diff --git a/Tests/AblyChatTests/DefaultRoomPresenceTests.swift b/Tests/AblyChatTests/DefaultRoomPresenceTests.swift
index 97b2f0d..1a63e39 100644
--- a/Tests/AblyChatTests/DefaultRoomPresenceTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/AblyChatTests/DefaultRoomPresenceTests.swift
@@ -3,47 +3,6 @@ import Ably
 import Testing
 
 struct DefaultRoomPresenceTests {
-    // MARK: - Test helpers
-
-    let fakeNetworkDelay: UInt64 = 10 // milliseconds; without this delay (or with a very low value such as 1) most of the time attach happens before lifecycleManager has a chance to start waiting.
-
-    private func createManager(
-        forTestingWhatHappensWhenCurrentlyIn status: DefaultRoomLifecycleManager<MockRoomLifecycleContributor>.Status? = nil,
-        forTestingWhatHappensWhenHasPendingDiscontinuityEvents pendingDiscontinuityEvents: [MockRoomLifecycleContributor.ID: DiscontinuityEvent]? = nil,
-        forTestingWhatHappensWhenHasTransientDisconnectTimeoutForTheseContributorIDs idsOfContributorsWithTransientDisconnectTimeout: Set<MockRoomLifecycleContributor.ID>? = nil,
-        contributors: [MockRoomLifecycleContributor] = [],
-        clock: SimpleClock = MockSimpleClock()
-    ) async -> DefaultRoomLifecycleManager<MockRoomLifecycleContributor> {
-        await .init(
-            testsOnly_status: status,
-            testsOnly_pendingDiscontinuityEvents: pendingDiscontinuityEvents,
-            testsOnly_idsOfContributorsWithTransientDisconnectTimeout: idsOfContributorsWithTransientDisconnectTimeout,
-            contributors: contributors,
-            logger: TestLogger(),
-            clock: clock
-        )
-    }
-
-    private func createContributor(
-        initialState: ARTRealtimeChannelState = .initialized,
-        initialErrorReason: ARTErrorInfo? = nil,
-        feature: RoomFeature = .messages, // Arbitrarily chosen, its value only matters in test cases where we check which error is thrown
-        attachBehavior: MockRoomLifecycleContributorChannel.AttachOrDetachBehavior? = nil,
-        detachBehavior: MockRoomLifecycleContributorChannel.AttachOrDetachBehavior? = nil,
-        subscribeToStateBehavior: MockRoomLifecycleContributorChannel.SubscribeToStateBehavior? = nil
-    ) -> MockRoomLifecycleContributor {
-        .init(
-            feature: feature,
-            channel: .init(
-                initialState: initialState,
-                initialErrorReason: initialErrorReason,
-                attachBehavior: attachBehavior,
-                detachBehavior: detachBehavior,
-                subscribeToStateBehavior: subscribeToStateBehavior
-            )
-        )
-    }
-
     // MARK: CHA-PR1
 
     // @spec CHA-PR1
@@ -88,8 +47,8 @@ struct DefaultRoomPresenceTests {
     @Test
     func usersMayEnterPresenceWhileAttaching() async throws {
         // Given: A DefaultRoomLifecycleManager, with an ATTACH operation in progress and hence in the ATTACHING status
-        let contributor = createContributor(feature: .presence, attachBehavior: .completeAndChangeState(.success, newState: .attached, delayInMilliseconds: fakeNetworkDelay))
-        let lifecycleManager = await createManager(contributors: [contributor])
+        let contributor = RoomLifecycleHelper.createContributor(feature: .presence, attachBehavior: .completeAndChangeState(.success, newState: .attached, delayInMilliseconds: RoomLifecycleHelper.fakeNetworkDelay))
+        let lifecycleManager = await RoomLifecycleHelper.createManager(contributors: [contributor])
 
         // Given: A DefaultPresence with DefaultFeatureChannel and MockRoomLifecycleContributor
         let realtimePresence = MockRealtimePresence(["client1"].map { .init(clientId: $0) })
@@ -122,8 +81,8 @@ struct DefaultRoomPresenceTests {
         let attachError = ARTErrorInfo(domain: "SomeDomain", code: 123)
 
