diff --git a/.github/workflows/fail-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/fail-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27739c03e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/fail-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Fail CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  fail-job:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Wait for 1 minute
+        run: sleep 60
+
+      - name: Intentionally fail
+        run: |
+          echo "This CI is designed to fail after 1 minute."
+          exit 1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 83af7ed6b..9b5c2300b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+
+testing ci failure
 <p align="center">
   <img src="logo.svg" width="200px" align="center" alt="Zod logo" />
   <h1 align="center">Zod</h1>