diff --git a/.github/workflows/cyclonus-netpol-extended-nightly-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/cyclonus-netpol-extended-nightly-test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aab619ceae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cyclonus-netpol-extended-nightly-test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+name: Cyclonus Network Policy Extended Test
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    # run once a day at midnight
+    - cron: "0 0 * * *"
+
+jobs:
+  cyclonus-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 240
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        # run cyclonus tests in parallel for NPM with the given ConfigMaps
+        profile:
+          [
+            v1-default.yaml,
+            v1-place-azure-chain-first.yaml,
+            v2-default.yaml,
+            v2-apply-on-need.yaml,
+            v2-place-azure-after-kube-services.yaml,
+          ]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        with:
+          go-version: "^1.17"
+
+      - name: Setup Kind
+        uses: engineerd/setup-kind@v0.5.0
+        with:
+          version: "v0.11.1"
+          config: ./test/kind/kind.yaml
+          name: npm-kind
+
+      - name: Check Kind
+        run: |
+          kubectl get po -owide -A
+
+      - name: Make NPM image
+        run: |
+          make npm-image VERSION=cyclonus PLATFORM=linux/amd64 CONTAINER_BUILDER=docker
+
+      - name: Install Azure NPM
+        # set the ConfigMap based on the build matrix
+        # currently have to restart the daemonset because changing the ConfigMap doesn't restart NPM
+        run: |
+          sed -i 's/mcr.microsoft.com\/containernetworking\/azure-npm:.*/acnpublic.azurecr.io\/azure-npm:cyclonus/' ./npm/azure-npm.yaml
+          kind load docker-image acnpublic.azurecr.io/azure-npm:cyclonus --name npm-kind
+          kubectl apply -f ./npm/azure-npm.yaml
+          echo "Applying profile: ${{ matrix.profile }}"
+          kubectl apply -f ./npm/profiles/${{ matrix.profile }}
+          kubectl rollout restart ds azure-npm -n kube-system
+
+      - name: Check Cluster Components
+        run: |
+          sleep 10
+          kubectl get po -owide -A
+          kubectl describe ds azure-npm -n kube-system
+
+      - name: Run Cyclonus network policy test
+        run: make test-extended-cyclonus
+
+      - name: Fetch logs
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          kubectl logs -n kube-system -l k8s-app=azure-npm --tail -1 --prefix > npm-logs_${{ matrix.profile }}.txt
+          mv ./test/cyclonus/cyclonus-test.txt ./cyclonus-test_${{ matrix.profile }}.txt
+
+      - name: "Upload Logs"
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          name: logs
+          path: |
+            ./npm-logs_${{ matrix.profile }}.txt
+            ./cyclonus-test_${{ matrix.profile }}.txt
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5c80e200e4..6d3e61775a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -513,6 +513,10 @@ test-cyclonus: ## run the cyclonus test for npm.
 	cd test/cyclonus && bash ./test-cyclonus.sh
 	cd ..
 
+test-extended-cyclonus: ## run the cyclonus test for npm.
+	cd test/cyclonus && bash ./test-cyclonus.sh extended
+	cd ..
+
 .PHONY: kind
 kind:
 	kind create cluster --config ./test/kind/kind.yaml
diff --git a/test/cyclonus/install-cyclonus-exclude-sctp.yaml b/test/cyclonus/install-cyclonus-exclude-sctp.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2b1b55785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cyclonus/install-cyclonus-exclude-sctp.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+  name: cyclonus
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    app: cyclonus
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      restartPolicy: Never
+      containers:
+        - command:
+            - ./cyclonus
+            - generate
+            - --noisy=true
+            - --ignore-loopback=true
+            - --cleanup-namespaces=true
+            - --perturbation-wait-seconds=5
+            - --pod-creation-timeout-seconds=30
+            - --job-timeout-seconds=2
+            - --server-protocol=TCP,UDP
+            - --exclude=sctp
+          name: cyclonus
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          image: mfenwick100/cyclonus:v0.4.7
+      serviceAccount: cyclonus
diff --git a/test/cyclonus/install-cyclonus.yaml b/test/cyclonus/install-cyclonus.yaml
index c74e4d59ea..ac30e08754 100644
--- a/test/cyclonus/install-cyclonus.yaml
+++ b/test/cyclonus/install-cyclonus.yaml
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ spec:
             - --pod-creation-timeout-seconds=30
             - --job-timeout-seconds=2
             - --server-protocol=TCP,UDP
-            - --verbosity=debug
           name: cyclonus
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           image: mfenwick100/cyclonus:v0.4.7
-      serviceAccount: cyclonus
\ No newline at end of file
+      serviceAccount: cyclonus
diff --git a/test/cyclonus/test-cyclonus.sh b/test/cyclonus/test-cyclonus.sh
index 114fc1ca7f..2aa7da50c4 100755
--- a/test/cyclonus/test-cyclonus.sh
+++ b/test/cyclonus/test-cyclonus.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,20 @@
 set -eo pipefail
 set -xv
 
+cyclonusProfile="./install-cyclonus.yaml"
+if [ -z "$1" ]
+  then
+    echo "Running with default profile: $cyclonusProfile"
+elif [[ $1 == "extended" ]]; 
+then
+    # extended will exclude SCTP and will run 214 testcases with cyclonus 
+    cyclonusProfile="./install-cyclonus-exclude-sctp.yaml"
+    echo "Running with exclude SCTP profile with 214 testcases: $cyclonusProfile"
+fi
+
 kubectl delete --ignore-not-found=true clusterrolebinding cyclonus 
 kubectl delete --ignore-not-found=true sa cyclonus -n kube-system
-kubectl delete --ignore-not-found=true -f ./install-cyclonus.yaml
+kubectl delete --ignore-not-found=true -f $cyclonusProfile
 kubectl delete --ignore-not-found=true ns x y z
 
 sleep 5
@@ -13,7 +24,7 @@ sleep 5
 # set up cyclonus
 kubectl create clusterrolebinding cyclonus --clusterrole=cluster-admin --serviceaccount=kube-system:cyclonus
 kubectl create sa cyclonus -n kube-system
-kubectl create -f ./install-cyclonus.yaml
+kubectl create -f $cyclonusProfile
 
 sleep 5
 
@@ -33,7 +44,7 @@ cat "$LOG_FILE"
 
 kubectl delete --ignore-not-found=true clusterrolebinding cyclonus 
 kubectl delete --ignore-not-found=true sa cyclonus -n kube-system
-kubectl delete --ignore-not-found=true -f ./install-cyclonus.yaml
+kubectl delete --ignore-not-found=true -f $cyclonusProfile
 
 # if 'failure' is in the logs, fail; otherwise succeed
 rc=0