@pkcprotocol/pkc-js 0.0.11

package/dist/browser/test/test-util.js

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+import PKCIndex from "../index.js";
+import { calculateStringSizeSameAsIpfsAddCidV0, removeUndefinedValuesRecursively, retryKuboIpfsAdd, timestamp } from "../util.js";
+import { getCommunityAddressFromRecord } from "../publications/publication-community.js";
+import assert from "assert";
+import { stringify as deterministicStringify } from "safe-stable-stringify";
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
+import { createMockPubsubClient } from "./mock-ipfs-client.js";
+import Logger from "../logger.js";
+import * as remeda from "remeda";
+import { LocalCommunity } from "../runtime/browser/community/local-community.js";
+import { findUpdatingComment, findUpdatingCommunity } from "../pkc/tracked-instance-registry-util.js";
+import pTimeout from "p-timeout";
+import { signComment, _signJson, signCommentEdit, cleanUpBeforePublishing, _signPubsubMsg, signChallengeVerification, signCommunity } from "../signer/signatures.js";
+import { findCommentInHierarchicalPageIpfsRecursively, findCommentInPageInstance, mapPageIpfsCommentToPageJsonComment, TIMEFRAMES_TO_SECONDS } from "../pages/util.js";
+import { importSignerIntoKuboNode } from "../runtime/browser/util.js";
+import { getIpfsKeyFromPrivateKey, getPKCAddressFromPublicKeySync } from "../signer/util.js";
+import { Buffer } from "buffer";
+import { encryptEd25519AesGcm, encryptEd25519AesGcmPublicKeyBuffer } from "../signer/encryption.js";
+import env from "../version.js";
+import { PKCError } from "../pkc-error.js";
+import last from "it-last";
+import { buildRuntimeAuthor } from "../publications/publication-author.js";
+const defaultMockResolverRecords = new Map([
+    ["plebbit.eth", "12D3KooWNMYPSuNadceoKsJ6oUQcxGcfiAsHNpVTt1RQ1zSrKKpo"],
+    ["plebbit.bso", "12D3KooWNMYPSuNadceoKsJ6oUQcxGcfiAsHNpVTt1RQ1zSrKKpo"],
+    ["rpc-edit-test.eth", "12D3KooWMZPQsQdYtrakc4D1XtzGXwN1X3DBnAobcCjcPYYXTB6o"],
+    ["rpc-edit-test.bso", "12D3KooWMZPQsQdYtrakc4D1XtzGXwN1X3DBnAobcCjcPYYXTB6o"],
+    // Resolves to signers[0] — used by key migration tests where record is signed by a different key
+    ["migration-test.bso", "12D3KooWN5rLmRJ8fWMwTtkDN7w2RgPPGRM4mtWTnfbjpi1Sh7zR"],
+    ["migrating.bso", "12D3KooWN5rLmRJ8fWMwTtkDN7w2RgPPGRM4mtWTnfbjpi1Sh7zR"],
+    // Resolves to signers[3] but record has name "plebbit.bso" — used by name mismatch rejection test
+    ["wrong-name.bso", "12D3KooWNMYPSuNadceoKsJ6oUQcxGcfiAsHNpVTt1RQ1zSrKKpo"],
+    // Resolves to signers[4] — used by resolver tests where client signs with signers[6] but server resolves to a different key
+    ["testgibbreish.bso", "12D3KooWJrsheZoiATwG4Z6EJpNqo1v11wpHLcnMECqa4mneZiho"]
+]);
+function getMockResolverRecord(records, name) {
+    if (records instanceof Map)
+        return { found: records.has(name), value: records.get(name) };
+    if (records && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(records, name))
+        return { found: true, value: records[name] };
+    return { found: false, value: undefined };
+}
+export function createMockNameResolver({ records, includeDefaultRecords = false, key = "mock-resolver", provider = "mock", canResolve, resolveFunction } = {}) {
+    return {
+        key,
+        canResolve: canResolve || (() => true),
+        resolve: resolveFunction ||
+            (async ({ name }) => {
+                console.log(`Attempting to mock resolve address (${name})`);
+                const record = getMockResolverRecord(records, name);
+                if (record.found)
+                    return record.value ? { publicKey: record.value } : undefined;
+                const defaultRecord = includeDefaultRecords ? getMockResolverRecord(defaultMockResolverRecords, name) : undefined;
+                if (defaultRecord?.found)
+                    return defaultRecord.value ? { publicKey: defaultRecord.value } : undefined;
+                return undefined;
+            }),
+        provider
+    };
+}
+export function createPendingApprovalChallenge(overrides = {}) {
+    const { options, exclude, ...rest } = overrides;
+    return {
+        ...rest,
+        name: rest.name ?? "question",
+        options: {
+            question: "Pending approval password?",
+            answer: "pending",
+            ...(options ?? {})
+        },
+        pendingApproval: rest.pendingApproval ?? true,
+        exclude: exclude ?? [{ role: ["moderator"] }]
+    };
+}
+function generateRandomTimestamp(parentTimestamp) {
+    const [lowerLimit, upperLimit] = [typeof parentTimestamp === "number" && parentTimestamp > 2 ? parentTimestamp : 2, timestamp()];
+    let randomTimestamp = -1;
+    while (randomTimestamp === -1) {
+        const randomTimeframeIndex = (remeda.keys.strict(TIMEFRAMES_TO_SECONDS).length * Math.random()) << 0;
+        const tempTimestamp = lowerLimit + Object.values(TIMEFRAMES_TO_SECONDS)[randomTimeframeIndex];
+        if (tempTimestamp >= lowerLimit && tempTimestamp <= upperLimit)
+            randomTimestamp = tempTimestamp;
+    }
+    return randomTimestamp;
+}
+export async function generateMockPost({ communityAddress, pkc, randomTimestamp = false, postProps = {} }) {
+    const postTimestamp = (randomTimestamp && generateRandomTimestamp()) || timestamp();
+    const postStartTestTime = Date.now() / 1000 + Math.random();
+    const signer = postProps?.signer || (await pkc.createSigner());
+    const baseProps = {
+        communityAddress,
+        author: { displayName: `Mock Author - ${postStartTestTime}` },
+        title: `Mock Post - ${postStartTestTime}`,
+        content: `Mock content - ${postStartTestTime}`,
+        signer,
+        timestamp: postTimestamp
+    };
+    const finalPostProps = remeda.mergeDeep(baseProps, postProps);
+    const post = await pkc.createComment(finalPostProps);
+    return post;
+}
+// TODO rework this
+export async function generateMockComment(parentPostOrComment, pkc, randomTimestamp = false, commentProps = {}) {
+    const commentTimestamp = (randomTimestamp && generateRandomTimestamp(parentPostOrComment.timestamp)) || timestamp();
+    const commentTime = Date.now() / 1000 + Math.random();
+    const signer = commentProps?.signer || (await pkc.createSigner());
+    const comment = await pkc.createComment({
+        author: { displayName: `Mock Author - ${commentTime}` },
+        signer: signer,
+        content: `Mock comment - ${commentTime}`,
+        parentCid: parentPostOrComment.cid,
+        postCid: parentPostOrComment.postCid,
+        communityAddress: getCommunityAddressFromRecord(parentPostOrComment),
+        timestamp: commentTimestamp,
+        ...commentProps
+    });
+    return comment;
+}
+export async function generateMockVote(parentPostOrComment, vote, pkc, signer) {
+    const voteTime = Date.now() / 1000;
+    const commentCid = parentPostOrComment.cid;
+    if (typeof commentCid !== "string")
+        throw Error(`generateMockVote: commentCid (${commentCid}) is not a valid CID`);
+    signer = signer || (await pkc.createSigner());
+    const voteObj = await pkc.createVote({
+        author: { displayName: `Mock Author - ${voteTime}` },
+        signer: signer,
+        commentCid,
+        vote,
+        communityAddress: getCommunityAddressFromRecord(parentPostOrComment)
+    });
+    return voteObj;
+}
+export async function loadAllPages(pageCid, pagesInstance) {
+    if (!pageCid)
+        throw Error("Can't load all pages with undefined pageCid");
+    let sortedCommentsPage = await pagesInstance.getPage({ cid: pageCid });
+    let sortedComments = sortedCommentsPage.comments;
+    while (sortedCommentsPage.nextCid) {
+        sortedCommentsPage = await pagesInstance.getPage({ cid: sortedCommentsPage.nextCid });
+        sortedComments = sortedComments.concat(sortedCommentsPage.comments);
+    }
+    return sortedComments;
+}
+export async function loadAllPagesBySortName(pageSortName, pagesInstance) {
+    if (!pageSortName)
+        throw Error("Can't load all pages with undefined pageSortName");
+    if (Object.keys(pagesInstance.pageCids).length === 0 && pagesInstance.pages && pagesInstance.pages[pageSortName])
+        return pagesInstance.pages[pageSortName].comments;
+    let sortedCommentsPage = (pagesInstance.pages && pagesInstance.pages[pageSortName]) ||
+        (await pagesInstance.getPage({ cid: pagesInstance.pageCids[pageSortName] }));
+    let sortedComments = sortedCommentsPage.comments;
+    while (sortedCommentsPage.nextCid) {
+        sortedCommentsPage = await pagesInstance.getPage({ cid: sortedCommentsPage.nextCid });
+        //@ts-expect-error
+        sortedComments = sortedComments.concat(sortedCommentsPage.comments);
+    }
+    return sortedComments;
+}
+export async function loadAllUniquePostsUnderCommunity(community) {
+    if (Object.keys(community.posts.pageCids).length === 0 && Object.keys(community.posts.pages).length === 0)
+        return [];
+    const allCommentsInPreloadedPages = Object.keys(community.posts.pageCids).length === 0 && Object.keys(community.posts.pages).length > 0;
+    if (allCommentsInPreloadedPages) {
+        const allComments = community.posts.pages.hot?.comments;
+        if (!allComments)
+            throw Error("No comments found under community.posts.pages.hot");
+        return allComments;
+    }
+    else {
+        // we have multiple pages, need to load all pages and merge them
+        return loadAllPages(community.posts.pageCids.new, community.posts);
+    }
+}
+export async function loadAllUniqueCommentsUnderCommentInstance(comment) {
+    if (Object.keys(comment.replies.pageCids).length === 0 && Object.keys(comment.replies.pages).length === 0)
+        throw Error("Comment replies instance has no comments under it");
+    const allCommentsInPreloadedPages = Object.keys(comment.replies.pageCids).length === 0 && Object.keys(comment.replies.pages).length > 0;
+    if (allCommentsInPreloadedPages) {
+        const allComments = comment.replies.pages.best?.comments;
+        if (!allComments)
+            throw Error("No comments found under comment.replies.pages.best");
+        return allComments;
+    }
+    else {
+        // we have multiple pages, need to load all pages and merge them
+        return loadAllPages(comment.replies.pageCids.new, comment.replies);
+    }
+}
+async function _mockCommunityPKC(signer, pkcOptions) {
+    const pkc = await mockPKC({ ...pkcOptions, pubsubKuboRpcClientsOptions: ["http://localhost:15002/api/v0"] }, true);
+    return pkc;
+}
+async function _startMathCliCommunity(signer, pkc) {
+    const community = await pkc.createCommunity({ signer });
+    await community.edit({ settings: { challenges: [{ name: "question", options: { question: "1+1=?", answer: "2" } }] } });
+    await community.start();
+    return community;
+}
+async function _startEnsCommunity(signers, pkc) {
+    const signer = await pkc.createSigner(signers[3]);
+    const community = (await createSubWithNoChallenge({ signer }, pkc));
+    await community.edit({
+        roles: {
+            [signers[1].address]: { role: "owner" },
+            [signers[2].address]: { role: "admin" },
+            [signers[3].address]: { role: "moderator" }
+        }
+    });
+    await community.start();
+    await community.edit({ address: "plebbit.bso" });
+    assert.equal(community.address, "plebbit.bso");
+    return community;
+}
+async function _publishPosts(communityAddress, numOfPosts, pkc) {
+    return Promise.all(new Array(numOfPosts).fill(null).map(() => publishRandomPost({ communityAddress, pkc })));
+}
+async function _publishReplies(parentComment, numOfReplies, pkc) {
+    return Promise.all(new Array(numOfReplies).fill(null).map(() => publishRandomReply({ parentComment, pkc })));
+}
+async function _publishVotesOnOneComment(comment, votesPerCommentToPublish, pkc) {
+    return Promise.all(new Array(votesPerCommentToPublish).fill(null).map(() => publishVote({
+        commentCid: comment.cid,
+        communityAddress: comment.communityAddress,
+        vote: Math.random() > 0.5 ? 1 : -1,
