Remove another unused dep

Note: some reporting in cached_compiler.rs is commented out and needs handling

.gitignore

@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ node_modules
 *.log
 
 profile.json.gz
+resolc-compiler-tests
+workdir

Cargo.lock

@@ -4492,6 +4492,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "semver 1.0.26",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "tempfile",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
 ]
@@ -4504,7 +4505,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "semver 1.0.26",
  "serde",
- "temp-dir",
+ "tempfile",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4529,7 +4530,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "semver 1.0.26",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "temp-dir",
  "tempfile",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
@@ -4571,7 +4571,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "sp-core",
  "sp-runtime",
- "temp-dir",
+ "tempfile",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
 ]
@@ -4596,7 +4596,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "revive-dt-compiler",
  "revive-dt-config",
  "revive-dt-format",
- "semver 1.0.26",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_with",
@@ -5818,12 +5817,6 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "55937e1799185b12863d447f42597ed69d9928686b8d88a1df17376a097d8369"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "temp-dir"
-version = "0.1.16"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "83176759e9416cf81ee66cb6508dbfe9c96f20b8b56265a39917551c23c70964"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
 version = "3.20.0"

Cargo.toml

@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ serde_with = { version = "3.14.0" }
 sha2 = { version = "0.10.9" }
 sp-core = "36.1.0"
 sp-runtime = "41.1.0"
-temp-dir = { version = "0.1.16" }
 tempfile = "3.3"
 thiserror = "2"
 tokio = { version = "1.47.0", default-features = false, features = [

crates/common/src/fs/clear_dir.rs

@@ -3,19 +3,28 @@ use std::{
     path::Path,
 };
 
-use anyhow::Result;
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 
 /// This method clears the passed directory of all of the files and directories contained within
 /// without deleting the directory.
 pub fn clear_directory(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<()> {
-    for entry in read_dir(path.as_ref())? {
-        let entry = entry?;
+    for entry in read_dir(path.as_ref())
+        .with_context(|| format!("Failed to read directory: {}", path.as_ref().display()))?
+    {
+        let entry = entry.with_context(|| {
+            format!(
+                "Failed to read an entry in directory: {}",
+                path.as_ref().display()
+            )
+        })?;
         let entry_path = entry.path();
 
         if entry_path.is_file() {
-            remove_file(entry_path)?
+            remove_file(&entry_path)
+                .with_context(|| format!("Failed to remove file: {}", entry_path.display()))?
         } else {
-            remove_dir_all(entry_path)?
+            remove_dir_all(&entry_path)
+                .with_context(|| format!("Failed to remove directory: {}", entry_path.display()))?
         }
     }
     Ok(())

crates/common/src/futures/poll.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::ops::ControlFlow;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use anyhow::{Result, anyhow};
+use anyhow::{Context as _, Result, anyhow};
 
 const EXPONENTIAL_BACKOFF_MAX_WAIT_DURATION: Duration = Duration::from_secs(60);
 
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ where
             ));
         }
 
-        match future().await? {
+        match future()
+            .await
+            .context("Polled future returned an error during polling loop")?
+        {
             ControlFlow::Continue(()) => {
                 let next_wait_duration = match polling_wait_behavior {
                     PollingWaitBehavior::Constant(duration) => duration,

crates/common/src/types/version_or_requirement.rs

@@ -6,6 +6,42 @@ pub enum VersionOrRequirement {
     Requirement(VersionReq),
 }
 
+impl VersionOrRequirement {
+    /// A helper function to convert a [`semver::Version`] into a [`semver::VersionReq`].
+    pub fn version_to_requirement(version: &Version) -> VersionReq {
+        // Ignoring "build" metadata in the version, we can turn
+        // it into a requirement which is an exact match for the
+        // given version and nothing else:
+        VersionReq {
+            comparators: vec![semver::Comparator {
+                op: semver::Op::Exact,
+                major: version.major,
+                minor: Some(version.minor),
+                patch: Some(version.patch),
+                pre: version.pre.clone(),
+            }],
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl serde::Serialize for VersionOrRequirement {
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: serde::Serializer,
+    {
+        match self {
+            VersionOrRequirement::Version(v) => serializer.serialize_str(&v.to_string()),
+            VersionOrRequirement::Requirement(r) => serializer.serialize_str(&r.to_string()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for VersionOrRequirement {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        VersionOrRequirement::Requirement(VersionReq::STAR)
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<Version> for VersionOrRequirement {
     fn from(value: Version) -> Self {
         Self::Version(value)
@@ -18,24 +54,45 @@ impl From<VersionReq> for VersionOrRequirement {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<VersionOrRequirement> for VersionReq {
+    fn from(value: VersionOrRequirement) -> Self {
+        match value {
+            VersionOrRequirement::Version(version) => {
+                VersionOrRequirement::version_to_requirement(&version)
+            }
+            VersionOrRequirement::Requirement(version_req) => version_req,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl TryFrom<VersionOrRequirement> for Version {
     type Error = anyhow::Error;
 
     fn try_from(value: VersionOrRequirement) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        let VersionOrRequirement::Version(version) = value else {
-            anyhow::bail!("Version or requirement was not a version");
-        };
-        Ok(version)
-    }
-}
-
-impl TryFrom<VersionOrRequirement> for VersionReq {
-    type Error = anyhow::Error;
-
-    fn try_from(value: VersionOrRequirement) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        let VersionOrRequirement::Requirement(requirement) = value else {
-            anyhow::bail!("Version or requirement was not a requirement");
-        };
-        Ok(requirement)
+        match value {
+            VersionOrRequirement::Version(version) => Ok(version),
+            VersionOrRequirement::Requirement(mut version_req) => {
+                if version_req.comparators.len() != 1 {
+                    anyhow::bail!(
+                        "The version requirement in VersionOrRequirement is not a single exact version"
+                    );
+                }
+
+                let c = version_req.comparators.pop().unwrap();
+                let (semver::Op::Exact, Some(minor), Some(patch)) = (c.op, c.minor, c.patch) else {
+                    anyhow::bail!(
+                        "The version requirement in VersionOrRequirement is not an exact version"
+                    );
+                };
+
+                Ok(Version {
+                    major: c.major,
+                    minor,
+                    patch,
+                    pre: c.pre,
+                    build: Default::default(),
+                })
+            }
+        }
     }
 }

crates/compiler/Cargo.toml

@@ -26,5 +26,8 @@ serde_json = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 
+[dev-dependencies]
+tempfile = { workspace = true }
+
 [lints]
 workspace = true

crates/compiler/src/constants.rs

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-use semver::Version;
-
-/// This is the first version of solc that supports the `--via-ir` flag / "viaIR" input JSON.
-pub const SOLC_VERSION_SUPPORTING_VIA_YUL_IR: Version = Version::new(0, 8, 13);

crates/compiler/src/lib.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! - Polkadot revive resolc compiler
 //! - Polkadot revive Wasm compiler
 
-mod constants;
+mod utils;
 
 use std::{
     collections::HashMap,
@@ -13,17 +13,19 @@ use std::{
 
 use alloy::json_abi::JsonAbi;
 use alloy_primitives::Address;
-use semver::Version;
+use anyhow::Context;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use revive_common::EVMVersion;
 use revive_dt_common::cached_fs::read_to_string;
-use revive_dt_common::types::VersionOrRequirement;
 use revive_dt_config::Arguments;
 
 // Re-export this as it's a part of the compiler interface.
 pub use revive_dt_common::types::{Mode, ModeOptimizerSetting, ModePipeline};
 
+// Expose functionality for instantiating a SolcCompiler.
+pub use utils::{SolcCompiler, solc_compiler};
+
 pub mod revive_js;
 pub mod revive_resolc;
 pub mod solc;
@@ -40,28 +42,19 @@ pub trait SolidityCompiler {
         additional_options: Self::Options,
     ) -> impl Future<Output = anyhow::Result<CompilerOutput>>;
 
-    fn new(solc_executable: PathBuf) -> Self;
-
-    fn get_compiler_executable(
-        config: &Arguments,
-        version: impl Into<VersionOrRequirement>,
-    ) -> impl Future<Output = anyhow::Result<PathBuf>>;
-
-    fn version(&self) -> impl Future<Output = anyhow::Result<Version>>;
+    /// Instantiate a new compiler.
+    fn new(config: &Arguments) -> Self;
 
     /// Does the compiler support the provided mode and version settings?
-    fn supports_mode(
-        compiler_version: &Version,
-        optimize_setting: ModeOptimizerSetting,
-        pipeline: ModePipeline,
-    ) -> bool;
+    fn supports_mode(optimize_setting: ModeOptimizerSetting, pipeline: ModePipeline) -> bool;
 }
 
 /// The generic compilation input configuration.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
 pub struct CompilerInput {
     pub pipeline: Option<ModePipeline>,
     pub optimization: Option<ModeOptimizerSetting>,
+    pub solc: Option<SolcCompiler>,
     pub evm_version: Option<EVMVersion>,
     pub allow_paths: Vec<PathBuf>,
     pub base_path: Option<PathBuf>,
@@ -99,6 +92,7 @@ where
             input: CompilerInput {
                 pipeline: Default::default(),
                 optimization: Default::default(),
+                solc: Default::default(),
                 evm_version: Default::default(),
                 allow_paths: Default::default(),
                 base_path: Default::default(),
@@ -110,6 +104,11 @@ where
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn with_solc(mut self, value: impl Into<Option<SolcCompiler>>) -> Self {
+        self.input.solc = value.into();
+        self
+    }
+
     pub fn with_optimization(mut self, value: impl Into<Option<ModeOptimizerSetting>>) -> Self {
         self.input.optimization = value.into();
         self
@@ -136,9 +135,10 @@ where
     }
 
     pub fn with_source(mut self, path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
-        self.input
-            .sources
-            .insert(path.as_ref().to_path_buf(), read_to_string(path.as_ref())?);
+        self.input.sources.insert(
+            path.as_ref().to_path_buf(),
+            read_to_string(path.as_ref()).context("Failed to read the contract source")?,
+        );
         Ok(self)
     }
 
@@ -177,11 +177,8 @@ where
         callback(self)
     }
 
-    pub async fn try_build(
-        self,
-        compiler_path: impl AsRef<Path>,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<CompilerOutput> {
-        T::new(compiler_path.as_ref().to_path_buf())
+    pub async fn try_build(self, config: &Arguments) -> anyhow::Result<CompilerOutput> {
+        T::new(config)
             .build(self.input, self.additional_options)
             .await
     }

crates/compiler/src/revive_resolc.rs

@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 //! Implements the [SolidityCompiler] trait with `resolc` for
 //! compiling contracts to PolkaVM (PVM) bytecode.
 
-use std::{
-    path::PathBuf,
-    process::{Command, Stdio},
-    sync::LazyLock,
-};
+use std::{path::PathBuf, process::Stdio};
 
-use dashmap::DashMap;
-use revive_dt_common::types::VersionOrRequirement;
 use revive_dt_config::Arguments;
 use revive_solc_json_interface::{
     SolcStandardJsonInput, SolcStandardJsonInputLanguage, SolcStandardJsonInputSettings,
@@ -23,10 +17,6 @@ use anyhow::Context;
 use semver::Version;
 use tokio::{io::AsyncWriteExt, process::Command as AsyncCommand};
 
-// TODO: I believe that we need to also pass the solc compiler to resolc so that resolc uses the
-// specified solc compiler. I believe that currently we completely ignore the specified solc binary
-// when invoking resolc which doesn't seem right if we're using solc as a compiler frontend.
-
 /// A wrapper around the `resolc` binary, emitting PVM-compatible bytecode.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Resolc {
@@ -43,6 +33,7 @@ impl SolidityCompiler for Resolc {
         CompilerInput {
             pipeline,
             optimization,
+            solc,
             evm_version,
             allow_paths,
             base_path,
@@ -60,6 +51,7 @@ impl SolidityCompiler for Resolc {
             );
         }
 
+        let solc = solc.ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("solc compiler not provided to resolc."))?;
         let input = SolcStandardJsonInput {
             language: SolcStandardJsonInputLanguage::Solidity,
             sources: sources
@@ -105,6 +97,8 @@ impl SolidityCompiler for Resolc {
             .stdin(Stdio::piped())
             .stdout(Stdio::piped())
             .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+            .arg("--solc")
+            .arg(&solc.path)
             .arg("--standard-json");
 
         if let Some(ref base_path) = base_path {
@@ -119,18 +113,28 @@ impl SolidityCompiler for Resolc {
                     .join(","),
             );
         }
-        let mut child = command.spawn()?;
+        let mut child = command
+            .spawn()
+            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to spawn resolc at {}", self.resolc_path.display()))?;
 
         let stdin_pipe = child.stdin.as_mut().expect("stdin must be piped");
-        let serialized_input = serde_json::to_vec(&input)?;
-        stdin_pipe.write_all(&serialized_input).await?;
+        let serialized_input = serde_json::to_vec(&input)
+            .context("Failed to serialize Standard JSON input for resolc")?;
+        stdin_pipe
+            .write_all(&serialized_input)
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to write Standard JSON to resolc stdin")?;
 
-        let output = child.wait_with_output().await?;
+        let output = child
+            .wait_with_output()
+            .await
+            .context("Failed while waiting for resolc process to finish")?;
         let stdout = output.stdout;
         let stderr = output.stderr;
 
         if !output.status.success() {
-            let json_in = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&input)?;
+            let json_in = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&input)
+                .context("Failed to pretty-print Standard JSON input for logging")?;
             let message = String::from_utf8_lossy(&stderr);
             tracing::error!(
                 status = %output.status,
@@ -141,12 +145,14 @@ impl SolidityCompiler for Resolc {
             anyhow::bail!("Compilation failed with an error: {message}");
         }
 
