diff --git a/tests/repro/test_issue_726.py b/tests/repro/test_issue_726.py
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+"""#726: the release lane's scenarios, all played at once with one test identity's
+token, must not poll GitHub faster than that token's 5000 requests an hour."""
+import importlib.util
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+HOURLY_LIMIT = 5000
+
+
+def load(name):
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(name.replace("-", "_"), ROOT / "scripts" / f"{name}.py")
+    module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(module)
+    return module
+
+
+def test_all_scenarios_polling_together_stay_within_the_hourly_rate_limit():
+    ws = load("release-scenarios")
+    scenarios = ws.load_yaml(ROOT / "tests" / "release" / "scenarios.yml")["scenarios"]
+    calls, marks = [], []
+
+    def fake(*a, input=None):
+        calls.append(a)
+        if a[:2] == ("issue", "create"):
+            return "https://github.com/o/t/issues/9\n"
+        if a[:2] == ("issue", "view"):
+            return json.dumps({"labels": [], "comments": [], "state": "OPEN"})
+        return "[]"
+
+    def sleep(seconds):
+        if seconds == ws.POLL:
+            marks.append(len(calls))
+
+    s = {"id": "never", "opens": {"issue": {"title": "t"}}, "expect": {"labels": ["never"]}}
+    ws.play(s, "o/t", "v7-next", {}, fake, sleep, 2)
+    assert len(marks) >= 3
+    per_poll = max(b - a for a, b in zip(marks, marks[1:]))
+    per_hour = len(scenarios) * per_poll * 3600 / ws.POLL
+    assert per_hour <= HOURLY_LIMIT, f"{len(scenarios)} scenarios at {per_poll} calls per poll make {per_hour:.0f} calls an hour"