diff --git a/.github/workflows/ios_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ios_ci.yml
index f8215a815..70ac441d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ios_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ios_ci.yml
@@ -1,68 +1,74 @@
 name: iOS Build CI
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [master]
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - 'debugci/*'
     paths-ignore:
       - 'landing/**'
       - 'web/**'
       - 'docs/**'
       - 'keyserver/**'
       - 'desktop/**'
 
 env:
   DEVELOPER_DIR: /Applications/Xcode_15.0.app/Contents/Developer
 
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Build and archive iOS app
     runs-on: macos-13
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Install Developer certificate
         env:
           BUILD_CERTIFICATE_BASE64: ${{ secrets.BUILD_CERTIFICATE_BASE64 }}
           P12_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.P12_PASSWORD }}
           KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD }}
         run: |
           # create variables
           CERTIFICATE_PATH=$RUNNER_TEMP/build_certificate.p12
           KEYCHAIN_PATH=$RUNNER_TEMP/app-signing.keychain-db
 
           # import certificate from secrets
           echo -n "$BUILD_CERTIFICATE_BASE64" | base64 --decode -o $CERTIFICATE_PATH
 
           # create temporary keychain
           security create-keychain -p "$KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD" $KEYCHAIN_PATH
           security set-keychain-settings -lut 21600 $KEYCHAIN_PATH
           security unlock-keychain -p "$KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD" $KEYCHAIN_PATH
 
           # import certificate to keychain
           security import $CERTIFICATE_PATH -P "$P12_PASSWORD" -A -t cert -f pkcs12 -k $KEYCHAIN_PATH
           security list-keychain -d user -s $KEYCHAIN_PATH
 
       - name: brew install protobuf
         run: brew install protobuf
 
       - name: yarn ci-cleaninstall
         run: yarn ci-cleaninstall
 
       - name: Save auth_key to file
         working-directory: ./native/ios
         env:
           AUTH_KEY: ${{secrets.AUTH_KEY}}
         run: echo "$AUTH_KEY" > AUTH_KEY.p8
 
       - name: Archive
         working-directory: ./native/ios
         env:
           AUTH_KEY_ID: ${{secrets.AUTH_KEY_ID}}
           AUTH_KEY_ISSUER_ID: ${{secrets.AUTH_KEY_ISSUER_ID}}
         run: xcodebuild archive -workspace Comm.xcworkspace -scheme Comm -configuration Release -archivePath archives/Comm.xcarchive -destination generic/platform=iOS -allowProvisioningUpdates -authenticationKeyIssuerID "$AUTH_KEY_ISSUER_ID" -authenticationKeyID "$AUTH_KEY_ID" -authenticationKeyPath $PWD/AUTH_KEY.p8
 
       - name: Clean up keychain
         if: ${{ always() }}
         run: security delete-keychain $RUNNER_TEMP/app-signing.keychain-db
+
+      - name: Set up tmate session
+        if: failure() && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/debugci/')
+        uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3