diff --git a/xCAT-test/bats/syslog_native_receiver.bats b/xCAT-test/bats/syslog_native_receiver.bats
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+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+load 'helpers/shell_source'
+
+setup()
+{
+    SYSLOG="$(repo_path 'xCAT/postscripts/syslog')"
+    [ -r "$SYSLOG" ] || skip "$SYSLOG is required"
+    RECEIVER_FUNCTION="${BATS_TEST_TMPDIR}/receiver.bash"
+    extract_shell_function "$SYSLOG" config_native_rsyslog_receiver >"$RECEIVER_FUNCTION"
+    RECEIVER_CONF="${BATS_TEST_TMPDIR}/rsyslog.conf"
+    ALLOCATED_PATH="${BATS_TEST_TMPDIR}/expanded config"
+    ALLOCATION_OUTPUT="$ALLOCATED_PATH"
+    ALLOCATION_STATUS=0
+    VALIDATION_STATUS=0
+    RSYSLOG_LOG="${BATS_TEST_TMPDIR}/rsyslog.log"
+    REMOVE_LOG="${BATS_TEST_TMPDIR}/remove.log"
+    printf '# existing configuration\n' >"$RECEIVER_CONF"
+}
+
+run_receiver()
+{
+    local conf_file="$RECEIVER_CONF"
+
+    mktemp()
+    {
+        [ "$ALLOCATION_STATUS" -eq 0 ] || return "$ALLOCATION_STATUS"
+        if [ -n "$ALLOCATION_OUTPUT" ]; then
+            : >"$ALLOCATION_OUTPUT"
+            printf '%s\n' "$ALLOCATION_OUTPUT"
+        fi
+    }
+    rsyslogd()
+    {
+        printf '%s\n' "$@" >"$RSYSLOG_LOG"
+        [ "$VALIDATION_STATUS" -eq 0 ] || return "$VALIDATION_STATUS"
+        if [ -n "$5" ]; then
+            cat "$3" >"$5"
+        fi
+    }
+    rm()
+    {
+        printf '%s\n' "$@" >"$REMOVE_LOG"
+        command rm "$@"
+    }
+
+    source "$RECEIVER_FUNCTION"
+    config_native_rsyslog_receiver "$RECEIVER_CONF"
+}
+
+@test "native syslog receiver removes its expanded configuration after success" {
+    run run_receiver
+
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "$(cat "$REMOVE_LOG")" = "$(printf '%s\n' -f "$ALLOCATED_PATH")" ]
+    [ ! -e "$ALLOCATED_PATH" ]
+    [ "$(cat "$RECEIVER_CONF")" = $'# existing configuration\nmodule(load="imudp")\ninput(type="imudp" port="514")\nmodule(load="imtcp")\ninput(type="imtcp" port="514")' ]
+}
+
+@test "native syslog receiver removes its expanded configuration after validation fails" {
+    VALIDATION_STATUS=37
+
+    run run_receiver
+
+    [ "$status" -eq 37 ]
+    [ "$(cat "$REMOVE_LOG")" = "$(printf '%s\n' -f "$ALLOCATED_PATH")" ]
+    [ ! -e "$ALLOCATED_PATH" ]
+    [ "$(cat "$RECEIVER_CONF")" = '# existing configuration' ]
+}
+
+@test "native syslog receiver returns an allocation failure before validation or cleanup" {
+    ALLOCATION_STATUS=43
+
+    run run_receiver
+
+    [ "$status" -eq 43 ]
+    [ ! -e "$RSYSLOG_LOG" ]
+    [ ! -e "$REMOVE_LOG" ]
+    [ ! -e "$ALLOCATED_PATH" ]
+    [ "$(cat "$RECEIVER_CONF")" = '# existing configuration' ]
+}
+
+@test "native syslog receiver skips cleanup when allocation succeeds with an empty path" {
+    ALLOCATION_OUTPUT=
+
+    run run_receiver
+
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ -s "$RSYSLOG_LOG" ]
+    [ ! -e "$REMOVE_LOG" ]
+    [ "$(cat "$RECEIVER_CONF")" = '# existing configuration' ]
+}