ctx.Status() does not affect httptest.ResponseRecorder while ctx.JSON() does

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Description

ctx.Status() does not affect httptest.ResponseRecorder while ctx.JSON() does

How to reproduce

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
    "net/http"
    "net/http/httptest"
    "testing"
)

func TestName(t *testing.T) {
    recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()

    c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(recorder)

    changeResponseCode(c)

    fmt.Println(recorder.Code)
}

func changeResponseCode(ctx *gin.Context) {
    ctx.Status(http.StatusNoContent)
}

Expectations

Should print 204

Actual result

Prints 200

Environment

go version: 1.23.2
gin version (or commit ref): 1.10.0
operating system: Ubuntu 22.04