diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-ui-gh_runner.yml b/.github/workflows/test-ui-gh_runner.yml
index 55cfe8b1146..3975f60ead1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-ui-gh_runner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-ui-gh_runner.yml
@@ -113,6 +113,15 @@ jobs:
           grep Failure: /home/runner/HPCCSystems-regression/log/setup_*.log
           if [[ "$(grep -ohP '(?<=^Failure: )[0-9]+$' /home/runner/HPCCSystems-regression/log/setup_*.log | awk '{s+=$1} END {print s}')" -gt 0 ]]; then exit 1; fi
 
+      - name: Run spray tests
+              working-directory: /opt/HPCCSystems/testing/regress
+        shell: "bash"
+        run: |
+          # force regression suite to timeout after 28 minutes, so it captures ZAP report of any inflight hung queries
+           /opt/HPCCSystems/bin/timeoutcmd $((28 * 60)) \
+           ./ecl-test query --preAbort /opt/HPCCSystems/bin/smoketest-preabort.sh --pq 2 --excludeclass python2,embedded-r,embedded-js,3rdpartyservice,mongodb --generateStackTrace *spray*
+           # In this stage we don't care about the test results
+
       - name: Get content
         working-directory:  /home/runner/HPCCSystems-regression/log
         shell: "bash"