Zones Deploy Debug

Zones Deploy Debug

Use this skill for repo-local zone deployment, smoke tests, and sync debugging.

Start here

1. If the zone already exists, read generated/<name>/zone.json first.
2. For real smoke tests, prefer release for tempo-zone.
3. Use the Justfile and docs/ZONES.md as the source of truth for user-facing commands.
4. Read references/commands.md for concrete command patterns and troubleshooting checks.

Preferred workflow

1. Build tempo-zone in release before judging sync speed.
2. Deploy a fresh zone if you need a clean test surface.
3. Start the zone node and confirm http://localhost:8546 is answering.
4. For a direct bridge smoke test, run just max-approve-portal, just send-deposit, just max-approve-outbox, then just send-withdrawal.
5. Deploy the router for that zone.
6. Run the same-zone swap-and-deposit demo.
7. If the demo stalls, compare the L1 block of the relevant tx with the latest l1_block= in the zone log before assuming the router flow is broken.

What to inspect

• generated/<name>/zone.json
• Justfile
• docs/ZONES.md
• /tmp/tempo-zone-<name>*/logs/*/reth.log

Known sharp edges

• Fresh dev nodes can look broken because they are still compiling and replaying L1; use release for meaningful validation.
• Direct deposit/withdraw validation needs both approvals: just max-approve-portal before depositing and just max-approve-outbox before withdrawing.
• Admin-only portal calls (enable-token, deposit pause/resume, and demos that enable temporary tokens) need ADMIN_KEY or a saved adminKey; SEQUENCER_KEY only works on zones where admin equals sequencer.
• The demo's first real wait point is token enablement on L2. If the zone is still replaying older L1 blocks, demo-swap-and-deposit can time out before the TokenEnabled event appears.
• The current just demo-swap-and-deposit recipe takes optional overrides positionally, not as amount=... tick=....
• If a restarted zone crashes while seeding transferPolicyId for a temporary token, check crates/tempo-zone/src/l1_state/tip403/cache.rs and consider retesting with a fresh zone.

Source: tempoxyz/zones — distributed by TomeVault.