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
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@
         child_open_join_thread: true,
       },
       isDefault: true,
+      specialRole: 1,
     },
   },
   currentUser: {
@@ -352,6 +353,7 @@
         '0a9',
       ],
       isDefault: true,
+      specialRole: 1,
     },
   },
   currentUser: {
@@ -590,6 +592,7 @@
         child_open_join_thread: true,
       },
       isDefault: true,
+      specialRole: 1,
     },
   },
   currentUser: {