@aztec/end-to-end 0.0.1-commit.b1c78909e → 0.0.1-commit.b2a5d0dd1

package/src/e2e_p2p/shared.ts

@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@ import type { Logger } from '@aztec/aztec.js/log';
 import { TxHash } from '@aztec/aztec.js/tx';
 import type { RollupCheatCodes } from '@aztec/aztec/testing';
 import type { EpochCacheInterface } from '@aztec/epoch-cache';
-import type {
-  EmpireSlashingProposerContract,
-  RollupContract,
-  TallySlashingProposerContract,
-} from '@aztec/ethereum/contracts';
+import type { RollupContract, SlashingProposerContract } from '@aztec/ethereum/contracts';
 import { EpochNumber, SlotNumber } from '@aztec/foundation/branded-types';
 import { timesAsync, unique } from '@aztec/foundation/collection';
 import { EthAddress } from '@aztec/foundation/eth-address';
@@ -22,8 +18,8 @@ import { TestContract, TestContractArtifact } from '@aztec/noir-test-contracts.j
 import { getPXEConfig, getPXEConfig as getRpcConfig } from '@aztec/pxe/server';
 import { getRoundForOffense } from '@aztec/slasher';
 import type { AztecNodeAdmin } from '@aztec/stdlib/interfaces/client';
-import type { SlashFactoryContract } from '@aztec/stdlib/l1-contracts';
 
+import { SchnorrHardcodedKeyAccountContract } from '../fixtures/schnorr_hardcoded_account_contract.js';
 import { submitTxsTo } from '../shared/submit-transactions.js';
 import { TestWallet } from '../test-wallet/test_wallet.js';
 import { type ProvenTx, proveInteraction } from '../test-wallet/utils.js';
@@ -63,7 +59,12 @@ export const submitTransactions = async (
     { ...getPXEConfig(), proverEnabled: false },
     { loggerActorLabel: 'pxe-tx' },
   );
-  const fundedAccountManager = await wallet.createSchnorrAccount(fundedAccount.secret, fundedAccount.salt);
+  const contract = new SchnorrHardcodedKeyAccountContract();
+  const fundedAccountManager = await wallet.createAccount({
+    secret: fundedAccount.secret,
+    salt: fundedAccount.salt,
+    contract,
+  });
   return submitTxsTo(wallet, fundedAccountManager.address, numTxs, logger);
 };
 
@@ -81,7 +82,12 @@ export async function prepareTransactions(
     { ...getPXEConfig(), proverEnabled: false },
     { loggerActorLabel: 'pxe-tx' },
   );
-  const fundedAccountManager = await wallet.createSchnorrAccount(fundedAccount.secret, fundedAccount.salt);
+  const accountContract = new SchnorrHardcodedKeyAccountContract();
+  const fundedAccountManager = await wallet.createAccount({
+    secret: fundedAccount.secret,
+    salt: fundedAccount.salt,
+    contract: accountContract,
+  });
 
   const testContractInstance = await getContractInstanceFromInstantiationParams(TestContractArtifact, {
     salt: Fr.random(),
@@ -99,7 +105,7 @@ export async function prepareTransactions(
 }
 
 export function awaitProposalExecution(
-  slashingProposer: EmpireSlashingProposerContract | TallySlashingProposerContract,
+  slashingProposer: SlashingProposerContract,
   timeoutSeconds: number,
   logger: Logger,
 ): Promise<bigint> {
@@ -109,24 +115,12 @@ export function awaitProposalExecution(
       reject(new Error(`Timeout waiting for proposal execution after ${timeoutSeconds}s`));
     }, timeoutSeconds * 1000);
 
