diff --git a/benchmarks/core/experiments/experiments.py b/benchmarks/core/experiments/experiments.py
index 69f31bf..63cc3ee 100644
--- a/benchmarks/core/experiments/experiments.py
+++ b/benchmarks/core/experiments/experiments.py
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 """Basic definitions for structuring experiments."""
 
+import logging
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from collections.abc import Iterable
-
-import logging
+from typing import Optional
 
 from typing_extensions import Generic, TypeVar
 
+from benchmarks.core.utils import await_predicate
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class Experiment(ABC):
+    """Base interface for an executable :class:`Experiment`."""
+
     @abstractmethod
     def run(self):
         """Synchronously runs the experiment, blocking the current thread until it's done."""
@@ -20,8 +24,59 @@ class Experiment(ABC):
 TExperiment = TypeVar('TExperiment', bound=Experiment)
 
 
+class ExperimentComponent(ABC):
+    """An :class:`ExperimentComponent` is a part of the environment for an experiment. These could be databases,
+    network nodes, etc."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def is_ready(self) -> bool:
+        """Returns whether this component is ready or not."""
+        pass
+
+
+class ExperimentEnvironment:
+    """An :class:`ExperimentEnvironment` is a collection of :class:`ExperimentComponent`s that must be ready before
+    an :class:`Experiment` can execute."""
+
+    def __init__(self, components: Iterable[ExperimentComponent], polling_interval: float = 0):
+        self.components = components
+        self.polling_interval = polling_interval
+
+    def await_ready(self, timeout: float = 0) -> bool:
+        """Awaits for all components to be ready, or until a timeout is reached."""
+        # TODO we should probably have per-component timeouts, or at least provide feedback
+        #  as to what was the completion state of each component.
+        if not await_predicate(
+                lambda: all(component.is_ready() for component in self.components),
+                timeout=timeout,
+                polling_interval=self.polling_interval,
+        ):
+            return False
+
+        return True
+
+    def run(self, experiment: Experiment):
+        """Runs the :class:`Experiment` within this :class:`ExperimentEnvironment`."""
+        if not self.await_ready():
+            raise RuntimeError('One or more environment components were not get ready in time')
+
+        experiment.run()
+
+    def bind(self, experiment: TExperiment) -> Experiment:
+        return _BoundExperiment(experiment, self)
+
+
+class _BoundExperiment(Experiment, ABC):
+    def __init__(self, experiment: Experiment, env: ExperimentEnvironment):
+        self.experiment = experiment
+        self.env = env
+
+    def run(self):
+        self.env.run(self.experiment)
+
+
 class IteratedExperiment(Experiment, Generic[TExperiment]):
-    """An :class:`IteratedExperiment` will a sequence of :class:`Experiment`s."""
+    """An :class:`IteratedExperiment` will run a sequence of :class:`Experiment`s."""
 
     def __init__(self, experiments: Iterable[TExperiment]):
         self.successful_runs = 0
diff --git a/benchmarks/core/experiments/static_experiment.py b/benchmarks/core/experiments/static_experiment.py
index d62e930..f891b7f 100644
--- a/benchmarks/core/experiments/static_experiment.py
+++ b/benchmarks/core/experiments/static_experiment.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing_extensions import Generic, List
+from typing_extensions import Generic, List, Tuple
 
 from benchmarks.core.experiments.experiments import Experiment
 from benchmarks.core.network import TInitialMetadata, TNetworkHandle, Node
@@ -21,17 +21,7 @@ class StaticDisseminationExperiment(Generic[TNetworkHandle, TInitialMetadata], E
         self.data = data
 
     def run(self, run: int = 0):
-        seeders, leechers = (
-            [
-                self.nodes[i]
-                for i in self.seeders
-            ],
-            [
-                self.nodes[i]
-                for i in range(0, len(self.nodes))
-                if i not in self.seeders
-            ]
-        )
+        seeders, leechers = self._split_nodes()
 
         logger.info('Running experiment with %d seeders and %d leechers',
                     len(seeders), len(leechers))
@@ -51,3 +41,16 @@ class StaticDisseminationExperiment(Generic[TNetworkHandle, TInitialMetadata], E
             for i, download in enumerate(downloads):
                 download.await_for_completion()
                 logger.info('Download %d / %d completed', i + 1, len(downloads))
+
+    def _split_nodes(self) -> Tuple[
+        List[Node[TNetworkHandle, TInitialMetadata]],
+        List[Node[TNetworkHandle, TInitialMetadata]]
+    ]:
+        return [
+            self.nodes[i]
+            for i in self.seeders
+        ], [
+            self.nodes[i]
+            for i in range(0, len(self.nodes))
+            if i not in self.seeders
+        ]
diff --git a/benchmarks/core/experiments/tests/test_experiments.py b/benchmarks/core/experiments/tests/test_experiments.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3126c00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/core/experiments/tests/test_experiments.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+from time import sleep
+from typing import List
+
+from benchmarks.core.experiments.experiments import ExperimentComponent, ExperimentEnvironment, Experiment
+
+
+class ExternalComponent(ExperimentComponent):
+
+    @property
+    def readiness_timeout(self) -> float:
+        return 0.1
+
+    def __init__(self, loops: int, wait_time: float = 0.0):
+        self.loops = loops
+        self.iteration = 0
+        self.wait_time = wait_time
+
+    def is_ready(self) -> bool:
+        sleep(self.wait_time)
+        if self.iteration < self.loops:
+            self.iteration += 1
+            return False
+
+        return True
+
+
+def test_should_await_until_components_are_ready():
+    components = [
+        ExternalComponent(5),
+        ExternalComponent(3),
+    ]
+
+    environment = ExperimentEnvironment(components, polling_interval=0)
+    assert environment.await_ready()
+
+    assert components[0].iteration == 5
+    assert components[1].iteration == 3
+
+
+def test_should_timeout_if_component_takes_too_long():
+    components = [
+        ExternalComponent(5),
+        ExternalComponent(3, wait_time=0.1),
+    ]
+
+    environment = ExperimentEnvironment(components, polling_interval=0)
+    assert not environment.await_ready(0.1)
+
+    assert components[0].iteration == 5
+    assert components[1].iteration < 3
+
+
+class ExperimentThatReliesOnComponents(Experiment):
+    def __init__(self, components: List[ExperimentComponent]):
+        self.components = components
+
+    def run(self):
+        assert all(component.is_ready() for component in self.components)
+
+
+def test_should_bind_experiment_to_environment():
+    components = [
+        ExternalComponent(5),
+        ExternalComponent(3),
+    ]
+
+    env = ExperimentEnvironment(components, polling_interval=0)
+    experiment = ExperimentThatReliesOnComponents(components)
+    bound = env.bind(experiment)
+
+    bound.run()
+
+    assert components[0].is_ready()
+    assert components[1].is_ready()
diff --git a/benchmarks/core/experiments/tests/test_static_experiment.py b/benchmarks/core/experiments/tests/test_static_experiment.py
index 89974e4..3674efc 100644
--- a/benchmarks/core/experiments/tests/test_static_experiment.py
+++ b/benchmarks/core/experiments/tests/test_static_experiment.py
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional, List, Tuple, Union
 
-from benchmarks.core.network import Node, DownloadHandle
 from benchmarks.core.experiments.static_experiment import StaticDisseminationExperiment
 from benchmarks.core.experiments.tests.utils import MockExperimentData
+from benchmarks.core.network import Node, DownloadHandle
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class MockNode(Node[MockHandle, str]):
             file: Path,
             handle: Union[str, MockHandle]
     ) -> MockHandle:
+
         if isinstance(handle, MockHandle):
             self.seeding = (handle, file)
         else:
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ class MockNode(Node[MockHandle, str]):
         return self.seeding[0]
 
     def leech(self, handle: MockHandle):
+
         self.leeching = handle
         return MockDownloadHandle(self)
 
diff --git a/benchmarks/core/utils.py b/benchmarks/core/utils.py
index 02e7673..d4e09fa 100644
--- a/benchmarks/core/utils.py
+++ b/benchmarks/core/utils.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from contextlib import contextmanager, AbstractContextManager
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Iterator, Tuple, ContextManager, Optional
+from time import time, sleep
+from typing import Iterator, Tuple, ContextManager, Optional, Callable
 
 from typing_extensions import Generic
 
@@ -59,6 +60,16 @@ def temp_random_file(size: int, name: str = 'data.bin'):
         yield random_file
 
 
+def await_predicate(predicate: Callable[[], bool], timeout: float = 0, polling_interval: float = 0) -> bool:
+    current = time()
+    while (timeout == 0) or ((time() - current) <= timeout):
+        if predicate():
+            return True
+        sleep(polling_interval)
+
+    return False
+
+
 def sample(n: int) -> Iterator[int]:
     """Samples without replacement using a basic Fisher-Yates shuffle."""
     p = list(range(0, n))
diff --git a/benchmarks/deluge/deluge_node.py b/benchmarks/deluge/deluge_node.py
index 5a7b7f5..a4be24f 100644
--- a/benchmarks/deluge/deluge_node.py
+++ b/benchmarks/deluge/deluge_node.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import shutil
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from io import BytesIO
 from pathlib import Path
-from time import time, sleep
 from typing import List, Union, Optional, Self, Dict, Any
 
 import pathvalidate
@@ -12,7 +11,9 @@ from deluge_client import DelugeRPCClient
 from torrentool.torrent import Torrent
 from urllib3.util import Url
 
+from benchmarks.core.experiments.experiments import ExperimentComponent
 from benchmarks.core.network import SharedFSNode, DownloadHandle
+from benchmarks.core.utils import await_predicate
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ class DelugeMeta:
     announce_url: Url
 
 
-class DelugeNode(SharedFSNode[Torrent, DelugeMeta]):
+class DelugeNode(SharedFSNode[Torrent, DelugeMeta], ExperimentComponent):
 
     def __init__(
             self,
@@ -123,6 +124,13 @@ class DelugeNode(SharedFSNode[Torrent, DelugeMeta]):
         self._rpc = client
         return self
 
+    def is_ready(self) -> bool:
+        try:
+            self.connect()
+            return True
+        except ConnectionRefusedError:
+            return False
+
     def _init_folders(self):
         self.downloads_root.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
@@ -141,16 +149,13 @@ class DelugeDownloadHandle(DownloadHandle):
 
     def await_for_completion(self, timeout: float = 0) -> bool:
         name = self.torrent.name
-        current = time()
-        while (timeout == 0) or ((time() - current) <= timeout):
+
+        def _predicate():
             response = self.node.rpc.core.get_torrents_status({'name': name}, [])
             if len(response) > 1:
                 logger.warning(f'Client has multiple torrents matching name {name}. Returning the first one.')
 
             status = list(response.values())[0]
-            if status[b'is_seed']:
-                return True
+            return status[b'is_seed']
 
-            sleep(0.5)
-
-        return False
+        return await_predicate(_predicate, timeout=timeout)
diff --git a/benchmarks/deluge/tests/fixtures.py b/benchmarks/deluge/tests/fixtures.py
index a1af273..1ec1e06 100644
--- a/benchmarks/deluge/tests/fixtures.py
+++ b/benchmarks/deluge/tests/fixtures.py
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@ import pytest
 from urllib3.util import Url, parse_url
 
 from benchmarks.core import utils
-from benchmarks.core.utils import megabytes
+from benchmarks.core.utils import megabytes, await_predicate
 from benchmarks.deluge.deluge_node import DelugeNode
+from benchmarks.deluge.tracker import Tracker
 from benchmarks.tests.utils import shared_volume
 
 
 def deluge_node(name: str, port: int) -> Generator[DelugeNode, None, None]:
     node = DelugeNode(name, volume=shared_volume(), daemon_port=port)
+    await_predicate(node.is_ready, timeout=10, polling_interval=0.5)
     node.wipe_all_torrents()
     try:
         yield node
@@ -41,5 +43,5 @@ def temp_random_file() -> Generator[Path, None, None]:
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def tracker() -> Url:
-    return parse_url('http://127.0.0.1:8000/announce')
+def tracker() -> Tracker:
+    return Tracker(parse_url('http://127.0.0.1:8000/announce'))
diff --git a/benchmarks/deluge/tests/test_deluge_node.py b/benchmarks/deluge/tests/test_deluge_node.py
index 8aaee82..63cac35 100644
--- a/benchmarks/deluge/tests/test_deluge_node.py
+++ b/benchmarks/deluge/tests/test_deluge_node.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
-from urllib3.util import Url
 
 from benchmarks.core.utils import megabytes
 from benchmarks.deluge.deluge_node import DelugeNode, DelugeMeta
+from benchmarks.deluge.tracker import Tracker
+
 
 @pytest.mark.integration
 def assert_is_seed(node: DelugeNode, name: str, size: int):
@@ -12,25 +13,27 @@ def assert_is_seed(node: DelugeNode, name: str, size: int):
     assert len(response) == 1
     info = response[0]
 
-    assert info[b'name'] == name.encode('utf-8') # not sure that this works for ANY name...
+    assert info[b'name'] == name.encode('utf-8')  # not sure that this works for ANY name...
     assert info[b'total_size'] == size
     assert info[b'is_seed'] == True
 
+
 @pytest.mark.integration
-def test_should_seed_files(deluge_node1: DelugeNode, temp_random_file: Path, tracker: Url):
+def test_should_seed_files(deluge_node1: DelugeNode, temp_random_file: Path, tracker: Tracker):
     assert not deluge_node1.torrent_info(name='dataset1')
 
-    deluge_node1.seed(temp_random_file, DelugeMeta(name='dataset1', announce_url=tracker))
+    deluge_node1.seed(temp_random_file, DelugeMeta(name='dataset1', announce_url=tracker.announce_url))
     assert_is_seed(deluge_node1, name='dataset1', size=megabytes(1))
 
+
 @pytest.mark.integration
 def test_should_download_files(
         deluge_node1: DelugeNode, deluge_node2: DelugeNode,
-        temp_random_file: Path, tracker: Url):
+        temp_random_file: Path, tracker: Tracker):
     assert not deluge_node1.torrent_info(name='dataset1')
     assert not deluge_node2.torrent_info(name='dataset1')
 
-    torrent = deluge_node1.seed(temp_random_file, DelugeMeta(name='dataset1', announce_url=tracker))
+    torrent = deluge_node1.seed(temp_random_file, DelugeMeta(name='dataset1', announce_url=tracker.announce_url))
     handle = deluge_node2.leech(torrent)
 
     assert handle.await_for_completion(5)
diff --git a/benchmarks/deluge/tests/test_deluge_static_experiment.py b/benchmarks/deluge/tests/test_deluge_static_experiment.py
index db6369e..81b4cb0 100644
--- a/benchmarks/deluge/tests/test_deluge_static_experiment.py
+++ b/benchmarks/deluge/tests/test_deluge_static_experiment.py
@@ -1,21 +1,28 @@
 import pytest
 
+from benchmarks.core.experiments.experiments import ExperimentEnvironment
 from benchmarks.core.experiments.static_experiment import StaticDisseminationExperiment
 from benchmarks.core.utils import RandomTempData, megabytes
 from benchmarks.deluge.deluge_node import DelugeMeta
 from benchmarks.deluge.tests.test_deluge_node import assert_is_seed
 
+
 @pytest.mark.integration
 def test_should_run_with_a_single_seeder(tracker, deluge_node1, deluge_node2, deluge_node3):
     size = megabytes(10)
-    experiment = StaticDisseminationExperiment(
+    env = ExperimentEnvironment(
+        components=[deluge_node1, deluge_node2, deluge_node3, tracker],
+        polling_interval=0.5,
+    )
+
+    experiment = env.bind(StaticDisseminationExperiment(
         network=[deluge_node1, deluge_node2, deluge_node3],
         seeders=[1],
         data=RandomTempData(
             size=size,
-            meta=DelugeMeta('dataset-1', announce_url=tracker)
+            meta=DelugeMeta('dataset-1', announce_url=tracker.announce_url)
         )
-    )
+    ))
 
     experiment.run()
 
@@ -23,20 +30,26 @@ def test_should_run_with_a_single_seeder(tracker, deluge_node1, deluge_node2, de
     assert_is_seed(deluge_node2, 'dataset-1', size)
     assert_is_seed(deluge_node3, 'dataset-1', size)
 
+
 @pytest.mark.integration
 def test_should_run_with_multiple_seeders(tracker, deluge_node1, deluge_node2, deluge_node3):
     size = megabytes(10)
-    experiment = StaticDisseminationExperiment(
+    env = ExperimentEnvironment(
+        components=[deluge_node1, deluge_node2, deluge_node3, tracker],
+        polling_interval=0.5,
+    )
+
+    experiment = env.bind(StaticDisseminationExperiment(
         network=[deluge_node1, deluge_node2, deluge_node3],
         seeders=[1, 2],
         data=RandomTempData(
             size=size,
-            meta=DelugeMeta('dataset-1', announce_url=tracker)
+            meta=DelugeMeta('dataset-1', announce_url=tracker.announce_url)
         )
-    )
+    ))
 
     experiment.run()
 
     assert_is_seed(deluge_node1, 'dataset-1', size)
     assert_is_seed(deluge_node2, 'dataset-1', size)
-    assert_is_seed(deluge_node3, 'dataset-1', size)
\ No newline at end of file
+    assert_is_seed(deluge_node3, 'dataset-1', size)
diff --git a/benchmarks/deluge/tracker.py b/benchmarks/deluge/tracker.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b292b3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/deluge/tracker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import requests
+from urllib3.util import Url
+
+from benchmarks.core.experiments.experiments import ExperimentComponent
+
+
+class Tracker(ExperimentComponent):
+
+    def __init__(self, announce_url: Url):
+        self.announce_url = announce_url
+
+    def is_ready(self) -> bool:
+        try:
+            requests.get(str(self.announce_url))
+            return True
+        except ConnectionError:
+            return False
diff --git a/bittorrent-benchmarks.Dockerfile b/bittorrent-benchmarks.Dockerfile
index e377749..55c1bac 100644
--- a/bittorrent-benchmarks.Dockerfile
+++ b/bittorrent-benchmarks.Dockerfile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ RUN pip install poetry && poetry config virtualenvs.create false
 RUN mkdir /opt/bittorrent-benchmarks
 WORKDIR /opt/bittorrent-benchmarks
 
+
 COPY pyproject.toml poetry.lock ./
 RUN if [ "$BUILD_TYPE" = "production" ]; then \
       echo "Image is a production build"; \
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 7f362dc..1bf3b03 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -388,6 +388,20 @@ files = [
     {file = "types_PyYAML-6.0.12.20240917-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:392b267f1c0fe6022952462bf5d6523f31e37f6cea49b14cee7ad634b6301570"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "types-requests"
+version = "2.32.0.20241016"
+description = "Typing stubs for requests"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "types-requests-2.32.0.20241016.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0d9cad2f27515d0e3e3da7134a1b6f28fb97129d86b867f24d9c726452634d95"},
+    {file = "types_requests-2.32.0.20241016-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4195d62d6d3e043a4eaaf08ff8a62184584d2e8684e9d2aa178c7915a7da3747"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+urllib3 = ">=2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typing-extensions"
 version = "4.12.2"
@@ -399,7 +413,24 @@ files = [
     {file = "typing_extensions-4.12.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1a7ead55c7e559dd4dee8856e3a88b41225abfe1ce8df57b7c13915fe121ffb8"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "urllib3"
+version = "2.2.3"
+description = "HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling, file post, and more."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "urllib3-2.2.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ca899ca043dcb1bafa3e262d73aa25c465bfb49e0bd9dd5d59f1d0acba2f8fac"},
+    {file = "urllib3-2.2.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e7d814a81dad81e6caf2ec9fdedb284ecc9c73076b62654547cc64ccdcae26e9"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+brotli = ["brotli (>=1.0.9)", "brotlicffi (>=0.8.0)"]
+h2 = ["h2 (>=4,<5)"]
+socks = ["pysocks (>=1.5.6,!=1.5.7,<2.0)"]
+zstd = ["zstandard (>=0.18.0)"]
+
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.12"
-content-hash = "c10ab6006a3097ae8fcbac02448e98cf18f61146ab311979e1e9d5e735e2369d"
+content-hash = "53a8f96ed6933280837a914e11a80694a9739726697a4b9bcfdf4981c9e6eeca"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b090005..a999677 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ pyyaml = "^6.0.2"
 pytest = "^8.3.3"
 mypy = "^1.13.0"
 types-pyyaml = "^6.0.12.20240917"
+types-requests = "^2.32.0.20241016"
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 markers = [