diff --git a/ingestion/tests/integration/conftest.py b/ingestion/tests/integration/conftest.py
index a838715059a..4cfbd55c1a2 100644
--- a/ingestion/tests/integration/conftest.py
+++ b/ingestion/tests/integration/conftest.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import pytest
 
 from _openmetadata_testutils.ometa import int_admin_ometa
 from metadata.generated.schema.entity.services.databaseService import DatabaseService
+from metadata.generated.schema.metadataIngestion.databaseServiceAutoClassificationPipeline import (
+    AutoClassificationConfigType,
+)
 from metadata.generated.schema.metadataIngestion.databaseServiceMetadataPipeline import (
     DatabaseMetadataConfigType,
 )
@@ -86,6 +89,29 @@ def profiler_config(db_service, workflow_config, sink_config):
     }
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def classifier_config(db_service, workflow_config, sink_config):
+    return {
+        "source": {
+            "type": db_service.connection.config.type.value.lower(),
+            "serviceName": db_service.fullyQualifiedName.root,
+            "sourceConfig": {
+                "config": {
+                    "type": AutoClassificationConfigType.AutoClassification.value,
+                    "storeSampleData": True,
+                    "enableAutoClassification": True,
+                }
+            },
+        },
+        "processor": {
+            "type": "orm-profiler",
+            "config": {},
+        },
+        "sink": sink_config,
+        "workflowConfig": workflow_config,
+    }
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
 def run_workflow():
     def _run(workflow_type: Type[IngestionWorkflow], config, raise_from_status=True):
diff --git a/ingestion/tests/integration/mysql/conftest.py b/ingestion/tests/integration/mysql/conftest.py
index 1147984f0b2..5c1b7d2bf97 100644
--- a/ingestion/tests/integration/mysql/conftest.py
+++ b/ingestion/tests/integration/mysql/conftest.py
@@ -51,7 +51,27 @@ def mysql_container(tmp_path_factory):
         engine.execute(
             "UPDATE employees SET last_update = hire_date + INTERVAL FLOOR(1 + RAND() * 500000) SECOND"
         )
+        engine.dispose()
+        assert_dangling_connections(container, 1)
         yield container
+        # TODO: We are still leaving some connections open. Should be fixed in the future.
+        assert_dangling_connections(container, 9)
+
+
+def assert_dangling_connections(container, max_connections):
+    engine = create_engine(container.get_connection_url())
+    with engine.connect() as conn:
+        result = conn.execute("SHOW PROCESSLIST")
+    processes = result.fetchall()
+    # Count all connections except system processes (Daemon, Binlog Dump)
+    # Note: We include Sleep connections as they are still open connections
+    active_connections = len(
+        [p for p in processes if p[1] not in ["Daemon", "Binlog Dump"]]
+    )
+
+    assert (
+        active_connections <= max_connections
+    ), f"Found {active_connections} open connections to MySQL"
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
diff --git a/ingestion/tests/integration/mysql/test_classifier.py b/ingestion/tests/integration/mysql/test_classifier.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..324b447a6e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ingestion/tests/integration/mysql/test_classifier.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+
+from metadata.ingestion.lineage.sql_lineage import search_cache
+from metadata.workflow.classification import AutoClassificationWorkflow
+from metadata.workflow.metadata import MetadataWorkflow
+
+if not sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
+    pytest.skip("requires python 3.9+", allow_module_level=True)
+
+
+def test_classifier(
+    patch_passwords_for_db_services, run_workflow, ingestion_config, classifier_config
+):
+    search_cache.clear()
+    run_workflow(MetadataWorkflow, ingestion_config)
+    run_workflow(AutoClassificationWorkflow, classifier_config)
diff --git a/ingestion/tests/integration/mysql/test_profiler.py b/ingestion/tests/integration/mysql/test_profiler.py
index 5aa854b0601..4f2aa44f6d3 100644
--- a/ingestion/tests/integration/mysql/test_profiler.py
+++ b/ingestion/tests/integration/mysql/test_profiler.py
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ if not sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
 
 
 def test_profiler(
-    patch_passwords_for_db_services, run_workflow, ingestion_config, profiler_config
+    patch_passwords_for_db_services,
+    run_workflow,
+    ingestion_config,
+    profiler_config,
+    mysql_container,
 ):
     search_cache.clear()
     run_workflow(MetadataWorkflow, ingestion_config)