populator.token_acquired)
+                    self.assertEqual(
+                        populator._infocache[self.cache_key], "backend data")
+                    self.assertEqual(populator.backend_resp, self.backend_resp)
+                else:
+                    self.assertEqual(populator._infocache, {})
+                    self.assertIsNone(populator.backend_resp)
+            except Exception as e:
+                exceptions.append(e)
+
+        # Issue those parallel requests "at the same time".
+        pool = eventlet.GreenPool()
+        for i in range(num_processes):
+            pool.spawn(worker_process)
+
+        # Wait for all requests to complete
+        pool.waitall()
+        if exceptions:
+            self.fail(f"Greenthread assertions failed: {exceptions}")
+        stats = self.statsd.get_labeled_stats_counts()
+        self.assertEqual({
+            ('swift_coop_cache', frozenset((
+                ('resource', 'test'),
+                ('event', 'backend_reqs'),
+                ('token', 'with_token'),
+                ('set_cache_state', 'set'),
+                ('status', 200)),
+            )): 3,
+            ('swift_coop_cache', frozenset((
+                ('resource', 'test'),
+                ('event', 'cache_served'),
+                ('token', 'no_token'),
+                ('lack_retries', False)),
+            )): 97
+        }, stats)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.incr_calls,
+            [(self.token_key, 1, self.avg_backend_fetch_time * 10)] * 100
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.memcache.set_calls,
+            [(self.cache_key, "backend data", self.cache_ttl)] * 3
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(self.memcache.del_calls, [self.token_key] * 3)
+
+    def test_concurrent_requests_all_token_requests_fail(self):
+        # Simulate multiple concurrent threads issued into a cooperative token
+        # session, each thread will issue a "fetch_data" request cooperatively.
+        # And the first three requests will acquire the token, but fail to get
+        # data from the backend. This test also demonstrates that even though
+        # all token requests fail to go through, other requests who arrive at
+        # the late stage of same token session and won't get a token still
+        # could be served out of the memcached.
+        self.avg_backend_fetch_time = 0.1
+        counts = {
+            'num_backend_success': 0,
+            'num_requests_served_from_cache': 0,
+            'num_backend_failures': 0,
+        }
+        exceptions = []
+
+        def worker_process(exec_delay, backend_delay,
+                           fetch_backend_failure=False):
+            # Initialize new populator instance in each process.
+            populator = self.DelayedCachePopulator(
+                MockApp(self.logger, self.statsd),
+                {}, self.memcache,
+                self.cache_key, self.cache_ttl,
+                self.avg_backend_fetch_time,
+                backend_delay,
+                fetch_backend_failure,
+                labels={
+                    'resource': "test",
+                }
+            )
+            if exec_delay:
+                eventlet.sleep(exec_delay)
+            data = populator.fetch_data()
+
+            try:
+                if fetch_backend_failure:
+                    self.assertIsNone(data)
+                else:
+                    self.assertEqual(data, "backend data")
+                if populator.set_cache_state == 'set':
+                    counts['num_backend_success'] += 1
+                    self.assertEqual(
+                        populator._infocache[self.cache_key], "backend data")
+                    self.assertEqual(populator.backend_resp, self.backend_resp)
+                elif not fetch_backend_failure:
+                    counts['num_requests_served_from_cache'] += 1
+                    self.assertEqual(populator._infocache, {})
+                    self.assertIsNone(populator.backend_resp)
+                else:
+                    counts['num_backend_failures'] += 1
+            except Exception as e:
+                exceptions.append(e)
+
+        # Issue those parallel requests at different time within this
+        # cooperative token session.
+        pool = eventlet.GreenPool()
+        # The first three requests will get the token but fails.
+        for i in range(3):
+            pool.spawn(
+                worker_process, 0, self.avg_backend_fetch_time * 15, True)
+        # The 4th request won't get a token, but after it exits its waiting
+        # cycles, it will fetch the data from the backend and set the data into
+        # the memcached.
+        pool.spawn(worker_process, 0, 0)
+        # The remaining 16 requests won't get a token, but will be served out
+        # of the memcached because the 4th request will finish within their
+        # waiting cycles.
