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+package actions
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism/op-e2e/e2eutils"
+)
+
+// Testing is an interface to Go-like testing,
+// extended with a context getter for the test runner to shut down individual actions without interrupting the test,
+// and a signaling function for when an invalid action is hit.
+// This helps custom test runners navigate slow or invalid actions, e.g. during fuzzing.
+type Testing interface {
+	e2eutils.TestingBase
+	// Ctx shares a context to execute an action with, the test runner may interrupt the action without stopping the test.
+	Ctx() context.Context
+	// InvalidAction indicates the failure is due to action incompatibility, does not stop the test.
+	InvalidAction(format string, args ...any)
+}
+
+// Action is a function that may change the state of one or more actors or check their state.
+// Action definitions are meant to be very small building blocks,
+// and then composed into larger patterns to write more elaborate tests.
+type Action func(t Testing)
+
+// ActionStatus defines the state of an action, to make a basic distinction between InvalidAction() and other calls.
+type ActionStatus uint
+
+const (
+	// ActionOK indicates the action is valid to apply
+	ActionOK ActionStatus = iota
+	// ActionInvalid indicates the action is not applicable, and a different next action may taken.
+	ActionInvalid
+	// More action status types may be used to indicate e.g. required rewinds,
+	// simple skips, or special cases for fuzzing.
+)
+
+// defaultTesting is a simple implementation of Testing that takes standard Go testing framework,
+// and handles invalid actions as errors, and exposes a Reset function to change the context and action state,
+// to recover after an invalid action or cancelled context.
+type defaultTesting struct {
+	e2eutils.TestingBase
+	ctx   context.Context
+	state ActionStatus
+}
+
+// Ctx shares a context to execute an action with, the test runner may interrupt the action without stopping the test.
+func (st *defaultTesting) Ctx() context.Context {
+	return st.ctx
+}
+
+// InvalidAction indicates the failure is due to action incompatibility, does not stop the test.
+// The format and args behave the same as fmt.Sprintf, testing.T.Errorf, etc.
+func (st *defaultTesting) InvalidAction(format string, args ...any) {
+	st.TestingBase.Helper() // report the error on the call-site to make debugging clear, not here.
+	st.Errorf("invalid action err: "+format, args...)
+	st.state = ActionInvalid
+}
+
+// Reset prepares the testing util for the next action, changing the context and state back to OK.
+func (st *defaultTesting) Reset(actionCtx context.Context) {
+	st.state = ActionOK
+	st.ctx = actionCtx
+}
+
+// State shares the current action state.
+func (st *defaultTesting) State() ActionStatus {
+	return st.state
+}
+
+var _ Testing = (*defaultTesting)(nil)