diff --git a/.github/config/nodejs-dev.jsonc b/.github/config/nodejs-dev.jsonc
index 400ee95119..4dbb31c0f5 100644
--- a/.github/config/nodejs-dev.jsonc
+++ b/.github/config/nodejs-dev.jsonc
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@
     "run/image-processing",
     "run/jobs",
     "run/logging-manual",
+    "run/idp-sql",
     "run/markdown-preview/editor",
     "run/markdown-preview/renderer",
     "run/pubsub",
diff --git a/.github/config/nodejs-prod.jsonc b/.github/config/nodejs-prod.jsonc
index fdb4d03609..b2a2a4cdf1 100644
--- a/.github/config/nodejs-prod.jsonc
+++ b/.github/config/nodejs-prod.jsonc
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@
     "functions/slack", // TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "key" argument must be of type ... Received undefined
     "healthcare/fhir", // Error: Cannot find module 'whatwg-url'
     "iam/deny", // PERMISSION_DENIED: Permission iam.googleapis.com/denypolicies.create denied on resource cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/projects/long-door-651
-    "run/idp-sql", // (untested) Error: Invalid contents in the credentials file
     "storagetransfer", // CredentialsError: Missing credentials in config, if using AWS_CONFIG_FILE, set AWS_SDK_LOAD_CONFIG=1
     "video-intelligence", // PERMISSION_DENIED: The caller does not have permission
     "workflows", // SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
diff --git a/run/idp-sql/ci-setup.json b/run/idp-sql/ci-setup.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1f34ed1b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run/idp-sql/ci-setup.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "env": {
+    "SERVICE_NAME": "idp-sql-${RUN_ID}",
+    "SAMPLE_VERSION": "${RUN_ID}",
+    "CLOUD_SQL_CONNECTION_NAME": "nodejs-docs-samples-tests:us-central1:test-postgres-instance",
+    "DB_NAME": "ci-database",
+    "DB_USER": "ci-user"
+  },
+  "secrets": {
+    "IDP_KEY": "nodejs-docs-samples-tests/long-door-651-idp-key",
+    "DB_PASSWORD": "nodejs-docs-samples-tests/nodejs-docs-samples-test-postgres-instance-ci-user-password"  }
+}
diff --git a/run/idp-sql/package.json b/run/idp-sql/package.json
index 5f7970a3de..7bdfd66704 100644
--- a/run/idp-sql/package.json
+++ b/run/idp-sql/package.json
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node index.js",
-    "test": "c8 mocha -p -j 2 test/app.test.js --timeout=120000 --exit",
-    "system-test": "c8 mocha -p -j 2 test/system.test.js --timeout=1800000 --exit"
+    "unit-test": "c8 mocha -p -j 2 test/app.test.js --timeout=120000 --exit",
+    "system-test": "test/proxy-setup.sh && c8 mocha -p -j 2 test/system.test.js --timeout=1800000 --exit",
+    "all-test": "npm run unit-test && npm run system-test",
+    "test": "npm -- run all-test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "express": "^4.16.2",
-    "firebase-admin": "^12.0.0",
+    "firebase-admin": "^13.0.0",
     "gcp-metadata": "^6.0.0",
     "google-auth-library": "^9.0.0",
     "handlebars": "^4.7.6",
diff --git a/run/idp-sql/test/e2e_test_cleanup.yaml b/run/idp-sql/test/e2e_test_cleanup.yaml
index 7521b55ee7..e2c497f6cd 100644
--- a/run/idp-sql/test/e2e_test_cleanup.yaml
+++ b/run/idp-sql/test/e2e_test_cleanup.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
 steps:
 
 - id: 'Delete resources'
@@ -12,11 +27,15 @@ steps:
       ./test/retry.sh "gcloud container images describe gcr.io/${PROJECT_ID}/${_SERVICE}:${_VERSION}" \
         "gcloud container images delete gcr.io/${PROJECT_ID}/${_SERVICE}:${_VERSION} --quiet"
 
-      ./test/retry.sh "gcloud run services describe ${_SERVICE} --region ${_REGION} --platform ${_PLATFORM}" \
-        "gcloud run services delete ${_SERVICE} --region ${_REGION} --platform ${_PLATFORM} --quiet"
+      ./test/retry.sh "gcloud run services describe ${_SERVICE} --region ${_REGION}" \
+        "gcloud run services delete ${_SERVICE} --region ${_REGION} --quiet"
 
 substitutions:
   _SERVICE: idp-sql
   _VERSION: manual
   _REGION: us-central1
-  _PLATFORM: managed
+
+serviceAccount: 'projects/${PROJECT_ID}/serviceAccounts/${_SERVICE_ACCOUNT}'
+options:
+    logging: CLOUD_LOGGING_ONLY
+    dynamicSubstitutions: true
diff --git a/run/idp-sql/test/e2e_test_setup.yaml b/run/idp-sql/test/e2e_test_setup.yaml
index 3053d19812..f1d8ad1509 100644
--- a/run/idp-sql/test/e2e_test_setup.yaml
+++ b/run/idp-sql/test/e2e_test_setup.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
 steps:
 
