diff -rN -up old-telepathy-gabble/tests/twisted/muc/test-muc.py new-telepathy-gabble/tests/twisted/muc/test-muc.py
--- old-telepathy-gabble/tests/twisted/muc/test-muc.py	2008-07-29 13:52:15.000000000 +0300
+++ new-telepathy-gabble/tests/twisted/muc/test-muc.py	2008-07-29 13:52:15.000000000 +0300
@@ -151,12 +151,17 @@ def test(q, bus, conn, stream):
     assert status
     assert status.children[0] == u'hurrah'
 
-    # test that closing the channel results in an unavailable message
-    text_chan.Close()
+    # test that leaving the channel results in an unavailable message
+    dbus.Interface(text_chan,
+            'org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.Interface.Group').RemoveMembers(
+                [2], 'booo')
 
     event = q.expect('stream-presence', to='chat@conf.localhost/test')
     elem = event.stanza
     assert elem['type'] == 'unavailable'
+    status = [e for e in elem.elements() if e.name == 'status'][0]
+    assert status
+    assert status.children[0] == u'booo'
 
     conn.Disconnect()