diff --git a/tests/pytest/README.md b/tests/pytest/README.md
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+# Run Tests
+
+`make check` on cmake builds will invoke pytest correctly. During development,
+it might be useful to run an individual test (instead of everything). To do so,
+
+```
+PYTHONPATH=../../build/python/  python3 -m pytest -vv -s test_events.py::test_event_input
+```
diff --git a/tests/pytest/test_status.py b/tests/pytest/test_status.py
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+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2023 Siddharth Chandrasekaran <sidcha.dev@gmail.com>
+#
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+import time
+import pytest
+
+from testlib import *
+
+pd_cap = PDCapabilities([
+    (Capability.OutputControl, 1, 1),
+    (Capability.LEDControl, 1, 1),
+    (Capability.AudibleControl, 1, 1),
+    (Capability.TextOutput, 1, 1),
+])
+
+pd_info = [
+    PDInfo(101, scbk=KeyStore.gen_key(), name='chn-0'),
+]
+
+# TODO remove this.
+pd_addr = pd_info[0].address
+pd = PeripheralDevice(pd_info[0], pd_cap, log_level=LogLevel.Debug)
+cp = ControlPanel(pd_info)
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='module', autouse=True)
+def setup_test():
+    pd.start()
+    cp.start()
+    cp.sc_wait_all()
+    yield
+    teardown_test()
+
+def teardown_test():
+    cp.teardown()
+    pd.teardown()
+
+def test_cp_status():
+    assert cp.online_wait(pd.address)
+    pd.stop()
+    assert cp.online_wait(pd.address) == False
+    pd.start()
+    assert cp.online_wait(pd.address)
+
+def test_cp_sc_status():
+    assert cp.sc_wait(pd.address)
+    pd.stop()
+    assert cp.sc_wait(pd.address) == False
+    pd.start()
+    assert cp.sc_wait(pd.address)
+
+def test_pd_status():
+    cp.stop()
+    time.sleep(1)
+    assert pd.is_online() == False
+    cp.start()
+    assert cp.sc_wait(pd.address)
+    assert pd.is_online()
+
+def test_pd_sc_status():
+    cp.stop()
+    time.sleep(1)
+    assert pd.is_sc_active() == False
+    cp.start()
+    assert cp.sc_wait(pd.address)
+    assert pd.is_sc_active()