 - id: 'Add a Secret to Secret Manager'
@@ -12,9 +27,13 @@ steps:
       sed -i "s/\"DB_USER\": \"postgres\"/\"DB_USER\": \"${_DB_USER}\"/" postgres-secrets.json
 
       ./test/retry.sh "gcloud secrets create ${_SERVICE}-secrets \
-        --replication-policy="automatic" \
+        --replication-policy=automatic \
         --data-file=postgres-secrets.json"
 
+      ./test/retry.sh "gcloud secrets add-iam-policy-binding ${_SERVICE}-secrets \
+        --member=serviceAccount:${_SERVICE_ACCOUNT} \
+        --role=roles/secretmanager.secretAccessor"
+
 - id: 'Build Container Image'
   name: 'gcr.io/cloud-builders/docker'
   entrypoint: '/bin/bash'
@@ -37,11 +56,11 @@ steps:
   args:
   - '-c'
   - |
-    ./test/retry.sh "gcloud beta run deploy ${_SERVICE} \
+    ./test/retry.sh "gcloud run deploy ${_SERVICE} \
       --image gcr.io/${PROJECT_ID}/${_SERVICE}:${_VERSION} \
       --allow-unauthenticated \
       --region ${_REGION} \
-      --platform ${_PLATFORM} \
+      --service-account ${_SERVICE_ACCOUNT} \
       --add-cloudsql-instances ${_CLOUD_SQL_CONNECTION_NAME} \
       --update-secrets CLOUD_SQL_CREDENTIALS_SECRET=${_SERVICE}-secrets:latest"
 
@@ -52,8 +71,13 @@ substitutions:
   _SERVICE: idp-sql
   _VERSION: manual
   _REGION: us-central1
-  _PLATFORM: managed
   _CLOUD_SQL_CONNECTION_NAME: $PROJECT_ID:us-central1:idp-sql-instance
   _DB_NAME: postgres
   _DB_USER: postgres
   _DB_PASSWORD: password1234
+  _SERVICE_ACCOUNT: ${PROJECT_NUMBER}@cloudbuild.gserviceaccount.com
+
+serviceAccount: 'projects/${PROJECT_ID}/serviceAccounts/${_SERVICE_ACCOUNT}'
+options:
+    logging: CLOUD_LOGGING_ONLY
+    dynamicSubstitutions: true
diff --git a/run/idp-sql/test/proxy-setup.sh b/run/idp-sql/test/proxy-setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c1006a8e9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run/idp-sql/test/proxy-setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Proof of concept: setting up proxy
+
+curl -o cloud-sql-proxy https://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-sql-connectors/cloud-sql-proxy/v2.15.1/cloud-sql-proxy.linux.amd64
+chmod +x cloud-sql-proxy
+cloud-sql-proxy -dir=/cloudsql -instances=$INSTANCE_CONNECTION_NAME &
diff --git a/run/idp-sql/test/retry.sh b/run/idp-sql/test/retry.sh
index 78385733f0..0f36c2075a 100755
--- a/run/idp-sql/test/retry.sh
+++ b/run/idp-sql/test/retry.sh
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ do
     if ((attempt_num==max_attempts))
     then
         echo "Attempt $attempt_num / $max_attempts failed! No more retries left!"
-        exit
+        exit 1
     else
         echo "Attempt $attempt_num / $max_attempts failed!"
         sleep $((attempt_num++))
diff --git a/run/idp-sql/test/system.test.js b/run/idp-sql/test/system.test.js
index 343718467c..7b4b57b1d2 100644
--- a/run/idp-sql/test/system.test.js
+++ b/run/idp-sql/test/system.test.js
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ describe('System Tests', () => {
     console.log('"SERVICE_NAME" env var not found. Defaulting to "idp-sql"');
     SERVICE_NAME = 'idp-sql';
   }
+
+  const {SERVICE_ACCOUNT} = process.env;
   const {SAMPLE_VERSION} = process.env;
   const PLATFORM = 'managed';
   const REGION = 'us-central1';
@@ -41,6 +43,9 @@ describe('System Tests', () => {
   if (!CLOUD_SQL_CONNECTION_NAME) {
     throw Error('"CLOUD_SQL_CONNECTION_NAME" env var not found.');
   }
+
+  const {DB_NAME} = process.env;
+  const {DB_USER} = process.env;
   const {DB_PASSWORD} = process.env;
   if (!DB_PASSWORD) {
     throw Error('"DB_PASSWORD" env var not found.');
@@ -52,15 +57,19 @@ describe('System Tests', () => {
     throw Error('"IDP_KEY" env var not found.');
   }
 
