Jolteon e2e tests

e2e-tests/IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md

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+# Jolteon Consensus Testing Implementation Summary
+
+## Overview
+
+Based on the comprehensive Tachyeon test cases document, we have implemented a structured testing approach for the Jolteon consensus protocol. This implementation provides a foundation for systematically testing Jolteon's specific design choices, performance characteristics, and limitations.
+
+## What We've Implemented
+
+### 1. Test Infrastructure
+- **Basic Consensus Tests** (`test_jolteon_consensus.py`): Simple, foundational tests
+- **Advanced Consensus Tests** (`test_jolteon_advanced.py`): More complex protocol verification
+- **Test Runner Script** (`run_jolteon_tests.sh`): Easy execution with environment configuration
+- **Documentation** (`README_jolteon_consensus.md`): Comprehensive usage guide
+
+### 2. Test Case Mapping to Tachyeon Document
+
+#### ✅ **Phase 1: Core Protocol Functionality (Happy Path)**
+- **JOLTEON-001**: QC Formation and Round Advancement
+  - Maps to: "Leader proposes a well-formed block" and "Round Advancement"
+  - Verifies: Block proposals, QC formation, round progression
+  - Status: **IMPLEMENTED** - Basic monitoring and verification
+
+- **JOLTEON-002**: Consensus Authority Rotation  
+  - Maps to: "Leader rotation and authority management"
+  - Verifies: Proper authority rotation, consensus mechanism
+  - Status: **IMPLEMENTED** - Uses existing authority retrieval
+
+- **JOLTEON-003**: Consensus Metadata Availability
+  - Maps to: "Block structure analysis for consensus data"
+  - Verifies: Presence of QC, TC, round information in blocks
+  - Status: **IMPLEMENTED** - Exploratory block structure analysis
+
+#### 🔄 **Phase 2: Lock and Commit Rules**
+- **JOLTEON-101**: 2-Chain Commit Rule
+  - Maps to: "2-Chain Commit Rule" (core Jolteon differentiation)
+  - Verifies: Blocks committed with two adjacent certified blocks
+  - Status: **IMPLEMENTED** - Monitors consecutive certified blocks
+
+- **JOLTEON-102**: Consensus Safety Properties
+  - Maps to: "Safety (No Forks)" guarantees
+  - Verifies: No forks, sequential numbering, no duplicates
+  - Status: **IMPLEMENTED** - Historical block analysis
+
+- **JOLTEON-103**: Consensus Liveness
+  - Maps to: "Liveness (Progress under Synchrony)" guarantees
+  - Verifies: Continuous progress, round advancement, no stuck states
+  - Status: **IMPLEMENTED** - Extended monitoring and progress tracking
+
+## Implementation Strategy
+
+### **Incremental Approach**
+1. **Start Simple**: Basic functionality tests that build on existing infrastructure
+2. **Build Complexity**: Add protocol-specific tests (2-chain commit rule)
+3. **Verify Fundamentals**: Safety and liveness properties
+4. **Future Expansion**: Fault tolerance, performance, edge cases
+
+### **Why This Order?**
+- **JOLTEON-001**: Uses existing block monitoring, minimal new code
+- **JOLTEON-002**: Leverages existing authority methods
+- **JOLTEON-003**: Exploratory, helps understand implementation details
+- **JOLTEON-101**: Core Jolteon feature, medium complexity
+- **JOLTEON-102**: Fundamental consensus property, medium complexity  
+- **JOLTEON-103**: Extended monitoring, validates overall system health
+
+## Current Capabilities
+
+### **What These Tests Can Do**
+1. **Monitor Consensus State**: Track block production, round advancement
+2. **Verify Protocol Rules**: Check 2-chain commit rule compliance
+3. **Validate Safety**: Ensure no forks, proper block ordering
+4. **Assess Liveness**: Verify continuous progress and round advancement
+5. **Explore Implementation**: Understand how consensus data is stored
+
+### **What These Tests Cannot Do Yet**
+1. **Fault Tolerance**: Leader failures, network partitions
+2. **Performance Testing**: Throughput under various conditions
+3. **Edge Case Handling**: Extreme network conditions, DDoS scenarios
+4. **Cryptographic Verification**: Threshold signature validation
