test: client node run

src/cli/nomos_cli.py

@@ -44,12 +44,15 @@ class NomosCli:
 
         self._port_map = {}
 
-        cmd = [NOMOS_CLI, self._command]
-        for flag in nomos_cli[self._command]["flags"]:
-            for f, indexes in flag.items():
-                cmd.append(f)
-                for j in indexes:
-                    cmd.append(input_values[j])
+        if self._command == "client_node":
+            cmd = ["tail", "-f", "/dev/null"]
+        else:
+            cmd = [NOMOS_CLI, self._command]
+            for flag in nomos_cli[self._command]["flags"]:
+                for f, indexes in flag.items():
+                    cmd.append(f)
+                    for j in indexes:
+                        cmd.append(input_values[j])
 
         logger.debug(f"NomosCli command to run {cmd}")
 
@@ -72,7 +75,6 @@ class NomosCli:
                 decode_only = kwargs.get("decode_only", False)
                 return self.reconstruct(decode_only=decode_only)
             case "client_node":
-                delay(3600)
                 return None
             case _:
                 return None

src/steps/common.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class StepsCommon:
     def cluster_setup(self):
         logger.debug(f"Running fixture setup: {inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name}")
         self.main_nodes = []
-        self.cli_nodes = []
+        self.client_nodes = []
 
     @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
     def setup_2_node_cluster(self, request):
@@ -101,6 +101,6 @@ class StepsCommon:
 
         for i in range(num_clients):
             cli_node = NomosCli(command="client_node")
-            self.cli_nodes.append(cli_node)
+            self.client_nodes.append(cli_node)
 
         delay(1)

tests/dos_robustness/test_high_load_dos.py

@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ class TestHighLoadDos(StepsDataAvailability):
         successful_downloads = 0
         unsuccessful_downloads = 0
 
+        self.client_nodes[0].run()
+
         while True:
             if time.time() - start_time > timeout:
                 break