-        let parsed = serde_json::from_slice::<SolcStandardJsonOutput>(&stdout).map_err(|e| {
-            anyhow::anyhow!(
-                "failed to parse resolc JSON output: {e}\nstderr: {}",
-                String::from_utf8_lossy(&stderr)
-            )
-        })?;
+        let parsed = serde_json::from_slice::<SolcStandardJsonOutput>(&stdout)
+            .map_err(|e| {
+                anyhow::anyhow!(
+                    "failed to parse resolc JSON output: {e}\nstderr: {}",
+                    String::from_utf8_lossy(&stderr)
+                )
+            })
+            .context("Failed to parse resolc standard JSON output")?;
 
         tracing::debug!(
             output = %serde_json::to_string(&parsed).unwrap(),
@@ -173,7 +179,10 @@ impl SolidityCompiler for Resolc {
 
         let mut compiler_output = CompilerOutput::default();
         for (source_path, contracts) in contracts.into_iter() {
-            let source_path = PathBuf::from(source_path).canonicalize()?;
+            let src_for_msg = source_path.clone();
+            let source_path = PathBuf::from(source_path)
+                .canonicalize()
+                .with_context(|| format!("Failed to canonicalize path {src_for_msg}"))?;
 
             let map = compiler_output.contracts.entry(source_path).or_default();
             for (contract_name, contract_information) in contracts.into_iter() {
@@ -181,23 +190,41 @@ impl SolidityCompiler for Resolc {
                     .evm
                     .and_then(|evm| evm.bytecode.clone())
                     .context("Unexpected - Contract compiled with resolc has no bytecode")?;
-                let abi = contract_information
-                    .metadata
-                    .as_ref()
-                    .and_then(|metadata| metadata.as_object())
-                    .and_then(|metadata| metadata.get("solc_metadata"))
-                    .and_then(|solc_metadata| solc_metadata.as_str())
-                    .and_then(|metadata| serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(metadata).ok())
-                    .and_then(|metadata| {
-                        metadata.get("output").and_then(|output| {
-                            output
-                                .get("abi")
-                                .and_then(|abi| serde_json::from_value::<JsonAbi>(abi.clone()).ok())
-                        })
-                    })
-                    .context(
-                        "Unexpected - Failed to get the ABI for a contract compiled with resolc",
-                    )?;
+                let abi = {
+                    let metadata = contract_information
+                        .metadata
+                        .as_ref()
+                        .context("No metadata found for the contract")?;
+                    let solc_metadata_str = match metadata {
+                        serde_json::Value::String(solc_metadata_str) => solc_metadata_str.as_str(),
+                        serde_json::Value::Object(metadata_object) => {
+                            let solc_metadata_value = metadata_object
+                                .get("solc_metadata")
+                                .context("Contract doesn't have a 'solc_metadata' field")?;
+                            solc_metadata_value
+                                .as_str()
+                                .context("The 'solc_metadata' field is not a string")?
+                        }
+                        serde_json::Value::Null
+                        | serde_json::Value::Bool(_)
+                        | serde_json::Value::Number(_)
+                        | serde_json::Value::Array(_) => {
+                            anyhow::bail!("Unsupported type of metadata {metadata:?}")
+                        }
+                    };
+                    let solc_metadata =
+                        serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(solc_metadata_str).context(
+                            "Failed to deserialize the solc_metadata as a serde_json generic value",
+                        )?;
+                    let output_value = solc_metadata
+                        .get("output")
+                        .context("solc_metadata doesn't have an output field")?;
+                    let abi_value = output_value
+                        .get("abi")
+                        .context("solc_metadata output doesn't contain an abi field")?;
+                    serde_json::from_value::<JsonAbi>(abi_value.clone())
+                        .context("ABI found in solc_metadata output is not valid ABI")?
+                };
                 map.insert(contract_name, (bytecode.object, abi));
             }
         }
@@ -205,94 +232,15 @@ impl SolidityCompiler for Resolc {
         Ok(compiler_output)
     }
 
-    fn new(resolc_path: PathBuf) -> Self {
-        Resolc { resolc_path }
-    }
-
-    async fn get_compiler_executable(
-        config: &Arguments,
-        _version: impl Into<VersionOrRequirement>,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<PathBuf> {
-        if !config.resolc.as_os_str().is_empty() {
-            return Ok(config.resolc.clone());
-        }
-
-        Ok(PathBuf::from("resolc"))
-    }
-
-    async fn version(&self) -> anyhow::Result<semver::Version> {
-        /// This is a cache of the path of the compiler to the version number of the compiler. We
-        /// choose to cache the version in this way rather than through a field on the struct since
-        /// compiler objects are being created all the time from the path and the compiler object is
-        /// not reused over time.
-        static VERSION_CACHE: LazyLock<DashMap<PathBuf, Version>> = LazyLock::new(Default::default);
-
-        match VERSION_CACHE.entry(self.resolc_path.clone()) {
-            dashmap::Entry::Occupied(occupied_entry) => Ok(occupied_entry.get().clone()),
-            dashmap::Entry::Vacant(vacant_entry) => {
-                let output = Command::new(self.resolc_path.as_path())
-                    .arg("--version")
-                    .stdout(Stdio::piped())
-                    .spawn()?
-                    .wait_with_output()?
-                    .stdout;
-
-                let output = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output);
-                let version_string = output
-                    .split("version ")
-                    .nth(1)
-                    .context("Version parsing failed")?
-                    .split("+")
-                    .next()
-                    .context("Version parsing failed")?;
-
-                let version = Version::parse(version_string)?;
-
-                vacant_entry.insert(version.clone());
-
-                Ok(version)
-            }
+    fn new(config: &Arguments) -> Self {
+        Resolc {
+            resolc_path: config.resolc.clone(),
         }
     }
 
-    fn supports_mode(
-        _compiler_version: &Version,
-        _optimize_setting: ModeOptimizerSetting,
-        pipeline: ModePipeline,
-    ) -> bool {
-        // We only support the Y (IE compile via Yul IR) mode here, which also means that we can
-        // only use solc version 0.8.13 and above. We must always compile via Yul IR as resolc
-        // needs this to translate to LLVM IR and then RISCV.
-
-        // Note: the original implementation of this function looked like the following:
-        // ```
-        // pipeline == ModePipeline::ViaYulIR && compiler_version >= &SOLC_VERSION_SUPPORTING_VIA_YUL_IR
-        // ```
-        // However, that implementation is sadly incorrect since the version that's passed into this
-        // function is not the version of solc but the version of resolc. This is despite the fact
-        // that resolc depends on Solc for the initial Yul codegen. Therefore, we have skipped the
-        // version check until we do a better integrations between resolc and solc.
+    fn supports_mode(_optimize_setting: ModeOptimizerSetting, pipeline: ModePipeline) -> bool {
+        // We only support the Y (IE compile via Yul IR) mode here. We must always compile
+        // via Yul IR as resolc needs this to translate to LLVM IR and then RISCV.
         pipeline == ModePipeline::ViaYulIR
     }
 }
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod test {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn compiler_version_can_be_obtained() {
-        // Arrange
-        let args = Arguments::default();
-        let path = Resolc::get_compiler_executable(&args, Version::new(0, 7, 6))
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-        let compiler = Resolc::new(path);
-
-        // Act
-        let version = compiler.version().await;
-
-        // Assert
-        let _ = version.expect("Failed to get version");
-    }
-}

crates/compiler/src/solc.rs

@@ -1,20 +1,8 @@
 //! Implements the [SolidityCompiler] trait with solc for
 //! compiling contracts to EVM bytecode.
 
-use std::{
-    path::PathBuf,
-    process::{Command, Stdio},
-    sync::LazyLock,
-};
-
-use dashmap::DashMap;
-use revive_dt_common::types::VersionOrRequirement;
-use revive_dt_config::Arguments;
-use revive_dt_solc_binaries::download_solc;
-
-use super::constants::SOLC_VERSION_SUPPORTING_VIA_YUL_IR;
+use super::utils;
 use crate::{CompilerInput, CompilerOutput, ModeOptimizerSetting, ModePipeline, SolidityCompiler};
-
 use anyhow::Context;
 use foundry_compilers_artifacts::{
     output_selection::{
@@ -23,13 +11,12 @@ use foundry_compilers_artifacts::{
     solc::CompilerOutput as SolcOutput,
     solc::*,
 };
-use semver::Version;
+use revive_dt_config::Arguments;
+use std::process::Stdio;
 use tokio::{io::AsyncWriteExt, process::Command as AsyncCommand};
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct Solc {
-    solc_path: PathBuf,
-}
+pub struct Solc {}
 
 impl SolidityCompiler for Solc {
     type Options = ();
@@ -40,6 +27,7 @@ impl SolidityCompiler for Solc {
         CompilerInput {
             pipeline,
             optimization,
+            solc,
             evm_version,
             allow_paths,
             base_path,
@@ -49,7 +37,9 @@ impl SolidityCompiler for Solc {
         }: CompilerInput,
         _: Self::Options,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<CompilerOutput> {
-        let compiler_supports_via_ir = self.version().await? >= SOLC_VERSION_SUPPORTING_VIA_YUL_IR;
+        let solc = solc.ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("solc compiler not provided to resolc."))?;
+        let compiler_supports_via_ir =
+            utils::solc_versions_supporting_yul_ir().matches(&solc.version);
 
         // Be careful to entirely omit the viaIR field if the compiler does not support it,
         // as it will error if you provide fields it does not know about. Because
@@ -115,7 +105,7 @@ impl SolidityCompiler for Solc {
             },
         };
 
-        let mut command = AsyncCommand::new(&self.solc_path);
+        let mut command = AsyncCommand::new(&solc.path);
         command
             .stdin(Stdio::piped())
             .stdout(Stdio::piped())
@@ -134,15 +124,25 @@ impl SolidityCompiler for Solc {
                     .join(","),
             );
         }
-        let mut child = command.spawn()?;
+        let mut child = command
+            .spawn()
+            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to spawn solc at {}", solc.path.display()))?;
 
         let stdin = child.stdin.as_mut().expect("should be piped");
-        let serialized_input = serde_json::to_vec(&input)?;
-        stdin.write_all(&serialized_input).await?;
-        let output = child.wait_with_output().await?;
+        let serialized_input = serde_json::to_vec(&input)
+            .context("Failed to serialize Standard JSON input for solc")?;
+        stdin
+            .write_all(&serialized_input)
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to write Standard JSON to solc stdin")?;
+        let output = child
+            .wait_with_output()
+            .await
+            .context("Failed while waiting for solc process to finish")?;
 
         if !output.status.success() {
-            let json_in = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&input)?;
+            let json_in = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&input)
+                .context("Failed to pretty-print Standard JSON input for logging")?;
             let message = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);
             tracing::error!(
                 status = %output.status,
@@ -153,12 +153,14 @@ impl SolidityCompiler for Solc {
             anyhow::bail!("Compilation failed with an error: {message}");
         }
 
-        let parsed = serde_json::from_slice::<SolcOutput>(&output.stdout).map_err(|e| {
-            anyhow::anyhow!(
-                "failed to parse resolc JSON output: {e}\nstderr: {}",
-                String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout)
-            )
-        })?;
+        let parsed = serde_json::from_slice::<SolcOutput>(&output.stdout)
+            .map_err(|e| {
+                anyhow::anyhow!(
+                    "failed to parse resolc JSON output: {e}\nstderr: {}",
+                    String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout)
+                )
+            })
+            .context("Failed to parse solc standard JSON output")?;
 
         // Detecting if the compiler output contained errors and reporting them through logs and
         // errors instead of returning the compiler output that might contain errors.
@@ -178,7 +180,12 @@ impl SolidityCompiler for Solc {
         for (contract_path, contracts) in parsed.contracts {
             let map = compiler_output
                 .contracts
-                .entry(contract_path.canonicalize()?)
+                .entry(contract_path.canonicalize().with_context(|| {
+                    format!(
+                        "Failed to canonicalize contract path {}",
+                        contract_path.display()
+                    )
+                })?)
                 .or_default();
             for (contract_name, contract_info) in contracts.into_iter() {
                 let source_code = contract_info
@@ -199,110 +206,13 @@ impl SolidityCompiler for Solc {
         Ok(compiler_output)
     }
 
-    fn new(solc_path: PathBuf) -> Self {
-        Self { solc_path }
+    fn new(_config: &Arguments) -> Self {
+        Self {}
     }
 
-    async fn get_compiler_executable(
-        config: &Arguments,
-        version: impl Into<VersionOrRequirement>,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<PathBuf> {
-        let path = download_solc(config.directory(), version, config.wasm).await?;
-        Ok(path)
-    }
-
-    async fn version(&self) -> anyhow::Result<semver::Version> {
-        /// This is a cache of the path of the compiler to the version number of the compiler. We
-        /// choose to cache the version in this way rather than through a field on the struct since
-        /// compiler objects are being created all the time from the path and the compiler object is
-        /// not reused over time.
-        static VERSION_CACHE: LazyLock<DashMap<PathBuf, Version>> = LazyLock::new(Default::default);
-
-        match VERSION_CACHE.entry(self.solc_path.clone()) {
-            dashmap::Entry::Occupied(occupied_entry) => Ok(occupied_entry.get().clone()),
-            dashmap::Entry::Vacant(vacant_entry) => {
-                // The following is the parsing code for the version from the solc version strings
-                // which look like the following:
-                // ```
-                // solc, the solidity compiler commandline interface
-                // Version: 0.8.30+commit.73712a01.Darwin.appleclang
-                // ```
-                let child = Command::new(self.solc_path.as_path())
-                    .arg("--version")
-                    .stdout(Stdio::piped())
-                    .spawn()?;
-                let output = child.wait_with_output()?;
-                let output = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
-                let version_line = output
-                    .split("Version: ")
-                    .nth(1)
-                    .context("Version parsing failed")?;
-                let version_string = version_line
-                    .split("+")
-                    .next()
-                    .context("Version parsing failed")?;
-
-                let version = Version::parse(version_string)?;
-
-                vacant_entry.insert(version.clone());
-
-                Ok(version)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn supports_mode(
-        compiler_version: &Version,
-        _optimize_setting: ModeOptimizerSetting,
-        pipeline: ModePipeline,
-    ) -> bool {
+    fn supports_mode(_optimize_setting: ModeOptimizerSetting, pipeline: ModePipeline) -> bool {
         // solc 0.8.13 and above supports --via-ir, and less than that does not. Thus, we support mode E
         // (ie no Yul IR) in either case, but only support Y (via Yul IR) if the compiler is new enough.
-        pipeline == ModePipeline::ViaEVMAssembly
-            || (pipeline == ModePipeline::ViaYulIR
-                && compiler_version >= &SOLC_VERSION_SUPPORTING_VIA_YUL_IR)
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod test {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn compiler_version_can_be_obtained() {
-        // Arrange
-        let args = Arguments::default();
-        let path = Solc::get_compiler_executable(&args, Version::new(0, 7, 6))
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-        let compiler = Solc::new(path);
-
-        // Act
-        let version = compiler.version().await;
-
-        // Assert
-        assert_eq!(
-            version.expect("Failed to get version"),
-            Version::new(0, 7, 6)
-        )
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn compiler_version_can_be_obtained1() {
-        // Arrange
-        let args = Arguments::default();
-        let path = Solc::get_compiler_executable(&args, Version::new(0, 4, 21))
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-        let compiler = Solc::new(path);
-
-        // Act
-        let version = compiler.version().await;
-
-        // Assert
-        assert_eq!(
-            version.expect("Failed to get version"),
-            Version::new(0, 4, 21)
-        )
+        pipeline == ModePipeline::ViaEVMAssembly || pipeline == ModePipeline::ViaYulIR
     }
 }

