diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStubTest.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStubTest.java
index f1f70fb20..fcdb4a062 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStubTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStubTest.java
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.stub.metrics.NoopMetricsProvider;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.stub.sql.ExecuteQueryCallable;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.stub.sql.SqlServerStream;
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Queues;
 import com.google.common.io.BaseEncoding;
@@ -285,6 +286,28 @@ public void testFeatureFlags() throws InterruptedException, IOException, Executi
     assertThat(featureFlags.getLastScannedRowResponses()).isTrue();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testPingAndWarmFeatureFlags()
+      throws InterruptedException, IOException, ExecutionException {
+    EnhancedBigtableStubSettings settings =
+        defaultSettings.toBuilder().setRefreshingChannel(true).build();
+    try (EnhancedBigtableStub ignored = EnhancedBigtableStub.create(settings)) {
+      Preconditions.checkState(
+          !fakeDataService.pingRequests.isEmpty(), "Ping request was not sent during setup");
+      Metadata metadata = metadataInterceptor.headers.take();
+
+      String encodedFeatureFlags =
+          metadata.get(Key.of("bigtable-features", Metadata.ASCII_STRING_MARSHALLER));
+      FeatureFlags featureFlags =
+          FeatureFlags.parseFrom(BaseEncoding.base64Url().decode(encodedFeatureFlags));
+
+      assertThat(featureFlags.getReverseScans()).isTrue();
+      assertThat(featureFlags.getLastScannedRowResponses()).isTrue();
+      assertThat(featureFlags.getRoutingCookie()).isTrue();
+      assertThat(featureFlags.getRetryInfo()).isTrue();
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testCheckAndMutateRequestResponseConversion()
       throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {