Chainbench provides extensive support for testing Solana RPC nodes with profiles based on real-world usage patterns.
Overview Solana testing in Chainbench includes:
50+ RPC Methods : Comprehensive coverage of Solana JSON-RPC APIReal Usage Patterns : Profiles based on actual network trafficDynamic Test Data : Automatic fetching of accounts, transactions, and blocksToken Operations : SPL token account testingProgram Accounts : Testing getProgramAccounts with filters
Available Profiles solana.general The general Solana profile simulates realistic production workload based on observed RPC usage patterns.
rpc_calls = { SolanaUser.get_account_info: 1000 , SolanaUser.get_block: 175 , SolanaUser.get_token_accounts_by_owner: 150 , SolanaUser.get_multiple_accounts: 150 , SolanaUser.get_transaction: 130 , SolanaUser.get_signatures_for_address: 75 , SolanaUser.get_latest_blockhash: 75 , SolanaUser.get_balance: 75 , SolanaUser.get_slot: 20 , SolanaUser.get_block_height: 15 , SolanaUser.get_block_time: 15 , SolanaUser.get_program_accounts: 5 , SolanaUser.get_signature_statuses: 4 , SolanaUser.get_blocks: 2 , SolanaUser.get_epoch_info: 2 , }
Wait time : 1 second between requests (using constant_pacing(1))solana.all Tests all supported Solana RPC methods with equal weight. Useful for comprehensive endpoint testing.
# All 50+ methods from SolanaRpcMethods class with weight 1 rpc_calls = { SolanaUser.method_to_rpc_call(method): 1 for method in get_subclass_methods(SolanaRpcMethods) }
Supported RPC Methods Account Methods
Block Methods
Transaction Methods
Network Methods
Token Methods
Utility Methods
getAccountInfo - Get account data and metadatagetBalance - Get account balance in lamportsgetMultipleAccounts - Batch fetch multiple accountsgetProgramAccounts - Get all accounts owned by programgetTokenAccountBalance - Get SPL token account balancegetTokenAccountsByOwner - Get all token accounts for ownergetTokenAccountsByDelegate - Get token accounts by delegategetLargestAccounts - Get largest accounts by balance
getBlock - Get confirmed block with transactionsgetBlockHeight - Get current block heightgetBlockTime - Get estimated production time of blockgetBlocks - Get list of confirmed blocksgetBlocksWithLimit - Get blocks with limitgetBlockCommitment - Get commitment for blockgetBlockProduction - Get block production informationgetFirstAvailableBlock - Get slot of first available block
getTransaction - Get confirmed transaction detailsgetSignatureStatuses - Get statuses of signaturesgetSignaturesForAddress - Get confirmed signatures for addresssimulateTransaction - Simulate transaction executiongetRecentPrioritizationFees - Get recent prioritization feesgetFeeForMessage - Get fee for messagegetTransactionCount - Get current transaction count
getEpochInfo - Get information about current epochgetEpochSchedule - Get epoch schedulegetSlot - Get current slotgetSlotLeader - Get current slot leadergetSlotLeaders - Get slot leadersgetClusterNodes - Get cluster nodesgetRecentPerformanceSamples - Get performance samplesgetSupply - Get information about token supply
getTokenAccountBalance - Get token account balancegetTokenAccountsByOwner - Get token accounts by ownergetTokenAccountsByDelegate - Get token accounts by delegategetTokenLargestAccounts - Get largest token accountsgetTokenSupply - Get token supply
getHealth - Get node health statusgetVersion - Get Solana versiongetIdentity - Get identity public keygetGenesisHash - Get genesis hashgetLatestBlockhash - Get latest blockhashisBlockhashValid - Check if blockhash is validminimumLedgerSlot - Get minimum ledger slotgetInflationGovernor - Get inflation governorgetInflationRate - Get current inflation rategetInflationReward - Get inflation rewardsgetVoteAccounts - Get vote accountsgetStakeActivation - Get stake activationgetStakeMinimumDelegation - Get minimum stake delegationgetLeaderSchedule - Get leader schedulegetHighestSnapshotSlot - Get highest snapshot slotgetMaxRetransmitSlot - Get max retransmit slotgetMaxShredInsertSlot - Get max shred insert slotgetMinimumBalanceForRentExemption - Get rent exemption balance Example Commands General Profile Testing Basic Test
