diff --git a/services/director-v2/tests/unit/with_dbs/test_modules_comp_scheduler_dask_scheduler.py b/services/director-v2/tests/unit/with_dbs/test_modules_comp_scheduler_dask_scheduler.py
index ac4433ed04a5..abe3452f32ae 100644
--- a/services/director-v2/tests/unit/with_dbs/test_modules_comp_scheduler_dask_scheduler.py
+++ b/services/director-v2/tests/unit/with_dbs/test_modules_comp_scheduler_dask_scheduler.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 from dask_task_models_library.container_tasks.errors import TaskCancelledError
 from dask_task_models_library.container_tasks.events import TaskProgressEvent
 from dask_task_models_library.container_tasks.io import TaskOutputData
+from dask_task_models_library.container_tasks.protocol import TaskOwner
 from faker import Faker
 from fastapi.applications import FastAPI
 from models_library.clusters import DEFAULT_CLUSTER_ID
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
     RabbitResourceTrackingStartedMessage,
     RabbitResourceTrackingStoppedMessage,
 )
+from models_library.users import UserID
 from pydantic import parse_obj_as, parse_raw_as
 from pytest_mock.plugin import MockerFixture
 from pytest_simcore.helpers.typing_env import EnvVarsDict
@@ -573,8 +575,25 @@ async def _send_computation_tasks(
     mocked_dask_client.send_computation_tasks.side_effect = _send_computation_tasks
 
 
-async def _trigger_progress_event(scheduler: BaseCompScheduler, *, job_id: str) -> None:
-    event = TaskProgressEvent(job_id=job_id, progress=0)
+async def _trigger_progress_event(
+    scheduler: BaseCompScheduler,
+    *,
+    job_id: str,
+    user_id: UserID,
+    project_id: ProjectID,
+    node_id: NodeID,
+) -> None:
+    event = TaskProgressEvent(
+        job_id=job_id,
+        progress=0,
+        task_owner=TaskOwner(
+            user_id=user_id,
+            project_id=project_id,
+            node_id=node_id,
+            parent_project_id=None,
+            parent_node_id=None,
+        ),
+    )
     await cast(DaskScheduler, scheduler)._task_progress_change_handler(  # noqa: SLF001
         event.json()
     )
@@ -659,7 +678,16 @@ async def _return_1st_task_running(job_ids: list[str]) -> list[DaskClientTaskSta
     # 3. the "worker" starts processing a task
     # here we trigger a progress from the worker
     assert exp_started_task.job_id
-    await _trigger_progress_event(scheduler, job_id=exp_started_task.job_id)
+    assert exp_started_task.project_id
+    assert exp_started_task.node_id
+    assert published_project.project.prj_owner
+    await _trigger_progress_event(
+        scheduler,
+        job_id=exp_started_task.job_id,
+        user_id=published_project.project.prj_owner,
+        project_id=exp_started_task.project_id,
+        node_id=exp_started_task.node_id,
+    )
 
     await run_comp_scheduler(scheduler)
     # comp_run, the comp_task switch to STARTED
@@ -809,7 +837,13 @@ async def _return_2nd_task_running(job_ids: list[str]) -> list[DaskClientTaskSta
     mocked_dask_client.get_tasks_status.side_effect = _return_2nd_task_running
     # trigger the scheduler, run state should keep to STARTED, task should be as well
     assert exp_started_task.job_id
-    await _trigger_progress_event(scheduler, job_id=exp_started_task.job_id)
+    await _trigger_progress_event(
+        scheduler,
+        job_id=exp_started_task.job_id,
+        user_id=published_project.project.prj_owner,
+        project_id=exp_started_task.project_id,
+        node_id=exp_started_task.node_id,
+    )
     await run_comp_scheduler(scheduler)
     await _assert_comp_run_db(aiopg_engine, published_project, RunningState.STARTED)
     await _assert_comp_tasks_db(
@@ -956,11 +990,22 @@ async def test_task_progress_triggers(
     # send some progress
     started_task = expected_pending_tasks[0]
     assert started_task.job_id
+    assert published_project.project.prj_owner
     for progress in [-1, 0, 0.3, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 0.7, 0, 20]:
         progress_event = TaskProgressEvent(
-            job_id=started_task.job_id, progress=progress
+            job_id=started_task.job_id,
+            progress=progress,
+            task_owner=TaskOwner(
+                user_id=published_project.project.prj_owner,
+                project_id=published_project.project.uuid,
+                node_id=started_task.node_id,
+                parent_node_id=None,
+                parent_project_id=None,
+            ),
         )
-        await cast(DaskScheduler, scheduler)._task_progress_change_handler(
+        await cast(
+            DaskScheduler, scheduler
+        )._task_progress_change_handler(  # noqa: SLF001
             progress_event.json()
         )
         # NOTE: not sure whether it should switch to STARTED.. it would make sense
@@ -1252,7 +1297,14 @@ async def _return_1st_task_running(job_ids: list[str]) -> list[DaskClientTaskSta
 
     mocked_dask_client.get_tasks_status.side_effect = _return_1st_task_running
     assert exp_started_task.job_id
-    await _trigger_progress_event(scheduler, job_id=exp_started_task.job_id)
+    assert published_project.project.prj_owner
+    await _trigger_progress_event(
+        scheduler,
+        job_id=exp_started_task.job_id,
+        user_id=published_project.project.prj_owner,
+        project_id=exp_started_task.project_id,
+        node_id=exp_started_task.node_id,
+    )
     await run_comp_scheduler(scheduler)
 
     messages = await _assert_message_received(