From 716e474a16117be041f1808aa8e049f01ba80b45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michelangelo Riccobene <michelangelo.riccobene@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 14:58:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] qa-tests: fix the cause of rpc tests failing intermittently
 (#13871)

In this PR we try to save and then restore the previous chaindata.
---
 .github/workflows/qa-tip-tracking.yml | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/qa-tip-tracking.yml b/.github/workflows/qa-tip-tracking.yml
index e867c5577fc..a166f31d769 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qa-tip-tracking.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qa-tip-tracking.yml
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python3 $ERIGON_QA_PATH/test_system/db-producer/pause_production.py || true
 
-    - name: Clean Erigon Chaindata Directory
+    - name: Save Erigon Chaindata Directory
+      id: save_chaindata_step
       run: |
-        rm -rf $ERIGON_REFERENCE_DATA_DIR/chaindata
+        mv $ERIGON_REFERENCE_DATA_DIR/chaindata $ERIGON_TESTBED_AREA/chaindata-prev
 
     - name: Run Erigon, wait sync and check ability to maintain sync
       id: test_step
@@ -115,10 +116,11 @@ jobs:
         name: metric-plots
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/metrics-${{ env.CHAIN }}-plots*
 
-    - name: Clean Erigon Chaindata Directory
-      if: always()
+    - name: Restore Erigon Chaindata Directory
+      if: steps.save_chaindata_step.outcome == 'success'
       run: |
         rm -rf $ERIGON_REFERENCE_DATA_DIR/chaindata
+        mv $ERIGON_TESTBED_AREA/chaindata-prev $ERIGON_REFERENCE_DATA_DIR/chaindata
 
     - name: Resume the Erigon instance dedicated to db maintenance
       run: |