diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index aa60a92ef..c0ca9df73 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "dcicsnovault"
-version = "8.0.1"
+version = "8.0.2b0"
 description = "Storage support for 4DN Data Portals."
 authors = ["4DN-DCIC Team <support@4dnucleome.org>"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/snovault/embed.py b/snovault/embed.py
index 176438b4d..8ab3c5f8c 100644
--- a/snovault/embed.py
+++ b/snovault/embed.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import logging
 from copy import deepcopy
 from posixpath import join
+from typing import Union
 
 from pyramid.compat import (
     native_,
     unquote_bytes_to_wsgi,
 )
 from pyramid.httpexceptions import HTTPNotFound
+from pyramid.request import Request
 
 from .interfaces import CONNECTION
 
@@ -164,16 +166,7 @@ def _embed(request, path, as_user='EMBED'):
     """
     # Carl: the subrequest is 'built' here, but not actually invoked
     subreq = make_subrequest(request, path)
-    # these attributes are propogated across the subrequest
-    subreq.override_renderer = 'null_renderer'
-    subreq._indexing_view = request._indexing_view
-    subreq._aggregate_for = request._aggregate_for
-    subreq._aggregated_items = request._aggregated_items
-    subreq._sid_cache = request._sid_cache
-    if as_user is not True:
-        if 'HTTP_COOKIE' in subreq.environ:
-            del subreq.environ['HTTP_COOKIE']
-        subreq.remote_user = as_user
+    _set_subrequest_attributes(subreq, request, as_user=as_user)
     # _linked_uuids are populated in item_view_object of resource_views.py
     try:
         result = request.invoke_subrequest(subreq)
@@ -190,6 +183,34 @@ def _embed(request, path, as_user='EMBED'):
             '_sid_cache': subreq._sid_cache}
 
 
+def _set_subrequest_attributes(
+    subrequest: Request, request: Request, as_user: Union[str, bool] = False
+) -> None:
+    subrequest.override_renderer = 'null_renderer'
+    _set_propagated_attributes(subrequest, request)
+    if as_user is not True:
+        _remove_http_cookie_and_set_user(subrequest, as_user)
+
+
+def _set_propagated_attributes(subrequest: Request, request: Request) -> None:
+    subrequest._indexing_view = request._indexing_view
+    subrequest._aggregate_for = request._aggregate_for
+    subrequest._aggregated_items = request._aggregated_items
+    subrequest._sid_cache = request._sid_cache
+    try:
+        subrequest._stats = request._stats
+    except AttributeError:
+        subrequest._stats = {}
+
+
+def _remove_http_cookie_and_set_user(
+    subrequest: Request, remote_user: Union[str, bool]
+) -> None:
+    if 'HTTP_COOKIE' in subrequest.environ:
+        del subrequest.environ['HTTP_COOKIE']
+    subrequest.remote_user = remote_user
+
+
 class NullRenderer:
     '''Sets result value directly as response.
     '''
diff --git a/snovault/tests/test_embed.py b/snovault/tests/test_embed.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e969d479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snovault/tests/test_embed.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Union
+from unittest.mock import create_autospec, Mock
+
+import pytest
+from pyramid.request import Request
+
+from ..embed import _set_subrequest_attributes
+
+
+DEFAULT_PARENT_REQUEST_ATTRIBUTES = {
+    "_indexing_view": "foo",
+    "_aggregate_for": "bar",
+    "_aggregated_items": "something",
+    "_sid_cache": "else",
+}
+DEFAULT_SUBREQUEST_ATTRIBUTES = {"environ": {"HTTP_COOKIE": "foobar", "fu": "bur"}}
+DEFAULT_PROPAGATED_ATTRIBUTES = {
+    "override_renderer": "null_renderer",
+    "_stats": {},
+    **DEFAULT_PARENT_REQUEST_ATTRIBUTES,
+}
+
+
+def _make_mock_request(attributes_to_set: Dict[str, Any]) -> Mock:
+    mock_request = create_autospec(Request, instance=True)
+    for attribute_name, attribute_value in attributes_to_set.items():
+        setattr(mock_request, attribute_name, attribute_value)
+    return mock_request
+
+
+def _make_mock_parent_request(
+    attributes_to_set: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+) -> Mock:
+    if attributes_to_set is None:
+        attributes_to_set = {}
+    attributes_to_set.update(DEFAULT_PARENT_REQUEST_ATTRIBUTES)
+    return _make_mock_request(attributes_to_set)
+
+
+def _make_mock_subrequest() -> Mock:
+    return _make_mock_request(DEFAULT_SUBREQUEST_ATTRIBUTES)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "subrequest,parent_request,as_user,expected_attributes",
+    [
+        (
+            _make_mock_subrequest(),
+            _make_mock_parent_request(),
+            True,
+            {**DEFAULT_PROPAGATED_ATTRIBUTES, **DEFAULT_SUBREQUEST_ATTRIBUTES},
+        ),
+        (
+            _make_mock_subrequest(),
+            _make_mock_parent_request({"_stats": "some_stats"}),
+            True,
+            {
+                **DEFAULT_PROPAGATED_ATTRIBUTES,
+                **DEFAULT_SUBREQUEST_ATTRIBUTES,
+                "_stats": "some_stats",
+            },
+        ),
+        (
+            _make_mock_subrequest(),
+            _make_mock_parent_request(),
+            False,
+            {
+                **DEFAULT_PROPAGATED_ATTRIBUTES,
+                **DEFAULT_SUBREQUEST_ATTRIBUTES,
+                "environ": {"fu": "bur"},
+                "remote_user": False,
+            },
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_set_subrequest_attributes(
+    subrequest: Mock,
+    parent_request: Mock,
+    as_user: Union[bool, str],
+    expected_attributes: Dict[str, Any],
+) -> None:
+    _set_subrequest_attributes(subrequest, parent_request, as_user=as_user)
+    for attribute_name, attribute_value in expected_attributes.items():
+        assert getattr(subrequest, attribute_name) == attribute_value