adding TestChainStart interchaintest

.github/workflows/interchaintest.yaml

@@ -109,9 +109,42 @@ jobs:
                 cd interchaintest
                 go test -v -race -run TestChainUpgrade
 
+    run_chain_start:
+        name: Run chain start test
+        needs: [build_images]
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+        steps:
+          - name: Checkout archway-network/archway/interchaintest
+            uses: actions/checkout@v3
+            with:
+              fetch-depth: 0
+              sparse-checkout: interchaintest
+
+          - name: Setup up Golang
+            uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+            with:
+              go-version-file: 'interchaintest/go.mod'
+
+          - name: Setup Docker Buildx
+            uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+
+          - name: Download current image
+            uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+            with:
+              name: action_image_artifact_archway_local
+
+          - name: Load current image
+            run: docker load --input archway_local
+
+          - name: Run interchain transactions test
+            run: |
+              cd interchaintest
+              go test -v -race -run  TestChainStart
+
     ibc_conformance_tests:
         name: Gaia <> Archway Conformance
-        needs: [build_images]
+        needs: [build_images, run_chain_start]
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
         steps:
@@ -144,7 +177,7 @@ jobs:
 
     cwica_tests:
       name: Interchain transactions test
-      needs: [build_images]
+      needs: [build_images, run_chain_start]
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
       steps:

interchaintest/chain_start_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package interchaintest
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/strangelove-ventures/interchaintest/v8/testutil"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestChainStart(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("skipping in short mode")
+	}
+
+	archwayChain, _, ctx := startChain(t, "local")
+
+	timeoutCtx, timeoutCtxCancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*45)
+	defer timeoutCtxCancel()
+
+	// just wait for 10 blocks to be produced
+	err := testutil.WaitForBlocks(timeoutCtx, 10, archwayChain)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "chain did not produce blocks")
+}

interchaintest/chain_upgrade_test.go

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func fundChainUser(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, archwayChain *cosmos.Cosmo
 
 func startChain(t *testing.T, startingVersion string) (*cosmos.CosmosChain, *client.Client, context.Context) {
 	numOfVals := 1
-	archwayChainSpec := GetArchwaySpec(initialVersion, numOfVals)
+	archwayChainSpec := GetArchwaySpec(startingVersion, numOfVals)
 	archwayChainSpec.ChainConfig.ModifyGenesis = cosmos.ModifyGenesis(getTestGenesis())
 	cf := interchaintest.NewBuiltinChainFactory(zaptest.NewLogger(t), []*interchaintest.ChainSpec{
 		archwayChainSpec,