Backport of python/cpython#109544

Co-authored-by: Jelle Zijlstra <jelle.zijlstra@gmail.com>

Author: Daraan

src/test_typing_extensions.py

@@ -4148,6 +4148,17 @@ def test_total(self):
         self.assertEqual(Options.__required_keys__, frozenset())
         self.assertEqual(Options.__optional_keys__, {'log_level', 'log_path'})
 
+    def test_total_inherits_non_total(self):
+        class TD1(TypedDict, total=False):
+            a: int
+
+        self.assertIs(TD1.__total__, False)
+
+        class TD2(TD1):
+            b: str
+
+        self.assertIs(TD2.__total__, True)
+
     def test_optional_keys(self):
         class Point2Dor3D(Point2D, total=False):
             z: int