diff --git a/src/test/modules/Makefile b/src/test/modules/Makefile
index 953905d..0e4e53d 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ SUBDIRS = \
 		  test_extensions \
 		  test_ginpostinglist \
 		  test_integerset \
+		  test_misc \
 		  test_parser \
 		  test_pg_dump \
 		  test_predtest \
diff --git a/src/test/modules/test_misc/.gitignore b/src/test/modules/test_misc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5dcb3ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/test_misc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Generated subdirectories
+/log/
+/results/
+/tmp_check/
diff --git a/src/test/modules/test_misc/Makefile b/src/test/modules/test_misc/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39c6c20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/test_misc/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# src/test/modules/test_misc/Makefile
+
+TAP_TESTS = 1
+
+ifdef USE_PGXS
+PG_CONFIG = pg_config
+PGXS := $(shell $(PG_CONFIG) --pgxs)
+include $(PGXS)
+else
+subdir = src/test/modules/test_misc
+top_builddir = ../../../..
+include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
+include $(top_srcdir)/contrib/contrib-global.mk
+endif
diff --git a/src/test/modules/test_misc/README b/src/test/modules/test_misc/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4876733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/test_misc/README
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+This directory doesn't actually contain any extension module.
+
+What it is is a home for otherwise-unclassified TAP tests that exercise core
+server features.  We might equally well have called it, say, src/test/misc.
diff --git a/src/test/modules/test_misc/t/001_constraint_validation.pl b/src/test/modules/test_misc/t/001_constraint_validation.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f762bc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/test_misc/t/001_constraint_validation.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,310 @@
+# Verify that ALTER TABLE optimizes certain operations as expected
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use PostgresNode;
+use TestLib;
+use Test::More tests => 42;
+
+# Initialize a test cluster
+my $node = get_new_node('master');
+$node->init();
+# Turn message level up to DEBUG1 so that we get the messages we want to see
+$node->append_conf('postgresql.conf', 'client_min_messages = DEBUG1');
+$node->start;
+
+# Run a SQL command and return psql's stderr (including debug messages)
+sub run_sql_command
+{
+	my $sql = shift;
+	my $stderr;
+
+	$node->psql(
+		'postgres',
+		$sql,
+		stderr        => \$stderr,
+		on_error_die  => 1,
+		on_error_stop => 1);
+	return $stderr;
+}
+
+# Check whether result of run_sql_command shows that we did a verify pass
+sub is_table_verified
+{
+	my $output = shift;
+	return index($output, 'DEBUG:  verifying table') != -1;
+}
+
+my $output;
+
+note "test alter table set not null";
+
+run_sql_command(
+	'create table atacc1 (test_a int, test_b int);
+	 insert into atacc1 values (1, 2);');
+
+$output = run_sql_command('alter table atacc1 alter test_a set not null;');
+ok(is_table_verified($output),
+	'column test_a without constraint will scan table');
+
+run_sql_command(
+	'alter table atacc1 alter test_a drop not null;
+	 alter table atacc1 add constraint atacc1_constr_a_valid
+	 check(test_a is not null);');
+
+# normal run will verify table data
+$output = run_sql_command('alter table atacc1 alter test_a set not null;');
+ok(!is_table_verified($output), 'with constraint will not scan table');
+ok( $output =~
+	  m/existing constraints on column "atacc1"."test_a" are sufficient to prove that it does not contain nulls/,
+	'test_a proved by constraints');
+
+run_sql_command('alter table atacc1 alter test_a drop not null;');
+
+# we have check only for test_a column, so we need verify table for test_b
+$output = run_sql_command(
+	'alter table atacc1 alter test_b set not null, alter test_a set not null;'
+);
+ok(is_table_verified($output), 'table was scanned');
+# we may miss debug message for test_a constraint because we need verify table due test_b
+ok( !(  $output =~
+		m/existing constraints on column "atacc1"."test_b" are sufficient to prove that it does not contain nulls/