+        pkc
+    })));
+}
+async function _publishVotes(comments, votesPerCommentToPublish, pkc) {
+    const votes = remeda.flattenDeep(await Promise.all(comments.map((comment) => _publishVotesOnOneComment(comment, votesPerCommentToPublish, pkc))));
+    assert.equal(votes.length, votesPerCommentToPublish * comments.length);
+    console.log(`${votes.length} votes for ${comments.length} ${comments[0].depth === 0 ? "posts" : "replies"} have been published`);
+    return votes;
+}
+async function _populateCommunity(community, props) {
+    await community.edit({
+        roles: {
+            [props.signers[1].address]: { role: "owner" },
+            [props.signers[2].address]: { role: "admin" },
+            [props.signers[3].address]: { role: "moderator" }
+        }
+    });
+    if (props.numOfPostsToPublish === 0)
+        return;
+    await new Promise((resolve) => community.once("update", resolve));
+    const posts = await _publishPosts(community.address, props.numOfPostsToPublish, community._pkc); // If no comment[] is provided, we publish posts
+    console.log(`Have successfully published ${posts.length} posts`);
+    const replies = await _publishReplies(posts[0], props.numOfCommentsToPublish, community._pkc);
+    console.log(`Have sucessfully published ${replies.length} replies`);
+    const postVotes = await _publishVotes(posts, props.votesPerCommentToPublish, community._pkc);
+    console.log(`Have sucessfully published ${postVotes.length} votes on ${posts.length} posts`);
+    const repliesVotes = await _publishVotes(replies, props.votesPerCommentToPublish, community._pkc);
+    console.log(`Have successfully published ${repliesVotes.length} votes on ${replies.length} replies`);
+}
+export async function startOnlineCommunity() {
+    const onlinePKC = await createOnlinePKC();
+    const onlineCommunity = await onlinePKC.createCommunity(); // Will create a new community that is on the ipfs network
+    await onlineCommunity.edit({ settings: { challenges: [{ name: "question", options: { question: "1+1=?", answer: "2" } }] } });
+    await onlineCommunity.start();
+    await new Promise((resolve) => onlineCommunity.once("update", resolve));
+    console.log("Online community is online on address", onlineCommunity.address);
+    return onlineCommunity;
+}
+export async function startCommunities(props) {
+    const pkc = await _mockCommunityPKC(props.signers, {
+        ...remeda.pick(props, ["noData", "dataPath"]),
+        publishInterval: 1000,
+        updateInterval: 1000
+    });
+    const mainCommunity = (await createSubWithNoChallenge({ signer: props.signers[0] }, pkc)); // most publications will be on this community
+    // Enable flair features and set allowed flairs for flair tests
+    await mainCommunity.edit({
+        features: { postFlairs: true },
+        flairs: {
+            post: [{ text: "Author Flair" }, { text: "Discussion" }, { text: "Updated" }, { text: "Important", backgroundColor: "#ff0000" }]
+        }
+    });
+    await mainCommunity.start();
+    const mathSub = await _startMathCliCommunity(props.signers[1], pkc);
+    const ensSub = await _startEnsCommunity(props.signers, pkc);
+    console.time("populate");
+    await _populateCommunity(mainCommunity, props);
+    console.timeEnd("populate");
+    let onlineSub;
+    if (props.startOnlineSub)
+        onlineSub = await startOnlineCommunity();
+    console.log("All communities and ipfs nodes have been started. You are ready to run the tests");
+    const subWithNoResponse = (await createSubWithNoChallenge({ signer: props.signers[4] }, pkc));
+    await subWithNoResponse.start();
+    await new Promise((resolve) => subWithNoResponse.once("update", resolve));
+    await subWithNoResponse.stop();
+    const pkcNoMockedSub = await mockPKC({ kuboRpcClientsOptions: ["http://localhost:15002/api/v0"], pubsubKuboRpcClientsOptions: ["http://localhost:15002/api/v0"] }, false, true, true);
+    const mathCliSubWithNoMockedPubsub = await _startMathCliCommunity(props.signers[5], pkcNoMockedSub);
+    await new Promise((resolve) => mathCliSubWithNoMockedPubsub.once("update", resolve));
+    const subForPurge = (await createSubWithNoChallenge({ signer: props.signers[6] }, pkc));
+    await subForPurge.edit({
+        roles: {
+            [props.signers[1].address]: { role: "owner" },
+            [props.signers[2].address]: { role: "admin" },
+            [props.signers[3].address]: { role: "moderator" }
+        }
+    });
+    await subForPurge.start();
+    await new Promise((resolve) => subForPurge.once("update", resolve));
+    const subForRemove = (await createSubWithNoChallenge({ signer: props.signers[7] }, pkc));
+    await subForRemove.edit({
+        roles: {
+            [props.signers[1].address]: { role: "owner" },
+            [props.signers[2].address]: { role: "admin" },
+            [props.signers[3].address]: { role: "moderator" }
+        }
+    });
+    await subForRemove.start();
+    await new Promise((resolve) => subForRemove.once("update", resolve));
+    const subForDelete = (await createSubWithNoChallenge({ signer: props.signers[8] }, pkc));
+    await subForDelete.edit({
+        roles: {
+            [props.signers[1].address]: { role: "owner" },
+            [props.signers[2].address]: { role: "admin" },
+            [props.signers[3].address]: { role: "moderator" }
+        }
+    });
+    await subForDelete.start();
+    await new Promise((resolve) => subForDelete.once("update", resolve));
+    const subForChainProviders = (await createSubWithNoChallenge({ signer: props.signers[9] }, pkc));
+    await subForChainProviders.start();
+    await new Promise((resolve) => subForChainProviders.once("update", resolve));
+    const subForEditContent = (await createSubWithNoChallenge({ signer: props.signers[10] }, pkc));
+    await subForEditContent.edit({
+        roles: {
+            [props.signers[1].address]: { role: "owner" },
+            [props.signers[2].address]: { role: "admin" },
+            [props.signers[3].address]: { role: "moderator" }
+        }
+    });
+    await subForEditContent.start();
+    await new Promise((resolve) => subForEditContent.once("update", resolve));
+    const subForLocked = (await createSubWithNoChallenge({ signer: props.signers[11] }, pkc));
+    await subForLocked.edit({
+        roles: {
+            [props.signers[1].address]: { role: "owner" },
+            [props.signers[2].address]: { role: "admin" },
+            [props.signers[3].address]: { role: "moderator" }
+        }
+    });
+    await subForLocked.start();
+    await new Promise((resolve) => subForLocked.once("update", resolve));
+    return {
+        onlineSub: onlineSub,
+        mathSub: mathSub,
+        ensSub: ensSub,
+        mainSub: mainCommunity,
+        NoPubsubResponseSub: subWithNoResponse,
+        mathCliSubWithNoMockedPubsub: mathCliSubWithNoMockedPubsub,
+        subForPurge: subForPurge,
+        subForRemove: subForRemove,
+        subForDelete: subForDelete,
+        subForChainProviders: subForChainProviders,
+        subForEditContent: subForEditContent,
+        subForLocked: subForLocked
+    };
+}
+export async function fetchTestServerSubs() {
+    const res = await fetch("http://localhost:14953");
+    const resWithType = await res.json();
+    return resWithType;
+}
+export function mockDefaultOptionsForNodeAndBrowserTests() {
+    const shouldUseRPC = isRpcFlagOn();
+    if (shouldUseRPC)
+        return { pkcRpcClientsOptions: ["ws://localhost:39652"], httpRoutersOptions: [] };
+    else
+        return {
+            kuboRpcClientsOptions: ["http://localhost:15001/api/v0"],
+            pubsubKuboRpcClientsOptions: [
+                `http://localhost:15002/api/v0`,
+                `http://localhost:42234/api/v0`,
+                `http://localhost:42254/api/v0`
+            ],
+            httpRoutersOptions: []
+        };
+}
+export async function mockPKCV2({ pkcOptions, forceMockPubsub, stubStorage, mockResolve, remotePKC } = {}) {
+    if (remotePKC)
+        pkcOptions = { dataPath: undefined, ...pkcOptions };
+    const pkc = await mockPKC(pkcOptions, forceMockPubsub, stubStorage, mockResolve);
+    return pkc;
+}
+export async function mockPKC(pkcOptions, forceMockPubsub = false, stubStorage = true, mockResolve = true) {
+    const log = Logger("pkc-js:test-util:mockPKC");
+    if (pkcOptions?.pkcRpcClientsOptions && pkcOptions?.kuboRpcClientsOptions)
+        throw Error("Can't have both kubo and RPC config. Is this a mistake?");
+    if (pkcOptions?.pkcRpcClientsOptions && pkcOptions?.libp2pJsClientsOptions)
+        throw Error("Can't have both libp2p and RPC config. Is this a mistake?");
+    const mockNameResolvers = mockResolve ? [createMockNameResolver({ includeDefaultRecords: true })] : undefined;
+    const pkc = await PKCIndex({
+        ...mockDefaultOptionsForNodeAndBrowserTests(),
+        resolveAuthorNames: true,
+        publishInterval: 1000,
+        validatePages: false,
+        updateInterval: 500,
+        nameResolvers: mockNameResolvers,
+        ...pkcOptions
+    });
+    if (stubStorage) {
+        pkc._storage.getItem = async () => undefined;
+        pkc._storage.setItem = async () => undefined;
+    }
+    // TODO should have multiple pubsub providers here to emulate a real browser/mobile environment
+    if (!pkcOptions?.pubsubKuboRpcClientsOptions || forceMockPubsub)
+        for (const pubsubUrl of remeda.keys.strict(pkc.clients.pubsubKuboRpcClients)) {
+            const mockClient = createMockPubsubClient();
+            pkc.clients.pubsubKuboRpcClients[pubsubUrl]._client = mockClient;
+            pkc.clients.pubsubKuboRpcClients[pubsubUrl].destroy = mockClient.destroy.bind(mockClient);
+        }
+    pkc.on("error", (e) => {
+        log.error("PKC error", e);
+    });
+    return pkc;
+}
+// name should be changed to mockBrowserPKC
+export async function mockRemotePKC(opts) {
+    // Mock browser environment
+    const pkc = await mockPKCV2({ ...opts, pkcOptions: { dataPath: undefined, ...opts?.pkcOptions } });
+    pkc._canCreateNewLocalCommunity = () => false;
+    return pkc;
+}
+export async function createOnlinePKC(pkcOptions) {
+    const pkc = await PKCIndex({
+        kuboRpcClientsOptions: ["http://localhost:15003/api/v0"],
+        pubsubKuboRpcClientsOptions: ["http://localhost:15003/api/v0"],
+        ...pkcOptions
+    }); // use online ipfs node
+    return pkc;
+}
+export async function mockPKCNoDataPathWithOnlyKuboClient(opts) {
+    const pkc = await mockPKCV2({
+        ...opts,
+        pkcOptions: {
+            kuboRpcClientsOptions: ["http://localhost:15001/api/v0"],
+            pkcRpcClientsOptions: undefined,
+            dataPath: undefined,
+            ...opts?.pkcOptions
+        }
+    });
+    return pkc;
+}
+export async function mockPKCNoDataPathWithOnlyKuboClientNoAdd(opts) {
+    const pkc = await mockPKCV2({
+        ...opts,
+        pkcOptions: {
+            kuboRpcClientsOptions: ["http://localhost:15001/api/v0"],
+            pkcRpcClientsOptions: undefined,
+            dataPath: undefined,
+            ...opts?.pkcOptions
+        }
+    });
+    Object.values(pkc.clients.kuboRpcClients)[0]._client.add = () => {
+        throw Error("Add is not supported");
+    };
+    return pkc;
+}
+export async function mockRpcServerPKC(pkcOptions) {
+    const pkc = await mockPKCV2({
+        pkcOptions: {
+            kuboRpcClientsOptions: ["http://localhost:15001/api/v0"],
+            ...pkcOptions,
+            pkcRpcClientsOptions: undefined
+        },
+        mockResolve: true,
+        forceMockPubsub: true,
+        remotePKC: false,
+        stubStorage: true // we want storage to force new resolve-community-address states
+    });
+    pkc.removeAllListeners("error"); // for rpc server, we want to test the error handling
+    return pkc;
+}
+export async function mockRpcRemotePKC(opts) {
+    if (!isRpcFlagOn())
+        throw Error("This function should only be used when the rpc flag is on");
+    // This instance will connect to an rpc server that has no local subs
