diff --git a/automated/linux/ota-apps/switch-apps.sh b/automated/linux/ota-apps/switch-apps.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+# Copyright (C) 2024 Foundries.io Ltd.
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+. ../../lib/sh-test-lib
+OUTPUT="$(pwd)/output"
+RESULT_FILE="${OUTPUT}/result.txt"
+export RESULT_FILE
+FORCE="false"
+APPLIST=""
+DEFAULTAPPLIST=""
+DEBUG="false"
+SOTA_CONFDIR="/etc/sota/conf.d"
+CONDUCTOR_URL=""
+DEFAULTAPP_COUNT=0
+APP_COUNT=0
+
+usage() {
+    echo "\
+    Usage: $0 [-f <true|false>] [-e <app list>] [-a <app list>] [-d <true|false> ] [-u <conductor url>]
+
+    -f <true|false>
+        If set to true, empty apps list is allowed to be set
+    -e <default app list>
+        Comma separated list of apps that should be running after registration
+    -a <app list>
+        Comma separated list of apps to enable in this test.
+        The list should be different than the list of apps at registration
+    -u <conductor url>
+        URL of the conductor service that performs API actions
+    -d <true|false> Enables more debug messages. Default: false
+    "
+}
+
+while getopts "f:a:e:d:u:h" opts;
+do
+    case "$opts" in
+        f) FORCE="${OPTARG}";;
+        a) APPLIST="${OPTARG}";;
+        e) DEFAULTAPPLIST="${OPTARG}";;
+        d) DEBUG="${OPTARG}";;
+        u) CONDUCTOR_URL="${OPTARG}";;
+        h|*) usage ; exit 1 ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+# the script works only on builds with aktualizr-lite
+# and lmp-device-auto-register
+
+! check_root && error_msg "You need to be root to run this script."
+create_out_dir "${OUTPUT}"
+
+if [ -z "${CONDUCTOR_URL}" ]; then
+    error_fatal "CONDUCTOR_URL is not set"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${DEFAULTAPPLIST}" ]; then
+    error_fatal "DEFAULTAPPLIST must not be empty"
+fi
+
+# configure aklite callback
+cp aklite-callback.sh /var/sota/
+chmod 755 /var/sota/aklite-callback.sh
+mkdir -p "${SOTA_CONFDIR}"
+cp z-99-aklite-callback.toml "${SOTA_CONFDIR}"
+cp z-99-aklite-disable-reboot.toml "${SOTA_CONFDIR}"
+
+report_pass "create-aklite-callback"
+
+# create signal files
+touch /var/sota/ota.signal
+touch /var/sota/ota.result
+report_pass "create-signal-files"
+
+# enabling lmp-device-auto-register variant
+systemctl enable --now lmp-device-auto-register || error_fatal "Unable to register device"
+
+while ! systemctl is-active aktualizr-lite;
+do
+    echo "Waiting for aktualizr-lite to start"
+    sleep 1
+done
+
+# wait for 'install-post' signal
+while ! grep "install-post" /var/sota/ota.signal
+do
+    echo "Sleeping 1s"
+    sleep 1
+    cat /var/sota/ota.signal
+done
+report_pass "install-post-received"
+
+OIFS=$IFS
+IFS=','
+for default_app in ${DEFAULTAPPLIST}
+do
+    DEFAULTAPP_COUNT=$((DEFAULTAPP_COUNT+1))
+    if docker ps | grep "${default_app}"; then
+        report_pass "default_${default_app}_running"
+    else
+        report_fail "default_${default_app}_running"
+    fi
+done
+
+IFS=$OIFS
+
+
+AKLITE_START_OLD=$(systemctl show --property=ActiveEnterTimestampMonotonic --value aktualizr-lite)
+
+# ask conductor to update apps list for the device
+. /etc/os-release
+# LMP_FACTORY is defined in os-release
+DEVICE_NAME=$(head -n 1 /etc/hostname)
+
+# compose list of apps to request for
+# done in 2 steps to avoid issues with IFS
+AAPPLIST=""
+OIFS=$IFS
+IFS=','
+for app in ${APPLIST}
+do
+    AAPPLIST="${AAPPLIST} ${app}"
+done
+
+IFS=$OIFS
+
+JSON_APPS_LIST="["
+for app in ${AAPPLIST}
+do
+    APP_COUNT=$((APP_COUNT+1))
+    JSON_APPS_LIST="${JSON_APPS_LIST}\"${app}\","
+done
+
+if [ "${APP_COUNT}" -eq 0 ]; then
+    JSON_APPS_LIST="${JSON_APPS_LIST}]"
+else
+    JSON_APPS_LIST="${JSON_APPS_LIST%?}]"
+fi
+
+echo "Sending JSON: ${JSON_APPS_LIST}"
+
+if [ -n "${APPLIST}" ]; then
+    curl -X POST "${CONDUCTOR_URL}/api/test/apps/${LMP_FACTORY}/${DEVICE_NAME}/" \
+        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+        -d "{\"apps_list\": ${JSON_APPS_LIST}}"
+else
+    if [ "${FORCE}" = "true" ] || [ "${FORCE}" = "True" ]; then
+        curl -X POST "${CONDUCTOR_URL}/api/test/apps/${LMP_FACTORY}/${DEVICE_NAME}/" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -d "{\"apps_list\": ${JSON_APPS_LIST}, \"force\": true}"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# wait for fioconfig to pick the new list. Wait for aklite-restart
+AKLITE_START_NEW=$(systemctl show --property=ActiveEnterTimestampMonotonic --value aktualizr-lite)
+while [ "${AKLITE_START_OLD}" -eq "${AKLITE_START_NEW}" ];
+do
+    echo "Waiting for aktualizr-lite to restart"
+    sleep 1
+    AKLITE_START_NEW=$(systemctl show --property=ActiveEnterTimestampMonotonic --value aktualizr-lite)
+done
+
+# reset the signal list
+echo "" > /var/sota/ota.signal
+
+# if there are apps added, wait for install-post signal
+# this isn't perfect and will fail if there are apps added and removed at the same time
+if [ "${APP_COUNT}" -gt "${DEFAULTAPP_COUNT}" ]; then
+    while ! grep "install-post" /var/sota/ota.signal
+    do
+        echo "Sleeping 1s"
+        sleep 1
+        cat /var/sota/ota.signal
+    done
+fi
+
+if [ "${APP_COUNT}" -eq 0 ]; then
+    # wait for check-for-update-post signal
+    while ! grep "check-for-update-post" /var/sota/ota.signal
+    do
+        echo "Sleeping 1s"
+        sleep 1
+        cat /var/sota/ota.signal
+    done
+fi
+OIFS=$IFS
+IFS=','
+for app in ${APPLIST}
+do
+    if docker ps | grep "${app}"; then
+        report_pass "${app}_running"
+    else
+        report_fail "${app}_running"
+    fi
+done
+
+IFS=$OIFS
+
+# check if the default apps are turned off
+if [ "${APP_COUNT}" -eq 0 ]; then
+    OIFS=$IFS
+    IFS=','
+    for default_app in ${DEFAULTAPPLIST}
+    do
+        DEFAULTAPP_COUNT=$((DEFAULTAPP_COUNT+1))
+        if docker ps | grep "${default_app}"; then
+            report_fail "default_after_${default_app}_running"
+        else
+            report_pass "default_after_${default_app}_running"
+        fi
+    done
+fi
+
+if [ "${DEBUG}" = "true" ]; then
+    journalctl --no-pager -u aktualizr-lite
+fi
diff --git a/automated/linux/ota-apps/switch-apps.yaml b/automated/linux/ota-apps/switch-apps.yaml
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index 000000000..ca9bd059d
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+# Copyright (C) 2024 Foundries.io
+metadata:
+    format: Lava-Test Test Definition 1.0
+    name: switch-apps
+    description: "Switch list of the active apps. Use fioconfig
+    callback handler in the process."
+
+    maintainer:
+        - milosz.wasilewski@foundries.io
+    os:
+        - openembedded
+    scope:
+        - functional
+
+    devices:
+        - imx8mm
+        - imx6ull
+
+params:
+        FORCE: "false"
+        DEFAULT_APPS: "shellhttpd"
+        NEW_APPS: "shellhttpd,testapp"
+        CONDUCTOR_URL: ""
+        DEBUG: "false"
+run:
+    steps:
+        - cd ./automated/linux/ota-apps
+        - ./switch-apps.sh -e "${DEFAULT_APPS}" -a "${NEW_APPS}" -f "${FORCE}" -u "${CONDUCTOR_URL}" -d "${DEBUG}"
+        - ../../utils/send-to-lava.sh ./output/result.txt