diff --git a/ts/test/components/AvatarPlaceHolder_test.tsx b/ts/test/components/AvatarPlaceHolder_test.tsx
index 388bee5a3..e4e39702f 100644
--- a/ts/test/components/AvatarPlaceHolder_test.tsx
+++ b/ts/test/components/AvatarPlaceHolder_test.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { MemberAvatarPlaceHolder } from '../../components/icon/MemberAvatarPlace
 import { TestUtils } from '../test-utils';
 import { areResultsEqual, findByDataTestId, renderComponent } from './renderComponent';
 
+// TODO[epic=SES-2418] migrate to Storybook
 describe('AvatarPlaceHolder', () => {
   const pubkey = TestUtils.generateFakePubKeyStr();
   const displayName = 'Hello World';
diff --git a/ts/test/components/SessionInput_test.tsx b/ts/test/components/SessionInput_test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c857892f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/test/components/SessionInput_test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* eslint-disable import/no-extraneous-dependencies */
+import { cleanup } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import Sinon from 'sinon';
+import { SessionInput } from '../../components/inputs';
+import { TestUtils } from '../test-utils';
+import { findAllByElementType, renderComponent } from './renderComponent';
+
+// TODO[epic=SES-2418] migrate to Storybook
+describe('SessionInput', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    TestUtils.stubSVGElement();
+    TestUtils.stubWindowLog();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    Sinon.restore();
+    cleanup();
+  });
+
+  it('should render an input', async () => {
+    const result = renderComponent(<SessionInput type="text" />);
+    const inputElements = findAllByElementType(result, 'input');
+    expect(inputElements.length, 'should have an input element').to.equal(1);
+    result.unmount();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ts/test/components/renderComponent.tsx b/ts/test/components/renderComponent.tsx
index c11ce694c..0b73a0041 100644
--- a/ts/test/components/renderComponent.tsx
+++ b/ts/test/components/renderComponent.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { AnimatePresence, MotionGlobalConfig } from 'framer-motion';
 import { isArray, isEqual, unset } from 'lodash';
-import { ReactElement, ReactNode } from 'react';
+import { ElementType, ReactElement, ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { ErrorBoundary } from 'react-error-boundary';
 import TestRenderer from 'react-test-renderer';
 import { SessionTheme } from '../../themes/SessionTheme';
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ function findByDataTestId(
   return renderResult.root.findByProps({ 'data-testid': dataTestId });
 }
 
+function findAllByElementType(
+  renderResult: TestRenderer.ReactTestRenderer,
+  elementType: ElementType
+): Array<TestRenderer.ReactTestInstance> {
+  return renderResult.root.findAllByType(elementType);
+}
+
 function areResultsEqual(
   renderResult: TestRenderer.ReactTestRenderer,
   renderResult2: TestRenderer.ReactTestRenderer,
@@ -55,4 +62,10 @@ function areResultsEqual(
   return isEqual(renderResult.toJSON(), renderResult2.toJSON());
 }
 
-export { areResultsEqual, findByDataTestId, getComponentTree, renderComponent };
+export {
+  areResultsEqual,
+  findAllByElementType,
+  findByDataTestId,
+  getComponentTree,
+  renderComponent,
+};