diff --git a/apiserver/tests/automated/test_pipelines.py b/apiserver/tests/automated/test_pipelines.py
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+++ b/apiserver/tests/automated/test_pipelines.py
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+from typing import Tuple
+
+from apiserver.tests.automated import TestService
+
+
+class TestPipelines(TestService):
+    def test_start_pipeline(self):
+        queue = self.api.queues.get_default().id
+        task_name = "pipelines test"
+        project, task = self._temp_project_and_task(name=task_name)
+        args = [{"name": "hello", "value": "test"}]
+
+        res = self.api.pipelines.start_pipeline(task=task, queue=queue, args=args)
+        pipeline_task = res.pipeline
+        try:
+            self.assertTrue(res.enqueued)
+            pipeline = self.api.tasks.get_all_ex(id=[pipeline_task]).tasks[0]
+            self.assertTrue(pipeline.name.startswith(task_name))
+            self.assertEqual(pipeline.status, "queued")
+            self.assertEqual(pipeline.project.id, project)
+            self.assertEqual(
+                pipeline.hyperparams.Args,
+                {
+                    a["name"]: {
+                        "section": "Args",
+                        "name": a["name"],
+                        "value": a["value"],
+                    }
+                    for a in args
+                },
+            )
+        finally:
+            self.api.tasks.delete(task=pipeline_task, force=True)
+
+    def _temp_project_and_task(self, name) -> Tuple[str, str]:
+        project = self.create_temp(
+            "projects", name=name, description="test", delete_params=dict(force=True),
+        )
+
+        return (
+            project,
+            self.create_temp(
+                "tasks",
+                name=name,
+                type="testing",
+                input=dict(view=dict()),
+                project=project,
+                system_tags=["pipeline"],
+            ),
+        )