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..9f2538f06f0 100644
--- a/core/dbt/parser/schema_generic_tests.py
+++ b/core/dbt/parser/schema_generic_tests.py
@@ -200,7 +200,9 @@ def parse_generic_test(
 
         # this is the ContextConfig that is used in render_update
         config: ContextConfig = self.initial_config(fqn)
-
+        # Adding the builder's config to the ContextConfig
+        # is needed to ensure the config makes it to the pre_model hook which dbt-snowflake needs
+        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/configs/test_configs.py b/tests/functional/configs/test_configs.py
index 2bbfac85c5c..952b951e507 100644
--- a/tests/functional/configs/test_configs.py
+++ b/tests/functional/configs/test_configs.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
+from dbt.exceptions import SchemaConfigError
 from dbt.tests.util import (
     check_relations_equal,
     run_dbt,
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ def test_tests_materialization_proj_config(self, project):
         tests_dir = os.path.join(project.project_root, "tests")
         write_file("select * from foo", tests_dir, "test.sql")
 
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        with pytest.raises(SchemaConfigError):
             run_dbt()
 
 
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ def test_seeds_materialization_proj_config(self, project):
         seeds_dir = os.path.join(project.project_root, "seeds")
         write_file("id1, id2\n1, 2", seeds_dir, "seed.csv")
 
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        with pytest.raises(SchemaConfigError):
             run_dbt()
 
 
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ def test_seeds_materialization_schema_config(self, project):
         )
         write_file("id1, id2\n1, 2", seeds_dir, "myseed.csv")
 
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        with pytest.raises(SchemaConfigError):
             run_dbt()
 
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/configs/test_disabled_model.py b/tests/functional/configs/test_disabled_model.py
index 23cf8fde1e0..a918067ac15 100644
--- a/tests/functional/configs/test_disabled_model.py
+++ b/tests/functional/configs/test_disabled_model.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import pytest
 
-from dbt.exceptions import CompilationError, ParsingError
+from dbt.exceptions import CompilationError, ParsingError, SchemaConfigError
 from dbt.tests.util import get_manifest, run_dbt
-from dbt_common.dataclass_schema import ValidationError
 from tests.functional.configs.fixtures import (
     my_model,
     my_model_2,
@@ -394,8 +393,8 @@ def models(self):
             "my_model.sql": my_model,
         }
 
-    def test_invalis_config(self, project):
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError) as exc:
+    def test_invalid_config(self, project):
+        with pytest.raises(SchemaConfigError) as exc:
             run_dbt(["parse"])
         exc_str = " ".join(str(exc.value).split())  # flatten all whitespace
         expected_msg = "'True and False' is not of type 'boolean'"
diff --git a/tests/functional/schema_tests/data_test_config.py b/tests/functional/schema_tests/data_test_config.py
index 377f14aac04..a6a16818000 100644
--- a/tests/functional/schema_tests/data_test_config.py
+++ b/tests/functional/schema_tests/data_test_config.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import pytest
 
+from dbt.contracts.graph.manifest import Manifest
+from dbt.contracts.graph.nodes import TestNode
 from dbt.exceptions import CompilationError
 from dbt.tests.util import get_manifest, run_dbt
 from tests.functional.schema_tests.fixtures import (
@@ -10,14 +12,44 @@
     same_key_error_yml,
     seed_csv,
     table_sql,
+    test_custom_color_from_config,
 )
 
 
+def _select_test_node(manifest: Manifest, pattern: re.Pattern[str]):
+    # Find the test_id dynamically
+    test_id = None
+    for node_id in manifest.nodes:
+        if pattern.match(node_id):
+            test_id = node_id
+            break
+
+    # Ensure the test_id was found
+    assert test_id is not None, "Test ID matching the pattern was not found in the manifest nodes"
+    return manifest.nodes[test_id]
+
+
+def get_table_persistence(project, table_name):
+    sql = f"""
+        SELECT
+          relpersistence
+        FROM pg_class
+        WHERE relname like '%{table_name}%'
+    """
+    result = project.run_sql(sql, fetch="one")
+    assert len(result) == 1
+    return result[0]
+
+
 class BaseDataTestsConfig:
     @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
     def seeds(self):
         return {"seed.csv": seed_csv}
 
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def macros(self):
+        return {"custom_color_from_config.sql": test_custom_color_from_config}
+
     @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
     def project_config_update(self):
         return {
@@ -35,29 +67,24 @@ 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", "--log-level", "debug"], 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+")
 
-        # Find the test_id dynamically
-        test_id = None
-        for node_id in manifest.nodes:
-            if pattern.match(node_id):
-                test_id = node_id
-                break
-
-        # Ensure the test_id was found
-        assert (
-            test_id is not None
-        ), "Test ID matching the pattern was not found in the manifest nodes"
-
+        test_node: TestNode = _select_test_node(manifest, pattern)
         # Proceed with the assertions
-        test_node = manifest.nodes[test_id]
         assert "custom_config_key" in test_node.config
         assert test_node.config["custom_config_key"] == "some_value"
 
+        # pattern = re.compile(r"test\.test\.custom_color_from_config.*")
+        # test_node = _select_test_node(manifest, pattern)
+        persistence = get_table_persistence(project, "custom_color_from_config_table_color")
+
+        assert persistence == "u"
+
 
 class TestMixedDataTestConfig(BaseDataTestsConfig):
     @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
diff --git a/tests/functional/schema_tests/fixtures.py b/tests/functional/schema_tests/fixtures.py
index bf16148e0c7..ac266545712 100644
--- a/tests/functional/schema_tests/fixtures.py
+++ b/tests/functional/schema_tests/fixtures.py
@@ -1285,6 +1285,12 @@
               values: ['blue', 'red']
               config:
                 custom_config_key: some_value
+          - custom_color_from_config:
+              severity: error
+              config:
+                test_color: orange
+                store_failures: true
+                unlogged: True
 """
 
 mixed_config_yml = """
@@ -1296,9 +1302,13 @@
         data_tests:
           - accepted_values:
               values: ['blue', 'red']
-              severity: warn
               config:
                 custom_config_key: some_value
+                severity: warn
+          - custom_color_from_config:
+              severity: error
+              config:
+                test_color: blue
 """
 
 same_key_error_yml = """
@@ -1327,9 +1337,16 @@
 8,green,80
 9,yellow,90
 10,blue,100
-"""
+""".strip()
 
 table_sql = """
 -- content of the table.sql
 select * from {{ ref('seed') }}
 """
+
+test_custom_color_from_config = """
+{% test custom_color_from_config(model, column_name) %}
+    select * from {{ model }}
+    where color = '{{ config.get('test_color') }}'
+{% endtest %}
+"""