diff --git a/build/Version.props b/build/Version.props
index b2f8d5265bd..99cef97f0d3 100644
--- a/build/Version.props
+++ b/build/Version.props
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
     <TgsCommonLibraryVersion>7.0.0</TgsCommonLibraryVersion>
     <TgsApiLibraryVersion>11.1.2</TgsApiLibraryVersion>
     <TgsClientVersion>13.0.0</TgsClientVersion>
-    <TgsDmapiVersion>6.5.3</TgsDmapiVersion>
-    <TgsInteropVersion>5.6.1</TgsInteropVersion>
+    <TgsDmapiVersion>6.5.4</TgsDmapiVersion>
+    <TgsInteropVersion>5.6.2</TgsInteropVersion>
     <TgsHostWatchdogVersion>1.4.0</TgsHostWatchdogVersion>
     <TgsContainerScriptVersion>1.2.1</TgsContainerScriptVersion>
     <TgsMigratorVersion>1.0.2</TgsMigratorVersion>
diff --git a/src/DMAPI/tgs.dm b/src/DMAPI/tgs.dm
index 6187a67825a..d0466b806ff 100644
--- a/src/DMAPI/tgs.dm
+++ b/src/DMAPI/tgs.dm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // tgstation-server DMAPI
 
-#define TGS_DMAPI_VERSION "6.5.3"
+#define TGS_DMAPI_VERSION "6.5.4"
 
 // All functions and datums outside this document are subject to change with any version and should not be relied on.
 
diff --git a/src/DMAPI/tgs/core/core.dm b/src/DMAPI/tgs/core/core.dm
index 41a04733945..aa4084904b7 100644
--- a/src/DMAPI/tgs/core/core.dm
+++ b/src/DMAPI/tgs/core/core.dm
@@ -153,4 +153,4 @@
 /world/TgsSecurityLevel()
 	var/datum/tgs_api/api = TGS_READ_GLOBAL(tgs)
 	if(api)
-		api.SecurityLevel()
+		return api.SecurityLevel()
diff --git a/src/DMAPI/tgs/v5/__interop_version.dm b/src/DMAPI/tgs/v5/__interop_version.dm
index 5d3d491a736..1b52b31d6a7 100644
--- a/src/DMAPI/tgs/v5/__interop_version.dm
+++ b/src/DMAPI/tgs/v5/__interop_version.dm
@@ -1 +1 @@
-"5.6.1"
+"5.6.2"
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Interop/Bridge/RuntimeInformation.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Interop/Bridge/RuntimeInformation.cs
index 5d0d13b7fa1..b7d05b67d79 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Interop/Bridge/RuntimeInformation.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Interop/Bridge/RuntimeInformation.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
 using Tgstation.Server.Api.Models;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Chat;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Deployment;
@@ -42,12 +44,14 @@ public sealed class RuntimeInformation : ChatUpdate
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The <see cref="DreamDaemonSecurity"/> level of the launch.
 		/// </summary>
-		public DreamDaemonSecurity? SecurityLevel { get; }
+		[JsonProperty(DefaultValueHandling = DefaultValueHandling.Include)]
+		public DreamDaemonSecurity SecurityLevel { get; }
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The <see cref="DreamDaemonSecurity"/> level of the launch.
 		/// </summary>
-		public DreamDaemonVisibility? Visibility { get; }
+		[JsonProperty(DefaultValueHandling = DefaultValueHandling.Include)]
+		public DreamDaemonVisibility Visibility { get; }
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The <see cref="TestMergeInformation"/>s in the launch.
@@ -70,8 +74,8 @@ public RuntimeInformation(
 			IDmbProvider dmbProvider,
 			Version serverVersion,
 			string instanceName,
-			DreamDaemonSecurity? securityLevel,
-			DreamDaemonVisibility? visibility,
+			DreamDaemonSecurity securityLevel,
+			DreamDaemonVisibility visibility,
 			ushort serverPort,
 			bool apiValidateOnly)
 			: base(chatTrackingContext?.Channels ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(chatTrackingContext)))
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Session/ReattachInformation.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Session/ReattachInformation.cs
index 2c9007f4f35..6c429d2d0a6 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Session/ReattachInformation.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Session/ReattachInformation.cs
@@ -76,13 +76,11 @@ internal ReattachInformation(
 			Dmb = dmb ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(dmb));
 			ProcessId = process?.Id ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(process));
 			RuntimeInformation = runtimeInformation ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(runtimeInformation));
-			if (!runtimeInformation.SecurityLevel.HasValue)
-				throw new ArgumentException("runtimeInformation must have a valid SecurityLevel!", nameof(runtimeInformation));
 
