diff --git a/dynamic/test_discovery.py b/dynamic/test_discovery.py
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+# Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# 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 unittest
+
+from kubernetes.e2e_test import base
+from kubernetes.client import api_client
+
+from . import DynamicClient
+
+
+class TestDiscoverer(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        cls.config = base.get_e2e_configuration()
+
+    def test_init_cache_from_file(self):
+        client = DynamicClient(api_client.ApiClient(configuration=self.config))
+        client.resources.get(api_version='v1', kind='Node')
+        mtime1 = os.path.getmtime(client.resources._Discoverer__cache_file)
+
+        client = DynamicClient(api_client.ApiClient(configuration=self.config))
+        client.resources.get(api_version='v1', kind='Node')
+        mtime2 = os.path.getmtime(client.resources._Discoverer__cache_file)
+
+        # test no Discoverer._write_cache called
+        self.assertTrue(mtime1 == mtime2)
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