+5. **Network Simulation**: Controlled failure injection
+
+## Next Steps for Expansion
+
+### **Phase 3: Fault Tolerance (Recommended Next)**
+- **Timeout Mechanism Testing**: Monitor TC formation when leaders are slow
+- **Byzantine Leader Handling**: Verify progress with faulty leaders
+- **Network Partition Recovery**: Test consensus under network instability
+
+### **Phase 4: Performance and Limits**
+- **Asynchronous Condition Testing**: Verify behavior under poor network conditions
+- **DDoS Attack Simulation**: Test liveness under attack scenarios
+- **Performance Benchmarking**: Measure throughput and latency
+
+### **Phase 5: Advanced Protocol Features**
+- **Threshold Signature Verification**: Cryptographic validation of QCs/TCs
+- **View-Change Mechanism**: Test quadratic view-change under failures
+- **Configuration Parameter Testing**: Impact of n, f, timeout values
+
+## Running the Tests
+
+### **Quick Start**
+```bash
+cd e2e-tests
+
+# Run basic tests
+./run_jolteon_tests.sh basic
+
+# Run all tests in jolteon_docker environment
+./run_jolteon_tests.sh all --env jolteon_docker
+
+# Run single smoke test
+./run_jolteon_tests.sh smoke
+```
+
+### **Manual Execution**
+```bash
+# Basic tests
+pytest tests/test_jolteon_consensus.py -v -s
+
+# Advanced tests  
+pytest tests/test_jolteon_advanced.py -v -s
+
+# All Jolteon tests
+pytest tests/ -m jolteon -v -s
+```
+
+## Customization Points
+
+### **Environment-Specific Adjustments**
+- **Block Production Rate**: Modify wait times based on your network
+- **Consensus Metadata**: Adjust extraction methods for your block format
+- **Authority Verification**: Customize for your governance model
+- **RPC Endpoints**: Configure for your Jolteon implementation
+
+### **Test Parameter Tuning**
+- **Monitoring Duration**: Adjust based on consensus speed
+- **Sampling Intervals**: Modify for different network characteristics
+- **Assertion Thresholds**: Customize based on expected performance
+- **Error Handling**: Adapt for your specific failure modes
+
+## Validation and Verification
+
+### **Test Reliability**
+- **Graceful Degradation**: Tests handle missing data gracefully
+- **Comprehensive Logging**: Detailed output for debugging
+- **Error Handling**: Proper exception handling and reporting
+- **Environment Flexibility**: Works with different Jolteon setups
+
+### **Coverage Assessment**
+- **Protocol Compliance**: Tests core Jolteon features
+- **Safety Verification**: Validates fundamental consensus properties
+- **Liveness Monitoring**: Ensures continuous progress
+- **Implementation Exploration**: Discovers consensus data structure
+
+## Conclusion
+
+This implementation provides a solid foundation for testing Jolteon consensus that:
+
+1. **Builds on Existing Infrastructure**: Leverages your current e2e test framework
+2. **Follows Tachyeon Guidelines**: Implements the test cases from your document
+3. **Incremental Complexity**: Starts simple and builds toward advanced scenarios
+4. **Practical Execution**: Provides easy-to-use test runner and clear documentation
+5. **Extensible Design**: Framework for adding more complex test cases
+
+The tests are designed to be **informative** (help you understand your implementation) and **validating** (verify protocol compliance), while being **practical** to run in your Jolteon environment.
+
+Start with the basic tests to establish a foundation, then expand to advanced tests as you become more familiar with the consensus behavior. The exploratory nature of some tests will help you understand how consensus data is structured in your specific implementation.

e2e-tests/JOLTEON_LOCAL_SETUP.md

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+# Jolteon Local Environment Configuration
+
+## Overview
+
+I've successfully created a complete configuration for a local Jolteon environment that serves RPC endpoints at `127.0.0.1:9933` without requiring a Cardano node or db sync. This configuration is based on the existing Jolteon Docker environment but adapted for local development and testing.