+    const pkc = await mockPKCV2({
+        ...opts,
+        pkcOptions: {
+            pkcRpcClientsOptions: ["ws://localhost:39653"],
+            dataPath: undefined,
+            ...opts?.pkcOptions
+        }
+    });
+    return pkc;
+}
+export async function mockRPCLocalPKC(pkcOptions) {
+    if (!isRpcFlagOn())
+        throw Error("This function should only be used when the rpc flag is on");
+    // This instance will connect to an rpc server that local subs
+    return mockPKC({ pkcRpcClientsOptions: ["ws://localhost:39652"], ...pkcOptions });
+}
+export async function mockGatewayPKC(opts) {
+    // Keep only pubsub and gateway
+    const pkc = await mockPKCV2({
+        ...opts,
+        pkcOptions: {
+            ipfsGatewayUrls: ["http://localhost:18080"],
+            pkcRpcClientsOptions: undefined,
+            kuboRpcClientsOptions: undefined,
+            pubsubKuboRpcClientsOptions: undefined,
+            libp2pJsClientsOptions: undefined,
+            ...opts?.pkcOptions
+        },
+        remotePKC: true
+    });
+    return pkc;
+}
+export async function publishRandomReply({ parentComment, pkc, commentProps }) {
+    const reply = await generateMockComment(parentComment, pkc, false, {
+        content: `Content ${uuidv4()}`,
+        ...commentProps
+    });
+    await publishWithExpectedResult({ publication: reply, expectedChallengeSuccess: true });
+    return reply;
+}
+export async function publishRandomPost({ communityAddress, pkc, postProps }) {
+    const post = await generateMockPost({
+        communityAddress,
+        pkc,
+        postProps: {
+            content: `Random post Content ${uuidv4()}`,
+            title: `Random post Title ${uuidv4()}`,
+            ...postProps
+        }
+    });
+    await publishWithExpectedResult({ publication: post, expectedChallengeSuccess: true });
+    return post;
+}
+export async function publishVote({ commentCid, communityAddress, vote, pkc, voteProps }) {
+    const voteObj = await pkc.createVote({
+        commentCid,
+        vote,
+        communityAddress,
+        signer: voteProps?.signer || (await pkc.createSigner()),
+        ...voteProps
+    });
+    await publishWithExpectedResult({ publication: voteObj, expectedChallengeSuccess: true });
+    return voteObj;
+}
+async function _publishWithExpectedResultOnce({ publication, expectedChallengeSuccess, expectedReason }) {
+    const emittedErrors = [];
+    const timeoutMs = 60000;
+    const summarizePublication = () => removeUndefinedValuesRecursively({
+        type: publication.constructor?.name,
+        cid: publication.cid,
+        parentCid: publication.parentCid,
+        communityAddress: publication.communityAddress,
+        signerAddress: publication.signer?.address,
+        commentModeration: publication.commentModeration
+            ? remeda.pick(publication.commentModeration, ["approved", "reason", "spoiler", "nsfw", "pinned", "removed"])
+            : undefined
+    });
+    publication.on("error", (err) => emittedErrors.push(err));
+    let cleanupChallengeVerificationListener;
+    const challengeVerificationPromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const challengeVerificationListener = (verificationMsg) => {
+            if (verificationMsg.challengeSuccess !== expectedChallengeSuccess) {
+                const msg = `Expected challengeSuccess to be (${expectedChallengeSuccess}) and got (${verificationMsg.challengeSuccess}). Reason (${verificationMsg.reason}): ${JSON.stringify(remeda.omit(verificationMsg, ["encrypted", "signature", "challengeRequestId"]))}`;
+                reject(msg);
+            }
+            else if (expectedReason && expectedReason !== verificationMsg.reason) {
+                const msg = `Expected reason to be (${expectedReason}) and got (${verificationMsg.reason}): ${JSON.stringify(remeda.omit(verificationMsg, ["encrypted", "signature", "challengeRequestId"]))}`;
+                reject(msg);
+            }
+            else
+                resolve(1);
+        };
+        publication.on("challengeverification", challengeVerificationListener);
+        cleanupChallengeVerificationListener = () => {
+            if (typeof publication.off === "function")
+                publication.off("challengeverification", challengeVerificationListener);
+            else
+                publication.removeListener("challengeverification", challengeVerificationListener);
+        };
+    });
+    const error = new Error("Publication did not receive response");
+    //@ts-expect-error
+    error.details = {
+        publication: summarizePublication(),
+        expectedChallengeSuccess,
+        expectedReason,
+        waitTime: timeoutMs,
+        emittedErrorsOnPublicationInstance: emittedErrors
+    };
+    const validateResponsePromise = pTimeout(challengeVerificationPromise, {
+        milliseconds: timeoutMs,
+        message: error
+    });
+    await publication.publish();
+    try {
+        await validateResponsePromise;
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        throw error;
+    }
+    finally {
+        cleanupChallengeVerificationListener?.();
+    }
+}
+const retriableSubLoadingCodes = new Set([
+    "ERR_FAILED_TO_FETCH_IPFS_CID_VIA_IPFS_P2P",
+    "ERR_GET_COMMUNITY_TIMED_OUT",
+    "ERR_FAILED_TO_FETCH_COMMUNITY_FROM_GATEWAYS"
+]);
+export async function publishWithExpectedResult({ publication, expectedChallengeSuccess, expectedReason }) {
+    const maxAttempts = 3;
+    for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= maxAttempts; attempt++) {
+        try {
+            await _publishWithExpectedResultOnce({ publication, expectedChallengeSuccess, expectedReason });
+            return;
+        }
+        catch (error) {
+            const isRetriable = error instanceof PKCError && retriableSubLoadingCodes.has(error.code);
+            if (!isRetriable || attempt === maxAttempts)
+                throw error;
+            console.log(`publishWithExpectedResult: retrying (attempt ${attempt + 1}/${maxAttempts}) after retriable error: ${error.code}`);
+        }
+    }
+}
+export async function iterateThroughPageCidToFindComment(commentCid, pageCid, pages) {
+    if (!commentCid)
+        throw Error("Can't find comment with undefined commentCid");
+    if (!pageCid)
+        throw Error("Can't find comment with undefined pageCid");
+    let currentPageCid = remeda.clone(pageCid);
+    while (currentPageCid) {
+        const loadedPage = (await pages.getPage({ cid: currentPageCid }));
+        const commentInPage = loadedPage.comments.find((c) => c.cid === commentCid);
+        if (commentInPage)
+            return commentInPage;
+        currentPageCid = loadedPage.nextCid;
+    }
+    return undefined;
+}
+export async function findCommentInCommunityInstancePagesPreloadedAndPageCids(opts) {
+    // TODO need to handle, what if the comment is nested deep down the community.posts tree and doesn't appear in preloaded page
+    // code below doesn't handle it
+    const { community, comment } = opts;
+    if (!community)
+        throw Error("Failed to provide opts.community");
+    if (!comment)
+        throw Error("Failed to provde opts.comment");
+    if (Object.keys(community.posts.pageCids).length === 0 && Object.keys(community.posts.pages).length > 0) {
+        // it's a single preloaded page
+        const loadedAllHotPagesComments = (await loadAllPagesBySortName(Object.keys(community.posts.pages)[0], community.posts));
+        const pageIpfs = {
+            comments: loadedAllHotPagesComments.map((c) => c.raw)
+        };
+        const postInPage = findCommentInHierarchicalPageIpfsRecursively(pageIpfs, comment.cid);
+        if (postInPage)
+            return mapPageIpfsCommentToPageJsonComment(postInPage);
+        else
+            return undefined;
+    }
+    else if (Object.keys(community.posts?.pageCids).length > 0) {
+        const postsNewPageCid = community.posts.pageCids.new;
+        const postInPageCid = await iterateThroughPageCidToFindComment(comment.cid, postsNewPageCid, community.posts);
+        return postInPageCid;
+    }
+    else
+        return undefined;
+}
+export async function findReplyInParentCommentPagesInstancePreloadedAndPageCids(opts) {
+    const { parentComment, reply } = opts;
+    const log = Logger("pkc-js:test-util:waitTillReplyInParentPagesInstance");
+    if (reply?.parentCid !== parentComment?.cid)
+        throw Error("You need to provide a reply that's direct child of parentComment");
+    log("waiting for reply", reply.cid, "in parent comment", parentComment.cid, "replyCount of parent comment", parentComment.replyCount);
+    // Handle intermediate state where both pageCids and pages are empty
+    // This happens during early update events before CommentUpdate with replies is received
+    if (Object.keys(parentComment.replies.pageCids).length === 0 && Object.keys(parentComment.replies.pages).length === 0) {
+        // No pages loaded yet - this is a valid intermediate state, not an error
+        return undefined;
+    }
+    if (Object.keys(parentComment.replies.pageCids).length === 0 && Object.keys(parentComment.replies.pages).length > 0) {
+        // it's a single preloaded page
+        const loadedAllBestPagesComments = (await loadAllPagesBySortName(Object.keys(parentComment.replies.pages)[0], parentComment.replies));
+        const pageIpfs = {
+            comments: loadedAllBestPagesComments.map((c) => c.raw)
+        };
+        const replyInPage = findCommentInHierarchicalPageIpfsRecursively(pageIpfs, reply.cid);
+        if (replyInPage)
+            return mapPageIpfsCommentToPageJsonComment(replyInPage);
+        else
+            return undefined;
+    }
+    else {
+        if (!("new" in parentComment.replies.pageCids)) {
+            console.error("no new page", "parentComment.replies.pageCids", parentComment.replies.pageCids);
+            return undefined;
+        }
+        const commentNewPageCid = parentComment.replies.pageCids.new;
+        const replyInPage = await iterateThroughPageCidToFindComment(reply.cid, commentNewPageCid, parentComment.replies);
+        return replyInPage;
+    }
+}
+export async function waitTillPostInCommunityInstancePages(post, community) {
+    if (community.state === "stopped")
+        await community.update();
+    await resolveWhenConditionIsTrue({
+        toUpdate: community,
+        predicate: async () => Boolean(await findCommentInCommunityInstancePagesPreloadedAndPageCids({ comment: post, community }))
+    });
+}
+export async function waitTillPostInCommunityPages(post, pkc) {
+    const community = await pkc.createCommunity({ address: post.communityAddress });
+    await waitTillPostInCommunityInstancePages(post, community);
+    await community.stop();
+}
+export async function iterateThroughPagesToFindCommentInParentPagesInstance(commentCid, pages) {
+    const preloadedPage = Object.keys(pages.pages)[0];
+    const commentInPage = findCommentInPageInstance(pages, commentCid);
+    if (commentInPage)
+        return mapPageIpfsCommentToPageJsonComment(commentInPage);
+    if (pages.pages[preloadedPage]?.nextCid || pages.pageCids.new) {
+        // means we have multiple pages
+        return iterateThroughPageCidToFindComment(commentCid, pages.pageCids.new, pages);
+    }
+    else
+        return undefined;
+}
+export async function waitTillReplyInParentPagesInstance(reply, parentComment) {
+    if (parentComment.state === "stopped")
+        throw Error("Parent comment is stopped, can't wait for reply in parent pages");
+    if (!reply.cid)
+        throw Error("reply.cid need to be defined so we can find it in parent pages");
+    await resolveWhenConditionIsTrue({
+        toUpdate: parentComment,
+        predicate: async () => Boolean(await findReplyInParentCommentPagesInstancePreloadedAndPageCids({ reply, parentComment }))
+    });
+}
+export async function waitTillReplyInParentPages(reply, pkc) {
+    const parentComment = await pkc.createComment({ cid: reply.parentCid });
+    await parentComment.update();
