diff --git a/SVSim.UnitTests/Controllers/GiftControllerTests.cs b/SVSim.UnitTests/Controllers/GiftControllerTests.cs
index e9df66b..75952de 100644
--- a/SVSim.UnitTests/Controllers/GiftControllerTests.cs
+++ b/SVSim.UnitTests/Controllers/GiftControllerTests.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 using System.Net;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.Json;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using NUnit.Framework;
+using SVSim.Database;
+using SVSim.Database.Models;
+using SVSim.Database.Repositories.Viewer;
 using SVSim.UnitTests.Infrastructure;
 
 namespace SVSim.UnitTests.Controllers;
@@ -336,4 +341,41 @@ public class GiftControllerTests
         // ... and present_list now has 4 remaining unclaimed gifts.
         Assert.That(root.GetProperty("present_list").GetArrayLength(), Is.EqualTo(4));
     }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task Signup_creates_viewer_with_five_unclaimed_tutorial_presents()
+    {
+        using var factory = new SVSimTestFactory();
+        await factory.SeedGlobalsAsync();
+
+        // Drive the real /tool/signup path via RegisterAnonymousViewer. SeedTutorialPresentsAsync
+        // is NOT called here — the point of this test is that the production signup flow seeds
+        // the rows on its own.
+        var freshUdid = Guid.NewGuid();
+        long viewerId;
+        using (var scope = factory.Services.CreateScope())
+        {
+            var repo = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<IViewerRepository>();
+            var v = await repo.RegisterAnonymousViewer(freshUdid);
+            viewerId = v.Id;
+        }
+
+        // Verify five ViewerPresent rows exist for this viewer, all Unclaimed, all
+        // Source="tutorial", with the expected PresentIds.
+        using (var scope = factory.Services.CreateScope())
+        {
+            var db = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<SVSimDbContext>();
+            var rows = await db.ViewerPresents
+                .Where(p => p.ViewerId == viewerId)
+                .ToListAsync();
+            Assert.That(rows.Count, Is.EqualTo(5),
+                "RegisterAnonymousViewer must seed exactly the five TutorialPresents rows.");
+            Assert.That(rows.All(r => r.Status == PresentStatus.Unclaimed), Is.True);
+            Assert.That(rows.All(r => r.Source == "tutorial"), Is.True);
+
+            var ids = rows.Select(r => r.PresentId).ToHashSet();
+            Assert.That(ids, Is.EquivalentTo(new[]
+                { "71478626", "71478627", "71478628", "71478629", "71478630" }));
+        }
+    }
 }