diff --git a/test/suites/basic.sh b/test/suites/basic.sh
index ad5cf5b8716..6fdc8779ade 100644
--- a/test/suites/basic.sh
+++ b/test/suites/basic.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ test_basic_usage() {
   incus image alias list | grep -qv foo  # the old name is gone
   incus image alias delete bar
 
+  # Test an alias with description
+  incus image alias create baz "${sum}" --description "Test description"
+  incus image alias list | grep -q 'Test description'
+  incus image delete baz
+
   # Test image list output formats (table & json)
   incus image list --format table | grep -q testimage
   incus image list --format json \
@@ -373,7 +378,7 @@ test_basic_usage() {
   kill_incus "${INCUS_ACTIVATION_DIR}"
 
   # Create and start a container
-  incus launch testimage foo
+  incus launch testimage foo --description "Test container"
   incus list | grep foo | grep RUNNING
   incus stop foo --force
 
diff --git a/test/suites/clustering.sh b/test/suites/clustering.sh
index 1c4836902c8..7e47c640dbc 100644
--- a/test/suites/clustering.sh
+++ b/test/suites/clustering.sh
@@ -3449,8 +3449,9 @@ test_clustering_groups() {
   ! incus cluster group remove cluster:node1 default || false
 
   # Create new cluster group which should be empty
-  incus cluster group create cluster:foobar
+  incus cluster group create cluster:foobar --description "Test description"
   [ "$(incus query cluster:/1.0/cluster/groups/foobar | jq '.members | length')" -eq 0 ]
+  [ "$(incus query cluster:/1.0/cluster/groups/foobar | jq '.description == "Test description"')" = "true" ]
 
   # Copy both description and members from default group
   incus cluster group show cluster:default | incus cluster group edit cluster:foobar
diff --git a/test/suites/config.sh b/test/suites/config.sh
index f2bbea72f93..372c3a7b5ed 100644
--- a/test/suites/config.sh
+++ b/test/suites/config.sh
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ test_config_profiles() {
   incus profile remove foo one
   [ "$(incus list -f json foo | jq -r '.[0].profiles | join(" ")')" = "" ]
 
+  # check that we can create a profile with a description
+  incus profile create foo --description bar
+  incus profile ls | grep -q bar
+  incus profile delete foo
+
   incus profile create stdintest
   echo "BADCONF" | incus profile set stdintest user.user_data -
   incus profile show stdintest | grep BADCONF
diff --git a/test/suites/network.sh b/test/suites/network.sh
index 16019bda1cd..40641829436 100644
--- a/test/suites/network.sh
+++ b/test/suites/network.sh
@@ -49,8 +49,11 @@ test_network() {
   incus network delete inct$$
 
   # edit network description
-  incus network create inct$$
+  incus network create inct$$ --description "Test description"
+  incus network list | grep -q 'Test description'
+  incus network show inct$$ | grep -q 'description: Test description'
   incus network show inct$$ | sed 's/^description:.*/description: foo/' | incus network edit inct$$
+  incus network list | grep -q 'foo'
   incus network show inct$$ | grep -q 'description: foo'
   incus network delete inct$$
 
diff --git a/test/suites/network_acl.sh b/test/suites/network_acl.sh
index d0b8e2f9e7b..717797cba6b 100644
--- a/test/suites/network_acl.sh
+++ b/test/suites/network_acl.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ test_network_acl() {
   ! incus network acl ls | grep testacl || false
   ! incus network acl ls --project testproj | grep testacl || false
   incus project delete testproj
+  incus network acl create testacl --description "Test description"
+  incus network acl list | grep -q -F 'Test description'
+  incus netwrok acl show testacl | grep -q -F 'description: Test description'
+  incus network acl delete testacl
 
   # ACL creation from stdin.
   cat <<EOF | incus network acl create testacl
@@ -88,10 +92,11 @@ EOF
  ! incus network acl rule add testacl ingress action=allow protocol=icmp4 icmp_code=256 || false # Invalid icmp combination
  ! incus network acl rule add testacl ingress action=allow protocol=icmp6 icmp_type=-1 || false # Invalid icmp combination
 
- incus network acl rule add testacl ingress action=allow source=192.168.1.2/32 protocol=tcp destination=192.168.1.1-192.168.1.3 destination_port="22, 2222-2223"
+ incus network acl rule add testacl ingress action=allow source=192.168.1.2/32 protocol=tcp destination=192.168.1.1-192.168.1.3 destination_port="22, 2222-2223" --description "Test ACL rule description"
  ! incus network acl rule add testacl ingress action=allow source=192.168.1.2/32 protocol=tcp destination=192.168.1.1-192.168.1.3 destination_port=22,2222-2223 || false # Dupe rule detection
  incus network acl show testacl | grep "destination: 192.168.1.1-192.168.1.3"
  incus network acl show testacl | grep -c2 'state: enabled' # Default state enabled for new rules.
+ incus network acl show testacl | grep "description: Test ACL rule description"
 
  # ACL rule removal.
  incus network acl rule add testacl ingress action=allow source=192.168.1.3/32 protocol=tcp destination=192.168.1.1-192.168.1.3 destination_port=22,2222-2223 description="removal rule test"
diff --git a/test/suites/network_forward.sh b/test/suites/network_forward.sh
index 356655ed284..29b50622d07 100644
--- a/test/suites/network_forward.sh
+++ b/test/suites/network_forward.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ test_network_forward() {
   ! incus network forward create "${netName}" :: || false
 
   # Check creating empty forward doesn't create any firewall rules.
-  incus network forward create "${netName}" 198.51.100.1
+  incus network forward create "${netName}" 198.51.100.1 --description "Test network forward"
   if [ "$firewallDriver" = "xtables" ]; then
     ! iptables -w -t nat -S | grep -c "generated for Incus network-forward ${netName}" || false
   else
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ test_network_forward() {
     ! nft -nn list chain inet incus "fwdpstrt.${netName}" || false
   fi
 
+  # Check that description is set
+  incus network forward list "${netName}" | grep -q -F "Test network forward"
+  incus network forward show "${netName}" 198.51.100.1 | grep -q -F "description: Test network forward"
+
   # Check forward is exported via BGP prefixes.
   incus query /internal/testing/bgp | grep "198.51.100.1/32"
 
@@ -63,7 +67,7 @@ test_network_forward() {
   ! incus network forward port add "${netName}" 198.51.100.1 tcp 80 192.0.2.3 80-81 || false
 
   # Check can add a port with a listener range and no target port (so it uses same range for target ports).
-  incus network forward port add "${netName}" 198.51.100.1 tcp 80-81 192.0.2.3
+  incus network forward port add "${netName}" 198.51.100.1 tcp 80-81 192.0.2.3 --description "Test network forward port"
   if [ "$firewallDriver" = "xtables" ]; then
     iptables -w -t nat -S | grep -- "-A PREROUTING -d 198.51.100.1/32 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80:81 -m comment --comment \"generated for Incus network-forward ${netName}\" -j DNAT --to-destination 192.0.2.3"
     iptables -w -t nat -S | grep -- "-A OUTPUT -d 198.51.100.1/32 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80:81 -m comment --comment \"generated for Incus network-forward ${netName}\" -j DNAT --to-destination 192.0.2.3"
@@ -74,6 +78,9 @@ test_network_forward() {
     nft -nn list chain inet incus "fwdpstrt.${netName}" | grep "ip saddr 192.0.2.3 ip daddr 192.0.2.3 tcp dport 80-81 masquerade"
   fi
 
+  # Check that description is set
+  incus network forward show "${netName}" 198.51.100.1 | grep -q -F 'description: Test network forward port'
+
   # Check can't add port with duplicate listen port.
   ! incus network forward port add "${netName}" 198.51.100.1 tcp 80 192.0.2.3 90 || false
 
diff --git a/test/suites/network_zone.sh b/test/suites/network_zone.sh
index b5fa639baa6..477f411e100 100755
--- a/test/suites/network_zone.sh
+++ b/test/suites/network_zone.sh
@@ -18,10 +18,14 @@ test_network_zone() {
   ! incus network zone create /incus.example.net || false
   incus network zone create incus.example.net/withslash
   incus network zone delete incus.example.net/withslash
-  incus network zone create incus.example.net
+  incus network zone create incus.example.net --description "Test network zone"
   incus network zone create 2.0.192.in-addr.arpa
   incus network zone create 0.1.0.1.2.4.2.4.2.4.2.4.2.4.d.f.ip6.arpa
 
+  # Check that the description is set
+  incus network zone list | grep -q -F 'Test network zone'
+  incus network zone show incus.example.net | grep -q -F 'description: Test network zone'
+
   # Create project and forward zone in project.
   incus project create foo \
     -c features.images=false \
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ test_network_zone() {
   dig "@${DNS_ADDR}" -p "${DNS_PORT}" axfr 0.1.0.1.2.4.2.4.2.4.2.4.2.4.d.f.ip6.arpa | grep "300\s\+IN\s\+PTR\s\+c2.incus-foo.example.net."
 
