diff --git a/tests/integration/hardhatprocess.nim b/tests/integration/hardhatprocess.nim
index b4259de4..20ffb651 100644
--- a/tests/integration/hardhatprocess.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/hardhatprocess.nim
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ import ./nodeprocess
 
 export codexclient
 export chronicles
+export nodeprocess
 
 logScope:
   topics = "integration testing hardhat process"
-  nodeName = "hardhat"
 
 type
   HardhatProcess* = ref object of NodeProcess
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ method outputLineEndings(node: HardhatProcess): string {.raises: [].} =
   return "\n"
 
 proc openLogFile(node: HardhatProcess, logFilePath: string): IoHandle =
+  logScope:
+    nodeName = node.name
+
   let logFileHandle = openFile(
     logFilePath,
     {OpenFlags.Write, OpenFlags.Create, OpenFlags.Truncate}
@@ -57,6 +60,9 @@ proc openLogFile(node: HardhatProcess, logFilePath: string): IoHandle =
 
 method start*(node: HardhatProcess) {.async.} =
 
+  logScope:
+    nodeName = node.name
+
   let poptions = node.processOptions + {AsyncProcessOption.StdErrToStdOut}
   trace "starting node",
     args = node.arguments,
@@ -84,6 +90,9 @@ proc startNode*(
   name: string
 ): Future[HardhatProcess] {.async.} =
 
+  logScope:
+    nodeName = name
+
   var logFilePath = ""
 
   var arguments = newSeq[string]()
@@ -100,7 +109,7 @@ proc startNode*(
     arguments: arguments,
     debug: ($debug != "false"),
     trackedFutures: TrackedFutures.new(),
-    name: "hardhat"
+    name: name
   )
 
   await hardhat.start()
@@ -111,6 +120,10 @@ proc startNode*(
   return hardhat
 
 method onOutputLineCaptured(node: HardhatProcess, line: string) =
+
+  logScope:
+    nodeName = node.name
+
   without logFile =? node.logFile:
     return
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/multinodes.nim b/tests/integration/multinodes.nim
index f71bc218..1065be15 100644
--- a/tests/integration/multinodes.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/multinodes.nim
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import ./codexprocess
 import ./hardhatconfig
 import ./hardhatprocess
 import ./nodeconfigs
+import ./utils
 import ../asynctest
 import ../checktest
 
@@ -34,30 +35,14 @@ type
     Hardhat
   MultiNodeSuiteError = object of CatchableError
 
+const HardhatPort {.intdefine.}: int = 8545
+const CodexApiPort {.intdefine.}: int = 8080
+const CodexDiscPort {.intdefine.}: int = 8090
+const TestId {.strdefine.}: string = "TestId"
+
 proc raiseMultiNodeSuiteError(msg: string) =
   raise newException(MultiNodeSuiteError, msg)
 
-proc nextFreePort(startPort: int): Future[int] {.async.} =
-
-  proc client(server: StreamServer, transp: StreamTransport) {.async.} =
-    await transp.closeWait()
-
-  var port = startPort
-  while true:
-    trace "checking if port is free", port
-    try:
-      let host = initTAddress("127.0.0.1", port)
-      # We use ReuseAddr here only to be able to reuse the same IP/Port when
-      # there's a TIME_WAIT socket. It's useful when running the test multiple
-      # times or if a test ran previously using the same port.
-      var server = createStreamServer(host, client, {ReuseAddr})
-      trace "port is free", port
-      await server.closeWait()
-      return port
-    except TransportOsError:
-      trace "port is not free", port
-      inc port
-
 template multinodesuite*(name: string, body: untyped) =
 
   asyncchecksuite name:
@@ -73,7 +58,7 @@ template multinodesuite*(name: string, body: untyped) =
     # If you want to use a different provider url in the nodes, you can
     # use withEthProvider config modifier in the node config
     # to set the desired provider url. E.g.:
-    #   NodeConfigs(    
+    #   NodeConfigs(
     #     hardhat:
     #       HardhatConfig.none,
     #     clients:
@@ -81,7 +66,7 @@ template multinodesuite*(name: string, body: untyped) =
     #         .withEthProvider("ws://localhost:8545")
     #         .some,
     #     ...
-    let jsonRpcProviderUrl = "http://127.0.0.1:8545"
+    var jsonRpcProviderUrl = "http://127.0.0.1:" & $HardhatPort
     var running {.inject, used.}: seq[RunningNode]
     var bootstrap: string
     let starttime = now().format("yyyy-MM-dd'_'HH:mm:ss")
@@ -122,6 +107,10 @@ template multinodesuite*(name: string, body: untyped) =
       let fileName = logDir / fn
       return fileName
 
