Cover the previously untested overlay advert publish/relay/consume
round-trip. The bilateral publish/subscribe path was a v0.3.0 release
gap: malformed adverts could panic consumers, broken signatures could
go undetected, and reverse-direction subscription was unverified.
Adds testing/nat/scripts/nostr-relay-test.sh (290 lines):
Phase 1+2 (combined): wait_for_peers on both nodes; pass on
bidirectional advert publish/subscribe round-trip + dial completed;
ping6 both directions confirms TUN-level reachability.
Phase 3 (malformed advert resilience): stdlib-only Python WebSocket
client publishes a syntactically valid Schnorr-signed Kind-37195
event whose `content` is gibberish (cannot deserialize as
OverlayAdvert). The relay enforces BIP-340 signature validity, so the
event reaches the consumers (rather than being dropped at the relay)
— a trivially-junk content payload is the right adversarial input.
Required ~80 lines of stdlib-only secp256k1 + BIP-340 in the script
(no new container deps). Asserts pidof fips on both nodes after the
publish, scans logs for panic markers, re-pings to prove the existing
peer link survives.
testing/nat/docker-compose.yml: new profile nostr-publish-consume
with two daemon services (nostr-pub-a 172.31.10.20, nostr-pub-b
172.31.10.21) on shared-lan, reusing the existing strfry relay
(172.31.10.30:7777) and STUN service (172.31.10.40:3478).
testing/nat/scripts/generate-configs.sh: 2-line allowlist update so
the new scenario flows through the existing config generator (rather
than forking a parallel one). Generated node-{a,b}.yaml + npubs.env
smoke-tested cleanly.
testing/ci-local.sh: NOSTR_RELAY_SUITES=(nostr-publish-consume)
array, run_nostr_publish_consume runner, dispatch in run_integration
and run_suite. Mirrors existing run_nat shape.
.github/workflows/ci.yml: one matrix row + 3 steps in the integration
job, gated on matrix.type == 'nostr-publish-consume'. Consumes the
same fips-linux artifact and fips-test:latest image as the existing
NAT suites.
Tor/TCP transport variants kept out of v0.3.0 scope; the structure
leaves room for nostr-publish-consume-tcp/-tor siblings later without
disturbing this baseline.
FIPS Testing
Integration and simulation test harnesses for FIPS, using Docker containers running the full protocol stack.
Test Harnesses
static/ -- Static Docker Network
Fixed topologies with manual scripts for building, config generation, connectivity tests (ping, iperf), and network impairment (netem). Useful for deterministic debugging and validating specific topology configurations.
| Topology | Nodes | Transport | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| mesh | 5 | UDP | Sparse mesh, 6 links, multi-hop |
| chain | 5 | UDP | Linear chain, max 4-hop paths |
| mesh-public | 5+1 | UDP | Mesh with external public node |
| tcp-chain | 3 | TCP | Linear chain over TCP (port 8443) |
| rekey | 5 | UDP | Rekey integration test topology |
tor/ -- Tor Transport Integration
End-to-end Tor transport testing with Docker containers running real Tor daemons. Requires internet access for Tor bootstrapping.
| Scenario | Description |
|---|---|
| socks5-outbound | Outbound SOCKS5 connections through Tor to clearnet peer |
| directory-mode | Inbound via HiddenServiceDir onion service (co-located) |
nat/ -- NAT Traversal Lab
Real Docker NAT traversal tests for the Nostr/STUN bootstrap path,
using router containers with iptables-based NAT, a local Nostr relay,
and a local STUN responder.
| Scenario | Description |
|---|---|
| cone | Two NATed peers establish a UDP traversal path |
| symmetric | UDP traversal fails under symmetric NAT, TCP fallback wins |
| lan | Peers on the same LAN prefer local addresses over reflexive |
chaos/ -- Stochastic Simulation
Automated network testing with configurable node counts, topology algorithms (random geometric, Erdos-Renyi, chain, explicit), and fault injection (netem mutation, link flaps, traffic generation, node churn). 20 scenarios covering general stress testing, cost-based parent selection, mixed link technologies (fiber/Bluetooth/WiFi), transport-specific validation (UDP, TCP, Ethernet), and ECN/congestion testing. Scenarios are defined in YAML and executed via a Python harness that manages the full lifecycle: topology generation, Docker orchestration, fault scheduling, log collection, and analysis.