From 2bfacbb8bab837656368e54ac4bb544f2d4b423b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Browne <stephenalexbrowne@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:26:47 -0700
Subject: Mine a dummy block in blockchain_lifecycle to re-apply any time
 offset

---
 packages/dev-utils/src/blockchain_lifecycle.ts | 39 +++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

(limited to 'packages/dev-utils')

diff --git a/packages/dev-utils/src/blockchain_lifecycle.ts b/packages/dev-utils/src/blockchain_lifecycle.ts
index 9bd65ee5d..a0424f01f 100644
--- a/packages/dev-utils/src/blockchain_lifecycle.ts
+++ b/packages/dev-utils/src/blockchain_lifecycle.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ export class BlockchainLifecycle {
                     blockNumber = await this._web3Wrapper.getBlockNumberAsync();
                 }
                 this._snapshotIdsStack.push(blockNumber);
+                // HACK(albrow) It's possible that we applied a time offset but
+                // the transaction we mined to put that time offset into the
+                // blockchain was reverted. As a workaround, we mine a new dummy
+                // block so that the latest block timestamp accounts for any
+                // possible time offsets.
+                await this._mineDummyBlockAsync();
                 break;
             default:
                 throw new Error(`Unknown node type: ${nodeType}`);
@@ -59,22 +65,9 @@ export class BlockchainLifecycle {
     }
     private async _mineMinimumBlocksAsync(): Promise<void> {
         logUtils.warn('WARNING: minimum block number for tests not met. Mining additional blocks...');
-        if (this._addresses.length === 0) {
-            this._addresses = await this._web3Wrapper.getAvailableAddressesAsync();
-            if (this._addresses.length === 0) {
-                throw new Error('No accounts found');
-            }
-        }
         while ((await this._web3Wrapper.getBlockNumberAsync()) < MINIMUM_BLOCKS) {
             logUtils.warn('Mining block...');
-            await this._web3Wrapper.awaitTransactionMinedAsync(
-                await this._web3Wrapper.sendTransactionAsync({
-                    from: this._addresses[0],
-                    to: this._addresses[0],
-                    value: '0',
-                }),
-                0,
-            );
+            await this._mineDummyBlockAsync();
         }
         logUtils.warn('Done mining the minimum number of blocks.');
     }
@@ -84,4 +77,22 @@ export class BlockchainLifecycle {
         }
         return this._nodeType;
     }
+    // Sends a transaction that has no real effect on the state and waits for it
+    // to be mined.
+    private async _mineDummyBlockAsync(): Promise<void> {
+        if (this._addresses.length === 0) {
+            this._addresses = await this._web3Wrapper.getAvailableAddressesAsync();
+            if (this._addresses.length === 0) {
+                throw new Error('No accounts found');
+            }
+        }
+        await this._web3Wrapper.awaitTransactionMinedAsync(
+            await this._web3Wrapper.sendTransactionAsync({
+                from: this._addresses[0],
+                to: this._addresses[0],
+                value: '0',
+            }),
+            0,
+        );
+    }
 }
-- 
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