+
+## Files Created
+
+### Configuration Files (`e2e-tests/config/substrate/`)
+
+1. **`jolteon_local_nodes.json`** - Main node configuration
+   - Configures 4 nodes (alice, bob, charlie, dave) all pointing to `127.0.0.1:9933`
+   - Uses Jolteon-specific network parameters (--testnet-magic 2)
+   - Includes all necessary node metadata (public keys, addresses, etc.)
+   - Sets `test_environment` to "jolteon_local"
+
+2. **`jolteon_local_stack.json`** - Stack configuration
+   - Configures tools to run locally without Docker containers
+   - Sets ogmios to localhost:1337
+   - Configures substrate-node and cardano-cli paths
+
+3. **`jolteon_local-ci.json`** - CI-specific overrides
+   - Ensures all nodes point to `127.0.0.1` for CI environments
+   - Minimal overrides for CI-specific configurations
+
+### Secrets Files (`e2e-tests/secrets/substrate/jolteon_local/`)
+
+1. **`jolteon_local.json`** - Main secrets file
+   - Contains wallet configurations adapted from local environment
+   - Uses Jolteon-specific addresses and keys
+   - No database or Cardano-specific secrets
+
+2. **`jolteon_local-ci.json`** - CI secrets overrides
+   - Minimal overrides for CI environment
+
+3. **`keys/`** - Directory for key files
+   - Empty directory ready for any additional key files
+
+### Documentation and Testing
+
+1. **`jolteon_local_README.md`** - Usage documentation
+   - Explains how to use the environment
+   - Lists prerequisites and requirements
+   - Provides example commands
+
+2. **`test_jolteon_local_config.py`** - Configuration validation script
+   - Verifies all configuration files can be loaded
+   - Checks that all nodes point to localhost
+   - Validates secrets directory structure
+
+3. **`test_jolteon_local_example.py`** - Example test file
+   - Demonstrates how to use the environment in tests
+   - Validates configuration correctness
+   - Shows proper test structure
+
+## Key Features
+
+### Environment Characteristics
+- **RPC Endpoint**: `127.0.0.1:9933`
+- **Network**: Testnet (--testnet-magic 2)
+- **No Cardano Node**: Environment doesn't require Cardano node or db sync
+- **No Docker**: Runs directly on localhost without containers
+- **Multiple Nodes**: All nodes point to the same localhost endpoint
+
+### Configuration Structure
+- Based on Jolteon Docker environment but simplified for local use
+- Maintains compatibility with existing test framework
+- Supports both regular and CI environments
+- Includes all necessary metadata for Jolteon-specific features
+
+## Usage
+
+### Running Tests
+```bash
+# Basic usage
+pytest --env=jolteon_local --blockchain=substrate
+
+# With CI overrides
+pytest --env=jolteon_local --blockchain=substrate --ci-run
+
+# Run specific test
+pytest --env=jolteon_local --blockchain=substrate tests/test_jolteon_local_example.py
+```
+
+### Validation
+```bash
+# Test configuration
+python e2e-tests/config/substrate/test_jolteon_local_config.py
+
+# Run example tests
+pytest --env=jolteon_local --blockchain=substrate tests/test_jolteon_local_example.py -v
+```
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+1. **Jolteon Partner Chain Node**: Must be running locally on port 9933
+2. **Network Configuration**: Node should be configured for testnet (--testnet-magic 2)
+3. **Required Tools**: `substrate-node` and optionally `cardano-cli` in PATH
+
+## Differences from Jolteon Docker Environment
+
+| Aspect | Jolteon Docker | Jolteon Local |
+|--------|----------------|---------------|
+| **Host** | DNS names (alice.jolteon.sc.iog.io) | 127.0.0.1 |
+| **Port** | 443 (HTTPS) | 9933 (HTTP) |
+| **Protocol** | HTTPS | HTTP |
+| **Docker** | Required | Not used |
+| **Cardano Node** | Included | Not required |
+| **DB Sync** | Included | Not required |
+| **Secrets** | Complex with keys | Simplified |
+
+## Next Steps
+
+1. **Start Jolteon Node**: Ensure you have a Jolteon Partner Chain node running locally
+2. **Test Configuration**: Run the validation script to verify setup
+3. **Run Tests**: Execute tests against the local environment
+4. **Customize**: Modify configuration as needed for your specific setup
+
+The configuration is now ready to use and should work seamlessly with the existing e2e test framework!