diff --git a/.github/workflows/local-testnet.yml b/.github/workflows/local-testnet.yml
index 455931aa1e9..7bd8b40d76f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/local-testnet.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/local-testnet.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: scripts/local_testnet
 
       - name: Upload logs artifact
+        if: always()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: logs-local-testnet
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: scripts/tests
 
       - name: Upload logs artifact
+        if: always()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: logs-doppelganger-protection-success
@@ -160,6 +162,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: scripts/tests
 
       - name: Upload logs artifact
+        if: always()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: logs-doppelganger-protection-failure
@@ -167,6 +170,48 @@ jobs:
             scripts/local_testnet/logs
           retention-days: 3
 
+  # Tests checkpoint syncing to a live network (current fork) and a running devnet (usually next scheduled fork)
+  checkpoint-sync-test:
+    name: checkpoint-sync-test-${{ matrix.network }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: dockerfile-ubuntu
+    if: contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'syncing')
+    continue-on-error: true
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        network: [sepolia, devnet]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install Kurtosis
+        run: |
+          echo "deb [trusted=yes] https://apt.fury.io/kurtosis-tech/ /" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kurtosis.list
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install -y kurtosis-cli
+          kurtosis analytics disable
+
+      - name: Download Docker image artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: lighthouse-docker
+          path: .
+
+      - name: Load Docker image
+        run: docker load -i lighthouse-docker.tar
+
+      - name: Run the checkpoint sync test script
+        run: |
+          ./checkpoint-sync.sh "sync-${{ matrix.network }}" "checkpoint-sync-config-${{ matrix.network }}.yaml"
+        working-directory: scripts/tests
+
+      - name: Upload logs artifact
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: logs-checkpoint-sync-${{ matrix.network }}
+          path: |
+            scripts/local_testnet/logs
+          retention-days: 3
 
   # This job succeeds ONLY IF all others succeed. It is used by the merge queue to determine whether
   # a PR is safe to merge. New jobs should be added here.
@@ -182,4 +227,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Check that success job is dependent on all others
-        run: ./scripts/ci/check-success-job.sh ./.github/workflows/local-testnet.yml local-testnet-success
+        run: |
+          exclude_jobs='checkpoint-sync-test'
+          ./scripts/ci/check-success-job.sh ./.github/workflows/local-testnet.yml local-testnet-success "$exclude_jobs" 
diff --git a/scripts/ci/check-success-job.sh b/scripts/ci/check-success-job.sh
index dfa5c03257c..2eee35f69e0 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/check-success-job.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/check-success-job.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,13 @@ set -euf -o pipefail
 
 YAML=$1
 SUCCESS_JOB=$2
+EXCLUDE_JOBS_REGEX=${3:-}
+
+yq '... comments="" | .jobs | map(. | key) | .[]' < "$YAML" |
+  grep -v "$SUCCESS_JOB" |
+  { [ -n "$EXCLUDE_JOBS_REGEX" ] && grep -Ev "$EXCLUDE_JOBS_REGEX" || cat; } |
+  sort > all_jobs.txt
 
