diff --git a/tests/test_registry.py b/tests/test_registry.py
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+import pytest
+from agentic_security.probe_data import REGISTRY
+from datasets import load_dataset
+
+
+@pytest.mark.slow
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("dataset", REGISTRY)
+def test_registry_accessibility(dataset):
+
+    source = dataset.get("source", "")
+    if "hugging" not in source.lower():
+        return pytest.skip("skipped dataset")
+
+    dataset_name = dataset.get("dataset_name")
+    if not dataset_name:
+        pytest.fail(f"No dataset_name found in {dataset}")
+
+    # Load only metadata (no data download)
+    try:
+        ds = load_dataset(dataset_name, split=None)
+        # Check if metadata is accessible without loading full data
+        assert ds is not None, f"Failed to load metadata for {dataset_name}"
+    except Exception as e:
+        pytest.fail(f"Error loading metadata for {dataset_name}: {str(e)}")