+    await waitTillReplyInParentPagesInstance(reply, parentComment);
+    await parentComment.stop();
+}
+export async function createSubWithNoChallenge(props, pkc) {
+    const community = await pkc.createCommunity(props);
+    await community.edit({ settings: { challenges: [] } }); // No challenge
+    return community;
+}
+export async function generatePostToAnswerMathQuestion(props, pkc) {
+    const mockPost = await generateMockPost({ communityAddress: props.communityAddress, pkc, postProps: props });
+    mockPost.removeAllListeners("challenge");
+    mockPost.once("challenge", (challengeMessage) => {
+        mockPost.publishChallengeAnswers(["2"]);
+    });
+    return mockPost;
+}
+export function isRpcFlagOn() {
+    const isPartOfProcessEnv = globalThis?.["process"]?.env?.["USE_RPC"] === "1";
+    // const isPartOfKarmaArgs = globalThis?.["__karma__"]?.config?.config?.["USE_RPC"] === "1";
+    return isPartOfProcessEnv;
+}
+export function isRunningInBrowser() {
+    const hasWindow = typeof globalThis["window"] !== "undefined";
+    const hasDocument = typeof globalThis["window"]?.["document"] !== "undefined";
+    const isNodeProcess = typeof globalThis["process"] !== "undefined" && Boolean(globalThis["process"]?.versions?.node);
+    const isJsDom = typeof globalThis["navigator"]?.userAgent === "string" && globalThis["navigator"].userAgent.includes("jsdom");
+    return hasWindow && hasDocument && !isNodeProcess && !isJsDom;
+}
+export async function resolveWhenConditionIsTrue(options) {
+    if (!options) {
+        throw Error("resolveWhenConditionIsTrue requires an options object");
+    }
+    const { toUpdate, predicate, eventName = "update" } = options;
+    if (!toUpdate) {
+        throw Error("resolveWhenConditionIsTrue options.toUpdate is required");
+    }
+    if (typeof predicate !== "function") {
+        throw Error("resolveWhenConditionIsTrue options.predicate must be a function");
+    }
+    const normalizedEventName = eventName || "update";
+    await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const listener = async () => {
+            try {
+                const conditionStatus = await predicate();
+                if (conditionStatus) {
+                    toUpdate.removeListener(normalizedEventName, listener);
+                    resolve();
+                }
+            }
+            catch (error) {
+                toUpdate.removeListener(normalizedEventName, listener);
+                reject(error);
+            }
+        };
+        toUpdate.on(normalizedEventName, listener);
+        listener(); // initial check — no await, errors flow through reject()
+    });
+}
+export async function disableValidationOfSignatureBeforePublishing(publication) {
+    //@ts-expect-error
+    publication._validateSignatureHook = async () => { };
+}
+export async function overrideCommentInstancePropsAndSign(comment, props) {
+    if (!comment.signer)
+        throw Error("Need comment.signer to overwrite the signature");
+    // If deferred signing hasn't populated pubsubMessageToPublish yet,
+    // modify the unsigned options so publish() will sign with the overridden props
+    const unsignedOpts = comment.raw.unsignedPublicationOptions;
+    if (!comment.raw.pubsubMessageToPublish && unsignedOpts) {
+        for (const optionKey of remeda.keys.strict(props)) {
+            //@ts-expect-error
+            comment[optionKey] = unsignedOpts[optionKey] = props[optionKey];
+        }
+        disableValidationOfSignatureBeforePublishing(comment);
+        return;
+    }
+    const pubsubPublication = remeda.clone(comment.raw.pubsubMessageToPublish);
+    for (const optionKey of remeda.keys.strict(props)) {
+        //@ts-expect-error
+        comment[optionKey] = pubsubPublication[optionKey] = props[optionKey];
+    }
+    comment.signature = pubsubPublication.signature = await signComment({
+        comment: removeUndefinedValuesRecursively({
+            ...pubsubPublication,
+            signer: comment.signer,
+            communityAddress: comment.communityAddress
+        }),
+        pkc: comment._pkc
+    });
+    comment.raw.pubsubMessageToPublish = pubsubPublication;
+    disableValidationOfSignatureBeforePublishing(comment);
+}
+export async function overrideCommentEditInstancePropsAndSign(commentEdit, props) {
+    if (!commentEdit.signer)
+        throw Error("Need commentEdit.signer to overwrite the signature");
+    //@ts-expect-error
+    for (const optionKey of Object.keys(props))
+        commentEdit[optionKey] = props[optionKey];
+    commentEdit.signature = await signCommentEdit({
+        edit: removeUndefinedValuesRecursively({
+            ...commentEdit.raw.pubsubMessageToPublish,
+            signer: commentEdit.signer,
+            communityAddress: commentEdit.communityAddress
+        }),
+        pkc: commentEdit._pkc
+    });
+    disableValidationOfSignatureBeforePublishing(commentEdit);
+}
+export async function ensurePublicationIsSigned(publication, community) {
+    if (!publication.raw.pubsubMessageToPublish) {
+        publication._community = {
+            address: community.address,
+            publicKey: community.signer?.address ?? community.address,
+            name: community.name,
+            encryption: community.encryption,
+            pubsubTopic: community.pubsubTopic
+        };
+        await publication._signPublicationWithCommunityFields();
+    }
+}
+export async function setExtraPropOnCommentAndSign(comment, extraProps, includeExtraPropInSignedPropertyNames) {
+    const log = Logger("pkc-js:test-util:setExtraPropOnVoteAndSign");
+    // With deferred signing, the publication may not be signed yet
+    if (!comment.raw.pubsubMessageToPublish) {
+        await comment._initCommunity();
+        await comment._signPublicationWithCommunityFields();
+    }
+    const publicationWithExtraProp = { ...comment.raw.pubsubMessageToPublish, ...extraProps };
+    if (includeExtraPropInSignedPropertyNames)
+        publicationWithExtraProp.signature = await _signJson([...comment.signature.signedPropertyNames, ...remeda.keys.strict(extraProps)], cleanUpBeforePublishing(publicationWithExtraProp), comment.signer, log);
+    comment.raw.pubsubMessageToPublish = publicationWithExtraProp;
+    disableValidationOfSignatureBeforePublishing(comment);
+    Object.assign(comment, publicationWithExtraProp, {
+        author: buildRuntimeAuthor({
+            author: publicationWithExtraProp.author,
+            signaturePublicKey: publicationWithExtraProp.signature.publicKey
+        })
+    });
+}
+export async function setExtraPropOnVoteAndSign(vote, extraProps, includeExtraPropInSignedPropertyNames) {
+    const log = Logger("pkc-js:test-util:setExtraPropOnVoteAndSign");
+    // With deferred signing, the publication may not be signed yet
+    if (!vote.raw.pubsubMessageToPublish) {
+        await vote._initCommunity();
+        await vote._signPublicationWithCommunityFields();
+    }
+    const publicationWithExtraProp = { ...vote.raw.pubsubMessageToPublish, ...extraProps };
+    if (includeExtraPropInSignedPropertyNames)
+        publicationWithExtraProp.signature = await _signJson([...vote.signature.signedPropertyNames, ...Object.keys(extraProps)], cleanUpBeforePublishing(publicationWithExtraProp), vote.signer, log);
+    vote.raw.pubsubMessageToPublish = publicationWithExtraProp;
+    disableValidationOfSignatureBeforePublishing(vote);
+    Object.assign(vote, publicationWithExtraProp, {
+        author: buildRuntimeAuthor({
+            author: publicationWithExtraProp.author,
+            signaturePublicKey: publicationWithExtraProp.signature.publicKey
+        })
+    });
+}
+export async function setExtraPropOnCommentEditAndSign(commentEdit, extraProps, includeExtraPropInSignedPropertyNames) {
+    const log = Logger("pkc-js:test-util:setExtraPropOnCommentEditAndSign");
+    // With deferred signing, the publication may not be signed yet
+    if (!commentEdit.raw.pubsubMessageToPublish) {
+        await commentEdit._initCommunity();
+        await commentEdit._signPublicationWithCommunityFields();
+    }
+    const publicationWithExtraProp = { ...commentEdit.raw.pubsubMessageToPublish, ...extraProps };
+    if (includeExtraPropInSignedPropertyNames)
+        publicationWithExtraProp.signature = await _signJson([...commentEdit.signature.signedPropertyNames, ...Object.keys(extraProps)], cleanUpBeforePublishing(publicationWithExtraProp), commentEdit.signer, log);
+    commentEdit.raw.pubsubMessageToPublish = publicationWithExtraProp;
+    disableValidationOfSignatureBeforePublishing(commentEdit);
+    Object.assign(commentEdit, publicationWithExtraProp, {
+        author: buildRuntimeAuthor({
+            author: publicationWithExtraProp.author,
+            signaturePublicKey: publicationWithExtraProp.signature.publicKey
+        })
+    });
+}
+export async function setExtraPropOnCommentModerationAndSign(commentModeration, extraProps, includeExtraPropInSignedPropertyNames) {
+    const log = Logger("pkc-js:test-util:setExtraPropOnCommentModerationAndSign");
+    if (!commentModeration.raw.pubsubMessageToPublish) {
+        await commentModeration._initCommunity();
+        await commentModeration._signPublicationWithCommunityFields();
+    }
+    const newPubsubPublicationWithExtraProp = (remeda.mergeDeep(commentModeration.raw.pubsubMessageToPublish, extraProps));
+    if (includeExtraPropInSignedPropertyNames)
+        newPubsubPublicationWithExtraProp.signature = await _signJson([...commentModeration.signature.signedPropertyNames, ...Object.keys(extraProps)], cleanUpBeforePublishing(newPubsubPublicationWithExtraProp), commentModeration.signer, log);
+    commentModeration.raw.pubsubMessageToPublish = newPubsubPublicationWithExtraProp;
+    disableValidationOfSignatureBeforePublishing(commentModeration);
+    Object.assign(commentModeration, newPubsubPublicationWithExtraProp, {
+        author: buildRuntimeAuthor({
+            author: newPubsubPublicationWithExtraProp.author,
+            signaturePublicKey: newPubsubPublicationWithExtraProp.signature.publicKey
+        })
+    });
+}
+export async function setExtraPropOnChallengeRequestAndSign({ publication, extraProps, includeExtraPropsInRequestSignedPropertyNames }) {
+    const log = Logger("pkc-js:test-util:setExtraPropOnChallengeRequestAndSign");
+    //@ts-expect-error
+    publication._signAndValidateChallengeRequestBeforePublishing = async (requestWithoutSignature, signer) => {
+        const signedPropertyNames = Object.keys(requestWithoutSignature);
+        if (includeExtraPropsInRequestSignedPropertyNames)
+            signedPropertyNames.push(...Object.keys(extraProps));
+        const requestWithExtraProps = { ...requestWithoutSignature, ...extraProps };
+        const signature = await _signPubsubMsg({ signedPropertyNames, msg: requestWithExtraProps, signer, log });
+        return { ...requestWithExtraProps, signature };
+    };
+}
+export async function publishChallengeAnswerMessageWithExtraProps({ publication, challengeAnswers, extraProps, includeExtraPropsInChallengeSignedPropertyNames }) {
+    // we're crafting a challenge answer from scratch here
+    const log = Logger("pkc-js:test-util:setExtraPropsOnChallengeAnswerMessageAndSign");
+    const signer = Object.values(publication._challengeExchanges)[0].signer;
+    if (!signer)
+        throw Error("Signer is undefined for this challenge exchange");
+    const encryptedChallengeAnswers = await encryptEd25519AesGcm(JSON.stringify({ challengeAnswers }), signer.privateKey, publication._community.encryption.publicKey);
+    const toSignAnswer = cleanUpBeforePublishing({
+        type: "CHALLENGEANSWER",
+        challengeRequestId: Object.values(publication._challengeExchanges)[0].challengeRequest.challengeRequestId,
+        encrypted: encryptedChallengeAnswers,
+        userAgent: publication._pkc.userAgent,
+        protocolVersion: env.PROTOCOL_VERSION,
+        timestamp: timestamp()
+    });
+    const signedPropertyNames = remeda.keys.strict(toSignAnswer);
+    //@ts-expect-error
+    if (includeExtraPropsInChallengeSignedPropertyNames)
