Ledger API testing

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ToDos

• Check existing ledger api tests, what is covered and what is not
• Add tests of functionalities that are not covered.

Acceptance Criteria

• Planning document listing new tests to add on top of existing tests
• Report on the new tests and verification of the existing tests, and their correctness (PR merge remaining)

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To be discussed with @nabinpkl on the details

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• Verification of existing tests using Cardano Ledger api - using cardano-cli
• Constitution hash tests, cold, hotkey pair tests, same hashes can be generated and hashes can be verified - Already included
• Authorization certification, Vote delegation certification, drep registration certifications tests - All attributes are checked on already included tests
• Drep tests and user delegation tests via ledger - using cli - some dreps tests are added from our side too
• Governance tests on interfaces exposed from cardano ledger api - tests using cli
• View vote/governance actions files - view tests already included
• Query governance, DrepState, committee state exposed from cardano ledger api - Query via cli already included
• Automatic expiration for committee members check - Already included
• Tests for info, update committee, constitution, no-confidence, withdrawal, update protocol params on cardano ledger level - - - - Validated using cli , some gov actions are limited on node 8.11
• Terms check for Constitutional committee - Validated on node 8.9.2
• Resignation check for committee member - Validated
• Abstain and no-confidence check via ledger - using cli - validated
• Governance action submission check - using cli - validated
• Gov actions epoch boundaries check - using cli- validated - info not working
• Protocol params updation check for each of the protocol params updated are being reflected - all ppparams have been checked and already included
• Governance actions are in ordered - Not applicable as they are accepted as transaction are accepted no specific ordering
• Duplicated committee members are avoided on the ledger level - Already included

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Scope

Using cardano-cli (in cardano-node-tests) validate all the governance related actions and user scenarios.

ToDos Remaining

• Use Always pass and Always Fail plutus script to register and retire drep
• Verification of plutus Script for ada-holder delegation to drep
• Consitution script (Skipped on 8.11 - Not allowed on bootstrap phase)
• CC scripts (Skipped on 8.11 - Not allowed on bootstrap phase

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To use drep scripts we need this PR merged to cluster lib: input-output-hk/cardano-clusterlib-py#243

PR for cardano-node-tests repo: IntersectMBO/cardano-node-tests#2444

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Related PR:

• Addition of Conway Tests related to delegation changes, drep multiple registration, deposit returns. IntersectMBO/cardano-node-tests#2444

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@nabinpkl is this ready with cardano-node 8.12.0?

[nabinpkl]

Drep scripts tests using plutus has been added in the cardano-node-tests by intersect team.

IntersectMBO/cardano-node-tests#2464