diff --git a/tests/nodes/test_invoker.py b/tests/nodes/test_invoker.py
index 677b0a372d..9051fcb403 100644
--- a/tests/nodes/test_invoker.py
+++ b/tests/nodes/test_invoker.py
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ from invokeai.app.services.sqlite import SqliteItemStorage, sqlite_memory
 from invokeai.app.services.invoker import Invoker
 from invokeai.app.services.invocation_services import InvocationServices
 from invokeai.app.services.invocation_stats import InvocationStatsService
+from invokeai.app.services.batch_manager_storage import SqliteBatchProcessStorage
+from invokeai.app.services.batch_manager import (
+    Batch,
+    BatchManager,
+)
 from invokeai.app.services.graph import (
     Graph,
     GraphExecutionState,
@@ -29,6 +34,53 @@ def simple_graph():
     return g
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def simple_batches():
+    batches = [
+        Batch(
+            node_id=1,
+            data= [
+                {
+                    "prompt": "Tomato sushi",
+                },
+                {
+                    "prompt": "Strawberry sushi",
+                },
+                {
+                    "prompt": "Broccoli sushi",
+                },
+                {
+                    "prompt": "Asparagus sushi",
+                },
+                {
+                    "prompt": "Tea sushi",
+                },
+            ]
+        ),
+        Batch(
+            node_id="2",
+            data= [
+                {
+                    "prompt2": "Ume sushi",
+                },
+                {
+                    "prompt2": "Ichigo sushi",
+                },
+                {
+                    "prompt2": "Momo sushi",
+                },
+                {
+                    "prompt2": "Mikan sushi",
+                },
+                {
+                    "prompt2": "Cha sushi",
+                },
+            ]
+        )
+    ]
+    return batches
+
+
 # This must be defined here to avoid issues with the dynamic creation of the union of all invocation types
 # Defining it in a separate module will cause the union to be incomplete, and pydantic will not validate
 # the test invocations.
@@ -38,13 +90,14 @@ def mock_services() -> InvocationServices:
     graph_execution_manager = SqliteItemStorage[GraphExecutionState](
         filename=sqlite_memory, table_name="graph_executions"
     )
+    batch_manager_storage = SqliteBatchProcessStorage(sqlite_memory)
     return InvocationServices(
         model_manager=None,  # type: ignore
         events=TestEventService(),
         logger=None,  # type: ignore
         images=None,  # type: ignore
         latents=None,  # type: ignore
-        batch_manager=None,  # type: ignore
+        batch_manager=BatchManager(batch_manager_storage),
         boards=None,  # type: ignore
         board_images=None,  # type: ignore
         queue=MemoryInvocationQueue(),
@@ -131,3 +184,13 @@ def test_handles_errors(mock_invoker: Invoker):
     assert g.is_complete()
 
     assert all((i in g.errors for i in g.source_prepared_mapping["1"]))
+
+def test_can_create_batch(mock_invoker: Invoker, simple_graph, simple_batches):
+    batch_process_res = mock_invoker.services.batch_manager.create_batch_process(
+        batches=simple_batches,
+        graph=simple_graph,
+    )
+    assert batch_process_res.batch_id
+    assert len(batch_process_res.session_ids) == 25
+    for session in batch_process_res.session_ids:
+        assert mock_invoker.services.graph_execution_manager.get(session)
diff --git a/tests/nodes/test_nodes.py b/tests/nodes/test_nodes.py
index 13338e9261..adfb0a556b 100644
--- a/tests/nodes/test_nodes.py
+++ b/tests/nodes/test_nodes.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class TextToImageTestInvocation(BaseInvocation):
     type: Literal["test_text_to_image"] = "test_text_to_image"
 
     prompt: str = Field(default="")
+    prompt2: str = Field(default="")
 
     def invoke(self, context: InvocationContext) -> ImageTestInvocationOutput:
         return ImageTestInvocationOutput(image=ImageField(image_name=self.id))