diff --git a/render/short_lived_connections_test.go b/render/short_lived_connections_test.go
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+package render_test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/probe/docker"
+	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/probe/endpoint"
+	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/render"
+	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/report"
+	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/test"
+)
+
+var (
+	serverHostID     = "host1"
+	serverHostNodeID = report.MakeHostNodeID(serverHostID)
+
+	randomIP             = "3.4.5.6"
+	randomPort           = "56789"
+	randomEndpointNodeID = report.MakeEndpointNodeID(serverHostID, randomIP, randomPort)
+
+	serverIP             = "192.168.1.1"
+	serverPort           = "80"
+	serverEndpointNodeID = report.MakeEndpointNodeID(serverHostID, serverIP, serverPort)
+
+	containerID     = "a1b2c3d4e5"
+	containerIP     = "192.168.0.1"
+	containerName   = "foo"
+	containerNodeID = report.MakeContainerNodeID(serverHostID, containerID)
+
+	rpt = report.Report{
+		Endpoint: report.Topology{
+			Nodes: report.Nodes{
+				randomEndpointNodeID: report.MakeNode().WithMetadata(map[string]string{
+					endpoint.Addr:        randomIP,
+					endpoint.Port:        randomPort,
+					endpoint.Conntracked: "true",
+				}).WithAdjacent(serverEndpointNodeID),
+
+				serverEndpointNodeID: report.MakeNode().WithMetadata(map[string]string{
+					endpoint.Addr:        serverIP,
+					endpoint.Port:        serverPort,
+					endpoint.Conntracked: "true",
+				}),
+			},
+		},
+		Container: report.Topology{
+			Nodes: report.Nodes{
+				containerNodeID: report.MakeNode().WithMetadata(map[string]string{
+					docker.ContainerID:    containerID,
+					docker.ContainerName:  containerName,
+					docker.ContainerIPs:   containerIP,
+					docker.ContainerPorts: fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s->%s/tcp", serverIP, serverPort, serverPort),
+					report.HostNodeID:     serverHostNodeID,
+				}),
+			},
+		},
+		Host: report.Topology{
+			Nodes: report.Nodes{
+				serverHostNodeID: report.MakeNodeWith(map[string]string{
+					"local_networks":  "192.168.0.0/16",
+					report.HostNodeID: serverHostNodeID,
+				}),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	want = (render.RenderableNodes{
+		render.TheInternetID: {
+			ID:         render.TheInternetID,
+			LabelMajor: render.TheInternetMajor,
+			Pseudo:     true,
+			Node:       report.MakeNode().WithAdjacent(containerID),
+			Origins:    report.MakeIDList(randomEndpointNodeID),
+		},
+		containerID: {
+			ID:         containerID,
+			LabelMajor: containerName,
+			LabelMinor: serverHostID,
+			Rank:       "",
+			Pseudo:     false,
+			Origins:    report.MakeIDList(containerNodeID, serverEndpointNodeID, serverHostNodeID),
+			Node:       report.MakeNode(),
+		},
+	}).Prune()
+)
+
+func TestShortLivedInternetNodeConnections(t *testing.T) {
+	have := (render.ContainerWithImageNameRenderer.Render(rpt)).Prune()
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(want, have) {
+		t.Error(test.Diff(want, have))
+	}
+}