From 28412c4129fc2a4c557a12198c5db28d206a3b39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David de Kloet <david.dekloet@smartcontract.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:40:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove test-payload.json from generated adapter

---
 docs/components/adapter.md                    | 20 -------------------
 docs/guides/creating-a-new-v3-ea.md           |  1 -
 .../generator-adapter/generators/app/index.ts |  1 -
 .../app/templates/test-payload.json           |  6 ------
 4 files changed, 28 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 scripts/generator-adapter/generators/app/templates/test-payload.json

diff --git a/docs/components/adapter.md b/docs/components/adapter.md
index 8dfa2270..df4136c8 100644
--- a/docs/components/adapter.md
+++ b/docs/components/adapter.md
@@ -127,26 +127,6 @@ export const adapter = new Adapter({
 })
 ```
 
-## Test Payload
-
-The test payload is not specified as a parameter for an adapter. It is defined in the `test-payload.json` file in the root-level of the adapter folder. It is used for soak testing the adapter. An example of this file is shown below.
-
-```json
-{
-  "requests": [
-    {
-      "base": "ETH",
-      "quote": "USD"
-    },
-    {
-      "base": "JPY",
-      "quote": "USD",
-      "endpoint": "forex"
-    }
-  ]
-}
-```
-
 ## Request Validation & Transformation
 
 This diagram expands on the `Validation Middleware` section of the `EA v3 Design` diagram in [Basics](../basics.md#ea-v3-design)
diff --git a/docs/guides/creating-a-new-v3-ea.md b/docs/guides/creating-a-new-v3-ea.md
index 0185a405..66ff5335 100644
--- a/docs/guides/creating-a-new-v3-ea.md
+++ b/docs/guides/creating-a-new-v3-ea.md
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ adapter // Name after the adapter
 ├─ package.json
 ├─ CHANGELOG.md // Content auto-updated through changesets
 ├─ README.md // Content auto-generated by CI scripts
-├─ test-payload.json
 ├─ tsconfig.json
 └─ tsconfig.test.json
 ```
diff --git a/scripts/generator-adapter/generators/app/index.ts b/scripts/generator-adapter/generators/app/index.ts
index 47e0f55b..b9fcb6c5 100644
--- a/scripts/generator-adapter/generators/app/index.ts
+++ b/scripts/generator-adapter/generators/app/index.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ export default class extends Generator.default {
       'CHANGELOG.md',
       'package.json',
       'README.md',
-      'test-payload.json',
       'tsconfig.json',
       'tsconfig.test.json',
     ]
diff --git a/scripts/generator-adapter/generators/app/templates/test-payload.json b/scripts/generator-adapter/generators/app/templates/test-payload.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7930bcfa..00000000
--- a/scripts/generator-adapter/generators/app/templates/test-payload.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
- "requests": [{
-  "from": "BTC",
-  "to": "USD"
- }]
-}