diff --git a/tests/integration/codexprocess.nim b/tests/integration/codexprocess.nim
index ce633434..4e707549 100644
--- a/tests/integration/codexprocess.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/codexprocess.nim
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import pkg/chronicles
 import pkg/chronos/asyncproc
 import pkg/ethers
 import pkg/libp2p
+import pkg/stew/io2
 import std/os
 import std/strutils
 import codex/conf
@@ -40,6 +41,16 @@ method outputLineEndings(node: CodexProcess): string =
 method onOutputLineCaptured(node: CodexProcess, line: string) =
   discard
 
+method logFileContains*(node: CodexProcess, text: string): bool =
+  let config = CodexConf.load(cmdLine = node.arguments, quitOnFailure = false)
+  without logFile =? config.logFile.?string:
+    raiseAssert "codex node does have a --log-file option set (use .withLogFile())"
+
+  without logContents =? logFile.readAllChars:
+    raiseAssert "failed to open codex log file, aborting"
+
+  return logContents.contains(text)
+
 proc dataDir(node: CodexProcess): string =
   let config = CodexConf.load(cmdLine = node.arguments, quitOnFailure = false)
   return config.dataDir.string
@@ -73,4 +84,4 @@ method stop*(node: CodexProcess) {.async.} =
     node.client = none CodexClient
 
 method removeDataDir*(node: CodexProcess) =
-  removeDir(node.dataDir)
+  os.removeDir(node.dataDir)
diff --git a/tests/integration/hardhatprocess.nim b/tests/integration/hardhatprocess.nim
index 0e88aa78..84cf4132 100644
--- a/tests/integration/hardhatprocess.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/hardhatprocess.nim
@@ -40,6 +40,25 @@ method processOptions(node: HardhatProcess): set[AsyncProcessOption] =
 method outputLineEndings(node: HardhatProcess): string =
   return "\n"
 
+method logFileContains*(hardhat: HardhatProcess, text: string): bool =
+  without fileHandle =? hardhat.logFile:
+    raiseAssert "failed to open hardhat log file, aborting"
+
+  without fileSize =? fileHandle.getFileSize:
+    raiseAssert "failed to get current hardhat log file size, aborting"
+
+  if checkFileSize(fileSize).isErr:
+    raiseAssert "file size too big for nim indexing"
+
+  var data = ""
+  data.setLen(fileSize)
+
+  without bytesRead =? readFile(fileHandle,
+                                data.toOpenArray(0, len(data) - 1)):
+    raiseAssert "unable to read hardhat log, aborting"
+
+  return data.contains(text)
+
 proc openLogFile(node: HardhatProcess, logFilePath: string): IoHandle =
   let logFileHandle = openFile(
     logFilePath,
diff --git a/tests/integration/multinodes.nim b/tests/integration/multinodes.nim
index 1ad16a38..97277beb 100644
--- a/tests/integration/multinodes.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/multinodes.nim
@@ -222,6 +222,26 @@ template multinodesuite*(name: string, body: untyped) =
 
       return await newCodexProcess(validatorIdx, config, Role.Validator)
 
+
+    proc searchLogs(role: Role, text: string): seq[bool] =
+      var hits: seq[bool] = @[]
+      if role == Role.Hardhat:
+        return @[hardhat().logFileContains(text)]
+      elif role == Role.Client:
+        for client in clients():
+          hits.add client.logFileContains(text)
+      else:
+        for provider in providers():
+          hits.add provider.logFileContains(text)
+
+      return hits
+
+    proc logsContain(role: Role, text: string): bool =
+      return searchLogs(role, text).allIt(it)
+
+    proc logsDoNotContain(role: Role, text: string): bool =
+      return searchLogs(role, text).allIt(not it)
+
     proc teardownImpl() {.async.} =
       for nodes in @[validators(), clients(), providers()]:
         for node in nodes:
diff --git a/tests/integration/nodeconfig.nim b/tests/integration/nodeconfig.nim
deleted file mode 100644
index d6adb80f..00000000
--- a/tests/integration/nodeconfig.nim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-import pkg/chronicles
-import pkg/questionable
-
-export chronicles
-
-type
-  NodeConfig* = ref object of RootObj
-    logFile*: bool
-    logLevel*: ?LogLevel
-    debugEnabled*: bool
-
-proc debug*[T: NodeConfig](config: T, enabled = true): T =
-  ## output log in stdout
-  var startConfig = config
-  startConfig.debugEnabled = enabled
-  return startConfig
-
-proc withLogFile*[T: NodeConfig](
-  config: T,
-  logToFile: bool = true
-): T =
-
-  var startConfig = config
-  startConfig.logFile = logToFile
-  return startConfig
-
-proc withLogLevel*[T: NodeConfig](
-  config: NodeConfig,
-  level: LogLevel
-): T =
-
-  var startConfig = config
-  startConfig.logLevel = some level
-  return startConfig
diff --git a/tests/integration/nodeprocess.nim b/tests/integration/nodeprocess.nim
index 61947c20..d8367c14 100644
--- a/tests/integration/nodeprocess.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/nodeprocess.nim
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ method outputLineEndings(node: NodeProcess): string {.base.} =
 method onOutputLineCaptured(node: NodeProcess, line: string) {.base.} =
   raiseAssert "not implemented"
 
