diff --git a/plugins/amazonq/shared/jetbrains-community/src/software/aws/toolkits/jetbrains/services/amazonq/project/EncoderServer.kt b/plugins/amazonq/shared/jetbrains-community/src/software/aws/toolkits/jetbrains/services/amazonq/project/EncoderServer.kt
index 5420b0f6669..5b61aedf94d 100644
--- a/plugins/amazonq/shared/jetbrains-community/src/software/aws/toolkits/jetbrains/services/amazonq/project/EncoderServer.kt
+++ b/plugins/amazonq/shared/jetbrains-community/src/software/aws/toolkits/jetbrains/services/amazonq/project/EncoderServer.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.jacksonObjectMapper
 import com.intellij.execution.configurations.GeneralCommandLine
 import com.intellij.execution.process.KillableProcessHandler
 import com.intellij.openapi.Disposable
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.process.ProcessCloseUtil
 import com.intellij.util.io.HttpRequests
@@ -56,6 +57,9 @@ class EncoderServer(val project: Project) : Disposable {
     private val mapper = jacksonObjectMapper()
 
     fun downloadArtifactsAndStartServer() {
+        if (ApplicationManager.getApplication().isUnitTestMode) {
+            return
+        }
         downloadArtifactsIfNeeded()
         start()
     }
diff --git a/plugins/amazonq/shared/jetbrains-community/src/software/aws/toolkits/jetbrains/services/amazonq/project/ProjectContextProvider.kt b/plugins/amazonq/shared/jetbrains-community/src/software/aws/toolkits/jetbrains/services/amazonq/project/ProjectContextProvider.kt
index dcf29c19d71..0432b6f848b 100644
--- a/plugins/amazonq/shared/jetbrains-community/src/software/aws/toolkits/jetbrains/services/amazonq/project/ProjectContextProvider.kt
+++ b/plugins/amazonq/shared/jetbrains-community/src/software/aws/toolkits/jetbrains/services/amazonq/project/ProjectContextProvider.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.jacksonObjectMapper
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.readValue
 import com.intellij.openapi.Disposable
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.BaseProjectDirectories.Companion.getBaseDirectories
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VfsUtilCore
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@ class ProjectContextProvider(val project: Project, private val encoderServer: En
 
     init {
         cs.launch {
+            if (ApplicationManager.getApplication().isUnitTestMode) {
+                return@launch
+            }
+
             while (true) {
                 if (encoderServer.isNodeProcessRunning()) {
                     // TODO: need better solution for this