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diff --git a/tests/buffers/test_recurrent_buff.py b/tests/buffers/test_recurrent_buff.py
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+import pytest
+import numpy as np
+import torch
+import torch as th
+from gymnasium import spaces
+
+from sb3_contrib.common.recurrent.buffers import RecurrentDictRolloutBuffer
+from sb3_contrib.common.recurrent.type_aliases import RNNStates
+
+
+import pytest
+import numpy as np
+import torch as th
+from sb3_contrib.common.recurrent.buffers import pad, pad_and_flatten, create_sequencers
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("n_envs", [1, 2, 5])
+# @pytest.mark.parametrize("n_envs", [1,])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("buffer_size", [100, 200])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "observation_space",
+    [
+        spaces.Dict({"obs": spaces.Box(low=-1, high=1, shape=(3,), dtype=np.float32)}),
+        spaces.Dict({"obs": spaces.MultiDiscrete([1, 1, 1])}),
+    ],
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("action_space", [spaces.Box(low=-1, high=1, shape=(2,), dtype=np.float32)])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("hidden_state_size", [64, 128])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("batch_size", [64, 100])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("lstm_num_layers", [1, 3])
+def test_recurrent_dict_rollout_buffer_get(
+    n_envs,
+    buffer_size,
+    observation_space,
+    action_space,
+    hidden_state_size,
+    batch_size,
+    lstm_num_layers,
+):
+    single_hs_shape = (lstm_num_layers, n_envs, hidden_state_size)
+
+    hidden_state_shape = (buffer_size, *single_hs_shape)
+    rollout_buffer = RecurrentDictRolloutBuffer(
+        buffer_size=buffer_size,
+        observation_space=observation_space,
+        action_space=action_space,
+        hidden_state_shape=hidden_state_shape,
+        device="cpu",
+        gae_lambda=0.95,
+        gamma=0.99,
+        n_envs=n_envs,
+    )
+    buffer_size = rollout_buffer.buffer_size
+    n_envs = rollout_buffer.n_envs
+    assert rollout_buffer.hidden_states_pi.shape == (buffer_size, *single_hs_shape)
+    assert rollout_buffer.observations["obs"].shape == (buffer_size, n_envs, 3)
+    episode_start = np.array([False], dtype=bool)
+    observation = {"obs": np.array([[0.1, 0.2, 0.3]] * n_envs, dtype=np.float32)}
+    action = np.array([[0.1, -0.1]] * n_envs, dtype=np.float32)
+    reward = np.array([0.5] * n_envs, dtype=np.float32)
+    value = th.tensor([0.1] * n_envs)
+    log_prob = th.tensor([-0.1] * n_envs)
+    lstm_states = RNNStates(
+        pi=(th.ones(single_hs_shape), th.ones(single_hs_shape)),
+        vf=(th.ones(single_hs_shape), th.ones(single_hs_shape)),
+    )
+    lstm_states.pi[0][:, 0, :] *= 2
+    lstm_states.pi[1][:, 0, :] *= 2
+    lstm_states.vf[0][:, 0, :] *= 2
+    lstm_states.vf[1][:, 0, :] *= 2
+    for _ in range(buffer_size - 1):
+        rollout_buffer.add(observation, action, reward, episode_start, value, log_prob, lstm_states=lstm_states)
+        episode_start = np.array([False], dtype=bool)
+    assert not rollout_buffer.full
+    rollout_buffer.add(observation, action, reward, episode_start, value, log_prob, lstm_states=lstm_states)
+    assert rollout_buffer.full
+    assert rollout_buffer.hidden_states_pi.shape == (buffer_size, *single_hs_shape)
+    assert rollout_buffer.cell_states_pi.shape == (buffer_size, *single_hs_shape)
+    assert rollout_buffer.hidden_states_vf.shape == (buffer_size, *single_hs_shape)
+    assert rollout_buffer.cell_states_vf.shape == (buffer_size, *single_hs_shape)
+
+    for i in range(10):
+        sample = next(rollout_buffer.get(batch_size=batch_size))
+        assert sample.observations["obs"].shape[-1] == 3, f"obs epoch {i}"
+        assert sample.actions.shape[-1] == 2, f"actions epoch {i}"
+        assert len(set(torch.unique(sample.lstm_states.pi[0]))) == 1
+        # todo: define behavior
+
+