-    if (slashingProposer.type === 'empire') {
-      const unwatch = slashingProposer.listenToPayloadSubmitted(args => {
-        logger.warn(`Proposal ${args.payload} from round ${args.round} executed`);
-        clearTimeout(timeout);
-        unwatch();
-        resolve(args.round);
-      });
-    } else if (slashingProposer.type === 'tally') {
-      const unwatch = slashingProposer.listenToRoundExecuted(args => {
-        logger.warn(`Slash from round ${args.round} executed`);
-        clearTimeout(timeout);
-        unwatch();
-        resolve(args.round);
-      });
-    } else {
+    const unwatch = slashingProposer.listenToRoundExecuted(args => {
+      logger.warn(`Slash from round ${args.round} executed`);
       clearTimeout(timeout);
-      reject(new Error(`Unknown slashing proposer type: ${(slashingProposer as any).type}`));
-    }
+      unwatch();
+      resolve(args.round);
+    });
   });
 }
 
@@ -245,7 +239,6 @@ export async function awaitCommitteeKicked({
   rollup,
   cheatCodes,
   committee,
-  slashFactory,
   slashingProposer,
   slashingRoundSize,
   aztecSlotDuration,
@@ -256,8 +249,7 @@ export async function awaitCommitteeKicked({
   rollup: RollupContract;
   cheatCodes: RollupCheatCodes;
   committee: readonly `0x${string}`[];
-  slashFactory: SlashFactoryContract;
-  slashingProposer: EmpireSlashingProposerContract | TallySlashingProposerContract | undefined;
+  slashingProposer: SlashingProposerContract | undefined;
   slashingRoundSize: number;
   aztecSlotDuration: number;
   aztecEpochDuration: number;
@@ -270,36 +262,14 @@ export async function awaitCommitteeKicked({
 
   await cheatCodes.debugRollup();
 
-  if (slashingProposer.type === 'empire') {
-    // Await for the slash payload to be created if empire (no payload is created on tally until execution time)
-    const targetEpoch = EpochNumber((await cheatCodes.getEpoch()) + (await rollup.getLagInEpochsForValidatorSet()) + 1);
-    logger.info(`Advancing to epoch ${targetEpoch} so we start slashing`);
-    await cheatCodes.advanceToEpoch(targetEpoch);
-
-    const slashPayloadEvents = await retryUntil(
-      async () => {
-        const events = await slashFactory.getSlashPayloadCreatedEvents();
-        return events.length > 0 ? events : undefined;
-      },
-      'slash payload created',
-      120,
-      1,
-    );
-    expect(slashPayloadEvents.length).toBe(1);
-    // The uniqueness check is needed since a validator may be slashed more than once on the same round (eg because they let two epochs be pruned)
-    expect(unique(slashPayloadEvents[0].slashes.map(slash => slash.validator.toString()))).toHaveLength(
-      committee.length,
-    );
-  } else {
-    // Use the slash offset to ensure we are in the right epoch for tally
-    const slashOffsetInRounds = await slashingProposer.getSlashOffsetInRounds();
-    const slashingRoundSizeInEpochs = slashingRoundSize / aztecEpochDuration;
-    const slashingOffsetInEpochs = Number(slashOffsetInRounds) * slashingRoundSizeInEpochs;
-    const firstEpochInOffenseRound = offenseEpoch - (offenseEpoch % slashingRoundSizeInEpochs);
-    const targetEpoch = firstEpochInOffenseRound + slashingOffsetInEpochs;
-    logger.info(`Advancing to epoch ${targetEpoch} so we start slashing`);
-    await cheatCodes.advanceToEpoch(EpochNumber(targetEpoch), { offset: -aztecSlotDuration / 2 });
-  }
+  // Use the slash offset to ensure we are in the right epoch for tally
+  const slashOffsetInRounds = await slashingProposer.getSlashOffsetInRounds();
+  const slashingRoundSizeInEpochs = slashingRoundSize / aztecEpochDuration;
+  const slashingOffsetInEpochs = Number(slashOffsetInRounds) * slashingRoundSizeInEpochs;
+  const firstEpochInOffenseRound = offenseEpoch - (offenseEpoch % slashingRoundSizeInEpochs);
+  const targetEpoch = firstEpochInOffenseRound + slashingOffsetInEpochs;
+  logger.info(`Advancing to epoch ${targetEpoch} so we start slashing`);
+  await cheatCodes.advanceToEpoch(EpochNumber(targetEpoch), { offset: -aztecSlotDuration / 2 });
 
   const attestersPre = await rollup.getAttesters();
   expect(attestersPre.length).toBe(committee.length);

