diff --git a/pubsub/cloud-client/quickstart/pub.py b/pubsub/cloud-client/quickstart/pub.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# [START pubsub_quickstart_pub_all]
+import argparse
+import time
+# [START pubsub_quickstart_pub_deps]
+from google.cloud import pubsub_v1
+# [END pubsub_quickstart_pub_deps]
+
+
+def get_callback(api_future, data):
+    """Wrap message data in the context of the callback function."""
+
+    def callback(api_future):
+        try:
+            print("Published message {} now has message ID {}".format(
+                data, api_future.result()))
+        except Exception:
+            print("A problem occurred when publishing {}: {}\n".format(
+                data, api_future.exception()))
+            raise
+    return callback
+
+
+def pub(project_id, topic_name):
+    """Publishes a message to a Pub/Sub topic."""
+    # [START pubsub_quickstart_pub_client]
+    # Initialize a Publisher client
+    client = pubsub_v1.PublisherClient()
+    # [END pubsub_quickstart_pub_client]
+    # Create a fully qualified identifier in the form of
+    # `projects/{project_id}/topics/{topic_name}`
+    topic_path = client.topic_path(project_id, topic_name)
+
+    # Data sent to Cloud Pub/Sub must be a bytestring
+    data = b"Hello, World!"
+
+    # When you publish a message, the client returns a future.
+    api_future = client.publish(topic_path, data=data)
+    api_future.add_done_callback(get_callback(api_future, data))
+
+    # Keep the main thread from exiting until background message
+    # is processed.
+    while api_future.running():
+        time.sleep(0.1)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description=__doc__,
+        formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter
+    )
+    parser.add_argument('project_id', help='Google Cloud project ID')
+    parser.add_argument('topic_name', help='Pub/Sub topic name')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    pub(args.project_id, args.topic_name)
+# [END pubsub_quickstart_pub_all]
diff --git a/pubsub/cloud-client/quickstart/pub_test.py b/pubsub/cloud-client/quickstart/pub_test.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import os
+import pytest
+
+from google.api_core.exceptions import AlreadyExists
+from google.cloud import pubsub_v1
+
+import pub
+
+PROJECT = os.environ['GCLOUD_PROJECT']
+TOPIC = 'quickstart-pub-test-topic'
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
+def publisher_client():
+    yield pubsub_v1.PublisherClient()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
+def topic(publisher_client):
+    topic_path = publisher_client.topic_path(PROJECT, TOPIC)
+
+    try:
+        publisher_client.create_topic(topic_path)
+    except AlreadyExists:
+        pass
+
+    yield TOPIC
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def to_delete(publisher_client):
+    doomed = []
+    yield doomed
+    for item in doomed:
+        publisher_client.delete_topic(item)
+
+
+def test_pub(publisher_client, topic, to_delete, capsys):
+    pub.pub(PROJECT, topic)
+
+    to_delete.append('projects/{}/topics/{}'.format(PROJECT, TOPIC))
+
+    out, _ = capsys.readouterr()
+
+    assert "Published message b'Hello, World!'" in out
diff --git a/pubsub/cloud-client/quickstart/sub.py b/pubsub/cloud-client/quickstart/sub.py
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+++ b/pubsub/cloud-client/quickstart/sub.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# [START pubsub_quickstart_sub_all]
+import argparse
+import time
+# [START pubsub_quickstart_sub_deps]
+from google.cloud import pubsub_v1
+# [END pubsub_quickstart_sub_deps]
+
+
+def sub(project_id, subscription_name):
+    """Receives messages from a Pub/Sub subscription."""
+    # [START pubsub_quickstart_sub_client]
+    # Initialize a Subscriber client
+    client = pubsub_v1.SubscriberClient()
+    # [END pubsub_quickstart_sub_client]
+    # Create a fully qualified identifier in the form of
+    # `projects/{project_id}/subscriptions/{subscription_name}`
+    subscription_path = client.subscription_path(
+        project_id, subscription_name)
+
+    def callback(message):
+        print('Received message {} of message ID {}'.format(
+            message, message.message_id))
+        # Acknowledge the message. Unack'ed messages will be redelivered.
+        message.ack()
+        print('Acknowledged message of message ID {}\n'.format(
+            message.message_id))
+
+    client.subscribe(subscription_path, callback=callback)
+    print('Listening for messages on {}..\n'.format(subscription_path))
+
+    # Keep the main thread from exiting so the subscriber can
+    # process messages in the background.
+    while True:
+        time.sleep(60)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description=__doc__,
+        formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter
+    )
+    parser.add_argument('project_id', help='Google Cloud project ID')
+    parser.add_argument('subscription_name', help='Pub/Sub subscription name')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    sub(args.project_id, args.subscription_name)
+# [END pubsub_quickstart_sub_all]
diff --git a/pubsub/cloud-client/quickstart/sub_test.py b/pubsub/cloud-client/quickstart/sub_test.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import mock
+import os
+import pytest
+import time
+
+from google.api_core.exceptions import AlreadyExists
+from google.cloud import pubsub_v1
+
+import sub
+
+
+PROJECT = os.environ['GCLOUD_PROJECT']
+TOPIC = 'quickstart-sub-test-topic'
+SUBSCRIPTION = 'quickstart-sub-test-topic-sub'
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
+def publisher_client():
+    yield pubsub_v1.PublisherClient()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
+def topic_path(publisher_client):
+    topic_path = publisher_client.topic_path(PROJECT, TOPIC)
+
+    try:
+        publisher_client.create_topic(topic_path)
+    except AlreadyExists:
+        pass
+
+    yield topic_path
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
+def subscriber_client():
+    yield pubsub_v1.SubscriberClient()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
+def subscription(subscriber_client, topic_path):
+    subscription_path = subscriber_client.subscription_path(
+        PROJECT, SUBSCRIPTION)
+
+    try:
+        subscriber_client.create_subscription(subscription_path, topic_path)
+    except AlreadyExists:
+        pass
+
+    yield SUBSCRIPTION
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def to_delete(publisher_client, subscriber_client):
+    doomed = []
+    yield doomed
+    for client, item in doomed:
+        if 'topics' in item:
+            publisher_client.delete_topic(item)
+        if 'subscriptions' in item:
+            subscriber_client.delete_subscription(item)
+
+
+def _make_sleep_patch():
+    real_sleep = time.sleep
+
+    def new_sleep(period):
+        if period == 60:
+            real_sleep(10)
+            raise RuntimeError('sigil')
+        else:
+            real_sleep(period)
+
+    return mock.patch('time.sleep', new=new_sleep)
+
+
+def test_sub(publisher_client,
+             topic_path,
+             subscriber_client,
+             subscription,
+             to_delete,
+             capsys):
+
+    publisher_client.publish(topic_path, data=b'Hello, World!')
+
+    to_delete.append((publisher_client, topic_path))
+
+    with _make_sleep_patch():
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match='sigil'):
+            sub.sub(PROJECT, subscription)
+
+    to_delete.append((subscriber_client,
+                      'projects/{}/subscriptions/{}'.format(PROJECT,
+                                                            SUBSCRIPTION)))
+
+    out, _ = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert "Received message" in out
+    assert "Acknowledged message" in out