diff --git a/tests/pytest/insert/retentionpolicy.py b/tests/pytest/insert/retentionpolicy.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bd294a24f331558a11d8921023afc91f1a278ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pytest/insert/retentionpolicy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+###################################################################
+#           Copyright (c) 2016 by TAOS Technologies, Inc.
+#                     All rights reserved.
+#
+#  This file is proprietary and confidential to TAOS Technologies.
+#  No part of this file may be reproduced, stored, transmitted,
+#  disclosed or used in any form or by any means other than as
+#  expressly provided by the written permission from Jianhui Tao
+#
+###################################################################
+
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import sys
+import os
+import datetime
+sys.path.insert(0, os.getcwd())
+import taos
+from util.log import *
+from util.cases import *
+from util.sql import *
+from util.dnodes import *
+
+
+class TDTestRetetion:
+    def init(self):
+        self.queryRows=0
+        tdLog.debug("start to execute %s" % __file__)
+        tdLog.info("prepare cluster")
+        tdDnodes.init("")
+        tdDnodes.setTestCluster(False)
+        tdDnodes.setValgrind(False)
+        tdDnodes.stopAll()
+        tdDnodes.deploy(1)
+        tdDnodes.start(1)
+        print(tdDnodes.getDnodesRootDir())
+        self.conn = taos.connect(config=tdDnodes.getSimCfgPath())
+        tdSql.init(self.conn.cursor())
+        tdSql.execute('reset query cache')
+    def checkRows(self, expectRows,sql):
+        if self.queryRows == expectRows:
+            tdLog.info("sql:%s, queryRows:%d == expect:%d" % (sql, self.queryRows, expectRows))
+        else:
+            caller = inspect.getframeinfo(inspect.stack()[1][0])
+            args = (caller.filename, caller.lineno, sql, self.queryRows, expectRows)
+            os.system("timedatectl set-ntp true")
+            tdLog.exit("%s(%d) failed: sql:%s, queryRows:%d != expect:%d" % args)
+
+    def run(self):
+        
+        tdLog.info("=============== step1")
+        tdSql.execute('create database test keep 3 days 1;')
+        tdSql.execute('use test;')
+        tdSql.execute('create table test(ts timestamp,i int);')
+
+        cmd = 'insert into test values(now-2d,11)(now-1d,11)(now,11)(now+1d,11);'
+        tdLog.info(cmd)
+        tdSql.execute(cmd)
+        tdSql.query('select * from test')
+        tdSql.checkRows(4)
+
+        tdLog.info("=============== step2")
+        tdDnodes.stop(1)
+        os.system("timedatectl set-ntp false")
+        os.system("date -s $(date -d \"${DATE} 2 days\" \"+%Y%m%d\")")
+        tdDnodes.start(1)
+        cmd = 'insert into test values(now,11);'
+        tdLog.info(cmd)
+        tdSql.execute(cmd)
+        tdSql.query('select * from test')
+        tdSql.checkRows(5)
+
+        tdLog.info("=============== step3")
+        tdDnodes.stop(1)
+        os.system("date -s $(date -d \"${DATE} 2 days\" \"+%Y%m%d\")")
+        tdDnodes.start(1)
+        cmd = 'insert into test values(now-1d,11);'
+        tdLog.info(cmd)
+        tdSql.execute(cmd)
+        tdSql.query('select * from test')
+        tdSql.checkRows(6)
+        tdLog.info("=============== step4")
+        tdDnodes.stop(1)
+        tdDnodes.start(1)
+        cmd = 'insert into test values(now,11);'
+        tdLog.info(cmd)
+        tdSql.execute(cmd)
+        tdSql.query('select * from test')
+        tdSql.checkRows(7)
+
+        tdLog.info("=============== step5")
+        tdDnodes.stop(1)
+        tdDnodes.start(1)
+        cmd='select * from test where ts > now-1d'
+        queryRows=tdSql.query('select * from test where ts > now-1d')
+        self.checkRows(1,cmd)
+
+    def stop(self):
+        os.system("timedatectl set-ntp true")
+        tdSql.close()
+        tdLog.success("%s successfully executed" % __file__)
+
+
+clients = TDTestRetetion()
+clients.init()
+clients.run()
+clients.stop()
+
diff --git a/tests/pytest/test.sh b/tests/pytest/test.sh
index fbb9ba9879e0b22948fd448bba1bf5d0b7700497..d76c88c6ea3c360a2f2067cf49499137dc658158 100755
--- a/tests/pytest/test.sh
+++ b/tests/pytest/test.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ else
   TAOS_DIR=$CURR_DIR/../..
 fi
 TAOSD_DIR=`find $TAOS_DIR -name "taosd"|grep bin|head -n1`
+TAOS_BIN_DIR=`echo $TAOSD_DIR|rev|cut -d '/' -f 3,4,5,6|rev`/bin
 LIB_DIR=`echo $TAOSD_DIR|rev|cut -d '/' -f 3,4,5,6|rev`/lib
 export PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)/../../src/connector/python/linux/python3
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$LIB_DIR