diff --git a/tests/dbhiccup.test.ts b/tests/dbhiccup.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b2542847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dbhiccup.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/require-await */
+import { DBOS } from '../src';
+import { DBOSConfig } from '../src/dbos-executor';
+import { causeChaos, generateDBOSTestConfig, setUpDBOSTestSysDb } from './helpers';
+
+let config: DBOSConfig;
+
+class DisruptiveWFs {
+  @DBOS.workflow()
+  static async dbLossBetweenSteps() {
+    await DBOS.runStep(
+      async () => {
+        return 'A';
+      },
+      { name: 'A' },
+    );
+    await DBOS.runStep(
+      async () => {
+        return 'B';
+      },
+      { name: 'B' },
+    );
+    await causeChaos(config!.systemDatabaseUrl!);
+    await DBOS.runStep(
+      async () => {
+        return 'C';
+      },
+      { name: 'C' },
+    );
+    await DBOS.runStep(
+      async () => {
+        return 'D';
+      },
+      { name: 'D' },
+    );
+    return 'Hehehe';
+  }
+
+  @DBOS.workflow()
+  static async runChildWf() {
+    await causeChaos(config!.systemDatabaseUrl!);
+    const wfh = await DBOS.startWorkflow(DisruptiveWFs).dbLossBetweenSteps();
+    await causeChaos(config!.systemDatabaseUrl!);
+    return await wfh.getResult();
+  }
+
+  @DBOS.workflow()
+  static async wfPart1() {
+    await causeChaos(config!.systemDatabaseUrl!);
+    const r = await DBOS.recv<string>('topic', 5);
+    await causeChaos(config!.systemDatabaseUrl!);
+    await DBOS.setEvent('key', 'v1');
+    await causeChaos(config!.systemDatabaseUrl!);
+    return 'Part1' + r;
+  }
+
+  @DBOS.workflow()
+  static async wfPart2(id1: string) {
+    await causeChaos(config!.systemDatabaseUrl!);
+    await DBOS.send(id1, 'hello1', 'topic');
+    await causeChaos(config!.systemDatabaseUrl!);
+    const v1 = await DBOS.getEvent<string>(id1, 'key', 10);
+    await causeChaos(config!.systemDatabaseUrl!);
+    return 'Part2' + v1;
+  }
+}
+
+describe('sys-db-hiccup', () => {
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    config = generateDBOSTestConfig();
+    await setUpDBOSTestSysDb(config);
+    DBOS.setConfig(config);
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await DBOS.launch();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await DBOS.shutdown();
+  });
+
+  test('a-little-chaos', async () => {
+    await expect(DisruptiveWFs.dbLossBetweenSteps()).resolves.toBe('Hehehe');
+    await expect(DisruptiveWFs.runChildWf()).resolves.toBe('Hehehe');
+
+    const h1 = await DBOS.startWorkflow(DisruptiveWFs).wfPart1();
+    const h2 = await DBOS.startWorkflow(DisruptiveWFs).wfPart2(h1.workflowID);
+
+    await expect(h1.getResult()).resolves.toBe('Part1hello1');
+    await expect(h2.getResult()).resolves.toBe('Part2v1');
+  }, 30000);
+});
diff --git a/tests/helpers.ts b/tests/helpers.ts
index 526acc55a..ef4715d48 100644
--- a/tests/helpers.ts
+++ b/tests/helpers.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { isValidDatabaseName, translateDbosConfig } from '../src/config';
 import { ensureSystemDatabase } from '../src/system_database';
 import { GlobalLogger } from '../src/telemetry/logs';
 import { dropPGDatabase, maskDatabaseUrl } from '../src/datasource';
+import { Client } from 'pg';
 
 /* DB management helpers */
 function getSysDatabaseUrlFromUserDb(userDB: string) {
@@ -136,3 +137,26 @@ export async function dropDatabase(connectionString: string, database?: string)
     throw new Error(`Unable to drop ${maskDatabaseUrl(connectionString)}`);
   }
 }
+
+export async function causeChaos(db: string): Promise<void> {
+  const client = new Client({
+    connectionString: db, // or your config object
+  });
+
+  try {
+    await client.connect();
+
+    await client.query(`
+      SELECT pg_terminate_backend(pid)
+      FROM pg_stat_activity
+      WHERE pid <> pg_backend_pid()
+        AND datname = current_database();
+    `);
+  } catch (err) {
+    //throw new Error(`Could not cause chaos, credentials insufficient? ${err as Error}`);
+  } finally {
+    try {
+      await client.end();
+    } catch (err) {}
+  }
+}