diff --git a/Tests/AblyChatTests/DefaultRoomLifecycleManagerTests.swift b/Tests/AblyChatTests/DefaultRoomLifecycleManagerTests.swift
index 2840837f..05bc5837 100644
--- a/Tests/AblyChatTests/DefaultRoomLifecycleManagerTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/AblyChatTests/DefaultRoomLifecycleManagerTests.swift
@@ -73,14 +73,16 @@ struct DefaultRoomLifecycleManagerTests {
         initialState: ARTRealtimeChannelState = .initialized,
         feature: RoomFeature = .messages, // Arbitrarily chosen, its value only matters in test cases where we check which error is thrown
         attachBehavior: MockRoomLifecycleContributorChannel.AttachOrDetachBehavior? = nil,
-        detachBehavior: MockRoomLifecycleContributorChannel.AttachOrDetachBehavior? = nil
+        detachBehavior: MockRoomLifecycleContributorChannel.AttachOrDetachBehavior? = nil,
+        subscribeToStateBehavior: MockRoomLifecycleContributorChannel.SubscribeToStateBehavior? = nil
     ) -> MockRoomLifecycleContributor {
         .init(
             feature: feature,
             channel: .init(
                 initialState: initialState,
                 attachBehavior: attachBehavior,
-                detachBehavior: detachBehavior
+                detachBehavior: detachBehavior,
+                subscribeToStateBehavior: subscribeToStateBehavior
             )
         )
     }
diff --git a/Tests/AblyChatTests/Mocks/MockRoomLifecycleContributorChannel.swift b/Tests/AblyChatTests/Mocks/MockRoomLifecycleContributorChannel.swift
index 28f6723e..b363f875 100644
--- a/Tests/AblyChatTests/Mocks/MockRoomLifecycleContributorChannel.swift
+++ b/Tests/AblyChatTests/Mocks/MockRoomLifecycleContributorChannel.swift
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 final actor MockRoomLifecycleContributorChannel: RoomLifecycleContributorChannel {
     private let attachBehavior: AttachOrDetachBehavior?
     private let detachBehavior: AttachOrDetachBehavior?
+    private let subscribeToStateBehavior: SubscribeToStateBehavior
 
     var state: ARTRealtimeChannelState
     var errorReason: ARTErrorInfo?
@@ -16,11 +17,13 @@ final actor MockRoomLifecycleContributorChannel: RoomLifecycleContributorChannel
     init(
         initialState: ARTRealtimeChannelState,
         attachBehavior: AttachOrDetachBehavior?,
-        detachBehavior: AttachOrDetachBehavior?
+        detachBehavior: AttachOrDetachBehavior?,
+        subscribeToStateBehavior: SubscribeToStateBehavior?
     ) {
         state = initialState
         self.attachBehavior = attachBehavior
         self.detachBehavior = detachBehavior
+        self.subscribeToStateBehavior = subscribeToStateBehavior ?? .justAddSubscription
     }
 
     enum AttachOrDetachResult {
@@ -52,6 +55,11 @@ final actor MockRoomLifecycleContributorChannel: RoomLifecycleContributorChannel
         }
     }
 
+    enum SubscribeToStateBehavior {
+        case justAddSubscription
+        case addSubscriptionAndEmitStateChange(ARTChannelStateChange)
+    }
+
     func attach() async throws(ARTErrorInfo) {
         attachCallCount += 1
 
@@ -100,6 +108,14 @@ final actor MockRoomLifecycleContributorChannel: RoomLifecycleContributorChannel
     func subscribeToState() -> Subscription<ARTChannelStateChange> {
         let subscription = Subscription<ARTChannelStateChange>(bufferingPolicy: .unbounded)
         subscriptions.append(subscription)
+
+        switch subscribeToStateBehavior {
+        case .justAddSubscription:
+            break
+        case let .addSubscriptionAndEmitStateChange(stateChange):
+            emitStateChange(stateChange)
+        }
+
         return subscription
     }