   # Test extra records
-  incus network zone record create incus.example.net demo user.foo=bar
+  incus network zone record create incus.example.net demo user.foo=bar --description "Test network zone record"
   ! incus network zone record create incus.example.net demo user.foo=bar || false
   incus network zone record entry add incus.example.net demo A 1.1.1.1 --ttl 900
   incus network zone record entry add incus.example.net demo A 2.2.2.2
@@ -128,6 +132,8 @@ test_network_zone() {
   incus network zone record list incus.example.net
   dig "@${DNS_ADDR}" -p "${DNS_PORT}" axfr incus.example.net | grep -Fc demo.incus.example.net | grep -Fx 6
   incus network zone record entry remove incus.example.net demo A 1.1.1.1
+  incus network zone record list incus.example.net | grep -q -F "Test network zone record"
+  incus network zone record show incus.example.net demo | grep -q -F "description: Test network zone record"
 
   incus admin sql global 'select * from networks_zones_records'
   incus network zone record create incus-foo.example.net demo user.foo=bar --project foo
diff --git a/test/suites/projects.sh b/test/suites/projects.sh
index 0d314fd3695..77f7898436a 100644
--- a/test/suites/projects.sh
+++ b/test/suites/projects.sh
@@ -60,9 +60,15 @@ test_projects_crud() {
 
   incus project switch default
 
+  # Create a project with a description
+  incus project create baz --description "Test description"
+  incus project list | grep -q -F 'Test description'
+  incus project show baz | grep -q -F 'description: Test description'
+
   # Delete the projects
   incus project delete foo
   incus project delete bar
+  incus project delete baz
 
   # We're back to the default project
   [ "$(incus project get-current)" = "default" ]
diff --git a/test/suites/snapshots.sh b/test/suites/snapshots.sh
index ca5cdd1fea3..db3c3cf8e74 100644
--- a/test/suites/snapshots.sh
+++ b/test/suites/snapshots.sh
@@ -36,11 +36,13 @@ snapshots() {
     [ -d "${INCUS_DIR}/containers-snapshots/foo/snap1" ]
   fi
 
-  incus snapshot create foo tester
+  incus snapshot create foo tester --description "Test description"
   # FIXME: make this backend agnostic
   if [ "$incus_backend" = "dir" ]; then
     [ -d "${INCUS_DIR}/containers-snapshots/foo/tester" ]
   fi
+  incus snapshot list foo | grep -q 'tester' | grep -q 'Test description'
+  incus info foo | grep -q 'tester.*Test description'
 
   incus copy foo/tester foosnap1
   # FIXME: make this backend agnostic
diff --git a/test/suites/storage.sh b/test/suites/storage.sh
index b947e18c743..d3f55867894 100644
--- a/test/suites/storage.sh
+++ b/test/suites/storage.sh
@@ -14,11 +14,14 @@ test_storage() {
   local storage_pool storage_volume
   storage_pool="incustest-$(basename "${INCUS_DIR}")-pool"
   storage_volume="${storage_pool}-vol"
-  incus storage create "$storage_pool" "$incus_backend"
-  incus storage show "$storage_pool" | sed 's/^description:.*/description: foo/' | incus storage edit "$storage_pool"
+  incus storage create "$storage_pool" "$incus_backend" --description foo
   incus storage show "$storage_pool" | grep -q 'description: foo'
+  incus storage show "$storage_pool" | sed 's/^description:.*/description: bar/' | incus storage edit "$storage_pool"
+  incus storage show "$storage_pool" | grep -q 'description: bar'
 
-  incus storage volume create "$storage_pool" "$storage_volume"
+  # Create a storage volume with a description
+  incus storage volume create "$storage_pool" "$storage_volume" --description foo
+  incus storage volume show "$storage_pool" "$storage_volume" | grep -q 'description: foo'
 
