diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml
index da8b62e2fc..9fa7aeec0d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml
@@ -88,6 +88,32 @@ jobs:
               "./integration_test/contracts/verify_cross_validator_flatkv_digest.sh"
             ]
           },
+          {
+            # Trimmed subset of Chain Operation Test: only the validator-side
+            # checks. Under Autobahn a non-validator full-node (sei-rpc-node)
+            # has no way to keep up with the chain — there's no
+            # subscriber/observer mode for non-validators in the Autobahn
+            # P2P protocol, and the CometBFT statesync reactor is gated by
+            # !gigaEnabled in sei-tendermint/node/node.go. So everything
+            # that asserts on the rpc-node syncing (statesync_operation.yaml,
+            # verify_statesync_flatkv_digest.sh, the rpc-node `seid status`
+            # readiness loop) is skipped here. The cross-validator FlatKV
+            # digest check is kept because validators commit blocks normally
+            # under Autobahn, so the comparison is still meaningful and
+            # catches silent FlatKV drift.
+            #
+            # TODO(CON-256): once Autobahn supports non-validator
+            # subscribers (block/QC streaming from validators) and the
+            # statesync reactor is unblocked under giga, re-add the
+            # rpc-node readiness loop, statesync_operation.yaml, and
+            # verify_statesync_flatkv_digest.sh to this entry.
+            name: "Autobahn Chain Operation Test",
+            env: "AUTOBAHN=true GIGA_EXECUTOR=true GIGA_STORAGE=true GIGA_OCC=true",
+            scripts: [
+              "python3 integration_test/scripts/runner.py integration_test/chain_operation/snapshot_operation.yaml",
+              "./integration_test/contracts/verify_cross_validator_flatkv_digest.sh"
+            ]
+          },
           {
             name: "Distribution Module",
             scripts: [
diff --git a/integration_test/contracts/verify_cross_validator_flatkv_digest.sh b/integration_test/contracts/verify_cross_validator_flatkv_digest.sh
index 3cf9000af8..431db015e6 100755
--- a/integration_test/contracts/verify_cross_validator_flatkv_digest.sh
+++ b/integration_test/contracts/verify_cross_validator_flatkv_digest.sh
@@ -72,9 +72,18 @@ ensure_seidb() {
 }
 
 node_height() {
+  # Read last_block_height from /abci_info, the canonical "app committed
+  # height" source (env.App.Info() returns the cosmos-sdk BaseApp's
+  # cms.LastCommitID().Version), which is populated identically under
+  # both CometBFT and Autobahn consensus.
+  #
+  # Tendermint's REST-style GET endpoints return the bare result struct
+  # ({"response": {...}}), NOT the JSON-RPC envelope ({"result": {...}})
+  # that POST / to the root would yield — hence the path is .response,
+  # not .result.response.
   local node=$1
-  docker exec "$node" build/seid status 2>/dev/null \
-    | jq -r '.SyncInfo.latest_block_height // "0"' 2>/dev/null \
+  docker exec "$node" curl -s http://localhost:26657/abci_info 2>/dev/null \
+    | jq -r '.response.last_block_height // "0"' 2>/dev/null \
     || echo 0
 }