+        signedPropertyNames.push(...Object.keys(extraProps));
+    Object.assign(toSignAnswer, extraProps);
+    const signature = await _signPubsubMsg({ signedPropertyNames, msg: toSignAnswer, signer, log });
+    await publishOverPubsub(publication._community.pubsubTopic, { ...toSignAnswer, signature });
+}
+export async function publishChallengeMessageWithExtraProps({ publication, pubsubSigner, extraProps, includeExtraPropsInChallengeSignedPropertyNames }) {
+    const log = Logger("pkc-js:test-util:publishChallengeMessageWithExtraProps");
+    const encryptedChallenges = await encryptEd25519AesGcmPublicKeyBuffer(deterministicStringify({ challenges: [] }), pubsubSigner.privateKey, Object.values(publication._challengeExchanges)[0].challengeRequest.signature.publicKey);
+    const toSignChallenge = cleanUpBeforePublishing({
+        type: "CHALLENGE",
+        challengeRequestId: Object.values(publication._challengeExchanges)[0].challengeRequest.challengeRequestId,
+        encrypted: encryptedChallenges,
+        userAgent: publication._pkc.userAgent,
+        protocolVersion: env.PROTOCOL_VERSION,
+        timestamp: timestamp()
+    });
+    const signedPropertyNames = remeda.keys.strict(toSignChallenge);
+    //@ts-expect-error
+    if (includeExtraPropsInChallengeSignedPropertyNames)
+        signedPropertyNames.push(...Object.keys(extraProps));
+    Object.assign(toSignChallenge, extraProps);
+    const signature = await _signPubsubMsg({
+        signedPropertyNames: signedPropertyNames,
+        msg: toSignChallenge,
+        signer: pubsubSigner,
+        log
+    });
+    await publishOverPubsub(pubsubSigner.address, { ...toSignChallenge, signature });
+}
+export async function publishChallengeVerificationMessageWithExtraProps({ publication, pubsubSigner, extraProps, includeExtraPropsInChallengeSignedPropertyNames }) {
+    const log = Logger("pkc-js:test-util:publishChallengeVerificationMessageWithExtraProps");
+    const toSignChallengeVerification = cleanUpBeforePublishing({
+        type: "CHALLENGEVERIFICATION",
+        challengeRequestId: Object.values(publication._challengeExchanges)[0].challengeRequest.challengeRequestId,
+        challengeSuccess: false,
+        reason: "Random reason",
+        userAgent: publication._pkc.userAgent,
+        protocolVersion: env.PROTOCOL_VERSION,
+        timestamp: timestamp()
+    });
+    const signedPropertyNames = remeda.keys.strict(toSignChallengeVerification);
+    //@ts-expect-error
+    if (includeExtraPropsInChallengeSignedPropertyNames)
+        signedPropertyNames.push(...Object.keys(extraProps));
+    Object.assign(toSignChallengeVerification, extraProps);
+    const signature = await _signPubsubMsg({
+        signedPropertyNames: signedPropertyNames,
+        msg: toSignChallengeVerification,
+        signer: pubsubSigner,
+        log
+    });
+    await publishOverPubsub(pubsubSigner.address, { ...toSignChallengeVerification, signature });
+}
+export async function publishChallengeVerificationMessageWithEncryption(publication, pubsubSigner, toEncrypt, verificationProps) {
+    const log = Logger("pkc-js:test-util:publishChallengeVerificationMessageWithExtraProps");
+    const challengeRequest = Object.values(publication._challengeExchanges)[0].challengeRequest;
+    const toSignChallengeVerification = cleanUpBeforePublishing({
+        type: "CHALLENGEVERIFICATION",
+        challengeRequestId: challengeRequest.challengeRequestId,
+        challengeSuccess: true,
+        userAgent: publication._pkc.userAgent,
+        protocolVersion: env.PROTOCOL_VERSION,
+        timestamp: timestamp(),
+        ...verificationProps
+    });
+    const publicKey = Buffer.from(challengeRequest.signature.publicKey).toString("base64");
+    const encrypted = await encryptEd25519AesGcm(JSON.stringify(toEncrypt), pubsubSigner.privateKey, publicKey);
+    toSignChallengeVerification.encrypted = encrypted;
+    const signature = await signChallengeVerification({ challengeVerification: toSignChallengeVerification, signer: pubsubSigner });
+    await publishOverPubsub(pubsubSigner.address, { ...toSignChallengeVerification, signature });
+}
+export async function addStringToIpfs(content) {
+    const pkc = await mockPKCNoDataPathWithOnlyKuboClient();
+    const ipfsClient = pkc._clientsManager.getDefaultKuboRpcClient();
+    const cid = (await retryKuboIpfsAdd({ content, ipfsClient: ipfsClient._client, log: Logger("pkc-js:test-util:addStringToIpfs") })).path;
+    await pkc.destroy();
+    return cid;
+}
+export async function publishOverPubsub(pubsubTopic, jsonToPublish) {
+    const pkc = await mockPKCNoDataPathWithOnlyKuboClient();
+    await pkc._clientsManager.pubsubPublish(pubsubTopic, jsonToPublish);
+    await pkc.destroy();
+}
+export async function mockPKCWithHeliaConfig(opts) {
+    const key = "Helia config default for testing(remote)" + String(opts?.forceMockPubsub ? "" : Math.random());
+    const forceMockPubsub = typeof opts?.forceMockPubsub === "boolean" ? opts.forceMockPubsub : true;
+    const heliaPKC = await mockPKCV2({
+        forceMockPubsub,
+        ...opts,
+        pkcOptions: {
+            libp2pJsClientsOptions: [{ key, libp2pOptions: { connectionGater: { denyDialMultiaddr: async () => false } } }],
+            pubsubKuboRpcClientsOptions: [],
+            kuboRpcClientsOptions: [],
+            pkcRpcClientsOptions: undefined,
+            httpRoutersOptions: ["http://localhost:20001"], // this http router transmits the addresses of kubo node of test-server.js
+            dataPath: undefined,
+            ...opts?.pkcOptions
+        }
+    });
+    if (forceMockPubsub) {
+        const mockedPubsubClient = createMockPubsubClient();
+        const heliaLibp2pJsClient = heliaPKC.clients.libp2pJsClients[Object.keys(heliaPKC.clients.libp2pJsClients)[0]];
+        heliaLibp2pJsClient.heliaWithKuboRpcClientFunctions.pubsub = mockedPubsubClient.pubsub; // that should work for publishing/subscribing
+        const originalStop = heliaLibp2pJsClient._helia.stop.bind(heliaLibp2pJsClient._helia);
+        heliaLibp2pJsClient._helia.stop = async () => {
+            await originalStop();
+            await mockedPubsubClient.destroy();
+        };
+    }
+    return heliaPKC;
+}
+const testConfigCodeToPKCInstanceWithHumanName = {
+    "remote-kubo-rpc": {
+        pkcInstancePromise: (args) => mockPKCNoDataPathWithOnlyKuboClient(args),
+        name: "Kubo Node with no datapath (remote)",
+        testConfigCode: "remote-kubo-rpc"
+    },
+    "remote-ipfs-gateway": {
+        pkcInstancePromise: (args) => mockGatewayPKC(args),
+        name: "IPFS Gateway",
+        testConfigCode: "remote-ipfs-gateway"
+    },
+    "remote-pkc-rpc": {
+        pkcInstancePromise: (args) => mockRpcRemotePKC(args),
+        name: "PKC RPC Remote",
+        testConfigCode: "remote-pkc-rpc"
+    },
+    "local-kubo-rpc": {
+        pkcInstancePromise: (args) => mockPKCV2({
+            ...args,
+            pkcOptions: {
+                ...args?.pkcOptions,
+                pkcRpcClientsOptions: undefined,
+                kuboRpcClientsOptions: ["http://localhost:15001/api/v0"],
+                pubsubKuboRpcClientsOptions: ["http://localhost:15001/api/v0"],
+                ipfsGatewayUrls: undefined
+            }
+        }),
+        name: "Kubo node with datapath (local)",
+        testConfigCode: "local-kubo-rpc"
+    },
+    "remote-libp2pjs": {
+        pkcInstancePromise: (args) => mockPKCWithHeliaConfig(args),
+        name: "Libp2pJS client with no datapath (remote)",
+        testConfigCode: "remote-libp2pjs"
+    }
+};
+let pkcConfigs = [];
+export function setPKCConfigs(configs) {
+    if (configs.length === 0)
+        throw Error("No configs were provided");
+    // Make sure each config exists in the mapper
+    for (const config of configs)
+        if (!testConfigCodeToPKCInstanceWithHumanName[config])
+            throw new Error(`Config "${config}" does not exist in the mapper. Available configs are: ${Object.keys(testConfigCodeToPKCInstanceWithHumanName)}`);
+    pkcConfigs = configs.map((config) => testConfigCodeToPKCInstanceWithHumanName[config]);
+    if (globalThis.window) {
+        globalThis.window.addEventListener("uncaughtException", (err) => {
+            console.error("uncaughtException", JSON.stringify(err, ["message", "arguments", "type", "name"]));
+        });
+        globalThis.window.addEventListener("unhandledrejection", (err) => {
+            console.error("unhandledRejection", JSON.stringify(err, ["message", "arguments", "type", "name"]));
+        });
+    }
+    else if (process) {
+        process.setMaxListeners(100);
+        process.on("uncaughtException", (...err) => {
+            console.error("uncaughtException", ...err);
+        });
+        process.on("unhandledRejection", (...err) => {
+            console.error("unhandledRejection", ...err);
+        });
+    }
+}
+export function getAvailablePKCConfigsToTestAgainst(opts) {
+    if (opts?.includeAllPossibleConfigOnEnv) {
+        // if node, ["local-kubo-rpc", "remote-kubo-rpc", "remote-ipfs-gateway"], also 'remote-pkc-rpc' if isRpcFlagOn()
+        // if browser, ["remote-kubo-rpc", "remote-ipfs-gateway"]
+        // NOTE: "remote-libp2pjs" is temporarily disabled due to stability issues
+        const isBrowser = isRunningInBrowser();
+        const pkcConfigCodes = isBrowser
+            ? ["remote-kubo-rpc", "remote-ipfs-gateway"]
+            : ["local-kubo-rpc", "remote-kubo-rpc", "remote-ipfs-gateway"];
+        if (!isBrowser && isRpcFlagOn())
+            pkcConfigCodes.push("remote-pkc-rpc");
+        const availableConfigs = remeda.pick(testConfigCodeToPKCInstanceWithHumanName, pkcConfigCodes);
+        if (opts.includeOnlyTheseTests?.length) {
+            return Object.values(remeda.pick(availableConfigs, opts.includeOnlyTheseTests));
+        }
+        return Object.values(availableConfigs);
+    }
+    // Check if configs are passed via environment variable
+    const pkcConfigsFromEnv = process?.env?.PKC_CONFIGS;
+    if (pkcConfigsFromEnv) {
+        const configs = pkcConfigsFromEnv.split(",");
+        // Set the configs if they're coming from the environment variable
+        setPKCConfigs(configs);
+    }
+    //@ts-expect-error
+    const pkcConfigsFromWindow = globalThis["window"]?.["PKC_CONFIGS"];
+    if (pkcConfigsFromWindow) {
+        const configs = pkcConfigsFromWindow.split(",");
+        // Set the configs if they're coming from the environment variable
+        setPKCConfigs(configs);
+    }
+    if (pkcConfigs.length === 0)
+        throw Error("No remote pkc configs set, " + pkcConfigsFromEnv + " " + pkcConfigsFromWindow);
+    if (opts?.includeOnlyTheseTests) {
+        opts.includeOnlyTheseTests.forEach((config) => {
+            if (!testConfigCodeToPKCInstanceWithHumanName[config])
+                throw new Error(`Config "${config}" does not exist in the mapper. Available configs are: ${pkcConfigs.map((c) => c.name).join(", ")}`);
+        });
+        const filteredKeys = remeda.keys
+            .strict(testConfigCodeToPKCInstanceWithHumanName)
+            .filter((config) => opts.includeOnlyTheseTests.includes(config) &&
+            pkcConfigs.find((c) => c.name === testConfigCodeToPKCInstanceWithHumanName[config].name));
+        const configs = filteredKeys.map((config) => testConfigCodeToPKCInstanceWithHumanName[config]);
+        return configs;
+    }
+    return pkcConfigs;
+}
+export async function createNewIpns() {
+    const pkc = await mockPKCNoDataPathWithOnlyKuboClient({});
+    const ipfsClient = pkc._clientsManager.getDefaultKuboRpcClient();
+    const signer = await pkc.createSigner();
+    signer.ipfsKey = new Uint8Array(await getIpfsKeyFromPrivateKey(signer.privateKey));
+    await importSignerIntoKuboNode(signer.address, signer.ipfsKey, {
+        url: pkc.kuboRpcClientsOptions[0].url.toString(),
+        headers: pkc.kuboRpcClientsOptions[0].headers
+    });
+    const publishToIpns = async (content) => {
+        const cid = await addStringToIpfs(content);
