diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers-error/databricks_template_schema.json b/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers-error/databricks_template_schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0967ef424b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers-error/databricks_template_schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers-error/output.txt b/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers-error/output.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..efc4290962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers-error/output.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+>>> [CLI] bundle init .
+Error: failed to compute file content for helpers.txt.tmpl. template: :1:14: executing "" at <user_name>: error calling user_name: 
+
+Exit code: 1
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers-error/script b/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers-error/script
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..896fb4b9ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers-error/script
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+errcode trace $CLI bundle init .
+# test runner will complain if helpers.txt is found - it should not be there
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers-error/template/helpers.txt.tmpl b/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers-error/template/helpers.txt.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70e60edac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers-error/template/helpers.txt.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+user_name: {{ user_name }}
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers-error/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers-error/test.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77f4ed94b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers-error/test.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Badness = '''(minor) error message is not great: executing "" at <user_name>: error calling user_name:'''
+LocalOnly = true
+
+[[Server]]
+Pattern = "GET /api/2.0/preview/scim/v2/Me"
+Response.Body = '{}'
+Response.StatusCode = 500
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers/databricks_template_schema.json b/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers/databricks_template_schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0967ef424b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers/databricks_template_schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers/output.txt b/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers/output.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3126ea5af1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers/output.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+✨ Successfully initialized template
+user_name: [USERNAME]
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers/script b/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers/script
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1773e7b03d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers/script
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+$CLI bundle init .
+cat helpers.txt
+rm helpers.txt
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers/template/helpers.txt.tmpl b/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers/template/helpers.txt.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70e60edac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers/template/helpers.txt.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+user_name: {{ user_name }}
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers/test.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b76e712fbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates/helpers/test.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+LocalOnly = true