diff --git a/tests/pytest/alter/alter_keep_exception.py b/tests/pytest/alter/alter_keep_exception.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cddaaa55222785df81aa4c88b75733083d06be72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pytest/alter/alter_keep_exception.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+###################################################################
+#           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 -*-
+
+#TODO: after TD-4518 and TD-4510 is resolved, add the exception test case for these situations
+
+import sys
+from util.log import *
+from util.cases import *
+from util.sql import *
+
+
+class TDTestCase:
+    def init(self, conn, logSql):
+        tdLog.debug("start to execute %s" % __file__)
+        tdSql.init(conn.cursor(), logSql)
+
+    def run(self):
+        tdSql.prepare()
+
+        tdSql.error('alter database keep db 0')
+        tdSql.error('alter database keep db -10')
+        tdSql.error('alter database keep db -2147483648')
+        
+        #this is the test case problem for keep overflow
+        #the error is caught, but type is wrong.
+        #TODO: can be solved in the future, but improvement is minimal
+        tdSql.error('alter database keep db -2147483649')   
+    def stop(self):
+        tdSql.close()
+        tdLog.success("%s successfully executed" % __file__)
+
+
+tdCases.addWindows(__file__, TDTestCase())
+tdCases.addLinux(__file__, TDTestCase())
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diff --git a/tests/pytest/fulltest.sh b/tests/pytest/fulltest.sh
index 24ae0ad55766d22d11e556fa99e8b92f9028e5e9..7434d32b9de5eeaddcb4c1e3483612817bc2f0c3 100755
--- a/tests/pytest/fulltest.sh
+++ b/tests/pytest/fulltest.sh
@@ -333,4 +333,5 @@ python3 ./test.py -f tag_lite/alter_tag.py
 python3 test.py -f tools/taosdemoAllTest/taosdemoTestInsertWithJson.py 
 python3 test.py -f tools/taosdemoAllTest/taosdemoTestQueryWithJson.py
 python3 ./test.py -f tag_lite/drop_auto_create.py
+python3 test.py -f alter/alter_keep_exception.py
 #======================p4-end===============