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+import {
+  Fr,
+  NESTED_RECURSIVE_PROOF_LENGTH,
+  NUM_BASE_PARITY_PER_ROOT_PARITY,
+  RECURSIVE_PROOF_LENGTH,
+  type RootParityInput,
+} from '@aztec/circuits.js';
+import { makeGlobalVariables, makeRootParityInput } from '@aztec/circuits.js/testing';
+import { promiseWithResolvers } from '@aztec/foundation/promise';
+import { sleep } from '@aztec/foundation/sleep';
+import { openTmpStore } from '@aztec/kv-store/utils';
+import { type MerkleTreeOperations, MerkleTrees } from '@aztec/world-state';
+
+import { type MockProxy, mock } from 'jest-mock-extended';
+
+import { makeEmptyProcessedTestTx } from '../mocks/fixtures.js';
+import { type CircuitProver } from '../prover/index.js';
+import { ProvingOrchestrator } from './orchestrator.js';
+
+describe('prover/orchestrator', () => {
+  describe('workflow', () => {
+    let orchestrator: ProvingOrchestrator;
+    let mockProver: MockProxy<CircuitProver>;
+    let actualDb: MerkleTreeOperations;
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      actualDb = await MerkleTrees.new(openTmpStore()).then(t => t.asLatest());
+      mockProver = mock<CircuitProver>();
+      orchestrator = new ProvingOrchestrator(actualDb, mockProver);
+    });
+
+    it('calls root parity circuit only when ready', async () => {
+      // create a custom L2 to L1 message
+      const message = Fr.random();
+
+      // and delay its proof
+      const pendingBaseParityResult = promiseWithResolvers<RootParityInput<typeof RECURSIVE_PROOF_LENGTH>>();
+      const expectedBaseParityResult = makeRootParityInput(RECURSIVE_PROOF_LENGTH, 0xff);
+
+      mockProver.getRootParityProof.mockResolvedValue(makeRootParityInput(NESTED_RECURSIVE_PROOF_LENGTH));
+
+      mockProver.getBaseParityProof.mockImplementation(inputs => {
+        if (inputs.msgs[0].equals(message)) {
+          return pendingBaseParityResult.promise;
+        } else {
+          return Promise.resolve(makeRootParityInput(RECURSIVE_PROOF_LENGTH));
+        }
+      });
+
+      await orchestrator.startNewBlock(2, makeGlobalVariables(1), [message], await makeEmptyProcessedTestTx(actualDb));
+
+      await sleep(10);
+      expect(mockProver.getBaseParityProof).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(NUM_BASE_PARITY_PER_ROOT_PARITY);
+      expect(mockProver.getRootParityProof).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      await sleep(10);
+      // even now the root parity should not have been called
+      expect(mockProver.getRootParityProof).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      // only after the base parity proof is resolved, the root parity should be called
+      pendingBaseParityResult.resolve(expectedBaseParityResult);
+
+      // give the orchestrator a chance to calls its callbacks
+      await sleep(10);
+      expect(mockProver.getRootParityProof).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+      orchestrator.cancelBlock();
+    });
+  });
+});