diff --git a/lib/permissions/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-test-data.js b/lib/permissions/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-test-data.js
--- a/lib/permissions/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-test-data.js
+++ b/lib/permissions/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-test-data.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 
+import { specialRoles } from './special-roles.js';
 import type { MinimallyEncodedRawThreadInfo } from '../types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import { threadTypes } from '../types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import type { LegacyRawThreadInfo } from '../types/thread-types.js';
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@
         child_open_join_thread: true,
       },
       isDefault: true,
+      specialRole: specialRoles.DEFAULT_ROLE,
     },
   },
   currentUser: {
@@ -352,6 +354,7 @@
         '0a9',
       ],
       isDefault: true,
+      specialRole: specialRoles.DEFAULT_ROLE,
     },
   },
   currentUser: {
@@ -590,6 +593,7 @@
         child_open_join_thread: true,
       },
       isDefault: true,
+      specialRole: specialRoles.DEFAULT_ROLE,
     },
   },
   currentUser: {