diff --git a/.github/workflows/__init-with-registries.yml b/.github/workflows/__init-with-registries.yml
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+# Warning: This file is generated automatically, and should not be modified.
+# Instead, please modify the template in the pr-checks directory and run:
+#     pip install ruamel.yaml && python3 sync.py
+# to regenerate this file.
+
+name: 'PR Check - Packaging: Download using registries'
+env:
+  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  GO111MODULE: auto
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - main
+    - releases/v1
+    - releases/v2
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+    - opened
+    - synchronize
+    - reopened
+    - ready_for_review
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+jobs:
+  init-with-registries:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+        - os: ubuntu-latest
+          version: latest
+        - os: macos-latest
+          version: latest
+        - os: windows-2019
+          version: latest
+        - os: windows-2022
+          version: latest
+        - os: ubuntu-latest
+          version: cached
+        - os: macos-latest
+          version: cached
+        - os: windows-2019
+          version: cached
+        - os: ubuntu-latest
+          version: nightly-latest
+        - os: macos-latest
+          version: nightly-latest
+        - os: windows-2019
+          version: nightly-latest
+        - os: windows-2022
+          version: nightly-latest
+    name: 'Packaging: Download using registries'
+    timeout-minutes: 45
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+    - name: Check out repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Prepare test
+      id: prepare-test
+      uses: ./.github/prepare-test
+      with:
+        version: ${{ matrix.version }}
+    - name: Init with registries-auth-tokens
+      uses: ./../action/init
+      with:
+        db-location: ${{ runner.temp }}/customDbLocation
+        tools: ${{ steps.prepare-test.outputs.tools-url }}
+        config-file: ./.github/codeql/codeql-config-registries.yml
+        languages: javascript
+        registries-auth-tokens: https://ghcr.io/v2/=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      env:
+        TEST_MODE: true
+    - name: Verify packages installed
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        PRIVATE_PACK="$HOME/.codeql/packages/dsp-testing/private-pack"
+        CODEQL_PACK1="$HOME/.codeql/packages/dsp-testing/codeql-pack1"
+
+        if [[ -d $PRIVATE_PACK ]]
+        then
+            echo "$PRIVATE_PACK was installed."
+        else
+            echo "::error $PRIVATE_PACK pack was not installed."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+
+        if [[ -d $CODEQL_PACK1 ]]
+        then
+            echo "$CODEQL_PACK1 was installed."
+        else
+            echo "::error $CODEQL_PACK1 pack was not installed."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    env:
+      INTERNAL_CODEQL_ACTION_DEBUG_LOC: true
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/init-with-registries.yml b/pr-checks/checks/init-with-registries.yml
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+# A test for running the init command with a registries block.
+# This test does _not_ validate that the action can authenticate
+# against multiple registries. All it does is validate that the
+# basic mechanics of multi-registry auth is working.
+name: "Packaging: Download using registries"
+description: "Checks that specifying a registries block and associated auth works as expected"
+versions: ["latest", "cached", "nightly-latest"] # This feature is not compatible with old CLIs
+
+steps:
+  - name: Init with registries-auth-tokens
+    uses: ./../action/init
+    with:
+      db-location: "${{ runner.temp }}/customDbLocation"
+      tools: ${{ steps.prepare-test.outputs.tools-url }}
+      config-file: ./.github/codeql/codeql-config-registries.yml
+      languages: javascript
+      registries-auth-tokens: https://ghcr.io/v2/=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    env:
+      TEST_MODE: true
+  - name: Verify packages installed
+    shell: bash
+    run: |
+      PRIVATE_PACK="$HOME/.codeql/packages/dsp-testing/private-pack"
+      CODEQL_PACK1="$HOME/.codeql/packages/dsp-testing/codeql-pack1"
+
+      if [[ -d $PRIVATE_PACK ]]
+      then
+          echo "$PRIVATE_PACK was installed."
+      else
+          echo "::error $PRIVATE_PACK pack was not installed."
+          exit 1
+      fi
+
+      if [[ -d $CODEQL_PACK1 ]]
+      then
+          echo "$CODEQL_PACK1 was installed."
+      else
+          echo "::error $CODEQL_PACK1 pack was not installed."
+          exit 1
+      fi
diff --git a/tests/multi-language-repo/.github/codeql/codeql-config-registries.yml b/tests/multi-language-repo/.github/codeql/codeql-config-registries.yml
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+name: Pack testing in the CodeQL Action
+
+disable-default-queries: true
+packs:
+  javascript:
+    - dsp-testing/private-pack
+    - dsp-testing/codeql-pack1
+
+registries:
+  # enforce using the registries block for all packs
+  - url: https://ghcr.io/v2/
+    packages: "*"