-yq '... comments="" | .jobs | map(. | key) | .[]' < "$YAML" | grep -v "$SUCCESS_JOB" | sort > all_jobs.txt
 yq "... comments=\"\" | .jobs.$SUCCESS_JOB.needs[]" < "$YAML" | grep -v "$SUCCESS_JOB" | sort > dep_jobs.txt
 diff all_jobs.txt dep_jobs.txt || (echo "COMPLETENESS CHECK FAILED" && exit 1)
 rm all_jobs.txt dep_jobs.txt
diff --git a/scripts/tests/checkpoint-sync-config-devnet.yaml b/scripts/tests/checkpoint-sync-config-devnet.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e81e5d44010
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/tests/checkpoint-sync-config-devnet.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Kurtosis config file to checkpoint sync to a running devnet supported by ethPandaOps and `ethereum-package`.
+participants:
+  - cl_type: lighthouse
+    cl_image: lighthouse:local
+    supernode: true
+  - cl_type: lighthouse
+    cl_image: lighthouse:local
+    supernode: false
+
+checkpoint_sync_enabled: true
+checkpoint_sync_url: "https://checkpoint-sync.fusaka-devnet-0.ethpandaops.io"
+
+global_log_level: debug
+
+network_params:
+  network: fusaka-devnet-0
diff --git a/scripts/tests/checkpoint-sync-config-sepolia.yaml b/scripts/tests/checkpoint-sync-config-sepolia.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2adf9c22b84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/tests/checkpoint-sync-config-sepolia.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Kurtosis config file to checkpoint sync to a live network (Sepolia).
+participants:
+  - cl_type: lighthouse
+    cl_image: lighthouse:local
+    supernode: true
+  - cl_type: lighthouse
+    cl_image: lighthouse:local
+    supernode: false
+
+checkpoint_sync_enabled: true
+checkpoint_sync_url: "https://checkpoint-sync.sepolia.ethpandaops.io"
+
+global_log_level: debug
+
+network_params:
+  network: sepolia
diff --git a/scripts/tests/checkpoint-sync.sh b/scripts/tests/checkpoint-sync.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..a170d1e94dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/tests/checkpoint-sync.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Checkpoint sync to a live network.
+#
+# Start with checkpoint sync and let the node(s) sync to head and perform backfill for a specified number of slots.
+# This test ensures we cover all sync components (range, lookup, backfill) and measures sync speed
+# to detect any performance regressions.
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
+
+ENCLAVE_NAME=${1:-sync-testnet}
+CONFIG=${2:-$SCRIPT_DIR/checkpoint-sync-config-sepolia.yaml}
+
+# Test configuration
+# ------------------------------------------------------
+# Interval for polling the /lighthouse/syncing endpoint for sync status
+POLL_INTERVAL_SECS=5
+# Target number of slots to backfill to complete this test.
+TARGET_BACKFILL_SLOTS=1024
+# Timeout for this test, if the node(s) fail to backfill `TARGET_BACKFILL_SLOTS` slots, fail the test.
+TIMEOUT_MINS=10
+TIMEOUT_SECS=$((TIMEOUT_MINS * 60))
+# ------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Polls a single node's sync status
+poll_node() {
+  local node_type=$1
+  local url=${node_urls[$node_type]}
+
+  response=$(curl -s "${url}/lighthouse/syncing")
+
+  if [ -z "$response" ] || [ "$response" = "null" ]; then
+    echo "${node_type} status: No response or null response"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  # Print syncing status
+  sync_state=$(echo "$response" | jq -r 'if (.data | type) == "object" then "object" else "string" end' 2>/dev/null)
+
+  if [ "$sync_state" = "object" ]; then
+    status=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.data | keys[0] // "Unknown"')
+    fields=$(echo "$response" | jq -r ".data.${status} | to_entries | map(\"\(.key): \(.value)\") | join(\", \")")
+    echo "${node_type} status: ${status}, ${fields}"
+  else
+    status=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.data' 2>/dev/null)
+    echo "${node_type} status: ${status:-Unknown}"
+  fi
+
+  # Check for completion criteria
+  if [ "$status" = "BackFillSyncing" ]; then
+    completed=$(echo "$response" | jq -r ".data.${status}.completed // 0")
+    if [ "$completed" -ge "$TARGET_BACKFILL_SLOTS" ]; then
+      mark_node_complete "$node_type"
+    fi
+  fi
+  # For other states (Synced, SyncingFinalized, SyncingHead, SyncTransition, Stalled, Unknown),
+  # we continue polling
+  # NOTE: there is a bug where Lighthouse briefly switch to "Synced" before completing backfilling. We ignore this state
+  # as it's unlikely a node is fully synced without going through backfilling `TARGET_BACKFILL_SLOTS` slots (only
+  # possible on a new network).
+}
+
+# Marks a node as complete and record time
+mark_node_complete() {
+  local node_type=$1
+  if [ "${node_completed[$node_type]}" = false ]; then
+    node_completed[$node_type]=true
+    node_complete_time[$node_type]=$(date +%s)
+    echo "${node_type} completed backfill in $((node_complete_time[$node_type] - start_time)) seconds"
+  fi
+}
+
+exit_and_dump_logs() {
+    local exit_code=$1
+    echo "Shutting down..."
+    $SCRIPT_DIR/../local_testnet/stop_local_testnet.sh $ENCLAVE_NAME
+    echo "Test completed with exit code $exit_code."
+    exit $exit_code
+}
+
+# Start the nodes
+$SCRIPT_DIR/../local_testnet/start_local_testnet.sh -e $ENCLAVE_NAME -b false -n $CONFIG
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "Failed to start local testnet"
+  exit_and_dump_logs 1
+fi
+
+start_time=$(date +%s)
+
+# Get all beacon API URLs
+supernode_url=$(kurtosis port print $ENCLAVE_NAME cl-1-lighthouse-geth http)
+fullnode_url=$(kurtosis port print $ENCLAVE_NAME cl-2-lighthouse-geth http)
+
+# Initialize statuses
+declare -A node_completed
+declare -A node_complete_time
+declare -A node_urls
+
+node_urls["supernode"]="$supernode_url"
+node_urls["fullnode"]="$fullnode_url"
+node_completed["supernode"]=false
+node_completed["fullnode"]=false
+
+echo "Polling sync status until backfill reaches ${TARGET_BACKFILL_SLOTS} slots or timeout of ${TIMEOUT_MINS} mins"
+
+while [ "${node_completed[supernode]}" = false ] || [ "${node_completed[fullnode]}" = false ]; do
+  current_time=$(date +%s)
+  elapsed=$((current_time - start_time))
+
+  if [ "$elapsed" -ge "$TIMEOUT_SECS" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Nodes timed out syncing after ${TIMEOUT_MINS} minutes. Exiting."
+    exit_and_dump_logs 1
+  fi
+
+  # Poll each node that hasn't completed yet
+  for node in "supernode" "fullnode"; do
+    if [ "${node_completed[$node]}" = false ]; then
+      poll_node "$node"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  sleep $POLL_INTERVAL_SECS
+done
+
+echo "Sync test complete! Both supernode and fullnode have synced to HEAD and backfilled ${TARGET_BACKFILL_SLOTS} slots."
+echo "Supernode time: $((node_complete_time[supernode] - start_time)) seconds"
+echo "Fullnode time: $((node_complete_time[fullnode] - start_time)) seconds"
+exit_and_dump_logs 0
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