diff --git a/build/integration/features/bootstrap/Activity.php b/build/integration/features/bootstrap/Activity.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..466b2dde14e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/integration/features/bootstrap/Activity.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+use Behat\Gherkin\Node\TableNode;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Assert;
+
+trait Activity {
+	use BasicStructure;
+
+	/**
+	 * @Then last activity should be
+	 * @param TableNode $activity
+	 */
+	public function lastActivityIs(TableNode $activity): void {
+		$this->sendRequestForJSON('GET', '/apps/activity/api/v2/activity');
+		$this->theHTTPStatusCodeShouldBe('200');
+		$data = json_decode($this->response->getBody()->getContents(), true);
+		$activities = $data['ocs']['data'];
+		$lastActivity = array_pop($activities);
+		foreach ($activity->getRowsHash() as $key => $value) {
+			Assert::assertEquals($value, $lastActivity[$key]);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/build/integration/features/bootstrap/BasicStructure.php b/build/integration/features/bootstrap/BasicStructure.php
index 57d18757212..a8c232d6fe7 100644
--- a/build/integration/features/bootstrap/BasicStructure.php
+++ b/build/integration/features/bootstrap/BasicStructure.php
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ trait BasicStructure {
 		$options = [];
 		if ($this->currentUser === 'admin') {
 			$options['auth'] = ['admin', 'admin'];
-		} elseif (strpos($this->currentUser, 'guest') !== 0) {
-			$options['auth'] = [$this->currentUser, self::TEST_PASSWORD];
+		} elseif (strpos($this->currentUser, 'anonymous') !== 0) {
+			$options['auth'] = [$this->currentUser, $this->regularUser];
 		}
 		if ($body instanceof TableNode) {
 			$fd = $body->getRowsHash();
diff --git a/build/integration/features/bootstrap/SharingContext.php b/build/integration/features/bootstrap/SharingContext.php
index d2f1a2446ae..8ef617adbfb 100644
--- a/build/integration/features/bootstrap/SharingContext.php
+++ b/build/integration/features/bootstrap/SharingContext.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class SharingContext implements Context, SnippetAcceptingContext {
 	use Trashbin;
 	use AppConfiguration;
 	use CommandLine;
+	use Activity;
 
 	protected function resetAppConfigs() {
 		$this->deleteServerConfig('core', 'shareapi_default_permissions');
diff --git a/build/integration/sharing_features/sharing-activity.feature b/build/integration/sharing_features/sharing-activity.feature
index 67f2d9fd79b..5757b210134 100644
--- a/build/integration/sharing_features/sharing-activity.feature
+++ b/build/integration/sharing_features/sharing-activity.feature
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Feature: sharing
       | notify_setting_batchtime | 0 |
       | activity_digest | 0 |
 
-  Scenario: Creating a new mail share
+  Scenario: Creating a new mail share and check activity
     Given dummy mail server is listening
     And As an "user0"
     When creating a share with
@@ -24,8 +24,13 @@ Feature: sharing
     Then the OCS status code should be "100"
     And the HTTP status code should be "200"
     And last share can be downloaded
+    Then last activity should be
+      | app | files_sharing |
+      | type | public_links |
+      | object_type | files |
+      | object_name | /welcome.txt |
 
-  Scenario: Creating a new public share
+  Scenario: Creating a new public share and check activity
     Given user "user0" exists
     And As an "user0"
     When creating a share with
@@ -34,3 +39,8 @@ Feature: sharing
     Then the OCS status code should be "100"
     And the HTTP status code should be "200"
     And last link share can be downloaded
+    Then last activity should be
+      | app | files_sharing |
+      | type | public_links |
+      | object_type | files |
+      | object_name | /welcome.txt |