diff --git a/.github/workflows/chain-types.yml b/.github/workflows/chain-types.yml
index b4ad4ebb2a..6d7e692272 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/chain-types.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/chain-types.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-name: Chain type check
+name: Chain
 on:
   schedule:
     - cron:  '30 0 * * *'
 
 jobs:
-  chains:
+  types:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-chain-urls.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-chain-urls.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00586327e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-chain-urls.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+name: Chain
+on: [pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  urls:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      run: |
+        yarn install --immutable | grep -v 'YN0013'
+        yarn ci:chainUrls
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6e7603e5a6..f0f56668c5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     "packElectron": "yarn build:release:electron && yarn clean:electronRelease && electron-builder build -mwl",
     "docs": "echo \"skipping docs\"",
     "ci:chainTypes": "polkadot-dev-run-test --silent packages/apps-config/src/ciChainTypes",
+    "ci:chainUrls": "polkadot-dev-run-test --silent packages/apps-config/src/ciChainUrls",
     "clean": "polkadot-dev-clean-build",
     "clean:electronBuild": "cd packages/apps-electron && polkadot-dev-clean-build",
     "clean:electronRelease": "cd packages/apps-electron && rm -rf release",
diff --git a/packages/apps-config/src/ciChainUrls.spec.ts b/packages/apps-config/src/ciChainUrls.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d00de93eaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apps-config/src/ciChainUrls.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/apps-config authors & contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import { assert, isString } from '@polkadot/util';
+
+import { createWsEndpoints } from './endpoints';
+
+interface Endpoint {
+  name: string;
+  ws: string;
+}
+
+const endpoints = createWsEndpoints((k: string, v?: string) => v || k, true)
+  .filter(({ value }) =>
+    value && isString(value) && !value.includes('127.0.0.1')
+  )
+  .map((o): Partial<Endpoint> => ({ name: o.text as string, ws: o.value as string }))
+  .filter((v): v is Endpoint => !!v.ws);
+
+describe('check configured chain urls', (): void => {
+  endpoints.forEach(({ name, ws }) =>
+    it(`${name} @ ${ws}`, (): void => {
+      assert(ws.startsWith('wss://'), `Expected ${ws} endpoint to start with wss:// `);
+    })
+  );
+});