+	),
+	'test_b not proved by wrong constraints');
+run_sql_command(
+	'alter table atacc1 alter test_a drop not null, alter test_b drop not null;'
+);
+
+# test with both columns having check constraints
+run_sql_command(
+	'alter table atacc1 add constraint atacc1_constr_b_valid check(test_b is not null);'
+);
+$output = run_sql_command(
+	'alter table atacc1 alter test_b set not null, alter test_a set not null;'
+);
+ok(!is_table_verified($output), 'table was not scanned for both columns');
+ok( $output =~
+	  m/existing constraints on column "atacc1"."test_a" are sufficient to prove that it does not contain nulls/,
+	'test_a proved by constraints');
+ok( $output =~
+	  m/existing constraints on column "atacc1"."test_b" are sufficient to prove that it does not contain nulls/,
+	'test_b proved by constraints');
+run_sql_command('drop table atacc1;');
+
+note "test alter table attach partition";
+
+run_sql_command(
+	'CREATE TABLE list_parted2 (
+	a int,
+	b char
+	) PARTITION BY LIST (a);
+	CREATE TABLE part_3_4 (
+	LIKE list_parted2,
+	CONSTRAINT check_a CHECK (a IN (3)));');
+
+# need NOT NULL to skip table scan
+$output = run_sql_command(
+	'ALTER TABLE list_parted2 ATTACH PARTITION part_3_4 FOR VALUES IN (3, 4);'
+);
+ok(is_table_verified($output), 'table part_3_4 scanned');
+
+run_sql_command(
+	'ALTER TABLE list_parted2 DETACH PARTITION part_3_4;
+	 ALTER TABLE part_3_4 ALTER a SET NOT NULL;');
+
+$output = run_sql_command(
+	'ALTER TABLE list_parted2 ATTACH PARTITION part_3_4 FOR VALUES IN (3, 4);'
+);
+ok(!is_table_verified($output), 'table part_3_4 not scanned');
+ok( $output =~
+	  m/partition constraint for table "part_3_4" is implied by existing constraints/,
+	'part_3_4 verified by existing constraints');
+
+# test attach default partition
+run_sql_command(
+	'CREATE TABLE list_parted2_def (
+	LIKE list_parted2,
+	CONSTRAINT check_a CHECK (a IN (5, 6)));');
+$output = run_sql_command(
+	'ALTER TABLE list_parted2 ATTACH PARTITION list_parted2_def default;');
+ok(!is_table_verified($output), 'table list_parted2_def not scanned');
+ok( $output =~
+	  m/partition constraint for table "list_parted2_def" is implied by existing constraints/,
+	'list_parted2_def verified by existing constraints');
+
+$output = run_sql_command(
+	'CREATE TABLE part_55_66 PARTITION OF list_parted2 FOR VALUES IN (55, 66);'
+);
+ok(!is_table_verified($output), 'table list_parted2_def not scanned');
+ok( $output =~
+	  m/updated partition constraint for default partition "list_parted2_def" is implied by existing constraints/,
+	'updated partition constraint for default partition list_parted2_def');
+
+# test attach another partitioned table
+run_sql_command(
+	'CREATE TABLE part_5 (
+	LIKE list_parted2
+	) PARTITION BY LIST (b);
+	CREATE TABLE part_5_a PARTITION OF part_5 FOR VALUES IN (\'a\');
+	ALTER TABLE part_5 ADD CONSTRAINT check_a CHECK (a IS NOT NULL AND a = 5);'
+);
+$output = run_sql_command(
+	'ALTER TABLE list_parted2 ATTACH PARTITION part_5 FOR VALUES IN (5);');
+ok(!($output =~ m/verifying table "part_5"/), 'table part_5 not scanned');
+ok($output =~ m/verifying table "list_parted2_def"/,
+	'list_parted2_def scanned');
+ok( $output =~
+	  m/partition constraint for table "part_5" is implied by existing constraints/,
+	'part_5 verified by existing constraints');
+
+run_sql_command(
+	'ALTER TABLE list_parted2 DETACH PARTITION part_5;
+	 ALTER TABLE part_5 DROP CONSTRAINT check_a;');
+
+# scan should again be skipped, even though NOT NULL is now a column property
+run_sql_command(
+	'ALTER TABLE part_5 ADD CONSTRAINT check_a CHECK (a IN (5)),
+	 ALTER a SET NOT NULL;'
+);
+$output = run_sql_command(
+	'ALTER TABLE list_parted2 ATTACH PARTITION part_5 FOR VALUES IN (5);');
+ok(!($output =~ m/verifying table "part_5"/), 'table part_5 not scanned');
+ok($output =~ m/verifying table "list_parted2_def"/,
+	'list_parted2_def scanned');
+ok( $output =~
+	  m/partition constraint for table "part_5" is implied by existing constraints/,
+	'part_5 verified by existing constraints');
+
+# Check the case where attnos of the partitioning columns in the table being
+# attached differs from the parent.  It should not affect the constraint-
+# checking logic that allows to skip the scan.
