Adding e2e test for local node start

Author: Tony Zhang

tests/e2e/commands/node.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/pkg/constants"
+	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/tests/e2e/utils"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
 
@@ -207,6 +208,25 @@ func NodeImport(filename string, clusterName string) string {
 	return runCmd(cmd, ExpectSuccess)
 }
 
+func NodeLocalStart(clusterName string) (string, error) {
+	return utils.TestCommand(
+		utils.NodeCmd,
+		"local",
+		[]string{
+			"start",
+			clusterName,
+			"--local",
+		},
+		utils.GlobalFlags{},
+		utils.TestFlags{},
+	)
+}
+
+// TODO:
+// func NodeLocalStop()
+// func NodeLocalStatus()
+// func NodeLocalDestroy(clusterName string)
+
 type StaticConfig struct {
 	Targets []string `yaml:"targets"`
 }

tests/e2e/e2e_test.go

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/tests/e2e/testcases/network/stop"
 	_ "github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/tests/e2e/testcases/node/create"
 	_ "github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/tests/e2e/testcases/node/devnet"
+	_ "github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/tests/e2e/testcases/node/local/start"
 	_ "github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/tests/e2e/testcases/node/monitoring"
 	_ "github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/tests/e2e/testcases/packageman"
 	_ "github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/tests/e2e/testcases/root"

tests/e2e/testcases/node/local/start/suite.go

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2025, Ava Labs, Inc. All rights reserved.
+// See the file LICENSE for licensing terms.
+
+package root
+
+import (
+	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/tests/e2e/commands"
+	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[Node local start]", func() {
+	testClusterName := "test-cluster"
+
+	ginkgo.AfterEach(func() {
+		commands.CleanNetwork()
+	})
+
+	ginkgo.It("can create a local node with a started network", func() {
+		output := commands.StartNetwork()
+		gomega.Expect(output).Should(gomega.ContainSubstring("Network ready to use"))
+
+		output, err := commands.NodeLocalStart(testClusterName)
+		gomega.Expect(err).Should(gomega.BeNil())
+		gomega.Expect(output).Should(gomega.ContainSubstring("NodeID: NodeID-"))
+	})
+
+	ginkgo.It("should not create local nodes without a started network", func() {
+		output, _ := commands.NodeLocalStart(testClusterName)
+		gomega.Expect(output).Should(gomega.ContainSubstring("network is not running"))
+	})
+})

tests/e2e/utils/command.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ type CommandGroup string
 
 const (
 	BlockchainCmd CommandGroup = "blockchain"
+	NodeCmd       CommandGroup = "node"
 )
 
 var avalancheBinaryPath = "./bin/avalanche"