-  let BASE_URL, ID_TOKEN;
+  let BASE_URL, CUSTOM_TOKEN;
   before(async () => {
     // Deploy service using Cloud Build
     let buildCmd =
       `gcloud builds submit --project ${GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT} ` +
       '--config ./test/e2e_test_setup.yaml ' +
-      `--substitutions _SERVICE=${SERVICE_NAME},_PLATFORM=${PLATFORM},_REGION=${REGION}` +
+      `--substitutions _SERVICE=${SERVICE_NAME},_REGION=${REGION}` +
       `,_DB_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD},_CLOUD_SQL_CONNECTION_NAME=${CLOUD_SQL_CONNECTION_NAME}`;
+
+    if (SERVICE_ACCOUNT) buildCmd += `,_SERVICE_ACCOUNT=${SERVICE_ACCOUNT}`;
     if (SAMPLE_VERSION) buildCmd += `,_VERSION=${SAMPLE_VERSION}`;
+    if (DB_USER) buildCmd += `,_DB_USER=${DB_USER}`;
+    if (DB_NAME) buildCmd += `,_DB_NAME=${DB_NAME}`;
 
     console.log('Starting Cloud Build...');
     execSync(buildCmd, {timeout: 240000, shell: true}); // timeout at 4 mins
@@ -82,34 +91,43 @@ describe('System Tests', () => {
     }
 
     // Retrieve ID token for testing
+
+    console.log('Retrieving IDP token...');
     const customToken = await admin.auth().createCustomToken('a-user-id');
-    const response = await got(
-      `https://identitytoolkit.googleapis.com/v1/accounts:signInWithCustomToken?key=${IDP_KEY}`,
-      {
-        method: 'POST',
-        retry: {
-          limit: 5,
-          statusCodes: [404, 401, 403, 500],
-          methods: ['POST'],
-        },
-        body: JSON.stringify({
-          token: customToken,
-          returnSecureToken: true,
-        }),
-      }
-    );
+    try {
+      const response = await got(
+        `https://identitytoolkit.googleapis.com/v1/accounts:signInWithCustomToken?key=${IDP_KEY}`,
+        {
+          method: 'POST',
+          retry: {
+            limit: 5,
+            statusCodes: [404, 401, 403, 500],
+            methods: ['POST'],
+          },
+          body: JSON.stringify({
+            token: customToken,
+            returnSecureToken: true,
+          }),
+        }
+      );
+      const tokens = JSON.parse(response.body);
+      CUSTOM_TOKEN = tokens.idToken;
+    } catch (err) {
+      throw Error('IDP Token retrieval failed: ', err.response.body);
+    }
+
+    if (!CUSTOM_TOKEN) throw Error('Unable to acquire an IDP token.');
 
-    const tokens = JSON.parse(response.body);
-    ID_TOKEN = tokens.idToken;
-    if (!ID_TOKEN) throw Error('Unable to acquire an ID token.');
+    console.log('Retrieved IDP token');
   });
 
   after(() => {
     let cleanUpCmd =
       `gcloud builds submit --project ${GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT} ` +
       '--config ./test/e2e_test_cleanup.yaml ' +
-      `--substitutions _SERVICE=${SERVICE_NAME},_PLATFORM=${PLATFORM},_REGION=${REGION}`;
+      `--substitutions _SERVICE=${SERVICE_NAME},_REGION=${REGION}`;
     if (SAMPLE_VERSION) cleanUpCmd += `,_VERSION=${SAMPLE_VERSION}`;
+    if (SERVICE_ACCOUNT) cleanUpCmd += `,_SERVICE_ACCOUNT=${SERVICE_ACCOUNT}`;
 
     execSync(cleanUpCmd, {shell: true});
   });
@@ -128,14 +146,14 @@ describe('System Tests', () => {
   });
 
   it('Can make a POST request with token', async () => {
-    assert(ID_TOKEN && ID_TOKEN.length > 0);
+    assert(CUSTOM_TOKEN && CUSTOM_TOKEN.length > 0);
 
     const options = {
       prefixUrl: BASE_URL.trim(),
       method: 'POST',
       form: {team: 'DOGS'},
       headers: {
-        Authorization: `Bearer ${ID_TOKEN.trim()}`,
+        Authorization: `Bearer ${CUSTOM_TOKEN.trim()}`,
       },
       retry: {
         limit: 5,