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test_tx_gas_limit()

Documentation for tests/frontier/validation/test_transaction.py::test_tx_gas_limit@tests-snobal-devnet-6@v1.1.0.

Generate fixtures for these test cases for Amsterdam with:

fill -v tests/frontier/validation/test_transaction.py::test_tx_gas_limit --fork Amsterdam

Tests that if a tx gas limit is higher than the block gas limit, an exception is raised.

Source code in tests/frontier/validation/test_transaction.py 
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@pytest.mark.exception_test
@pytest.mark.eels_base_coverage
def test_tx_gas_limit(
    blockchain_test: BlockchainTestFiller,
    pre: Alloc,
    env: Environment,
) -> None:
    """
    Tests that if a tx gas limit is higher than the block gas limit,
    an exception is raised.
    """
    sender = pre.fund_eoa()
    to = pre.fund_eoa()

    tx = Transaction(
        gas_limit=21001,
        to=to,
        gas_price=0x10,  # Must be >= base fee to isolate gas limit validation
        sender=sender,
        protected=False,
        error=TransactionException.GAS_ALLOWANCE_EXCEEDED,
    )

    modified_fields = {"gas_limit": ZeroPaddedHexNumber(21000)}
    env.gas_limit = ZeroPaddedHexNumber(21000)

    block = Block(
        txs=[tx],
        rlp_modifier=Header(**modified_fields),
        exception=TransactionException.GAS_ALLOWANCE_EXCEEDED,
    )

    blockchain_test(pre=pre, post={}, blocks=[block], genesis_environment=env)

Parametrized Test Cases

This test generates 1 parametrized test case across 14 forks.