--- a/tests/test-phabricator.t	Tue Sep 17 15:07:08 2019 -0400
+++ b/tests/test-phabricator.t	Wed Sep 18 00:05:52 2019 +0100
@@ -131,6 +131,62 @@
   $ hg phabsend -r . -m "Address review comments" --test-vcr "$VCR/phabsend-comment-updated.json"
   D1253 - updated - 1acd4b60af38: create comment for phabricator test
 
+Phabsending a skipped commit:
+#if no-py3
+  $ hg phabsend --no-amend -r . --test-vcr "$VCR/phabsend-skipped.json"
+  D1253 - skipped - 1acd4b60af38: create comment for phabricator test
+#endif
+BROKEN: shouldn't error under py3
+#if py3
+  $ hg phabsend --no-amend -r . --test-vcr "$VCR/phabsend-skipped.json"
+  ** unknown exception encountered, please report by visiting
+  ** https://mercurial-scm.org/wiki/BugTracker
+  ** Python 3* (glob)
+  ** Mercurial Distributed SCM (version *) (glob)
+  ** Extensions loaded: phabricator
+  Traceback (most recent call last):
+    File "*/install/bin/hg", line *, in <module> (glob)
+      dispatch.run()
+    File "*/install/lib/python/mercurial/dispatch.py", line *, in run (glob)
+      status = dispatch(req)
+    File "*/install/lib/python/mercurial/dispatch.py", line *, in dispatch (glob)
+      ret = _runcatch(req) or 0
+    File "*/install/lib/python/mercurial/dispatch.py", line *, in _runcatch (glob)
+      return _callcatch(ui, _runcatchfunc)
+    File "*/install/lib/python/mercurial/dispatch.py", line *, in _callcatch (glob)
+      return scmutil.callcatch(ui, func)
+    File "*/install/lib/python/mercurial/scmutil.py", line *, in callcatch (glob)
+      return func()
+    File "*/install/lib/python/mercurial/dispatch.py", line *, in _runcatchfunc (glob)
+      return _dispatch(req)
+    File "*/install/lib/python/mercurial/dispatch.py", line *, in _dispatch (glob)
+      cmdpats, cmdoptions)
+    File "*/install/lib/python/mercurial/dispatch.py", line *, in runcommand (glob)
+      ret = _runcommand(ui, options, cmd, d)
+    File "*/install/lib/python/mercurial/dispatch.py", line *, in _runcommand (glob)
+      return cmdfunc()
+    File "*/install/lib/python/mercurial/dispatch.py", line *, in <lambda> (glob)
+      d = lambda: util.checksignature(func)(ui, *args, **strcmdopt)
+    File "*/install/lib/python/mercurial/util.py", line *, in check (glob)
+      return func(*args, **kwargs)
+    File "*/install/lib/python/hgext/phabricator.py", line *, in inner (glob)
+      return fn(*args, **kwargs)
+    File "*/install/lib/python/hgext/phabricator.py", line *, in phabsend (glob)
+      newrevphid = querydrev(repo, str(revid))[0][b'phid']
+    File "*/install/lib/python/hgext/phabricator.py", line *, in querydrev (glob)
+      tree = _parse(spec)
+    File "*/install/lib/python/hgext/phabricator.py", line *, in _parse (glob)
+      tree, pos = parser.parser(_elements).parse(_tokenize(text))
+    File "*/install/lib/python/mercurial/parser.py", line *, in parse (glob)
+      self._advance()
+    File "*/install/lib/python/mercurial/parser.py", line *, in _advance (glob)
+      self.current = next(self._iter, None)
+    File "*/install/lib/python/hgext/phabricator.py", line *, in _tokenize (glob)
+      view = memoryview(text) # zero-copy slice
+  TypeError: memoryview: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'
+  [1]
+#endif
+
 Phabreading a DREV with a local:commits time as a string:
   $ hg phabread --test-vcr "$VCR/phabread-str-time.json" D1285
   # HG changeset patch