diff --git a/plugin-server/tests/main/ingestion-queues/session-recording/fixtures.ts b/plugin-server/tests/main/ingestion-queues/session-recording/fixtures.ts
index 59a4b2e250dea..79602befd50f3 100644
--- a/plugin-server/tests/main/ingestion-queues/session-recording/fixtures.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/tests/main/ingestion-queues/session-recording/fixtures.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export function createIncomingRecordingMessage(
     // that has properties, and they have $snapshot_data
     // that will have data_items, which are the actual snapshots each individually compressed
 
-    const message: IncomingRecordingMessage = {
+    return {
         team_id: 1,
         distinct_id: 'distinct_id',
         session_id: 'session_id_1',
@@ -33,12 +33,11 @@ export function createIncomingRecordingMessage(
             lowOffset: 1,
             highOffset: 1,
             timestamp: 1,
+            rawSize: 1,
             ...partialIncomingMessage.metadata,
             ...partialMetadata,
         },
     }
-
-    return message
 }
 
 export function createKafkaMessage(
@@ -46,12 +45,13 @@ export function createKafkaMessage(
     messageOverrides: Partial<Message> = {},
     eventProperties: Record<string, any> = {}
 ): Message {
-    const message: Message = {
+    return {
         partition: 1,
         topic: KAFKA_SESSION_RECORDING_SNAPSHOT_ITEM_EVENTS,
         offset: 0,
         timestamp: messageOverrides.timestamp ?? Date.now(),
         size: 1,
+        headers: [{ token: token.toString() }],
         ...messageOverrides,
 
         value: Buffer.from(
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ export function createKafkaMessage(
             })
         ),
     }
-
-    return message
 }
 
 export function createTP(partition: number, topic = KAFKA_SESSION_RECORDING_SNAPSHOT_ITEM_EVENTS) {
diff --git a/plugin-server/tests/main/ingestion-queues/session-recording/utils.test.ts b/plugin-server/tests/main/ingestion-queues/session-recording/utils.test.ts
index c5a3851486d93..28c594566eb15 100644
--- a/plugin-server/tests/main/ingestion-queues/session-recording/utils.test.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/tests/main/ingestion-queues/session-recording/utils.test.ts
@@ -65,14 +65,15 @@ describe('session-recording utils', () => {
 
     describe('parsing the message', () => {
         it('can parse a message correctly', async () => {
-            const parsedMessage = await parseKafkaMessage(validMessage('my-distinct-id'), () =>
-                Promise.resolve({ teamId: 1, consoleLogIngestionEnabled: false })
+            const parsedMessage = await parseKafkaMessage(
+                validMessage('my-distinct-id', [{ token: 'something' }]),
+                () => Promise.resolve({ teamId: 1, consoleLogIngestionEnabled: false })
             )
             expect(parsedMessage).toMatchSnapshot()
         })
         it('can handle numeric distinct_ids', async () => {
             const numericId = 12345
-            const parsedMessage = await parseKafkaMessage(validMessage(numericId), () =>
+            const parsedMessage = await parseKafkaMessage(validMessage(numericId, [{ token: 'something' }]), () =>
                 Promise.resolve({ teamId: 1, consoleLogIngestionEnabled: false })
             )
             expect(parsedMessage).toMatchObject({
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ describe('session-recording utils', () => {
 
             const createMessage = ($snapshot_items: unknown[]) => {
                 return {
+                    headers: [{ token: 'the_token' }],
                     value: Buffer.from(
                         JSON.stringify({
                             uuid: '018a47df-a0f6-7761-8635-439a0aa873bb',
@@ -191,10 +193,10 @@ describe('session-recording utils', () => {
                     undefined,
                 ],
                 [
-                    'calls the team id resolver twice when token is not in header, and is in body',
+                    'does not call the team id resolver when token is not in header, but is in body',
                     undefined,
                     'the body token',
-                    ['the body token'],
+                    undefined,
                 ],
             ])('%s', async (_name, headerToken, payloadToken, expectedCalls) => {
                 await parseKafkaMessage(