diff --git a/src/webgpu/listing_meta.json b/src/webgpu/listing_meta.json
index bac7c63ca75e..dcebf8fdadc7 100644
--- a/src/webgpu/listing_meta.json
+++ b/src/webgpu/listing_meta.json
@@ -1692,6 +1692,8 @@
   "webgpu:shader,execution,shadow:loop:*": { "subcaseMS": 4.901 },
   "webgpu:shader,execution,shadow:switch:*": { "subcaseMS": 4.601 },
   "webgpu:shader,execution,shadow:while:*": { "subcaseMS": 7.400 },
+  "webgpu:shader,execution,stage:basic_compute:*": { "subcaseMS": 1.000 },
+  "webgpu:shader,execution,stage:basic_render:*": { "subcaseMS": 1.000 },
   "webgpu:shader,execution,statement,increment_decrement:frexp_exp_increment:*": { "subcaseMS": 4.700 },
   "webgpu:shader,execution,statement,increment_decrement:scalar_i32_decrement:*": { "subcaseMS": 20.301 },
   "webgpu:shader,execution,statement,increment_decrement:scalar_i32_decrement_underflow:*": { "subcaseMS": 4.900 },
diff --git a/src/webgpu/shader/execution/stage.spec.ts b/src/webgpu/shader/execution/stage.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6e06e67e3776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/webgpu/shader/execution/stage.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+export const description = `Test trivial shaders for each shader stage kind`;
+
+// There are many many more shaders executed in other tests.
+
+import { makeTestGroup } from '../../../common/framework/test_group.js';
+import { GPUTest } from '../../gpu_test.js';
+import { checkElementsEqual } from '../../util/check_contents.js';
+
+export const g = makeTestGroup(GPUTest);
+
+g.test('basic_compute')
+  .desc(`Test a trivial compute shader`)
+  .fn(async t => {
+    const code = `
+
+@group(0) @binding(0)
+var<storage, read_write> v : vec4u;
+
+@compute @workgroup_size(1)
+fn main() {
+  v = vec4u(1,2,3,42);
+}`;
+
+    const pipeline = t.device.createComputePipeline({
+      layout: 'auto',
+      compute: {
+        module: t.device.createShaderModule({
+          code,
+        }),
+        entryPoint: 'main',
+      },
+    });
+
+    const buffer = t.makeBufferWithContents(
+      new Uint32Array([0, 0, 0, 0]),
+      GPUBufferUsage.STORAGE | GPUBufferUsage.COPY_SRC | GPUBufferUsage.COPY_DST
+    );
+    t.trackForCleanup(buffer);
+
+    const bg = t.device.createBindGroup({
+      layout: pipeline.getBindGroupLayout(0),
+      entries: [
+        {
+          binding: 0,
+          resource: {
+            buffer,
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    const encoder = t.device.createCommandEncoder();
+    const pass = encoder.beginComputePass();
+    pass.setPipeline(pipeline);
+    pass.setBindGroup(0, bg);
+    pass.dispatchWorkgroups(1, 1, 1);
+    pass.end();
+    t.queue.submit([encoder.finish()]);
+
+    const bufferReadback = await t.readGPUBufferRangeTyped(buffer, {
+      srcByteOffset: 0,
+      type: Uint32Array,
+      typedLength: 4,
+      method: 'copy',
+    });
+    const got: Uint32Array = bufferReadback.data;
+    const expected = new Uint32Array([1, 2, 3, 42]);
+
+    t.expectOK(checkElementsEqual(got, expected));
+  });
+
+g.test('basic_render')
+  .desc(`Test trivial vertex and fragment shaders`)
+  .fn(t => {
+    const code = `
+@vertex
+fn vert_main(@builtin(vertex_index) idx: u32) -> @builtin(position) vec4f {
+  // A right triangle covering the whole framebuffer.
+  const pos = array(
+    vec2f(-1,-3),
+    vec2f(3,1),
+    vec2f(-1,1));
+  return vec4f(pos[idx], 0, 1);
+}
+
+@fragment
+fn frag_main() -> @location(0) vec4f {
+  return vec4(0, 1, 0, 1); // green
+}
+`;
+    const module = t.device.createShaderModule({ code });
+
+    const [width, height] = [8, 8] as const;
+    const format = 'rgba8unorm' as const;
+    const texture = t.device.createTexture({
+      size: { width, height },
+      usage:
+        GPUTextureUsage.RENDER_ATTACHMENT |
+        GPUTextureUsage.TEXTURE_BINDING |
+        GPUTextureUsage.COPY_SRC,
+      format,
+    });
+
+    // We'll copy one pixel only.
+    const dst = t.device.createBuffer({
+      size: 4,
+      usage: GPUBufferUsage.COPY_SRC | GPUBufferUsage.COPY_DST,
+    });
+
+    const pipeline = t.device.createRenderPipeline({
+      layout: 'auto',
+      vertex: { module, entryPoint: 'vert_main' },
+      fragment: { module, entryPoint: 'frag_main', targets: [{ format }] },
+    });
+
+    const encoder = t.device.createCommandEncoder();
+    const pass = encoder.beginRenderPass({
+      colorAttachments: [{ view: texture.createView(), loadOp: 'clear', storeOp: 'store' }],
+    });
+    pass.setPipeline(pipeline);
+    pass.draw(3);
+    pass.end();
+
+    encoder.copyTextureToBuffer(
+      { texture, mipLevel: 0, origin: { x: 0, y: 0, z: 0 } },
+      { buffer: dst, bytesPerRow: 256 },
+      { width: 1, height: 1, depthOrArrayLayers: 1 }
+    );
+    t.queue.submit([encoder.finish()]);
+
+    // Expect one green pixel.
+    t.expectGPUBufferValuesEqual(dst, new Uint8Array([0x00, 0xff, 0x00, 0xff]));
+  });