+    proc updatePort(url: var string, port: int) =
+      let parts = url.split(':')
+      url = @[parts[0], parts[1], $port].join(":")
+
     proc newHardhatProcess(
       config: HardhatConfig,
       role: Role
@@ -132,6 +121,12 @@ template multinodesuite*(name: string, body: untyped) =
         let updatedLogFile = getLogFile(role, none int)
         args.add "--log-file=" & updatedLogFile
 
+      let port = await nextFreePort(HardhatPort)
+      jsonRpcProviderUrl.updatePort(port)
+      trace "updated jsonRpcProviderUrl", jsonRpcProviderUrl
+      args.add("--port")
+      args.add($port)
+
       let node = await HardhatProcess.startNode(args, config.debugEnabled, "hardhat")
       try:
         await node.waitUntilStarted()
@@ -154,6 +149,7 @@ template multinodesuite*(name: string, body: untyped) =
           ", not enough eth accounts."
 
       let datadir = getTempDir() / "Codex" /
+        sanitize(TestId) /
         sanitize($starttime) /
         sanitize($role & "_" & $roleIdx)
 
@@ -164,12 +160,12 @@ template multinodesuite*(name: string, body: untyped) =
 
         if bootstrap.len > 0:
           config.addCliOption("--bootstrap-node", bootstrap)
-        config.addCliOption("--api-port", $ await nextFreePort(8080 + nodeIdx))
+        config.addCliOption("--api-port", $ await nextFreePort(CodexApiPort + nodeIdx))
         config.addCliOption("--data-dir", datadir)
         config.addCliOption("--nat", "127.0.0.1")
         config.addCliOption("--listen-addrs", "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/0")
         config.addCliOption("--disc-ip", "127.0.0.1")
-        config.addCliOption("--disc-port", $ await nextFreePort(8090 + nodeIdx))
+        config.addCliOption("--disc-port", $ await nextFreePort(CodexDiscPort + nodeIdx))
 
       except CodexConfigError as e:
         raiseMultiNodeSuiteError "invalid cli option, error: " & e.msg
diff --git a/tests/integration/nodeprocess.nim b/tests/integration/nodeprocess.nim
index c762926d..4039edbc 100644
--- a/tests/integration/nodeprocess.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/nodeprocess.nim
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ proc waitUntilOutput*(node: NodeProcess, output: string) {.async.} =
   await started.wait(60.seconds) # allow enough time for proof generation
   
 proc waitUntilStarted*(node: NodeProcess) {.async.} =
+  logScope:
+    nodeName = node.name
+
   try:
     await node.waitUntilOutput(node.startedOutput)
     trace "node started"
diff --git a/tests/integration/testcli.nim b/tests/integration/testcli.nim
index fad85846..826251f7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/testcli.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/testcli.nim
@@ -5,16 +5,22 @@ import ../asynctest
 import ../checktest
 import ./codexprocess
 import ./nodeprocess
+import ./utils
 import ../examples
 
 asyncchecksuite "Command line interface":
 
   let key = "4242424242424242424242424242424242424242424242424242424242424242"
 
+  var nodeCount = -1
   proc startCodex(args: seq[string]): Future[CodexProcess] {.async.} =
+    inc nodeCount
     return await CodexProcess.startNode(
-      args,
-      false,
+      args.concat(@[
+        "--api-port=" & $(await nextFreePort(8080 + nodeCount)),
+        "--disc-port=" & $(await nextFreePort(8090 + nodeCount))
+      ]),
+      true,
       "cli-test-node"
     )
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/testmanager.nim b/tests/integration/testmanager.nim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd46c059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/testmanager.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+import std/os
+import std/strformat
+import pkg/chronos
+import pkg/chronos/asyncproc
+import pkg/codex/utils/exceptions
+import pkg/codex/logutils
+import pkg/questionable
+import pkg/questionable/results
+import ./hardhatprocess
+import ./utils
+import ../examples
+
+type
+  TestManager* = ref object
+    configs: seq[IntegrationTestConfig]
+    tests: seq[IntegrationTest]
+    hardhats: seq[HardhatProcess]
+    lastHardhatPort: int
+    lastCodexApiPort: int
+    lastCodexDiscPort: int
+    debugTestHarness: bool # output chronicles logs for the manager and multinodes harness
+    debugHardhat: bool
+    timeStart: Moment
+    timeEnd: Moment
+    codexPortLock: AsyncLock
+    hardhatPortLock: AsyncLock
+
+  IntegrationTestConfig* = object
+    startHardhat*: bool
+    testFile*: string
+    name*: string
+
+  IntegrationTest = ref object
+    config: IntegrationTestConfig
+    process: Future[CommandExResponse].Raising([AsyncProcessError, AsyncProcessTimeoutError, CancelledError])
+    timeStart: Moment
+    timeEnd: Moment
+    output: ?!CommandExResponse
+    testId: string    # when used in datadir path, prevents data dir clashes
+
+  TestManagerError = object of CatchableError
+
+{.push raises: [].}
+
+logScope:
+  topics = "testing integration testmanager"
+
+func new*(
+  _: type TestManager,
+  configs: seq[IntegrationTestConfig],
+  debugTestHarness = false,
+  debugHardhat = false): TestManager =
+
+  TestManager(
+    configs: configs,
+    lastHardhatPort: 8545,
+    lastCodexApiPort: 8000,
+    lastCodexDiscPort: 9000,
+    debugTestHarness: debugTestHarness,
+    debugHardhat: debugHardhat
+  )
+
+proc raiseTestManagerError(msg: string, parent: ref CatchableError = nil) {.raises: [TestManagerError].} =
+  raise newException(TestManagerError, msg, parent)
+
+template withLock*(lock: AsyncLock, body: untyped) =
+  if lock.isNil:
+    lock = newAsyncLock()
+
+  await lock.acquire()
+  try:
+    body
+    await sleepAsync(1.millis)
+  finally:
+    try:
+      lock.release()
+    except AsyncLockError as e:
+      raiseAssert "failed to release lock, error: " & e.msg
+
+proc startHardhat(
+  manager: TestManager,
+  config: IntegrationTestConfig): Future[int] {.async: (raises: [CancelledError, TestManagerError]).} =
+
+  var args: seq[string] = @[]
+  var port: int
+
+  withLock(manager.hardhatPortLock):
+    port = await nextFreePort(manager.lastHardhatPort + 10)
+    manager.lastHardhatPort = port
+
+  args.add("--port")
+  args.add($port)
+
+  trace "starting hardhat process on port ", port
+  try:
+    let node = await HardhatProcess.startNode(
+      args,
+      manager.debugHardhat,
+      "hardhat for '" & config.name & "'")
+    await node.waitUntilStarted()
+    manager.hardhats.add node
+    return port
+  except CancelledError as e:
+    raise e
+  except CatchableError as e:
+    raiseTestManagerError "hardhat node failed to start: " & e.msg, e
+
+proc printOutput(manager: TestManager, test: IntegrationTest) =
+  without output =? test.output, error:
+    echo "[FATAL] Test '", test.config.name, "' failed to run to completion"
+    echo "    Error: ", error.msg
+    echo "    Stacktrace: ", error.getStackTrace()
+    return
+
+  if output.status != 0:
+    if manager.debugTestHarness:
+      echo output.stdError
+    echo output.stdOutput
+    echo "[FAILED] Test '", test.config.name, "' failed"
+
+  else:
+    echo output.stdOutput
+    echo "[OK] Test '", test.config.name, "' succeeded"
+
+proc runTest(manager: TestManager, config: IntegrationTestConfig) {.async: (raises: [CancelledError]).} =
+  logScope:
+    config
+
+  trace "Running test"
+
+  var test = IntegrationTest(
+    config: config,
+    testId: $ uint16.example
+  )
+
+  var hardhatPort = 0
+  if config.startHardhat:
+    try:
+      hardhatPort = await manager.startHardhat(config)
+    except TestManagerError as e:
+      e.msg = "Failed to start hardhat: " & e.msg
+      test.output = CommandExResponse.failure(e)
+
+  var apiPort, discPort: int
+  withLock(manager.codexPortLock):
+    # inc by 20 to allow each test to run 20 codex nodes (clients, SPs,
+    # validators) giving a good chance the port will be free
+    apiPort = await nextFreePort(manager.lastCodexApiPort + 20)
+    manager.lastCodexApiPort = apiPort
+    discPort = await nextFreePort(manager.lastCodexDiscPort + 20)
+    manager.lastCodexDiscPort = discPort
+
+  var logging = ""
+  if manager.debugTestHarness:
+    logging = "-d:chronicles_log_level=TRACE " &
+              "-d:chronicles_disabled_topics=websock " &
+              "-d:chronicles_default_output_device=stdout " &
+              "-d:chronicles_sinks=textlines"
+
+  var testFile: string
+  try:
+    testFile = absolutePath(
+                config.testFile,
+                root = currentSourcePath().parentDir().parentDir())
+  except ValueError as e:
+    raiseAssert "bad file name, testFile: " & config.testFile & ", error: " & e.msg
+
+  var command: string
+  try:
+    withLock(manager.hardhatPortLock):
+      command =  "nim c " &
+                &"-d:CodexApiPort={apiPort} " &
+                &"-d:CodexDiscPort={discPort} " &
+                (if config.startHardhat:
+                  &"-d:HardhatPort={hardhatPort} "
+                else: "") &
+                &"-d:TestId={test.testId} " &
+                &"{logging} " &
+                "--verbosity:0 " &
+                "--hints:off " &