 			AccessIdentifier = accessIdentifier ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(accessIdentifier));
 
-			LaunchSecurityLevel = runtimeInformation.SecurityLevel.Value;
-			LaunchVisibility = runtimeInformation.Visibility.Value;
+			LaunchSecurityLevel = runtimeInformation.SecurityLevel;
+			LaunchVisibility = runtimeInformation.Visibility;
 			Port = port;
 
 			runtimeInformationLock = new object();
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Session/SessionControllerFactory.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Session/SessionControllerFactory.cs
index 3bc79939c7d..6d48b990fe9 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Session/SessionControllerFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Session/SessionControllerFactory.cs
@@ -337,7 +337,8 @@ public async ValueTask<ISessionController> LaunchNew(
 						var runtimeInformation = CreateRuntimeInformation(
 							dmbProvider,
 							chatTrackingContext,
-							launchParameters,
+							launchParameters.SecurityLevel.Value,
+							launchParameters.Visibility.Value,
 							apiValidate);
 
 						var reattachInformation = new ReattachInformation(
@@ -432,7 +433,8 @@ public async ValueTask<ISessionController> Reattach(
 						var runtimeInformation = CreateRuntimeInformation(
 							reattachInformation.Dmb,
 							chatTrackingContext,
-							null,
+							reattachInformation.LaunchSecurityLevel,
+							reattachInformation.LaunchVisibility,
 							false);
 						reattachInformation.SetRuntimeInformation(runtimeInformation);
 
@@ -628,21 +630,23 @@ async ValueTask LogDDOutput(IProcess process, string outputFilePath, bool cliSup
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="dmbProvider">The <see cref="IDmbProvider"/>.</param>
 		/// <param name="chatTrackingContext">The <see cref="IChatTrackingContext"/>.</param>
-		/// <param name="launchParameters">The <see cref="DreamDaemonLaunchParameters"/> if any.</param>
+		/// <param name="securityLevel">The <see cref="DreamDaemonSecurity"/> the server was launched with.</param>
+		/// <param name="visibility">The <see cref="DreamDaemonVisibility"/> the server was launched with.</param>
 		/// <param name="apiValidateOnly">The value of <see cref="RuntimeInformation.ApiValidateOnly"/>.</param>
 		/// <returns>A new <see cref="RuntimeInformation"/> class.</returns>
 		RuntimeInformation CreateRuntimeInformation(
 			IDmbProvider dmbProvider,
 			IChatTrackingContext chatTrackingContext,
-			DreamDaemonLaunchParameters launchParameters,
+			DreamDaemonSecurity securityLevel,
+			DreamDaemonVisibility visibility,
 			bool apiValidateOnly)
 			=> new (
 				chatTrackingContext,
 				dmbProvider,
 				assemblyInformationProvider.Version,
 				instance.Name,
-				launchParameters?.SecurityLevel,
-				launchParameters?.Visibility,
+				securityLevel,
+				visibility,
 				serverPortProvider.HttpApiPort,
 				apiValidateOnly);
 