+run_sql_command(
+	'CREATE TABLE part_6 (
+	c int,
+	LIKE list_parted2,
+	CONSTRAINT check_a CHECK (a IS NOT NULL AND a = 6)
+	);
+	ALTER TABLE part_6 DROP c;');
+$output = run_sql_command(
+	'ALTER TABLE list_parted2 ATTACH PARTITION part_6 FOR VALUES IN (6);');
+ok(!($output =~ m/verifying table "part_6"/), 'table part_6 not scanned');
+ok($output =~ m/verifying table "list_parted2_def"/,
+	'list_parted2_def scanned');
+ok( $output =~
+	  m/partition constraint for table "part_6" is implied by existing constraints/,
+	'part_6 verified by existing constraints');
+
+# Similar to above, but the table being attached is a partitioned table
+# whose partition has still different attnos for the root partitioning
+# columns.
+run_sql_command(
+	'CREATE TABLE part_7 (
+	LIKE list_parted2,
+	CONSTRAINT check_a CHECK (a IS NOT NULL AND a = 7)
+	) PARTITION BY LIST (b);
+	CREATE TABLE part_7_a_null (
+	c int,
+	d int,
+	e int,
+	LIKE list_parted2,  -- a will have attnum = 4
+	CONSTRAINT check_b CHECK (b IS NULL OR b = \'a\'),
+	CONSTRAINT check_a CHECK (a IS NOT NULL AND a = 7)
+	);
+	ALTER TABLE part_7_a_null DROP c, DROP d, DROP e;');
+
+$output = run_sql_command(
+	'ALTER TABLE part_7 ATTACH PARTITION part_7_a_null FOR VALUES IN (\'a\', null);'
+);
+ok(!is_table_verified($output), 'table not scanned');
+ok( $output =~
+	  m/partition constraint for table "part_7_a_null" is implied by existing constraints/,
+	'part_7_a_null verified by existing constraints');
+$output = run_sql_command(
+	'ALTER TABLE list_parted2 ATTACH PARTITION part_7 FOR VALUES IN (7);');
+ok(!is_table_verified($output), 'tables not scanned');
+ok( $output =~
+	  m/partition constraint for table "part_7" is implied by existing constraints/,
+	'part_7 verified by existing constraints');
+ok( $output =~
+	  m/updated partition constraint for default partition "list_parted2_def" is implied by existing constraints/,
+	'updated partition constraint for default partition list_parted2_def');
+
+run_sql_command(
+	'CREATE TABLE range_parted (
+	a int,
+	b int
+	) PARTITION BY RANGE (a, b);
+	CREATE TABLE range_part1 (
+	a int NOT NULL CHECK (a = 1),
+	b int NOT NULL);');
+
+$output = run_sql_command(
+	'ALTER TABLE range_parted ATTACH PARTITION range_part1 FOR VALUES FROM (1, 1) TO (1, 10);'
+);
+ok(is_table_verified($output), 'table range_part1 scanned');
+ok( !(  $output =~
+		m/partition constraint for table "range_part1" is implied by existing constraints/
+	),
+	'range_part1 not verified by existing constraints');
+
+run_sql_command(
+	'CREATE TABLE range_part2 (
+	a int NOT NULL CHECK (a = 1),
+	b int NOT NULL CHECK (b >= 10 and b < 18)
+);');
+$output = run_sql_command(
+	'ALTER TABLE range_parted ATTACH PARTITION range_part2 FOR VALUES FROM (1, 10) TO (1, 20);'
+);
+ok(!is_table_verified($output), 'table range_part2 not scanned');
+ok( $output =~
+	  m/partition constraint for table "range_part2" is implied by existing constraints/,
+	'range_part2 verified by existing constraints');
+
+# If a partitioned table being created or an existing table being attached
+# as a partition does not have a constraint that would allow validation scan
+# to be skipped, but an individual partition does, then the partition's
+# validation scan is skipped.