+                "-d:release " &
+                "-r " &
+                &"{testFile}"
+  except ValueError as e:
+    raiseAssert "bad command" &
+                ", apiPort: " & $apiPort &
+                ", discPort: " & $discPort &
+                ", logging: " & logging &
+                ", testFile: " & testFile &
+                ", error: " & e.msg
+  trace "Starting parallel integration test", command
+
+  test.timeStart = Moment.now()
+  test.process = execCommandEx(
+    command = command,
+    # options = {AsyncProcessOption.StdErrToStdOut, AsyncProcessOption.EvalCommand},
+    timeout = 60.minutes
+  )
+  manager.tests.add test
+
+  try:
+    test.output = success(await test.process) # waits on waitForExit
+    test.timeEnd = Moment.now()
+    # echo "[OK] Test '" & config.name & "' completed in ", test.timeEnd - test.timeStart
+    info "Test completed", name = config.name, duration = test.timeEnd - test.timeStart
+    manager.printOutput(test)
+  except CancelledError as e:
+    raise e
+  except AsyncProcessTimeoutError as e:
+    test.timeEnd = Moment.now()
+    # echo "[TIMEOUT] Test '" & config.name & "' timed out in ", test.timeEnd - test.timeStart
+    error "Test timed out", name = config.name, duration = test.timeEnd - test.timeStart
+    test.output = CommandExResponse.failure(e)
+    manager.printOutput(test)
+  except AsyncProcessError as e:
+    test.timeEnd = Moment.now()
+    # echo "[FAILED] Test '" & config.name & "' failed in ", test.timeEnd - test.timeStart
+    error "Test failed to complete", name = config.name,duration = test.timeEnd - test.timeStart
+    test.output = CommandExResponse.failure(e)
+    manager.printOutput(test)
+
+proc runTests(manager: TestManager) {.async: (raises: [CancelledError]).} =
+  var testFutures: seq[Future[void].Raising([CancelledError])]
+
+  manager.timeStart = Moment.now()
+
+  for config in manager.configs:
+    testFutures.add manager.runTest(config)
+
+  await allFutures testFutures
+
+  manager.timeEnd = Moment.now()
+
+proc printOutput(manager: TestManager) =
+  var successes = 0
+  echo "▢=====================================================================▢"
+  echo "| TEST SUMMARY                                                        |"
+  echo "="
+  for test in manager.tests:
+    without output =? test.output:
+      echo "| [FATAL] Test '", test.config.name, "' failed to run to completion"
+      continue
+    if output.status != 0:
+      echo "| [FAILED] Test '", test.config.name, "' failed"
+    else:
+      echo "| [OK] Test '", test.config.name, "' succeeded"
+      inc successes
+
+  echo "| ------------------------------------------------------------------- |"
+  echo "| PASSING                       : ", successes, " / ", manager.tests.len
+  let totalDuration = manager.timeEnd - manager.timeStart
+  echo "| TOTAL TIME                    : ", totalDuration
+  var totalDurationSerial: Duration
+  for test in manager.tests:
+    totalDurationSerial += (test.timeEnd - test.timeStart)
+  # estimated time saved as serial execution with a single hardhat instance
+  # incurs less overhead
+  echo "| EST TOTAL TIME IF RUN SERIALLY: ", totalDurationSerial
+  echo "| EST TIME SAVED (ROUGH)        : ", totalDurationSerial - totalDuration
+  echo "▢=====================================================================▢"
+
+proc start*(manager: TestManager) {.async: (raises: [CancelledError]).} =
+  await manager.runTests()
+  manager.printOutput()
+
+proc stop*(manager: TestManager) {.async: (raises: [CancelledError]).} =
+  for test in manager.tests:
+    if not test.process.isNil and not test.process.finished:
+      await test.process.cancelAndWait()
+
+  for hardhat in manager.hardhats:
+    try:
+      await hardhat.stop()
+    except CatchableError as e:
+      trace "failed to stop hardhat node", error = e.msg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/integration/utils.nim b/tests/integration/utils.nim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea79f560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/utils.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import pkg/chronos
+import pkg/codex/logutils
+
+proc nextFreePort*(startPort: int): Future[int] {.async: (raises:[CancelledError]).} =
+
+  proc client(server: StreamServer, transp: StreamTransport) {.async.} =
+    await transp.closeWait()
+
+  var port = startPort
+  while true:
+    trace "checking if port is free", port
+    try:
+      let host = initTAddress("127.0.0.1", port)
+      # We use ReuseAddr here only to be able to reuse the same IP/Port when
+      # there's a TIME_WAIT socket. It's useful when running the test multiple
+      # times or if a test ran previously using the same port.
+      var server = createStreamServer(host, client, {ReuseAddr})
+      trace "port is free", port
+      await server.closeWait()
+      return port
+    except TransportOsError:
+      trace "port is not free", port
+      inc port
+    except TransportAddressError:
+      raiseAssert "bad address"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/testIntegration.nim b/tests/testIntegration.nim
index f0a59ee4..f54d98d7 100644
--- a/tests/testIntegration.nim
+++ b/tests/testIntegration.nim
@@ -1,12 +1,49 @@
-import ./integration/testcli
-import ./integration/testrestapi
-import ./integration/testupdownload
-import ./integration/testsales
-import ./integration/testpurchasing
-import ./integration/testblockexpiration
-import ./integration/testmarketplace
-import ./integration/testproofs
-import ./integration/testvalidator
-import ./integration/testecbug
+# import ./integration/testcli
+# import ./integration/testrestapi
+# import ./integration/testupdownload
+# import ./integration/testsales
+# import ./integration/testpurchasing
+# import ./integration/testblockexpiration
+# import ./integration/testmarketplace
+# import ./integration/testproofs
+# import ./integration/testvalidator
+# import ./integration/testecbug
+
+import pkg/chronos
+import pkg/codex/logutils
+import ./integration/testmanager
 
