cli: remove deprecated try-runtime subcommand (also companion for #14731) (#7599)

* remove try-runtime-cli

* fix ci pipeline

* fix link

* remove chain var

* build runtime with try-runtime feature

* use main branch

* pin to commit

* fix build

* update lockfile for {"substrate"}

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Co-authored-by: parity-processbot <>

polkadot/cli/src/cli.rs

@@ -55,12 +55,9 @@ pub enum Subcommand {
 	/// capabilities of running a validator.
 	HostPerfCheck,
 
-	/// Try some command against runtime state.
+	/// Try-runtime has migrated to a standalone CLI
-	#[cfg(feature = "try-runtime")]
+	/// (<https://github.com/paritytech/try-runtime-cli>). The subcommand exists as a stub and
-	TryRuntime(try_runtime_cli::TryRuntimeCmd),
+	/// deprecation notice. It will be removed entirely some time after Janurary 2024.
-
-	/// Try some command against runtime state. Note: `try-runtime` feature must be enabled.
-	#[cfg(not(feature = "try-runtime"))]
 	TryRuntime,
 
 	/// Key management CLI utilities

polkadot/cli/src/command.rs

@@ -531,68 +531,12 @@ pub fn run() -> Result<()> {
 		},
 		Some(Subcommand::Key(cmd)) => Ok(cmd.run(&cli)?),
 		#[cfg(feature = "try-runtime")]
-		Some(Subcommand::TryRuntime(cmd)) => {
+		Some(Subcommand::TryRuntime) => Err(try_runtime_cli::DEPRECATION_NOTICE.to_owned().into()),
-			use sc_service::TaskManager;
-			use try_runtime_cli::block_building_info::timestamp_with_babe_info;
-
-			let runner = cli.create_runner(cmd)?;
-			let chain_spec = &runner.config().chain_spec;
-			set_default_ss58_version(chain_spec);
-
-			let registry = &runner.config().prometheus_config.as_ref().map(|cfg| &cfg.registry);
-			let task_manager = TaskManager::new(runner.config().tokio_handle.clone(), *registry)
-				.map_err(|e| Error::SubstrateService(sc_service::Error::Prometheus(e)))?;
-
-			ensure_dev(chain_spec).map_err(Error::Other)?;
-
-			#[cfg(feature = "kusama-native")]
-			if chain_spec.is_kusama() {
-				return runner.async_run(|_| {
-					Ok((
-						cmd.run::<service::kusama_runtime::Block, sp_io::SubstrateHostFunctions, _>(
-							Some(timestamp_with_babe_info(service::kusama_runtime_constants::time::MILLISECS_PER_BLOCK))
-						)
-						.map_err(Error::SubstrateCli),
-						task_manager,
-					))
-				})
-			}
-
-			#[cfg(feature = "westend-native")]
-			if chain_spec.is_westend() {
-				return runner.async_run(|_| {
-					Ok((
-						cmd.run::<service::westend_runtime::Block, sp_io::SubstrateHostFunctions, _>(
-							Some(timestamp_with_babe_info(service::westend_runtime_constants::time::MILLISECS_PER_BLOCK))
-						)
-						.map_err(Error::SubstrateCli),
-						task_manager,
-					))
-				})
-			}
-			// else we assume it is polkadot.
-			#[cfg(feature = "polkadot-native")]
-			{
-				return runner.async_run(|_| {
-					Ok((
-						cmd.run::<service::polkadot_runtime::Block, sp_io::SubstrateHostFunctions, _>(
-							Some(timestamp_with_babe_info(service::polkadot_runtime_constants::time::MILLISECS_PER_BLOCK))
-						)
-						.map_err(Error::SubstrateCli),
-						task_manager,
-					))
-				})
-			}
-			#[cfg(not(feature = "polkadot-native"))]
-			panic!("No runtime feature (polkadot, kusama, westend, rococo) is enabled")
-		},
 		#[cfg(not(feature = "try-runtime"))]
-		Some(Subcommand::TryRuntime) => Err(Error::Other(
+		Some(Subcommand::TryRuntime) => Err("TryRuntime wasn't enabled when building the node. \
-			"TryRuntime wasn't enabled when building the node. \
 				You can enable it with `--features try-runtime`."
-				.into(),
+			.to_owned()
-		)
+			.into()),
-		.into()),
 		Some(Subcommand::ChainInfo(cmd)) => {
 			let runner = cli.create_runner(cmd)?;
 			Ok(runner.sync_run(|config| cmd.run::<service::Block>(&config))?)

polkadot/scripts/ci/gitlab/pipeline/check.yml

@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ check-try-runtime:
     - |
       export RUST_LOG=remote-ext=debug,runtime=debug
       echo "---------- Running try-runtime for ${NETWORK} ----------"
-      time cargo build --release --locked -p "$NETWORK"-runtime
+      time cargo install --locked --git https://github.com/paritytech/try-runtime-cli --rev a93c9b5abe5d31a4cf1936204f7e5c489184b521
-      time cargo run --locked --release --features try-runtime try-runtime \
+      time cargo build --release --locked -p "$NETWORK"-runtime --features try-runtime
+      time try-runtime \
           --runtime ./target/release/wbuild/"$NETWORK"-runtime/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/"$NETWORK"_runtime.wasm \
-          --chain=${NETWORK}-dev \
           on-runtime-upgrade --checks=pre-and-post live --uri wss://${NETWORK}-try-runtime-node.parity-chains.parity.io:443
 
 check-runtime-migration-polkadot: