diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/dev-fixtures.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/dev-fixtures.gitlab-ci.yml
index eed1bf9aa10543adf809f10151f3c0f6448adfec..711e5d27858d8ef78539213012d8866d3768439b 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/dev-fixtures.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/dev-fixtures.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     SEED_CUSTOMIZABLE_CYCLE_ANALYTICS: "true"
     SEED_CI_CD_ANALYTICS: "true"
     SEED_AI_USAGE_STATS: "true"
+    SEED_PIPELINE_METRICS: "true"
     VSA_ISSUE_COUNT: 1
     DISABLE_WEBMOCK: "true"
     SIZE: 0  # number of external projects to fork, requires network connection
diff --git a/ee/db/fixtures/development/98_pipeline_metrics.rb b/ee/db/fixtures/development/98_pipeline_metrics.rb
index 5fc65e757632763630945f5a490b292bfa69d3c1..33247a098872de71e94288c45fc37c361c8b1544 100644
--- a/ee/db/fixtures/development/98_pipeline_metrics.rb
+++ b/ee/db/fixtures/development/98_pipeline_metrics.rb
@@ -57,34 +57,35 @@ def suffix
 
   def create_project_with_group
     Gitlab::ExclusiveLease.skipping_transaction_check do
-      Sidekiq::Testing.inline! do
-        group = Group.new(
-          name: "Pipeline metrics Group #{suffix}",
-          path: "p-metrics-group-#{suffix}",
-          description: FFaker::Lorem.sentence,
-          organization: Organizations::Organization.default_organization
-        )
-
-        group.save!
-        group.add_owner(user)
-        group.create_namespace_settings
-
-        # Set group traversal ids inline to avoid
-        # authorization issues on next steps.
-        group.update!(traversal_ids: [group.id])
-
-        ::Namespaces::ProcessSyncEventsWorker.new.perform # Ensure NamespaceMirror is created
-
-        FactoryBot.create(
-          :project,
-          :public,
-          :repository,
-          name: "Pipeline metrics Project #{suffix}",
-          path: "p-metrics-project-#{suffix}",
-          creator: user,
-          group: group
-        ).tap(&:create_repository)
+      group = Group.new(
+        name: "Pipeline metrics Group #{suffix}",
+        path: "p-metrics-group-#{suffix}",
+        description: FFaker::Lorem.sentence,
+        organization: Organizations::Organization.default_organization
+      )
+
+      group.save!
+      group.add_owner(user)
+      group.create_namespace_settings
+
+      # Set group traversal ids inline to avoid
+      # authorization issues on next steps.
+      group.update!(traversal_ids: [group.id])
+
+      # Ensure NamespaceMirror is created
+      group.sync_events.each do |event|
+        ::Ci::NamespaceMirror.sync!(event)
       end
+
+      FactoryBot.create(
+        :project,
+        :public,
+        :repository,
+        name: "Pipeline metrics Project #{suffix}",
+        path: "p-metrics-project-#{suffix}",
+        creator: user,
+        group: group
+      ).tap(&:create_repository)
     end
   end
 
@@ -131,9 +132,10 @@ def seed_pipeline_analytics
 end
 
 Gitlab::Seeder.quiet do
-  feature_available = ::Gitlab::ClickHouse.globally_enabled_for_analytics?
+  # Environment variable used on CI to to allow requests to ClickHouse container
+  WebMock.allow_net_connect! if Rails.env.test? && ENV['DISABLE_WEBMOCK']
 
-  unless feature_available
+  unless ::Gitlab::ClickHouse.configured?
     puts "
     WARNING:
     To use this seed file, you need to make sure that ClickHouse is configured and enabled with your GDK.