diff --git a/src/scheduler.cc b/src/scheduler.cc
index d9bce06f4..19980d20e 100644
--- a/src/scheduler.cc
+++ b/src/scheduler.cc
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ namespace detail {
 
 	void abstract_scheduler::schedule() {
 		graph_serializer serializer([this](command_pkg&& pkg) {
-			if(m_is_dry_run && pkg.get_command_type() != command_type::epoch && pkg.get_command_type() != command_type::fence) {
-				// in dry runs, skip everything except epochs and fences
+			if(m_is_dry_run && pkg.get_command_type() != command_type::epoch && pkg.get_command_type() != command_type::horizon
+			    && pkg.get_command_type() != command_type::fence) {
+				// in dry runs, skip everything except epochs, horizons and fences
 				return;
 			}
 			if(m_is_dry_run && pkg.get_command_type() == command_type::fence) {
diff --git a/test/runtime_tests.cc b/test/runtime_tests.cc
index 14fe4a47d..eda95a9f9 100644
--- a/test/runtime_tests.cc
+++ b/test/runtime_tests.cc
@@ -1218,12 +1218,12 @@ namespace detail {
 		test_utils::maybe_print_graph(tm);
 	}
 
-	TEST_CASE_METHOD(test_utils::runtime_fixture, "Dry run generates commands for an arbitrary number of simulated worker nodes", "[dryrun]") {
+	TEST_CASE_METHOD(test_utils::runtime_fixture, "dry run generates commands for an arbitrary number of simulated worker nodes", "[dryrun]") {
 		const size_t num_nodes = GENERATE(values({4, 8, 16}));
 		dry_run_with_nodes(num_nodes);
 	}
 
-	TEST_CASE_METHOD(test_utils::runtime_fixture, "Dry run proceeds on fences", "[dryrun]") {
+	TEST_CASE_METHOD(test_utils::runtime_fixture, "dry run proceeds on fences", "[dryrun]") {
 		env::scoped_test_environment ste(std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>{{dryrun_envvar_name, "1"}});
 
 		distr_queue q;
@@ -1240,8 +1240,37 @@ namespace detail {
 		});
 
 		auto ret = experimental::fence(q, buf);
-		bool val = *ret.get(); // this will hang if fences are not processed in the dry run
-		CHECK_FALSE(val);      // extra check that the task was not actually executed
+		REQUIRE(ret.wait_for(std::chrono::seconds(1)) == std::future_status::ready);
+		CHECK_FALSE(*ret.get()); // extra check that the task was not actually executed
+
+		// TODO: check that a warning is generated once the issues with log_capture are resolved
+	}
+
+	TEST_CASE_METHOD(test_utils::runtime_fixture, "dry run processes horizons", "[dryrun]") {
+		env::scoped_test_environment ste(std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>{{dryrun_envvar_name, "1"}});
+
+		distr_queue q;
+
+		auto& rt = runtime::get_instance();
+		auto& tm = rt.get_task_manager();
+		tm.set_horizon_step(1); // horizon step 1 to make testing easy and reproducable with config changes
+
+		REQUIRE(rt.is_dry_run());
+
+		auto latest_hor = task_manager_testspy::get_latest_horizon_reached(tm);
+		CHECK_FALSE(latest_hor.has_value());
+
+		q.submit([&](handler& cgh) { cgh.host_task(on_master_node, [=] {}); });
+
+		// we can't slow_full_sync in this test, so we just try until the horizons have been processed
+		// 100*10ms is one second in total; if the horizon hasn't happened at that point, it's not happening
+		constexpr int max_num_tries = 100;
+		for(int i = 0; i < max_num_tries; ++i) {
+			latest_hor = task_manager_testspy::get_latest_horizon_reached(tm);
+			if(latest_hor.has_value()) break;
+			std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(10));
+		}
+		CHECK(latest_hor.has_value());
 	}
 
 	TEST_CASE_METHOD(test_utils::mpi_fixture, "Config reads environment variables correctly", "[env-vars][config]") {
@@ -1268,7 +1297,7 @@ namespace detail {
 		CHECK(cfg.get_dry_run_nodes() == 4);
 	}
 
-	TEST_CASE_METHOD(test_utils::mpi_fixture, "Config reports incorrect environment varibles", "[env-vars][config]") {
+	TEST_CASE_METHOD(test_utils::mpi_fixture, "config reports incorrect environment varibles", "[env-vars][config]") {
 		const std::string error_string{"Failed to parse/validate environment variables."};
 		{
 			std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> invalid_test_env_var{{"CELERITY_LOG_LEVEL", "a"}};
diff --git a/test/test_utils.h b/test/test_utils.h
index 46267a1e2..a4b2f6edb 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.h
+++ b/test/test_utils.h
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ namespace detail {
 	struct task_manager_testspy {
 		static std::optional<task_id> get_current_horizon(task_manager& tm) { return tm.m_current_horizon; }
 
+		static std::optional<task_id> get_latest_horizon_reached(task_manager& tm) { return tm.m_latest_horizon_reached; }
+
 		static int get_num_horizons(task_manager& tm) {
 			int horizon_counter = 0;
 			for(auto task_ptr : tm.m_task_buffer) {