diff --git a/src/test/java/com/hivemq/client/internal/mqtt/handler/publish/incoming/MqttSubscriptionFlowTreeTest.java b/src/test/java/com/hivemq/client/internal/mqtt/handler/publish/incoming/MqttSubscriptionFlowTreeTest.java
index 816a1c94f..7431792a1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/hivemq/client/internal/mqtt/handler/publish/incoming/MqttSubscriptionFlowTreeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/hivemq/client/internal/mqtt/handler/publish/incoming/MqttSubscriptionFlowTreeTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@
 
 package com.hivemq.client.internal.mqtt.handler.publish.incoming;
 
+import com.hivemq.client.internal.mqtt.datatypes.MqttTopicFilterImpl;
+import com.hivemq.client.internal.mqtt.datatypes.MqttTopicImpl;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.CsvSource;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
 /**
  * @author Silvio Giebl
  */
@@ -26,4 +34,65 @@ class MqttSubscriptionFlowTreeTest extends MqttSubscriptionFlowsTest {
         super(MqttSubscriptionFlowTree::new);
     }
 
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @CsvSource({
+            "unsubscribe, test/topic1, test/topic2, test/topic3, test/topic1, test/topic2, test/topic3",
+            "unsubscribe, test/+, test/topic2, test/topic3, test/topic1, test/topic2, test/topic3",
+            "unsubscribe, test/topic/filter1, test/topic/filter2, test/topic/filter3, test/topic/filter1, test/topic/filter2, test/topic/filter3",
+            "unsubscribe, test/topic/+, test/topic/filter2, test/topic/filter3, test/topic/filter1, test/topic/filter2, test/topic/filter3",
+            "unsubscribe, test/topic1/filter, test/topic2/filter, test/topic3/filter, test/topic1/filter, test/topic2/filter, test/topic3/filter",
+            "unsubscribe, test/+/filter, test/topic2/filter, test/topic3/filter, test/topic1/filter, test/topic2/filter, test/topic3/filter",
+            "unsubscribe, test/topic/filter, test/topic//filter, test/topic///filter, test/topic/filter, test/topic//filter, test/topic///filter",
+            "remove, test/topic1, test/topic2, test/topic3, test/topic1, test/topic2, test/topic3",
+            "remove, test/+, test/topic2, test/topic3, test/topic1, test/topic2, test/topic3",
+            "remove, test/topic/filter1, test/topic/filter2, test/topic/filter3, test/topic/filter1, test/topic/filter2, test/topic/filter3",
+            "remove, test/topic/+, test/topic/filter2, test/topic/filter3, test/topic/filter1, test/topic/filter2, test/topic/filter3",
+            "remove, test/topic1/filter, test/topic2/filter, test/topic3/filter, test/topic1/filter, test/topic2/filter, test/topic3/filter",
+            "remove, test/+/filter, test/topic2/filter, test/topic3/filter, test/topic1/filter, test/topic2/filter, test/topic3/filter",
+            "remove, test/topic/filter, test/topic//filter, test/topic///filter, test/topic/filter, test/topic//filter, test/topic///filter",
+    })
+    void branching_compaction(
+            final @NotNull String compactOperation, final @NotNull String filter1, final @NotNull String filter2,
+            final @NotNull String filter3, final @NotNull String topic1, final @NotNull String topic2,
+            final @NotNull String topic3) {
+
+        flows.subscribe(MqttTopicFilterImpl.of(filter1), null);
+        flows.subscribe(MqttTopicFilterImpl.of(filter2), null);
+        flows.subscribe(MqttTopicFilterImpl.of(filter3), null);
+
+        final MqttMatchingPublishFlows matching1 = new MqttMatchingPublishFlows();
+        flows.findMatching(MqttTopicImpl.of(topic1), matching1);
+        assertTrue(matching1.subscriptionFound);
+        final MqttMatchingPublishFlows matching2 = new MqttMatchingPublishFlows();
+        flows.findMatching(MqttTopicImpl.of(topic2), matching2);
+        assertTrue(matching2.subscriptionFound);
+        final MqttMatchingPublishFlows matching3 = new MqttMatchingPublishFlows();
+        flows.findMatching(MqttTopicImpl.of(topic3), matching3);
+        assertTrue(matching3.subscriptionFound);
+
+        switch (compactOperation) {
+            case "unsubscribe":
+                flows.unsubscribe(MqttTopicFilterImpl.of(filter1), null);
+                flows.unsubscribe(MqttTopicFilterImpl.of(filter2), null);
+                flows.unsubscribe(MqttTopicFilterImpl.of(filter3), null);
+                break;
+            case "remove":
+                flows.remove(MqttTopicFilterImpl.of(filter1), null);
+                flows.remove(MqttTopicFilterImpl.of(filter2), null);
+                flows.remove(MqttTopicFilterImpl.of(filter3), null);
+                break;
+            default:
+                fail();
+        }
+
+        final MqttMatchingPublishFlows matching4 = new MqttMatchingPublishFlows();
+        flows.findMatching(MqttTopicImpl.of(topic1), matching4);
+        assertFalse(matching4.subscriptionFound);
+        final MqttMatchingPublishFlows matching5 = new MqttMatchingPublishFlows();
+        flows.findMatching(MqttTopicImpl.of(topic2), matching5);
+        assertFalse(matching5.subscriptionFound);
+        final MqttMatchingPublishFlows matching6 = new MqttMatchingPublishFlows();
+        flows.findMatching(MqttTopicImpl.of(topic3), matching6);
+        assertFalse(matching6.subscriptionFound);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/hivemq/client/internal/mqtt/handler/publish/incoming/MqttSubscriptionFlowsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/hivemq/client/internal/mqtt/handler/publish/incoming/MqttSubscriptionFlowsTest.java
index 0e2f1c5bc..a9904ec8b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/hivemq/client/internal/mqtt/handler/publish/incoming/MqttSubscriptionFlowsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/hivemq/client/internal/mqtt/handler/publish/incoming/MqttSubscriptionFlowsTest.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public static class CsvToArray extends SimpleArgumentConverter {
 
     private final @NotNull Supplier<MqttSubscriptionFlows> flowsSupplier;
     @SuppressWarnings("NullabilityAnnotations")
-    private MqttSubscriptionFlows flows;
+    MqttSubscriptionFlows flows;
 
     MqttSubscriptionFlowsTest(final @NotNull Supplier<MqttSubscriptionFlows> flowsSupplier) {
         this.flowsSupplier = flowsSupplier;