diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 0e2049e9..8fd97968 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         "AYANOVA_FOLDER_USER_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\userfiles",
         "AYANOVA_FOLDER_BACKUP_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\backupfiles",
         "AYANOVA_FOLDER_TEMPORARY_SERVER_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\tempfiles",
-        "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE": "false",
+        "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE": "true",
         "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE_SEEDLEVEL": "small",
         "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE_TZ_OFFSET": "-7",
         "AYANOVA_BACKUP_PG_DUMP_PATH": "C:\\data\\code\\postgres_13\\bin\\"
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/models/WorkOrderState.cs b/server/AyaNova/models/WorkOrderState.cs
index 857bc5a3..3f25b548 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/models/WorkOrderState.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/models/WorkOrderState.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Models
         [Required]
         public long UserId { get; set; }
 
-//related
+        //related
         public WorkOrderStatus WorkOrderStatus { get; set; }
 
         [NotMapped, JsonIgnore]
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/Seeder.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/Seeder.cs
index fa24bd1c..84a20a3a 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/Seeder.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/Seeder.cs
@@ -510,8 +510,25 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
             return new List<string>(t);
 
         }
+
+
+        public enum SeedWOStatus:long {
+            ManagerApprovalRequired=1,
+            NeedsToBeAssigned=2,
+            Scheduled=3,
+            ServiceCompleted=4,
+            WaitingOnCustomerApproval=5,
+            WaitingOnParts=6,
+            WaitingOnWarrantyReturn=7,
+            WaitingToBeInvoiced=8,
+            Closed=9
+
+        }
+
+
+
         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-        //Seed test data for integration tests
+        //Seed known / expected test data for tests/development
         //
         public async Task SeedKnownObjectsAsync(ILogger log)
         {
@@ -2236,6 +2253,42 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
                     o.Items.Add(woItem);
                 }
 
+                //sample status changes
+                {
+                    var WoState=new WorkOrderState(){
+                        WorkOrderStatusId=(long)SeedWOStatus.NeedsToBeAssigned,
+                        UserId=Fake.Random.Long(1, TotalSeededUsers),
+                        Created=o.ServiceDate.AddMinutes(5)
+                    };
+                    o.States.Add(WoState);
+                }
+
+                 {
+                    var WoState=new WorkOrderState(){
+                        WorkOrderStatusId=(long)SeedWOStatus.Scheduled,
+                        UserId=Fake.Random.Long(1, TotalSeededUsers),
+                        Created=o.ServiceDate.AddHours(1)
+                    };
+                    o.States.Add(WoState);
+                }
+
+                 {
+                    var WoState=new WorkOrderState(){
+                        WorkOrderStatusId=(long)SeedWOStatus.ManagerApprovalRequired,
+                        UserId=Fake.Random.Long(1, TotalSeededUsers),
+                        Created=o.ServiceDate.AddHours(1).AddMinutes(5)
+                    };
+                    o.States.Add(WoState);
+                }
+                 {
+                    var WoState=new WorkOrderState(){
+                        WorkOrderStatusId=(long)SeedWOStatus.Scheduled,
+                        UserId=Fake.Random.Long(1, TotalSeededUsers),
+                        Created=o.ServiceDate.AddHours(2)
+                    };
+                    o.States.Add(WoState);
+                }
+
 
                 //This seems wrong to do in a loop but is 4 times faster this way ?!?
                 using (AyContext ct = ServiceProviderProvider.DBContext)