diff --git a/compiler/apps/playground/components/Editor/EditorImpl.tsx b/compiler/apps/playground/components/Editor/EditorImpl.tsx
index 27d2fd7989..8a399aa304 100644
--- a/compiler/apps/playground/components/Editor/EditorImpl.tsx
+++ b/compiler/apps/playground/components/Editor/EditorImpl.tsx
@@ -204,6 +204,17 @@ function compile(source: string): [CompilerOutput, 'flow' | 'typescript'] {
     };
     const parsedOptions = parseConfigPragmaForTests(pragma, {
       compilationMode: 'infer',
+      environment: {
+        // enabled in compiler
+        validateRefAccessDuringRender: true,
+        // enabled in linter
+        validateNoSetStateInRender: true,
+        validateNoSetStateInEffects: true,
+        validateNoJSXInTryStatements: true,
+        validateNoImpureFunctionsInRender: true,
+        validateStaticComponents: true,
+        validateNoFreezingKnownMutableFunctions: true,
+      },
     });
     const opts: PluginOptions = parsePluginOptions({
       ...parsedOptions,
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Utils/TestUtils.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Utils/TestUtils.ts
index 6c2cfd5d07..e1030ff6c8 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Utils/TestUtils.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Utils/TestUtils.ts
@@ -113,8 +113,13 @@ function* splitPragma(
  */
 function parseConfigPragmaEnvironmentForTest(
   pragma: string,
+  defaultConfig: PartialEnvironmentConfig,
 ): EnvironmentConfig {
-  const maybeConfig: Partial<Record<keyof EnvironmentConfig, unknown>> = {};
+  // throw early if the defaults are invalid
+  EnvironmentConfigSchema.parse(defaultConfig);
+
+  const maybeConfig: Partial<Record<keyof EnvironmentConfig, unknown>> =
+    defaultConfig;
 
   for (const {key, value: val} of splitPragma(pragma)) {
     if (!hasOwnProperty(EnvironmentConfigSchema.shape, key)) {
@@ -174,9 +179,13 @@ export function parseConfigPragmaForTests(
   pragma: string,
   defaults: {
     compilationMode: CompilationMode;
+    environment?: PartialEnvironmentConfig;
   },
 ): PluginOptions {
-  const environment = parseConfigPragmaEnvironmentForTest(pragma);
+  const environment = parseConfigPragmaEnvironmentForTest(
+    pragma,
+    defaults.environment ?? {},
+  );
   const options: Record<keyof PluginOptions, unknown> = {
     ...defaultOptions,
     panicThreshold: 'all_errors',