diff --git a/packages/blocks/src/api/test/utils.js b/packages/blocks/src/api/test/utils.js
index ea2aa6c2141859..6425e70055d246 100644
--- a/packages/blocks/src/api/test/utils.js
+++ b/packages/blocks/src/api/test/utils.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
 	getAccessibleBlockLabel,
 	getBlockLabel,
 	__experimentalSanitizeBlockAttributes,
+	__experimentalGetBlockAttributesNamesByRole,
 } from '../utils';
 
 describe( 'block helpers', () => {
@@ -310,3 +311,92 @@ describe( 'sanitizeBlockAttributes', () => {
 		} );
 	} );
 } );
+
+describe( '__experimentalGetBlockAttributesNamesByRole', () => {
+	beforeAll( () => {
+		registerBlockType( 'core/test-block-1', {
+			attributes: {
+				align: {
+					type: 'string',
+				},
+				content: {
+					type: 'boolean',
+					role: 'content',
+				},
+				level: {
+					type: 'number',
+					role: 'content',
+				},
+				color: {
+					type: 'string',
+					role: 'other',
+				},
+			},
+			save: noop,
+			category: 'text',
+			title: 'test block 1',
+		} );
+		registerBlockType( 'core/test-block-2', {
+			attributes: {
+				align: { type: 'string' },
+				content: { type: 'boolean' },
+				color: { type: 'string' },
+			},
+			save: noop,
+			category: 'text',
+			title: 'test block 2',
+		} );
+		registerBlockType( 'core/test-block-3', {
+			save: noop,
+			category: 'text',
+			title: 'test block 3',
+		} );
+	} );
+	afterAll( () => {
+		[
+			'core/test-block-1',
+			'core/test-block-2',
+			'core/test-block-3',
+		].forEach( unregisterBlockType );
+	} );
+	it( 'should return empty array if block has no attributes', () => {
+		expect(
+			__experimentalGetBlockAttributesNamesByRole( 'core/test-block-3' )
+		).toEqual( [] );
+	} );
+	it( 'should return all attribute names if no role is provided', () => {
+		const res = __experimentalGetBlockAttributesNamesByRole(
+			'core/test-block-1'
+		);
+		expect( res ).toEqual(
+			expect.arrayContaining( [ 'align', 'content', 'level', 'color' ] )
+		);
+	} );
+	it( 'should return proper results with existing attributes and provided role', () => {
+		expect(
+			__experimentalGetBlockAttributesNamesByRole(
+				'core/test-block-1',
+				'content'
+			)
+		).toEqual( expect.arrayContaining( [ 'content', 'level' ] ) );
+		expect(
+			__experimentalGetBlockAttributesNamesByRole(
+				'core/test-block-1',
+				'other'
+			)
+		).toEqual( [ 'color' ] );
+		expect(
+			__experimentalGetBlockAttributesNamesByRole(
+				'core/test-block-1',
+				'not-exists'
+			)
+		).toEqual( [] );
+		// A block with no `role` in any attributes.
+		expect(
+			__experimentalGetBlockAttributesNamesByRole(
+				'core/test-block-2',
+				'content'
+			)
+		).toEqual( [] );
+	} );
+} );
diff --git a/packages/blocks/src/api/utils.js b/packages/blocks/src/api/utils.js
index 5048dc9e276e94..f2bd2a76a45830 100644
--- a/packages/blocks/src/api/utils.js
+++ b/packages/blocks/src/api/utils.js
@@ -277,18 +277,16 @@ export function __experimentalSanitizeBlockAttributes( name, attributes ) {
 }
 
 /**
- * I created this wrapper to hide the complexity for the consumer..
+ * Filter block attributes by `role` and return their names.
  *
  * @param {string} name Block attribute's name.
  * @param {string} role The role of a block attribute.
  *
  * @return {string[]} The attribute names that have the provided role.
  */
-// TODO jsdoc
-// TODO tests
 export function __experimentalGetBlockAttributesNamesByRole( name, role ) {
 	const attributes = getBlockType( name )?.attributes;
-	if ( ! attributes ) return;
+	if ( ! attributes ) return [];
 	const attributesNames = Object.keys( attributes );
 	if ( ! role ) return attributesNames;
 	return attributesNames.filter(