diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 249d9e7..cdb090b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,43 @@ jobs:
   # Real Proton credentials and /dev/fuse deliberately do not run on pull
   # requests. Follow docs/TESTING.md on a dedicated test-account runner.
 
+  # The seeded simulation runs (docs/MILESTONE-3.0.0.md §8.2): real FUSE
+  # daemons against an in-memory Drive, so they need /dev/fuse but no account.
+  simulation:
+    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+
+      - name: Install native dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y \
+            pkg-config \
+            fuse3 \
+            libfuse3-dev \
+            libgtk-4-dev \
+            libadwaita-1-dev \
+            libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev \
+            libsecret-1-dev \
+            libdbus-1-dev
+
+      - name: Install minimum supported Rust
+        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          toolchain: '1.96'
+          cache: false
+
+      - uses: swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          shared-key: debug
+          save-if: false
+
+      - name: Simulation runs
+        run: cargo test -p pdfs-fuse --lib --locked sim:: -- --ignored --test-threads=1
+
   # Keeps the release-profile dependencies cached on main, where the release
   # workflow can restore them; a tag cannot reuse the caches of earlier tags.
   release-cache: