diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240925-154514.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240925-154514.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8db05cc6a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240925-154514.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: Pass test user config to adapter pre_hook by explicitly adding test builder config to node
+time: 2024-09-25T15:45:14.459598-07:00
+custom:
+  Author: colin-rogers-dbt
+  Issue: "10484"
diff --git a/core/dbt/context/context_config.py b/core/dbt/context/context_config.py
index a5b38bb415e..b1aace475c7 100644
--- a/core/dbt/context/context_config.py
+++ b/core/dbt/context/context_config.py
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 from dbt.adapters.factory import get_config_class_by_name
 from dbt.config import IsFQNResource, Project, RuntimeConfig
 from dbt.contracts.graph.model_config import get_config_for
+from dbt.exceptions import SchemaConfigError
 from dbt.flags import get_flags
 from dbt.node_types import NodeType
 from dbt.utils import fqn_search
 from dbt_common.contracts.config.base import BaseConfig, merge_config_dicts
+from dbt_common.dataclass_schema import ValidationError
 from dbt_common.exceptions import DbtInternalError
 
 
@@ -237,8 +239,12 @@ def calculate_node_config_dict(
             base=base,
             patch_config_dict=patch_config_dict,
         )
-        finalized = config.finalize_and_validate()
-        return finalized.to_dict(omit_none=True)
+        try:
+            finalized = config.finalize_and_validate()
+            return finalized.to_dict(omit_none=True)
+        except ValidationError as exc:
+            # we got a ValidationError - probably bad types in config()
+            raise SchemaConfigError(exc, node=config) from exc
 
 
 class UnrenderedConfigGenerator(BaseContextConfigGenerator[Dict[str, Any]]):
diff --git a/core/dbt/parser/schema_generic_tests.py b/core/dbt/parser/schema_generic_tests.py
index 14e2dbc862a..01211183afc 100644
--- a/core/dbt/parser/schema_generic_tests.py
+++ b/core/dbt/parser/schema_generic_tests.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def parse_generic_test(
 
         # this is the ContextConfig that is used in render_update
         config: ContextConfig = self.initial_config(fqn)
-
+        config.add_config_call(builder.config)
         # builder.args contains keyword args for the test macro,
         # not configs which have been separated out in the builder.
         # The keyword args are not completely rendered until compilation.
diff --git a/tests/functional/schema_tests/data_test_config.py b/tests/functional/schema_tests/data_test_config.py
index 377f14aac04..99a2dacdca6 100644
--- a/tests/functional/schema_tests/data_test_config.py
+++ b/tests/functional/schema_tests/data_test_config.py
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ def models(self):
         return {"table.sql": table_sql, "custom_config.yml": custom_config_yml}
 
     def test_custom_config(self, project):
-        run_dbt(["parse"])
-        manifest = get_manifest(project.project_root)
+        run_dbt(["run"])
+        run_dbt(["test"], expect_pass=False)
 
+        manifest = get_manifest(project.project_root)
         # Pattern to match the test_id without the specific suffix
         pattern = re.compile(r"test\.test\.accepted_values_table_color__blue__red\.\d+")
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/schema_tests/fixtures.py b/tests/functional/schema_tests/fixtures.py
index bf16148e0c7..f07ba1b7ca6 100644
--- a/tests/functional/schema_tests/fixtures.py
+++ b/tests/functional/schema_tests/fixtures.py
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@
 8,green,80
 9,yellow,90
 10,blue,100
-"""
+""".strip()
 
 table_sql = """
 -- content of the table.sql