diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 052126c865f..1a236c42b66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
         with:
           global-json-file: global.json
+
+      # nodejs and pnpm are required for the typescript quickstart smoketest
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+
+      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        with:
+          run_install: true
+
       - name: Install psql (Windows)
         if: runner.os == 'Windows'
         run: choco install psql -y --no-progress
diff --git a/smoketests/__init__.py b/smoketests/__init__.py
index 6f2c5b39247..71e8cf46576 100644
--- a/smoketests/__init__.py
+++ b/smoketests/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import logging
 import http.client
 import tomllib
+import functools
 
 # miscellaneous file paths
 TEST_DIR = Path(__file__).parent
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 TEMPLATE_CARGO_TOML = open(STDB_DIR / "crates/cli/templates/basic-rust/server/Cargo.toml").read()
 bindings_path = (STDB_DIR / "crates/bindings").absolute()
 escaped_bindings_path = str(bindings_path).replace('\\', '\\\\\\\\') # double escape for re.sub + toml
+TYPESCRIPT_BINDINGS_PATH = (STDB_DIR / "crates/bindings-typescript").absolute()
 TEMPLATE_CARGO_TOML = (re.compile(r"^spacetimedb\s*=.*$", re.M) \
     .sub(f'spacetimedb = {{ path = "{escaped_bindings_path}", features = {{features}} }}', TEMPLATE_CARGO_TOML))
 
@@ -170,6 +172,21 @@ def run_cmd(*args, capture_stderr=True, check=True, full_output=False, cmd_name=
         output.check_returncode()
     return output if full_output else output.stdout
 
+@functools.cache
+def pnpm_path():
+    pnpm = shutil.which("pnpm")
+    if not pnpm:
+        raise Exception("pnpm not installed")
+    return pnpm
+
+def pnpm(*args, **kwargs):
+    return run_cmd(pnpm_path(), *args, **kwargs)
+
+@functools.cache
+def build_typescript_sdk():
+    pnpm("install", cwd=TYPESCRIPT_BINDINGS_PATH)
+    pnpm("build", cwd=TYPESCRIPT_BINDINGS_PATH)
+
 def spacetime(*args, **kwargs):
     return run_cmd(SPACETIME_BIN, *args, cmd_name="spacetime", **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/smoketests/docker.py b/smoketests/docker.py
index d45848995fe..d5cdc5e399e 100644
--- a/smoketests/docker.py
+++ b/smoketests/docker.py
@@ -26,9 +26,13 @@ def restart_docker():
 
     # Ensure all nodes are running.
     attempts = 0
-    while attempts < 5:
+    while attempts < 10:
         attempts += 1
-        if all(container.is_running(docker, spacetimedb_ping_url) for container in containers):
+        containers_alive = {
+            container.name: container.is_running(docker, spacetimedb_ping_url)
+            for container in containers
+        }
+        if all(containers_alive.values()):
             # sleep a bit more to allow for leader election etc
             # TODO: make ping endpoint consider all server state
             time.sleep(2)
@@ -36,7 +40,7 @@ def restart_docker():
         else:
             time.sleep(1)
 
-    raise Exception("Not all containers are up and running")
+    raise Exception(f"Not all containers are up and running: {containers_alive!r}")
 
 def spacetimedb_ping_url(port: int) -> str:
     return f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}/v1/ping"
diff --git a/smoketests/tests/quickstart.py b/smoketests/tests/quickstart.py
index fdcf3b7a4e5..95e06787fd2 100644
--- a/smoketests/tests/quickstart.py
+++ b/smoketests/tests/quickstart.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import xmltodict
 
 import smoketests
-from .. import Smoketest, STDB_DIR, run_cmd, TEMPLATE_CARGO_TOML
+from .. import Smoketest, STDB_DIR, run_cmd, TEMPLATE_CARGO_TOML, TYPESCRIPT_BINDINGS_PATH, build_typescript_sdk, pnpm
 
 
 def _write_file(path: Path, content: str):
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@ def _append_to_file(path: Path, content: str):
         f.write(content)
 
