@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import base64
 import os
+import pickle
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterator
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from typing import Any, cast
@@ -3736,21 +3737,27 @@ def test_load_responses_parse_labels(
             assert response_type.model_validate({**payload, "labels": invalid}).labels == Labels()
 
 
-def test_load_table_with_labels(rest_mock: Mocker, example_table_metadata_with_snapshot_v1_rest_json: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
-    rest_mock.get(
-        f"{TEST_URI}v1/namespaces/fokko/tables/table",
-        json={
-            **example_table_metadata_with_snapshot_v1_rest_json,
-            "labels": {"object-labels": {"owner": "team-a"}, "fields": [{"field-id": 1, "labels": {"classification": "pii"}}]},
-        },
-        status_code=200,
-        request_headers=TEST_HEADERS,
-    )
+def test_table_labels_from_rest_responses(
+    rest_mock: Mocker, example_table_metadata_with_snapshot_v1_rest_json: dict[str, Any], table_schema_simple: Schema
+) -> None:
+    response = {
+        **example_table_metadata_with_snapshot_v1_rest_json,
+        "labels": {"object-labels": {"owner": "team-a"}, "fields": [{"field-id": 1, "labels": {"classification": "pii"}}]},
+    }
+    rest_mock.get(f"{TEST_URI}v1/namespaces/fokko/tables/table", json=response, status_code=200, request_headers=TEST_HEADERS)
+    rest_mock.post(f"{TEST_URI}v1/namespaces/fokko/tables", json=response, status_code=200, request_headers=TEST_HEADERS)
+    rest_mock.post(f"{TEST_URI}v1/namespaces/fokko/register", json=response, status_code=200, request_headers=TEST_HEADERS)
     catalog = RestCatalog("rest", uri=TEST_URI, token=TEST_TOKEN)
+    expected = Labels(object_labels={"owner": "team-a"}, fields=[FieldLabel(field_id=1, labels={"classification": "pii"})])
+
     table = catalog.load_table(("fokko", "table"))
+    created = catalog.create_table(("fokko", "table"), schema=table_schema_simple)
+    registered = catalog.register_table(("fokko", "table"), metadata_location="s3://warehouse/database/table/metadata.json")
+    for actual in (table, created, registered):
+        assert actual.labels == expected
 
-    expected = Labels(object_labels={"owner": "team-a"}, fields=[FieldLabel(field_id=1, labels={"classification": "pii"})])
-    assert table.labels == expected
+    # A pickled table keeps its labels. Java does not serialize them, because BaseTable.labels is transient.
+    assert pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(table)).labels == expected
 
     # Labels are not table state, so equality ignores them and refresh() keeps the labels from the first load.
     assert table == Table(