diff --git a/.github/workflows/gcc-debug-proof-producer-nix-check.yml b/.github/workflows/gcc-debug-proof-producer-nix-check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..507588d98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/gcc-debug-proof-producer-nix-check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: Build and run on Linux Platforms
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-run:
+    name: "Build proof-producer binary in debug mode"
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64, aws_autoscaling]
+    steps:
+      # https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/1552
+      - name: Clean up after previous checkout
+        run: chmod +w -R ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}; rm -rf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/*;
+
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Build and run proof-producer in debug mode
+        run: |
+          nix run .#multi-threaded  -- --help
+          nix run .#single-threaded -- --help
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index b7accb798..eb3e81dec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ jobs:
       always() && !cancelled()
     secrets: inherit
 
+  test-linux-proof-producer-debug-gcc:
+    name: Gcc debug proof-producer Linux testing
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/gcc-debug-proof-producer-nix-check.yml
+    if: |
+      always() && !cancelled()
+    secrets: inherit
+
   post-telemetry:
     name: Post test results in Open Telemetry format
     runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64, aws_autoscaling]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index 91ac921fa..38e7f61e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   test-linux-gcc:
-    name: Linux placeholder testing with gcc
+    name: Gcc release full Linux testing
     uses: ./.github/workflows/gcc-linux-nix-check.yml
     if: |
       always() && !cancelled()
     secrets: inherit
 
   test-linux-clang:
-    name: Linux placeholder testing with clang
+    name: Clang release full Linux testing
     uses: ./.github/workflows/clang-linux-nix-check.yml
     if: |
       always() && !cancelled()