diff --git a/app/Models/Project.php b/app/Models/Project.php
index 33ce72898c..91f97712cf 100644
--- a/app/Models/Project.php
+++ b/app/Models/Project.php
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
  * @property bool $emailbrokensubmission
  * @property bool $emailredundantfailures
  * @property ?string $cvsviewertype
- * @property int $testtimestd
- * @property int $testtimestdthreshold
+ * @property float $testtimestd
+ * @property float $testtimestdthreshold
  * @property bool $showtesttime
  * @property int $testtimemaxstatus
  * @property int $emailmaxitems
@@ -108,6 +108,33 @@ class Project extends Model
         'coveragethreshold' => 'integer',
         'showcoveragecode' => 'boolean',
         'authenticatesubmissions' => 'boolean',
+        'testtimestd' => 'float',
+        'testtimestdthreshold' => 'float',
+        'testtimemaxstatus' => 'integer',
+        'emailmaxitems' => 'integer',
+        'emailmaxchars' => 'integer',
+        'autoremovetimeframe' => 'integer',
+        'uploadquota' => 'integer',
+    ];
+
+    protected $attributes = [
+        'coveragethreshold' => 70,
+        'nightlytime' => '00:00:00',
+        'emaillowcoverage' => false,
+        'emailtesttimingchanged' => false,
+        'emailbrokensubmission' => true,
+        'emailredundantfailures' => false,
+        'testtimestd' => 4,
+        'testtimestdthreshold' => 1,
+        'showtesttime' => false,
+        'testtimemaxstatus' => 3,
+        'emailmaxitems' => 5,
+        'emailmaxchars' => 255,
+        'displaylabels' => true,
+        'autoremovetimeframe' => 90,
+        'uploadquota' => 10,
+        'showcoveragecode' => true,
+        'authenticatesubmissions' => false,
     ];
 
     public const PROJECT_ADMIN = 2;
diff --git a/app/cdash/tests/case/CDash/MultipleSubprojectsEmailTest.php b/app/cdash/tests/case/CDash/MultipleSubprojectsEmailTest.php
index 54b3f1a314..d046b16fa3 100644
--- a/app/cdash/tests/case/CDash/MultipleSubprojectsEmailTest.php
+++ b/app/cdash/tests/case/CDash/MultipleSubprojectsEmailTest.php
@@ -32,9 +32,12 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\URL;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject;
+use Tests\Traits\CreatesProjects;
 
 class MultipleSubprojectsEmailTest extends CDashUseCaseTestCase
 {
+    use CreatesProjects;
+
     private static $tz;
     private static $database;
 
@@ -109,9 +112,8 @@ public function setUp(): void
         URL::forceRootUrl('http://open.cdash.org');
 
         if (self::$projectid === -1) {
-            self::$projectid = DB::table('project')->insertGetId([
-                'name' => 'TestProject1',
-            ]);
+            $project = $this->makePublicProject('TestProject1');
+            self::$projectid = $project->id;
 
             // A hack to make sure builds exist and can be referenced so we don't violate our foreign key constraints
             for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
diff --git a/app/cdash/tests/case/CDash/TestUseCaseTest.php b/app/cdash/tests/case/CDash/TestUseCaseTest.php
index 1593d7ed9a..53ec32cad5 100644
--- a/app/cdash/tests/case/CDash/TestUseCaseTest.php
+++ b/app/cdash/tests/case/CDash/TestUseCaseTest.php
@@ -9,17 +9,19 @@
 use CDash\Test\UseCase\UseCase;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Tests\Traits\CreatesProjects;
 
 class TestUseCaseTest extends CDashUseCaseTestCase
 {
+    use CreatesProjects;
+
     private int $projectid = -1;
 
     public function setUp(): void
     {
         $this->createApplication();
-        $this->projectid = DB::table('project')->insertGetId([
-            'name' => 'TestProject1',
-        ]);
+        $project = $this->makePublicProject('TestProject1');
+        $this->projectid = $project->id;
 
         // A hack to make sure builds exist and can be referenced so we don't violate our foreign key constraints
         for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
diff --git a/app/cdash/tests/test_buildmodel.php b/app/cdash/tests/test_buildmodel.php
index f833f665c8..de1a551497 100644
--- a/app/cdash/tests/test_buildmodel.php
+++ b/app/cdash/tests/test_buildmodel.php
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public function __construct()
 
         $project = Project::create([
             'name' => 'BuildModel',
+            'public' => Project::ACCESS_PUBLIC,
         ]);
 
         DB::table('buildgroup')->insertOrIgnore([
diff --git a/database/migrations/2026_05_20_202347_project_defaults.php b/database/migrations/2026_05_20_202347_project_defaults.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05021c6f51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2026_05_20_202347_project_defaults.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+
+return new class extends Migration {
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        DB::statement('ALTER TABLE project ALTER COLUMN name DROP DEFAULT');
+        DB::statement('ALTER TABLE project ALTER COLUMN public DROP DEFAULT');
+        DB::statement('ALTER TABLE project ALTER COLUMN coveragethreshold DROP DEFAULT');
+        DB::statement('ALTER TABLE project ALTER COLUMN nightlytime DROP DEFAULT');
+        DB::statement('ALTER TABLE project ALTER COLUMN emaillowcoverage DROP DEFAULT');
+        DB::statement('ALTER TABLE project ALTER COLUMN emailtesttimingchanged DROP DEFAULT');
+        DB::statement('ALTER TABLE project ALTER COLUMN emailbrokensubmission DROP DEFAULT');
+        DB::statement('ALTER TABLE project ALTER COLUMN emailredundantfailures DROP DEFAULT');
+        DB::statement('ALTER TABLE project ALTER COLUMN testtimestd DROP DEFAULT');
+        DB::statement('ALTER TABLE project ALTER COLUMN testtimestdthreshold DROP DEFAULT');
+        DB::statement('ALTER TABLE project ALTER COLUMN showtesttime DROP DEFAULT');
+        DB::statement('ALTER TABLE project ALTER COLUMN testtimemaxstatus DROP DEFAULT');
+        DB::statement('ALTER TABLE project ALTER COLUMN emailmaxitems DROP DEFAULT');
+        DB::statement('ALTER TABLE project ALTER COLUMN emailmaxchars DROP DEFAULT');
+        DB::statement('ALTER TABLE project ALTER COLUMN displaylabels DROP DEFAULT');
+        DB::statement('ALTER TABLE project ALTER COLUMN autoremovetimeframe DROP DEFAULT');
+        DB::statement('ALTER TABLE project ALTER COLUMN uploadquota DROP DEFAULT');
+        DB::statement('ALTER TABLE project ALTER COLUMN showcoveragecode DROP DEFAULT');
+        DB::statement('ALTER TABLE project ALTER COLUMN authenticatesubmissions DROP DEFAULT');
+    }
+
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+    }
+};
diff --git a/tests/Browser/Pages/CreateProjectPageTest.php b/tests/Browser/Pages/CreateProjectPageTest.php
index c6f3d691a6..bd942cf24f 100644
--- a/tests/Browser/Pages/CreateProjectPageTest.php
+++ b/tests/Browser/Pages/CreateProjectPageTest.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 use App\Models\Project;
 use App\Models\User;
-use App\Services\ProjectService;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Laravel\Dusk\Browser;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
@@ -88,9 +87,7 @@ public function testShowsErrorWhenProjectAlreadyExists(): void
 
         $project_name = Str::uuid()->toString();
 
-        $this->projects[] = ProjectService::create([
-            'name' => $project_name,
-        ]);
+        $this->projects[] = $this->makePublicProject($project_name);
 
         $this->browse(function (Browser $browser) use ($project_name): void {
             $browser->loginAs($this->users['admin'])
diff --git a/tests/Feature/AutoRemoveBuildsCommand.php b/tests/Feature/AutoRemoveBuildsCommand.php
index e56b98e7d5..ab36796f29 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/AutoRemoveBuildsCommand.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/AutoRemoveBuildsCommand.php
@@ -3,16 +3,17 @@
 namespace Tests\Feature;
 
 use App\Models\Project;
-use App\Services\ProjectService;
 use CDash\Database;
 use CDash\Model\Build;
 use DateTime;
 use DateTimeZone;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\DatabaseTransactions;
 use Tests\TestCase;
+use Tests\Traits\CreatesProjects;
 
 class AutoRemoveBuildsCommand extends TestCase
 {
+    use CreatesProjects;
     use DatabaseTransactions;
 
     protected Project $project;
@@ -21,10 +22,9 @@ public function setUp(): void
     {
         parent::setUp();
 
-        $this->project = ProjectService::create([
-            'name' => 'AutoRemoveProject',
-            'autoremovetimeframe' => 45,
-        ]);
+        $this->project = $this->makePublicProject('AutoRemoveProject');
+        $this->project->autoremovetimeframe = 45;
+        $this->project->save();
     }
 
     public function tearDown(): void
diff --git a/tests/Feature/GraphQL/Mutations/UpdateProjectTest.php b/tests/Feature/GraphQL/Mutations/UpdateProjectTest.php
index ff895d8140..282660c9ec 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/GraphQL/Mutations/UpdateProjectTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/GraphQL/Mutations/UpdateProjectTest.php
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ public static function fieldValues(): array
             ['emailTestTimingChanged', true, 'emailtesttimingchanged', true],
             ['emailBrokenSubmissions', true, 'emailbrokensubmission', true],
             ['emailRedundantFailures', true, 'emailredundantfailures', true],
-            ['testTimeStdMultiplier', 5.0, 'testtimestd', '5.00'],
-            ['testTimeStdThreshold', 2.0, 'testtimestdthreshold', '2.00'],
+            ['testTimeStdMultiplier', 5.0, 'testtimestd', 5.0],
+            ['testTimeStdThreshold', 2.0, 'testtimestdthreshold', 2.0],
             ['enableTestTiming', false, 'showtesttime', false],
             ['timeStatusFailureThreshold', 3, 'testtimemaxstatus', 3],
             ['emailMaxItems', 20, 'emailmaxitems', 20],