From 45067e111448a36c14c2ae7459d661d444bc7b84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mitch <mitchell@aztecprotocol.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 19:44:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: boolean config helper for cli args works now chore: test
 accounts are on by default in sandbox, off by default otherwise

---
 yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/aztec_start_options.ts | 10 +++++-----
 yarn-project/aztec/src/sandbox/sandbox.ts         |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/aztec_start_options.ts b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/aztec_start_options.ts
index e648d8f83a54..d186761d5f06 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/aztec_start_options.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/aztec_start_options.ts
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ export const aztecStartOptions: { [key: string]: AztecStartOption[] } = {
       envVar: undefined,
     },
     {
-      flag: '--sandbox.testAccounts',
+      flag: '--sandbox.testAccounts [value]',
       description: 'Deploy test accounts on sandbox start',
       envVar: 'TEST_ACCOUNTS',
-      ...booleanConfigHelper(true),
+      ...booleanConfigHelper(),
     },
     {
-      flag: '--sandbox.noPXE',
+      flag: '--sandbox.noPXE [value]',
       description: 'Do not expose PXE service on sandbox start',
       envVar: 'NO_PXE',
       ...booleanConfigHelper(),
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ export const aztecStartOptions: { [key: string]: AztecStartOption[] } = {
       parseVal: val => parseInt(val, 10),
     },
     {
-      flag: '--node.testAccounts',
+      flag: '--node.testAccounts [value]',
       description: 'Populate genesis state with initial fee juice for test accounts',
       envVar: 'TEST_ACCOUNTS',
       ...booleanConfigHelper(),
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ export const aztecStartOptions: { [key: string]: AztecStartOption[] } = {
   ],
   'P2P SUBSYSTEM': [
     {
-      flag: '--p2p-enabled',
+      flag: '--p2p-enabled [value]',
       description: 'Enable P2P subsystem',
       envVar: 'P2P_ENABLED',
       ...booleanConfigHelper(),
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec/src/sandbox/sandbox.ts b/yarn-project/aztec/src/sandbox/sandbox.ts
index df8fdbe6c6c4..f1b33a60c718 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec/src/sandbox/sandbox.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec/src/sandbox/sandbox.ts
@@ -118,10 +118,11 @@ export async function createSandbox(config: Partial<SandboxConfig> = {}, userLog
   }
 
   const initialAccounts = await (async () => {
-    if (config.testAccounts) {
+    if (config.testAccounts === true || config.testAccounts === undefined) {
       if (aztecNodeConfig.p2pEnabled) {
         userLog(`Not setting up test accounts as we are connecting to a network`);
       } else {
+        userLog(`Setting up test accounts`);
         return await getInitialTestAccounts();
       }
     }