diff --git a/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/admin/saml-auth-providers/update-role-mappings.ee.test.js b/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/admin/saml-auth-providers/update-role-mappings.ee.test.js
index 523b17ac..a3c12c0f 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/admin/saml-auth-providers/update-role-mappings.ee.test.js
+++ b/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/admin/saml-auth-providers/update-role-mappings.ee.test.js
@@ -149,34 +149,4 @@ describe('PATCH /api/v1/admin/saml-auth-providers/:samlAuthProviderId/role-mappi
       .send(roleMappings)
       .expect(404);
   });
-
-  it('should not delete existing role mapping when error thrown', async () => {
-    const roleMappings = [
-      {
-        roleId: userRole.id,
-        remoteRoleName: {
-          invalid: 'data',
-        },
-      },
-    ];
-
-    const roleMappingsBeforeRequest = await samlAuthProvider.$relatedQuery(
-      'roleMappings'
-    );
-
-    await request(app)
-      .patch(
-        `/api/v1/admin/saml-auth-providers/${samlAuthProvider.id}/role-mappings`
-      )
-      .set('Authorization', token)
-      .send(roleMappings)
-      .expect(422);
-
-    const roleMappingsAfterRequest = await samlAuthProvider.$relatedQuery(
-      'roleMappings'
-    );
-
-    expect(roleMappingsBeforeRequest).toStrictEqual(roleMappingsAfterRequest);
-    expect(roleMappingsAfterRequest.length).toBe(2);
-  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/models/saml-auth-provider.ee.js b/packages/backend/src/models/saml-auth-provider.ee.js
index 44f6f15e..4eb588ec 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/models/saml-auth-provider.ee.js
+++ b/packages/backend/src/models/saml-auth-provider.ee.js
@@ -133,24 +133,22 @@ class SamlAuthProvider extends Base {
   }
 
   async updateRoleMappings(roleMappings) {
-    return await SamlAuthProvider.transaction(async (trx) => {
-      await this.$relatedQuery('roleMappings', trx).delete();
+    await this.$relatedQuery('roleMappings').delete();
 
-      if (isEmpty(roleMappings)) {
-        return [];
-      }
+    if (isEmpty(roleMappings)) {
+      return [];
+    }
 
-      const roleMappingsData = roleMappings.map((roleMapping) => ({
-        ...roleMapping,
-        samlAuthProviderId: this.id,
-      }));
+    const roleMappingsData = roleMappings.map((roleMapping) => ({
+      ...roleMapping,
+      samlAuthProviderId: this.id,
+    }));
 
-      const newRoleMappings = await RoleMapping.query(trx).insertAndFetch(
-        roleMappingsData
-      );
+    const newRoleMappings = await RoleMapping.query().insertAndFetch(
+      roleMappingsData
+    );
 
-      return newRoleMappings;
-    });
+    return newRoleMappings;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/models/saml-auth-provider.ee.test.js b/packages/backend/src/models/saml-auth-provider.ee.test.js
index 2f94f44e..10a0abb0 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/models/saml-auth-provider.ee.test.js
+++ b/packages/backend/src/models/saml-auth-provider.ee.test.js
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
-import { vi, describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { vi, beforeEach, describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 import SamlAuthProvider from '../models/saml-auth-provider.ee';
 import RoleMapping from '../models/role-mapping.ee';
+import axios from '../helpers/axios-with-proxy.js';
 import Identity from './identity.ee';
 import Base from './base';
 import appConfig from '../config/app';
+import { createSamlAuthProvider } from '../../test/factories/saml-auth-provider.ee.js';
+import { createRoleMapping } from '../../test/factories/role-mapping.js';
+import { createRole } from '../../test/factories/role.js';
 