         // Given: A DefaultRoomLifecycleManager, with an ATTACH operation in progress and hence in the ATTACHING status
-        let contributor = createContributor(feature: .presence, attachBehavior: .completeAndChangeState(.failure(attachError), newState: .failed, delayInMilliseconds: fakeNetworkDelay)) // Without this delay most of the time attach fail happens before lifecycleManager has a chance to start waiting. I tried to use SignallableChannelOperation, but looks like `await #expect(...)` doesn't understand `let async x/try await x` syntax.
-        let lifecycleManager = await createManager(contributors: [contributor])
+        let contributor = RoomLifecycleHelper.createContributor(feature: .presence, attachBehavior: .completeAndChangeState(.failure(attachError), newState: .failed, delayInMilliseconds: RoomLifecycleHelper.fakeNetworkDelay)) // Without this delay most of the time attach fail happens before lifecycleManager has a chance to start waiting. I tried to use SignallableChannelOperation, but looks like `await #expect(...)` doesn't understand `let async x/try await x` syntax.
+        let lifecycleManager = await RoomLifecycleHelper.createManager(contributors: [contributor])
 
         // Given: A DefaultPresence with DefaultFeatureChannel and MockRoomLifecycleContributor
         let realtimePresence = MockRealtimePresence(["client1"].map { .init(clientId: $0) })
@@ -208,8 +167,8 @@ struct DefaultRoomPresenceTests {
     @Test
     func usersMayUpdatePresenceWhileAttaching() async throws {
         // Given: A DefaultRoomLifecycleManager, with an ATTACH operation in progress and hence in the ATTACHING status
-        let contributor = createContributor(feature: .presence, attachBehavior: .completeAndChangeState(.success, newState: .attached, delayInMilliseconds: fakeNetworkDelay))
-        let lifecycleManager = await createManager(contributors: [contributor])
+        let contributor = RoomLifecycleHelper.createContributor(feature: .presence, attachBehavior: .completeAndChangeState(.success, newState: .attached, delayInMilliseconds: RoomLifecycleHelper.fakeNetworkDelay))
+        let lifecycleManager = await RoomLifecycleHelper.createManager(contributors: [contributor])
 
         // Given: A DefaultPresence with DefaultFeatureChannel and MockRoomLifecycleContributor
         let realtimePresence = MockRealtimePresence(["client1"].map { .init(clientId: $0) })
@@ -242,8 +201,8 @@ struct DefaultRoomPresenceTests {
         let attachError = ARTErrorInfo(domain: "SomeDomain", code: 123)
 
         // Given: A DefaultRoomLifecycleManager, with an ATTACH operation in progress and hence in the ATTACHING status
-        let contributor = createContributor(feature: .presence, attachBehavior: .completeAndChangeState(.failure(attachError), newState: .failed, delayInMilliseconds: fakeNetworkDelay))
-        let lifecycleManager = await createManager(contributors: [contributor])
+        let contributor = RoomLifecycleHelper.createContributor(feature: .presence, attachBehavior: .completeAndChangeState(.failure(attachError), newState: .failed, delayInMilliseconds: RoomLifecycleHelper.fakeNetworkDelay))
+        let lifecycleManager = await RoomLifecycleHelper.createManager(contributors: [contributor])
 
         // Given: A DefaultPresence with DefaultFeatureChannel and MockRoomLifecycleContributor
         let realtimePresence = MockRealtimePresence(["client1"].map { .init(clientId: $0) })
@@ -386,8 +345,8 @@ struct DefaultRoomPresenceTests {
     @Test
     func retrieveAllTheMembersOfThePresenceSetWhileAttaching() async throws {
         // Given: A DefaultRoomLifecycleManager, with an ATTACH operation in progress and hence in the ATTACHING status
-        let contributor = createContributor(feature: .presence, attachBehavior: .completeAndChangeState(.success, newState: .attached, delayInMilliseconds: fakeNetworkDelay))
-        let lifecycleManager = await createManager(contributors: [contributor])
+        let contributor = RoomLifecycleHelper.createContributor(feature: .presence, attachBehavior: .completeAndChangeState(.success, newState: .attached, delayInMilliseconds: RoomLifecycleHelper.fakeNetworkDelay))
+        let lifecycleManager = await RoomLifecycleHelper.createManager(contributors: [contributor])
 
