diff --git a/lib/KernelInterface/Project.toml b/lib/KernelInterface/Project.toml
index b88be8d6b..936a21459 100644
--- a/lib/KernelInterface/Project.toml
+++ b/lib/KernelInterface/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "KernelInterface"
 uuid = "4ee993da-d684-4d17-a7dd-4e58e78d92bf"
 authors = ["Valentin Churavy <v.churavy@gmail.com> and contributors"]
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.2.2"
 
 [compat]
 julia = "1.10"
diff --git a/lib/KernelInterface/test/events.jl b/lib/KernelInterface/test/events.jl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ff22e089
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/KernelInterface/test/events.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+# Tests for `record_event`/`wait_event`, the backend side of the protocol behind
+# `KernelAbstractions.@spawn`. The protocol is specified in KernelInterface terms, so
+# it is replayed here by hand with `Threads.@spawn`: record in the spawning task, then
+# `device!`, `wait_event` and `synchronize` in the child task.
+
+# Burns `iters` dependent steps per work-item before writing `v`. The accumulator is
+# a linear congruential step, which the compiler cannot fold away, and it feeds into
+# the store so the loop cannot be dropped. `iters` is a run-time argument so the
+# duration can be tuned below without recompiling.
+function slow_fill_kernel(A, v, iters::UInt32)
+    i = KI.get_global_id().x
+    acc = UInt32(i)
+    for k in UInt32(1):iters
+        acc = acc * 0x0019660d + k
+    end
+    if i <= length(A)
+        @inbounds A[i] = ifelse(acc == 0x12345678, -v, v)
+    end
+    return
+end
+
+function events_testsuite(backend)
+    b = backend()
+    dev = KI.device(b)
+
+    N = 64
+    A = KI.zeros(b, Float32, N)
+    slow_fill(v, iters) = KI.@kernel b numworkgroups = 1 workgroupsize = N slow_fill_kernel(A, v, UInt32(iters))
+
+    # Time a launch as the minimum of a few runs: a backend's `synchronize` may run a
+    # GC or otherwise stall once in a while, and the minimum discards that.
+    function time_launch(iters)
+        return minimum(1:3) do _
+            @elapsed begin
+                slow_fill(1.0f0, iters)
+                KI.synchronize(b)
+            end
+        end
+    end
+
+    # Tune the kernel to about 10ms per launch, after a warm-up that absorbs
+    # compilation, and queue enough launches for a couple hundred milliseconds.
+    base = 2^20
+    time_launch(base)
+    iters = clamp(round(Int, base * 0.01 / time_launch(base)), base, 2^30)
+    launches = 20
+    expected = launches * time_launch(iters)
+
+    @testset "ordered across tasks" begin
+        # The child queues nothing but the wait, so its `synchronize` can only return
+        # once the spawner's queued work has drained. A backend that forgets
+        # `wait_event` for its event type fails with a MethodError here, and a
+        # `wait_event` that does nothing returns in a few milliseconds. The clock
+        # starts before `record_event`, so a backend whose `record_event` is the
+        # default full `synchronize` passes just the same. The data check alone would
+        # not do: drivers that track hazards between command buffers (Metal, for its
+        # default buffers) order the readback after the fills without any wait.
+        #
+        # Collect beforehand so that a GC pause is unlikely to land inside the
+        # measurement and mask a missing wait.
+        GC.gc()
+        for v in 1:launches
+            slow_fill(Float32(v), iters)
+        end
+        start = time_ns()
+        ev = KI.record_event(b)
+        task = Threads.@spawn begin
+            # `wait_event` acts on the active device's queue, so select it first.
+            KI.device!(b, dev)
+            KI.wait_event(b, ev)
+            KI.synchronize(b)
+            elapsed = (time_ns() - start) / 1.0e9
+            elapsed, Array(A)
+        end
+        elapsed, result = fetch(task)
+        KI.synchronize(b)
+        # A third of the calibrated drain time leaves room for the device clocking up
+        # between calibration and this run; a missing wait is far below that.
+        @test elapsed >= expected / 3
+        @test all(==(Float32(launches)), result)
+    end
+
+    if KI.ndevices(b) > 1
+        @testset "cross-device" begin
+            # `@spawn backend device=id` records on the spawner's device and waits on
+            # another one, so a multi-device backend must accept a foreign event. The
+            # ordering itself is not observable without peer access; check that the
+            # wait is accepted and that work on the other device still runs.
+            other = mod1(dev + 1, KI.ndevices(b))
+            slow_fill(1.0f0, iters)
+            ev = KI.record_event(b)
+            task = Threads.@spawn begin
+                KI.device!(b, other)
+                KI.wait_event(b, ev)
+                B = KI.ones(b, Float32, N)
+                KI.synchronize(b)
+                Array(B)
+            end
+            @test all(==(1.0f0), fetch(task))
+            KI.synchronize(b)
+        end
+    end
+    return nothing
+end
diff --git a/lib/KernelInterface/test/testsuite.jl b/lib/KernelInterface/test/testsuite.jl
index f69841a6b..4457ef3df 100644
--- a/lib/KernelInterface/test/testsuite.jl
+++ b/lib/KernelInterface/test/testsuite.jl
@@ -27,12 +27,17 @@ end
 
 
 include("interface.jl")
+include("events.jl")
 
 function testsuite(backend, backend_str, backend_mod, AT, DAT; skip_tests = Set{String}())
     @conditional_testset "Interface" skip_tests begin
         interface_testsuite(backend, AT)
     end
 
+    @conditional_testset "Events" skip_tests begin
+        events_testsuite(backend)
+    end
+
     return
 end