Important
This repository has been renamed from era-test-node to anvil-zksync. All references to the previous name have been updated to reflect this change.
This crate provides an in-memory node that supports forking the state from other networks.
The goal of this crate is to offer a fast solution for integration testing, bootloader and system contract testing, and prototyping.
🔗 For a detailed walkthrough, refer to the following resources:
anvil-zksync
is designed for local testing and uses an in-memory database for storing state information. It also employs simplified hashmaps for tracking blocks and transactions. When in fork mode, it fetches missing storage data from a remote source if not available locally. Additionally, it uses the remote server (openchain) to resolve the ABI and topics to human-readable names.
🚫 Limitations | ✅ Features |
---|---|
Cannot fork state with L1-L2 communication | Can fork the state of mainnet, testnet, or custom network. |
Limited support for accessing historical data. | Uses local bootloader and system contracts. |
Only one block allowed per Layer 1 batch. | Operates deterministically in non-fork mode. |
Redeploy requires MetaMask cache reset. | Supports hardhat's console.log debugging. |
Resolves names of ABI functions and Events using openchain. | |
Can replay existing mainnet or testnet transactions. | |
Starts up quickly with pre-configured 'rich' accounts. |
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Rust:
anvil-zksync
is written in Rust. Ensure you have Rust installed on your machine. Download Rust here. -
Other Dependencies: This crate relies on rocksDB. If you face any compile errors due to rocksDB, install the necessary dependencies with:
apt-get install -y cmake pkg-config libssl-dev clang
- Install via
foundryup-zksync
as described here:
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/matter-labs/foundry-zksync/main/install-foundry-zksync | bash
This will install forge
, cast
and anvil-zksync
.
- Start the node:
anvil-zksync
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Download
anvil-zksync
from latest Release -
Extract the binary and mark as executable:
tar xz -f anvil-zksync.tar.gz -C /usr/local/bin/ chmod +x /usr/local/bin/anvil-zksync
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Start the node:
anvil-zksync
- Compile Rust project and start the node:
make run
anvil-zksync
supports L1-L2 communication by either spawning a new Anvil L1 node or using an existing one.
Use the --spawn-l1
flag to launch an Anvil L1 node on a specified port (defaults to 8012
if no port is provided):
anvil-zksync --spawn-l1
# or specify a different port:
anvil-zksync --spawn-l1 9000
This command relies on Anvil being installed. To install Anvil, please refer to documentation here.
If you already have an Anvil L1 node running, ensure it was started with the --no-request-size-limit
option:
anvil --no-request-size-limit
Then, provide its JSON-RPC endpoint to anvil-zksync
via:
anvil-zksync --external-l1 http://localhost:8545
Note: The
--spawn-l1
and--external-l1
flags cannot be used together because they are mutually exclusive.
The system contract within the node can be specified via the --dev-system-contracts
option.
It can take one of the following options:
built-in
: Use the compiled built-in contractsbuilt-in-no-verify
: Use the compiled built-in contracts, but without signature verificationlocal
: Load contracts fromZKSYNC_HOME
The node may be started in either of debug
, info
, warn
or error
logging levels via the --log
option:
anvil-zksync --log=error run
Additionally, the file path can be provided via the --log-file-path
option (defaults to ./anvil-zksync.log
):
anvil-zksync --log=error --log-file-path=run.log run
The logging can be configured during runtime via the config_setLogLevel
and config_setLogging
methods.
Anonymous usage data is collected only if you opt in when first prompted. You can opt out at any time by editing or removing the telemetry configuration file:
-
macOS (Darwin):
$HOME/Library/Application Support/com.matter-labs.zksync-tooling/telemetry.json
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Linux:
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/zksync-tooling/telemetry.json or $HOME/.config/zksync-tooling/telemetry.json
What we collect:
- Basic usage statistics
- Error reports
- Platform information
What we do NOT collect:
- Personal information
- Sensitive configuration
- Private keys or addresses
The node will cache certain network request by default to disk in the .cache
directory. Alternatively the caching can be disabled or set to in-memory only
via the --cache=none|memory|disk
parameter.
anvil-zksync --cache=none run
anvil-zksync --cache=memory run
Additionally when using --cache=disk
, the cache directory may be specified via --cache-dir
and the cache may
be reset on startup via --reset-cache
parameters.
anvil-zksync --cache=disk --cache-dir=/tmp/foo --reset-cache run
- L2 RPC: http://localhost:8011
- Network Id: 260
Note: The existing implementation does not support communication with Layer 1. As a result, an L1 RPC is not available.
