diff --git a/t/t5799-gvfs-helper.sh b/t/t5799-gvfs-helper.sh
index 0d7bcbdab21db6..a7c0188b48e760 100755
--- a/t/t5799-gvfs-helper.sh
+++ b/t/t5799-gvfs-helper.sh
@@ -24,8 +24,12 @@ test_set_port GIT_TEST_GVFS_PROTOCOL_PORT
 #        actually use it).  We are only testing explicit object
 #        fetching using gvfs-helper.exe in isolation.
 #
+#    repo_t2:
+#        Another empty repo to use after we contaminate t1.
+#
 REPO_SRC="$(pwd)"/repo_src
 REPO_T1="$(pwd)"/repo_t1
+REPO_T2="$(pwd)"/repo_t2
 
 # Setup some loopback URLs where test-gvfs-protocol.exe will be
 # listening.  We will spawn it directly inside the repo_src directory,
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ ORIGIN_URL=http://$HOST_PORT/servertype/origin
 CACHE_URL=http://$HOST_PORT/servertype/cache
 
 SHARED_CACHE_T1="$(pwd)"/shared_cache_t1
+SHARED_CACHE_T2="$(pwd)"/shared_cache_t2
 
 # The pid-file is created by test-gvfs-protocol.exe when it starts.
 # The server will shut down if/when we delete it.  (This is a little
@@ -182,6 +187,10 @@ test_expect_success 'setup repos' '
 	mkdir "$SHARED_CACHE_T1/pack" &&
 	mkdir "$SHARED_CACHE_T1/info" &&
 	#
+	mkdir "$SHARED_CACHE_T2" &&
+	mkdir "$SHARED_CACHE_T2/pack" &&
+	mkdir "$SHARED_CACHE_T2/info" &&
+	#
 	# setup repo_t1 and point all of the gvfs.* values to repo_src.
 	#
 	test_create_repo "$REPO_T1" &&
@@ -191,6 +200,13 @@ test_expect_success 'setup repos' '
 	git -C "$REPO_T1" config --local gvfs.sharedCache "$SHARED_CACHE_T1" &&
 	echo "$SHARED_CACHE_T1" >> "$REPO_T1"/.git/objects/info/alternates &&
 	#
+	test_create_repo "$REPO_T2" &&
+	git -C "$REPO_T2" branch -M main &&
+	git -C "$REPO_T2" remote add origin $ORIGIN_URL &&
+	git -C "$REPO_T2" config --local gvfs.cache-server $CACHE_URL &&
+	git -C "$REPO_T2" config --local gvfs.sharedCache "$SHARED_CACHE_T2" &&
+	echo "$SHARED_CACHE_T2" >> "$REPO_T2"/.git/objects/info/alternates &&
+	#
 	#
 	#
 	cat <<-EOF >creds.txt &&
@@ -203,6 +219,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup repos' '
 	EOF
 	chmod 755 creds.sh &&
 	git -C "$REPO_T1" config --local credential.helper "!f() { cat \"$(pwd)\"/creds.txt; }; f" &&
+	git -C "$REPO_T2" config --local credential.helper "!f() { cat \"$(pwd)\"/creds.txt; }; f" &&
 	#
 	# Create some test data sets.
 	#
@@ -1246,6 +1263,77 @@ test_expect_success 'integration: fully implicit: diff 2 commits' '
 		>OUT.output 2>OUT.stderr
 '
 
+# T1 should be considered contaminated at this point.
+
+#################################################################
+# gvfs-helper.exe defaults to no fallback.
+# gvfs-helper-client.c defaults to adding `--fallback` to child process.
+#
+# `gvfs.fallback` was added to change the default behavior in the
+# gvfs-helper-client.c code to add either `--fallback` or `--no-fallback`
+# (for origin server load reasons).
+#
+# When `gvfs.fallback` is unset, we default to TRUE and pass `--fallback`.
+# Otherwise, we use the boolean value to decide.
+#################################################################
+
+test_expect_success 'integration: implicit-get: http_503: diff 2 commits' '
+	test_when_finished "per_test_cleanup" &&
+
+	# Tell both servers to always send 503.
+	start_gvfs_protocol_server_with_mayhem http_503 &&
+
+	# Implicitly demand-load everything without any pre-seeding.
+	# (We cannot tell from whether fallback was used or not in this
+	# limited test.)
+	#
+	test_must_fail \
+		git -C "$REPO_T2" -c core.useGVFSHelper=true \
+			diff $(cat m1.branch)..$(cat m3.branch) \
+			>OUT.output 2>OUT.stderr &&
+
+	stop_gvfs_protocol_server
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'integration: implicit-get: cache_http_503,no-fallback: diff 2 commits' '
+	test_when_finished "per_test_cleanup" &&
+
+	# Tell cache server to send 503 and origin server to send 200.
+	start_gvfs_protocol_server_with_mayhem cache_http_503 &&
+
+	# Implicitly demand-load everything without any pre-seeding.
+	# This should fail because we do not allow fallback.
+	#
+	test_must_fail \
+		git -C "$REPO_T2" \
+			-c core.useGVFSHelper=true \
+			-c gvfs.fallback=false \
+			diff $(cat m1.branch)..$(cat m3.branch) \
+			>OUT.output 2>OUT.stderr &&
+
+	stop_gvfs_protocol_server
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'integration: implicit-get: cache_http_503,with-fallback: diff 2 commits' '
+	test_when_finished "per_test_cleanup" &&
+
+	# Tell cache server to send 503 and origin server to send 200.
+	start_gvfs_protocol_server_with_mayhem cache_http_503 &&
+
+	# Implicitly demand-load everything without any pre-seeding.
+	#
+	git -C "$REPO_T2" \
+		-c core.useGVFSHelper=true \
+		-c gvfs.fallback=true \
+		diff $(cat m1.branch)..$(cat m3.branch) \
+		>OUT.output 2>OUT.stderr &&
+
+	stop_gvfs_protocol_server
+'
+
+# T2 should be considered contaminated at this point.
+
+
 #################################################################
 # Duplicate packfile tests.
 #