diff --git a/.github/workflows/acceptance.yml b/.github/workflows/acceptance.yml
index f4a2874..887681a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/acceptance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/acceptance.yml
@@ -47,15 +47,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run acceptance tests
         run: php vendor/bin/testo --suite=Acceptance
 
+  # rr against the real GitHub: about 6 API requests per job with a cold DLoad cache, 5 with a warm one
   live:
-    name: Live GitHub, ${{ matrix.os }}
-    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+    name: Live GitHub
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
+    env:
+      DLOAD_CACHE_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/runtime/dload-cache
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
@@ -74,8 +76,30 @@ jobs:
         with:
           dependency-versions: highest
 
+      # Release metadata only, no binaries or tokens. A cache key is never overwritten,
+      # so every run saves its own registry and the next run starts from the newest one.
+      - name: Restore DLoad version registry
+        uses: actions/cache@v6
+        with:
+          path: runtime/dload-cache
+          key: dload-registry-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.run_id }}
+          restore-keys: dload-registry-${{ runner.os }}-
+
+      - name: GitHub API usage before
+        run: gh api rate_limit --jq '.resources.core | "used \(.used) of \(.limit)"'
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+
       - name: Run live tests
         run: php vendor/bin/testo --suite=Live
         env:
           RR_CLI_LIVE_TESTS: '1'
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+
+      - name: GitHub API usage after
+        if: always()
+        run: gh api rate_limit --jq '.resources.core | "used \(.used) of \(.limit)"'
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/tests/Live/GitHubTest.php b/tests/Live/GitHubTest.php
index 85569b6..4f91f18 100644
--- a/tests/Live/GitHubTest.php
+++ b/tests/Live/GitHubTest.php
@@ -13,11 +13,20 @@
 use Testo\Test;
 
 /**
- * `rr get` against the real GitHub. The suite is registered only when RR_CLI_LIVE_TESTS is set.
+ * `rr` against the real GitHub. The suite is registered only when RR_CLI_LIVE_TESTS is set.
+ *
+ * New RoadRunner releases must not break these tests: they pin a release line that is complete,
+ * or check what holds for any release.
  */
 #[Test]
 final class GitHubTest
 {
+    /**
+     * Passed through to `rr`: a token lifts the rate limit, and a shared DLoad cache spares the requests
+     * for release pages already seen.
+     */
+    private const PASSED_ENV = ['GITHUB_TOKEN', 'DLOAD_CACHE_DIR'];
+
     private Workdir $dir;
 
     #[BeforeTest]
@@ -36,15 +45,43 @@ public function cleanup(): void
     #[DataSet(['windows', 'amd64', 'rr.exe'])]
     public function downloadsRealBinary(string $os, string $arch, string $binary): void
     {
-        $rr = new Rr($this->dir->path, null);
-        $token = \getenv('GITHUB_TOKEN');
-        if (\is_string($token) && $token !== '') {
-            $rr = $rr->withEnv('GITHUB_TOKEN', $token);
-        }
-
-        $result = $rr->run(['get', '--filter=2025.*', "--os=$os", "--arch=$arch", '--no-config']);
+        $result = $this->rr()->run(['get', '--filter=2025.*', "--os=$os", "--arch=$arch", '--no-config']);
 
         Assert::same($result->exitCode, 0, (string) $result);
         Assert::int((int) \filesize($this->dir->file($binary)))->greaterThan(1_000_000);
     }
+
+    public function downloadsSemverReleaseByDefault(): void
+    {
+        $result = $this->rr()->run(['get', '--os=linux', '--arch=amd64', '--no-config']);
+
+        Assert::same($result->exitCode, 0, (string) $result);
+        Assert::int((int) \filesize($this->dir->file('rr')))->greaterThan(1_000_000);
+        Assert::same(\preg_match('/\brr \(v?(\d+)\.\d+\.\d+[^)]*\) has been installed/', $result->output(), $match), 1, (string) $result);
+        // Calendar versions (2023.x-2025.x) are older than 3.x and must lose to it
+        Assert::int((int) $match[1])->greaterThanOrEqual(3)->lessThan(2000);
+    }
+
+    public function listsReleasesWithCompatibility(): void
+    {
+        $result = $this->rr()->run(['versions', '--os=linux', '--arch=amd64']);
+
+        Assert::same($result->exitCode, 0, (string) $result);
+        Assert::string($result->stdout)
+            ->matchesRegex('/^\s*3\.\d+\.\d+\s+stable\s+✓\s+\(\d+\)\s+✓\s*$/mu')
+            ->matchesRegex('/^\s*2025\.1\.15\s+stable\s+.*\(reason: incompatible version\)/mu');
+    }
+
+    private function rr(): Rr
+    {
+        $rr = new Rr($this->dir->path, null);
+        foreach (self::PASSED_ENV as $name) {
+            $value = \getenv($name);
+            if (\is_string($value) && $value !== '') {
+                $rr = $rr->withEnv($name, $value);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $rr;
+    }
 }