Nomos Data Availability Testing

vac:qa:nomos:2025q1-da-testing

Description §

Implement data availability test plans for the Nomos project at the cluster level.

Alignment with VAC Narratives:

• By developing and constantly updating tests for data availability, VAC QA ensures that the feature’s implementation aligns with high standards.
• This continuous testing helps identify any spec-related issues early, contributing to the RFC culture and improving spec quality.
• The effort also supports IFT’s strategic objective of scaling the project’s capacity and ensuring a reliable system for future community involvement.

Task List §

Data Integrity Tests §

• fully qualified name: vac:qa:nomos:2025q1-da-testing:data-integrity-tests
• owner: romanzac
• status: done
• start-date: 2025/01/06
• end-date: 2025/01/17

Description §

Add integration tests focusing on the system’s ability to reconstruct or retrieve data.

Deliverables §

• Test/data availability and integrity
• Sync data availability and integrity tests with latest Nomos node changes
• Change Dockerfile for testnet image to enable block production
• Add reconstruct command to nomos-cli
• CI workflow

Networking and Privacy Tests §

• fully qualified name: vac:qa:nomos:2025q1-da-testing:networking-privacy
• owner: romanzac
• status: done
• start-date: 2025/01/20
• end-date: 2025/02/21

Description §

Add integration tests focusing on the privacy of the data in transit

Deliverables §

• Test/networking and privacy

Denial of Service (DoS) and Robustness Testing §

• fully qualified name: vac:qa:nomos:2025q1-da-testing:dos-robustness
• owner: romanzac
• status: done
• start-date: 2025/02/24
• end-date: 2025/03/21

Description §

Add integration tests to verify system’s resilience to DoS attacks and handling of large volume of data

Deliverables §

• Test/spam protection
• Test/high load denial of service
• Chore/Cluster configuration update
• Test/Disperse large volume data

Edge Cases §

• fully qualified name: vac:qa:nomos:2025q1-da-testing:edge-cases
• owner: romanzac
• status: done
• start-date: 2025/03/24
• end-date: 2025/03/31

Description §

This is an ongoing task. Add edge case integration tests to cover unusual system behavior.

Deliverables §

• Test/da edge cases