diff --git a/ansible/roles/test/tasks/base_sanity.yml b/ansible/roles/test/tasks/base_sanity.yml
index 1e0f26436f1..99d2ecdb17b 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/test/tasks/base_sanity.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/test/tasks/base_sanity.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@
    - name: Verify that syncd process is running
      assert: { that: "{{ ps_out.stdout_lines | length }} > 0"}
 
+   - name: Get oragent process information
+     shell: pgrep orchagent -a
+     register: orch_out
+
+   - debug: var=orch_out.stdout_lines
+
+   - name: Verify that orch process is running
+     assert: { that: "{{ orch_out.stdout_lines | length }} > 0"}
+
    - name: Get syslog error information
      shell: cat /var/log/syslog |tail -n 5000 |grep -i error
      become: true
diff --git a/ansible/roles/test/tasks/test_sonic_by_testname.yml b/ansible/roles/test/tasks/test_sonic_by_testname.yml
index 03e0c9ce2cd..6b6ad84afeb 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/test/tasks/test_sonic_by_testname.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/test/tasks/test_sonic_by_testname.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 - name: run test case {{ testcases[testcase_name]['filename'] }} file
   include: "{{ testcases[testcase_name]['filename'] }}"
 
+- name: do basic sanity check after each test
+  include: base_sanity.yml
+
 - debug: msg="!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
 - debug: msg="!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! end running test {{ testcase_name }} !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
 - debug: msg="!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"