diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/315 b/tests/qemu-iotests/315
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# group: rw quick
+#
+# Test for commit of discarded blocks
+#
+# This tests committing a live snapshot where some of the blocks that
+# are present in the base image are discarded in the intermediate image.
+# This intends to check that these blocks are also discarded in the base
+# image after the commit.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2024 Vincent Vanlaer.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# creator
+owner=libvirt-e6954efa@volkihar.be
+
+seq=`basename $0`
+echo "QA output created by $seq"
+
+status=1	# failure is the default!
+
+_cleanup()
+{
+    _cleanup_qemu
+    _rm_test_img "${TEST_IMG}.base"
+    _rm_test_img "${TEST_IMG}.mid"
+    _cleanup_test_img
+}
+trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
+
+# get standard environment, filters and checks
+. ./common.rc
+. ./common.filter
+. ./common.qemu
+
+_supported_fmt qcow2
+_supported_proto file
+
+size="1M"
+
+TEST_IMG="$TEST_IMG.base" _make_test_img $size
+TEST_IMG="$TEST_IMG.mid" _make_test_img -b "$TEST_IMG.base" -F $IMGFMT $size
+_make_test_img -b "${TEST_IMG}.mid" -F $IMGFMT $size
+
+$QEMU_IO -c "write -P 0x01 64k 128k" "$TEST_IMG.base" | _filter_qemu_io
+$QEMU_IO -c "discard 64k 64k" "$TEST_IMG.mid" | _filter_qemu_io
+
+echo
+echo "=== Base image info before commit ==="
+TEST_IMG="${TEST_IMG}.base" _img_info | _filter_img_info
+$QEMU_IMG map --output=json "$TEST_IMG.base" | _filter_qemu_img_map
+
+echo
+echo "=== Middle image info before commit ==="
+TEST_IMG="${TEST_IMG}.mid" _img_info | _filter_img_info
+$QEMU_IMG map --output=json "$TEST_IMG.mid" | _filter_qemu_img_map
+
+echo
+echo === Running QEMU Live Commit Test ===
+echo
+
+qemu_comm_method="qmp"
+_launch_qemu -drive file="${TEST_IMG}",if=virtio,id=test
+h=$QEMU_HANDLE
+
+_send_qemu_cmd $h "{ 'execute': 'qmp_capabilities' }" "return"
+
+_send_qemu_cmd $h "{ 'execute': 'block-commit',
+                                 'arguments': { 'device': 'test',
+                                 'top': '"${TEST_IMG}.mid"',
+                                 'base': '"${TEST_IMG}.base"'} }" '"status": "null"'
+
+_cleanup_qemu
+
+echo
+echo "=== Base image info after commit ==="
+TEST_IMG="${TEST_IMG}.base" _img_info | _filter_img_info
+$QEMU_IMG map --output=json "$TEST_IMG.base" | _filter_qemu_img_map
+
+# success, all done
+echo "*** done"
+rm -f $seq.full
+status=0
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/315.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/315.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..146ec117fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/315.out
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+QA output created by 315
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=1048576
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.mid', fmt=IMGFMT size=1048576 backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base backing_fmt=IMGFMT
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=1048576 backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.mid backing_fmt=IMGFMT
+wrote 131072/131072 bytes at offset 65536
+128 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+discard 65536/65536 bytes at offset 65536
+64 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+
+=== Base image info before commit ===
+image: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base
+file format: IMGFMT
+virtual size: 1 MiB (1048576 bytes)
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 65536, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true, "data": false, "compressed": false},
+{ "start": 65536, "length": 131072, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false, "data": true, "compressed": false, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 196608, "length": 851968, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true, "data": false, "compressed": false}]
+
+=== Middle image info before commit ===
+image: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.mid
+file format: IMGFMT
+virtual size: 1 MiB (1048576 bytes)
+backing file: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base
+backing file format: IMGFMT
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 65536, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true, "data": false, "compressed": false},
+{ "start": 65536, "length": 65536, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true, "data": false, "compressed": false},
+{ "start": 131072, "length": 65536, "depth": 1, "present": true, "zero": false, "data": true, "compressed": false, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 196608, "length": 851968, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true, "data": false, "compressed": false}]
+
+=== Running QEMU Live Commit Test ===
+
+{ 'execute': 'qmp_capabilities' }
+{"return": {}}
+{ 'execute': 'block-commit',
+                                 'arguments': { 'device': 'test',
+                                 'top': 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.mid',
+                                 'base': 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base'} }
+{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "JOB_STATUS_CHANGE", "data": {"status": "created", "id": "test"}}
+{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "JOB_STATUS_CHANGE", "data": {"status": "running", "id": "test"}}
+{"return": {}}
+{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "JOB_STATUS_CHANGE", "data": {"status": "waiting", "id": "test"}}
+{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "JOB_STATUS_CHANGE", "data": {"status": "pending", "id": "test"}}
+{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED", "data": {"device": "test", "len": 1048576, "offset": 1048576, "speed": 0, "type": "commit"}}
+{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "JOB_STATUS_CHANGE", "data": {"status": "concluded", "id": "test"}}
+{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "JOB_STATUS_CHANGE", "data": {"status": "null", "id": "test"}}
+
+=== Base image info after commit ===
+image: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base
+file format: IMGFMT
+virtual size: 1 MiB (1048576 bytes)
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 65536, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true, "data": false, "compressed": false},
+{ "start": 65536, "length": 65536, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true, "data": false, "compressed": false},
+{ "start": 131072, "length": 65536, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false, "data": true, "compressed": false, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 196608, "length": 851968, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true, "data": false, "compressed": false}]
+*** done
