[DNM] Zombienet sdk native provider

[lrubasze]

This is to test zombienet-sdk CI with native provider

[bkontur]

This is to test zombienet-sdk CI with native provider

I tried to use zombienet-sdk Native provider for polkadot-fellows repo and run it with different polkadot/polkadot-parachain versions: polkadot-fellows/runtimes#676 - it was working.
(not sure, if this could be useful for you, maybe just worth to check)

[pepoviola]

Hey, using native in our CI is possible but to do it we need:

Spawn a bigger runner (or use parity-default / parity-large)
Download the binaries, as you do here. But keep in mind the retention time of the artifacts (we should ping @alvicsam to confirm).

Also, we should ensure that all the needed nodes fit on the runner (maybe we can mix native for smoke test and k8s for more complex/biggers ones).
Thx!!

[pepoviola]

@lrubasze Is this file used?

[lrubasze]

Yes, this file is here
It keeps settings for zombienet-sdk.
This way we can separately configure zombienet and zombienet-sdk

[pepoviola]

Ahh oks, but we can merge into one file for the final version of the pr. 👍

[lrubasze]

I decided to separate files to have clear distinction between options for zombienet and zombienet-sdk.
Unfortunately we cannot put comments in this file because of the way those files are used to inject options into GH environment.
So if we merge into one we shall make sure variables are named in a descriptive way.

[pepoviola]

Yes, we can use ZOMBIENET_SDK prefix in all vars related to sdk (only this one is needed to change ZOMBIE_PROVIDER). RUST_LOG could maintain without change since will not have effect in v1.

[paritytech-workflow-stopper]

All GitHub workflows were cancelled due to failure one of the required jobs.
Failed workflow url: https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/actions/runs/15629995717
Failed job name: test-linux-stable

[lrubasze]

Polkadot test results from 2025-06-12
Different tests: 25
Test cycles: 58
Tests total: 1450
Test failed: 6
Test cycles failed: 6

[lrubasze]

Polkadot test results from 2025-06-13
Different tests: 26
Test cycles: 38
Tests total: 988
Test failed: 7
Test cycles failed: 7

[lrubasze]

Polkadot test results from randomly picked day 2025-05-16 (before stabilization was started)
Different tests: 31
Test cycles: 17
Tests total: 527
Test failed: 72
Test cycles failed: 17

[lrubasze]

Work continued in #8748