crates/compiler/src/utils.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::{
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
+    process::{Command, Stdio},
+    sync::LazyLock,
+};
+
+use anyhow::Context;
+use dashmap::DashMap;
+use revive_dt_common::types::{ModePipeline, VersionOrRequirement};
+use semver::{Version, VersionReq};
+
+/// Return the path and version of a suitable `solc` compiler given the requirements provided.
+///
+/// This caches any compiler binaries/paths that are downloaded as a result of calling this.
+pub async fn solc_compiler(
+    cache_directory: &Path,
+    fallback_version: &Version,
+    required_version: Option<&VersionReq>,
+    pipeline: ModePipeline,
+) -> anyhow::Result<SolcCompiler> {
+    // Require Yul compatible solc, or any if we don't care about compiling via Yul.
+    let mut version_req = if pipeline == ModePipeline::ViaYulIR {
+        solc_versions_supporting_yul_ir()
+    } else {
+        VersionReq::STAR
+    };
+
+    // Take into account the version requirements passed in, too.
+    if let Some(other_version_req) = required_version {
+        version_req
+            .comparators
+            .extend(other_version_req.comparators.iter().cloned());
+    }
+
+    // If no requirements yet then fall back to the fallback version.
+    let version_req = if version_req == VersionReq::STAR {
+        VersionOrRequirement::version_to_requirement(fallback_version)
+    } else {
+        version_req
+    };
+
+    // Download (or pull from cache) a suitable solc compiler given this.
+    let solc_path =
+        revive_dt_solc_binaries::download_solc(cache_directory, version_req, false).await?;
+    let solc_version = solc_version(&solc_path).await?;
+
+    Ok(SolcCompiler {
+        version: solc_version,
+        path: solc_path,
+    })
+}
+
+/// A `solc` compiler, returned from [`solc_compiler`].
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct SolcCompiler {
+    /// Version of the compiler.
+    pub version: Version,
+    /// Path to the compiler executable.
+    pub path: PathBuf,
+}
+
+/// Fetch the solc version given a path to the executable
+async fn solc_version(solc_path: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<semver::Version> {
+    /// This is a cache of the path of the compiler to the version number of the compiler. We
+    /// choose to cache the version in this way rather than through a field on the struct since
+    /// compiler objects are being created all the time from the path and the compiler object is
+    /// not reused over time.
+    static VERSION_CACHE: LazyLock<DashMap<PathBuf, Version>> = LazyLock::new(Default::default);
+
+    match VERSION_CACHE.entry(solc_path.to_path_buf()) {
+        dashmap::Entry::Occupied(occupied_entry) => Ok(occupied_entry.get().clone()),
+        dashmap::Entry::Vacant(vacant_entry) => {
+            // The following is the parsing code for the version from the solc version strings
+            // which look like the following:
+            // ```
+            // solc, the solidity compiler commandline interface
+            // Version: 0.8.30+commit.73712a01.Darwin.appleclang
+            // ```
+            let child = Command::new(solc_path)
+                .arg("--version")
+                .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+                .spawn()?;
+            let output = child.wait_with_output()?;
+            let output = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+            let version_line = output
+                .split("Version: ")
+                .nth(1)
+                .context("Version parsing failed")?;
+            let version_string = version_line
+                .split("+")
+                .next()
+                .context("Version parsing failed")?;
+
+            let version = Version::parse(version_string)?;
+
+            vacant_entry.insert(version.clone());
+
+            Ok(version)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// This returns the solc versions which support Yul IR.
+pub fn solc_versions_supporting_yul_ir() -> VersionReq {
+    use semver::{Comparator, Op, Prerelease, VersionReq};
+    VersionReq {
+        comparators: vec![Comparator {
+            op: Op::GreaterEq,
+            major: 0,
+            minor: Some(8),
+            patch: Some(13),
+            pre: Prerelease::EMPTY,
+        }],
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn compiler_version_can_be_obtained() {
+        // Arrange
+        let temp_dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("can create tempdir");
+        let solc_path =
+            revive_dt_solc_binaries::download_solc(temp_dir.path(), Version::new(0, 7, 6), false)
+                .await
+                .expect("can download solc");
+
+        // Act
+        let version = solc_version(&solc_path).await;
+
+        // Assert
+        assert_eq!(
+            version.expect("Failed to get version"),
+            Version::new(0, 7, 6)
+        )
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn compiler_version_can_be_obtained1() {
+        // Arrange
+        let temp_dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("can create tempdir");
+        let solc_path =
+            revive_dt_solc_binaries::download_solc(temp_dir.path(), Version::new(0, 4, 21), false)
+                .await
+                .expect("can download solc");
+
+        // Act
+        let version = solc_version(&solc_path).await;
+
+        // Assert
+        assert_eq!(
+            version.expect("Failed to get version"),
+            Version::new(0, 4, 21)
+        )
+    }
+}

crates/compiler/tests/lib.rs

@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-use revive_dt_compiler::{Compiler, SolidityCompiler, revive_resolc::Resolc, solc::Solc};
+use revive_dt_compiler::{Compiler, revive_resolc::Resolc, solc::Solc};
 use revive_dt_config::Arguments;
-use semver::Version;
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn contracts_can_be_compiled_with_solc() {
     // Arrange
     let args = Arguments::default();
-    let compiler_path = Solc::get_compiler_executable(&args, Version::new(0, 8, 30))
-        .await
-        .unwrap();
 
     // Act
     let output = Compiler::<Solc>::new()
@@ -18,7 +14,7 @@ async fn contracts_can_be_compiled_with_solc() {
         .unwrap()
         .with_source("./tests/assets/array_one_element/main.sol")
         .unwrap()
-        .try_build(compiler_path)
+        .try_build(&args)
         .await;
 
     // Assert
@@ -49,9 +45,6 @@ async fn contracts_can_be_compiled_with_solc() {
 async fn contracts_can_be_compiled_with_resolc() {
     // Arrange
     let args = Arguments::default();
-    let compiler_path = Resolc::get_compiler_executable(&args, Version::new(0, 8, 30))
-        .await
-        .unwrap();
 
     // Act
     let output = Compiler::<Resolc>::new()
@@ -59,7 +52,7 @@ async fn contracts_can_be_compiled_with_resolc() {
         .unwrap()
         .with_source("./tests/assets/array_one_element/main.sol")
         .unwrap()
-        .try_build(compiler_path)
+        .try_build(&args)
         .await;
 
     // Assert

crates/config/Cargo.toml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 alloy = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 semver = { workspace = true }
-temp-dir = { workspace = true }
+tempfile = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 
 [lints]

crates/config/src/lib.rs

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use alloy::{network::EthereumWallet, signers::local::PrivateKeySigner};
 use clap::{Parser, ValueEnum};
 use semver::Version;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use temp_dir::TempDir;
+use tempfile::TempDir;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Parser, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[command(name = "retester")]
@@ -115,6 +115,18 @@ pub struct Arguments {
     #[arg(short, long = "kitchensink", default_value = "substrate-node")]
     pub kitchensink: PathBuf,
 
+    /// The path to the `revive-dev-node` executable.
+    ///
+    /// By default it uses `revive-dev-node` binary found in `$PATH`.
+    #[arg(long = "revive-dev-node", default_value = "revive-dev-node")]
+    pub revive_dev_node: PathBuf,
+
+    /// By default the tool uses the revive-dev-node when it's running differential tests against
+    /// PolkaVM since the dev-node is much faster than kitchensink. This flag allows the caller to
+    /// configure the tool to use kitchensink rather than the dev-node.
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub use_kitchensink_not_dev_node: bool,
+
     /// The path to the `eth_proxy` executable.
     ///
     /// By default it uses `eth-rpc` binary found in `$PATH`.

crates/core/Cargo.toml

@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 semver = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
-temp-dir = { workspace = true }
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
 
 [lints]

crates/core/src/cached_compiler.rs

@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ use std::{
 
 use futures::FutureExt;
 use revive_dt_common::iterators::FilesWithExtensionIterator;
-use revive_dt_compiler::{Compiler, CompilerInput, CompilerOutput, Mode, SolidityCompiler};
+use revive_dt_compiler::{Compiler, CompilerInput, CompilerOutput, Mode, SolcCompiler};
 use revive_dt_config::Arguments;
 use revive_dt_format::metadata::{ContractIdent, ContractInstance, Metadata};
 
 use alloy::{hex::ToHexExt, json_abi::JsonAbi, primitives::Address};
-use anyhow::{Error, Result};
+use anyhow::{Context as _, Error, Result};
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use semver::Version;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ impl CachedCompiler {
     pub async fn new(path: impl AsRef<Path>, invalidate_cache: bool) -> Result<Self> {
         let mut cache = ArtifactsCache::new(path);
         if invalidate_cache {
-            cache = cache.with_invalidated_cache().await?;
+            cache = cache
+                .with_invalidated_cache()
+                .await
+                .context("Failed to invalidate compilation cache directory")?;
         }
         Ok(Self(cache))
     }
@@ -50,64 +53,38 @@ impl CachedCompiler {
         &self,
         metadata: &Metadata,
         metadata_file_path: impl AsRef<Path>,
+        solc: SolcCompiler,
         mode: &Mode,
         config: &Arguments,
         deployed_libraries: Option<&HashMap<ContractInstance, (ContractIdent, Address, JsonAbi)>>,
-        compilation_success_report_callback: impl Fn(
-            Version,
-            PathBuf,
-            bool,
-            Option<CompilerInput>,
-            CompilerOutput,
-        ) + Clone,
-        compilation_failure_report_callback: impl Fn(
-            Option<Version>,
-            Option<PathBuf>,
-            Option<CompilerInput>,
-            String,
-        ),
-    ) -> Result<(CompilerOutput, Version)> {
+        compilation_success_report_callback: impl Fn(bool, Option<CompilerInput>, CompilerOutput)
+        + Clone,
+        compilation_failure_report_callback: impl Fn(Option<CompilerInput>, String),
+    ) -> Result<CompilerOutput> {
         static CACHE_KEY_LOCK: Lazy<RwLock<HashMap<CacheKey, Arc<Mutex<()>>>>> =
             Lazy::new(Default::default);
 
-        let compiler_version_or_requirement = mode.compiler_version_to_use(config.solc.clone());
-        let compiler_path = <P::Compiler as SolidityCompiler>::get_compiler_executable(
-            config,
-            compiler_version_or_requirement,
-        )
-        .await
-        .inspect_err(|err| {
-            compilation_failure_report_callback(None, None, None, err.to_string())
-        })?;
-        let compiler_version = <P::Compiler as SolidityCompiler>::new(compiler_path.clone())
-            .version()
-            .await
-            .inspect_err(|err| {
-                compilation_failure_report_callback(
-                    None,
-                    Some(compiler_path.clone()),
-                    None,
-                    err.to_string(),
-                )
-            })?;
-
         let cache_key = CacheKey {
             platform_key: P::config_id().to_string(),
-            compiler_version: compiler_version.clone(),
+            compiler_version: solc.version.clone(),
             metadata_file_path: metadata_file_path.as_ref().to_path_buf(),
             solc_mode: mode.clone(),
         };
 
         let compilation_callback = || {
-            let compiler_path = compiler_path.clone();
-            let compiler_version = compiler_version.clone();
+            // let compiler_path = compiler_path.clone();
+            // let compiler_version = compiler_version.clone();
             let compilation_success_report_callback = compilation_success_report_callback.clone();
             async move {
                 compile_contracts::<P>(
-                    metadata.directory()?,
-                    compiler_path,
-                    compiler_version,
-                    metadata.files_to_compile()?,
+                    metadata
+                        .directory()
+                        .context("Failed to get metadata directory while preparing compilation")?,
+                    metadata
+                        .files_to_compile()
+                        .context("Failed to enumerate files to compile from metadata")?,
+                    config,
+                    solc,
                     mode,
                     deployed_libraries,
                     compilation_success_report_callback,
@@ -131,7 +108,10 @@ impl CachedCompiler {
             Some(_) => {
                 debug!("Deployed libraries defined, recompilation must take place");
                 debug!("Cache miss");
-                compilation_callback().await?.compiler_output
+                compilation_callback()
+                    .await
+                    .context("Compilation callback for deployed libraries failed")?
+                    .compiler_output
             }
             // If no deployed libraries are specified then we can follow the cached flow and attempt
             // to lookup the compilation artifacts in the cache.
@@ -159,44 +139,36 @@ impl CachedCompiler {
                 match self.0.get(&cache_key).await {
                     Some(cache_value) => {
                         compilation_success_report_callback(
-                            compiler_version.clone(),
-                            compiler_path,
                             true,
                             None,
                             cache_value.compiler_output.clone(),
                         );
                         cache_value.compiler_output
                     }
-                    None => compilation_callback().await?.compiler_output,
+                    None => {
+                        compilation_callback()
+                            .await
+                            .context("Compilation callback failed (cache miss path)")?
+                            .compiler_output
+                    }
                 }
             }
         };
 
-        Ok((compiled_contracts, compiler_version))
+        Ok(compiled_contracts)
     }
 }
 
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 async fn compile_contracts<P: Platform>(
     metadata_directory: impl AsRef<Path>,
-    compiler_path: impl AsRef<Path>,
-    compiler_version: Version,
     mut files_to_compile: impl Iterator<Item = PathBuf>,
+    config: &Arguments,
+    solc: SolcCompiler,
     mode: &Mode,
     deployed_libraries: Option<&HashMap<ContractInstance, (ContractIdent, Address, JsonAbi)>>,
-    compilation_success_report_callback: impl Fn(
-        Version,
-        PathBuf,
-        bool,
-        Option<CompilerInput>,
-        CompilerOutput,
-    ),
-    compilation_failure_report_callback: impl Fn(
-        Option<Version>,
-        Option<PathBuf>,
-        Option<CompilerInput>,
-        String,
-    ),
+    compilation_success_report_callback: impl Fn(bool, Option<CompilerInput>, CompilerOutput),
+    compilation_failure_report_callback: impl Fn(Option<CompilerInput>, String),
 ) -> Result<CompilerOutput> {
     let all_sources_in_dir = FilesWithExtensionIterator::new(metadata_directory.as_ref())
         .with_allowed_extension("sol")
@@ -204,6 +176,7 @@ async fn compile_contracts<P: Platform>(
         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
     let compiler = Compiler::<P::Compiler>::new()
+        .with_solc(solc)
         .with_allow_path(metadata_directory)
         // Handling the modes
         .with_optimization(mode.optimize_setting)
@@ -212,14 +185,7 @@ async fn compile_contracts<P: Platform>(
         .try_then(|compiler| {
             files_to_compile.try_fold(compiler, |compiler, path| compiler.with_source(path))
         })
-        .inspect_err(|err| {
-            compilation_failure_report_callback(
-                Some(compiler_version.clone()),
-                Some(compiler_path.as_ref().to_path_buf()),
-                None,
-                err.to_string(),
-            )
-        })?
+        .inspect_err(|err| compilation_failure_report_callback(None, format!("{err:#}")))?
         // Adding the deployed libraries to the compiler.
         .then(|compiler| {
             deployed_libraries
@@ -238,23 +204,14 @@ async fn compile_contracts<P: Platform>(
 
     let compiler_input = compiler.input();
     let compiler_output = compiler
-        .try_build(compiler_path.as_ref())
+        .try_build(config)
         .await
         .inspect_err(|err| {
-            compilation_failure_report_callback(
-                Some(compiler_version.clone()),
-                Some(compiler_path.as_ref().to_path_buf()),
-                Some(compiler_input.clone()),
-                err.to_string(),
-            )
-        })?;
-    compilation_success_report_callback(
-        compiler_version,
-        compiler_path.as_ref().to_path_buf(),
-        false,
-        Some(compiler_input),
-        compiler_output.clone(),
-    );
+            compilation_failure_report_callback(Some(compiler_input.clone()), format!("{err:#}"))
+        })
+        .context("Failed to configure compiler with sources and options")?;
+
+    compilation_success_report_callback(false, Some(compiler_input), compiler_output.clone());
     Ok(compiler_output)
 }
 
@@ -273,15 +230,20 @@ impl ArtifactsCache {
     pub async fn with_invalidated_cache(self) -> Result<Self> {
         cacache::clear(self.path.as_path())
             .await
-            .map_err(Into::<Error>::into)?;
+            .map_err(Into::<Error>::into)
+            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to clear cache at {}", self.path.display()))?;
         Ok(self)
     }
 