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Models/ReattachInformationBase.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Models/ReattachInformationBase.cs
index 76dfbfda36c..241fae5141a 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Models/ReattachInformationBase.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Models/ReattachInformationBase.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using System;
-using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 using System.Globalization;
 
 using Tgstation.Server.Api.Models;
@@ -31,14 +30,12 @@ public abstract class ReattachInformationBase : DMApiParameters
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The <see cref="DreamDaemonSecurity"/> level DreamDaemon was launched with.
 		/// </summary>
-		[Required]
-		public DreamDaemonSecurity? LaunchSecurityLevel { get; set; }
+		public DreamDaemonSecurity LaunchSecurityLevel { get; set; }
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The <see cref="DreamDaemonVisibility"/> DreamDaemon was launched with.
 		/// </summary>
-		[Required]
-		public DreamDaemonVisibility? LaunchVisibility { get; set; }
+		public DreamDaemonVisibility LaunchVisibility { get; set; }
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ReattachInformationBase"/> class.
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Utils/GitHub/GitHubClientFactory.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Utils/GitHub/GitHubClientFactory.cs
index 47a67728aba..7595a70a431 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Utils/GitHub/GitHubClientFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Utils/GitHub/GitHubClientFactory.cs
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ GitHubClient GetOrCreateClient(string accessToken)
 						rateLimitInfo.Reset.ToString("o"));
 				else
 					logger.LogDebug(
-						"Requested GitHub client has {remainingRequests} requests remaining after the usage {lastUse}. Limit resets at {resetTime}",
+						"Requested GitHub client has {remainingRequests} requests remaining after the usage at {lastUse}. Limit resets at {resetTime}",
 						rateLimitInfo.Remaining,
 						lastUsed,
 						rateLimitInfo.Reset.ToString("o"));
diff --git a/tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/Test.dm b/tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/Test.dm
index bed428eceb2..a77c3377b5d 100644
--- a/tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/Test.dm
+++ b/tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/Test.dm
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 		dab()
 	TgsNew(new /datum/tgs_event_handler/impl, TGS_SECURITY_SAFE)
 
+	var/sec = TgsSecurityLevel()
+	if(isnull(sec))
+		FailTest("TGS Security level was null!")
+
+	log << "Running in security level: [sec]"
+
 	if(params["expect_chat_channels"])
 		var/list/channels = TgsChatChannelInfo()
 		if(!length(channels))
diff --git a/tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/long_running_test_rooted.dme b/tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/long_running_test_rooted.dme
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d8e9d61c967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/long_running_test_rooted.dme
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Hand crafted DME, will not work if saved with DreamMaker
+
+// BEGIN_INTERNALS
+// END_INTERNALS
+
+// BEGIN_FILE_DIR
+#define FILE_DIR .
+// END_FILE_DIR
+
+// BEGIN_PREFERENCES
+// END_PREFERENCES
+
+// BEGIN_INCLUDE
+#include "tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/Config.dm"
+#include "tests/DMAPI/test_prelude.dm"
+#include "tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/Test.dm"
+// END_INCLUDE
diff --git a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/ConfigurationTest.cs b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/ConfigurationTest.cs
index 56a879c98d0..53064c9b7c0 100644
--- a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/ConfigurationTest.cs
+++ b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/ConfigurationTest.cs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ await configurationClient.Write(new ConfigurationFileRequest
 			await configurationClient.CreateDirectory(staticDir, cancellationToken);
 		}
 