   # Test setting description on a storage volume
   incus storage volume show "$storage_pool" "$storage_volume" | sed 's/^description:.*/description: bar/' | incus storage volume edit "$storage_pool" "$storage_volume"
diff --git a/test/suites/storage_buckets.sh b/test/suites/storage_buckets.sh
index b4171885d0d..031fd49dc05 100644
--- a/test/suites/storage_buckets.sh
+++ b/test/suites/storage_buckets.sh
@@ -80,18 +80,19 @@ test_storage_buckets() {
   ! incus storage bucket create "${poolName}" "foo bar" || false
 
   # Create bucket.
-  initCreds=$(incus storage bucket create "${poolName}" "${bucketPrefix}.foo" user.foo=comment)
+  initCreds=$(incus storage bucket create "${poolName}" "${bucketPrefix}.foo" user.foo=comment --description "Test description")
   initAccessKey=$(echo "${initCreds}" | awk '{ if ($2 == "access" && $3 == "key:") {print $4}}')
   initSecretKey=$(echo "${initCreds}" | awk '{ if ($2 == "secret" && $3 == "key:") {print $4}}')
   s3cmdrun "${incus_backend}" "${initAccessKey}" "${initSecretKey}" ls | grep -F "${bucketPrefix}.foo"
 
   incus storage bucket list "${poolName}" | grep -F "${bucketPrefix}.foo"
+  incus storage bucket list "${poolName}" | grep -F "Test description"
   incus storage bucket show "${poolName}" "${bucketPrefix}.foo"
 
   # Create bucket keys.
 
   # Create admin key with randomly generated credentials.
-  creds=$(incus storage bucket key create "${poolName}" "${bucketPrefix}.foo" admin-key --role=admin)
+  creds=$(incus storage bucket key create "${poolName}" "${bucketPrefix}.foo" admin-key --role=admin --description "Test description")
   adAccessKey=$(echo "${creds}" | awk '{ if ($1 == "Access" && $2 == "key:") {print $3}}')
   adSecretKey=$(echo "${creds}" | awk '{ if ($1 == "Secret" && $2 == "key:") {print $3}}')
 
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ test_storage_buckets() {
 
   incus storage bucket key list "${poolName}" "${bucketPrefix}.foo" | grep -F "admin-key"
   incus storage bucket key list "${poolName}" "${bucketPrefix}.foo" | grep -F "ro-key"
+  incus storage bucket key list "${poolName}" "${bucketPrefix}.foo" | grep -F "Test description"
   incus storage bucket key show "${poolName}" "${bucketPrefix}.foo" admin-key
   incus storage bucket key show "${poolName}" "${bucketPrefix}.foo" ro-key
 
diff --git a/test/suites/storage_snapshots.sh b/test/suites/storage_snapshots.sh
index 0205137db97..1327d940a51 100644
--- a/test/suites/storage_snapshots.sh
+++ b/test/suites/storage_snapshots.sh
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ test_storage_volume_snapshots() {
   [ "$(incus exec c1 -- cat /mnt/testfile)" = 'foobar' ]
 
   incus storage volume detach "${storage_pool}" "${storage_volume}" c1
-  # This will create a snapshot named 'snap0'
-  incus storage volume snapshot create "${storage_pool}" "${storage_volume}"
-  incus storage volume list "${storage_pool}" |  grep "${storage_volume}/snap0"
+  # This will create a snapshot named 'snap0' with description 'Test description'
+  incus storage volume snapshot create "${storage_pool}" "${storage_volume}" --description "Test description"
+  incus storage volume list "${storage_pool}" |  grep "${storage_volume}/snap0" | grep -F "Test description"
   incus storage volume snapshot show "${storage_pool}" "${storage_volume}/snap0" | grep 'name: snap0'
   incus storage volume snapshot show "${storage_pool}" "${storage_volume}/snap0" | grep 'expires_at: 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z'
+  incus storage volume snapshot show "${storage_pool}" "${storage_volume}/snap0" | grep 'description: Test description'
 
   # edit volume snapshot description
   incus storage volume snapshot show "${storage_pool}" "${storage_volume}/snap0" | sed 's/^description:.*/description: foo/' | incus storage volume edit "${storage_pool}" "${storage_volume}/snap0"