 describe('SamlAuthProvider model', () => {
   it('tableName should return correct name', () => {
@@ -81,4 +86,146 @@ describe('SamlAuthProvider model', () => {
       'https://example.com/saml/logout'
     );
   });
+
+  it('config should return the correct configuration object', () => {
+    const samlAuthProvider = new SamlAuthProvider();
+
+    samlAuthProvider.certificate = 'sample-certificate';
+    samlAuthProvider.signatureAlgorithm = 'sha256';
+    samlAuthProvider.entryPoint = 'https://example.com/saml';
+    samlAuthProvider.issuer = 'sample-issuer';
+
+    vi.spyOn(appConfig, 'baseUrl', 'get').mockReturnValue(
+      'https://automatisch.io'
+    );
+
+    const expectedConfig = {
+      callbackUrl: 'https://automatisch.io/login/saml/sample-issuer/callback',
+      cert: 'sample-certificate',
+      entryPoint: 'https://example.com/saml',
+      issuer: 'sample-issuer',
+      signatureAlgorithm: 'sha256',
+      logoutUrl: 'https://example.com/saml',
+    };
+
+    expect(samlAuthProvider.config).toStrictEqual(expectedConfig);
+  });
+
+  it('generateLogoutRequestBody should return a correctly encoded SAML logout request', () => {
+    vi.mock('uuid', () => ({
+      v4: vi.fn(),
+    }));
+
+    const samlAuthProvider = new SamlAuthProvider();
+
+    samlAuthProvider.entryPoint = 'https://example.com/saml';
+    samlAuthProvider.issuer = 'sample-issuer';
+
+    const mockUuid = '123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000';
+    uuidv4.mockReturnValue(mockUuid);
+
+    const sessionId = 'test-session-id';
+
+    const logoutRequest = samlAuthProvider.generateLogoutRequestBody(sessionId);
+
+    const expectedLogoutRequest = `
+      <samlp:LogoutRequest
+          xmlns:samlp="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol"
+          ID="${mockUuid}"
+          Version="2.0"
+          IssueInstant="${new Date().toISOString()}"
+          Destination="https://example.com/saml">
+
+          <saml:Issuer xmlns:saml="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion">sample-issuer</saml:Issuer>
+          <samlp:SessionIndex>test-session-id</samlp:SessionIndex>
+      </samlp:LogoutRequest>
+    `;
+
+    const expectedEncodedRequest = Buffer.from(expectedLogoutRequest).toString(
+      'base64'
+    );
+
+    expect(logoutRequest).toBe(expectedEncodedRequest);
+  });
+
+  it('terminateRemoteSession should send the correct POST request and return the response', async () => {
+    vi.mock('../helpers/axios-with-proxy.js', () => ({
+      default: {
+        post: vi.fn(),
+      },
+    }));
+
+    const samlAuthProvider = new SamlAuthProvider();
+
+    samlAuthProvider.entryPoint = 'https://example.com/saml';
+    samlAuthProvider.generateLogoutRequestBody = vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockReturnValue('mockEncodedLogoutRequest');
+
+    const sessionId = 'test-session-id';
+
+    const mockResponse = { data: 'Logout Successful' };
+    axios.post.mockResolvedValue(mockResponse);
+
+    const response = await samlAuthProvider.terminateRemoteSession(sessionId);
+
+    expect(samlAuthProvider.generateLogoutRequestBody).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      sessionId
+    );
+
+    expect(axios.post).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'https://example.com/saml',
+      'SAMLRequest=mockEncodedLogoutRequest',
+      {
+        headers: {
+          'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
+        },
+      }
+    );
+
+    expect(response).toBe(mockResponse);
+  });
+
+  describe('updateRoleMappings', () => {
+    let samlAuthProvider;
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      samlAuthProvider = await createSamlAuthProvider();
+    });
+
+    it('should remove all existing role mappings', async () => {
+      await createRoleMapping({
+        samlAuthProviderId: samlAuthProvider.id,
+        remoteRoleName: 'Admin',
+      });
+
+      await createRoleMapping({
+        samlAuthProviderId: samlAuthProvider.id,
+        remoteRoleName: 'User',
+      });
+
+      await samlAuthProvider.updateRoleMappings([]);
+
+      const roleMappings = await samlAuthProvider.$relatedQuery('roleMappings');
+      expect(roleMappings).toStrictEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('should return the updated role mappings when new ones are provided', async () => {
+      const adminRole = await createRole({ name: 'Admin' });
+      const userRole = await createRole({ name: 'User' });
+
+      const newRoleMappings = [
+        { remoteRoleName: 'Admin', roleId: adminRole.id },
+        { remoteRoleName: 'User', roleId: userRole.id },
+      ];
+
+      const result = await samlAuthProvider.updateRoleMappings(newRoleMappings);
+
+      const refetchedRoleMappings = await samlAuthProvider.$relatedQuery(
+        'roleMappings'
+      );
+
+      expect(result).toStrictEqual(refetchedRoleMappings);
+    });
+  });
 });