diff --git a/.github/workflows/rc_test.yml b/.github/workflows/rc_test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..868377a4ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/rc_test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: CI
+on: [push]
+jobs:
+  test-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4
+        with:
+          ref: release-candidate
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@1e60f620b9541d16bece96c5465dc8ee9832be0b # v4
+        with:
+          node-version: "^20"
+          cache: yarn
+          cache-dependency-path: yarn.lock
+
+      - name: Setup environment
+        run: sudo apt-get install libelf1
+
+      - name: Install frontend dependencies
+        run: yarn install --immutable
+
+      - name: Set VERSION
+        run: echo "VERSION=$(./scripts/get_version.sh)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Log version
+        run: echo hello version is $VERSION
+
+      - name: Build frontend
+        run: NODE_ENV=production yarn build
+        env:
+          EMBEDLY_KEY: ${{ secrets.EMBEDLY_KEY_RC }}
+          POSTHOG_ENABLED: true
+          POSTHOG_API_HOST: https://app.posthog.com
+          POSTHOG_TIMEOUT_MS: 1000
+          POSTHOG_PROJECT_ID: ${{ secrets.POSTHOG_PROJECT_ID_RC }}
+          POSTHOG_PROJECT_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.POSTHOG_PROJECT_API_KEY_RC }}
+          SENTRY_DSN: ${{ secrets.SENTRY_DSN_RC }}
+          SENTRY_ENV: ${{ secrets.MITOPEN_ENVIRONMENT_RC }}
+          MITOPEN_AXIOS_WITH_CREDENTIALS: true
+          MITOPEN_API_BASE_URL: https://api.mitopen-rc.odl.mit.edu
+          MITOPEN_SUPPORT_EMAIL: odl-mitopen-rc-support@mit.edu
diff --git a/frontends/mit-open/webpack.config.js b/frontends/mit-open/webpack.config.js
index 3a1910404d..b53794494b 100644
--- a/frontends/mit-open/webpack.config.js
+++ b/frontends/mit-open/webpack.config.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ const {
   EMBEDLY_KEY,
   CKEDITOR_UPLOAD_URL,
   SENTRY_DSN,
+  SENTRY_ENV,
 } = cleanEnv(process.env, {
   NODE_ENV: str({
     choices: ["development", "production", "test"],
@@ -99,6 +100,10 @@ const {
   }),
 })
 
+console.log("HELLO FROM WEBPACK")
+console.log("SENTRY_ENV", SENTRY_ENV)
+console.log("VERSION", VERSION)
+
 const MITOPEN_FEATURES_PREFIX = "FEATURE_"
 
 const getFeatureFlags = () => {
@@ -217,6 +222,7 @@ module.exports = (env, argv) => {
           CKEDITOR_UPLOAD_URL: JSON.stringify(CKEDITOR_UPLOAD_URL),
           VERSION: JSON.stringify(VERSION),
           SENTRY_DSN: JSON.stringify(SENTRY_DSN),
+          SENTRY_ENV: JSON.stringify(SENTRY_ENV),
           POSTHOG: getPostHogSettings(),
           SITE_NAME: JSON.stringify(SITE_NAME),
           MITOPEN_SUPPORT_EMAIL: JSON.stringify(MITOPEN_SUPPORT_EMAIL),