diff --git a/integrations/issue_stress_test.go b/integrations/issue_stress_test.go
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+// Copyright 2019 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// +build stress
+
+package integrations
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models"
+)
+
+// TestStressCreateIssue do something
+func TestStressCreateIssue(t *testing.T) {
+	// TODO: refactor this to avoid including StressIssueNoDupIndex() in production
+	// func StressIssueNoDupIndex(t *testing.T, useTransactions bool, initialIssueFill int, maxTestDuration int, threadCount int) {
+	models.StressIssueNoDupIndex(t, true, 0, 0, 0)
+}
diff --git a/models/issue_stress.go b/models/issue_stress.go
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+++ b/models/issue_stress.go
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+// Copyright 2019 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// +build stress
+
+package models
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+// StressIssueNoDupIndex Performs a stress test of the INSERT ... SELECT function of database for inserting issues
+func StressIssueNoDupIndex(t *testing.T, useTransactions bool, initialIssueFill int, maxTestDuration int, threadCount int) {
+	assert.NoError(t, PrepareTestDatabase())
+
+	// Defaults
+	const defInitialIssueFill = 1000 // issues inserted prior to stress test
+	const defMaxTestDuration = 60    // seconds
+	const defThreadCount = 8         // max simultaneous threads
+
+	if initialIssueFill == 0 {
+		initialIssueFill = defInitialIssueFill
+	}
+	if maxTestDuration == 0 {
+		maxTestDuration = defMaxTestDuration
+	}
+	if threadCount == 0 {
+		threadCount = defThreadCount
+	}
+
+	var err error
+	repo := AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &Repository{ID: 3}).(*Repository)
+	doer := AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &User{ID: repo.OwnerID}).(*User)
+
+	// Pre-load
+	for i := 1; i < initialIssueFill; i++ {
+		issue := &Issue{
+			RepoID:   repo.ID,
+			PosterID: repo.OwnerID,
+			Index:    int64(i + 5000), // Avoid clashing with other tests
+			Title:    fmt.Sprintf("NoDup initial %d", i),
+		}
+		_, err = x.Insert(issue)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("TestIssueNoDupIndex(): %d rows created\n", initialIssueFill)
+
+	until := time.Now().Add(time.Second * time.Duration(maxTestDuration))
+
+	var hasErrors int32
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+	f := func(thread int) {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		sess := x.NewSession()
+		defer sess.Close()
+		i := 1
+		for {
+			if time.Now().After(until) || atomic.LoadInt32(&hasErrors) != 0 {
+				return
+			}
+			issue := &Issue{
+				RepoID:         repo.ID,
+				PosterID:       repo.OwnerID,
+				Title:          fmt.Sprintf("NoDup stress %d, %d", thread, i),
+				OriginalAuthor: "TestIssueNoDupIndex()",
+				Priority:       thread, // For statistics
+			}
+			if useTransactions {
+				if err = sess.Begin(); err != nil {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if err = newIssue(sess, doer, NewIssueOptions{
+				Repo:  repo,
+				Issue: issue,
+			}); err != nil {
+				break
+			}
+			if useTransactions {
+				if err = sess.Commit(); err != nil {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			i++
+		}
+		if useTransactions {
+			_ = sess.Rollback()
+		}
+		atomic.StoreInt32(&hasErrors, 1)
+		t.Logf("newIssue(): %+v", err)
+	}
+
+	for i := 1; i <= threadCount; i++ {
+		go f(i)
+		wg.Add(1)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("TestIssueNoDupIndex(): %d threads created\n", threadCount)
+
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	for i := 1; i <= threadCount; i++ {
+		total, err := x.Table("issue").
+			Where("original_author = ?", "TestIssueNoDupIndex()").
+			And("priority = ?", i).
+			Count()
+		assert.NoError(t, err, "Failed counting generated issues count")
+		fmt.Printf("TestIssueNoDupIndex(): rows created in thread #%d: %d\n", i, total)
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, int32(0), hasErrors, "Synchronization errors detected.")
+}