Echidna action

This action allows you to run echidna-test from within a GitHub Actions workflow. The action builds on the trailofbits/echidna Docker image, adding solc-select and providing a simpler way to execute Echidna as part of an Actions workflow.

To learn more about Echidna itself, visit its GitHub repository and wiki pages.

Inputs

Key	Description
files	Required Solidity files or folders to analyze.
contract	Contract to analyze.
config	Config file (CLI arguments override config options).
format	Output format: json, text, none. Disables interactive UI.
corpus-dir	Directory to store corpus and coverage data.
test-mode	Type of tests to be performed: property, assertion, overflow, optimization, exploration.
multi-abi	Use multi-abi mode of testing.
test-limit	Number of sequences of transactions to generate during testing.
shrink-limit	Number of tries to attempt to shrink a failing sequence of transactions.
seq-len	Number of transactions to generate during testing.
contract-addr	Address to deploy the contract to test.
deployer	Address of the deployer of the contract to test.
sender	Addresses to use for the transactions sent during testing.
seed	Run with a specific seed.
crytic-args	Additional arguments to use in crytic-compile for the compilation of the contract to test.
solc-args	Additional arguments to use in solc for the compilation of the contract to test.
solc-version	Version of the Solidity compiler to use.
output-file	Capture echidna-test's output into a file. The path must be relative to the repository root.
echidna-version	Version of the Echidna Docker image to use.
negate-exit-status	Apply logical NOT to echidna-test's exit status (for testing the action).
echidna-workdir	Path to run echidna-test from. Note that files and config are relative to this path.

Outputs

Key	Description
output-file	If produced, the file containing echidna-test's output, relative to the repository root.

Examples

Basic usage

uses: crytic/echidna-action@v2
with:
  files: contracts/
  contract: Marketplace

Example workflow: Hardhat

The following is a complete GitHub Actions workflow example. It will trigger with commits on master as well as any pull request opened against the master branch. It will configure NodeJS 16.x on the runner, and then install project dependencies (using npm ci). Once the environment is set up, it will build the project (using npx hardhat compile) and finally run Echidna against a contract called TokenEchidna. The workflow will fail if Echidna breaks any of the invariants in TokenEchidna.

In this example, we are leveraging crytic-args to pass --hardhat-ignore-compile. This skips building the project as part of the Echidna action, and instead takes advantage of the already built contracts. This is required, as the Echidna action environment does not have NodeJS available.

name: Echidna Test

on:
  push:
    branches: [ master ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ master ]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v3
    - name: Use Node.js 16
      uses: actions/setup-node@v2
      with:
        node-version: 16
        cache: 'npm'
    - name: Install dependencies
      run: npm ci
    - name: Compile contracts
      run: npx hardhat compile
    - name: Run Echidna
      uses: crytic/echidna-action@v2
      with:
        solc-version: 0.7.6
        files: .
        contract: TokenEchidna
        crytic-args: --hardhat-ignore-compile

Example workflow: Foundry

The following is a complete GitHub Actions workflow example. It will trigger with commits on main as well as any pull request opened against the main branch. It will install Foundry on the runner, and then it will build the project (using forge build --build-info) and finally run Echidna against a contract called TokenEchidna. The workflow will fail if Echidna breaks any of the invariants in TokenEchidna.

In this example, we are leveraging crytic-args to pass --ignore-compile. This skips building the project as part of the Echidna action, and instead takes advantage of the already built contracts. This is required, as the Echidna action environment does not have forge available.

name: Echidna Test

on:
  push:
    branches: [ main ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ main ]

env:
  FOUNDRY_PROFILE: ci

jobs:
  test:      
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v3
      with:
        submodules: recursive

    - name: Install Foundry
      uses: foundry-rs/foundry-toolchain@v1
      with:
        version: nightly

    - name: Compile contracts
      run: |
        forge build --build-info

    - name: Run Echidna
      uses: crytic/echidna-action@v2
      with:
        files: .
        contract: TokenEchidna
        crytic-args: --ignore-compile