diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index abed4e4db..a63f10321 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
     # filtering branches here prevents duplicate builds from pull_request and push
     branches:
       - main
+      - write-and-await-output
     # always run CI for tags
     tags:
       - '*'
@@ -126,6 +127,9 @@ jobs:
         run: yarn add --dev -W typescript@next
       - name: Build
         run: yarn build
+      - uses: lhotari/action-upterm@v1
+        with:
+          limit-access-to-actor: true
       - name: Run Tests
         uses: coactions/setup-xvfb@v1
         with:
diff --git a/packages/core/__tests__/cli/custom-extensions.test.ts b/packages/core/__tests__/cli/custom-extensions.test.ts
index 27ccd4f13..815db57d0 100644
--- a/packages/core/__tests__/cli/custom-extensions.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/__tests__/cli/custom-extensions.test.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ describe('CLI: custom extensions', () => {
         "Cannot find module './other' or its corresponding type declarations."
       );
 
-      await watch.writeAndAwaitOutput('other.gjs', 'export const foo = 123;', 'Found 0 errors.');
+      await watch.writeAndAwaitOutput('other.gjs', 'export const foo = 123;', 'Found 0 errors.', {
+        timeout: 45_000,
+        touchFileTimeout: 20_000,
+      });
       await watch.terminate();
     });