     #[instrument(level = "debug", skip_all, err)]
     pub async fn insert(&self, key: &CacheKey, value: &CacheValue) -> Result<()> {
-        let key = bson::to_vec(key)?;
-        let value = bson::to_vec(value)?;
-        cacache::write(self.path.as_path(), key.encode_hex(), value).await?;
+        let key = bson::to_vec(key).context("Failed to serialize cache key (bson)")?;
+        let value = bson::to_vec(value).context("Failed to serialize cache value (bson)")?;
+        cacache::write(self.path.as_path(), key.encode_hex(), value)
+            .await
+            .with_context(|| {
+                format!("Failed to write cache entry under {}", self.path.display())
+            })?;
         Ok(())
     }
 

crates/core/src/driver/mod.rs

@@ -86,18 +86,22 @@ where
     ) -> anyhow::Result<StepOutput> {
         match step {
             Step::FunctionCall(input) => {
-                let (receipt, geth_trace, diff_mode) =
-                    self.handle_input(metadata, input, node).await?;
+                let (receipt, geth_trace, diff_mode) = self
+                    .handle_input(metadata, input, node)
+                    .await
+                    .context("Failed to handle function call step")?;
                 Ok(StepOutput::FunctionCall(receipt, geth_trace, diff_mode))
             }
             Step::BalanceAssertion(balance_assertion) => {
                 self.handle_balance_assertion(metadata, balance_assertion, node)
-                    .await?;
+                    .await
+                    .context("Failed to handle balance assertion step")?;
                 Ok(StepOutput::BalanceAssertion)
             }
             Step::StorageEmptyAssertion(storage_empty) => {
                 self.handle_storage_empty(metadata, storage_empty, node)
-                    .await?;
+                    .await
+                    .context("Failed to handle storage empty assertion step")?;
                 Ok(StepOutput::StorageEmptyAssertion)
             }
         }
@@ -113,18 +117,23 @@ where
     ) -> anyhow::Result<(TransactionReceipt, GethTrace, DiffMode)> {
         let deployment_receipts = self
             .handle_input_contract_deployment(metadata, input, node)
-            .await?;
+            .await
+            .context("Failed during contract deployment phase of input handling")?;
         let execution_receipt = self
             .handle_input_execution(input, deployment_receipts, node)
-            .await?;
+            .await
+            .context("Failed during transaction execution phase of input handling")?;
         let tracing_result = self
             .handle_input_call_frame_tracing(&execution_receipt, node)
-            .await?;
-        self.handle_input_variable_assignment(input, &tracing_result)?;
+            .await
+            .context("Failed during callframe tracing phase of input handling")?;
+        self.handle_input_variable_assignment(input, &tracing_result)
+            .context("Failed to assign variables from callframe output")?;
         let (_, (geth_trace, diff_mode)) = try_join!(
             self.handle_input_expectations(input, &execution_receipt, node, &tracing_result),
             self.handle_input_diff(&execution_receipt, node)
-        )?;
+        )
+        .context("Failed while evaluating expectations and diffs in parallel")?;
         Ok((execution_receipt, geth_trace, diff_mode))
     }
 
@@ -136,9 +145,11 @@ where
         node: &T::Blockchain,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         self.handle_balance_assertion_contract_deployment(metadata, balance_assertion, node)
-            .await?;
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to deploy contract for balance assertion")?;
         self.handle_balance_assertion_execution(balance_assertion, node)
-            .await?;
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to execute balance assertion")?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -150,9 +161,11 @@ where
         node: &T::Blockchain,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         self.handle_storage_empty_assertion_contract_deployment(metadata, storage_empty, node)
-            .await?;
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to deploy contract for storage empty assertion")?;
         self.handle_storage_empty_assertion_execution(storage_empty, node)
-            .await?;
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to execute storage empty assertion")?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -191,7 +204,8 @@ where
                     value,
                     node,
                 )
-                .await?
+                .await
+                .context("Failed to get or deploy contract instance during input execution")?
             {
                 receipts.insert(instance.clone(), receipt);
             }
@@ -213,7 +227,7 @@ where
             // lookup the transaction receipt in this case and continue on.
             Method::Deployer => deployment_receipts
                 .remove(&input.instance)
-                .context("Failed to find deployment receipt"),
+                .context("Failed to find deployment receipt for constructor call"),
             Method::Fallback | Method::FunctionName(_) => {
                 let tx = match input
                     .legacy_transaction(node, self.default_resolution_context())
@@ -385,7 +399,8 @@ where
             let actual = &tracing_result.output.as_ref().unwrap_or_default();
             if !expected
                 .is_equivalent(actual, resolver, resolution_context)
-                .await?
+                .await
+                .context("Failed to resolve calldata equivalence for return data assertion")?
             {
                 tracing::error!(
                     ?execution_receipt,
@@ -448,7 +463,8 @@ where
                     let expected = Calldata::new_compound([expected]);
                     if !expected
                         .is_equivalent(&actual.0, resolver, resolution_context)
-                        .await?
+                        .await
+                        .context("Failed to resolve event topic equivalence")?
                     {
                         tracing::error!(
                             event_idx,
@@ -468,7 +484,8 @@ where
                 let actual = &actual_event.data().data;
                 if !expected
                     .is_equivalent(&actual.0, resolver, resolution_context)
-                    .await?
+                    .await
+                    .context("Failed to resolve event value equivalence")?
                 {
                     tracing::error!(
                         event_idx,
@@ -501,8 +518,12 @@ where
 
         let trace = node
             .trace_transaction(execution_receipt, trace_options)
-            .await?;
-        let diff = node.state_diff(execution_receipt).await?;
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to obtain geth prestate tracer output")?;
+        let diff = node
+            .state_diff(execution_receipt)
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to obtain state diff for transaction")?;
 
         Ok((trace, diff))
     }

crates/core/src/main.rs

@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@ use alloy::{
 };
 use anyhow::Context;
 use clap::Parser;
+use futures::StreamExt;
 use futures::stream;
-use futures::{Stream, StreamExt};
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
 use revive_dt_node_interaction::EthereumNode;
 use revive_dt_report::{
     NodeDesignation, ReportAggregator, Reporter, ReporterEvent, TestCaseStatus,
     TestSpecificReporter, TestSpecifier,
 };
-use temp_dir::TempDir;
+use tempfile::TempDir;
 use tokio::{join, try_join};
 use tracing::{debug, info, info_span, instrument};
 use tracing_appender::non_blocking::WorkerGuard;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct Test<'a> {
 }
 
 fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let (args, _guard) = init_cli()?;
+    let (args, _guard) = init_cli().context("Failed to initialize CLI and tracing subscriber")?;
     info!(
         leader = args.leader.to_string(),
         follower = args.follower.to_string(),
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     let number_of_threads = args.number_of_threads;
     let body = async move {
-        let tests = collect_corpora(&args)?
+        let tests = collect_corpora(&args)
+            .context("Failed to collect corpus files from provided arguments")?
             .into_iter()
             .inspect(|(corpus, _)| {
                 reporter
@@ -96,7 +97,9 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             Some(platform) => {
                 compile_corpus(&args, &tests, platform, reporter, report_aggregator_task).await
             }
-            None => execute_corpus(&args, &tests, reporter, report_aggregator_task).await?,
+            None => execute_corpus(&args, &tests, reporter, report_aggregator_task)
+                .await
+                .context("Failed to execute corpus")?,
         }
         Ok(())
     };
@@ -182,8 +185,10 @@ where
     L::Blockchain: revive_dt_node::Node + Send + Sync + 'static,
     F::Blockchain: revive_dt_node::Node + Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
-    let tests = prepare_tests::<L, F>(args, metadata_files, reporter.clone());
-    let driver_task = start_driver_task::<L, F>(args, tests).await?;
+    let tests = prepare_tests::<L, F>(metadata_files, reporter.clone());
+    let driver_task = start_driver_task::<L, F>(args, tests)
+        .await
+        .context("Failed to start driver task")?;
     let cli_reporting_task = start_cli_reporting_task(reporter);
 
     let (_, _, rtn) = tokio::join!(cli_reporting_task, driver_task, report_aggregator_task);
@@ -193,17 +198,16 @@ where
 }
 
 fn prepare_tests<'a, L, F>(
-    args: &Arguments,
     metadata_files: &'a [MetadataFile],
     reporter: Reporter,
-) -> impl Stream<Item = Test<'a>>
+) -> impl Iterator<Item = Test<'a>>
 where
     L: Platform,
     F: Platform,
     L::Blockchain: revive_dt_node::Node + Send + Sync + 'static,
     F::Blockchain: revive_dt_node::Node + Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
-    let filtered_tests = metadata_files
+    metadata_files
         .iter()
         .flat_map(|metadata_file| {
             metadata_file
@@ -368,19 +372,12 @@ where
             } else {
                 true
             }
-        });
-
-    stream::iter(filtered_tests)
-        // Filter based on the compiler compatibility
-        .filter_map(move |test| async move {
-            let leader_support = does_compiler_support_mode::<L>(args, &test.mode)
-                .await
-                .ok()
-                .unwrap_or(false);
-            let follower_support = does_compiler_support_mode::<F>(args, &test.mode)
-                .await
-                .ok()
-                .unwrap_or(false);
+        })
+        .filter_map(move |test| {
+            let leader_support =
+                L::Compiler::supports_mode(test.mode.optimize_setting, test.mode.pipeline);
+            let follower_support =
+                F::Compiler::supports_mode(test.mode.optimize_setting, test.mode.pipeline);
             let is_allowed = leader_support && follower_support;
 
             if !is_allowed {
@@ -414,25 +411,9 @@ where
         })
 }
 
-async fn does_compiler_support_mode<P: Platform>(
-    args: &Arguments,
-    mode: &Mode,
-) -> anyhow::Result<bool> {
-    let compiler_version_or_requirement = mode.compiler_version_to_use(args.solc.clone());
-    let compiler_path =
-        P::Compiler::get_compiler_executable(args, compiler_version_or_requirement).await?;
-    let compiler_version = P::Compiler::new(compiler_path.clone()).version().await?;
-
-    Ok(P::Compiler::supports_mode(
-        &compiler_version,
-        mode.optimize_setting,
-        mode.pipeline,
-    ))
-}
-
 async fn start_driver_task<'a, L, F>(
     args: &Arguments,
-    tests: impl Stream<Item = Test<'a>>,
+    tests: impl Iterator<Item = Test<'a>>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<impl Future<Output = ()>>
 where
     L: Platform,
@@ -442,18 +423,23 @@ where
 {
     info!("Starting driver task");
 
-    let leader_nodes = Arc::new(NodePool::<L::Blockchain>::new(args)?);
-    let follower_nodes = Arc::new(NodePool::<F::Blockchain>::new(args)?);
+    let leader_nodes = Arc::new(
+        NodePool::<L::Blockchain>::new(args).context("Failed to initialize leader node pool")?,
+    );
+    let follower_nodes = Arc::new(
+        NodePool::<F::Blockchain>::new(args).context("Failed to initialize follower node pool")?,
+    );
     let number_concurrent_tasks = args.number_of_concurrent_tasks();
     let cached_compiler = Arc::new(
         CachedCompiler::new(
             args.directory().join("compilation_cache"),
             args.invalidate_compilation_cache,
         )
-        .await?,
+        .await
+        .context("Failed to initialize cached compiler")?,
     );
 
-    Ok(tests.for_each_concurrent(
+    Ok(stream::iter(tests).for_each_concurrent(
         // We want to limit the concurrent tasks here because:
         //
         // 1. We don't want to overwhelm the nodes with too many requests, leading to responses timing out.
@@ -501,7 +487,7 @@ where
                         .report_test_succeeded_event(steps_executed)
                         .expect("Can't fail"),
                     Err(error) => reporter
-                        .report_test_failed_event(error.to_string())
+                        .report_test_failed_event(format!("{error:#}"))
                         .expect("Can't fail"),
                 }
             }
@@ -546,22 +532,30 @@ async fn start_cli_reporting_task(reporter: Reporter) {
                     number_of_successes += 1;
                     writeln!(
                         buf,
-                        "{}{}Case Succeeded{}{} - Steps Executed: {}",
-                        GREEN, BOLD, BOLD_RESET, COLOR_RESET, steps_executed
+                        "{}{}Case Succeeded{} - Steps Executed: {}{}",
+                        GREEN, BOLD, BOLD_RESET, steps_executed, COLOR_RESET
                     )
                 }
                 TestCaseStatus::Failed { reason } => {
                     number_of_failures += 1;
                     writeln!(
                         buf,
-                        "{}{}Case Failed{}{} - Reason: {}",
-                        RED, BOLD, BOLD_RESET, COLOR_RESET, reason
+                        "{}{}Case Failed{} - Reason: {}{}",
+                        RED,
+                        BOLD,
+                        BOLD_RESET,
+                        reason.trim(),
+                        COLOR_RESET,
                     )
                 }
                 TestCaseStatus::Ignored { reason, .. } => writeln!(
                     buf,
-                    "{}{}Case Ignored{}{} - Reason: {}",
-                    GREY, BOLD, BOLD_RESET, COLOR_RESET, reason
+                    "{}{}Case Ignored{} - Reason: {}{}",
+                    GREY,
+                    BOLD,
+                    BOLD_RESET,
+                    reason.trim(),
+                    COLOR_RESET,
                 ),
             };
         }
@@ -610,6 +604,14 @@ where
     L::Blockchain: revive_dt_node::Node + Send + Sync + 'static,
     F::Blockchain: revive_dt_node::Node + Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
+    let solc = revive_dt_compiler::solc_compiler(
+        config.directory(),
+        &config.solc,
+        test.mode.version.as_ref(),
+        test.mode.pipeline,
+    )
+    .await?;
+
     let leader_reporter = test
         .reporter
         .execution_specific_reporter(leader_node.id(), NodeDesignation::Leader);
@@ -618,41 +620,34 @@ where
         .execution_specific_reporter(follower_node.id(), NodeDesignation::Follower);
 
     let (
-        (
-            CompilerOutput {
-                contracts: leader_pre_link_contracts,
-            },
-            _,
-        ),
-        (
-            CompilerOutput {
-                contracts: follower_pre_link_contracts,
-            },
-            _,
-        ),
+        CompilerOutput {
+            contracts: leader_pre_link_contracts,
+        },
+        CompilerOutput {
+            contracts: follower_pre_link_contracts,
+        },
     ) = try_join!(
         cached_compiler.compile_contracts::<L>(
             test.metadata,
             test.metadata_file_path,
+            solc.clone(),
             &test.mode,
             config,
             None,
-            |compiler_version, compiler_path, is_cached, compiler_input, compiler_output| {
+            |is_cached, compiler_input, compiler_output| {
                 leader_reporter
                     .report_pre_link_contracts_compilation_succeeded_event(
-                        compiler_version,
-                        compiler_path,
                         is_cached,
+                        solc.clone(),
                         compiler_input,
                         compiler_output,
                     )
                     .expect("Can't fail")
             },
-            |compiler_version, compiler_path, compiler_input, failure_reason| {
+            |compiler_input, failure_reason| {
                 leader_reporter
                     .report_pre_link_contracts_compilation_failed_event(
-                        compiler_version,
-                        compiler_path,
+                        solc.clone(),
                         compiler_input,
                         failure_reason,
                     )
@@ -662,36 +657,39 @@ where
         cached_compiler.compile_contracts::<F>(
             test.metadata,
             test.metadata_file_path,
+            solc.clone(),
             &test.mode,
             config,
             None,
-            |compiler_version, compiler_path, is_cached, compiler_input, compiler_output| {
+            |is_cached, compiler_input, compiler_output| {
                 follower_reporter
                     .report_pre_link_contracts_compilation_succeeded_event(
-                        compiler_version,
-                        compiler_path,
                         is_cached,
+                        solc.clone(),
                         compiler_input,
                         compiler_output,
                     )
                     .expect("Can't fail")
             },
-            |compiler_version, compiler_path, compiler_input, failure_reason| {
+            |compiler_input, failure_reason| {
                 follower_reporter
                     .report_pre_link_contracts_compilation_failed_event(
-                        compiler_version,
-                        compiler_path,
+                        solc.clone(),
                         compiler_input,
                         failure_reason,
                     )
                     .expect("Can't fail")
             }
         )
-    )?;
+    )
+    .context("Failed to compile pre-link contracts for leader/follower in parallel")?;
 
