diff --git a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/VersioningTests.groovy b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/VersioningTests.groovy
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+package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain
+
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.opensaml.OpenSamlObjects
+import spock.lang.Shared
+import spock.lang.Specification
+
+class VersioningTests extends Specification{
+    @Shared
+    OpenSamlObjects openSamlObjects
+
+    def setup() {
+        this.openSamlObjects = new OpenSamlObjects()
+        this.openSamlObjects.init()
+    }
+
+    def "test that two loaded entity descriptors gets the same version when load from the same file"() {
+        given:
+        def xmlBytes = this.class.getResource('/metadata/SHIBUI-1723-1.xml').bytes
+        def ed1 = openSamlObjects.unmarshalFromXml(xmlBytes)
+        def ed2 = openSamlObjects.unmarshalFromXml(xmlBytes)
+
+        expect:
+        ed1.hashCode() == ed2.hashCode()
+    }
+}