From 58550fd5e076ffbbd7744674158aacd77262b54f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tycho garen <garen@tychoish.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 08:49:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] better error

---
 test/e2e/runner/start.go | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/e2e/runner/start.go b/test/e2e/runner/start.go
index 8817e4c79..d15020cf9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/runner/start.go
+++ b/test/e2e/runner/start.go
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ func Start(ctx context.Context, testnet *e2e.Testnet) error {
 
 			block, blockID, err = waitForHeight(ctx, testnet, networkHeight)
 			if err != nil {
-				return err
+				return fmt.Errorf("waiting for node %q to get to %q: %w",
+					node.Name, networkHeight, err)
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -106,14 +107,15 @@ func Start(ctx context.Context, testnet *e2e.Testnet) error {
 		}
 
 		if err := execCompose(testnet.Dir, "up", "-d", node.Name); err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("starting node %q: %w", node.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		wctx, wcancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 8*time.Minute)
 		status, err := waitForNode(wctx, node, node.StartAt)
 		if err != nil {
 			wcancel()
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("waiting for %q to progress to %d: %w",
+				node.Name, node.StartAt, err)
 		}
 		wcancel()