package/src/fixtures/authwit_proxy.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ async function buildProxyCall(proxy: GenericProxyContract, action: ContractFunct
     return proxy.methods.forward_private_3(call.to, call.selector, call.args);
   } else if (argCount === 4) {
     return proxy.methods.forward_private_4(call.to, call.selector, call.args);
+  } else if (argCount === 5) {
+    return proxy.methods.forward_private_5(call.to, call.selector, call.args);
+  } else if (argCount === 6) {
+    return proxy.methods.forward_private_6(call.to, call.selector, call.args);
   }
   throw new Error(`No forward_private_${argCount} method on proxy`);
 }

package/src/fixtures/e2e_prover_test.ts

@@ -4,12 +4,7 @@ import { AztecAddress, EthAddress } from '@aztec/aztec.js/addresses';
 import { type Logger, createLogger } from '@aztec/aztec.js/log';
 import type { AztecNode } from '@aztec/aztec.js/node';
 import { CheatCodes } from '@aztec/aztec/testing';
-import {
-  BBCircuitVerifier,
-  type ClientProtocolCircuitVerifier,
-  QueuedIVCVerifier,
-  TestCircuitVerifier,
-} from '@aztec/bb-prover';
+import type { ClientProtocolCircuitVerifier } from '@aztec/bb-prover';
 import { BackendType, Barretenberg } from '@aztec/bb.js';
 import type { DeployAztecL1ContractsReturnType } from '@aztec/ethereum/deploy-aztec-l1-contracts';
 import { Buffer32 } from '@aztec/foundation/buffer';
@@ -68,7 +63,10 @@ export class FullProverTest {
   private provenComponents: ProvenSetup[] = [];
   private bbConfigCleanup?: () => Promise<void>;
   private acvmConfigCleanup?: () => Promise<void>;
-  circuitProofVerifier?: ClientProtocolCircuitVerifier;
+  /** Returns the proof verifier from the prover node (for test assertions). */
+  get circuitProofVerifier(): ClientProtocolCircuitVerifier | undefined {
+    return this.proverAztecNode?.getProofVerifier();
+  }
   provenAsset!: TokenContract;
   context!: EndToEndContext;
   private proverAztecNode!: AztecNodeService;
@@ -106,15 +104,13 @@ export class FullProverTest {
     await publicDeployAccounts(this.wallet, this.accounts.slice(0, 2));
 
     this.logger.info('Applying base setup: deploying token contract');
-    const {
-      receipt: { contract: asset, instance },
-    } = await TokenContract.deploy(
+    const { contract: asset, instance } = await TokenContract.deploy(
       this.wallet,
       this.accounts[0],
       FullProverTest.TOKEN_NAME,
       FullProverTest.TOKEN_SYMBOL,
       FullProverTest.TOKEN_DECIMALS,
-    ).send({ from: this.accounts[0], wait: { returnReceipt: true } });
+    ).send({ from: this.accounts[0] });
     this.logger.verbose(`Token deployed to ${asset.address}`);
 
     this.fakeProofsAsset = asset;
@@ -170,9 +166,6 @@ export class FullProverTest {
 
       await Barretenberg.initSingleton({ backend: BackendType.NativeUnixSocket });
 
-      const verifier = await BBCircuitVerifier.new(bbConfig);
-      this.circuitProofVerifier = new QueuedIVCVerifier(bbConfig, verifier);
-
       this.logger.debug(`Configuring the node for real proofs...`);
       await this.aztecNodeAdmin.setConfig({
         realProofs: true,
@@ -180,7 +173,6 @@ export class FullProverTest {
       });
     } else {
       this.logger.debug(`Configuring the node min txs per block ${this.minNumberOfTxsPerBlock}...`);
-      this.circuitProofVerifier = new TestCircuitVerifier();
       await this.aztecNodeAdmin.setConfig({
         minTxsPerBlock: this.minNumberOfTxsPerBlock,
       });
@@ -231,8 +223,11 @@ export class FullProverTest {
 
