diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index 5858bfa47a..80c7ccc950 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
-from typing import Any
+from typing import Any, Generator
 
 import pytest
 from packaging.version import Version
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ from pydantic import ValidationError
 
 from invokeai.app.invocations.baseinvocation import BaseInvocation
 from invokeai.app.services.config.config_default import (
+    CONFIG_SCHEMA_VERSION,
     DefaultInvokeAIAppConfig,
     InvokeAIAppConfig,
     get_config,
     load_and_migrate_config,
 )
+from invokeai.app.services.config.config_migrate import ConfigMigrator
 from invokeai.app.services.shared.graph import Graph
 from invokeai.frontend.cli.arg_parser import InvokeAIArgs
 
@@ -288,14 +290,49 @@ def test_get_config_writing(patch_rootdir: None, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
     InvokeAIArgs.did_parse = False
 
 
+def test_migration_check() -> None:
+    new_config = ConfigMigrator.migrate({"schema_version": "4.0.0"})
+    assert new_config is not None
+    assert new_config["schema_version"] == CONFIG_SCHEMA_VERSION
+
+    # Does this execute at compile time or run time?
+    @ConfigMigrator.register(from_version=CONFIG_SCHEMA_VERSION, to_version=CONFIG_SCHEMA_VERSION + ".1")
+    def ok_migration(config_dict: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return config_dict
+
+    new_config = ConfigMigrator.migrate({"schema_version": "4.0.0"})
+    assert new_config["schema_version"] == CONFIG_SCHEMA_VERSION + ".1"
+
+    @ConfigMigrator.register(from_version=CONFIG_SCHEMA_VERSION + ".2", to_version=CONFIG_SCHEMA_VERSION + ".3")
+    def bad_migration(config_dict: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return config_dict
+
+    # Because there is no version for "*.1" => "*.2", this should fail.
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        ConfigMigrator.migrate({"schema_version": "4.0.0"})
+
+    @ConfigMigrator.register(from_version=CONFIG_SCHEMA_VERSION + ".1", to_version=CONFIG_SCHEMA_VERSION + ".2")
+    def good_migration(config_dict: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return config_dict
+
+    # should work now, because there is a continuous path to *.3
+    new_config = ConfigMigrator.migrate(new_config)
+    assert new_config["schema_version"] == CONFIG_SCHEMA_VERSION + ".3"
+
+
 @contextmanager
-def clear_config():
+def clear_config() -> Generator[None, None, None]:
     try:
         yield None
     finally:
         get_config.cache_clear()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.xfail(
+    reason="""
+    Currently this test is failing due to an issue described in issue #5983.
+"""
+)
 def test_deny_nodes():
     with clear_config():
         config = get_config()