diff --git a/surfsense_backend/tests/integration/composio/conftest.py b/surfsense_backend/tests/integration/composio/conftest.py
index 779e7bdb2..44d707ec3 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/tests/integration/composio/conftest.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/tests/integration/composio/conftest.py
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 """Composio route integration fixtures.
 
-The sys.modules hijack happens at module import time, before importing
-app.app, so production `from composio import Composio` bindings resolve to
-the strict E2E fake in this pytest process too.
+The `composio` sys.modules hijack lives in the parent integration conftest
+so it runs before any sibling suite imports `app.routes`.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import sys
 from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator
 
 import httpx
@@ -16,19 +14,15 @@ import pytest_asyncio
 from httpx import ASGITransport
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
-from tests.e2e.fakes import composio_module as _fake_composio
-
-sys.modules["composio"] = _fake_composio
-
-from app.app import app, limiter  # noqa: E402
-from app.config import config  # noqa: E402
-from app.db import (  # noqa: E402
+from app.app import app, limiter
+from app.config import config
+from app.db import (
     SearchSourceConnector,
     SearchSourceConnectorType,
     User,
     get_async_session,
 )
-from app.users import current_active_user  # noqa: E402
+from app.users import current_active_user
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.integration
 
diff --git a/surfsense_backend/tests/integration/conftest.py b/surfsense_backend/tests/integration/conftest.py
index d9d7cacae..2f4b3fe9a 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/tests/integration/conftest.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/tests/integration/conftest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import importlib
+import sys
 import uuid
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
 
@@ -7,17 +9,27 @@ from sqlalchemy import text
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession, create_async_engine
 from sqlalchemy.pool import NullPool
 
-from app.config import config as app_config
-from app.db import (
-    Base,
-    DocumentType,
-    SearchSourceConnector,
-    SearchSourceConnectorType,
-    SearchSpace,
-    User,
-)
-from app.indexing_pipeline.connector_document import ConnectorDocument
-from tests.conftest import TEST_DATABASE_URL
+# Hijack `composio` before any `from app.*` import; the `from composio import
+# Composio` in app.services.composio_service binds once at first import.
+from tests.e2e.fakes import composio_module as _fake_composio
+
+sys.modules["composio"] = _fake_composio
+
+app_config = importlib.import_module("app.config").config
+app_db = importlib.import_module("app.db")
+Base = app_db.Base
+DocumentType = app_db.DocumentType
+SearchSourceConnector = app_db.SearchSourceConnector
+SearchSourceConnectorType = app_db.SearchSourceConnectorType
+SearchSpace = app_db.SearchSpace
+User = app_db.User
+ConnectorDocument = importlib.import_module(
+    "app.indexing_pipeline.connector_document"
+).ConnectorDocument
+create_default_roles_and_membership = importlib.import_module(
+    "app.routes.search_spaces_routes"
+).create_default_roles_and_membership
+TEST_DATABASE_URL = importlib.import_module("tests.conftest").TEST_DATABASE_URL
 
 _EMBEDDING_DIM = app_config.embedding_model_instance.dimension
 
@@ -105,6 +117,9 @@ async def db_search_space(db_session: AsyncSession, db_user: User) -> SearchSpac
     )
     db_session.add(space)
     await db_session.flush()
+    # Mirror POST /searchspaces so routes guarded by check_permission find a membership.
+    await create_default_roles_and_membership(db_session, space.id, db_user.id)
+    await db_session.flush()
     return space