+run_sql_command(
+	'CREATE TABLE quuux (a int, b text) PARTITION BY LIST (a);
+	CREATE TABLE quuux_default PARTITION OF quuux DEFAULT PARTITION BY LIST (b);
+	CREATE TABLE quuux_default1 PARTITION OF quuux_default (
+	CONSTRAINT check_1 CHECK (a IS NOT NULL AND a = 1)
+	) FOR VALUES IN (\'b\');
+	CREATE TABLE quuux1 (a int, b text);');
+
+$output = run_sql_command(
+	'ALTER TABLE quuux ATTACH PARTITION quuux1 FOR VALUES IN (1);');
+ok(is_table_verified($output), 'quuux1 table scanned');
+ok( !(  $output =~
+		m/partition constraint for table "quuux1" is implied by existing constraints/
+	),
+	'quuux1 verified by existing constraints');
+
+run_sql_command('CREATE TABLE quuux2 (a int, b text);');
+$output = run_sql_command(
+	'ALTER TABLE quuux ATTACH PARTITION quuux2 FOR VALUES IN (2);');
+ok(!($output =~ m/verifying table "quuux_default1"/),
+	'quuux_default1 not scanned');
+ok($output =~ m/verifying table "quuux2"/, 'quuux2 scanned');
+ok( $output =~
+	  m/updated partition constraint for default partition "quuux_default1" is implied by existing constraints/,
+	'updated partition constraint for default partition quuux_default1');
+run_sql_command('DROP TABLE quuux1, quuux2;');
+
+# should validate for quuux1, but not for quuux2
+$output = run_sql_command(
+	'CREATE TABLE quuux1 PARTITION OF quuux FOR VALUES IN (1);');
+ok(!is_table_verified($output), 'tables not scanned');
+ok( !(  $output =~
+		m/partition constraint for table "quuux1" is implied by existing constraints/
+	),
+	'quuux1 verified by existing constraints');
+$output = run_sql_command(
+	'CREATE TABLE quuux2 PARTITION OF quuux FOR VALUES IN (2);');
+ok(!is_table_verified($output), 'tables not scanned');
+ok( $output =~
+	  m/updated partition constraint for default partition "quuux_default1" is implied by existing constraints/,
+	'updated partition constraint for default partition quuux_default1');
+run_sql_command('DROP TABLE quuux;');
+
+$node->stop('fast');
diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm b/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm
index 2eab635..a09263d 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ my @contrib_excludes = (
 	'jsonb_plperl',     'jsonb_plpython',
 	'ltree_plpython',   'pgcrypto',
 	'sepgsql',          'brin',
-	'test_extensions',  'test_pg_dump',
-	'snapshot_too_old', 'unsafe_tests');
+	'test_extensions',  'test_misc',
+	'test_pg_dump',     'snapshot_too_old',
+	'unsafe_tests');
 
 # Set of variables for frontend modules
 my $frontend_defines = { 'initdb' => 'FRONTEND' };
