CouchDB delete followed by bulk fetch against _replicator database

gistfile1.txt

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Step 1: Delete an existing doc in _replicator database.

request:
{ method: 'POST',
  headers: 
   { 'content-type': 'application/json',
     accept: 'application/json' },
  uri: 'http://user:pass@localhost:5984/_replicator/_bulk_docs',
  body: '{"docs":[{"_id":"foo1","source":"http://user:pass@localhost:5984/mydb","target":"http://user:pass@localhost:5984/mydb2","continuous":true,"_rev":"59-abb0482eb5a5730d6a290a4c38206e96","_deleted":true}]}' }

response:
'[{"ok":true,"id":"foo1","rev":"60-e7613b16b1e4c22056f7aee3ed7f52fe"}]\n'

couch.log:
[info] [<0.107.0>] Canceling replication `28d7acf3a50221dc39ae27f229c7483e+continuous`...
[info] [<0.107.0>] Replication `28d7acf3a50221dc39ae27f229c7483e+continuous` canceled.
[info] [<0.107.0>] Stopped replication `28d7acf3a50221dc39ae27f229c7483e+continuous` because replication document `foo1` was deleted

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Step 2: Bulk fetch _replicator database.

request:
{ method: 'POST',
  headers: 
   { 'content-type': 'application/json',
     accept: 'application/json' },
  uri: 'http://user:pass@localhost:5984/_replicator/_all_docs?include_docs=true',
  body: '{"keys":["foo1"]}' }

response:
'{"total_rows":1,"offset":0,"rows":[\r\n{"id":"foo1","key":"foo1","value":{"rev":"60-e7613b16b1e4c22056f7aee3ed7f52fe","deleted":true},"doc":null}\r\n]}\n'

couch.log:
[info] [<0.1234.0>] 127.0.0.1 - - POST /_replicator/_all_docs?include_docs=true 200