+        for i in range(16):
+            pool.spawn(
+                worker_process,
+                random.uniform(self.avg_backend_fetch_time * 3,
+                               self.avg_backend_fetch_time * 6),
+                self.avg_backend_fetch_time
+            )
+
+        # Wait for all requests to complete
+        pool.waitall()
+        if exceptions:
+            self.fail(f"Greenthread assertions failed: {exceptions}")
+        # The first three requests of the first token session failed to get
+        # data from the backend.
+        self.assertEqual(counts['num_backend_failures'], 3)
+        self.assertEqual(counts['num_backend_success'], 1)
+        self.assertEqual(counts['num_requests_served_from_cache'], 16)
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.memcache.incr_calls), 20)
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.memcache.del_calls), 0)
+
+    def test_concurrent_requests_pass_token_ttl(self):
+        # Simulate multiple concurrent threads across two cooperative token
+        # sessions, each thread will issue a "fetch_data" request
+        # cooperatively. The very first three requests which will acquire the
+        # token, but fail to fetch data from backend.
+        self.avg_backend_fetch_time = 0.1
+        counts = {
+            'num_backend_success': 0,
+            'num_requests_served_from_cache': 0,
+            'num_backend_failures': 0,
+        }
+        exceptions = []
+
+        def worker_process(exec_delay, backend_delay,
+                           fetch_backend_failure=False):
+            # Initialize new populator instance in each process.
+            populator = self.DelayedCachePopulator(
+                MockApp(self.logger, self.statsd),
+                {}, self.memcache,
+                self.cache_key, self.cache_ttl,
+                self.avg_backend_fetch_time,
+                backend_delay,
+                fetch_backend_failure,
+                labels={
+                    'resource': "test",
+                }
+            )
+            if exec_delay:
+                eventlet.sleep(exec_delay)
+            data = populator.fetch_data()
+
+            try:
+                if fetch_backend_failure:
+                    self.assertIsNone(data)
+                else:
+                    self.assertEqual(data, "backend data")
+                if populator.set_cache_state == 'set':
+                    counts['num_backend_success'] += 1
+                    self.assertEqual(
+                        populator._infocache[self.cache_key], "backend data")
+                    self.assertEqual(populator.backend_resp, self.backend_resp)
+                elif not fetch_backend_failure:
+                    counts['num_requests_served_from_cache'] += 1
+                    self.assertEqual(populator._infocache, {})
+                    self.assertIsNone(populator.backend_resp)
+                else:
+                    counts['num_backend_failures'] += 1
+            except Exception as e:
+                exceptions.append(e)
+
+        # Issue the parallel requests for the first token session.
+        pool = eventlet.GreenPool()
+        for i in range(3):
+            pool.spawn(
+                worker_process, 0, self.avg_backend_fetch_time * 15, True)
+        for i in range(17):
+            pool.spawn(
+                worker_process,
+                random.uniform(0, self.avg_backend_fetch_time * 10),
+                self.avg_backend_fetch_time
+            )
+
+        # Issue the parallel requests for the second token session.
+        for i in range(3):
+            pool.spawn(
+                worker_process,
+                self.avg_backend_fetch_time * 10,
+                self.avg_backend_fetch_time * 5
+            )
+        for i in range(17):
+            pool.spawn(
+                worker_process,
+                random.uniform(self.avg_backend_fetch_time * 10,
+                               self.avg_backend_fetch_time * 11),
+                self.avg_backend_fetch_time
+            )
+        # Wait for all requests to complete
+        pool.waitall()
+        if exceptions:
+            self.fail(f"Greenthread assertions failed: {exceptions}")
+        # The first three requests of the first token session failed to get
+        # data from the backend.
+        self.assertEqual(counts['num_backend_failures'], 3)
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(counts['num_backend_success'], 3)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            counts['num_requests_served_from_cache'],
+            40 - counts['num_backend_failures'] -
+            counts['num_backend_success']
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.memcache.incr_calls), 40)
+        # The first three requests of the second token session will delete the
+        # token after fetching data from the backend and set it in cache.
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.memcache.del_calls), 3)
+
+
 class TestUnlinkOlder(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -4642,8 +5536,9 @@ This is the body
 
 
 class FakeResponse(object):
-    def __init__(self, status, headers, body):
-        self.status = status
+    def __init__(self, status_int=200, headers=None, body=b''):
+        self.status_int = status_int
+        self.status = status_int
         self.headers = HeaderKeyDict(headers)
         self.body = BytesIO(body)