     this.logger.verbose('Starting prover node');
     const sponsoredFPCAddress = await getSponsoredFPCAddress();
-    const { prefilledPublicData } = await getGenesisValues(
+    const { genesis } = await getGenesisValues(
       this.context.initialFundedAccounts.map(a => a.address).concat(sponsoredFPCAddress),
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      this.context.genesis!.genesisTimestamp,
     );
 
     const proverNodeConfig: Parameters<typeof AztecNodeService.createAndSync>[0] = {
@@ -260,7 +255,7 @@ export class FullProverTest {
     this.proverAztecNode = await AztecNodeService.createAndSync(
       proverNodeConfig,
       { dateProvider: this.context.dateProvider, p2pClientDeps: { rpcTxProviders: [this.aztecNode] } },
-      { prefilledPublicData },
+      { genesis },
     );
     this.logger.warn(`Proofs are now enabled`, { realProofs: this.realProofs });
     return this;

package/src/fixtures/fixtures.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
+import type { AztecNode } from '@aztec/aztec.js/node';
+import type { GasFees } from '@aztec/stdlib/gas';
+
 export const METRICS_PORT = 4318;
 
+/** Default fee padding applied to predicted min fees in e2e tests. */
+export const DEFAULT_MIN_FEE_PADDING = 5;
+
+/**
+ * Large fee padding for txs that may be mined significantly later than when they were created,
+ * such as cloned txs in throughput/capacity benchmarks, where fees may spike between creation and mining.
+ */
+export const LARGE_MIN_FEE_PADDING = 15;
+
+/** Returns worst-case predicted min fees with padding applied, mirroring the BaseWallet pattern. */
+export async function getPaddedMaxFeesPerGas(node: AztecNode, padding = DEFAULT_MIN_FEE_PADDING): Promise<GasFees> {
+  const predicted = await node.getPredictedMinFees();
+  const worstCase =
+    predicted.length > 0
+      ? predicted.reduce((worst, fees) => (fees.feePerL2Gas > worst.feePerL2Gas ? fees : worst))
+      : await node.getCurrentMinFees();
+  return worstCase.mul(1 + padding);
+}
+
 export const shouldCollectMetrics = () => {
   if (process.env.COLLECT_METRICS) {
     return METRICS_PORT;

package/src/fixtures/get_bb_config.ts

@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ const {
   BB_SKIP_CLEANUP = '',
   TEMP_DIR = tmpdir(),
   BB_WORKING_DIRECTORY = '',
-  BB_NUM_IVC_VERIFIERS = '1',
+  BB_NUM_IVC_VERIFIERS = '8',
   BB_IVC_CONCURRENCY = '1',
+  BB_CHONK_VERIFY_MAX_BATCH = '16',
+  BB_CHONK_VERIFY_BATCH_CONCURRENCY = '6',
 } = process.env;
 
 export const getBBConfig = async (
@@ -41,16 +43,15 @@ export const getBBConfig = async (
     const bbSkipCleanup = ['1', 'true'].includes(BB_SKIP_CLEANUP);
     const cleanup = bbSkipCleanup ? () => Promise.resolve() : () => tryRmDir(directoryToCleanup);
 
-    const numIvcVerifiers = Number(BB_NUM_IVC_VERIFIERS);
-    const ivcConcurrency = Number(BB_IVC_CONCURRENCY);
-
     return {
       bbSkipCleanup,
       bbBinaryPath,
       bbWorkingDirectory,
       cleanup,
-      numConcurrentIVCVerifiers: numIvcVerifiers,
-      bbIVCConcurrency: ivcConcurrency,
+      numConcurrentIVCVerifiers: Number(BB_NUM_IVC_VERIFIERS),
+      bbIVCConcurrency: Number(BB_IVC_CONCURRENCY),
+      bbChonkVerifyMaxBatch: Number(BB_CHONK_VERIFY_MAX_BATCH),
+      bbChonkVerifyConcurrency: Number(BB_CHONK_VERIFY_BATCH_CONCURRENCY),
     };
   } catch (err) {
     logger.error(`Native BB not available, error: ${err}`);