High Load Test
With Latest Blocks
chainbench start --profile solana.general \ --users 50 \ --workers 2 \ --test-time 1h \ --target https://solana-node-url \ --headless \ --autoquit
Comprehensive Testing chainbench start --profile solana.all \ --users 30 \ --workers 2 \ --test-time 1h \ --target https://solana-node-url \ --headless \ --autoquit
Single Method Testing Test getAccountInfo
Test getBlock
List All Methods
chainbench start getAccountInfo \ --users 100 \ --workers 4 \ --test-time 30m \ --target https://solana-node-url \ --headless \ --autoquit
Solana-Specific Features Test Data Generation Chainbench automatically fetches real Solana blockchain data:
Accounts : Public keys for getAccountInfo, getBalanceToken Accounts : SPL token accounts for token operationsTransactions : Transaction signatures for getTransactionBlocks : Slot numbers for getBlock operationsBlock Hashes : Recent blockhashes for validationToken Addresses : Token mint addresses
Program Account Testing The profile includes specialized getProgramAccounts testing:
# Tests Stake program with specific filters params = [ "Stake11111111111111111111111111111111111111" , { "encoding" : "jsonParsed" , "commitment" : "finalized" , "filters" : [ { "memcmp" : { "bytes" : "2K9XJAj3VtojUhyKdXVfGnueSvnyFNfSACkn1CwgBees" , "offset" : 12 }} ], }, ]
Encoding Support Solana methods support multiple encoding formats:
jsonParsed - Human-readable JSON formatbase64 - Base64 encoded binary database58 - Base58 encoded data
Commitment Levels Tests use appropriate commitment levels:
processed - For real-time dataconfirmed - For recent finalityfinalized - For guaranteed finality
Advanced Usage Custom Block Range chainbench start --profile solana.general \ --users 50 \ --workers 2 \ --test-time 1h \ --target https://solana-node-url \ --start-block 150000000 \ --end-block 150001000 \ --headless \ --autoquit
Using Reference Node chainbench start --profile solana.general \ --users 50 \ --workers 2 \ --test-time 1h \ --target https://node-under-test \ --ref-url https://reference-solana-node \ --headless \ --autoquit
Test Data Sizes Solana test data sizes:
Size Slots XS 10 S 100 M 1,000 L 10,000 XL 100,000
chainbench start --profile solana.general \ --users 100 \ --workers 4 \ --test-time 2h \ --target https://solana-node-url \ --size L \ --headless \ --autoquit
Recommended Settings Full RPC Nodes :
Users: 50-200 concurrent users
Spawn Rate: 10-50 users/second
Workers: 2-4
Test Data Size: S or M
getProgramAccounts Testing :
Users: 5-20 concurrent users (this method is very heavy)
Spawn Rate: 1-5 users/second
Workers: 1-2
Test Data Size: XS or S
Transaction History Nodes :
Users: 20-100 concurrent users
Spawn Rate: 5-20 users/second
Workers: 2-4
Test Data Size: M or L
Method-Specific Notes Heavy Methods : getProgramAccounts, getBlock (with full transactions), and getSignaturesForAddress are resource-intensive. Use lower concurrency for these methods.
Error Handling : Chainbench excludes error code -32007 (“Node is unhealthy”) from failure metrics to handle temporary node states gracefully.
Solana Networks Test against different Solana clusters:
Mainnet Beta chainbench start --profile solana.general \ --target https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com \ --users 50 --workers 2 --test-time 1h --headless --autoquit
Devnet chainbench start --profile solana.general \ --target https://api.devnet.solana.com \ --users 20 --workers 1 --test-time 30m --headless --autoquit
Testnet chainbench start --profile solana.general \ --target https://api.testnet.solana.com \ --users 20 --workers 1 --test-time 30m --headless --autoquit