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+import { customDevRpcRequest, describeSuite, expect } from "@moonwall/cli";
+import { ALITH_PRIVATE_KEY, alith, createEthersTransaction } from "@moonwall/util";
+import { encodeFunctionData } from "viem";
+import { createContracts, nestedSingle } from "../../helpers";
+
+describeSuite({
+  id: "T16",
+  title: "Test 'debug_traceCall'",
+  foundationMethods: "dev",
+  testCases: ({ context, it }) => {
+    it({
+      id: "T01",
+      title: "should trace nested contract calls",
+      test: async function () {
+        const contracts = await createContracts(context);
+        const callParams = {
+          to: contracts.callerAddr,
+          data: encodeFunctionData({
+            abi: contracts.abiCaller,
+            functionName: "someAction",
+            args: [contracts.calleeAddr, 6],
+          })
+        };
+        const traceTx = await customDevRpcRequest("debug_traceCall", [callParams, "latest"]);
+        const logs: any[] = [];
+        for (const log of traceTx.structLogs) {
+          if (logs.length == 1) {
+            logs.push(log);
+          }
+          if (log.op == "RETURN") {
+            logs.push(log);
+          }
+        }
+        expect(logs).to.be.lengthOf(2);
+        expect(logs[0].depth).to.be.equal(2);
+        expect(logs[1].depth).to.be.equal(1);
+      },
+    });
+  },
+});