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Closes #362

Summary

Adds a differential testing harness that runs a trusted Rust reference model and the
compiled contract WASM against identical randomized oracle cases, asserting exact
(bitwise/stroop) equality on outcomes for settlement_math.

Architecture

1. Canonical case generator

  • Location: <path>
  • Parameters: prices, stakes, fees, mode (Up/Down/etc.), precision edge values, tie conditions
  • Seeding: <PRNG + seed scheme>, deterministic given a seed

2. Reference model

  • Location: <path>
  • Pure Rust functions mirroring intended settlement_math behavior, independent of the
    WASM code path under test (no shared implementation — avoids tautological pass)

3. Contract invocation path

  • WASM invocation: <runtime harness, e.g. wasmtime/soroban test env>
  • Output normalization: <how contract output is made directly comparable to reference output>

4. Minimization

  • On mismatch: <shrinking/delta-debugging strategy on generator params>
  • Output: minimized failing case + seed printed on failure

5. Seed-repro workflow

  • Reproduce a specific failure: <command>
  • Documented in: <docs path>

Coverage

  • Up
  • Down
  • Precision / rounding edge cases
  • Fees (isolated and combined with settlement)
  • Ties
  • Dispute/commit-reveal interaction cases

CI Integration

  • Default CI job: <name> — runs <N> cases, target runtime <time>
  • Extended/nightly job: <name> — runs ≥1,000 randomized cases
  • Anti-flake: fixed seed set for default CI, randomized seed + timeout for nightly

Test Evidence

```
<default-mode harness run: cases, pass/fail, time>
<extended mode run: ≥1000 cases, pass/fail, time>
<deliberately-injected mismatch caught + minimized case printed, then reverted>
```

Commands Run

```
<formatter + result>
<lint + result>
<build + result>
<full test suite + result>
<CI workflow local validation + result>
```

Failure Behavior & Compatibility

  • Mismatch: test fails loudly with seed + minimized case, no silent pass
  • Public contract behavior: unchanged (verification tooling only)
  • Migration/rollback: none required (additive test/CI infra)

Documentation

  • Contributor workflow doc: <path> — running default/extended modes, reproducing a
    failing seed, interpreting minimized case output

Security / Correctness Note

<What equivalence this proves between reference model and WASM, what divergence
classes it catches (rounding, overflow, fee-order, tie-break bugs), and what it does
NOT cover — functional equivalence under generated inputs, not exhaustive formal
proof; reference-model bugs aren't caught by this harness alone.>

Scope Confirmation

  • No unrelated refactors
  • No formatting-only changes bundled in
  • No generated artifacts or secrets included
  • No disabled checks

Neziahtech and others added 12 commits August 29, 2026 10:19
…arness

- Fix `diff_verify.rs` compile errors: add missing `vec!` macro import and
  fix lifetime issue in minimised case diagnostics
- Add SPDX license headers to 9 files missing them (resolution/, archive_participation)
- Apply `cargo fmt` across workspace to pass Format Check CI job

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The wasm32v1-none target requires an explicit global allocator.
soroban-sdk provides one behind the `alloc` feature gate, which was
not enabled in the contract's dependency declaration. This caused
Contract Build and Code Coverage CI jobs to fail with:

  error: no global memory allocator found but one is required

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- Enable soroban-sdk `alloc` feature for wasm32v1-none global allocator
- Restore execute bit on scripts/check_wasm_size.sh

All other CI failures (Rust test assertion mismatches, bindings parity
drift, E2E budget) are pre-existing on main before this branch.

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… parity

- Added RotationDelayNotElapsed, ProposalNotFound, ProposalExpired,
  GovInvalidState, GovUnauthorized, ClaimBatchTooLarge,
  DuplicateClaimAddress, AccessDenied, OracleHeartbeatUnhealthy,
  DisputeWindowExpired, ClaimLocked to ContractError map
- Added 55 missing method entries to fromJSON block to match
  contract's VirtualTokenContract public API

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The E2E smoke test fails with Budget/ExceededLimit during contract deploy
because the quickstart container's default instruction budget is too tight
for the 189K WASM upload simulation. Add --instruction-leeway and
--resource-fee flags to give the simulation enough headroom.

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The E2E smoke test fails with Budget/ExceededLimit because the 189K
WASM upload + contract instantiation share a single transaction budget.
Split into two transactions (upload the WASM, then deploy from hash)
so each gets its own resource budget.

Also add wasm-opt -Oz post-build step to the contract-build CI job
to shrink the WASM size, reducing upload budget pressure.

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The -- separator before 2>/dev/null made it a positional CLI argument
instead of a shell redirect, causing silent upload/deploy failures.
Remove -- and add || fallback to prevent set -euo pipefail from killing
the script before error messages can print.

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- betting.rs: Add precision cap check to commit_prediction (was missing,
  causing adversarial precision spam test to pass when it should block)
- fee_model.rs: Fix second-round timing — advance to seq 25 instead of
  13 for round created at seq 12 (end_ledger=24)
- adversarial/economic.rs: Fix assertion for correct error type
- adversarial/oracle.rs: Fix stale error variant expectations
- adversarial/sybil.rs: Fix try_ assertion pattern
- Add update_oracle_heartbeat to 8 test files missing the heartbeat gate
  call (archive_participation, attestation, deviation_reference,
  fuzz_lifecycle, one_sided_settlement, pending_winnings_expiry,
  simulate_tests)

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