     let mut leader_deployed_libraries = None::<HashMap<_, _>>;
     let mut follower_deployed_libraries = None::<HashMap<_, _>>;
-    let mut contract_sources = test.metadata.contract_sources()?;
+    let mut contract_sources = test
+        .metadata
+        .contract_sources()
+        .context("Failed to retrieve contract sources from metadata")?;
     for library_instance in test
         .metadata
         .libraries
@@ -813,41 +811,34 @@ where
     }
 
     let (
-        (
-            CompilerOutput {
-                contracts: leader_post_link_contracts,
-            },
-            leader_compiler_version,
-        ),
-        (
-            CompilerOutput {
-                contracts: follower_post_link_contracts,
-            },
-            follower_compiler_version,
-        ),
+        CompilerOutput {
+            contracts: leader_post_link_contracts,
+        },
+        CompilerOutput {
+            contracts: follower_post_link_contracts,
+        },
     ) = try_join!(
         cached_compiler.compile_contracts::<L>(
             test.metadata,
             test.metadata_file_path,
+            solc.clone(),
             &test.mode,
             config,
             leader_deployed_libraries.as_ref(),
-            |compiler_version, compiler_path, is_cached, compiler_input, compiler_output| {
+            |is_cached, compiler_input, compiler_output| {
                 leader_reporter
                     .report_post_link_contracts_compilation_succeeded_event(
-                        compiler_version,
-                        compiler_path,
                         is_cached,
+                        solc.clone(),
                         compiler_input,
                         compiler_output,
                     )
                     .expect("Can't fail")
             },
-            |compiler_version, compiler_path, compiler_input, failure_reason| {
+            |compiler_input, failure_reason| {
                 leader_reporter
                     .report_post_link_contracts_compilation_failed_event(
-                        compiler_version,
-                        compiler_path,
+                        solc.clone(),
                         compiler_input,
                         failure_reason,
                     )
@@ -857,41 +848,41 @@ where
         cached_compiler.compile_contracts::<F>(
             test.metadata,
             test.metadata_file_path,
+            solc.clone(),
             &test.mode,
             config,
             follower_deployed_libraries.as_ref(),
-            |compiler_version, compiler_path, is_cached, compiler_input, compiler_output| {
+            |is_cached, compiler_input, compiler_output| {
                 follower_reporter
                     .report_post_link_contracts_compilation_succeeded_event(
-                        compiler_version,
-                        compiler_path,
                         is_cached,
+                        solc.clone(),
                         compiler_input,
                         compiler_output,
                     )
                     .expect("Can't fail")
             },
-            |compiler_version, compiler_path, compiler_input, failure_reason| {
+            |compiler_input, failure_reason| {
                 follower_reporter
                     .report_post_link_contracts_compilation_failed_event(
-                        compiler_version,
-                        compiler_path,
+                        solc.clone(),
                         compiler_input,
                         failure_reason,
                     )
                     .expect("Can't fail")
             }
         )
-    )?;
+    )
+    .context("Failed to compile post-link contracts for leader/follower in parallel")?;
 
     let leader_state = CaseState::<L>::new(
-        leader_compiler_version,
+        solc.version.clone(),
         leader_post_link_contracts,
         leader_deployed_libraries.unwrap_or_default(),
         leader_reporter,
     );
     let follower_state = CaseState::<F>::new(
-        follower_compiler_version,
+        solc.version.clone(),
         follower_post_link_contracts,
         follower_deployed_libraries.unwrap_or_default(),
         follower_reporter,
@@ -934,7 +925,7 @@ async fn compile_corpus(
     config: &Arguments,
     tests: &[MetadataFile],
     platform: &TestingPlatform,
-    _: Reporter,
+    reporter: Reporter,
     report_aggregator_task: impl Future<Output = anyhow::Result<()>>,
 ) {
     let tests = tests.iter().flat_map(|metadata| {
@@ -953,19 +944,42 @@ async fn compile_corpus(
     let compilation_task =
         futures::stream::iter(tests).for_each_concurrent(None, |(metadata, mode)| {
             let cached_compiler = cached_compiler.clone();
+            let reporter = reporter.clone();
 
             async move {
+                let solc = revive_dt_compiler::solc_compiler(
+                    config.directory(),
+                    &config.solc,
+                    mode.version.as_ref(),
+                    mode.pipeline,
+                )
+                .await;
+
+                let solc = match solc {
+                    Ok(solc) => solc,
+                    Err(err) => {
+                        let test_specifier = TestSpecifier {
+                            solc_mode: mode,
+                            metadata_file_path: metadata.metadata_file_path.clone(),
+                            case_idx: 0.into(),
+                        };
+                        let _ = reporter.report_test_failed_event(test_specifier, err.to_string());
+                        return;
+                    }
+                };
+
                 match platform {
                     TestingPlatform::Geth => {
                         let _ = cached_compiler
                             .compile_contracts::<Geth>(
                                 metadata,
                                 metadata.metadata_file_path.as_path(),
+                                solc,
                                 &mode,
                                 config,
                                 None,
-                                |_, _, _, _, _| {},
-                                |_, _, _, _| {},
+                                |_, _, _| {},
+                                |_, _| {},
                             )
                             .await;
                     }
@@ -974,11 +988,12 @@ async fn compile_corpus(
                             .compile_contracts::<Kitchensink>(
                                 metadata,
                                 metadata.metadata_file_path.as_path(),
+                                solc,
                                 &mode,
                                 config,
                                 None,
-                                |_, _, _, _, _| {},
-                                |_, _, _, _| {},
+                                |_, _, _| {},
+                                |_, _| {},
                             )
                             .await;
                     }

crates/format/src/corpus.rs

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use tracing::{debug, info};
 
 use crate::metadata::{Metadata, MetadataFile};
+use anyhow::Context as _;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(untagged)]
@@ -20,23 +21,24 @@ impl Corpus {
     pub fn try_from_path(file_path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
         let mut corpus = File::open(file_path.as_ref())
             .map_err(anyhow::Error::from)
-            .and_then(|file| serde_json::from_reader::<_, Corpus>(file).map_err(Into::into))?;
+            .and_then(|file| serde_json::from_reader::<_, Corpus>(file).map_err(Into::into))
+            .with_context(|| {
+                format!(
+                    "Failed to open and deserialize corpus file at {}",
+                    file_path.as_ref().display()
+                )
+            })?;
+
+        let corpus_directory = file_path
+            .as_ref()
+            .canonicalize()
+            .context("Failed to canonicalize the path to the corpus file")?
+            .parent()
+            .context("Corpus file has no parent")?
+            .to_path_buf();
 
         for path in corpus.paths_iter_mut() {
-            *path = file_path
-                .as_ref()
-                .parent()
-                .ok_or_else(|| {
-                    anyhow::anyhow!("Corpus path '{}' does not point to a file", path.display())
-                })?
-                .canonicalize()
-                .map_err(|error| {
-                    anyhow::anyhow!(
-                        "Failed to canonicalize path to corpus '{}': {error}",
-                        path.display()
-                    )
-                })?
-                .join(path.as_path())
+            *path = corpus_directory.join(path.as_path())
         }
 
         Ok(corpus)

crates/format/src/input.rs

@@ -268,7 +268,11 @@ impl Input {
     ) -> anyhow::Result<Bytes> {
         match self.method {
             Method::Deployer | Method::Fallback => {
-                let calldata = self.calldata.calldata(resolver, context).await?;
+                let calldata = self
+                    .calldata
+                    .calldata(resolver, context)
+                    .await
+                    .context("Failed to produce calldata for deployer/fallback method")?;
 
                 Ok(calldata.into())
             }
@@ -283,14 +287,15 @@ impl Input {
                 // Overloads are handled by providing the full function signature in the "function
                 // name".
                 // https://github.com/matter-labs/era-compiler-tester/blob/1dfa7d07cba0734ca97e24704f12dd57f6990c2c/compiler_tester/src/test/case/input/mod.rs#L158-L190
-                let selector = if function_name.contains('(') && function_name.contains(')') {
-                    Function::parse(function_name)
+                let selector =
+                    if function_name.contains('(') && function_name.contains(')') {
+                        Function::parse(function_name)
                         .context(
                             "Failed to parse the provided function name into a function signature",
                         )?
                         .selector()
-                } else {
-                    abi.functions()
+                    } else {
+                        abi.functions()
                         .find(|function| function.signature().starts_with(function_name))
                         .ok_or_else(|| {
                             anyhow::anyhow!(
@@ -298,9 +303,13 @@ impl Input {
                                 function_name,
                                 &self.instance
                             )
-                        })?
+                        })
+                        .with_context(|| format!(
+                            "Failed to resolve function selector for {:?} on instance {:?}",
+                            function_name, &self.instance
+                        ))?
                         .selector()
-                };
+                    };
 
                 // Allocating a vector that we will be using for the calldata. The vector size will be:
                 // 4 bytes for the function selector.
@@ -312,7 +321,8 @@ impl Input {
                 calldata.extend(selector.0);
                 self.calldata
                     .calldata_into_slice(&mut calldata, resolver, context)
-                    .await?;
+                    .await
+                    .context("Failed to append encoded argument to calldata buffer")?;
 
                 Ok(calldata.into())
             }
@@ -325,7 +335,10 @@ impl Input {
         resolver: &impl ResolverApi,
         context: ResolutionContext<'_>,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<TransactionRequest> {
-        let input_data = self.encoded_input(resolver, context).await?;
+        let input_data = self
+            .encoded_input(resolver, context)
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to encode input bytes for transaction request")?;
         let transaction_request = TransactionRequest::default().from(self.caller).value(
             self.value
                 .map(|value| value.into_inner())
@@ -437,7 +450,8 @@ impl Calldata {
                     })
                     .buffered(0xFF)
                     .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
-                    .await?;
+                    .await
+                    .context("Failed to resolve one or more calldata arguments")?;
 
                 buffer.extend(resolved.into_iter().flatten());
             }
@@ -478,7 +492,10 @@ impl Calldata {
                             std::borrow::Cow::Borrowed(other)
                         };
 
-                        let this = this.resolve(resolver, context).await?;
+                        let this = this
+                            .resolve(resolver, context)
+                            .await
+                            .context("Failed to resolve calldata item during equivalence check")?;
                         let other = U256::from_be_slice(&other);
                         Ok(this == other)
                     })
@@ -664,17 +681,24 @@ impl<T: AsRef<str>> CalldataToken<T> {
 
                     let current_block_number = match context.tip_block_number() {
                         Some(block_number) => *block_number,
-                        None => resolver.last_block_number().await?,
+                        None => resolver.last_block_number().await.context(
+                            "Failed to query last block number while resolving $BLOCK_HASH",
+                        )?,
                     };
                     let desired_block_number = current_block_number.saturating_sub(offset);
 
-                    let block_hash = resolver.block_hash(desired_block_number.into()).await?;
+                    let block_hash = resolver
+                        .block_hash(desired_block_number.into())
+                        .await
+                        .context("Failed to resolve block hash for desired block number")?;
 
                     Ok(U256::from_be_bytes(block_hash.0))
                 } else if item == Self::BLOCK_NUMBER_VARIABLE {
                     let current_block_number = match context.tip_block_number() {
                         Some(block_number) => *block_number,
-                        None => resolver.last_block_number().await?,
+                        None => resolver.last_block_number().await.context(
+                            "Failed to query last block number while resolving $BLOCK_NUMBER",
+                        )?,
                     };
                     Ok(U256::from(current_block_number))
                 } else if item == Self::BLOCK_TIMESTAMP_VARIABLE {

crates/format/src/metadata.rs

@@ -132,7 +132,15 @@ impl Metadata {
         ) in contracts
         {
             let alias = alias.clone();
-            let absolute_path = directory.join(contract_source_path).canonicalize()?;
+            let absolute_path = directory
+                .join(contract_source_path)
+                .canonicalize()
+                .map_err(|error| {
+                    anyhow::anyhow!(
+                        "Failed to canonicalize contract source path '{}': {error}",
+                        directory.join(contract_source_path).display()
+                    )
+                })?;
             let contract_ident = contract_ident.clone();
 
             sources.insert(

crates/format/src/mode.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use anyhow::Context;
 use regex::Regex;
 use revive_dt_common::types::{Mode, ModeOptimizerSetting, ModePipeline};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -44,21 +45,34 @@ impl FromStr for ParsedMode {
         };
 
         let pipeline = match caps.name("pipeline") {
-            Some(m) => Some(ModePipeline::from_str(m.as_str())?),
+            Some(m) => Some(
+                ModePipeline::from_str(m.as_str())
+                    .context("Failed to parse mode pipeline from string")?,
+            ),
             None => None,
         };
 
         let optimize_flag = caps.name("optimize_flag").map(|m| m.as_str() == "+");
 
         let optimize_setting = match caps.name("optimize_setting") {
-            Some(m) => Some(ModeOptimizerSetting::from_str(m.as_str())?),
+            Some(m) => Some(
+                ModeOptimizerSetting::from_str(m.as_str())
+                    .context("Failed to parse optimizer setting from string")?,
+            ),
             None => None,
         };
 
         let version = match caps.name("version") {
-            Some(m) => Some(semver::VersionReq::parse(m.as_str()).map_err(|e| {
-                anyhow::anyhow!("Cannot parse the version requirement '{}': {e}", m.as_str())
-            })?),
+            Some(m) => Some(
+                semver::VersionReq::parse(m.as_str())
+                    .map_err(|e| {
+                        anyhow::anyhow!(
+                            "Cannot parse the version requirement '{}': {e}",
+                            m.as_str()
+                        )
+                    })
+                    .context("Failed to parse semver requirement from mode string")?,
+            ),
             None => None,
         };
 

crates/node/Cargo.toml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ sp-core = { workspace = true }
 sp-runtime = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-temp-dir = { workspace = true }
+tempfile = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 
 [lints]

crates/node/src/geth.rs

@@ -101,10 +101,13 @@ impl GethNode {
         let _ = clear_directory(&self.base_directory);
         let _ = clear_directory(&self.logs_directory);
 
-        create_dir_all(&self.base_directory)?;
-        create_dir_all(&self.logs_directory)?;
+        create_dir_all(&self.base_directory)
+            .context("Failed to create base directory for geth node")?;
+        create_dir_all(&self.logs_directory)
+            .context("Failed to create logs directory for geth node")?;
 