package/src/fixtures/ha_setup.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { privateKeyToAccount } from 'viem/accounts';
  */
 export interface HADatabaseConfig {
   /** PostgreSQL connection URL */
-  databaseUrl: string;
+  databaseUrl: SecretValue<string>;
   /** Node ID for HA coordination */
   nodeId: string;
   /** Enable HA signing */
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ export interface HADatabaseConfig {
  * Get database configuration from environment variables
  */
 export function createHADatabaseConfig(nodeId: string): HADatabaseConfig {
-  const databaseUrl = process.env.DATABASE_URL || 'postgresql://aztec:aztec@localhost:5432/aztec_ha_test';
+  const databaseUrl = new SecretValue(
+    process.env.DATABASE_URL || 'postgresql://aztec:aztec@localhost:5432/aztec_ha_test',
+  );
 
   return {
     databaseUrl,

package/src/fixtures/schnorr_hardcoded_account_contract.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { DefaultAccountContract } from '@aztec/accounts/defaults';
+import type { ContractArtifact } from '@aztec/aztec.js/abi';
+import type { AuthWitnessProvider } from '@aztec/aztec.js/account';
+import type { CompleteAddress } from '@aztec/aztec.js/addresses';
+import { AuthWitness } from '@aztec/aztec.js/authorization';
+import type { Fr } from '@aztec/aztec.js/fields';
+import { Schnorr } from '@aztec/foundation/crypto/schnorr';
+import { GrumpkinScalar } from '@aztec/foundation/curves/grumpkin';
+import { SchnorrHardcodedAccountContractArtifact } from '@aztec/noir-contracts.js/SchnorrHardcodedAccount';
+
+/**
+ * The private key that matches the hardcoded public key in the SchnorrHardcodedAccountContract.
+ * The corresponding public key is baked into the Noir contract as a global constant.
+ */
+export const SCHNORR_HARDCODED_PRIVATE_KEY = GrumpkinScalar.fromHexString(
+  '0xd35d743ac0dfe3d6dbe6be8c877cb524a00ab1e3d52d7bada095dfc8894ccfa',
+);
+
+/**
+ * Account contract backed by the SchnorrHardcodedAccount Noir contract.
+ * This contract verifies Schnorr signatures against a public key that is hardcoded
+ * in the contract artifact (not stored in a note), so it does not require on-chain
+ * deployment or initialization. Useful for tests that need a working account without
+ * mining any blocks.
+ */
+export class SchnorrHardcodedKeyAccountContract extends DefaultAccountContract {
+  constructor(private privateKey: GrumpkinScalar = SCHNORR_HARDCODED_PRIVATE_KEY) {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  override getContractArtifact(): Promise<ContractArtifact> {
+    return Promise.resolve(SchnorrHardcodedAccountContractArtifact);
+  }
+
+  getInitializationFunctionAndArgs() {
+    return Promise.resolve(undefined);
+  }
+
+  getAuthWitnessProvider(_address: CompleteAddress): AuthWitnessProvider {
+    const privateKey = this.privateKey;
+    return {
+      async createAuthWit(messageHash: Fr): Promise<AuthWitness> {
+        const signer = new Schnorr();
+        const signature = await signer.constructSignature(messageHash.toBuffer(), privateKey);
+        return new AuthWitness(messageHash, [...signature.toBuffer()]);
+      },
+    };
+  }
+}

