CRE-1607: Ring integration test with LOCAL CRE

.github/workflows/cre-system-tests.yaml

@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ jobs:
              ],
             "Test_CRE_V1_Tron": [
                {"topology":"workflow","configs":"configs/workflow-don-tron.toml"}
+             ],
+            "Test_CRE_V2_Sharding": [
+               {"topology":"workflow-gateway-sharded","configs":"configs/workflow-gateway-sharded-don.toml"}
              ]
               }'}
           PER_TEST_MODE=${PER_TEST_MODE:-append}

core/scripts/cre/environment/configs/workflow-gateway-sharded-don.toml

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   nodes = 4
   name = "shard0"
   don_types = ["workflow", "shard"]
-  override_mode = "all"
+  override_mode = "each"
   http_port_range_start = 10100
 
   env_vars = { CL_EVM_CMD = "" }
@@ -56,13 +56,42 @@
     image = "postgres:12.0"
     port = 13000
 
-[[nodesets.node_specs]]
+  # Node 0 - expose ShardOrchestrator and Arbiter ports for testing
+  # Using high ports (60051, 19876) to avoid conflicts with other services
+  [[nodesets.node_specs]]
+    roles = ["plugin"]
+    [nodesets.node_specs.node]
+      docker_ctx = "../../../.."
+      docker_file = "core/chainlink.Dockerfile"
+      docker_build_args = { "CL_IS_PROD_BUILD" = "false" }
+      custom_ports = ["60051:50051", "19876:9876"]
+      user_config_overrides = ""
+
+  # Node 1
+  [[nodesets.node_specs]]
+    roles = ["plugin"]
+    [nodesets.node_specs.node]
+      docker_ctx = "../../../.."
+      docker_file = "core/chainlink.Dockerfile"
+      docker_build_args = { "CL_IS_PROD_BUILD" = "false" }
+      user_config_overrides = ""
+
+  # Node 2
+  [[nodesets.node_specs]]
+    roles = ["plugin"]
+    [nodesets.node_specs.node]
+      docker_ctx = "../../../.."
+      docker_file = "core/chainlink.Dockerfile"
+      docker_build_args = { "CL_IS_PROD_BUILD" = "false" }
+      user_config_overrides = ""
+
+  # Node 3
+  [[nodesets.node_specs]]
     roles = ["plugin"]
     [nodesets.node_specs.node]
       docker_ctx = "../../../.."
       docker_file = "core/chainlink.Dockerfile"
       docker_build_args = { "CL_IS_PROD_BUILD" = "false" }
-      # image = "chainlink-tmp:latest"
       user_config_overrides = ""
 
 [[nodesets]]

core/scripts/go.mod

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.4.0
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-automation v0.8.1
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-ccip v0.1.1-solana.0.20260107192940-0be702ef3ff5
-	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.9.6-0.20260114142648-bd9e1b483e96
+	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.9.6-0.20260120124124-33cb8e0bd2c5
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-data-streams v0.1.10
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-deployments-framework v0.75.0
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-evm v0.3.4-0.20260114162311-d591d75b908f
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.17
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.1
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0
-	golang.org/x/text v0.32.0
+	golang.org/x/text v0.33.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.32.3
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.63.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace v0.60.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.63.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.38.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.39.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploggrpc v0.12.2 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp v0.12.2 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v1.38.0 // indirect
@@ -594,39 +594,39 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutlog v0.13.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric v1.36.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.36.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log v0.13.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.38.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.38.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log v0.13.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.38.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.38.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log v0.15.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.39.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.39.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log v0.15.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.39.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.39.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.7.1 // indirect
 	go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20230525235612-a134d8f9ddca // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/ratelimit v0.3.1 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/arch v0.11.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.46.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250718183923-645b1fa84792 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.47.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20260112195511-716be5621a96 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20241112194109-818c5a804067 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.31.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.47.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.32.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.49.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.32.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.39.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/telemetry v0.0.0-20251208220230-2638a1023523 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.38.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/time v0.12.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.39.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.40.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/telemetry v0.0.0-20260109210033-bd525da824e2 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.39.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.14.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.41.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools/cmd/godoc v0.1.0-deprecated // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools/godoc v0.1.0-deprecated // indirect
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20240903120638-7835f813f4da // indirect
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
-	gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.16.0 // indirect
+	gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.17.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20250505200425-f936aa4a68b2 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20251022142026-3a174f9686a8 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20251022142026-3a174f9686a8 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.77.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20251029180050-ab9386a59fda // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20251029180050-ab9386a59fda // indirect
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.78.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/guregu/null.v4 v4.0.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect