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+//! Thin client wrapper for querying the indexer's JSON-RPC API in tests.
+//!
+//! The sequencer doesn't depend on the indexer at runtime — finalization comes
+//! from zone-sdk events. This wrapper exists purely for test ergonomics so
+//! integration tests can construct a single connection and call
+//! `indexer_service_rpc::RpcClient` methods directly via `Deref`.
+
+use std::ops::Deref;
+
+use anyhow::{Context as _, Result};
+use jsonrpsee::ws_client::{WsClient, WsClientBuilder};
+use log::info;
+use url::Url;
+
+pub struct IndexerClient(WsClient);
+
+impl IndexerClient {
+    pub async fn new(indexer_url: &Url) -> Result<Self> {
+        info!("Connecting to Indexer at {indexer_url}");
+        let client = WsClientBuilder::default()
+            .build(indexer_url)
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to create websocket client")?;
+        Ok(Self(client))
+    }
+}
+
+impl Deref for IndexerClient {
+    type Target = WsClient;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}