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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2024-present ScyllaDB
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+import asyncio
+import pytest
+from test.pylib.manager_client import ManagerClient
+
+# A sanity check test ensures that starting and shutting down Scylla when view building is
+# disabled is conducted properly and we don't run into any issues.
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_start_scylla_with_view_building_disabled(manager: ManagerClient):
+    server = await manager.server_add(config={"view_building": "false"})
+    await manager.server_stop_gracefully(server_id=server.server_id)
+
+    # Make sure there have been no errors.
+    log = await manager.server_open_log(server.server_id)
+    res = await log.grep(r"ERROR.*\[shard [0-9]+:[a-z]+\]")
+    assert len(res) == 0