diff --git a/lib/utils/thread-ops-utils.test.js b/lib/utils/thread-ops-utils.test.js
--- a/lib/utils/thread-ops-utils.test.js
+++ b/lib/utils/thread-ops-utils.test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   convertClientDBThreadInfoToRawThreadInfo,
   convertRawThreadInfoToClientDBThreadInfo,
 } from './thread-ops-utils.js';
+import { specialRoles } from '../permissions/special-roles.js';
 import type {
   ClientDBThreadInfo,
   LegacyRawThreadInfo,
@@ -276,6 +277,7 @@
         child_open_join_thread: true,
       },
       isDefault: true,
+      specialRole: specialRoles.DEFAULT_ROLE,
     },
   },
   currentUser: {
@@ -377,7 +379,7 @@
   members:
     '[{"id":"256","role":null,"permissions":{"know_of":{"value":true,"source":"1"},"visible":{"value":true,"source":"1"},"voiced":{"value":true,"source":"1"},"edit_entries":{"value":true,"source":"1"},"edit_thread":{"value":true,"source":"1"},"edit_thread_description":{"value":true,"source":"1"},"edit_thread_color":{"value":true,"source":"1"},"delete_thread":{"value":true,"source":"1"},"create_subthreads":{"value":true,"source":"1"},"create_sidebars":{"value":true,"source":"1"},"join_thread":{"value":true,"source":"1"},"edit_permissions":{"value":true,"source":"1"},"add_members":{"value":true,"source":"1"},"remove_members":{"value":true,"source":"1"},"change_role":{"value":true,"source":"1"},"leave_thread":{"value":false,"source":null},"react_to_message":{"value":false,"source":null},"edit_message":{"value":false,"source":null}},"isSender":false},{"id":"83809","role":"84016","permissions":{"know_of":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"visible":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"voiced":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"edit_entries":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"edit_thread":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"edit_thread_description":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"edit_thread_color":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"delete_thread":{"value":false,"source":null},"create_subthreads":{"value":false,"source":null},"create_sidebars":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"join_thread":{"value":false,"source":null},"edit_permissions":{"value":false,"source":null},"add_members":{"value":false,"source":null},"remove_members":{"value":false,"source":null},"change_role":{"value":false,"source":null},"leave_thread":{"value":false,"source":null},"react_to_message":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"edit_message":{"value":true,"source":"84015"}},"isSender":true},{"id":"83969","role":"84016","permissions":{"know_of":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"visible":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"voiced":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"edit_entries":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"edit_thread":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"edit_thread_description":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"edit_thread_color":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"delete_thread":{"value":false,"source":null},"create_subthreads":{"value":false,"source":null},"create_sidebars":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"join_thread":{"value":false,"source":null},"edit_permissions":{"value":false,"source":null},"add_members":{"value":false,"source":null},"remove_members":{"value":false,"source":null},"change_role":{"value":false,"source":null},"leave_thread":{"value":false,"source":null},"react_to_message":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"edit_message":{"value":true,"source":"84015"}},"isSender":true}]',
   roles:
-    '{"84016":{"id":"84016","name":"Members","permissions":{"know_of":true,"visible":true,"voiced":true,"react_to_message":true,"edit_message":true,"edit_entries":true,"edit_thread":true,"edit_thread_color":true,"edit_thread_description":true,"create_sidebars":true,"descendant_open_know_of":true,"descendant_open_visible":true,"child_open_join_thread":true},"isDefault":true}}',
+    '{"84016":{"id":"84016","name":"Members","permissions":{"know_of":true,"visible":true,"voiced":true,"react_to_message":true,"edit_message":true,"edit_entries":true,"edit_thread":true,"edit_thread_color":true,"edit_thread_description":true,"create_sidebars":true,"descendant_open_know_of":true,"descendant_open_visible":true,"child_open_join_thread":true},"isDefault":true,"specialRole":1}}',
   currentUser:
     '{"role":"84016","permissions":{"know_of":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"visible":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"voiced":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"edit_entries":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"edit_thread":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"edit_thread_description":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"edit_thread_color":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"delete_thread":{"value":false,"source":null},"create_subthreads":{"value":false,"source":null},"create_sidebars":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"join_thread":{"value":false,"source":null},"edit_permissions":{"value":false,"source":null},"add_members":{"value":false,"source":null},"remove_members":{"value":false,"source":null},"change_role":{"value":false,"source":null},"leave_thread":{"value":false,"source":null},"react_to_message":{"value":true,"source":"84015"},"edit_message":{"value":true,"source":"84015"}},"subscription":{"home":true,"pushNotifs":true},"unread":false}',
   repliesCount: 0,