package/src/fixtures/setup.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import { SchnorrAccountContractArtifact } from '@aztec/accounts/schnorr';
 import { type InitialAccountData, generateSchnorrAccounts } from '@aztec/accounts/testing';
 import { type AztecNodeConfig, AztecNodeService, getConfigEnvVars } from '@aztec/aztec-node';
+import { NO_FROM } from '@aztec/aztec.js/account';
 import { AztecAddress, EthAddress } from '@aztec/aztec.js/addresses';
 import {
   BatchCall,
   type ContractFunctionInteraction,
   type ContractMethod,
+  type DeployInteractionWaitOptions,
+  type DeployOptions,
   getContractClassFromArtifact,
   waitForProven,
 } from '@aztec/aztec.js/contracts';
@@ -14,7 +17,7 @@ import { Fr } from '@aztec/aztec.js/fields';
 import { type Logger, createLogger } from '@aztec/aztec.js/log';
 import type { AztecNode } from '@aztec/aztec.js/node';
 import type { Wallet } from '@aztec/aztec.js/wallet';
-import { AnvilTestWatcher, CheatCodes } from '@aztec/aztec/testing';
+import { AnvilTestWatcher, type AnvilTestWatcherOpts, CheatCodes } from '@aztec/aztec/testing';
 import { SPONSORED_FPC_SALT } from '@aztec/constants';
 import { isAnvilTestChain } from '@aztec/ethereum/chain';
 import { createExtendedL1Client } from '@aztec/ethereum/client';
@@ -48,9 +51,10 @@ import type { ProverNodeConfig } from '@aztec/prover-node';
 import { type PXEConfig, getPXEConfig } from '@aztec/pxe/server';
 import type { SequencerClient } from '@aztec/sequencer-client';
 import { type ContractInstanceWithAddress, getContractInstanceFromInstantiationParams } from '@aztec/stdlib/contract';
-import type { AztecNodeAdmin } from '@aztec/stdlib/interfaces/client';
+import type { AztecNodeAdmin, AztecNodeDebug } from '@aztec/stdlib/interfaces/client';
 import { tryStop } from '@aztec/stdlib/interfaces/server';
 import type { PublicDataTreeLeaf } from '@aztec/stdlib/trees';
+import type { GenesisData } from '@aztec/stdlib/world-state';
 import {
   type TelemetryClient,
   type TelemetryClientConfig,
@@ -177,8 +181,11 @@ export type SetupOptions = {
   proverNodeConfig?: Partial<ProverNodeConfig>;
   /** Whether to use a mock gossip sub network for p2p clients. */
   mockGossipSubNetwork?: boolean;
+  /** Whether to add simulated latency to the mock gossipsub network (in ms) */
+  mockGossipSubNetworkLatency?: number;
   /** Whether to disable the anvil test watcher (can still be manually started) */
   disableAnvilTestWatcher?: boolean;
+  anvilTestWatcherOpts?: AnvilTestWatcherOpts;
   /** Whether to enable anvil automine during deployment of L1 contracts (consider defaulting this to true). */
   automineL1Setup?: boolean;
   /** How many accounts to seed and unlock in anvil. */
@@ -200,8 +207,11 @@ export type SetupOptions = {
   skipAccountDeployment?: boolean;
   /** L1 contracts deployment arguments. */
   l1ContractsArgs?: Partial<DeployAztecL1ContractsArgs>;
-  /** Wallet minimum fee padding multiplier (defaults to 0.5, which is 50% padding). */
+  /** Wallet minimum fee padding multiplier */
   walletMinFeePadding?: number;
+  /** Whether the initial node should be a lightweight RPC-only node (no sequencer, no validator).
+   *  Use for tests that create their own validator nodes and don't need the initial sequencer. */
+  skipInitialSequencer?: boolean;
 } & Partial<AztecNodeConfig>;
 
 /** Context for an end-to-end test as returned by the `setup` function */
@@ -209,7 +219,7 @@ export type EndToEndContext = {
   /** The Anvil instance (only set if anvil was started locally). */
   anvil: Anvil | undefined;
   /** The Aztec Node service or client a connected to it. */
-  aztecNode: AztecNode;
+  aztecNode: AztecNode & AztecNodeDebug;
   /** The Aztec Node as a service. */
   aztecNodeService: AztecNodeService;
   /** Client to the Aztec Node admin interface. */
@@ -248,8 +258,8 @@ export type EndToEndContext = {
   sequencerDelayer: Delayer | undefined;
   /** Delayer for prover node L1 txs (only when enableDelayer and startProverNode are true). */
   proverDelayer: Delayer | undefined;
-  /** Prefilled public data used for setting up nodes. */
-  prefilledPublicData: PublicDataTreeLeaf[] | undefined;
+  /** Genesis data used for setting up nodes. */
+  genesis: GenesisData | undefined;
   /** ACVM config (only set if running locally). */
   acvmConfig: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getACVMConfig>>;
   /** BB config (only set if running locally). */
@@ -275,7 +285,7 @@ export async function setup(
   let anvil: Anvil | undefined;
   try {
     opts.aztecTargetCommitteeSize ??= 0;
-    opts.slasherFlavor ??= 'none';
+    opts.slasherEnabled ??= false;
 
     const config: AztecNodeConfig & SetupOptions = { ...getConfigEnvVars(), ...opts };
     // use initialValidators for the node config
@@ -302,6 +312,8 @@ export async function setup(
       config.dataDirectory = directoryToCleanup;
     }
 