 {.warning[UnusedImport]:off.}
+
+const TestConfigs = @[
+  # IntegrationTestConfig(testFile: "./integration/testcli", startHardhat: true),
+  # IntegrationTestConfig(testFile: "./integration/testrestapi", startHardhat: true),
+  # IntegrationTestConfig(testFile: "./integration/testupdownload", startHardhat: true),
+  # IntegrationTestConfig(testFile: "./integration/testsales", startHardhat: true),
+  # IntegrationTestConfig(testFile: "./integration/testpurchasing", startHardhat: true),
+  # IntegrationTestConfig(testFile: "./integration/testblockexpiration", startHardhat: true),
+  IntegrationTestConfig(
+    name: "Basic Marketplace and payout tests",
+    testFile: "./integration/testmarketplace",
+    startHardhat: true),
+  # IntegrationTestConfig(testFile: "./integration/testproofs", startHardhat: true),
+  # IntegrationTestConfig(testFile: "./integration/testvalidator", startHardhat: true),
+  IntegrationTestConfig(
+    name: "Erasure Coding Bug",
+    testFile: "./integration/testecbug",
+    startHardhat: true)
+]
+
+proc run() {.async.} =
+  let manager = TestManager.new(
+    configs = TestConfigs,
+    debugTestHarness = true,
+    debugHardhat = false)
+  try:
+    trace "starting test manager"
+    await manager.start()
+  finally:
+    trace "stopping test manager"
+    await manager.stop()
+
+waitFor run()