diff --git a/tests/test_command_fetch.py b/tests/test_command_fetch.py
index df2ee1902..8187c92f0 100644
--- a/tests/test_command_fetch.py
+++ b/tests/test_command_fetch.py
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ class TestFetchCommand:
         )
         assert out.strip() == "Works"
 
+    def test_invalid_url(self) -> None:
+        code, _, _ = proc("fetch", "not-a-url")
+        assert code != 0
+
     def test_curl(self, mockserver: MockServer) -> None:
         url = mockserver.url("/echo")
         _, out, _ = proc("fetch", "--curl", f"curl -d a=1 -H 'X-Test: foo' {url}")
diff --git a/tests/test_command_parse.py b/tests/test_command_parse.py
index d12641c45..69240d800 100644
--- a/tests/test_command_parse.py
+++ b/tests/test_command_parse.py
@@ -225,6 +225,12 @@ ITEM_PIPELINES = {{'{self.project_name}.pipelines.MyPipeline': 1}}
         )
         assert "DEBUG: It Works!" in stderr
 
+    def test_invalid_url(self, proj_path: Path) -> None:
+        code, _, _ = proc(
+            "parse", "--spider", self.spider_name, "not-a-url", cwd=proj_path
+        )
+        assert code != 0
+
     def test_curl(self, proj_path: Path, mockserver: MockServer) -> None:
         _, _, stderr = proc(
             "parse",
diff --git a/tests/test_command_shell.py b/tests/test_command_shell.py
index 513474ad8..d2955341d 100644
--- a/tests/test_command_shell.py
+++ b/tests/test_command_shell.py
@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ class TestShellCommand:
         )
         assert "('POST', b'a=1')" in out
 
+    def test_curl_no_redirect(self, mockserver: MockServer) -> None:
+        url = mockserver.url("/redirect-no-meta-refresh")
+        _, out, _ = proc(
+            "shell",
+            "--no-redirect",
+            "--curl",
+            f"curl {url}",
+            "-c",
+            "response.status",
+        )
+        assert out.strip().endswith("302")
+
     def test_curl_with_url(self, mockserver: MockServer) -> None:
         url = mockserver.url("/echo")
         code, _, _ = proc("shell", "--curl", f"curl {url}", url, "-c", "url")