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-from std/times import inMilliseconds, initDuration, inSeconds, fromUnix
-import pkg/codex/logutils
-import ../contracts/time
-import ../contracts/deployment
-import ../codex/helpers
-import ../examples
-import ./marketplacesuite
-import ./nodeconfigs
-
-export logutils
-
-logScope:
-  topics = "integration test validation"
-
-marketplacesuite "Validation":
-  let nodes = 3
-  let tolerance = 1
-  let proofProbability = 1
-  
-  test "validator marks proofs as missing when using validation groups", NodeConfigs(
-    # Uncomment to start Hardhat automatically, typically so logs can be inspected locally
-    hardhat:
-      HardhatConfig.none,
-
-    clients:
-      CodexConfigs.init(nodes=1)
-        # .debug() # uncomment to enable console log output
-        .withLogFile() # uncomment to output log file to tests/integration/logs/<start_datetime> <suite_name>/<test_name>/<node_role>_<node_idx>.log
-        # .withLogTopics("node", "marketplace", "clock")
-        .withLogTopics("node", "purchases", "slotqueue", "market")
-        .some,
-
-    providers:
-      CodexConfigs.init(nodes=1)
-        .withSimulateProofFailures(idx=0, failEveryNProofs=1)
-        # .debug() # uncomment to enable console log output
-        # .withLogFile() # uncomment to output log file to tests/integration/logs/<start_datetime> <suite_name>/<test_name>/<node_role>_<node_idx>.log
-        # .withLogTopics("marketplace", "sales", "reservations", "node", "clock", "slotsbuilder")
-        .some,
-
-    validators:
-      CodexConfigs.init(nodes=2)
-        .withValidationGroups(groups = 2)
-        .withValidationGroupIndex(idx = 0, groupIndex = 0)
-        .withValidationGroupIndex(idx = 1, groupIndex = 1)
-        # .debug() # uncomment to enable console log output
-        .withLogFile() # uncomment to output log file to tests/integration/logs/<start_datetime> <suite_name>/<test_name>/<node_role>_<node_idx>.log
-        .withLogTopics("validator") # each topic as a separate string argument
-        .some
-  ):
-    let client0 = clients()[0].client
-    let expiry = 5.periods
-    let duration = expiry + 10.periods
-
-    var currentTime = await ethProvider.currentTime()
-    let requestEndTime = currentTime.truncate(uint64) + duration
-
-    let data = await RandomChunker.example(blocks=8)
-    
-    # TODO: better value for data.len below. This TODO is also present in
-    # testproofs.nim - we may want to address it or remove the comment.
-    createAvailabilities(data.len * 2, duration)
-
-    let cid = client0.upload(data).get
-
-    let purchaseId = await client0.requestStorage(
-      cid,
-      expiry=expiry,
-      duration=duration,
-      nodes=nodes,
-      tolerance=tolerance,
-      proofProbability=proofProbability
-    )
-    let requestId = client0.requestId(purchaseId).get
-
-    debug "validation suite", purchaseId = purchaseId.toHex, requestId = requestId
-
-    check eventually(client0.purchaseStateIs(purchaseId, "started"),
-      timeout = expiry.int * 1000)
-    
-    currentTime = await ethProvider.currentTime()
-    let secondsTillRequestEnd = (requestEndTime - currentTime.truncate(uint64)).int
-
-    debug "validation suite", secondsTillRequestEnd = secondsTillRequestEnd.seconds
-    
-    # Because of Erasure Coding, the expected number of slots being freed
-    # is tolerance + 1. When more than tolerance slots are freed, the whole
-    # request will fail. Thus, awaiting for a failing state should
-    # be sufficient to conclude that validators did their job correctly.
-    # NOTICE: We actually have to wait for the "errored" state, because
-    # immediately after withdrawing the funds the purchasing state machine
-    # transitions to the "errored" state.
