diff --git a/memstore/src/lib.rs b/memstore/src/lib.rs
index 93f4d9182..f014aba97 100644
--- a/memstore/src/lib.rs
+++ b/memstore/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::io::Cursor;
 use std::ops::RangeBounds;
+use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
+use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
 
@@ -117,6 +119,11 @@ pub enum BlockOperation {
 pub struct MemStore {
     last_purged_log_id: RwLock<Option<LogId<MemNodeId>>>,
 
+    /// Saving committed log id is optional in Openraft.
+    ///
+    /// This flag switches on the saving for testing purposes.
+    pub enable_saving_committed: AtomicBool,
+
     committed: RwLock<Option<LogId<MemNodeId>>>,
 
     /// The Raft log. Logs are stored in serialized json.
@@ -146,6 +153,7 @@ impl MemStore {
 
         Self {
             last_purged_log_id: RwLock::new(None),
+            enable_saving_committed: AtomicBool::new(true),
             committed: RwLock::new(None),
             log,
             sm,
@@ -325,13 +333,23 @@ impl RaftStorage<TypeConfig> for Arc<MemStore> {
     }
 
     async fn save_committed(&mut self, committed: Option<LogId<MemNodeId>>) -> Result<(), StorageError<MemNodeId>> {
-        tracing::debug!(?committed, "save_committed");
+        let enabled = self.enable_saving_committed.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
+        tracing::debug!(?committed, "save_committed, enabled: {}", enabled);
+        if !enabled {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
         let mut c = self.committed.write().await;
         *c = committed;
         Ok(())
     }
 
     async fn read_committed(&mut self) -> Result<Option<LogId<MemNodeId>>, StorageError<MemNodeId>> {
+        let enabled = self.enable_saving_committed.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
+        tracing::debug!("read_committed, enabled: {}", enabled);
+        if !enabled {
+            return Ok(None);
+        }
+
         Ok(*self.committed.read().await)
     }
 
diff --git a/openraft/src/engine/tests/startup_test.rs b/openraft/src/engine/tests/startup_test.rs
index 5b8fbd997..9bafe47c6 100644
--- a/openraft/src/engine/tests/startup_test.rs
+++ b/openraft/src/engine/tests/startup_test.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ fn eng() -> Engine<UTConfig> {
     eng
 }
 
+/// It is a Leader but not yet append any logs.
 #[test]
 fn test_startup_as_leader_without_logs() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let mut eng = eng();
diff --git a/tests/tests/fixtures/mod.rs b/tests/tests/fixtures/mod.rs
index f7fe6e151..257bab5c5 100644
--- a/tests/tests/fixtures/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/tests/fixtures/mod.rs
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ pub struct TypedRaftRouter {
     #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
     nodes: Arc<Mutex<BTreeMap<MemNodeId, (MemRaft, MemLogStore, MemStateMachine)>>>,
 
+    /// Whether to save the committed entries to the RaftLogStorage.
+    pub enable_saving_committed: bool,
+
     /// Whether to fail a network RPC that is sent from/to a node.
     /// And it defines what kind of error to return.
     fail_rpc: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<(MemNodeId, Direction), RPCErrorType>>>,
@@ -290,6 +293,7 @@ impl Builder {
         TypedRaftRouter {
             config: self.config,
             nodes: Default::default(),
+            enable_saving_committed: true,
             fail_rpc: Default::default(),
             send_delay: Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(send_delay)),
             append_entries_quota: Arc::new(Mutex::new(None)),
@@ -449,7 +453,9 @@ impl TypedRaftRouter {
 
     pub fn new_store(&mut self) -> (MemLogStore, MemStateMachine) {
         let store = Arc::new(MemStore::default());
-        Adaptor::new(store)
+        store.enable_saving_committed.store(self.enable_saving_committed, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        let (log, sm) = Adaptor::new(store);
+        (log, sm)
     }
 
     #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip_all)]
diff --git a/tests/tests/life_cycle/t50_single_leader_restart_re_apply_logs.rs b/tests/tests/life_cycle/t50_single_leader_restart_re_apply_logs.rs
index 0f3666dcb..b29395847 100644
--- a/tests/tests/life_cycle/t50_single_leader_restart_re_apply_logs.rs
+++ b/tests/tests/life_cycle/t50_single_leader_restart_re_apply_logs.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ use crate::fixtures::RaftRouter;
 
 /// A single leader should re-apply all logs upon startup,
 /// because itself is a quorum.
+///
+/// This test disables save_committed() to ensure that logs are still re-applied because the leader
+/// itself forms a quorum.
 #[async_entry::test(worker_threads = 8, init = "init_default_ut_tracing()", tracing_span = "debug")]
 async fn single_leader_restart_re_apply_logs() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let config = Arc::new(
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@ async fn single_leader_restart_re_apply_logs() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     );
 
     let mut router = RaftRouter::new(config.clone());
+    router.enable_saving_committed = false;
 
     tracing::info!("--- bring up cluster of 1 node");
     let mut log_index = router.new_cluster(btreeset! {0}, btreeset! {}).await?;