diff --git a/test/srt/openai/conftest.py b/test/srt/openai/conftest.py
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+# sglang/test/srt/openai/conftest.py
+import os
+import socket
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import time
+from contextlib import closing
+from typing import Generator
+
+import pytest
+import requests
+
+from sglang.srt.utils import kill_process_tree  # reuse SGLang helper
+
+SERVER_MODULE = "sglang.srt.entrypoints.openai.api_server"
+DEFAULT_MODEL = "dummy-model"
+STARTUP_TIMEOUT = float(os.getenv("SGLANG_OPENAI_STARTUP_TIMEOUT", 120))
+
+
+def _pick_free_port() -> int:
+    with closing(socket.socket()) as s:
+        s.bind(("127.0.0.1", 0))
+        return s.getsockname()[1]
+
+
+def _wait_until_healthy(proc: subprocess.Popen, base: str, timeout: float) -> None:
+    start = time.perf_counter()
+    while time.perf_counter() - start < timeout:
+        if proc.poll() is not None:  # crashed
+            raise RuntimeError("api_server terminated prematurely")
+        try:
+            if requests.get(f"{base}/health", timeout=1).status_code == 200:
+                return
+        except requests.RequestException:
+            pass
+        time.sleep(0.4)
+    raise RuntimeError("api_server readiness probe timed out")
+
+
+def launch_openai_server(model: str = DEFAULT_MODEL, **kw):
+    """Spawn the draft OpenAI-compatible server and wait until it’s ready."""
+    port = _pick_free_port()
+    cmd = [
+        sys.executable,
+        "-m",
+        SERVER_MODULE,
+        "--model-path",
+        model,
+        "--host",
+        "127.0.0.1",
+        "--port",
+        str(port),
+        *map(str, kw.get("args", [])),
+    ]
+    env = {**os.environ, **kw.get("env", {})}
+
+    # Write logs to a temp file so the child never blocks on a full pipe.
+    log_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("w+", delete=False)
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(
+        cmd,
+        env=env,
+        stdout=log_file,
+        stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+        text=True,
+    )
+
+    base = f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}"
+    try:
+        _wait_until_healthy(proc, base, STARTUP_TIMEOUT)
+    except Exception as e:
+        proc.terminate()
+        proc.wait(5)
+        log_file.seek(0)
+        print("\n--- api_server log ---\n", log_file.read(), file=sys.stderr)
+        raise e
+    return proc, base, log_file
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def openai_server() -> Generator[str, None, None]:
+    """PyTest fixture that provides the server’s base URL and cleans up."""
+    proc, base, log_file = launch_openai_server()
+    yield base
+    kill_process_tree(proc.pid)
+    log_file.close()
diff --git a/test/srt/openai/test_server.py b/test/srt/openai/test_server.py
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+# sglang/test/srt/openai/test_server.py
+import pytest
+import requests
+
+
+def test_health(openai_server: str):
+    r = requests.get(f"{openai_server}/health")
+    assert r.status_code == 200, r.text
+    assert r.text == ""
+
+
+@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Endpoint skeleton not implemented yet")
+def test_models_endpoint(openai_server: str):
+    r = requests.get(f"{openai_server}/v1/models")
+    # once implemented this should be 200
+    assert r.status_code == 200