To fork the mainnet:
# Available options mainnet, sepolia-testnet, abstract, abstract-testnet
anvil-zksync fork --fork-url mainnet
If you wish to replay a remote transaction locally for deep debugging, use the following command:
anvil-zksync replay_tx --fork-url <network> <transaction_hash>
Example:
anvil-zksync --show-calls=all --resolve-hashes=true replay_tx --fork-url sepolia-testnet \
0x0d53f06d3f3734d1f2dd6456c2f9de05d333be0b83ea6caed2a52f4103849fe4
You can also replace / override the contract bytecode with the local version. This is especially useful if you are replaying some mainnet transactions and would like to see how they would behave on the different bytecode. Or when you want to fork mainnet to see how your code would behave on mainnet state.
You have to prepare a directory, with files in format 0xabc..93f.json
that contain the json outputs that you can get from zkout directories from your compiler.
Then you have to add --override-bytecodes-dir=XX
flag to point at that directory. See the example_override
dir for more details.
anvil-zksync --override-bytecodes-dir=example_override --show-storage-logs all fork --fork-url mainnet
You can send network calls against a running anvil-zksync
. For example, to check the testnet LINK balance or mainnet USDT, use curl
or foundry-zksync
.
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_call","params":[{"to":"0x40609141Db628BeEE3BfAB8034Fc2D8278D0Cc78", "data":"0x06fdde03"}, "latest"],"id":1}' http://localhost:8011
By default, the tool is just printing the basic information about the executed transactions (like status, gas used etc).
To dive deeper into execution details, incremental verbosity flags can now be used to unlock rich debugging output.
Use the -v
flag repeatedly (-vv
, -vvv
, etc.) to increase the level of detail shown in logs. Each level adds more granular VM tracing insights:
-vv
: User-level calls, User L1-L2 logs, and event traces
-vvv
:Adds system-level calls, System logs, and event traces
-vvvv
: Includes system and user calls, system and user events, and precompiles
anvil-zksync -vv \
replay_tx --fork-url sepolia-testnet \
0x7119045573862797257e4441ff48bf5a3bc4d133a00d167c18dc955eda12cfac
✅ [SUCCESS] Hash: 0x7119045573862797257e4441ff48bf5a3bc4d133a00d167c18dc955eda12cfac
Initiator: 0x4eaf936c172b5e5511959167e8ab4f7031113ca3
Payer: 0x4eaf936c172b5e5511959167e8ab4f7031113ca3
Gas Limit: 2_487_330 | Used: 127_813 | Refunded: 2_359_517
Paid: 0.0000242845 ETH (127813 gas * 0.19000000 gwei)
Refunded: 0.0004483082 ETH
Traces:
[18539] 0x4eaf936c172b5e5511959167e8ab4f7031113ca3::validateTransaction(0x7119045573862797257e4441ff48bf5a3bc4d133a00d167c18dc955eda12cfac, 0x89c19e9b41956859a89a7a263bcefdc9f7836a4001b258f8e5d23d2df73d201e, (2, 449216752821327364111873762331949023955812170915 [4.492e47], 532713687062943204947393888873391921348219087663 [5.327e47], 2487330 [2.487e6], 50000 [5e4], 1380000000 [1.38e9], 1000000000 [1e9], 0, 26, 40804000000000008 [4.08e16], [0, 0, 0, 0], 0x, 0x52da4d91f482131dde68bc08f1a1d8ebb3297ed7ac94e70e9f0f0270dc3c8f8b5b1f0a2e1cfcae078251d507f80fee2f8434af2b199b44536d21a7d72fb779771b, [], 0x, 0x))
└─ ← [Success] 202bcce700000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
[8497] 0x4eaf936c172b5e5511959167e8ab4f7031113ca3::payForTransaction(0x7119045573862797257e4441ff48bf5a3bc4d133a00d167c18dc955eda12cfac, 0x89c19e9b41956859a89a7a263bcefdc9f7836a4001b258f8e5d23d2df73d201e, (2, 449216752821327364111873762331949023955812170915 [4.492e47], 532713687062943204947393888873391921348219087663 [5.327e47], 2487330 [2.487e6], 50000 [5e4], 1380000000 [1.38e9], 1000000000 [1e9], 0, 26, 40804000000000008 [4.08e16], [0, 0, 0, 0], 0x, 0x52da4d91f482131dde68bc08f1a1d8ebb3297ed7ac94e70e9f0f0270dc3c8f8b5b1f0a2e1cfcae078251d507f80fee2f8434af2b199b44536d21a7d72fb779771b, [], 0x, 0x))
