diff --git a/test_helpers.go b/test_helpers.go
index 146be8f3..90b0afa3 100644
--- a/test_helpers.go
+++ b/test_helpers.go
@@ -34,6 +34,30 @@ func CreateTestContextOnly(w http.ResponseWriter, r *Engine) (c *Context) {
 	return
 }
 
+// RunTestHandler creates a test context, assigns the given request, executes
+// the provided handler chain, and flushes the status code to the underlying
+// ResponseWriter. This solves the problem where ctx.Status() sets the status
+// internally but does not flush it to an httptest.ResponseRecorder when using
+// CreateTestContext directly.
+//
+// Example usage:
+//
+//	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+//	req := httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/resource", nil)
+//	c := gin.RunTestHandler(w, req, func(c *gin.Context) {
+//	    c.Status(http.StatusCreated)
+//	})
+//	// w.Code is now 201, not 200
+func RunTestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, handlers ...HandlerFunc) *Context {
+	c, _ := CreateTestContext(w)
+	c.Request = req
+	c.handlers = handlers
+	c.index = -1
+	c.Next()
+	c.Writer.WriteHeaderNow()
+	return c
+}
+
 // waitForServerReady waits for a server to be ready by making HTTP requests
 // with exponential backoff. This is more reliable than time.Sleep() for testing.
 func waitForServerReady(url string, maxAttempts int) error {
diff --git a/test_helpers_test.go b/test_helpers_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe800811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_helpers_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+// Copyright 2017 Manu Martinez-Almeida. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package gin
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestRunTestHandlerFlushesStatusCode(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		statusCode int
+	}{
+		{"201 Created", http.StatusCreated},
+		{"204 No Content", http.StatusNoContent},
+		{"400 Bad Request", http.StatusBadRequest},
+		{"404 Not Found", http.StatusNotFound},
+		{"500 Internal Server Error", http.StatusInternalServerError},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", nil)
+			code := tt.statusCode
+
+			c := RunTestHandler(w, req, func(c *Context) {
+				c.Status(code)
+			})
+
+			assert.Equal(t, code, w.Code)
+			assert.Equal(t, code, c.Writer.Status())
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRunTestHandlerMultipleHandlers(t *testing.T) {
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/resource", nil)
+
+	callOrder := []string{}
+
+	middleware := func(c *Context) {
+		callOrder = append(callOrder, "middleware")
+		c.Next()
+	}
+
+	handler := func(c *Context) {
+		callOrder = append(callOrder, "handler")
+		c.Status(http.StatusCreated)
+	}
+
+	c := RunTestHandler(w, req, middleware, handler)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusCreated, w.Code)
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusCreated, c.Writer.Status())
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"middleware", "handler"}, callOrder)
+}
+
+func TestRunTestHandlerDefaultStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", nil)
+
+	RunTestHandler(w, req, func(c *Context) {
+		// Handler that does not set a status explicitly.
+	})
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
+}
+
+func TestRunTestHandlerSetsRequest(t *testing.T) {
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPut, "/items/42", nil)
+
+	c := RunTestHandler(w, req, func(c *Context) {
+		c.Status(http.StatusOK)
+	})
+
+	assert.Equal(t, req, c.Request)
+}
+
+func TestCreateTestContextBackwardCompatible(t *testing.T) {
+	// Verify that CreateTestContext still behaves the same way:
+	// status is stored internally but NOT flushed to the ResponseRecorder.
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	c, _ := CreateTestContext(w)
+	c.Status(http.StatusCreated)
+
+	// The internal status should be set.
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusCreated, c.Writer.Status())
+
+	// But w.Code should still be the default 200 because WriteHeaderNow
+	// was never called. This confirms backward compatibility.
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
+}