From 4aadfa1f4f6aa3838fbebc5eb51e02d90dfcf1a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roman Zeyde <roman.zeyde@satoshilabs.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 18:57:03 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] ci(core): make sure emulators are not failing on startup

[no changelog]
---
 .github/workflows/core.yml | 1 +
 core/Makefile              | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/core.yml b/.github/workflows/core.yml
index f2fb12c3a9..9c22ec99d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/core.yml
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: nix-shell --run "poetry run make -C core build_bootloader_emu"
         if: matrix.coins == 'universal' && matrix.asan == 'noasan'
       - run: nix-shell --run "poetry run make -C core build_unix_frozen"
+      - run: nix-shell --run "poetry run make -C core test_emu_sanity"
       - run: cp core/build/unix/trezor-emu-core core/build/unix/trezor-emu-core-${{ matrix.model }}-${{ matrix.coins }}
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 2ce733d985..10e8b1814b 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ test_rust: ## run rs unit tests
 		--no-default-features --features $(LAYOUT_FEATURE),power_manager,test \
 		-- --test-threads=1 --nocapture
 
+test_emu_sanity: ## make sure the emulator doesn't crash on startup
+	$(EMU) --disable-animation --headless --temporary-profile -c -- trezorctl -v ping "Hello World!"
+
 test_emu: ## run selected device tests from python-trezor
 	$(EMU_TEST) $(PYTEST) $(TESTPATH)/device_tests $(TESTOPTS) --lang=$(TEST_LANG)