diff --git a/.github/workflows/canary-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/canary-deploy.yml
index 39e7f604459..f07395e5eb8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/canary-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/canary-deploy.yml
@@ -76,3 +76,15 @@ jobs:
         NPM_TOKEN_APP_CHECK_COMPAT: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN_APP_CHECK_COMPAT }}
         NPM_TOKEN_API_DOCUMENTER: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN_API_DOCUMENTER }}
         CI: true
+    - name: Launch E2E tests workflow
+      # Trigger e2e-test.yml
+      run: |
+        VERSION_SCRIPT="const pkg = require('./packages/firebase/package.json'); console.log(pkg.version);"
+        VERSION_OR_TAG=`node -e "${VERSION_SCRIPT}"`
+        OSS_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN=${{ secrets.OSS_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        curl -X POST \
+        -H "Content-Type:application/json" \
+        -H "Accept:application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
+        -H "Authorization:Bearer $OSS_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN" \
+        -d "{\"event_type\":\"canary-tests\", \"client_payload\":{\"versionOrTag\":\"$VERSION_OR_TAG\"}}" \
+        https://api.github.com/repos/firebase/firebase-js-sdk/dispatches
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yml
index d24c2b10818..859c2ef57c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: E2E Smoke Tests
 # Allows REST trigger. Currently triggered by release-cli script during a staging run.
 on:
   repository_dispatch:
-    types: [staging-tests]
+    types: [staging-tests,canary-tests]
 
 jobs:
   test:
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Tests succeeded
         if: success()
         run: node scripts/ci/notify-test-result.js success
+        # we don't want THIS step erroring to trigger the failure notification
+        continue-on-error: true
         env:
           WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.JSCORE_CHAT_WEBHOOK_URL }}
           RELEASE_TRACKER_URL: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TRACKER_URL }}