+method logFileContains*(hardhat: NodeProcess): bool {.base.} =
+  raiseAssert "not implemented"
+
 method start*(node: NodeProcess) {.base, async.} =
   logScope:
     nodeName = node.name
diff --git a/tests/integration/testslotreservations.nim b/tests/integration/testslotreservations.nim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9fb54f2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/testslotreservations.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import pkg/stew/byteutils
+import pkg/codex/units
+import ../examples
+import ../contracts/time
+import ../contracts/deployment
+import ./marketplacesuite
+import ./nodeconfigs
+import ./hardhatconfig
+
+marketplacesuite "Slot reservations":
+
+  test "nonce does not go too high when reserving slots",
+    NodeConfigs(
+      # Uncomment to start Hardhat automatically, typically so logs can be inspected locally
+      hardhat: HardhatConfig()
+                .withLogFile()
+                .some,
+
+      clients:
+        CodexConfigs.init(nodes=1)
+          # .debug() # uncomment to enable console log output.debug()
+          .withLogFile() # uncomment to output log file to tests/integration/logs/<start_datetime> <suite_name>/<test_name>/<node_role>_<node_idx>.log
+          .withLogTopics("node", "erasure", "marketplace")
+          .some,
+
+      providers:
+        CodexConfigs.init(nodes=6)
+          # .debug() # uncomment to enable console log output
+          .withLogFile() # uncomment to output log file to tests/integration/logs/<start_datetime> <suite_name>/<test_name>/<node_role>_<node_idx>.log
+          .withLogTopics("node", "marketplace", "sales", "reservations", "proving", "ethers", "statemachine")
+          .some,
+  ):
+    let reward = 400.u256
+    let duration = 50.periods
+    let collateral = 200.u256
+    let expiry = 30.periods
+    let data = await RandomChunker.example(blocks=8)
+    let client = clients()[0]
+    let clientApi = client.client
+
+    # provider makes storage available
+    for i in 0..<providers().len:
+      let provider = providers()[i].client
+      discard provider.postAvailability(
+        # make availability size small enough that we can only fill one slot
+        totalSize=(data.len div 2).u256,
+        duration=duration.u256,
+        minPrice=reward,
+        maxCollateral=collateral)
+
+    let cid = clientApi.upload(data).get
+
+    var slotIdxFilled: seq[UInt256] = @[]
+    proc onSlotFilled(event: SlotFilled) =
+      slotIdxFilled.add event.slotIndex
+    proc onSlotReservationsFull(event: SlotReservationsFull) =
+      echo "Slot reservations full for slot ", event.slotIndex
+
+    let subscriptionFull = await marketplace.subscribe(SlotReservationsFull, onSlotReservationsFull)
+    let subscription = await marketplace.subscribe(SlotFilled, onSlotFilled)
+
+    # client requests storage but requires multiple slots to host the content
+    let id = await clientApi.requestStorage(
+      cid,
+      duration=duration,
+      reward=reward,
+      expiry=expiry,
+      collateral=collateral,
+      nodes=5,
+      tolerance=1
+    )
+
+    # wait until all slots filled
+    check eventually(slotIdxFilled.len == 5, timeout=expiry.int * 1000)
+
+    check logsDoNotContain(Role.Provider, "Nonce too high")
+
+    await subscription.unsubscribe()
+    await subscriptionFull.unsubscribe()
diff --git a/tests/testIntegration.nim b/tests/testIntegration.nim
index b1f81ef4..f357518a 100644
--- a/tests/testIntegration.nim
+++ b/tests/testIntegration.nim
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import ./integration/testsales
 import ./integration/testpurchasing
 import ./integration/testblockexpiration
 import ./integration/testmarketplace
+import ./integration/testslotreservations
 import ./integration/testproofs
 import ./integration/testecbug