 
-def _parse_quickstart(doc_path: Path, language: str) -> str:
+def _parse_quickstart(doc_path: Path, language: str, module_name: str) -> str:
     """Extract code blocks from `quickstart.md` docs.
     This will replicate the steps in the quickstart guide, so if it fails the quickstart guide is broken.
     """
     content = Path(doc_path).read_text()
-    blocks = re.findall(rf"```{language}\n(.*?)\n```", content, re.DOTALL)
+    codeblock_lang = "ts" if language == "typescript" else language
+    blocks = re.findall(rf"```{codeblock_lang}\n(.*?)\n```", content, re.DOTALL)
 
     end = ""
     if language == "csharp":
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ def _parse_quickstart(doc_path: Path, language: str) -> str:
             filtered_blocks.append(block)
         blocks = filtered_blocks
     # So we could have a different db for each language
-    return "\n".join(blocks).replace("quickstart-chat", f"quickstart-chat-{language}") + end
+    return "\n".join(blocks).replace("quickstart-chat", module_name) + end
 
 def load_nuget_config(p: Path):
     if p.exists():
@@ -101,6 +102,8 @@ class BaseQuickstart(Smoketest):
     MODULE_CODE = ""
 
     lang = None
+    client_lang = None
+    codeblock_langs = None
     server_doc = None
     client_doc = None
     server_file = None
@@ -118,12 +121,16 @@ def project_init(self, path: Path):
     def sdk_setup(self, path: Path):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
+    @property
+    def _module_name(self):
+        return f"quickstart-chat-{self.lang}"
+
     def _publish(self) -> Path:
         base_path = Path(self.enterClassContext(tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()))
         server_path = base_path / "server"
 
         self.generate_server(server_path)
-        self.publish_module(f"quickstart-chat-{self.lang}", capture_stderr=True, clear=True)
+        self.publish_module(self._module_name, capture_stderr=True, clear=True)
         return base_path / "client"
 
     def generate_server(self, server_path: Path):
@@ -141,7 +148,7 @@ def generate_server(self, server_path: Path):
         )
         self.project_path = server_path / "spacetimedb"
         shutil.copy2(STDB_DIR / "rust-toolchain.toml", self.project_path)
-        _write_file(self.project_path / self.server_file, _parse_quickstart(self.server_doc, self.lang))
+        _write_file(self.project_path / self.server_file, _parse_quickstart(self.server_doc, self.lang, self._module_name))
         self.server_postprocess(self.project_path)
         self.spacetime("build", "-d", "-p", self.project_path, capture_stderr=True)
 
@@ -163,13 +170,14 @@ def _test_quickstart(self):
 
         run_cmd(*self.build_cmd, cwd=client_path, capture_stderr=True)
 
+        client_lang = self.client_lang or self.lang
         self.spacetime(
-            "generate", "--lang", self.lang,
+            "generate", "--lang", client_lang,
             "--out-dir", client_path / self.module_bindings,
             "--project-path", self.project_path, capture_stderr=True
         )
         # Replay the quickstart guide steps
-        main = _parse_quickstart(self.client_doc, self.lang)
+        main = _parse_quickstart(self.client_doc, client_lang, self._module_name)
         for src, dst in self.replacements.items():
             main = main.replace(src, dst)
         main += "\n" + self.extra_code
@@ -322,3 +330,20 @@ def test_quickstart(self):
         if not smoketests.HAVE_DOTNET:
             self.skipTest("C# SDK requires .NET to be installed.")
         self._test_quickstart()
+
+# We use the Rust client for testing the TypeScript server quickstart because
+# the TypeScript client quickstart is a React app, which is difficult to
+# smoketest.
+class TypeScript(Rust):
+    lang = "typescript"
+    client_lang = "rust"
+    server_doc = STDB_DIR / "docs/docs/06-Server Module Languages/05-typescript-quickstart.md"
+    server_file = "src/index.ts"
+
+    def server_postprocess(self, server_path: Path):
+        build_typescript_sdk()
+        pnpm("install", TYPESCRIPT_BINDINGS_PATH, cwd=server_path)
+
+    def test_quickstart(self):
+        """Run the TypeScript quickstart guides for server."""
+        self._test_quickstart()