[ProjectTracking]: the mock-node tool should be run automatically to detect perf regressions

[marcelo-gonzalez]

Goals

We'd like to automate the process of using the mock-node tool to check how long a node takes to sync a specific range of mainnet blocks. We could run this nightly or weekly, and it would give us good data on chunk application times, among other things. Right now this tool needs to be set up and run manually, but automating this would make it easier for everyone

Links to external documentations and discussions

there isn't great documentation at the moment, but the tool's code is in tools/mock-node, and it can be used to provide a simplified peer that a normal neard node can sync from

Estimated effort

the code is complete and it seems to work, but the steps are all manual. All effort would go towards automating this process. Probably a couple weeks