-        let mut genesis = serde_json::from_str::<Genesis>(&genesis)?;
+        let mut genesis = serde_json::from_str::<Genesis>(&genesis)
+            .context("Failed to deserialize geth genesis JSON")?;
         for signer_address in
             <EthereumWallet as NetworkWallet<Ethereum>>::signer_addresses(&self.wallet)
         {
@@ -116,7 +119,11 @@ impl GethNode {
                 .or_insert(GenesisAccount::default().with_balance(U256::from(INITIAL_BALANCE)));
         }
         let genesis_path = self.base_directory.join(Self::GENESIS_JSON_FILE);
-        serde_json::to_writer(File::create(&genesis_path)?, &genesis)?;
+        serde_json::to_writer(
+            File::create(&genesis_path).context("Failed to create geth genesis file")?,
+            &genesis,
+        )
+        .context("Failed to serialize geth genesis JSON to file")?;
 
         let mut child = Command::new(&self.geth)
             .arg("--state.scheme")
@@ -127,16 +134,22 @@ impl GethNode {
             .arg(genesis_path)
             .stderr(Stdio::piped())
             .stdout(Stdio::null())
-            .spawn()?;
+            .spawn()
+            .context("Failed to spawn geth --init process")?;
 
         let mut stderr = String::new();
         child
             .stderr
             .take()
             .expect("should be piped")
-            .read_to_string(&mut stderr)?;
+            .read_to_string(&mut stderr)
+            .context("Failed to read geth --init stderr")?;
 
-        if !child.wait()?.success() {
+        if !child
+            .wait()
+            .context("Failed waiting for geth --init process to finish")?
+            .success()
+        {
             anyhow::bail!("failed to initialize geth node #{:?}: {stderr}", &self.id);
         }
 
@@ -161,8 +174,11 @@ impl GethNode {
 
         let stdout_logs_file = open_options
             .clone()
-            .open(self.geth_stdout_log_file_path())?;
-        let stderr_logs_file = open_options.open(self.geth_stderr_log_file_path())?;
+            .open(self.geth_stdout_log_file_path())
+            .context("Failed to open geth stdout logs file")?;
+        let stderr_logs_file = open_options
+            .open(self.geth_stderr_log_file_path())
+            .context("Failed to open geth stderr logs file")?;
         self.handle = Command::new(&self.geth)
             .arg("--dev")
             .arg("--datadir")
@@ -182,14 +198,24 @@ impl GethNode {
             .arg("full")
             .arg("--gcmode")
             .arg("archive")
-            .stderr(stderr_logs_file.try_clone()?)
-            .stdout(stdout_logs_file.try_clone()?)
-            .spawn()?
+            .stderr(
+                stderr_logs_file
+                    .try_clone()
+                    .context("Failed to clone geth stderr log file handle")?,
+            )
+            .stdout(
+                stdout_logs_file
+                    .try_clone()
+                    .context("Failed to clone geth stdout log file handle")?,
+            )
+            .spawn()
+            .context("Failed to spawn geth node process")?
             .into();
 
         if let Err(error) = self.wait_ready() {
             tracing::error!(?error, "Failed to start geth, shutting down gracefully");
-            self.shutdown()?;
+            self.shutdown()
+                .context("Failed to gracefully shutdown after geth start error")?;
             return Err(error);
         }
 
@@ -211,7 +237,8 @@ impl GethNode {
             .write(false)
             .append(false)
             .truncate(false)
-            .open(self.geth_stderr_log_file_path())?;
+            .open(self.geth_stderr_log_file_path())
+            .context("Failed to open geth stderr logs file for readiness check")?;
 
         let maximum_wait_time = Duration::from_millis(self.start_timeout);
         let mut stderr = BufReader::new(logs_file).lines();
@@ -277,11 +304,18 @@ impl EthereumNode for GethNode {
         &self,
         transaction: TransactionRequest,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<alloy::rpc::types::TransactionReceipt> {
-        let provider = self.provider().await?;
+        let provider = self
+            .provider()
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to create provider for transaction submission")?;
 
-        let pending_transaction = provider.send_transaction(transaction).await.inspect_err(
-            |err| tracing::error!(%err, "Encountered an error when submitting the transaction"),
-        )?;
+        let pending_transaction = provider
+            .send_transaction(transaction)
+            .await
+            .inspect_err(
+                |err| tracing::error!(%err, "Encountered an error when submitting the transaction"),
+            )
+            .context("Failed to submit transaction to geth node")?;
         let transaction_hash = *pending_transaction.tx_hash();
 
         // The following is a fix for the "transaction indexing is in progress" error that we used
@@ -335,7 +369,11 @@ impl EthereumNode for GethNode {
         transaction: &TransactionReceipt,
         trace_options: GethDebugTracingOptions,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<alloy::rpc::types::trace::geth::GethTrace> {
-        let provider = Arc::new(self.provider().await?);
+        let provider = Arc::new(
+            self.provider()
+                .await
+                .context("Failed to create provider for tracing")?,
+        );
         poll(
             Self::TRACE_POLLING_DURATION,
             PollingWaitBehavior::Constant(Duration::from_millis(200)),
@@ -371,8 +409,10 @@ impl EthereumNode for GethNode {
         });
         match self
             .trace_transaction(transaction, trace_options)
-            .await?
-            .try_into_pre_state_frame()?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to trace transaction for prestate diff")?
+            .try_into_pre_state_frame()
+            .context("Failed to convert trace into pre-state frame")?
         {
             PreStateFrame::Diff(diff) => Ok(diff),
             _ => anyhow::bail!("expected a diff mode trace"),
@@ -382,7 +422,8 @@ impl EthereumNode for GethNode {
     #[instrument(level = "info", skip_all, fields(geth_node_id = self.id))]
     async fn balance_of(&self, address: Address) -> anyhow::Result<U256> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Geth provider")?
             .get_balance(address)
             .await
             .map_err(Into::into)
@@ -395,7 +436,8 @@ impl EthereumNode for GethNode {
         keys: Vec<StorageKey>,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<EIP1186AccountProofResponse> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Geth provider")?
             .get_proof(address, keys)
             .latest()
             .await
@@ -407,7 +449,8 @@ impl ResolverApi for GethNode {
     #[instrument(level = "info", skip_all, fields(geth_node_id = self.id))]
     async fn chain_id(&self) -> anyhow::Result<alloy::primitives::ChainId> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Geth provider")?
             .get_chain_id()
             .await
             .map_err(Into::into)
@@ -416,7 +459,8 @@ impl ResolverApi for GethNode {
     #[instrument(level = "info", skip_all, fields(geth_node_id = self.id))]
     async fn transaction_gas_price(&self, tx_hash: &TxHash) -> anyhow::Result<u128> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Geth provider")?
             .get_transaction_receipt(*tx_hash)
             .await?
             .context("Failed to get the transaction receipt")
@@ -426,40 +470,48 @@ impl ResolverApi for GethNode {
     #[instrument(level = "info", skip_all, fields(geth_node_id = self.id))]
     async fn block_gas_limit(&self, number: BlockNumberOrTag) -> anyhow::Result<u128> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Geth provider")?
             .get_block_by_number(number)
-            .await?
-            .ok_or(anyhow::Error::msg("Blockchain has no blocks"))
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the geth block")?
+            .context("Failed to get the Geth block, perhaps there are no blocks?")
             .map(|block| block.header.gas_limit as _)
     }
 
     #[instrument(level = "info", skip_all, fields(geth_node_id = self.id))]
     async fn block_coinbase(&self, number: BlockNumberOrTag) -> anyhow::Result<Address> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Geth provider")?
             .get_block_by_number(number)
-            .await?
-            .ok_or(anyhow::Error::msg("Blockchain has no blocks"))
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the geth block")?
+            .context("Failed to get the Geth block, perhaps there are no blocks?")
             .map(|block| block.header.beneficiary)
     }
 
     #[instrument(level = "info", skip_all, fields(geth_node_id = self.id))]
     async fn block_difficulty(&self, number: BlockNumberOrTag) -> anyhow::Result<U256> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Geth provider")?
             .get_block_by_number(number)
-            .await?
-            .ok_or(anyhow::Error::msg("Blockchain has no blocks"))
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the geth block")?
+            .context("Failed to get the Geth block, perhaps there are no blocks?")
             .map(|block| U256::from_be_bytes(block.header.mix_hash.0))
     }
 
     #[instrument(level = "info", skip_all, fields(geth_node_id = self.id))]
     async fn block_base_fee(&self, number: BlockNumberOrTag) -> anyhow::Result<u64> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Geth provider")?
             .get_block_by_number(number)
-            .await?
-            .ok_or(anyhow::Error::msg("Blockchain has no blocks"))
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the geth block")?
+            .context("Failed to get the Geth block, perhaps there are no blocks?")
             .and_then(|block| {
                 block
                     .header
@@ -471,27 +523,32 @@ impl ResolverApi for GethNode {
     #[instrument(level = "info", skip_all, fields(geth_node_id = self.id))]
     async fn block_hash(&self, number: BlockNumberOrTag) -> anyhow::Result<BlockHash> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Geth provider")?
             .get_block_by_number(number)
-            .await?
-            .ok_or(anyhow::Error::msg("Blockchain has no blocks"))
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the geth block")?
+            .context("Failed to get the Geth block, perhaps there are no blocks?")
             .map(|block| block.header.hash)
     }
 
     #[instrument(level = "info", skip_all, fields(geth_node_id = self.id))]
     async fn block_timestamp(&self, number: BlockNumberOrTag) -> anyhow::Result<BlockTimestamp> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Geth provider")?
             .get_block_by_number(number)
-            .await?
-            .ok_or(anyhow::Error::msg("Blockchain has no blocks"))
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the geth block")?
+            .context("Failed to get the Geth block, perhaps there are no blocks?")
             .map(|block| block.header.timestamp)
     }
 
     #[instrument(level = "info", skip_all, fields(geth_node_id = self.id))]
     async fn last_block_number(&self) -> anyhow::Result<BlockNumber> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Geth provider")?
             .get_block_number()
             .await
             .map_err(Into::into)
@@ -576,8 +633,10 @@ impl Node for GethNode {
             .stdin(Stdio::null())
             .stdout(Stdio::piped())
             .stderr(Stdio::null())
-            .spawn()?
-            .wait_with_output()?
+            .spawn()
+            .context("Failed to spawn geth --version process")?
+            .wait_with_output()
+            .context("Failed to wait for geth --version output")?
             .stdout;
         Ok(String::from_utf8_lossy(&output).into())
     }
@@ -605,7 +664,7 @@ impl Drop for GethNode {
 mod tests {
     use revive_dt_config::Arguments;
 
-    use temp_dir::TempDir;
+    use tempfile::TempDir;
 
     use crate::{GENESIS_JSON, Node};
 

crates/node/src/kitchensink.rs

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ static NODE_COUNT: AtomicU32 = AtomicU32::new(0);
 pub struct KitchensinkNode {
     id: u32,
     substrate_binary: PathBuf,
+    dev_node_binary: PathBuf,
     eth_proxy_binary: PathBuf,
     rpc_url: String,
     base_directory: PathBuf,
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ pub struct KitchensinkNode {
     wallet: Arc<EthereumWallet>,
     nonce_manager: CachedNonceManager,
     chain_id_filler: ChainIdFiller,
+    use_kitchensink_not_dev_node: bool,
     /// This vector stores [`File`] objects that we use for logging which we want to flush when the
     /// node object is dropped. We do not store them in a structured fashion at the moment (in
     /// separate fields) as the logic that we need to apply to them is all the same regardless of
@@ -94,18 +96,30 @@ impl KitchensinkNode {
         let _ = clear_directory(&self.base_directory);
         let _ = clear_directory(&self.logs_directory);
 
-        create_dir_all(&self.base_directory)?;
-        create_dir_all(&self.logs_directory)?;
+        create_dir_all(&self.base_directory)
+            .context("Failed to create base directory for kitchensink node")?;
+        create_dir_all(&self.logs_directory)
+            .context("Failed to create logs directory for kitchensink node")?;
 
         let template_chainspec_path = self.base_directory.join(Self::CHAIN_SPEC_JSON_FILE);
 
         // Note: we do not pipe the logs of this process to a separate file since this is just a
         // once-off export of the default chain spec and not part of the long-running node process.
-        let output = Command::new(&self.substrate_binary)
-            .arg("export-chain-spec")
-            .arg("--chain")
-            .arg("dev")
-            .output()?;
+        let output = if self.use_kitchensink_not_dev_node {
+            Command::new(&self.substrate_binary)
+                .arg("export-chain-spec")
+                .arg("--chain")
+                .arg("dev")
+                .output()
+                .context("Failed to export the chain-spec")?
+        } else {
+            Command::new(&self.dev_node_binary)
+                .arg("build-spec")
+                .arg("--chain")
+                .arg("dev")
+                .output()
+                .context("Failed to export the chain-spec")?
+        };
 
         if !output.status.success() {
             anyhow::bail!(
@@ -114,8 +128,10 @@ impl KitchensinkNode {
             );
         }
 
-        let content = String::from_utf8(output.stdout)?;
-        let mut chainspec_json: JsonValue = serde_json::from_str(&content)?;
+        let content = String::from_utf8(output.stdout)
+            .context("Failed to decode substrate export-chain-spec output as UTF-8")?;
+        let mut chainspec_json: JsonValue =
+            serde_json::from_str(&content).context("Failed to parse substrate chain spec JSON")?;
 
         let existing_chainspec_balances =
             chainspec_json["genesis"]["runtimeGenesis"]["patch"]["balances"]["balances"]
@@ -137,7 +153,8 @@ impl KitchensinkNode {
             })
             .collect();
         let mut eth_balances = {
-            let mut genesis = serde_json::from_str::<Genesis>(genesis)?;
+            let mut genesis = serde_json::from_str::<Genesis>(genesis)
+                .context("Failed to deserialize EVM genesis JSON for kitchensink")?;
             for signer_address in
                 <EthereumWallet as NetworkWallet<Ethereum>>::signer_addresses(&self.wallet)
             {
@@ -148,7 +165,8 @@ impl KitchensinkNode {
                     .entry(signer_address)
                     .or_insert(GenesisAccount::default().with_balance(U256::from(INITIAL_BALANCE)));
             }
-            self.extract_balance_from_genesis_file(&genesis)?
+            self.extract_balance_from_genesis_file(&genesis)
+                .context("Failed to extract balances from EVM genesis JSON")?
         };
         merged_balances.append(&mut eth_balances);
 
@@ -156,9 +174,11 @@ impl KitchensinkNode {
             json!(merged_balances);
 
         serde_json::to_writer_pretty(
-            std::fs::File::create(&template_chainspec_path)?,
+            std::fs::File::create(&template_chainspec_path)
+                .context("Failed to create kitchensink template chainspec file")?,
             &chainspec_json,
-        )?;
+        )
+        .context("Failed to write kitchensink template chainspec JSON")?;
         Ok(self)
     }
 
