PR #29 (squash-merged via Gitea API)

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -146,8 +146,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         working-directory: orchestrator
         run: npm ci
-      - name: E2E tests (Testcontainers Postgres)
+      - name: E2E tests (Testcontainers Postgres + public Chain 138 RPC)
         working-directory: orchestrator
+        # EXT-CHAIN138-CI-RPC resolved via the public endpoint at
+        # https://rpc.public-0138.defi-oracle.io — the read-only
+        # public-RPC suite exercises the orchestrator's ethers client
+        # against a real Chain 138 node alongside the ganache-based
+        # round-trip tests. The env var opts the public-RPC suite in;
+        # without it, those tests self-skip.
+        env:
+          E2E_USE_PUBLIC_CHAIN138: "1"
         run: npm run test:e2e
 
   # Smart Contracts CI