└─ ← [Success]
[10622] 0x4eaf936c172b5e5511959167e8ab4f7031113ca3::executeTransaction(0x7119045573862797257e4441ff48bf5a3bc4d133a00d167c18dc955eda12cfac, 0x89c19e9b41956859a89a7a263bcefdc9f7836a4001b258f8e5d23d2df73d201e, (2, 449216752821327364111873762331949023955812170915 [4.492e47], 532713687062943204947393888873391921348219087663 [5.327e47], 2487330 [2.487e6], 50000 [5e4], 1380000000 [1.38e9], 1000000000 [1e9], 0, 26, 40804000000000008 [4.08e16], [0, 0, 0, 0], 0x, 0x52da4d91f482131dde68bc08f1a1d8ebb3297ed7ac94e70e9f0f0270dc3c8f8b5b1f0a2e1cfcae078251d507f80fee2f8434af2b199b44536d21a7d72fb779771b, [], 0x, 0x))
├─ [204] 0x5d4fb5385ed95b65d1cd6a10ed9549613481ab2f::fallback{value: 40804000000000008}() [mimiccall]
│ └─ ← [Success]
└─ ← [Success] 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
You can use the following options to get more granular information during transaction processing:
-
--show-storage-logs <SHOW_STORAGE_LOGS>
: Show storage log information. [default: none] [possible values: none, read, paid, write, all] -
--show-vm-details <SHOW_VM_DETAILS>
: Show VM details information. [default: none] [possible values: none, all] -
--show-gas-details <SHOW_GAS_DETAILS>
: Show Gas details information. [default: none] [possible values: none, all]
Example:
anvil-zksync --show-storage-logs=all --show-vm-details=all --show-gas-details=all run
For testing and development purposes, the anvil-zksync
comes pre-configured with a set of 'rich' wallets. These wallets are loaded with test funds, allowing you to simulate transactions and interactions without the need for real assets.
Here's a list of the available rich wallets:
Rich Accounts
========================
(0) 0xf39Fd6e51aad88F6F4ce6aB8827279cffFb92266 (10000 ETH)
(1) 0x70997970C51812dc3A010C7d01b50e0d17dc79C8 (10000 ETH)
(2) 0x3C44CdDdB6a900fa2b585dd299e03d12FA4293BC (10000 ETH)
(3) 0x90F79bf6EB2c4f870365E785982E1f101E93b906 (10000 ETH)
(4) 0x15d34AAf54267DB7D7c367839AAf71A00a2C6A65 (10000 ETH)
(5) 0x9965507D1a55bcC2695C58ba16FB37d819B0A4dc (10000 ETH)
(6) 0x976EA74026E726554dB657fA54763abd0C3a0aa9 (10000 ETH)
(7) 0x14dC79964da2C08b23698B3D3cc7Ca32193d9955 (10000 ETH)
(8) 0x23618e81E3f5cdF7f54C3d65f7FBc0aBf5B21E8f (10000 ETH)
(9) 0xa0Ee7A142d267C1f36714E4a8F75612F20a79720 (10000 ETH)
Feel free to use these wallets in your tests, but remember, they are for development purposes only and should not be used in production or with real assets.
See our list of Supported APIs here.
A GitHub Action is available for integrating anvil-zksync
into your CI/CD environments. This action offers high configurability and streamlines the process of testing your applications in an automated way.
You can find this GitHub Action in the marketplace here.
Below is an example yaml
configuration to use the anvil-zksync
GitHub Action in your workflow:
name: Run anvil-zksync Action
on:
push:
branches: [ main ]
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Run anvil-zksync
uses: dutterbutter/anvil-zksync-action@latest
We welcome contributions from the community! If you're interested in contributing to the anvil-zksync, please take a look at our CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines and details on the process.
Thank you for making anvil-zksync better! 🙌