diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-desktop-reliability.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-desktop-reliability.yml
index bcf160af55..4e725cfba1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-desktop-reliability.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-desktop-reliability.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ on:
     paths:
       - "apps/desktop-gpui/**"
       - "crates/recording/**"
+      - "crates/camera/**"
+      - "crates/camera-ffmpeg/**"
       - "crates/utils/**"
       - "crates/scap-targets/**"
       - "scripts/linux-desktop-harness/**"
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "run=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"; exit 0
           fi
           gh api "repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/pulls/$PR/files" --paginate --jq '.[].filename' > "$RUNNER_TEMP/changed.txt"
-          if grep -qE '^(apps/desktop-gpui/|crates/(recording|utils|scap-targets)/|scripts/(prepare-gpui-dependency\.sh|finalize-linux-appimage\.mjs)$)' "$RUNNER_TEMP/changed.txt"; then
+          if grep -qE '^(apps/desktop-gpui/|crates/(recording|camera|camera-ffmpeg|utils|scap-targets)/|scripts/(prepare-gpui-dependency\.sh|finalize-linux-appimage\.mjs)$)' "$RUNNER_TEMP/changed.txt"; then
             echo "run=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           else
             echo "run=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
diff --git a/scripts/linux-desktop-harness/x11-camera.sh b/scripts/linux-desktop-harness/x11-camera.sh
index d98f21f835..3721b62154 100755
--- a/scripts/linux-desktop-harness/x11-camera.sh
+++ b/scripts/linux-desktop-harness/x11-camera.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ result() { printf '%s=%s\n' "$1" "$2" >>"$out/result.txt"; }
 
 device=/dev/video42
 sudo modprobe v4l2loopback video_nr=42 card_label="Cap Test Camera" exclusive_caps=1 || exit 2
+# udev applies its own mode to the new node after modprobe returns; let it
+# finish first so it cannot reset the chmod below.
+sudo udevadm settle --timeout=10
 sudo chmod 666 "$device"
 ffmpeg -hide_banner -loglevel error -nostdin -re -f lavfi -i testsrc2=size=1280x720:rate=30 -pix_fmt yuyv422 \
   -f v4l2 "$device" >"$out/feeder.log" 2>&1 &