         // Given: A DefaultPresence with DefaultFeatureChannel and MockRoomLifecycleContributor
         let realtimePresence = MockRealtimePresence(["client1"].map { .init(clientId: $0) })
@@ -420,8 +379,8 @@ struct DefaultRoomPresenceTests {
         let attachError = ARTErrorInfo(domain: "SomeDomain", code: 123)
 
         // Given: A DefaultRoomLifecycleManager, with an ATTACH operation in progress and hence in the ATTACHING status
-        let contributor = createContributor(feature: .presence, attachBehavior: .completeAndChangeState(.failure(attachError), newState: .failed, delayInMilliseconds: fakeNetworkDelay))
-        let lifecycleManager = await createManager(contributors: [contributor])
+        let contributor = RoomLifecycleHelper.createContributor(feature: .presence, attachBehavior: .completeAndChangeState(.failure(attachError), newState: .failed, delayInMilliseconds: RoomLifecycleHelper.fakeNetworkDelay))
+        let lifecycleManager = await RoomLifecycleHelper.createManager(contributors: [contributor])
 
         // Given: A DefaultPresence with DefaultFeatureChannel and MockRoomLifecycleContributor
         let realtimePresence = MockRealtimePresence(["client1"].map { .init(clientId: $0) })
diff --git a/Tests/AblyChatTests/Helpers/Helpers.swift b/Tests/AblyChatTests/Helpers/Helpers.swift
index 8db7abc..294a7be 100644
--- a/Tests/AblyChatTests/Helpers/Helpers.swift
+++ b/Tests/AblyChatTests/Helpers/Helpers.swift
@@ -39,3 +39,45 @@ extension Array where Element == PresenceEventType {
         PresenceEventType.update
     ]
 }
+
+struct RoomLifecycleHelper {
+
+    static let fakeNetworkDelay: UInt64 = 10 // milliseconds; without this delay (or with a very low value such as 1) most of the time attach happens before lifecycleManager has a chance to start waiting.
+
+    static func createManager(
+        forTestingWhatHappensWhenCurrentlyIn status: DefaultRoomLifecycleManager<MockRoomLifecycleContributor>.Status? = nil,
+        forTestingWhatHappensWhenHasPendingDiscontinuityEvents pendingDiscontinuityEvents: [MockRoomLifecycleContributor.ID: DiscontinuityEvent]? = nil,
+        forTestingWhatHappensWhenHasTransientDisconnectTimeoutForTheseContributorIDs idsOfContributorsWithTransientDisconnectTimeout: Set<MockRoomLifecycleContributor.ID>? = nil,
+        contributors: [MockRoomLifecycleContributor] = [],
+        clock: SimpleClock = MockSimpleClock()
+    ) async -> DefaultRoomLifecycleManager<MockRoomLifecycleContributor> {
+        await .init(
+            testsOnly_status: status,
+            testsOnly_pendingDiscontinuityEvents: pendingDiscontinuityEvents,
+            testsOnly_idsOfContributorsWithTransientDisconnectTimeout: idsOfContributorsWithTransientDisconnectTimeout,
+            contributors: contributors,
+            logger: TestLogger(),
+            clock: clock
+        )
+    }
+
+    static func createContributor(
+        initialState: ARTRealtimeChannelState = .initialized,
+        initialErrorReason: ARTErrorInfo? = nil,
+        feature: RoomFeature = .messages, // Arbitrarily chosen, its value only matters in test cases where we check which error is thrown
+        attachBehavior: MockRoomLifecycleContributorChannel.AttachOrDetachBehavior? = nil,
+        detachBehavior: MockRoomLifecycleContributorChannel.AttachOrDetachBehavior? = nil,
+        subscribeToStateBehavior: MockRoomLifecycleContributorChannel.SubscribeToStateBehavior? = nil
+    ) -> MockRoomLifecycleContributor {
+        .init(
+            feature: feature,
+            channel: .init(
+                initialState: initialState,
+                initialErrorReason: initialErrorReason,
+                attachBehavior: attachBehavior,
+                detachBehavior: detachBehavior,
+                subscribeToStateBehavior: subscribeToStateBehavior
+            )
+        )
+    }
+}