Consume Simulators

The engine and rlp simulators test clients by importing blocks through different interfaces. These simulators run within the Hive testing framework to provide containerized, isolated testing environments.

Command Syntax

uv run consume <engine|rlp> [OPTIONS]

Relevant Information

• To install the consume command, see Installation.
• Help setting up and starting Hive in dev mode.
• For an explanation of how the consume simulators work, see the Engine and RLP sections in Running Tests.
• Help for relevant options can be found in Consume Cache and Fixture Inputs and Useful Pytest Options.

Related: Block Building

A separate hive simulator build-block is also fixture-driven but tests the client's producer-side path via the testing_buildBlockV1 engine-API testing-namespace endpoint, rather than the consumer-side import path that the simulators above exercise.