--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py	Fri Mar 22 10:56:55 2013 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py	Mon Mar 25 12:12:41 2013 -0500
@@ -1407,9 +1407,8 @@
         # removed. We can either remove phasecache from the filecache,
         # causing it to reload next time it is accessed, or simply filter
         # the removed nodes now and write the updated cache.
-        if '_phasecache' in self._filecache:
-            self._phasecache.filterunknown(self)
-            self._phasecache.write()
+        self._phasecache.filterunknown(self)
+        self._phasecache.write()
 
         # update the 'served' branch cache to help read only server process
         # Thanks to branchcache collaboration this is done from the nearest

--- a/tests/test-commandserver.py	Fri Mar 22 10:56:55 2013 -0700
+++ b/tests/test-commandserver.py	Mon Mar 25 12:12:41 2013 -0500
@@ -236,6 +236,27 @@
     f.close()
     runcommand(server, ['status', '-i', '-u'])
 
+def phasecacheafterstrip(server):
+    readchannel(server)
+
+    # create new head, 5:731265503d86
+    runcommand(server, ['update', '-C', '0'])
+    f = open('a', 'ab')
+    f.write('a\n')
+    f.close()
+    runcommand(server, ['commit', '-Am.', 'a'])
+    runcommand(server, ['log', '-Gq'])
+
+    # make it public; draft marker moves to 4:7966c8e3734d
+    runcommand(server, ['phase', '-p', '.'])
+    runcommand(server, ['phase', '.'])  # load _phasecache.phaseroots
+
+    # strip 1::4 outside server
+    os.system('hg --config extensions.mq= strip 1')
+
+    # shouldn't raise "7966c8e3734d: no node!"
+    runcommand(server, ['branches'])
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     os.system('hg init')
 
@@ -258,3 +279,4 @@
     check(rollback)
     check(branch)
     check(hgignore)
+    check(phasecacheafterstrip)

--- a/tests/test-commandserver.py.out	Fri Mar 22 10:56:55 2013 -0700
+++ b/tests/test-commandserver.py.out	Mon Mar 25 12:12:41 2013 -0500
@@ -164,3 +164,29 @@
 adding .hgignore
  runcommand status -i -u
 I ignored-file
+
+testing phasecacheafterstrip:
+
+ runcommand update -C 0
+1 files updated, 0 files merged, 2 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+ runcommand commit -Am. a
+created new head
+ runcommand log -Gq
+@  5:731265503d86
+|
+| o  4:7966c8e3734d
+| |
+| o  3:b9b85890c400
+| |
+| o  2:aef17e88f5f0
+| |
+| o  1:d3a0a68be6de
+|/
+o  0:eff892de26ec
+
+ runcommand phase -p .
+ runcommand phase .
+5: public
+saved backup bundle to $TESTTMP/.hg/strip-backup/d3a0a68be6de-backup.hg
+ runcommand branches
+default                        1:731265503d86