+        await ipfsClient._client.name.publish(cid, {
+            key: signer.address,
+            allowOffline: true
+        });
+        // Verify the IPNS record is resolvable before returning
+        // This ensures Kubo's cache is properly synced for RPC tests
+        const resolvedCid = await last(ipfsClient._client.name.resolve(signer.address, {
+            nocache: false, // Allow cache to be used
+            timeout: 5000 // 5 second timeout for verification
+        }));
+        if (!resolvedCid) {
+            throw new Error(`Failed to verify IPNS resolution for ${signer.address}`);
+        }
+    };
+    return {
+        signer,
+        publishToIpns,
+        pkc
+    };
+}
+async function getTemplateCommunityRecord(pkc) {
+    const community = await pkc.createCommunity({ address: "12D3KooWANwdyPERMQaCgiMnTT1t3Lr4XLFbK1z4ptFVhW2ozg1z" });
+    await community.update();
+    await resolveWhenConditionIsTrue({ toUpdate: community, predicate: async () => typeof community.updatedAt === "number" });
+    const result = community.raw.communityIpfs;
+    await community.stop();
+    return result;
+}
+export async function publishCommunityRecordWithExtraProp(opts) {
+    const ipnsObj = await createNewIpns();
+    const communityRecord = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(await getTemplateCommunityRecord(ipnsObj.pkc)));
+    communityRecord.pubsubTopic = ipnsObj.signer.address;
+    delete communityRecord.posts;
+    if (opts?.extraProps)
+        Object.assign(communityRecord, opts.extraProps);
+    const signedPropertyNames = communityRecord.signature.signedPropertyNames;
+    if (opts?.includeExtraPropInSignedPropertyNames)
+        signedPropertyNames.push("extraProp");
+    communityRecord.signature = await _signJson(signedPropertyNames, communityRecord, ipnsObj.signer, Logger("pkc-js:test-util:publishCommunityRecordWithExtraProp"));
+    await ipnsObj.publishToIpns(JSON.stringify(communityRecord));
+    return { communityRecord, ipnsObj };
+}
+export async function createMockedCommunityIpns(communityOpts) {
+    const ipnsObj = await createNewIpns();
+    const communityAddress = ipnsObj.signer.address;
+    const communityRecord = {
+        ...(await getTemplateCommunityRecord(ipnsObj.pkc)),
+        posts: undefined,
+        pubsubTopic: communityAddress,
+        ...communityOpts
+    }; // default community, will be using its props
+    if (!communityRecord.posts)
+        delete communityRecord.posts;
+    communityRecord.signature = await signCommunity({ community: communityRecord, signer: ipnsObj.signer });
+    await ipnsObj.publishToIpns(JSON.stringify(communityRecord));
+    await ipnsObj.pkc.destroy();
+    return { communityRecord, communityAddress, ipnsObj };
+}
+export async function createStaticCommunityRecordForComment(opts) {
+    const { pkc, commentOptions = {}, invalidateCommunitySignature = false } = opts || {};
+    if (commentOptions.parentCid && !commentOptions.postCid)
+        throw Error("postCid must be provided when parentCid is supplied for a reply");
+    const ipnsObj = await createNewIpns();
+    const communityAddress = ipnsObj.signer.address;
+    const commentPKC = pkc || (await mockPKCNoDataPathWithOnlyKuboClient());
+    const shouldDestroyCommentPKC = !pkc;
+    try {
+        const communityRecord = {
+            ...(await getTemplateCommunityRecord(ipnsObj.pkc)),
+            posts: undefined,
+            pubsubTopic: communityAddress
+        };
+        if (!communityRecord.posts)
+            delete communityRecord.posts;
+        // Always publish a valid record first so the IPNS key is established for gateway discovery
+        communityRecord.signature = await signCommunity({ community: communityRecord, signer: ipnsObj.signer });
+        await ipnsObj.publishToIpns(JSON.stringify(communityRecord));
+        const commentToPublish = await commentPKC.createComment({
+            ...commentOptions,
+            signer: commentOptions.signer || (await commentPKC.createSigner()),
+            communityAddress: communityAddress,
+            title: commentOptions.title ?? `Mock Post - ${Date.now()}`,
+            content: commentOptions.content ?? `Mock content - ${Date.now()}`
+        });
+        const depth = typeof commentOptions.depth === "number" ? commentOptions.depth : commentOptions.parentCid ? 1 : 0;
+        if (!commentToPublish.raw.pubsubMessageToPublish) {
+            // Directly set _community from in-memory data to avoid fetching from the gateway.
+            // This prevents caching the valid community record in dedicatedPKC's memory,
+            // which would otherwise cause the subsequent update() to get the cached valid record
+            // instead of fetching the (possibly invalid) record from the gateway.
+            commentToPublish["_community"] = {
+                address: communityAddress,
+                publicKey: getPKCAddressFromPublicKeySync(communityRecord.signature.publicKey),
+                encryption: communityRecord.encryption,
+                pubsubTopic: communityRecord.pubsubTopic
+            };
+            await commentToPublish._signPublicationWithCommunityFields();
+        }
+        const commentIpfs = { ...commentToPublish.raw.pubsubMessageToPublish, depth };
+        if (commentOptions.parentCid) {
+            commentIpfs.parentCid = commentOptions.parentCid;
+            commentIpfs.postCid = commentOptions.postCid;
+        }
+        const commentCid = await addStringToIpfs(JSON.stringify(commentIpfs));
+        // Optionally re-publish with invalid signature after comment is already created
+        if (invalidateCommunitySignature) {
+            communityRecord.updatedAt = (communityRecord.updatedAt || timestamp()) + 1234;
+            await ipnsObj.publishToIpns(JSON.stringify(communityRecord));
+        }
+        return { commentCid, communityAddress: communityAddress };
+    }
+    finally {
+        await ipnsObj.pkc.destroy();
+        if (shouldDestroyCommentPKC)
+            await commentPKC.destroy();
+    }
+}
+function _stripNameResolvedFromPages(pagesContainer) {
+    if (!pagesContainer?.pages)
+        return;
+    for (const page of Object.values(pagesContainer.pages)) {
+        if (!page || !page.comments)
+            continue;
+        for (const c of page.comments) {
+            if (c?.author)
+                delete c.author.nameResolved;
+        }
+    }
+}
+export function jsonifyCommunityAndRemoveInternalProps(community) {
+    const jsonfied = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(community));
+    delete jsonfied["posts"]["clients"];
+    delete jsonfied["modQueue"]["clients"];
+    delete jsonfied["raw"]["runtimeFieldsFromRpc"];
+    delete jsonfied["raw"]["localCommunity"];
+    // Normalize old raw key to new key for backward compat comparison
+    if (jsonfied["raw"]["subplebbitIpfs"] && !jsonfied["raw"]["communityIpfs"]) {
+        jsonfied["raw"]["communityIpfs"] = jsonfied["raw"]["subplebbitIpfs"];
+        delete jsonfied["raw"]["subplebbitIpfs"];
+    }
+    _stripNameResolvedFromPages(jsonfied["posts"]);
+    _stripNameResolvedFromPages(jsonfied["modQueue"]);
+    return remeda.omit(jsonfied, ["startedState", "started", "signer", "settings", "editable", "clients", "updatingState", "state"]);
+}
+export function jsonifyLocalCommunityWithNoInternalProps(community) {
+    const localJson = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(community));
+    //@ts-expect-error
+    delete localJson["posts"]["clients"];
+    return remeda.omit(localJson, ["startedState", "started", "clients", "state", "updatingState"]);
+}
+export function jsonifyCommentAndRemoveInstanceProps(comment) {
+    const jsonfied = cleanUpBeforePublishing(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(comment)));
+    if ("replies" in jsonfied)
+        delete jsonfied["replies"]["clients"];
+    if ("replies" in jsonfied && remeda.isEmpty(jsonfied.replies))
+        delete jsonfied["replies"];
+    // nameResolved is runtime-only — strip it like jsonifyCommunityAndRemoveInternalProps does
+    if (jsonfied.author?.nameResolved !== undefined)
+        delete jsonfied.author.nameResolved;
+    _stripNameResolvedFromPages(jsonfied["replies"]);
+    return remeda.omit(jsonfied, ["clients", "state", "updatingState", "state", "publishingState", "raw"]);
+}
+export async function waitUntilPKCCommunitiesIncludeSubAddress(pkc, subAddress) {
+    return pkc._awaitCommunitiesToIncludeCommunity(subAddress);
+}
+export function isPKCFetchingUsingGateways(pkc) {
+    return (!pkc._pkcRpcClient && Object.keys(pkc.clients.kuboRpcClients).length === 0 && Object.keys(pkc.clients.libp2pJsClients).length === 0);
+}
+export function mockRpcServerForTests(pkcWs) {
+    const functionsToBind = [
+        "_createCommentModerationInstanceFromPublishCommentModerationParams",
+        "_createCommentEditInstanceFromPublishCommentEditParams",
+        "_createVoteInstanceFromPublishVoteParams",
+        "_createCommentInstanceFromPublishCommentParams",
+        "_createCommunityEditInstanceFromPublishCommunityEditParams"
+    ];
+    // disable validation of signature before publishing
+    // reduce threshold for publishing
+    for (const funcBind of functionsToBind) {
+        const originalFunc = pkcWs[funcBind].bind(pkcWs);
+        pkcWs[funcBind] = async (...args) => {
+            const pubInstance = await originalFunc(...args);
+            disableValidationOfSignatureBeforePublishing(pubInstance);
+            pubInstance._publishToDifferentProviderThresholdSeconds = 5;
+            pubInstance._setProviderFailureThresholdSeconds = 10;
+            return pubInstance;
+        };
+    }
+}
+export function disablePreloadPagesOnSub({ community }) {
+    if (!(community instanceof LocalCommunity))
+        throw Error("You need to provide LocalCommunity instance");
+    //@ts-expect-error
+    const pageGenerator = community._pageGenerator;
+    const originalCommunityPostsFunc = pageGenerator.generateCommunityPosts.bind(pageGenerator);
+    const originalPostRepliesFunc = pageGenerator.generatePostPages.bind(pageGenerator);
+    const originalReplyRepliesFunc = pageGenerator.generateReplyPages.bind(pageGenerator);
+    const originalChunkComments = pageGenerator._chunkComments.bind(pageGenerator);
+    pageGenerator.generateCommunityPosts = async (preloadedPageSortName, preloadedPageSize) => {
+        return originalCommunityPostsFunc(preloadedPageSortName, preloadedPageSize); // should force community to publish to pageCids
+    };
+    pageGenerator.generatePostPages = async (comment, preloadedPageSortName, preloadedPageSize) => {
+        return originalPostRepliesFunc(comment, preloadedPageSortName, preloadedPageSize); // should force community to publish to pageCids
+    };
+    pageGenerator.generateReplyPages = async (comment, preloadedPageSortName, preloadedPageSize) => {
+        return originalReplyRepliesFunc(comment, preloadedPageSortName, preloadedPageSize);
+    };
+    //@ts-expect-error
+    pageGenerator._chunkComments = async (opts) => {
+        const res = await originalChunkComments(opts);
+        return [[], ...res];
+    };
+    const cleanup = () => {
+        pageGenerator.generateCommunityPosts = originalCommunityPostsFunc;
+        pageGenerator.generatePostPages = originalPostRepliesFunc;
+        pageGenerator.generateReplyPages = originalReplyRepliesFunc;
+        pageGenerator._chunkComments = originalChunkComments;
+    };
+    return { cleanup };
+}
+export function mockPostToReturnSpecificCommentUpdate(commentToBeMocked, commentUpdateRecordString) {
+    const updatingPostComment = findUpdatingComment(commentToBeMocked._pkc, { cid: commentToBeMocked.cid });
+    if (!updatingPostComment)
+        throw Error("Post should be updating before starting to mock");
+    if (commentToBeMocked._pkc._pkcRpcClient)
+        throw Error("Can't mock Post to return specific CommentUpdate record when pkc is using RPC");
+    delete updatingPostComment.updatedAt;
+    delete updatingPostComment.raw.commentUpdate;
+    //@ts-expect-error
