diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-container.yml b/.github/workflows/build-container.yml
index 33a0f56d..4a42b1e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-container.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-container.yml
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        test: ["sanity", "state_transitions", "state_transitions_both_gws", "state_transitions_loop", "state_transitions_rand_loop", "late_registration", "late_registration_loop", "4gws", "4gws_loop", "4gws_create_delete", "4gws_create_delete_loop", "namespaces", "namespaces_loop", "mtls", "notify"]
+        test: ["sanity", "state_transitions", "state_transitions_both_gws", "state_transitions_loop", "state_transitions_rand_loop", "late_registration", "late_registration_loop", "4gws", "4gws_loop", "4gws_create_delete", "4gws_create_delete_loop", "namespaces", "namespaces_loop", "mtls", "notify", "ceph_status"]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       HUGEPAGES: 1024  # 4 spdk instances
diff --git a/tests/ha/ceph_status.sh b/tests/ha/ceph_status.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..20fbd82d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ha/ceph_status.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+set -xe
+
+POOL="${RBD_POOL:-rbd}"
+CEPH_NAME=$(docker ps --format '{{.ID}}\t{{.Names}}' | grep -v nvme | grep ceph | awk '{print $1}')
+GW1_NAME=$(docker ps --format '{{.ID}}\t{{.Names}}' | awk '$2 ~ /nvmeof/ && $2 ~ /1/ {print $1}')
+
+docker compose exec -T ceph ceph service dump
+docker compose exec -T ceph ceph status
+
+echo "ℹ️  Step 1: verify 2 gateways"
+
+docker compose exec -T ceph ceph status | grep "nvmeof: 2 gateways active"
+
+echo "ℹ️  Step 2: stop a gateway"
+
+docker stop $GW1_NAME
+wait
+sleep 5
+
+echo "ℹ️  Step 3: verify 1 gateway"
+
+docker compose exec -T ceph ceph status | grep "nvmeof: 1 gateway active"