diff --git a/actions/example-schedule-noncancel/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml b/actions/example-schedule-noncancel/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
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+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "* * * * *"
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: docker
+    steps:
+      - run: sleep 15
diff --git a/actions/example-schedule-noncancel/run.sh b/actions/example-schedule-noncancel/run.sh
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+repo=root/example-$example
+#
+# push the repository
+#
+forgejo-test-helper.sh push_workflow actions/example-$example $url root example-$example setup-forgejo $token
+sha=$(forgejo-test-helper.sh branch_tip $url $repo main)
+#
+# wait for the workflow (sleep infinity) to start running
+#
+forgejo-test-helper.sh wait_running $url $repo $sha
+#
+# push to the same branch
+#
+forgejo-test-helper.sh push_workflow actions/example-echo $url root example-$example setup-forgejo $token
+#
+# wait for the workflow to be canceled as a result of the previous push
+#
+forgejo-test-helper.sh wait_success $url $repo $sha
diff --git a/actions/example-schedule-noncancel/teardown.sh b/actions/example-schedule-noncancel/teardown.sh
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+#
+# this will effectively discard any linger workflow so they do not interfere with other tests
+#
+forgejo-runner.sh reload