test(cli/mev): add integration tests for MEV test command

[varex83agent]

Summary

Follow-up to #300. Adds the integration tests missing from the initial MEV test implementation, as noted in the review thread.

• default scenario: healthy mocked MEV node → Ping OK, PingMeasure Good, CreateBlock Skip
• connection refused: two unreachable endpoints → Ping Fail, PingMeasure Fail, CreateBlock Skip with error messages
• timeout: 100ns timeout → all network tests fail with timeout/interrupted verdict
• quiet mode: --quiet produces no stdout output
• unsupported test case: unknown test name returns "test case not supported" error
• custom test cases: --test-cases=Ping runs only Ping per endpoint
• write to file: --output-json produces valid JSON with mev key

Tests ported from testmev_internal_test.go. The default load scenario and flag-parsing tests are deferred to a further follow-up since they require a live beacon node or deeper CLI wiring.

Test plan

• cargo test --package pluto-cli --bin pluto -- commands::test::mev::tests passes (9/9)
• cargo clippy clean
• cargo +nightly fmt clean
• cargo deny check clean

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[mskrzypkows]

This can silently fail, would be better to return an error.

[mskrzypkows]

ditto

[mskrzypkows]

those two as well, why not return an error?

[mskrzypkows]

ditto

[mskrzypkows]

ditto

[mskrzypkows]

ditto

[mskrzypkows]

LGTM, I would just change some unwraps to returning errors in case this code would be used in different context.

[varex83]

@claude merge main and fix comments

[claude]

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Tasks

• Gather context and understand request
• Read crates/cli/src/commands/test/mev.rs to identify the flagged unwrap_or calls
• Fix review comments (replace unwrap_or fallbacks with proper error returns)
• Commit and push changes
• [⚠️] Merge main — git merge requires explicit approval in this environment; please run git merge origin/main locally or re-trigger with that permission granted.

What was done

Replaced all six unwrap_or/unwrap_or_default fallbacks flagged by the reviewer with explicit error returns:

Location	Old	New
mev_create_block_test L308–310	.unwrap_or(UNIX_EPOCH)	match … { None => return test_res.fail(…) }
mev_create_block_test L311–313	.unwrap_or(latest_block_ts)	match … { None => return test_res.fail(…) }
mev_create_block_test L325–326	try_from(…).unwrap_or(i64::MAX) / checked_div(…).unwrap_or(0)	two match arms returning test_res.fail(…)
mev_create_block_test L366	try_from(…).unwrap_or(u64::MAX)	match … { Err(e) => return test_res.fail(…) }
mev_create_block_test L400	try_from(…).unwrap_or(u32::MAX)	match … { Err(e) => return test_res.fail(…) }
create_mev_block L529–530	unwrap_or(i64::MAX) / unwrap_or(0)	.map_err(…)? / .ok_or_else(…)?

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@claude review

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Code Review

Tasks

• Gather context
• Read changed files and diff
• Review crates/cli/src/commands/test/mev.rs
• Review crates/cli/src/error.rs
• Review deny.toml
• Post final review

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Overall the PR is solid — good test coverage for the non-load-test paths, clean MevTestError extraction, and the error-handling improvements from the previous review are well done. A few issues worth addressing before merge:

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Bugs / Issues

1. test_mev_timeout doesn't test timeout — it tests connection refused

mev.rs:803-827

With StdDuration::from_nanos(100) and unreachable ports, the reqwest calls fail with "connection refused" before the cancellation token can fire. Both paths happen to produce TestVerdict::Fail, so the test passes — but it never actually exercises the token.cancelled() branch or the TimeoutInterrupted code path.

To actually test timeout you'd need an endpoint that accepts the TCP handshake but delays sending a response (e.g., a MockServer with a ResponseTemplate::new(200).set_delay(Duration::from_secs(10))). As-is this is a duplicate of test_mev_connection_refused with a misleading name.

Fix this →

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2. Hardcoded ports are fragile

mev.rs:775, 806, 834, 848, 863, 886

Eleven consecutive ports (19950–19960) are hardcoded under the assumption nothing is listening on them. If any service happens to occupy those ports (other test processes, CI environment services), tests expecting Fail will instead see a successful connection and fail non-deterministically.

The standard fix is to let the OS pick: bind 127.0.0.1:0, record the assigned port, then drop the listener before the test runs (ensuring connection refused).

fn refused_addr() -> String {
    let l = std::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").unwrap();
    let addr = l.local_addr().unwrap();
    drop(l); // port is now free but OS won't have reused it immediately
    format!("http://{addr}")
}

Fix this →

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Test Quality

3. test_mev_default_scenario — PingMeasure::Good can be flaky

mev.rs:766

("PingMeasure", TestVerdict::Good),

Good requires avg RTT ≤ 40ms (THRESHOLD_MEV_MEASURE_AVG). On a loaded CI runner this could return Poor instead. Consider asserting verdict != TestVerdict::Fail (or at least verdict != TestVerdict::Skip), since the goal is just to confirm the mock server is reachable and the path succeeds.

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4. test_mev_quiet — JSON file not verified

mev.rs:829-843

The test sets output_json to a file path but only checks buf.is_empty(). It never asserts the file was written or has valid content, which means the write_result_to_file path isn't tested here at all (it's covered by test_mev_write_to_file anyway, but the quiet-mode file write isn't explicitly verified).

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Minor Issues

5. deny.toml — missing reason field on new entries

deny.toml:34, 36

The existing entry uses { id = "...", reason = "..." }. The two new entries have a comment above but no inline reason:

# existing pattern:
{ id = "RUSTSEC-2026-0097", reason = "transitive rand <0.9.3 via cuckoofilter ..." },

# new entries (inconsistent):
{ id = "RUSTSEC-2026-0098" },
{ id = "RUSTSEC-2026-0099" },

Add reason fields for consistency and machine-readability.

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6. Double blank line before #[cfg(test)]

mev.rs:689-692

}


#[cfg(test)]

Two blank lines instead of one — cargo +nightly fmt --check will flag this.

Fix this →

7. Remaining unwrap_or calls in production code

mev.rs:357, 368, 369, 372, 405, 600

Several unwrap_or calls were not converted. Most are infallible in practice (e.g. u32 → usize on 64-bit, SLOT_TIME constant, divisors guaranteed non-zero), so they won't silently fail. But they're inconsistent with the stated goal of this PR and the reviewer's original ask. Worth converting the non-obvious ones, particularly:

• L357: usize::try_from(conf.number_of_payloads).unwrap_or(usize::MAX) — u32 → usize can't fail on any platform Pluto targets, but an explicit assertion or comment would clarify the intent.
• L368: u64::try_from(SLOT_TIME.as_nanos()).unwrap_or(1) — SLOT_TIME is a constant; unwrap() or a compile-time assertion would be more honest.

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What's Good

• MevTestError moved to error.rs alongside other domain errors — clean.
• get_block_header return type simplified to Result<...> — the From<reqwest::Error> for CliError chain makes this clean.
• assert_verdict helper is reusable and the tests are well-structured.
• The match on Err(CliError::MevTest(MevTestError::StatusCodeNot200)) in create_mev_block correctly threads the error variant through the new type hierarchy.
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[varex83]

@claude re-review please, check if all issues were addressed

[claude]

Re-review: Checking if all issues were addressed

Tasks

• Gather context and understand request
• Read crates/cli/src/commands/test/mev.rs
• Read deny.toml
• Check issue feat: setup initial project structure #1: test_mev_timeout doesn't test actual timeout
• Check issue Update README #2: Hardcoded ports (19950–19960)
• Check issue Issue assignment #3: PingMeasure::Good flakiness
• Check issue Dockerize project #4: test_mev_quiet — JSON file not verified
• Check issue Add Nix support #5: deny.toml missing reason fields
• Check issue Cleanup initial Rust template #6: Double blank line before #[cfg(test)]
• Check issue Set up branch protection #7: Remaining unwrap_or calls in production code
• Post final review

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