diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index ba7a8210..7aec3508 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -33,12 +33,15 @@ jobs:
           - name: tvOS
             action: test-tvos
             logfiles: raw-*-tvos.log
+            platform: tvOS
           - name: watchOS
             action: test-watchos
             logfiles: raw-*-watchos.log
+            platform: watchOS
           - name: visionOS
             action: test-visionos
             logfiles: raw-*-visionos.log
+            platform: visionOS
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -47,6 +50,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           xcode-version: "26.2"
 
+      - name: Ensuring required simulator runtimes are loaded
+        if: matrix.build.platform != null
+        run: scripts/ensure-runtime-loaded.sh --os-version 26.2 --platform ${{ matrix.build.platform }}
+
       - name: Run Tests
         run: make ${{ matrix.build.action }}
 
diff --git a/scripts/ensure-runtime-loaded.sh b/scripts/ensure-runtime-loaded.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..eed1512d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ensure-runtime-loaded.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Parse named arguments
+OS_VERSION=""
+PLATFORM=""
+
+usage() {
+    echo "Usage: $0 --os-version <os_version> --platform <platform>"
+    echo "  OS version: Version to ensure is loaded (e.g., 26.1 for beta, 16.4 for older iOS)"
+    echo "  Platform: Platform to ensure is loaded (e.g., iOS, tvOS, visionOS)"
+    echo "  Example: $0 --os-version 26.1 --platform iOS"
+    echo "  Example: $0 --os-version 16.4"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case $1 in
+        --os-version)
+            OS_VERSION="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --platform)
+            PLATFORM="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "Unknown argument: $1"
+            usage
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [ -z "$OS_VERSION" ]; then
+    echo "Error: --os-version argument is required"
+    usage
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$PLATFORM" ]; then
+    echo "Error: --platform argument is required"
+    usage
+fi
+
+check_runtime_loaded() {
+    echo "Checking if runtime $PLATFORM ($OS_VERSION) is loaded..."
+    RUNTIMES=$(xcrun simctl list runtimes -v)
+
+    echo "Available runtimes:"
+    echo "$RUNTIMES"
+
+    if echo "$RUNTIMES" | grep -qE "$PLATFORM $OS_VERSION" && ! echo "$RUNTIMES" | grep -qE "$PLATFORM $OS_VERSION.*unavailable" ; then
+        echo "Runtime $OS_VERSION is loaded"
+        exit 0
+    fi
+    echo "Runtime $OS_VERSION is not loaded"
+}
+
+reload_runtime() {
+    echo "Reloading runtime $PLATFORM ($OS_VERSION)..."
+
+    echo "Unloading CoreSimulator services volumes"
+    for dir in /Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/*; do
+        echo "Ejecting $dir"
+        sudo diskutil unmount force "$dir" || true
+    done
+
+    echo "Killing CoreSimulator services to force reload..."
+    sudo launchctl kill -9 system/com.apple.CoreSimulator.simdiskimaged || true
+    sudo pkill -9 com.apple.CoreSimulator.CoreSimulatorService || true
+
+    echo "Killed all CoreSimulator services"
+}
+
+wait_for_runtime() {
+    echo "Wait for a runtime to be loaded"
+    count=0
+    MAX_ATTEMPTS=60 # 300 seconds (5 minutes) timeout
+    while [ $count -lt $MAX_ATTEMPTS ]; do
+        check_runtime_loaded
+        echo "Waiting for runtime $OS_VERSION to be loaded... attempt $count"
+        count=$((count + 1))
+        sleep 5
+    done
+    echo "Exceeded maximum attempts ($MAX_ATTEMPTS) to check for runtime"
+}
+
+check_runtime_loaded
+reload_runtime
+wait_for_runtime
+
+echo "Runtime $PLATFORM ($OS_VERSION) is not loaded after reload attempts"
+exit 1