diff --git a/actions/actions.sh b/actions/actions.sh
index 7bcc4df..9701e39 100755
--- a/actions/actions.sh
+++ b/actions/actions.sh
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ function test_actions() {
 
         if dpkg --compare-versions $version ge 9.0; then
             run actions_verify_feature logs-compression
+            run actions_verify_example schedule-noncancel
         fi
     done
 }
diff --git a/actions/example-schedule-noncancel/.forgejo/workflows/schedule_continue.yml b/actions/example-schedule-noncancel/.forgejo/workflows/schedule_continue.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fe7177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/example-schedule-noncancel/.forgejo/workflows/schedule_continue.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "* * * * *"
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: docker
+    container:
+      image: code.forgejo.org/oci/debian:bookworm
+      options: "--volume /srv/example:/srv/example"
+    steps:
+      - run: |
+          while ! [ -f /srv/example/schedule-noncancel/PUSHED ]; do
+              sleep 3
+          done
diff --git a/actions/example-schedule-noncancel/run.sh b/actions/example-schedule-noncancel/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..810e634
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/example-schedule-noncancel/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+repo=root/example-$example
+#
+# delete the repository
+#
+api=$url/api/v1
+if forgejo-curl.sh api_json -X GET $api/repos/root/example-$example; then
+    forgejo-curl.sh api_json -X DELETE $api/repos/root/example-$example
+fi
+
+#
+# push the repository
+#
+forgejo-test-helper.sh push_workflow actions/example-$example $url root example-$example setup-forgejo $token
+
+# Prevent test failure because the db is occupied
+sqlite3 $DIR/forgejo-work-path/forgejo.db "pragma busy_timeout=20000"
+
+#
+# get the run id of the workflow that just started
+#
+getScheduleRun() {
+    sqlite3 $DIR/forgejo-work-path/forgejo.db \
+        "select action_run.id \
+    from action_run \
+    inner join action_schedule on action_run.schedule_id = action_schedule.id \
+    inner join repository on action_schedule.repo_id = repository.id \
+    where repository.name = 'example-schedule-noncancel' \
+    order by action_run.created desc limit 1"
+}
+
+run_id=$(getScheduleRun)
+while [ -z $run_id ]; do
+    echo waiting 5...
+    sleep 5
+    run_id=$(getScheduleRun)
+done
+
+echo Schedule run id: $run_id
+
+#
+# Wait for it to be started
+#
+checkStarted() {
+    sqlite3 $DIR/forgejo-work-path/forgejo.db \
+        "select id \
+    from action_run \
+    where id = $run_id \
+    and started is not null"
+}
+
+started_check=$(checkStarted)
+while [ -z $started_check ]; do
+    echo waiting 2...
+    sleep 2
+    started_check=$(checkStarted)
+done
+
+echo Run has started
+echo Push to repo again
+
+#
+# Push to the repo again
+#
+forgejo-test-helper.sh push_workflow actions/example-echo $url root example-$example setup-forgejo $token
+
+echo Signal to the workflow that the push has happened
+mkdir -p /srv/example/schedule-noncancel
+touch /srv/example/schedule-noncancel/PUSHED
+
+#
+# Wait for the workflow to finish anyway
+#
+echo Wait for workflow to finish
+
+checkFinished() {
+    sqlite3 $DIR/forgejo-work-path/forgejo.db \
+        "select status \
+    from action_run \
+    where id = $run_id \
+    and (status != 6 and status != 5)"
+}
+
+finished_status=$(checkFinished)
+while [ -z $finished_status ]; do
+    echo waiting 5...
+    sleep 5
+    finished_status=$(checkFinished)
+done
+
+echo Workflow finished.
+
+test $finished_status = 1
diff --git a/actions/example-schedule-noncancel/teardown.sh b/actions/example-schedule-noncancel/teardown.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae9987a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/example-schedule-noncancel/teardown.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#
+# this will effectively discard any linger workflow so they do not interfere with other tests
+#
+forgejo-runner.sh reload