diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/test/t_tmssapp_specification_django_API.py b/SAS/TMSS/test/t_tmssapp_specification_django_API.py
index c5c917319778ad16ef17e94331674b10af68309b..5cf58d89aaaafdd178b46039be307fabb467ff2d 100755
--- a/SAS/TMSS/test/t_tmssapp_specification_django_API.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/test/t_tmssapp_specification_django_API.py
@@ -446,6 +446,15 @@ class SchedulingUnitDraftTest(unittest.TestCase):
         with self.assertRaises(IntegrityError):
             models.SchedulingUnitDraft.objects.create(**test_data)
 
+    def test_SchedulingUnitDraft_gets_created_with_correct_ingest_permission_required(self):
+        
+        # setup
+        entry = models.SchedulingUnitDraft.objects.create(**SchedulingUnitDraft_test_data())
+        #check the auto_ingest on project
+        self.assertEqual(False, entry.scheduling_set.project.auto_ingest)
+        #When auto_ingest=False (in project), the scheduling units should be created with ingest_permission_required = True
+        self.assertEqual(True, entry.ingest_permission_required)
+
 
 class TaskDraftTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -650,6 +659,16 @@ class SchedulingUnitBlueprintTest(unittest.TestCase):
         # assert
         with self.assertRaises(IntegrityError):
             models.SchedulingUnitBlueprint.objects.create(**test_data)
+    
+    
+    def test_SchedulingUnitBlueprint_gets_created_with_correct_ingest_permission_required(self):
+
+        # setup
+        entry = models.SchedulingUnitBlueprint.objects.create(**SchedulingUnitBlueprint_test_data())
+        #check the auto_ingest on project
+        self.assertEqual(False, entry.draft.scheduling_set.project.auto_ingest)
+        #When auto_ingest=False (in project), the scheduling units should be created with ingest_permission_required = True
+        self.assertEqual(True, entry.ingest_permission_required)
 
 
 class TaskBlueprintTest(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/test/tmss_test_data_django_models.py b/SAS/TMSS/test/tmss_test_data_django_models.py
index f58583962a1887ddc6e3e6e136351ede386ba255..b997afed4ce7dc934865c2425743109ceaa041f6 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/test/tmss_test_data_django_models.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/test/tmss_test_data_django_models.py
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ def Project_test_data(archive_subdirectory="my_project/") -> dict:
               "name": 'my_project_' + str(uuid.uuid4()),
                "description": 'my description ' + str(uuid.uuid4()),
                "tags": [],
+               "auto_ingest": False,
                "priority_rank": 1.0,
                "trigger_priority": 1000,
                "can_trigger": False,