diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
index 41f84886c..41b57d18b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # Need help debugging build failures? Start at https://github.com/r-lib/actions#where-to-find-help
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [main]
+    branches: [main, dev]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
+    branches: [main, dev]
 
 name: test-coverage
 
diff --git a/tests/tests.R b/tests/tests.R
index d8746ad8e..d603484a4 100644
--- a/tests/tests.R
+++ b/tests/tests.R
@@ -225,7 +225,20 @@ connection && .Platform[["OS.type"]] != "windows" && Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN") == "
   test_equal(daemons()[["connections"]], 2L)
   test_type("list", res <- mirai_map(c(1,1), rnorm)[.progress])
   test_true(res[[1L]] != res[[2L]])
+  test_equal(stop_daemon(4L), 2L)
+  Sys.sleep(0.1)
+  test_zero(daemons()[["connections"]])
   test_zero(daemons(0L))
+  Sys.sleep(1L)
+  test_zero(daemons(url = "tls+tcp://127.0.0.1:0", dispatcher = "default"))
+  test_equal(launch_local(1L), 1L)
+  Sys.sleep(1L)
+  test_true(grepl("CERTIFICATE", launch_remote(1L), fixed = TRUE))
+  q <- quote(list2env(list(b = 2), envir = .GlobalEnv))
+  m <- mirai("Seattle", .timeout = 1000)
+  if (!is_error_value(m[])) test_equal(m[], "Seattle")
+  test_class("errorValue", mirai(q(), .timeout = 1000)[])
+  test_zero(daemons(0))
 }
 # TLS tests
 connection && Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN") == "true" && {
@@ -287,18 +300,6 @@ connection && Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN") == "true" && {
   test_equal(length(nextget("urls")), 1L)
   test_class("miraiLaunchCmd", launch_remote(1))
   test_zero(daemons(0))
-  Sys.sleep(1L)
-  test_zero(daemons(url = "tls+tcp://127.0.0.1:0", dispatcher = "default"))
-  test_equal(launch_local(3L), 3L)
-  Sys.sleep(1L)
-  test_true(grepl("CERTIFICATE", launch_remote(1L), fixed = TRUE))
-  test_equal(stop_daemon(2L), 2L)
-  q <- quote(list2env(list(b = 2), envir = .GlobalEnv))
-  m <- mirai("Seattle", .timeout = 1000)
-  if (!is_error_value(m[])) test_equal(m[], "Seattle")
-  test_equal(daemons()[["connections"]], 1L)
-  test_class("errorValue", mirai(q(), .timeout = 1000)[])
-  test_zero(daemons(0))
 }
 # additional stress testing
 connection && Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN") == "true" && {
@@ -319,22 +320,30 @@ connection && Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN") == "true" && {
   Sys.sleep(1L)
   option <- 15L
   Sys.setenv(R_DEFAULT_PACKAGES = "stats,utils")
-  test_equal(1L, daemons(1, dispatcher = "process", maxtasks = 10L, timerstart = 1L, walltime = 500L, seed = 1546, token = TRUE, cleanup = option, autoexit = tools::SIGCONT))
+  test_equal(2L, daemons(2, dispatcher = "process", maxtasks = 10L, timerstart = 1L, walltime = 500L, seed = 1546, token = TRUE, cleanup = option, autoexit = tools::SIGCONT))
   Sys.unsetenv("R_DEFAULT_PACKAGES")
   Sys.sleep(1L)
   mq <- mirai(runif(1L), .timeout = 1000)
   test_true(is.numeric(mq[]))
   mq <- mirai(Sys.sleep(0.7), .timeout = 500)
   test_class("matrix", status()[["daemons"]])
+  test_type("character", saisei(i = 2L, force = TRUE))
+  m <- mirai(mirai::daemon(url), url = nextget("urls")[2L])
+  Sys.sleep(0.1)
+  test_null(saisei(i = 1L))
+  test_type("integer", mirai(1L, .timeout = 500)[])
+  test_zero(daemons(0))
+}
+# additional legacy interface tests
+connection && .Platform[["OS.type"]] != "windows" && Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN") == "true" && {
   Sys.sleep(1L)
   test_equal(daemons(url = host_url(ws = TRUE, tls = TRUE), dispatcher = "thread", output = TRUE), 1L)
   test_equal(nextget("n"), 1L)
   test_equal(length(nextget("urls")), 1L)
+  Sys.sleep(1L)
   test_class("matrix", status()$daemons)
   test_null(saisei(i = 0L))
-  test_print(saisei(i = 1L))
-  Sys.sleep(0.1)
-  test_print(saisei(i = 1L, force = TRUE))
+  test_type("character", saisei(i = 1L))
   Sys.sleep(0.1)
   test_zero(daemons(0))
 }