-		public ValueTask SetupDMApiTests(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+		public Task SetupDMApiTests(bool includingRoot, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
 		{
 			// just use an I/O manager here
 			var ioManager = new DefaultIOManager();
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ public ValueTask SetupDMApiTests(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
 					ioManager.ConcatPath(instance.Path, "Repository", "tests", "DMAPI"),
 					null,
 					cancellationToken),
+				includingRoot
+					? ioManager.CopyFile(
+						"../../../../DMAPI/LongRunning/long_running_test_rooted.dme",
+						ioManager.ConcatPath(instance.Path, "Repository", "long_running_test_rooted.dme"),
+						cancellationToken)
+					: Task.CompletedTask,
 				ioManager.CopyDirectory(
 					Enumerable.Empty<string>(),
 					null,
@@ -176,8 +182,9 @@ async Task SequencedApiTests(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
 		}
 
 		public Task RunPreWatchdog(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.WhenAll(
+			SetupDMApiTests(false, cancellationToken),
 			SequencedApiTests(cancellationToken),
-			SetupDMApiTests(cancellationToken).AsTask(),
+			SetupDMApiTests(cancellationToken),
 			TestPregeneratedFilesExist(cancellationToken));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/InstanceTest.cs b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/InstanceTest.cs
index ed0edee01e3..0b883f77851 100644
--- a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/InstanceTest.cs
+++ b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/InstanceTest.cs
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ public async Task RunTests(
 
 			await chatTask;
 			await dmTask;
+			await configTest.SetupDMApiTests(true, cancellationToken);
 			await byondTask;
 
 			await new WatchdogTest(
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ await Task.WhenAll(
 				dmUpdateRequest.AsTask(),
 				cloneRequest.AsTask());
 
-			var configSetupTask = new ConfigurationTest(instanceClient.Configuration, instanceClient.Metadata).SetupDMApiTests(cancellationToken);
+			var configSetupTask = new ConfigurationTest(instanceClient.Configuration, instanceClient.Metadata).SetupDMApiTests(true, cancellationToken);
 
 			if (TestingUtils.RunningInGitHubActions
 				|| String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TGS_TEST_GITHUB_TOKEN"))
diff --git a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/WatchdogTest.cs b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/WatchdogTest.cs
index f0c89002e84..90e901b1f92 100644
--- a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/WatchdogTest.cs
+++ b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/WatchdogTest.cs
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ async Task<DreamDaemonResponse> DeployTestDme(string dmeName, DreamDaemonSecurit
 			var refreshed = await instanceClient.DreamMaker.Update(new DreamMakerRequest
 			{
 				ApiValidationSecurityLevel = deploymentSecurity,
-				ProjectName = $"tests/DMAPI/{dmeName}",
+				ProjectName = dmeName.Contains("rooted") ? dmeName : $"tests/DMAPI/{dmeName}",
 				RequireDMApiValidation = requireApi,
 				Timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(1),
 			}, cancellationToken);
diff --git a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/TestLiveServer.cs b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/TestLiveServer.cs
index 260a9c457d2..3984c6e0a82 100644
--- a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/TestLiveServer.cs
+++ b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/TestLiveServer.cs
@@ -1469,7 +1469,7 @@ await FailFast(
 					await WatchdogTest.TellWorldToReboot2(instanceClient, WatchdogTest.StaticTopicClient, mainDDPort, cancellationToken);
 
 					dd = await instanceClient.DreamDaemon.Read(cancellationToken);
-					Assert.AreEqual(WatchdogStatus.Online, dd.Status.Value);
+					Assert.AreEqual(WatchdogStatus.Online, dd.Status.Value); // if this assert fails, you likely have to crack open the debugger and read test_fail_reason.txt manually
 					Assert.IsNull(dd.StagedCompileJob);
 					Assert.AreEqual(initialStaged, dd.ActiveCompileJob.Id);
 
diff --git a/tgstation-server.sln b/tgstation-server.sln
index 6d183435b87..20eef245e10 100644
--- a/tgstation-server.sln
+++ b/tgstation-server.sln
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "LongRunning", "LongRunning"
 		tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\Config.dm = tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\Config.dm
 		tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\long_running_test.dme = tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\long_running_test.dme
 		tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\long_running_test_copy.dme = tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\long_running_test_copy.dme
+		tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\long_running_test_rooted.dme = tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\long_running_test_rooted.dme
 		tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\Test.dm = tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\Test.dm
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject