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+describe("bug #454", () => {
+  
+  it("should update password with master key", done => {
+    const user = new Parse.User();
+    user.set("username", "hello");
+    user.setPassword("world");
+    var userId;
+    
+    user.save().then(res => {
+      userId = res.id;
+      ok(userId);
+      return Parse.User.logOut();
+    }).then((res)=> {
+      // Find all users
+      const query = new Parse.Query(Parse.User);
+      return query.find();
+    }).then( (res) => {
+      // Should only have one
+      expect(res.length).toBe(1);
+      const user = res[0];
+      expect(user.id).toEqual(userId);
+      user.setPassword("bla");
+      return user.save(null, {useMasterKey: true});
+    }).then((res) => {
+      return Parse.User.logIn("hello", "bla")
+    }).then((user) => {
+      expect(user.id).toEqual(userId);
+      ok(user.getSessionToken());
+      done();
+    }).fail( (err) => {
+      console.error(err);
+      fail(JSON.stringify(err));
+      done();
+    });
+    
+  });
+  
+})
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