diff --git a/.github/actions/install-pre-commit/action.yml b/.github/actions/install-pre-commit/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c0806bf83ea50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/install-pre-commit/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+---
+name: 'Install pre-commit'
+description: 'Installs pre-commit and related packages'
+inputs:
+  python-version:
+    description: 'Python version to use'
+    default: "3.9"
+  uv-version:
+    description: 'uv version to use'
+    default: "0.7.3"  # Keep this comment to allow automatic replacement of uv version
+  pre-commit-version:
+    description: 'pre-commit version to use'
+    default: "4.2.0"  # Keep this comment to allow automatic replacement of pre-commit version
+  pre-commit-uv-version:
+    description: 'pre-commit-uv version to use'
+    default: "4.1.4"  # Keep this comment to allow automatic replacement of pre-commit-uv version
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Install pre-commit, uv, and pre-commit-uv
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        UV_VERSION: ${{inputs.uv-version}}
+        PRE_COMMIT_VERSION: ${{inputs.pre-commit-version}}
+        PRE_COMMIT_UV_VERSION: ${{inputs.pre-commit-uv-version}}
+      run: |
+        pip install uv==${UV_VERSION} || true
+        uv tool install pre-commit==${PRE_COMMIT_VERSION} --with uv==${UV_VERSION} \
+        --with pre-commit-uv==${PRE_COMMIT_UV_VERSION}
+      working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}
+    # We need to use tar file with archive to restore all the permissions and symlinks
+    - name: "Delete ~.cache"
+      run: |
+        du ~/ --max-depth=2
+        echo
+        echo Deleting ~/.cache
+        echo
+        rm -rf ~/.cache
+        echo
+      shell: bash
+    - name: "Restore pre-commit cache"
+      uses: apache/infrastructure-actions/stash/restore@1c35b5ccf8fba5d4c3fdf25a045ca91aa0cbc468
+      with:
+        key: cache-pre-commit-v4-${{ inputs.python-version }}-${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
+        path: /tmp/
+      id: restore-pre-commit-cache
+    - name: "Check if pre-commit cache tarball exists"
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        if [ -f /tmp/cache-pre-commit.tar.gz ]; then
+          echo "✅ Cache tarball found: /tmp/cache-pre-commit.tar.gz"
+        else
+          echo "❌ Cache tarball missing. Expected /tmp/cache-pre-commit.tar.gz"
+          exit 1
+        fi
+      if: steps.restore-pre-commit-cache.outputs.stash-hit == 'true'
+    - name: "Restore .cache from the tar file"
+      run: tar -C ~ -xzf /tmp/cache-pre-commit.tar.gz
+      shell: bash
+      if: steps.restore-pre-commit-cache.outputs.stash-hit == 'true'
+    - name: "Show restored files"
+      run: |
+        echo "Restored files"
+        du ~/ --max-depth=2
+        echo
+      shell: bash
+      if: steps.restore-pre-commit-cache.outputs.stash-hit == 'true'
+    - name: Install pre-commit hooks
+      shell: bash
+      run: pre-commit install-hooks || (cat ~/.cache/pre-commit/pre-commit.log && exit 1)
+      working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/basic-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/basic-tests.yml
index 548b9ce5b0fae..42acd83418685 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/basic-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/basic-tests.yml
@@ -394,3 +394,54 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           breeze release-management generate-issue-content-core \
             --limit-pr-count 2 --previous-release 3.0.1 --current-release 3.0.2 --verbose
+
+  test-airflow-standalone:
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    name: "Test Airflow standalone commands"
+    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.runners) }}
+    env:
+      UV_VERSION: ${{inputs.uv-version}}
+      AIRFLOW_HOME: ~/airflow
+      FORCE_COLOR: 1
+    steps:
+      - name: "Checkout ${{ github.ref }} ( ${{ github.sha }} )"
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683  # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: "Install uv"
+        run: curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/${UV_VERSION}/install.sh | sh
+      - name: "Set up Airflow home directory"
+        run: |
+          echo "Setting AIRFLOW_HOME to $AIRFLOW_HOME"
+          mkdir -p $AIRFLOW_HOME
+      - name: "Install Airflow from current repo (simulating user installation)"
+        run: |
+          uv venv
+          set -x
+          uv pip install -e ./airflow-core
+      - name: "Test airflow standalone command"
+        run: |
+          uv run --no-sync airflow standalone 2>&1 | tee airflow_startup.log &
+          AIRFLOW_PID=$!
+
+          # Wait for ready message till timeout (10 minutes)
+          for i in {1..600}; do
+            if ! kill -0 $AIRFLOW_PID 2>/dev/null; then
+              wait $AIRFLOW_PID
+              EXIT_CODE=$?
+              echo "FAILED: Airflow standalone exited with code $EXIT_CODE"
+              exit $EXIT_CODE
+            fi
+
+            if grep -q "Airflow is ready" airflow_startup.log; then
+              echo "SUCCESS: Airflow standalone is ready!"
+              kill $AIRFLOW_PID
+              exit 0
+            fi
+
+            sleep 1
+          done
+
+          echo "FAILED: Airflow standalone did not become ready in time"
+          kill $AIRFLOW_PID 2>/dev/null || true
+          exit 1