-    check eventually(client0.purchaseStateIs(purchaseId, "errored"), 
-      timeout = (secondsTillRequestEnd + 60) * 1000)
-  
-  test "validator uses historical state to mark missing proofs", NodeConfigs(
-    # Uncomment to start Hardhat automatically, typically so logs can be inspected locally
-    hardhat:
-      HardhatConfig.none,
-
-    clients:
-      CodexConfigs.init(nodes=1)
-        # .debug() # uncomment to enable console log output
-        # .withLogFile() # uncomment to output log file to tests/integration/logs/<start_datetime> <suite_name>/<test_name>/<node_role>_<node_idx>.log
-        # .withLogTopics("node", "marketplace", "clock")
-        # .withLogTopics("node", "purchases", "slotqueue", "market")
-        .some,
-
-    providers:
-      CodexConfigs.init(nodes=1)
-        .withSimulateProofFailures(idx=0, failEveryNProofs=1)
-        # .debug() # uncomment to enable console log output
-        # .withLogFile() # uncomment to output log file to tests/integration/logs/<start_datetime> <suite_name>/<test_name>/<node_role>_<node_idx>.log
-        # .withLogTopics("marketplace", "sales", "reservations", "node", "clock", "slotsbuilder")
-        .some
-  ):
-    let client0 = clients()[0].client
-    let expiry = 5.periods
-    let duration = expiry + 10.periods
-
-    var currentTime = await ethProvider.currentTime()
-    let requestEndTime = currentTime.truncate(uint64) + duration
-
-    let data = await RandomChunker.example(blocks=8)
-
-    # TODO: better value for data.len below. This TODO is also present in
-    # testproofs.nim - we may want to address it or remove the comment.
-    createAvailabilities(data.len * 2, duration)
-
-    let cid = client0.upload(data).get
-
-    let purchaseId = await client0.requestStorage(
-      cid,
-      expiry=expiry,
-      duration=duration,
-      nodes=nodes,
-      tolerance=tolerance,
-      proofProbability=proofProbability
-    )
-    let requestId = client0.requestId(purchaseId).get
-
-    debug "validation suite", purchaseId = purchaseId.toHex, requestId = requestId
-
-    check eventually(client0.purchaseStateIs(purchaseId, "started"), 
-      timeout = expiry.int * 1000)
-    
-    # just to make sure we have a mined block that separates us
-    # from the block containing the last SlotFilled event
-    discard await ethProvider.send("evm_mine")
-
-    var validators = CodexConfigs.init(nodes=2)
-      .withValidationGroups(groups = 2)
-      .withValidationGroupIndex(idx = 0, groupIndex = 0)
-      .withValidationGroupIndex(idx = 1, groupIndex = 1)
-      # .debug() # uncomment to enable console log output
-      .withLogFile() # uncomment to output log file to:
-      # tests/integration/logs/<start_datetime> <suite_name>/<test_name>/<node_role>_<node_idx>.log
-      .withLogTopics("validator") # each topic as a separate string argument
-    
-    failAndTeardownOnError "failed to start validator nodes":
-      for config in validators.configs.mitems:
-        let node = await startValidatorNode(config)
-        running.add RunningNode(
-          role: Role.Validator,
-          node: node
-        )
-    
-    currentTime = await ethProvider.currentTime()
-    let secondsTillRequestEnd = (requestEndTime - currentTime.truncate(uint64)).int
-
-    debug "validation suite", secondsTillRequestEnd = secondsTillRequestEnd.seconds
-    
-    # Because of Erasure Coding, the expected number of slots being freed
-    # is tolerance + 1. When more than tolerance slots are freed, the whole
-    # request will fail. Thus, awaiting for a failing state should
-    # be sufficient to conclude that validators did their job correctly.
-    # NOTICE: We actually have to wait for the "errored" state, because
-    # immediately after withdrawing the funds the purchasing state machine
-    # transitions to the "errored" state.
-    check eventually(client0.purchaseStateIs(purchaseId, "errored"), 
-      timeout = (secondsTillRequestEnd + 60) * 1000)