+    const dateProvider = new TestDateProvider();
+
     if (!config.l1RpcUrls?.length) {
       if (!isAnvilTestChain(chain.id)) {
         throw new Error(`No ETHEREUM_HOSTS set but non anvil chain requested`);
@@ -311,6 +323,7 @@ export async function setup(
         accounts: opts.anvilAccounts,
         port: opts.anvilPort ?? (process.env.ANVIL_PORT ? parseInt(process.env.ANVIL_PORT) : undefined),
         slotsInAnEpoch: opts.anvilSlotsInAnEpoch,
+        dateProvider,
       });
       anvil = res.anvil;
       config.l1RpcUrls = [res.rpcUrl];
@@ -322,8 +335,6 @@ export async function setup(
       logger.info(`Logging metrics to ${filename}`);
       setupMetricsLogger(filename);
     }
-
-    const dateProvider = new TestDateProvider();
     const ethCheatCodes = new EthCheatCodesWithState(config.l1RpcUrls, dateProvider);
 
     if (opts.stateLoad) {
@@ -373,10 +384,12 @@ export async function setup(
       addressesToFund.push(sponsoredFPCAddress);
     }
 
-    const { genesisArchiveRoot, prefilledPublicData, fundingNeeded } = await getGenesisValues(
+    const genesisTimestamp = BigInt(Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000));
+    const { genesisArchiveRoot, genesis, fundingNeeded } = await getGenesisValues(
       addressesToFund,
       opts.initialAccountFeeJuice,
       opts.genesisPublicData,
+      genesisTimestamp,
     );
 
     const wasAutomining = await ethCheatCodes.isAutoMining();
@@ -419,11 +432,12 @@ export async function setup(
       await ethCheatCodes.setIntervalMining(config.ethereumSlotDuration);
     }
 
-    // Always sync dateProvider to L1 time after deploying L1 contracts, regardless of mining mode.
-    // In compose mode, L1 time may have drifted ahead of system time due to the local-network watcher
-    // warping time forward on each filled slot. Without this sync, the sequencer computes the wrong
-    // slot from its dateProvider and cannot propose blocks.
-    dateProvider.setTime((await ethCheatCodes.timestamp()) * 1000);
+    // In compose mode (no local anvil), sync dateProvider to L1 time since it may have drifted
+    // ahead of system time due to the local-network watcher warping time forward on each filled slot.
+    // When running with a local anvil, the dateProvider is kept in sync via the stdout listener.
+    if (!anvil) {
+      dateProvider.setTime((await ethCheatCodes.lastBlockTimestamp()) * 1000);
+    }
 
     if (opts.l2StartTime) {
       await ethCheatCodes.warp(opts.l2StartTime, { resetBlockInterval: true });
@@ -434,6 +448,7 @@ export async function setup(
       deployL1ContractsValues.l1ContractAddresses.rollupAddress,
       deployL1ContractsValues.l1Client,
       dateProvider,
+      opts.anvilTestWatcherOpts,
     );
     if (!opts.disableAnvilTestWatcher) {
       await watcher.start();
@@ -464,7 +479,7 @@ export async function setup(
     let p2pClientDeps: P2PClientDeps | undefined = undefined;
 
     if (opts.mockGossipSubNetwork) {
-      mockGossipSubNetwork = new MockGossipSubNetwork();
+      mockGossipSubNetwork = new MockGossipSubNetwork(opts.mockGossipSubNetworkLatency);
       p2pClientDeps = { p2pServiceFactory: getMockPubSubP2PServiceFactory(mockGossipSubNetwork) };
     }
 
