diff --git a/tests/sentry/ingest/ingest_consumer/test_ingest_consumer_processing.py b/tests/sentry/ingest/ingest_consumer/test_ingest_consumer_processing.py
index e4cd69ed814f0..f0aa650a9f98b 100644
--- a/tests/sentry/ingest/ingest_consumer/test_ingest_consumer_processing.py
+++ b/tests/sentry/ingest/ingest_consumer/test_ingest_consumer_processing.py
@@ -160,6 +160,60 @@ def test_transactions_spawn_save_event_transaction(
         project_id=project_id,
     )
 
+from unittest.mock import patch
+from sentry.utils import event_tracker
+
+@patch('event_tracker.is_tracked', return_value=True)
+@django_db_all
+def test_transactions_tracks_save_event_transaction(
+    default_project,
+    task_runner,
+    preprocess_event,
+    save_event_transaction,
+):
+    project_id = default_project.id
+    now = datetime.datetime.now()
+    event = {
+        "type": "transaction",
+        "timestamp": now.isoformat(),
+        "start_timestamp": now.isoformat(),
+        "spans": [],
+        "contexts": {
+            "trace": {
+                "parent_span_id": "8988cec7cc0779c1",
+                "type": "trace",
+                "op": "foobar",
+                "trace_id": "a7d67cf796774551a95be6543cacd459",
+                "span_id": "babaae0d4b7512d9",
+                "status": "ok",
+            }
+        },
+    }
+    payload = get_normalized_event(event, default_project)
+    event_id = payload["event_id"]
+    start_time = time.time() - 3600
+    process_event(
+        ConsumerType.Events,
+        {
+            "payload": orjson.dumps(payload).decode(),
+            "start_time": start_time,
+            "event_id": event_id,
+            "project_id": project_id,
+            "remote_addr": "127.0.0.1",
+        },
+        project=default_project,
+    )
+    assert save_event_transaction.delay.call_args[1]["is_tracked"] == True
+
+    # assert not len(preprocess_event)
+    # assert save_event_transaction.delay.call_args[0] == ()
+    # assert save_event_transaction.delay.call_args[1] == dict(
+    #     cache_key=f"e:{event_id}:{project_id}",
+    #     data=None,
+    #     start_time=start_time,
+    #     event_id=event_id,
+    #     project_id=project_id,
+    # )
 
 @django_db_all
 def test_accountant_transaction(default_project):