diff --git a/.github/workflows/est-workflow-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/est-workflow-dev.yml
index 58f6a22a..287b5e2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/est-workflow-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/est-workflow-dev.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,26 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           docker compose up --build -d
 
-      - name: Send Slack notification
+      - name: Run pyTesting.py
+        id: pytesting
+        run: |
+          output=$(python src/pyTesting.py)
+          if [ "$output" != "True" ]; then
+            echo "PyTesting failed with output: $output"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Send failure Slack notification
+        if: failure()
+        env:
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+        run: |
+          curl -X POST -H 'Content-type: application/json' --data "{
+            \"text\": \"The deployment failed during the pyTesting step. Please check the output for details.\"
+          }" $SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL
+
+      - name: Send success Slack notification
+        if: success()
         env:
           SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/est-workflow-staging.yml b/.github/workflows/est-workflow-staging.yml
index 62dcb180..1b639efe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/est-workflow-staging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/est-workflow-staging.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Deploy EST Frontend and Backend to Staging
+name: Deploy EST Frontend and Backend to staging
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -37,10 +37,29 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           docker compose up --build -d
 
-      - name: Send Slack notification
+      - name: Run pyTesting.py
+        id: pytesting
+        run: |
+          output=$(python src/pyTesting.py)
+          if [ "$output" != "True" ]; then
+            echo "PyTesting failed with output: $output"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Send failure Slack notification
+        if: failure()
+        env:
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+        run: |
+          curl -X POST -H 'Content-type: application/json' --data "{
+            \"text\": \"The deployment failed during the pyTesting step. Please check the output for details.\"
+          }" $SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL
+
+      - name: Send success Slack notification
+        if: success()
         env:
           SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
         run: |
           curl -X POST -H 'Content-type: application/json' --data "{
             \"text\": \"The build is complete and the staging environment is now available. Please click the following link to access it: <https://esclassifier-test.rootcode.software/classifier>\"
-          }" $SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL
\ No newline at end of file
+          }" $SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL
diff --git a/src/pyTesting.py b/src/pyTesting.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..acc25ef6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pyTesting.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print(True)