diff --git a/src/discussions/common/ActionsDropdown.jsx b/src/discussions/common/ActionsDropdown.jsx
index 8607a5ec..c88aad28 100644
--- a/src/discussions/common/ActionsDropdown.jsx
+++ b/src/discussions/common/ActionsDropdown.jsx
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ function ActionsDropdown({
         isOpen={isOpen}
         placement="auto-start"
       >
-        <div className="bg-white p-1 shadow d-flex flex-column">
+        <div
+          className="bg-white p-1 shadow d-flex flex-column"
+          data-testid="actions-dropdown-modal-popup"
+        >
           {actions.map(action => (
             <React.Fragment key={action.id}>
               {action.action === ContentActions.DELETE
diff --git a/src/discussions/common/ActionsDropdown.test.jsx b/src/discussions/common/ActionsDropdown.test.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd9111ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/discussions/common/ActionsDropdown.test.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+import {
+  fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor,
+} from '@testing-library/react';
+import { IntlProvider } from 'react-intl';
+import { Factory } from 'rosie';
+
+import { camelCaseObject, initializeMockApp, snakeCaseObject } from '@edx/frontend-platform';
+import { AppProvider } from '@edx/frontend-platform/react';
+
+import { ContentActions } from '../../data/constants';
+import messages from '../messages';
+import { ACTIONS_LIST } from '../utils';
+import ActionsDropdown from './ActionsDropdown';
+
+import '../posts/data/__factories__';
+import '../comments/data/__factories__';
+
+let store;
+
+function buildTestContent(buildParams) {
+  const buildParamsSnakeCase = snakeCaseObject(buildParams);
+  return [
+    Factory.build('comment', { ...buildParamsSnakeCase }, null),
+    // question
+    Factory.build('thread', { ...buildParamsSnakeCase }, null),
+    // thread
+    Factory.build('thread', { ...buildParamsSnakeCase }, null),
+  ].map(content => camelCaseObject(content));
+}
+
+const canPerformActionTestData = ACTIONS_LIST
+  .map(({ action, conditions, label: { defaultMessage } }) => {
+    const buildParams = {
+      editable_fields: [action],
+    };
+    if (conditions) {
+      Object.entries(conditions)
+        .forEach(([conditionKey, conditionValue]) => {
+          buildParams[conditionKey] = conditionValue;
+        });
+    }
+    return buildTestContent(buildParams)
+      .map(commentOrPost => ([defaultMessage, commentOrPost, action]));
+  })
+  .flat();
+
+const canNotPerformActionTestData = ACTIONS_LIST
+  .map(({ action, conditions, label: { defaultMessage } }) => {
+    let content;
+    if (!conditions) {
+      content = buildTestContent({
+        editable_fields: [],
+      });
+    } else {
+      const reversedConditions = Object.keys(conditions)
+        .reduce(
+          (results, key) => ({
+            ...results,
+            [key]: !conditions[key],
+          }),
+          {},
+        );
+
+      content = [
+        // can edit field, but doesn't pass conditions
+        ...buildTestContent({
+          editable_fields: [action],
+          ...reversedConditions,
+        }),
+        // passes conditions, but can't edit field
+        ...(action === ContentActions.DELETE
+          ? []
+          : buildTestContent({
+            editable_fields: [],
+            ...conditions,
+          })
+        ),
+        // can't edit field, and doesn't pass conditions
+        ...buildTestContent({
+          editable_fields: [],
+          ...reversedConditions,
+        }),
+      ];
+    }
+    return content.map(commentOrPost => ([defaultMessage, commentOrPost]));
+  })
+  .flat();
+
+function renderComponent(
+  commentOrPost,
+  { disabled = false, actionHandlers = {} } = {},
+) {
+  render(
+    <IntlProvider locale="en">
+      <AppProvider store={store}>
+        <ActionsDropdown
+          commentOrPost={commentOrPost}
+          disabled={disabled}
+          actionHandlers={actionHandlers}
+        />
+      </AppProvider>
+    </IntlProvider>,
+  );
+}
+
+const findOpenActionsDropdownButton = async () => (
+  screen.findByRole('button', { name: messages.actionsAlt.defaultMessage })
+);
+
+describe('ActionsDropdown', () => {
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    initializeMockApp({
+      authenticatedUser: {
+        userId: 3,
+        username: 'abc123',
+        administrator: false,
+        roles: [],
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it.each(buildTestContent())(
+    'can open drop down if enabled',
+    async (commentOrPost) => {
+      renderComponent(commentOrPost, { disabled: false });
+
+      const openButton = await findOpenActionsDropdownButton();
+      fireEvent.click(openButton);
+
+      await waitFor(() => expect(screen.queryByTestId('actions-dropdown-modal-popup'))
+        .toBeInTheDocument());
+    },
+  );
+
+  it.each(buildTestContent())(
+    'can not open drop down if disabled',
+    async (commentOrPost) => {
+      renderComponent(commentOrPost, { disabled: true });
+
+      const openButton = await findOpenActionsDropdownButton();
+      fireEvent.click(openButton);
+
+      await waitFor(() => expect(screen.queryByTestId('actions-dropdown-modal-popup'))
+        .not
+        .toBeInTheDocument());
+    },
+  );
+
+  it.each(canPerformActionTestData)(
+    // not using jest $variable notation because it's not working (probably a bug)
+    'can perform action %s',
+    async (defaultMessage, commentOrPost, action) => {
+      const mockHandler = jest.fn();
+      renderComponent(
+        commentOrPost,
+        { actionHandlers: { [action]: mockHandler } },
+      );
+
+      const openButton = await findOpenActionsDropdownButton();
+      fireEvent.click(openButton);
+
+      await waitFor(() => expect(screen.queryByText(defaultMessage))
+        .toBeInTheDocument());
+
+      fireEvent.click(screen.queryByText(defaultMessage));
+
+      expect(mockHandler).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    },
+  );
+
+  it.each(canNotPerformActionTestData)(
+    // not using jest $variable notation because it's not working (probably a bug)
+    'can not perform action %s',
+    async (defaultMessage, commentOrPost) => {
+      renderComponent(commentOrPost);
+
+      const openButton = await findOpenActionsDropdownButton();
+      fireEvent.click(openButton);
+
+      await waitFor(() => expect(screen.queryByText(defaultMessage))
+        .not
+        .toBeInTheDocument());
+    },
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/discussions/utils.js b/src/discussions/utils.js
index 0224549d..8278225b 100644
--- a/src/discussions/utils.js
+++ b/src/discussions/utils.js
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export function checkPermissions(content, action) {
  *    in the content/post.
  *    e.g. for {pinned:false} the action will show up if the content/post has post.pinned==false
  */
-const ACTIONS_LIST = [
+export const ACTIONS_LIST = [
   {
     id: 'edit',
     action: ContentActions.EDIT_CONTENT,