@@ -184,11 +204,18 @@ impl KitchensinkNode {
         // Start Substrate node
         let kitchensink_stdout_logs_file = open_options
             .clone()
-            .open(self.kitchensink_stdout_log_file_path())?;
+            .open(self.kitchensink_stdout_log_file_path())
+            .context("Failed to open kitchensink stdout logs file")?;
         let kitchensink_stderr_logs_file = open_options
             .clone()
-            .open(self.kitchensink_stderr_log_file_path())?;
-        self.process_substrate = Command::new(&self.substrate_binary)
+            .open(self.kitchensink_stderr_log_file_path())
+            .context("Failed to open kitchensink stderr logs file")?;
+        let node_binary_path = if self.use_kitchensink_not_dev_node {
+            self.substrate_binary.as_path()
+        } else {
+            self.dev_node_binary.as_path()
+        };
+        self.process_substrate = Command::new(node_binary_path)
             .arg("--dev")
             .arg("--chain")
             .arg(chainspec_path)
@@ -206,9 +233,18 @@ impl KitchensinkNode {
             .arg("--rpc-max-connections")
             .arg(u32::MAX.to_string())
             .env("RUST_LOG", Self::SUBSTRATE_LOG_ENV)
-            .stdout(kitchensink_stdout_logs_file.try_clone()?)
-            .stderr(kitchensink_stderr_logs_file.try_clone()?)
-            .spawn()?
+            .stdout(
+                kitchensink_stdout_logs_file
+                    .try_clone()
+                    .context("Failed to clone kitchensink stdout log file handle")?,
+            )
+            .stderr(
+                kitchensink_stderr_logs_file
+                    .try_clone()
+                    .context("Failed to clone kitchensink stderr log file handle")?,
+            )
+            .spawn()
+            .context("Failed to spawn substrate node process")?
             .into();
 
         // Give the node a moment to boot
@@ -217,14 +253,18 @@ impl KitchensinkNode {
             Self::SUBSTRATE_READY_MARKER,
             Duration::from_secs(60),
         ) {
-            self.shutdown()?;
+            self.shutdown()
+                .context("Failed to gracefully shutdown after substrate start error")?;
             return Err(error);
         };
 
         let eth_proxy_stdout_logs_file = open_options
             .clone()
-            .open(self.proxy_stdout_log_file_path())?;
-        let eth_proxy_stderr_logs_file = open_options.open(self.proxy_stderr_log_file_path())?;
+            .open(self.proxy_stdout_log_file_path())
+            .context("Failed to open eth-proxy stdout logs file")?;
+        let eth_proxy_stderr_logs_file = open_options
+            .open(self.proxy_stderr_log_file_path())
+            .context("Failed to open eth-proxy stderr logs file")?;
         self.process_proxy = Command::new(&self.eth_proxy_binary)
             .arg("--dev")
             .arg("--rpc-port")
@@ -234,9 +274,18 @@ impl KitchensinkNode {
             .arg("--rpc-max-connections")
             .arg(u32::MAX.to_string())
             .env("RUST_LOG", Self::PROXY_LOG_ENV)
-            .stdout(eth_proxy_stdout_logs_file.try_clone()?)
-            .stderr(eth_proxy_stderr_logs_file.try_clone()?)
-            .spawn()?
+            .stdout(
+                eth_proxy_stdout_logs_file
+                    .try_clone()
+                    .context("Failed to clone eth-proxy stdout log file handle")?,
+            )
+            .stderr(
+                eth_proxy_stderr_logs_file
+                    .try_clone()
+                    .context("Failed to clone eth-proxy stderr log file handle")?,
+            )
+            .spawn()
+            .context("Failed to spawn eth-proxy process")?
             .into();
 
         if let Err(error) = Self::wait_ready(
@@ -244,7 +293,8 @@ impl KitchensinkNode {
             Self::ETH_PROXY_READY_MARKER,
             Duration::from_secs(60),
         ) {
-            self.shutdown()?;
+            self.shutdown()
+                .context("Failed to gracefully shutdown after eth-proxy start error")?;
             return Err(error);
         };
 
@@ -369,11 +419,14 @@ impl EthereumNode for KitchensinkNode {
     ) -> anyhow::Result<TransactionReceipt> {
         let receipt = self
             .provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to create provider for transaction submission")?
             .send_transaction(transaction)
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to submit transaction to kitchensink proxy")?
             .get_receipt()
-            .await?;
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to fetch transaction receipt from kitchensink proxy")?;
         Ok(receipt)
     }
 
@@ -383,11 +436,12 @@ impl EthereumNode for KitchensinkNode {
         trace_options: GethDebugTracingOptions,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<alloy::rpc::types::trace::geth::GethTrace> {
         let tx_hash = transaction.transaction_hash;
-        Ok(self
-            .provider()
-            .await?
+        self.provider()
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to create provider for debug tracing")?
             .debug_trace_transaction(tx_hash, trace_options)
-            .await?)
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to obtain debug trace from kitchensink proxy")
     }
 
     async fn state_diff(&self, transaction: &TransactionReceipt) -> anyhow::Result<DiffMode> {
@@ -408,7 +462,8 @@ impl EthereumNode for KitchensinkNode {
 
     async fn balance_of(&self, address: Address) -> anyhow::Result<U256> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Kitchensink provider")?
             .get_balance(address)
             .await
             .map_err(Into::into)
@@ -420,7 +475,8 @@ impl EthereumNode for KitchensinkNode {
         keys: Vec<StorageKey>,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<EIP1186AccountProofResponse> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Kitchensink provider")?
             .get_proof(address, keys)
             .latest()
             .await
@@ -431,7 +487,8 @@ impl EthereumNode for KitchensinkNode {
 impl ResolverApi for KitchensinkNode {
     async fn chain_id(&self) -> anyhow::Result<alloy::primitives::ChainId> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Kitchensink provider")?
             .get_chain_id()
             .await
             .map_err(Into::into)
@@ -439,7 +496,8 @@ impl ResolverApi for KitchensinkNode {
 
     async fn transaction_gas_price(&self, tx_hash: &TxHash) -> anyhow::Result<u128> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Kitchensink provider")?
             .get_transaction_receipt(*tx_hash)
             .await?
             .context("Failed to get the transaction receipt")
@@ -448,37 +506,45 @@ impl ResolverApi for KitchensinkNode {
 
     async fn block_gas_limit(&self, number: BlockNumberOrTag) -> anyhow::Result<u128> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Kitchensink provider")?
             .get_block_by_number(number)
-            .await?
-            .ok_or(anyhow::Error::msg("Blockchain has no blocks"))
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the kitchensink block")?
+            .context("Failed to get the Kitchensink block, perhaps the chain has no blocks?")
             .map(|block| block.header.gas_limit as _)
     }
 
     async fn block_coinbase(&self, number: BlockNumberOrTag) -> anyhow::Result<Address> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Kitchensink provider")?
             .get_block_by_number(number)
-            .await?
-            .ok_or(anyhow::Error::msg("Blockchain has no blocks"))
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the kitchensink block")?
+            .context("Failed to get the Kitchensink block, perhaps the chain has no blocks?")
             .map(|block| block.header.beneficiary)
     }
 
     async fn block_difficulty(&self, number: BlockNumberOrTag) -> anyhow::Result<U256> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Kitchensink provider")?
             .get_block_by_number(number)
-            .await?
-            .ok_or(anyhow::Error::msg("Blockchain has no blocks"))
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the kitchensink block")?
+            .context("Failed to get the Kitchensink block, perhaps the chain has no blocks?")
             .map(|block| U256::from_be_bytes(block.header.mix_hash.0))
     }
 
     async fn block_base_fee(&self, number: BlockNumberOrTag) -> anyhow::Result<u64> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Kitchensink provider")?
             .get_block_by_number(number)
-            .await?
-            .ok_or(anyhow::Error::msg("Blockchain has no blocks"))
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the kitchensink block")?
+            .context("Failed to get the Kitchensink block, perhaps the chain has no blocks?")
             .and_then(|block| {
                 block
                     .header
@@ -489,25 +555,30 @@ impl ResolverApi for KitchensinkNode {
 
     async fn block_hash(&self, number: BlockNumberOrTag) -> anyhow::Result<BlockHash> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Kitchensink provider")?
             .get_block_by_number(number)
-            .await?
-            .ok_or(anyhow::Error::msg("Blockchain has no blocks"))
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the kitchensink block")?
+            .context("Failed to get the Kitchensink block, perhaps the chain has no blocks?")
             .map(|block| block.header.hash)
     }
 
     async fn block_timestamp(&self, number: BlockNumberOrTag) -> anyhow::Result<BlockTimestamp> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Kitchensink provider")?
             .get_block_by_number(number)
-            .await?
-            .ok_or(anyhow::Error::msg("Blockchain has no blocks"))
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the kitchensink block")?
+            .context("Failed to get the Kitchensink block, perhaps the chain has no blocks?")
             .map(|block| block.header.timestamp)
     }
 
     async fn last_block_number(&self) -> anyhow::Result<BlockNumber> {
         self.provider()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to get the Kitchensink provider")?
             .get_block_number()
             .await
             .map_err(Into::into)
@@ -533,6 +604,7 @@ impl Node for KitchensinkNode {
         Self {
             id,
             substrate_binary: config.kitchensink.clone(),
+            dev_node_binary: config.revive_dev_node.clone(),
             eth_proxy_binary: config.eth_proxy.clone(),
             rpc_url: String::new(),
             base_directory,
@@ -542,6 +614,7 @@ impl Node for KitchensinkNode {
             wallet: Arc::new(wallet),
             chain_id_filler: Default::default(),
             nonce_manager: Default::default(),
+            use_kitchensink_not_dev_node: config.use_kitchensink_not_dev_node,
             // We know that we only need to be storing 4 files so we can specify that when creating
             // the vector. It's the stdout and stderr of the substrate-node and the eth-rpc.
             logs_file_to_flush: Vec::with_capacity(4),
@@ -592,8 +665,10 @@ impl Node for KitchensinkNode {
             .stdin(Stdio::null())
             .stdout(Stdio::piped())
             .stderr(Stdio::null())
-            .spawn()?
-            .wait_with_output()?
+            .spawn()
+            .context("Failed to spawn kitchensink --version")?
+            .wait_with_output()
+            .context("Failed to wait for kitchensink --version")?
             .stdout;
         Ok(String::from_utf8_lossy(&output).into())
     }
@@ -1059,6 +1134,7 @@ mod tests {
         Arguments {
             kitchensink: PathBuf::from("substrate-node"),
             eth_proxy: PathBuf::from("eth-rpc"),
+            use_kitchensink_not_dev_node: true,
             ..Default::default()
         }
     }

crates/node/src/pool.rs

@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ where
             nodes.push(
                 handle
                     .join()
-                    .map_err(|error| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to spawn node: {:?}", error))?
-                    .map_err(|error| anyhow::anyhow!("node failed to spawn: {error}"))?,
+                    .map_err(|error| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to spawn node: {:?}", error))
+                    .context("Failed to join node spawn thread")?
+                    .map_err(|error| anyhow::anyhow!("node failed to spawn: {error}"))
+                    .context("Node failed to spawn")?,
             );
         }
 
@@ -69,7 +71,8 @@ fn spawn_node<T: Node + Send>(args: &Arguments, genesis: String) -> anyhow::Resu
         connection_string = node.connection_string(),
         "Spawning node"
     );
-    node.spawn(genesis)?;
+    node.spawn(genesis)
+        .context("Failed to spawn node process")?;
     info!(
         id = node.id(),
         connection_string = node.connection_string(),

crates/report/Cargo.toml

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ alloy-primitives = { workspace = true }
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 paste = { workspace = true }
 indexmap = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
-semver = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 serde_with = { workspace = true }

crates/report/src/aggregator.rs

@@ -4,17 +4,15 @@
 use std::{
     collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, HashMap, HashSet},
     fs::OpenOptions,
-    path::PathBuf,
     time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH},
 };
 
 use alloy_primitives::Address;
-use anyhow::Result;
+use anyhow::{Context as _, Result};
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
-use revive_dt_compiler::{CompilerInput, CompilerOutput, Mode};
+use revive_dt_compiler::{CompilerInput, CompilerOutput, Mode, SolcCompiler};
 use revive_dt_config::{Arguments, TestingPlatform};
 use revive_dt_format::{case::CaseIdx, corpus::Corpus, metadata::ContractInstance};
-use semver::Version;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use serde_with::{DisplayFromStr, serde_as};
 use tokio::sync::{
@@ -113,7 +111,10 @@ impl ReportAggregator {
         debug!("Report aggregation completed");
 
         let file_name = {
-            let current_timestamp = SystemTime::now().duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)?.as_secs();
+            let current_timestamp = SystemTime::now()
+                .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
+                .context("System clock is before UNIX_EPOCH; cannot compute report timestamp")?
+                .as_secs();
             let mut file_name = current_timestamp.to_string();
             file_name.push_str(".json");
             file_name
@@ -124,8 +125,16 @@ impl ReportAggregator {
             .write(true)
             .truncate(true)
             .read(false)
-            .open(file_path)?;
-        serde_json::to_writer_pretty(file, &self.report)?;
+            .open(&file_path)
+            .with_context(|| {
+                format!(
+                    "Failed to open report file for writing: {}",
+                    file_path.display()
+                )
+            })?;
+        serde_json::to_writer_pretty(&file, &self.report).with_context(|| {
+            format!("Failed to serialize report JSON to {}", file_path.display())
+        })?;
 
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -289,8 +298,7 @@ impl ReportAggregator {
 
         execution_information.pre_link_compilation_status = Some(CompilationStatus::Success {
             is_cached: event.is_cached,
-            compiler_version: event.compiler_version,
-            compiler_path: event.compiler_path,
+            solc_info: event.solc_info,
             compiler_input,
             compiler_output,
         });
@@ -318,8 +326,7 @@ impl ReportAggregator {
 
         execution_information.post_link_compilation_status = Some(CompilationStatus::Success {
             is_cached: event.is_cached,
-            compiler_version: event.compiler_version,
-            compiler_path: event.compiler_path,
+            solc_info: event.solc_info,
             compiler_input,
             compiler_output,
         });
@@ -341,8 +348,7 @@ impl ReportAggregator {
 
         execution_information.pre_link_compilation_status = Some(CompilationStatus::Failure {
             reason: event.reason,
-            compiler_version: event.compiler_version,
-            compiler_path: event.compiler_path,
+            solc_info: event.solc_info,
             compiler_input,
         });
     }
@@ -363,8 +369,7 @@ impl ReportAggregator {
 
         execution_information.post_link_compilation_status = Some(CompilationStatus::Failure {
             reason: event.reason,
-            compiler_version: event.compiler_version,
-            compiler_path: event.compiler_path,
+            solc_info: event.solc_info,
             compiler_input,
         });
     }
@@ -517,10 +522,8 @@ pub enum CompilationStatus {
     Success {
         /// A flag with information on whether the compilation artifacts were cached or not.
         is_cached: bool,
-        /// The version of the compiler used to compile the contracts.
-        compiler_version: Version,
-        /// The path of the compiler used to compile the contracts.
-        compiler_path: PathBuf,
+        /// The version and path of the solc compiler used to compile the contracts.
+        solc_info: SolcCompiler,
         /// The input provided to the compiler to compile the contracts. This is only included if
         /// the appropriate flag is set in the CLI configuration and if the contracts were not
         /// cached and the compiler was invoked.
@@ -535,12 +538,8 @@ pub enum CompilationStatus {
     Failure {
         /// The failure reason.
         reason: String,
-        /// The version of the compiler used to compile the contracts.
-        #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
-        compiler_version: Option<Version>,
-        /// The path of the compiler used to compile the contracts.
-        #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
-        compiler_path: Option<PathBuf>,
+        /// The version and path of the solc compiler used to compile the contracts.
+        solc_info: SolcCompiler,
         /// The input provided to the compiler to compile the contracts. This is only included if
         /// the appropriate flag is set in the CLI configuration and if the contracts were not
         /// cached and the compiler was invoked.