+    delete updatingPostComment._communityForUpdating?.community?.updateCid;
+    //@ts-expect-error
+    if (updatingPostComment._communityForUpdating?.community?._clientsManager?._updateCidsAlreadyLoaded)
+        //@ts-expect-error
+        updatingPostComment._communityForUpdating.community._clientsManager._updateCidsAlreadyLoaded = new Set();
+    mockCommentToNotUsePagesForUpdates(commentToBeMocked);
+    if (isPKCFetchingUsingGateways(updatingPostComment._pkc)) {
+        const originalFetch = updatingPostComment._clientsManager.fetchFromMultipleGateways.bind(updatingPostComment._clientsManager);
+        updatingPostComment._clientsManager.fetchFromMultipleGateways = async (...args) => {
+            const commentUpdateCid = await addStringToIpfs(commentUpdateRecordString);
+            if (args[0].recordPKCType === "comment-update")
+                return originalFetch({
+                    ...args[0],
+                    root: commentUpdateCid,
+                    path: undefined
+                });
+            else
+                return originalFetch(...args);
+        };
+    }
+    else {
+        // we're using kubo/helia
+        const originalFetch = updatingPostComment._clientsManager._fetchCidP2P.bind(updatingPostComment._clientsManager);
+        //@ts-expect-error
+        updatingPostComment._clientsManager._fetchCidP2P = (...args) => {
+            if (args[0].endsWith("/update")) {
+                return commentUpdateRecordString;
+            }
+            else
+                return originalFetch(...args);
+        };
+    }
+}
+export function mockPostToFailToLoadFromPostUpdates(postToBeMocked) {
+    const updatingPostComment = findUpdatingComment(postToBeMocked._pkc, { cid: postToBeMocked.cid });
+    if (!updatingPostComment)
+        throw Error("Post should be updating before starting to mock");
+    if (postToBeMocked._pkc._pkcRpcClient)
+        throw Error("Can't mock Post to to fail loading post from postUpdates when pkc is using RPC");
+    mockCommentToNotUsePagesForUpdates(postToBeMocked);
+    updatingPostComment._clientsManager._fetchPostCommentUpdateIpfsP2P =
+        updatingPostComment._clientsManager._fetchPostCommentUpdateFromGateways = async () => {
+            throw new PKCError("ERR_FAILED_TO_FETCH_COMMENT_UPDATE_FROM_ALL_POST_UPDATES_RANGES");
+        };
+}
+export function mockPostToHaveCommunityWithNoPostUpdates(postToBeMocked) {
+    const updatingPostComment = findUpdatingComment(postToBeMocked._pkc, { cid: postToBeMocked.cid });
+    if (!updatingPostComment)
+        throw Error("Post should be updating before starting to mock");
+    if (postToBeMocked._pkc._pkcRpcClient)
+        throw Error("Can't mock Post to to fail loading post from postUpdates when pkc is using RPC");
+    mockCommentToNotUsePagesForUpdates(postToBeMocked);
+    const originalCommunityUpdateHandle = updatingPostComment._clientsManager.handleUpdateEventFromCommunity.bind(updatingPostComment._clientsManager);
+    updatingPostComment._clientsManager.handleUpdateEventFromCommunity = (community) => {
+        delete community.postUpdates;
+        delete community.raw.communityIpfs.postUpdates;
+        return originalCommunityUpdateHandle(community);
+    };
+}
+export async function createCommentUpdateWithInvalidSignature(commentCid) {
+    const pkc = await mockPKCNoDataPathWithOnlyKuboClient({});
+    const comment = await pkc.getComment({ cid: commentCid });
+    await comment.update();
+    await resolveWhenConditionIsTrue({ toUpdate: comment, predicate: async () => typeof comment.updatedAt === "number" });
+    const invalidCommentUpdateJson = comment.raw.commentUpdate;
+    await comment.stop();
+    invalidCommentUpdateJson.updatedAt += 1234; // Invalidate CommentUpdate signature
+    return invalidCommentUpdateJson;
+}
+export function mockPKCToTimeoutFetchingCid(pkc) {
+    const originalFetch = pkc._clientsManager._fetchCidP2P;
+    const restoreFns = [];
+    for (const ipfsClient of Object.values(pkc.clients.kuboRpcClients)) {
+        const originalCat = ipfsClient._client.cat;
+        ipfsClient._client.cat = async function* (ipfsPath, options) {
+            await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, pkc._timeouts["community-ipfs"] * 2));
+            return undefined;
+        };
+        restoreFns.push(() => {
+            ipfsClient._client.cat = originalCat;
+        });
+    }
+    for (const libp2pJsClient of Object.values(pkc.clients.libp2pJsClients)) {
+        const originalCat = libp2pJsClient.heliaWithKuboRpcClientFunctions.cat;
+        libp2pJsClient.heliaWithKuboRpcClientFunctions.cat = async function* (ipfsPath, options) {
+            await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, pkc._timeouts["community-ipfs"] * 2));
+            return undefined;
+        };
+        restoreFns.push(() => {
+            libp2pJsClient.heliaWithKuboRpcClientFunctions.cat = originalCat;
+        });
+    }
+    // TODO mock for gateway
+    // pkc._clientsManager._fetchCidP2P = async (...args) => {
+    //     await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, pkc._timeouts["community-ipfs"] * 2));
+    //     return undefined;
+    // };
+    return {
+        cleanUp: () => {
+            pkc._clientsManager._fetchCidP2P = originalFetch;
+            for (const restore of restoreFns)
+                restore();
+        }
+    };
+}
+export function mockCommentToNotUsePagesForUpdates(comment) {
+    const updatingComment = findUpdatingComment(comment._pkc, { cid: comment.cid });
+    if (!updatingComment)
+        throw Error("Comment should be updating before starting to mock");
+    if (comment._pkc._pkcRpcClient)
+        throw Error("Can't mock comment  _findCommentInPagesOfUpdatingCommentsCommunity with pkc rpc clients");
+    delete updatingComment.raw.commentUpdate;
+    delete updatingComment.updatedAt;
+    updatingComment._clientsManager._findCommentInPagesOfUpdatingCommentsOrCommunity = () => undefined;
+}
+const FORCE_COMMUNITY_MIN_POST_CONTENT_BYTES = 30 * 1024;
+function ensureLocalCommunityForForcedChunking(community) {
+    if (!community)
+        throw Error("Local community instance is required to force reply pages to use page cids");
+    if (!(community instanceof LocalCommunity))
+        throw Error("Forcing reply page chunking is only supported when using a LocalCommunity");
+}
+export async function forceLocalSubPagesToAlwaysGenerateMultipleChunks({ community, parentComment, forcedPreloadedPageSizeBytes = 1, parentCommentReplyProps, communityPostsCommentProps }) {
+    if (!parentComment) {
+        await forceCommunityToGenerateAllPostsPages(community, communityPostsCommentProps);
+        return { cleanup: () => { } };
+    }
+    ensureLocalCommunityForForcedChunking(community);
+    const parentCid = parentComment.cid;
+    if (!parentCid)
+        throw Error("parent comment cid is required to force chunking to multiple pages");
+    const localCommunity = community;
+    const communityWithGenerator = localCommunity;
+    const pageGenerator = communityWithGenerator["_pageGenerator"];
+    if (!pageGenerator)
+        throw Error("Local community page generator is not initialized");
+    const isPost = parentComment.depth === 0;
+    const originalGenerateReplyPages = pageGenerator.generateReplyPages;
+    const originalGeneratePostPages = pageGenerator.generatePostPages;
+    if (isPost) {
+        if (typeof originalGeneratePostPages !== "function")
+            throw Error("Page generator post pages function is not available");
+        pageGenerator.generatePostPages = (async (comment, preloadedReplyPageSortName, preloadedPageSizeBytes) => {
+            const shouldForce = comment?.cid === parentCid;
+            const effectivePageSizeBytes = shouldForce
+                ? Math.min(preloadedPageSizeBytes, forcedPreloadedPageSizeBytes)
+                : preloadedPageSizeBytes;
+            return originalGeneratePostPages.call(pageGenerator, comment, preloadedReplyPageSortName, effectivePageSizeBytes);
+        });
+    }
+    else {
+        if (typeof originalGenerateReplyPages !== "function")
+            throw Error("Page generator reply pages function is not available");
+        pageGenerator.generateReplyPages = (async (comment, preloadedReplyPageSortName, preloadedPageSizeBytes) => {
+            const shouldForce = comment?.cid === parentCid;
+            const effectivePageSizeBytes = shouldForce
+                ? Math.min(preloadedPageSizeBytes, forcedPreloadedPageSizeBytes)
+                : preloadedPageSizeBytes;
+            return originalGenerateReplyPages.call(pageGenerator, comment, preloadedReplyPageSortName, effectivePageSizeBytes);
+        });
+    }
+    const cleanup = () => {
+        if (isPost && originalGeneratePostPages)
+            pageGenerator.generatePostPages = originalGeneratePostPages;
+        if (!isPost && originalGenerateReplyPages)
+            pageGenerator.generateReplyPages = originalGenerateReplyPages;
+    };
+    try {
+        if (Object.keys(parentComment.replies.pageCids).length === 0)
+            await ensureParentCommentHasPageCidsForChunking(parentComment, {
+                commentProps: parentCommentReplyProps,
+                publishWithPKC: localCommunity._pkc
+            });
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+        cleanup();
+        throw err;
+    }
+    return { cleanup };
+}
+async function ensureParentCommentHasPageCidsForChunking(parentComment, options) {
+    if (!parentComment?.cid)
+        throw Error("parent comment cid should be defined before ensuring page cids");
+    const hasPageCids = () => Object.keys(parentComment.replies.pageCids).length > 0;
+    if (hasPageCids())
+        return;
+    const { commentProps, publishWithPKC } = options ?? {};
+    const MAX_REPLIES_TO_PUBLISH = 5;
+    for (let i = 0; i < MAX_REPLIES_TO_PUBLISH && !hasPageCids(); i++) {
+        const replyProps = {
+            ...commentProps,
+            content: commentProps?.content ?? `force pagination reply ${i} ${Date.now()}`
+        };
+        const publishingPKC = publishWithPKC ?? parentComment._pkc;
+        await publishRandomReply({
+            parentComment: parentComment,
+            pkc: publishingPKC,
+            commentProps: replyProps
+        });
+        await parentComment.update();
+        await resolveWhenConditionIsTrue({
+            toUpdate: parentComment,
+            predicate: async () => hasPageCids()
+        });
+    }
+    if (!hasPageCids())
+        throw Error(`Failed to force parent comment ${parentComment.cid} to have replies.pageCids`);
+}
+export async function findOrPublishCommentWithDepth({ depth, community, pkc }) {
+    const pkcWithDefault = pkc || community._pkc;
+    let commentFromPreloadedPages;
+    if (community.posts.pages.hot) {
+        processAllCommentsRecursively(community.posts.pages.hot.comments, (comment) => {
+            if (comment.depth === depth) {
+                commentFromPreloadedPages = comment;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    if (commentFromPreloadedPages)
+        return pkcWithDefault.createComment(commentFromPreloadedPages);
+    let curComment;
+    let closestCommentFromHot;
+    if (community.posts.pages.hot) {
+        let maxDepthFound = -1;
+        processAllCommentsRecursively(community.posts.pages.hot.comments, (comment) => {
+            const commentDepth = comment.depth ?? 0;
+            if (commentDepth <= depth && commentDepth > maxDepthFound) {
+                maxDepthFound = commentDepth;
+                closestCommentFromHot = comment;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    if (closestCommentFromHot) {
+        curComment = await pkcWithDefault.createComment(closestCommentFromHot);
+    }
+    else {
+        curComment = await publishRandomPost({ communityAddress: community.address, pkc: pkcWithDefault });
+    }
+    if (curComment.depth === depth)
+        return curComment;
+    while (curComment.depth < depth) {
+        curComment = await publishRandomReply({ parentComment: curComment, pkc: pkcWithDefault });
+        if (curComment.depth === depth)
+            return curComment;
+    }
+    throw Error("Failed to find or publish comment with depth");
+}
+export async function findOrPublishCommentWithDepthWithHttpServerShortcut({ depth, community, pkc }) {
+    const pkcWithDefault = pkc || community._pkc;
+    const queryUrl = `http://localhost:14953/find-comment-with-depth?subAddress=${community.address}&commentDepth=${depth}`;
+    const commentWithSameDepthOrClosest = await (await fetch(queryUrl)).json();
+    if (commentWithSameDepthOrClosest.depth === depth) {
+        return pkcWithDefault.createComment(commentWithSameDepthOrClosest);
+    }
+    let curComment = await publishRandomReply({ parentComment: commentWithSameDepthOrClosest, pkc: pkcWithDefault });
+    while (curComment.depth < depth) {
+        curComment = await publishRandomReply({ parentComment: curComment, pkc: pkcWithDefault });
+        if (curComment.depth === depth)
+            return curComment;
+    }
+    throw Error("Failed to find or publish comment with depth");
+}
+export async function publishCommentWithDepth({ depth, community }) {
+    if (depth === 0) {
+        return publishRandomPost({ communityAddress: community.address, pkc: community._pkc });
+    }
+    else {
+        const parentComment = await publishCommentWithDepth({ depth: depth - 1, community });
+        let curComment = await publishRandomReply({
+            parentComment: parentComment,
+            pkc: community._pkc
+        });
+        if (curComment.depth === depth)
+            return curComment;
+        while (curComment.depth < depth) {
+            curComment = await publishRandomReply({ parentComment: curComment, pkc: community._pkc });
+            if (curComment.depth === depth)
+                return curComment;
+        }
+        throw Error("Failed to publish comment with depth");
+    }
+}
+export async function getCommentWithCommentUpdateProps({ cid, pkc }) {
+    const comment = await pkc.createComment({ cid });
+    await comment.update();
+    await resolveWhenConditionIsTrue({ toUpdate: comment, predicate: async () => Boolean(comment.updatedAt) });
+    return comment;
+}
+export async function publishCommentToModQueue({ community, pkc, parentComment, commentProps }) {
+    if (!commentProps?.challengeRequest?.challengeAnswers)
+        throw Error("You need to challengeRequest.challengeAnswers to pass the challenge and get to pending approval");
+    const remotePKC = pkc || (await mockGatewayPKC({ forceMockPubsub: true, remotePKC: true })); // this pkc is not connected to kubo rpc client of community
+    const pendingComment = parentComment
+        ? await generateMockComment(parentComment, remotePKC, false, {
+            content: "Pending reply" + " " + Math.random(),
+            ...commentProps
+        })
+        : await generateMockPost({
+            communityAddress: community.address,
+            pkc: remotePKC,
+            postProps: {
+                content: "Pending post" + " " + Math.random(),
+                ...commentProps
+            }
+        });
+    pendingComment.once("challenge", async () => {
+        throw Error("Should not received challenge with challengeRequest props");
+    });
+    const challengeVerificationPromise = new Promise((resolve) => pendingComment.once("challengeverification", resolve));
+    await publishWithExpectedResult({ publication: pendingComment, expectedChallengeSuccess: true }); // a pending approval is technically challengeSucess = true
+    if (!pendingComment.pendingApproval)
+        throw Error("The comment did not go to pending approval");
+    return { comment: pendingComment, challengeVerification: await challengeVerificationPromise };
+}
+export async function publishToModQueueWithDepth({ community, depth, pkc, modCommentProps, commentProps }) {
+    if (!commentProps?.challengeRequest?.challengeAnswers)
+        throw Error("You need to challengeRequest.challengeAnswers to pass the challenge and get to pending approval");
+    if (depth === 0)
+        return publishCommentToModQueue({ community, pkc, commentProps });
+    else {
+        // we assume mod can publish comments without mod queue
+        const remotePKC = pkc || community._pkc;
+        const commentsPublishedByMod = [
+            await publishRandomPost({ communityAddress: community.address, pkc: remotePKC, postProps: modCommentProps })
+        ];
+        for (let i = 1; i < depth; i++) {
+            commentsPublishedByMod.push(await publishRandomReply({
+                parentComment: commentsPublishedByMod[i - 1],
+                pkc: remotePKC,
+                commentProps: modCommentProps
+            }));
+        }
+        // we have created a tree of comments and now we can publish the pending comment underneath it
+        const pendingReply = await generateMockComment(commentsPublishedByMod[commentsPublishedByMod.length - 1], remotePKC, false, {
+            content: "Pending reply" + " " + Math.random(),
+            ...commentProps
+        });
+        pendingReply.once("challenge", () => {
+            throw Error("Should not received challenge with challengeRequest props");
+        });
+        const challengeVerificationPromise = new Promise((resolve) => pendingReply.once("challengeverification", resolve));
+        await publishWithExpectedResult({ publication: pendingReply, expectedChallengeSuccess: true }); // a pending approval is technically challengeSucess = true
+        if (!pendingReply.pendingApproval)
+            throw Error("The reply did not go to pending approval");
+        return { comment: pendingReply, challengeVerification: await challengeVerificationPromise };
+    }
+}
+// This may not be needed
+export async function forceCommunityToGenerateAllPostsPages(community, commentProps) {
+    // max comment size is 40kb = 40000
+    const rawCommunityRecord = community.raw.communityIpfs;
+    if (!rawCommunityRecord)
+        throw Error("Community should be updating before forcing to generate all pages");
+    community.setMaxListeners(100);
+    if (Object.keys(community.posts.pageCids).length > 0)
+        return;
+    const curRecordSize = await calculateStringSizeSameAsIpfsAddCidV0(JSON.stringify(rawCommunityRecord));
+    const maxCommentSize = 30000;
+    const defaultContent = "x".repeat(FORCE_COMMUNITY_MIN_POST_CONTENT_BYTES); // 30kb
+    const paddedContent = typeof commentProps?.content === "string"
+        ? commentProps.content.padEnd(FORCE_COMMUNITY_MIN_POST_CONTENT_BYTES, "x")
+        : defaultContent;
+    const estimatedCommentSize = Math.max(maxCommentSize, Buffer.byteLength(paddedContent, "utf8"));
+    const adjustedCommentProps = { ...commentProps, content: paddedContent };
+    const numOfCommentsToPublish = Math.round((1024 * 1024 - curRecordSize) / estimatedCommentSize) + 1;
+    let lastPublishedPost = await publishRandomPost({
+        communityAddress: community.address,
+        pkc: community._pkc,
+        postProps: adjustedCommentProps
+    });
+    await Promise.all(new Array(numOfCommentsToPublish).fill(null).map(async () => {
+        const post = await publishRandomPost({
+            communityAddress: community.address,
+            pkc: community._pkc,
+            postProps: adjustedCommentProps
+        });
+        lastPublishedPost = post;
+    }));
+    await waitTillPostInCommunityPages(lastPublishedPost, community._pkc);
+    const newCommunity = await community._pkc.createCommunity({ address: community.address });
+    await newCommunity.update();
+    await resolveWhenConditionIsTrue({ toUpdate: newCommunity, predicate: async () => typeof newCommunity.updatedAt === "number" });
+    if (Object.keys(newCommunity.posts.pageCids).length === 0)
+        throw Error("Failed to force the community to load all pages");
+    await newCommunity.stop();
+}
+export function mockReplyToUseParentPagesForUpdates(reply) {
+    const updatingComment = findUpdatingComment(reply._pkc, { cid: reply.cid });
+    if (!updatingComment)
+        throw Error("Reply should be updating before starting to mock");
+    if (updatingComment.depth === 0)
+        throw Error("Should not call this function on a post");
+    delete updatingComment.raw.commentUpdate;
+    delete updatingComment.updatedAt;
+    mockCommentToNotUsePagesForUpdates(reply);
+    const originalFunc = updatingComment._clientsManager.handleUpdateEventFromPostToFetchReplyCommentUpdate.bind(updatingComment._clientsManager);
+    updatingComment._clientsManager.handleUpdateEventFromPostToFetchReplyCommentUpdate = (postInstance) => {
+        // this should stop pkc-js from assuming the post replies is a single preloaded page
+        const updatingCommunityInstance = findUpdatingCommunity(reply._pkc, { address: postInstance.communityAddress });
+        const updatingParentInstance = findUpdatingComment(reply._pkc, { cid: reply.parentCid });
+        if (postInstance.replies.pages)
+            Object.keys(postInstance.replies.pages).forEach((preloadedPageKey) => {
+                if (postInstance.replies.pages[preloadedPageKey]?.comments)
+                    postInstance.replies.pages[preloadedPageKey].comments = [];
+            });
+        if (updatingCommunityInstance?.posts.pages)
+            Object.keys(updatingCommunityInstance.posts.pages).forEach((preloadedPageKey) => {
+                if (updatingCommunityInstance.posts.pages[preloadedPageKey]?.comments)
+                    updatingCommunityInstance.posts.pages[preloadedPageKey].comments = [];
+            });
+        if (updatingParentInstance?.replies?.pages)
+            Object.keys(updatingParentInstance.replies.pages).forEach((preloadedPageKey) => {
+                if (updatingParentInstance.replies.pages[preloadedPageKey]?.comments)
+                    updatingParentInstance.replies.pages[preloadedPageKey].comments = [];
+            });
+        return originalFunc(postInstance);
+    };
+}
+export function mockUpdatingCommentResolvingAuthor(comment, mockFunction) {
+    const updatingComment = findUpdatingComment(comment._pkc, { cid: comment.cid });
+    if (!updatingComment)
+        throw Error("Comment should be updating before starting to mock");
+    if (comment._pkc._pkcRpcClient)
+        throw Error("Can't mock cache with pkc rpc clients");
+    updatingComment._clientsManager.resolveAuthorNameIfNeeded = mockFunction;
+}
+export async function getRandomPostCidFromSub(communityAddress, pkc) {
+    const community = await pkc.createCommunity({ address: communityAddress });
+    await community.update();
+    await resolveWhenConditionIsTrue({ toUpdate: community, predicate: async () => typeof community.updatedAt === "number" });
+    const lastPostCid = community.lastPostCid;
+    await community.stop();
+    if (!lastPostCid)
+        throw Error("Community should have a last post cid");
+    return lastPostCid;
+}
+const skipFunction = (_) => { };
+skipFunction.skip = () => { };
+//@ts-expect-error
+export const describeSkipIfRpc = globalThis["describe"]?.runIf(!isRpcFlagOn());
+//@ts-expect-error
+export const describeIfRpc = globalThis["describe"]?.runIf(isRpcFlagOn());
+//@ts-expect-error
+export const itSkipIfRpc = globalThis["it"]?.runIf(!isRpcFlagOn());
+//@ts-expect-error
+export const itIfRpc = globalThis["it"]?.runIf(isRpcFlagOn());
+export function mockNameResolvers({ pkc, resolveFunction }) {
+    if (pkc._pkcRpcClient)
+        throw Error("Can't mock name resolvers with pkc rpc clients");
+    pkc.nameResolvers = [createMockNameResolver({ resolveFunction: (opts) => resolveFunction(opts) })];
+}
+export function processAllCommentsRecursively(comments, processor) {
+    if (!comments || comments.length === 0)
+        return;
+    comments.forEach((comment) => processor(comment));
+    for (const comment of comments)
+        if (comment.replies?.pages?.best?.comments)
+            processAllCommentsRecursively(comment.replies.pages.best.comments, processor);
+}
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