diff --git a/smoke-tests/apps/SpringScheduling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/smoketestapp/TestController.java b/smoke-tests/apps/SpringScheduling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/smoketestapp/TestController.java
index 62bd220c782..902c473c6bc 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/apps/SpringScheduling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/smoketestapp/TestController.java
+++ b/smoke-tests/apps/SpringScheduling/src/main/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/smoketestapp/TestController.java
@@ -3,12 +3,17 @@
 
 package com.microsoft.applicationinsights.smoketestapp;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.TaskScheduler;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 
 @RestController
 public class TestController {
 
+  @Autowired private TaskScheduler taskScheduler;
+
   @GetMapping("/")
   public String root() {
     return "OK";
@@ -18,4 +23,10 @@ public String root() {
   public String scheduler() {
     return "OK!";
   }
+
+  @GetMapping("/should-ignore")
+  public String shouldIgnoreTest() throws Exception {
+    taskScheduler.schedule(() -> System.out.println("here i am"), Instant.now());
+    return "OK!";
+  }
 }
diff --git a/smoke-tests/apps/SpringScheduling/src/smokeTest/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/smoketest/SpringSchedulingTest.java b/smoke-tests/apps/SpringScheduling/src/smokeTest/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/smoketest/SpringSchedulingTest.java
index 9b028e42bdc..267b80aff75 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/apps/SpringScheduling/src/smokeTest/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/smoketest/SpringSchedulingTest.java
+++ b/smoke-tests/apps/SpringScheduling/src/smokeTest/java/com/microsoft/applicationinsights/smoketest/SpringSchedulingTest.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import static com.microsoft.applicationinsights.smoketest.EnvironmentValue.TOMCAT_8_JAVA_8_OPENJ9;
 import static com.microsoft.applicationinsights.smoketest.EnvironmentValue.WILDFLY_13_JAVA_8;
 import static com.microsoft.applicationinsights.smoketest.EnvironmentValue.WILDFLY_13_JAVA_8_OPENJ9;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 import com.microsoft.applicationinsights.smoketest.schemav2.Data;
 import com.microsoft.applicationinsights.smoketest.schemav2.Envelope;
@@ -24,7 +25,19 @@
 @UseAgent
 abstract class SpringSchedulingTest {
 
-  @RegisterExtension static final SmokeTestExtension testing = SmokeTestExtension.create();
+  @RegisterExtension
+  static final SmokeTestExtension testing =
+      SmokeTestExtension.builder()
+          .setSelfDiagnosticsLevel("debug")
+          .build(); // SmokeTestExtension.create();
+
+  @Test
+  @TargetUri("/should-ignore")
+  void shouldIgnoreTest() throws Exception {
+    // sleep a bit to make sure no dependencies are reported
+    Thread.sleep(5000);
+    assertThat(testing.mockedIngestion.getCountForType("RemoteDependencyData")).isZero();
+  }
 
   @Test
   @TargetUri("/scheduler")