@@ -492,11 +507,22 @@ export async function setup(
       }
     }
 
+    // When skipInitialSequencer is set, the initial node is a lightweight RPC-only node.
+    // We apply these overrides to a copy so they don't leak into the returned config.
+    // Keep P2P enabled if mockGossipSubNetwork is used (needed for tx propagation to validators).
+    const initialNodeConfig = opts.skipInitialSequencer
+      ? {
+          ...config,
+          disableValidator: true,
+          ...(opts.mockGossipSubNetwork ? {} : { p2pEnabled: false, bootstrapNodes: [] as string[] }),
+        }
+      : config;
+
     const aztecNodeService = await withLoggerBindings({ actor: 'node-0' }, () =>
       AztecNodeService.createAndSync(
-        config,
+        initialNodeConfig,
         { dateProvider, telemetry: telemetryClient, p2pClientDeps },
-        { prefilledPublicData },
+        { genesis, dontStartSequencer: opts.skipInitialSequencer },
       ),
     );
     const sequencerClient = aztecNodeService.getSequencer();
@@ -521,7 +547,7 @@ export async function setup(
           dataDirectory: proverNodeDataDirectory,
         },
         { dateProvider, p2pClientDeps, telemetry: telemetryClient },
-        { prefilledPublicData },
+        { genesis },
       ));
     }
 
@@ -557,7 +583,9 @@ export async function setup(
 
     let accounts: AztecAddress[] = [];
 
-    if (shouldDeployAccounts) {
+    if (opts.skipInitialSequencer) {
+      logger.info('Sequencer not started on initial node, skipping block progression');
+    } else if (shouldDeployAccounts) {
       logger.info(
         `${numberOfAccounts} accounts are being deployed. Reliably progressing past genesis by setting minTxsPerBlock to 1 and waiting for the accounts to be deployed`,
       );
@@ -626,7 +654,7 @@ export async function setup(
       initialFundedAccounts,
       logger,
       mockGossipSubNetwork,
-      prefilledPublicData,
+      genesis,
       proverNode,
       sequencerDelayer,
       proverDelayer,
@@ -726,7 +754,7 @@ export function createAndSyncProverNode(
     dateProvider: DateProvider;
     p2pClientDeps?: P2PClientDeps;
   },
-  options: { prefilledPublicData: PublicDataTreeLeaf[]; dontStart?: boolean },
+  options: { genesis?: GenesisData; dontStart?: boolean },
 ): Promise<{ proverNode: AztecNodeService }> {
   return withLoggerBindings({ actor: 'prover-0' }, async () => {
     const proverNode = await AztecNodeService.createAndSync(
@@ -739,7 +767,7 @@ export function createAndSyncProverNode(
         proverPublisherPrivateKeys: [new SecretValue(proverNodePrivateKey)],
       },
       deps,
-      { ...options, dontStartProverNode: options.dontStart },
+      { genesis: options.genesis, dontStartProverNode: options.dontStart },
     );
 
     if (!proverNode.getProverNode()) {
@@ -830,7 +858,7 @@ export async function ensureAccountContractsPublished(wallet: Wallet, accountsTo
  * Returns deployed account data that can be used by tests.
  */
 export const deployAccounts =
-  (numberOfAccounts: number, logger: Logger) =>
+  (numberOfAccounts: number, logger: Logger, deployOptions?: Partial<DeployOptions<DeployInteractionWaitOptions>>) =>
   async ({ wallet, initialFundedAccounts }: { wallet: TestWallet; initialFundedAccounts: InitialAccountData[] }) => {
     if (initialFundedAccounts.length < numberOfAccounts) {
       throw new Error(`Cannot deploy more than ${initialFundedAccounts.length} initial accounts.`);
@@ -847,8 +875,9 @@ export const deployAccounts =
       );
       const deployMethod = await accountManager.getDeployMethod();
       await deployMethod.send({
-        from: AztecAddress.ZERO,
+        from: NO_FROM,
         skipClassPublication: i !== 0, // Publish the contract class at most once.
+        ...deployOptions,
       });
     }