diff --git a/pkg/sync/sync_context_test.go b/pkg/sync/sync_context_test.go
index 6d3832279..9382fb78c 100644
--- a/pkg/sync/sync_context_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sync/sync_context_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/diff"
 	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/health"
-	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/sync/common"
 	synccommon "github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/sync/common"
 	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/utils/kube"
 	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/utils/kube/kubetest"
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ func TestServerResourcesRetry(t *testing.T) {
 			apiFailureCount:   0,
 			expectedAPICalls:  1,
 			expectedResources: 1,
-			expectedPhase:     common.OperationSucceeded,
+			expectedPhase:     synccommon.OperationSucceeded,
 			expectedMessage:   "success",
 		},
 		{
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ func TestServerResourcesRetry(t *testing.T) {
 			apiFailureCount:   1,
 			expectedAPICalls:  2,
 			expectedResources: 1,
-			expectedPhase:     common.OperationSucceeded,
+			expectedPhase:     synccommon.OperationSucceeded,
 			expectedMessage:   "success",
 		},
 		{
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ func TestServerResourcesRetry(t *testing.T) {
 			apiFailureCount:   2,
 			expectedAPICalls:  3,
 			expectedResources: 1,
-			expectedPhase:     common.OperationSucceeded,
+			expectedPhase:     synccommon.OperationSucceeded,
 			expectedMessage:   "success",
 		},
 		{
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ func TestServerResourcesRetry(t *testing.T) {
 			apiFailureCount:   3,
 			expectedAPICalls:  4,
 			expectedResources: 1,
-			expectedPhase:     common.OperationSucceeded,
+			expectedPhase:     synccommon.OperationSucceeded,
 			expectedMessage:   "success",
 		},
 		{
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ func TestServerResourcesRetry(t *testing.T) {
 			apiFailureCount:   4,
 			expectedAPICalls:  5,
 			expectedResources: 1,
-			expectedPhase:     common.OperationSucceeded,
+			expectedPhase:     synccommon.OperationSucceeded,
 			expectedMessage:   "success",
 		},
 		{
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ func TestServerResourcesRetry(t *testing.T) {
 			apiFailureCount:   5,
 			expectedAPICalls:  5,
 			expectedResources: 1,
-			expectedPhase:     common.OperationFailed,
+			expectedPhase:     synccommon.OperationFailed,
 			expectedMessage:   "not valid",
 		},
 		{
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ func TestServerResourcesRetry(t *testing.T) {
 			apiFailureCount:    1,
 			expectedAPICalls:   1,
 			expectedResources:  1,
-			expectedPhase:      common.OperationFailed,
+			expectedPhase:      synccommon.OperationFailed,
 			expectedMessage:    "not valid",
 		},
 	}
@@ -1029,8 +1029,25 @@ func TestSyncFailureHookWithFailedSync(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestBeforeHookCreation(t *testing.T) {
 	syncCtx := newTestSyncCtx()
-	hook := Annotate(Annotate(NewPod(), synccommon.AnnotationKeyHook, "Sync"), synccommon.AnnotationKeyHookDeletePolicy, "BeforeHookCreation")
+	syncCtx.startedAt = time.Date(2022, 9, 14, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	previousCreatedAt := syncCtx.startedAt.Add(-time.Hour)
+	//newCreatedAt := syncCtx.startedAt.Add(time.Hour)
+	hook := NewPod()
 	hook.SetNamespace(FakeArgoCDNamespace)
+	hook = Annotate(hook, synccommon.AnnotationKeyHook, string(synccommon.HookTypePreSync))
+	hook = Annotate(hook, synccommon.AnnotationKeyHookDeletePolicy, string(synccommon.HookDeletePolicyBeforeHookCreation))
+	hook.SetCreationTimestamp(metav1.NewTime(previousCreatedAt))
+	hookKey := kube.GetResourceKey(hook)
+	syncCtx.syncRes[fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", hookKey.String(), synccommon.HookTypePreSync)] = synccommon.ResourceSyncResult{
+		ResourceKey: hookKey,
+		Version:     hook.GroupVersionKind().Version,
+		Status:      synccommon.ResultCodeSynced,
+		Message:     "created",
+		HookType:    synccommon.HookTypePreSync,
+		HookPhase:   synccommon.OperationSucceeded,
+		SyncPhase:   synccommon.SyncPhasePreSync,
+		Order:       1,
+	}
 	syncCtx.resources = groupResources(ReconciliationResult{
 		Live:   []*unstructured.Unstructured{hook},
 		Target: []*unstructured.Unstructured{nil},