crates/report/src/runner_event.rs

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 //! The types associated with the events sent by the runner to the reporter.
 #![allow(dead_code)]
 
-use std::{collections::BTreeMap, path::PathBuf, sync::Arc};
+use std::{collections::BTreeMap, sync::Arc};
 
 use alloy_primitives::Address;
+use anyhow::Context as _;
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
-use revive_dt_compiler::{CompilerInput, CompilerOutput};
+use revive_dt_compiler::{CompilerInput, CompilerOutput, SolcCompiler};
 use revive_dt_config::TestingPlatform;
 use revive_dt_format::metadata::Metadata;
 use revive_dt_format::{corpus::Corpus, metadata::ContractInstance};
-use semver::Version;
 use tokio::sync::{broadcast, oneshot};
 
 use crate::{ExecutionSpecifier, ReporterEvent, TestSpecifier, common::MetadataFilePath};
@@ -546,13 +546,11 @@ define_event! {
         PreLinkContractsCompilationSucceeded {
             /// A specifier for the execution that's taking place.
             execution_specifier: Arc<ExecutionSpecifier>,
-            /// The version of the compiler used to compile the contracts.
-            compiler_version: Version,
-            /// The path of the compiler used to compile the contracts.
-            compiler_path: PathBuf,
             /// A flag of whether the contract bytecode and ABI were cached or if they were compiled
             /// anew.
             is_cached: bool,
+            /// The version and path of the solc compiler used to compile the contracts.
+            solc_info: SolcCompiler,
             /// The input provided to the compiler - this is optional and not provided if the
             /// contracts were obtained from the cache.
             compiler_input: Option<CompilerInput>,
@@ -564,13 +562,11 @@ define_event! {
         PostLinkContractsCompilationSucceeded {
             /// A specifier for the execution that's taking place.
             execution_specifier: Arc<ExecutionSpecifier>,
-            /// The version of the compiler used to compile the contracts.
-            compiler_version: Version,
-            /// The path of the compiler used to compile the contracts.
-            compiler_path: PathBuf,
             /// A flag of whether the contract bytecode and ABI were cached or if they were compiled
             /// anew.
             is_cached: bool,
+            /// The version and path of the solc compiler used to compile the contracts.
+            solc_info: SolcCompiler,
             /// The input provided to the compiler - this is optional and not provided if the
             /// contracts were obtained from the cache.
             compiler_input: Option<CompilerInput>,
@@ -582,10 +578,8 @@ define_event! {
         PreLinkContractsCompilationFailed {
             /// A specifier for the execution that's taking place.
             execution_specifier: Arc<ExecutionSpecifier>,
-            /// The version of the compiler used to compile the contracts.
-            compiler_version: Option<Version>,
-            /// The path of the compiler used to compile the contracts.
-            compiler_path: Option<PathBuf>,
+            /// The version and path of the solc compiler used to compile the contracts.
+            solc_info: SolcCompiler,
             /// The input provided to the compiler - this is optional and not provided if the
             /// contracts were obtained from the cache.
             compiler_input: Option<CompilerInput>,
@@ -597,10 +591,8 @@ define_event! {
         PostLinkContractsCompilationFailed {
             /// A specifier for the execution that's taking place.
             execution_specifier: Arc<ExecutionSpecifier>,
-            /// The version of the compiler used to compile the contracts.
-            compiler_version: Option<Version>,
-            /// The path of the compiler used to compile the contracts.
-            compiler_path: Option<PathBuf>,
+            /// The version and path of the solc compiler used to compile the contracts.
+            solc_info: SolcCompiler,
             /// The input provided to the compiler - this is optional and not provided if the
             /// contracts were obtained from the cache.
             compiler_input: Option<CompilerInput>,
@@ -630,7 +622,8 @@ define_event! {
 impl RunnerEventReporter {
     pub async fn subscribe(&self) -> anyhow::Result<broadcast::Receiver<ReporterEvent>> {
         let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel::<broadcast::Receiver<ReporterEvent>>();
-        self.report_subscribe_to_events_event(tx)?;
+        self.report_subscribe_to_events_event(tx)
+            .context("Failed to send subscribe request to reporter task")?;
         rx.await.map_err(Into::into)
     }
 }

crates/solc-binaries/src/cache.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use std::{
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 
 use crate::download::SolcDownloader;
+use anyhow::Context;
 
 pub const SOLC_CACHE_DIRECTORY: &str = "solc";
 pub(crate) static SOLC_CACHER: LazyLock<Mutex<HashSet<PathBuf>>> = LazyLock::new(Default::default);
@@ -31,8 +32,20 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_or_download(
         return Ok(target_file);
     }
 
-    create_dir_all(target_directory)?;
-    download_to_file(&target_file, downloader).await?;
+    create_dir_all(&target_directory).with_context(|| {
+        format!(
+            "Failed to create solc cache directory: {}",
+            target_directory.display()
+        )
+    })?;
+    download_to_file(&target_file, downloader)
+        .await
+        .with_context(|| {
+            format!(
+                "Failed to write downloaded solc to {}",
+                target_file.display()
+            )
+        })?;
     cache.insert(target_file.clone());
 
     Ok(target_file)
@@ -45,14 +58,26 @@ async fn download_to_file(path: &Path, downloader: &SolcDownloader) -> anyhow::R
 
     #[cfg(unix)]
     {
-        let mut permissions = file.metadata()?.permissions();
+        let mut permissions = file
+            .metadata()
+            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to read metadata for {}", path.display()))?
+            .permissions();
         permissions.set_mode(permissions.mode() | 0o111);
-        file.set_permissions(permissions)?;
+        file.set_permissions(permissions).with_context(|| {
+            format!("Failed to set executable permissions on {}", path.display())
+        })?;
     }
 
     let mut file = BufWriter::new(file);
-    file.write_all(&downloader.download().await?)?;
-    file.flush()?;
+    file.write_all(
+        &downloader
+            .download()
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to download solc binary bytes")?,
+    )
+    .with_context(|| format!("Failed to write solc binary to {}", path.display()))?;
+    file.flush()
+        .with_context(|| format!("Failed to flush file {}", path.display()))?;
     drop(file);
 
     #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
@@ -63,8 +88,20 @@ async fn download_to_file(path: &Path, downloader: &SolcDownloader) -> anyhow::R
         .stderr(std::process::Stdio::null())
         .stdout(std::process::Stdio::null())
         .stdout(std::process::Stdio::null())
-        .spawn()?
-        .wait()?;
+        .spawn()
+        .with_context(|| {
+            format!(
+                "Failed to spawn xattr to remove quarantine attribute on {}",
+                path.display()
+            )
+        })?
+        .wait()
+        .with_context(|| {
+            format!(
+                "Failed waiting for xattr operation to complete on {}",
+                path.display()
+            )
+        })?;
 
     Ok(())
 }

crates/solc-binaries/src/download.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use semver::Version;
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 
 use crate::list::List;
+use anyhow::Context;
 
 pub static LIST_CACHE: LazyLock<Mutex<HashMap<&'static str, List>>> =
     LazyLock::new(Default::default);
@@ -30,7 +31,12 @@ impl List {
             return Ok(list.clone());
         }
 
-        let body: List = reqwest::get(url).await?.json().await?;
+        let body: List = reqwest::get(url)
+            .await
+            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to GET solc list from {url}"))?
+            .json()
+            .await
+            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to deserialize solc list JSON from {url}"))?;
 
         LIST_CACHE.lock().unwrap().insert(url, body.clone());
 
@@ -68,14 +74,15 @@ impl SolcDownloader {
             }),
             VersionOrRequirement::Requirement(requirement) => {
                 let Some(version) = List::download(list)
-                    .await?
+                    .await
+                    .with_context(|| format!("Failed to download solc builds list from {list}"))?
                     .builds
                     .into_iter()
                     .map(|build| build.version)
                     .filter(|version| requirement.matches(version))
                     .max()
                 else {
-                    anyhow::bail!("Failed to find a version that satisfies {requirement:?}");
+                    anyhow::bail!("Failed to find a version that satisfies {requirement}");
                 };
                 Ok(Self {
                     version,
@@ -107,11 +114,20 @@ impl SolcDownloader {
     /// Errors out if the download fails or the digest of the downloaded file
     /// mismatches the expected digest from the release [List].
     pub async fn download(&self) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<u8>> {
-        let builds = List::download(self.list).await?.builds;
+        let builds = List::download(self.list)
+            .await
+            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to download solc builds list from {}", self.list))?
+            .builds;
         let build = builds
             .iter()
             .find(|build| build.version == self.version)
-            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("solc v{} not found builds", self.version))?;
+            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("solc v{} not found builds", self.version))
+            .with_context(|| {
+                format!(
+                    "Requested solc version {} was not found in builds list fetched from {}",
+                    self.version, self.list
+                )
+            })?;
 
         let path = build.path.clone();
         let expected_digest = build
@@ -121,7 +137,13 @@ impl SolcDownloader {
             .to_string();
         let url = format!("{}/{}/{}", Self::BASE_URL, self.target, path.display());
 
-        let file = reqwest::get(url).await?.bytes().await?.to_vec();
+        let file = reqwest::get(&url)
+            .await
+            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to GET solc binary from {url}"))?
+            .bytes()
+            .await
+            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to read solc binary bytes from {url}"))?
+            .to_vec();
 
         if hex::encode(Sha256::digest(&file)) != expected_digest {
             anyhow::bail!("sha256 mismatch for solc version {}", self.version);

crates/solc-binaries/src/lib.rs

@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
 //!
 //! [0]: https://binaries.soliditylang.org
 
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-
 use cache::get_or_download;
 use download::SolcDownloader;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use revive_dt_common::types::VersionOrRequirement;
 
@@ -14,6 +13,25 @@ pub mod cache;
 pub mod download;
 pub mod list;
 
+/// Return a [`SolcDownloader`] which can be used to download a `solc`
+/// binary or return the resolved version it will download.
+async fn downloader(
+    version: impl Into<VersionOrRequirement>,
+    wasm: bool,
+) -> anyhow::Result<SolcDownloader> {
+    if wasm {
+        SolcDownloader::wasm(version).await
+    } else if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
+        SolcDownloader::linux(version).await
+    } else if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
+        SolcDownloader::macosx(version).await
+    } else if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
+        SolcDownloader::windows(version).await
+    } else {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+}
+
 /// Downloads the solc binary for Wasm is `wasm` is set, otherwise for
 /// the target platform.
 ///
@@ -24,17 +42,6 @@ pub async fn download_solc(
     version: impl Into<VersionOrRequirement>,
     wasm: bool,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<PathBuf> {
-    let downloader = if wasm {
-        SolcDownloader::wasm(version).await
-    } else if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
-        SolcDownloader::linux(version).await
-    } else if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
-        SolcDownloader::macosx(version).await
-    } else if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
-        SolcDownloader::windows(version).await
-    } else {
-        unimplemented!()
-    }?;
-
+    let downloader = downloader(version, wasm).await?;
     get_or_download(cache_directory, &downloader).await
 }

run_tests.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Revive Differential Tests - Quick Start Script
+# This script clones the test repository, sets up the corpus file, and runs the tool
+
+set -e  # Exit on any error
+
+# Colors for output
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+NC='\033[0m' # No Color
+
+# Configuration
+TEST_REPO_URL="https://github.com/paritytech/resolc-compiler-tests"
+TEST_REPO_DIR="resolc-compiler-tests"
+CORPUS_FILE="./corpus.json"
+WORKDIR="workdir"
+
+# Optional positional argument: path to polkadot-sdk directory
+POLKADOT_SDK_DIR="${1:-}"
+
+# Binary paths (default to names in $PATH)
+REVIVE_DEV_NODE_BIN="revive-dev-node"
+ETH_RPC_BIN="eth-rpc"
+SUBSTRATE_NODE_BIN="substrate-node"
+
+echo -e "${GREEN}=== Revive Differential Tests Quick Start ===${NC}"
+echo ""
+
+# Check if test repo already exists
+if [ -d "$TEST_REPO_DIR" ]; then
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}Test repository already exists. Pulling latest changes...${NC}"
+    cd "$TEST_REPO_DIR"
+    git pull
+    cd ..
+else
+    echo -e "${GREEN}Cloning test repository...${NC}"
+    git clone "$TEST_REPO_URL"
+fi
+
+# If polkadot-sdk path is provided, verify and use binaries from there; build if needed
+if [ -n "$POLKADOT_SDK_DIR" ]; then
+    if [ ! -d "$POLKADOT_SDK_DIR" ]; then
+        echo -e "${RED}Provided polkadot-sdk directory does not exist: $POLKADOT_SDK_DIR${NC}"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    POLKADOT_SDK_DIR=$(realpath "$POLKADOT_SDK_DIR")
+    echo -e "${GREEN}Using polkadot-sdk at: $POLKADOT_SDK_DIR${NC}"
+
+    REVIVE_DEV_NODE_BIN="$POLKADOT_SDK_DIR/target/release/revive-dev-node"
+    ETH_RPC_BIN="$POLKADOT_SDK_DIR/target/release/eth-rpc"
+    SUBSTRATE_NODE_BIN="$POLKADOT_SDK_DIR/target/release/substrate-node"
+
+    if [ ! -x "$REVIVE_DEV_NODE_BIN" ] || [ ! -x "$ETH_RPC_BIN" ] || [ ! -x "$SUBSTRATE_NODE_BIN" ]; then
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}Required binaries not found in release target. Building...${NC}"
+        (cd "$POLKADOT_SDK_DIR" && cargo build --release --package staging-node-cli --package pallet-revive-eth-rpc --package revive-dev-node)
+    fi
+
+    for bin in "$REVIVE_DEV_NODE_BIN" "$ETH_RPC_BIN" "$SUBSTRATE_NODE_BIN"; do
+        if [ ! -x "$bin" ]; then
+            echo -e "${RED}Expected binary not found after build: $bin${NC}"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    done
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}No polkadot-sdk path provided. Using binaries from $PATH.${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Create corpus file with absolute path resolved at runtime
+echo -e "${GREEN}Creating corpus file...${NC}"
+ABSOLUTE_PATH=$(realpath "$TEST_REPO_DIR/fixtures/solidity/")
+
+cat > "$CORPUS_FILE" << EOF
+{
+  "name": "MatterLabs Solidity Simple, Complex, and Semantic Tests",
+  "path": "$ABSOLUTE_PATH"
+}
+EOF
+
+echo -e "${GREEN}Corpus file created: $CORPUS_FILE${NC}"
+
+# Create workdir if it doesn't exist
+mkdir -p "$WORKDIR"
+
+echo -e "${GREEN}Starting differential tests...${NC}"
+echo "This may take a while..."
+echo ""
+
+# Run the tool
+RUST_LOG="error" cargo run --release -- \
+    --corpus "$CORPUS_FILE" \
+    --workdir "$WORKDIR" \
+    --number-of-nodes 5 \
+    --kitchensink "$SUBSTRATE_NODE_BIN" \
+    --revive-dev-node "$REVIVE_DEV_NODE_BIN" \
+    --eth_proxy "$ETH_RPC_BIN" \
+    > logs.log \
+    2> output.log
+
+echo -e "${GREEN}=== Test run completed! ===${NC}"