diff --git a/.github/workflows/frontend_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/frontend_tests.yml
index 31155b40..405b359c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/frontend_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/frontend_tests.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
           path: pr/
 
   cypress-run:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./spiffworkflow-backend
         run: ./keycloak/bin/wait_for_keycloak 5
       - name: Cypress run
-        uses: cypress-io/github-action@v4
+        uses: cypress-io/github-action@v5
         with:
           working-directory: ./spiffworkflow-frontend
           browser: chrome
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_builds.yml b/.github/workflows/release_builds.yml
index ef1c3b99..d2154ddb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_builds.yml
@@ -115,3 +115,32 @@ jobs:
           push: true
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+
+  quickstart-guide-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [create_frontend_docker_container, create_backend_docker_container, create_demo-proxy]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup Apps
+        run: ./bin/run_arena_with_docker_compose
+      - name: wait_for_backend
+        working-directory: ./spiffworkflow-backend
+        run: ./bin/wait_for_server_to_be_up 5 8000
+      - name: wait_for_frontend
+        working-directory: ./spiffworkflow-frontend
+        run: ./bin/wait_for_frontend_to_be_up 5 8001
+      - name: Cypress run
+        uses: cypress-io/github-action@v5
+        with:
+          working-directory: ./spiffworkflow-frontend
+          browser: chrome
+          # just run one test to make sure we didn't completely break it
+          spec: cypress/e2e/process_groups.cy.js
+        env:
+          # pass GitHub token to allow accurately detecting a build vs a re-run build
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          CYPRESS_SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_AUTH_WITH_KEYCLOAK: "false"
+          CYPRESS_SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_USERNAME: "admin"
+          CYPRESS_SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_PASSWORD: "admin"
+          SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_PORT: 8001
diff --git a/bin/run_arena_with_docker_compose b/bin/run_arena_with_docker_compose
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8a479a3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/run_arena_with_docker_compose
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+function error_handler() {
+  >&2 echo "Exited with BAD EXIT CODE '${2}' in ${0} script at line: ${1}."
+  exit "$2"
+}
+trap 'error_handler ${LINENO} $?' ERR
+set -o errtrace -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
+
+mkdir -p spiffworkflow
+cd spiffworkflow
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sartography/spiff-arena/main/docker-compose.yml
+docker compose pull
+docker compose up -d
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/wait_for_server_to_be_up b/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/wait_for_server_to_be_up
index 4c845613..04cff3aa 100755
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/wait_for_server_to_be_up
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/wait_for_server_to_be_up
@@ -7,14 +7,12 @@ function error_handler() {
 trap 'error_handler ${LINENO} $?' ERR
 set -o errtrace -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
 
-max_attempts="${1:-}"
-if [[ -z "$max_attempts" ]]; then
-  max_attempts=100
-fi
+max_attempts="${1:-100}"
+port="${2:-7000}"
 
 echo "waiting for backend to come up..."
 attempts=0
-while [[ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' http://localhost:7000/v1.0/status)" != "200" ]]; do
+while [[ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' "http://localhost:${port}/v1.0/status")" != "200" ]]; do
   if [[ "$attempts" -gt "$max_attempts" ]]; then
     >&2 echo "ERROR: Server not up after $max_attempts attempts. There is probably a problem"
     exit 1
@@ -22,3 +20,4 @@ while [[ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' http://localhost:7000/v1.0/st
   attempts=$(( attempts + 1 ))
   sleep 1
 done
+echo "backend up"
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/keycloak/bin/wait_for_keycloak b/spiffworkflow-backend/keycloak/bin/wait_for_keycloak
index d7018465..1002fb67 100755
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/keycloak/bin/wait_for_keycloak
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/keycloak/bin/wait_for_keycloak
@@ -7,14 +7,12 @@ function error_handler() {
 trap 'error_handler ${LINENO} $?' ERR
 set -o errtrace -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
 
-max_attempts="${1:-}"
-if [[ -z "$max_attempts" ]]; then
-  max_attempts=100
-fi
+max_attempts="${1:-100}"
+port="${2:-7002}"
 
-echo "waiting for backend to come up..."
+echo "waiting for keycloak to come up..."
 attempts=0
-while [[ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' http://localhost:7002/realms/master/.well-known/openid-configuration)" != "200" ]]; do
+while [[ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' "http://localhost:${port}/realms/master/.well-known/openid-configuration")" != "200" ]]; do
   if [[ "$attempts" -gt "$max_attempts" ]]; then
     >&2 echo "ERROR: Server not up after $max_attempts attempts. There is probably a problem"
     exit 1
@@ -22,3 +20,4 @@ while [[ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' http://localhost:7002/realms/
   attempts=$(( attempts + 1 ))
   sleep 1
 done
+echo "keycloak up"
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/bin/wait_for_frontend_to_be_up b/spiffworkflow-frontend/bin/wait_for_frontend_to_be_up
index 95181103..6f16d9af 100755
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/bin/wait_for_frontend_to_be_up
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/bin/wait_for_frontend_to_be_up
@@ -7,14 +7,12 @@ function error_handler() {
 trap 'error_handler ${LINENO} $?' ERR
 set -o errtrace -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
 
-max_attempts="${1:-}"
-if [[ -z "$max_attempts" ]]; then
-  max_attempts=100
-fi
+max_attempts="${1:-100}"
+port="${2:-7001}"
 
-echo "waiting for backend to come up..."
+echo "waiting for frontend to come up..."
 attempts=0
-while [[ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' http://localhost:7001)" != "200" ]]; do
+while [[ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' "http://localhost:${port}")" != "200" ]]; do
   if [[ "$attempts" -gt "$max_attempts" ]]; then
     >&2 echo "ERROR: Server not up after $max_attempts attempts. There is probably a problem"
     exit 1
@@ -22,3 +20,4 @@ while [[ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' http://localhost:7001)" != "2
   attempts=$(( attempts + 1 ))
   sleep 1
 done
+echo "frontend up"