verify intermidiate block state in blockchain test

src/ethereum_test_specs/blockchain.py

@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ class Block(Header):
     """
     Custom list of requests to embed in this block.
     """
+    expected_post_state: Alloc | None = None
+    """
+    Post state for verification after block execution in BlockchainTest
+    """
 
     def set_environment(self, env: Environment) -> Environment:
         """
@@ -491,10 +495,13 @@ def network_info(self, fork: Fork, eips: Optional[List[int]] = None):
             else fork.blockchain_test_network_name()
         )
 
-    def verify_post_state(self, t8n, alloc: Alloc):
+    def verify_post_state(self, t8n, t8n_state: Alloc, expected_state: Alloc | None = None):
         """Verify post alloc after all block/s or payload/s are generated."""
         try:
-            self.post.verify_post_alloc(alloc)
+            if expected_state:
+                expected_state.verify_post_alloc(t8n_state)
+            else:
+                self.post.verify_post_alloc(t8n_state)
         except Exception as e:
             print_traces(t8n.get_traces())
             raise e
@@ -570,7 +577,12 @@ def make_fixture(
                     ),
                 )
 
-        self.verify_post_state(t8n, alloc)
+            if block.expected_post_state:
+                self.verify_post_state(
+                    t8n, t8n_state=alloc, expected_state=block.expected_post_state
+                )
+
+        self.verify_post_state(t8n, t8n_state=alloc)
         return Fixture(
             fork=self.network_info(fork, eips),
             genesis=genesis.header,
@@ -628,7 +640,7 @@ def make_hive_fixture(
         ), "A hive fixture was requested but no forkchoice update is defined. The framework should"
         " never try to execute this test case."
 
-        self.verify_post_state(t8n, alloc)
+        self.verify_post_state(t8n, t8n_state=alloc)
 
         sync_payload: Optional[FixtureEngineNewPayload] = None
         if self.verify_sync:

tests/frontier/examples/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"""Test examples, patterns, templates to use in .py tests."""

tests/frontier/examples/test_block_intermidiate_state.py

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+"""Test the SELFDESTRUCT opcode."""
+
+import pytest
+
+from ethereum_test_tools import (
+    Account,
+    Alloc,
+    Block,
+    BlockchainTestFiller,
+    Environment,
+    Transaction,
+)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.valid_from("Frontier")
+@pytest.mark.valid_until("Homestead")
+def test_block_intermidiate_state(blockchain_test: BlockchainTestFiller, pre: Alloc):
+    """Verify intermidiate block states."""
+    env = Environment()
+    sender = pre.fund_eoa()
+
+    tx = Transaction(gas_limit=100_000, to=None, data=b"", sender=sender)
+    tx_2 = Transaction(gas_limit=100_000, to=None, data=b"", sender=sender)
+
+    block_1 = Block(
+        txs=[tx],
+        expected_post_state={
+            sender: Account(
+                nonce=1,
+            ),
+        },
+    )
+
+    block_2 = Block(txs=[])
+
+    block_3 = Block(
+        txs=[tx_2],
+        expected_post_state={
+            sender: Account(
+                nonce=2,
+            ),
+        },
+    )
+
+    blockchain_test(
+        genesis_environment=env,
+        pre=pre,
+        post=block_3.expected_post_state,
+        blocks=[block_1, block_2, block_3],
+    )

whitelist.txt

@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ isort
 isort's
 ispkg
 itemName
+intermidiate
 javascripts
 jimporter
 joinpath