diff --git a/.github/actions/run-e2e-test/action.yml b/.github/actions/run-e2e-test/action.yml
index f066979c56..ff15febb55 100644
--- a/.github/actions/run-e2e-test/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/run-e2e-test/action.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,18 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Whether to deploy the adder sample contract to the node.'
     required: false
     default: 'false'
+  image-path:
+    description: 'Custom path to docker image for aleph-node'
+    required: false
+    default: aleph-test-docker
+  node-image:
+    description: 'Custom name of aleph-node image'
+    required: false
+    default: aleph-node:latest
+  compose-file:
+    description: 'Custom docker-compose configuration'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
 
 runs:
   using: 'composite'
@@ -38,7 +50,7 @@ runs:
     - name: Download artifact with docker image
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
       with:
-        name: aleph-test-docker
+        name: ${{ inputs.image-path }}
 
     - name: Load node docker image
       shell: bash
@@ -46,7 +58,7 @@ runs:
 
     - name: Run consensus party
       shell: bash
-      run: ./.github/scripts/run_consensus.sh -m ${{ inputs.min-validator-count }} -n ${{ inputs.node-count }}
+      run: NODE_IMAGE=${{ inputs.node-image }} DOCKER_COMPOSE=${{ inputs.compose-file }} ./.github/scripts/run_consensus.sh -m ${{ inputs.min-validator-count }} -n ${{ inputs.node-count }}
 
     - name: Sleep
       shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/scripts/run_consensus.sh b/.github/scripts/run_consensus.sh
index ca40484618..f5f82cbbfc 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/run_consensus.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/run_consensus.sh
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ NODE_COUNT=5
 MIN_VALIDATOR_COUNT=4
 DOCKER_COMPOSE=${DOCKER_COMPOSE:-"docker/docker-compose.yml"}
 OVERRIDE_DOCKER_COMPOSE=${OVERRIDE_DOCKER_COMPOSE:-""}
+NODE_IMAGE=${NODE_IMAGE:-aleph-node:latest}
 
 # default minimum validator count
 MIN_VALIDATOR_COUNT=4
 
-export NODE_IMAGE=aleph-node:latest
+export NODE_IMAGE
 
 mkdir -p docker/data/
 
diff --git a/.github/scripts/run_e2e_test.sh b/.github/scripts/run_e2e_test.sh
index 47dcdfa0d3..1e23eb5c76 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/run_e2e_test.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/run_e2e_test.sh
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ if [[ -n "${ADDER:-}" ]]; then
     ARGS+=(-e "ADDER_METADATA=/contracts/adder/target/ink/metadata.json")
 fi
 
+if [[ -n "${OUT_LATENCY:-}" ]]; then
+    ARGS+=(-e OUT_LATENCY)
+fi
+
 docker run -v "$(pwd)/contracts:/contracts" -v "$(pwd)/docker/data:/data" "${ARGS[@]}" aleph-e2e-client:latest
 
 exit $?
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-push-cliain.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-push-cliain.yaml
index 32a2f983eb..ad77ef3cf5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-push-cliain.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-push-cliain.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v1
         with:
           version: '3.6.1'
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Cargo | Build release binary
         run: |
@@ -29,18 +30,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: GIT | Get branch name and commit SHA
         id: get_branch
         uses: ./.github/actions/get-branch
-      
+
       - name: Login to ECR
         uses: docker/login-action@v1
         with:
           registry: public.ecr.aws
           username: ${{ secrets.AWS_MAINNET_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
           password: ${{ secrets.AWS_MAINNET_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
-      
+
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         id: buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@master
-      
+
       - name: Build and push latest docker image
         id: build-image
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-node-and-runtime.yml b/.github/workflows/build-node-and-runtime.yml
index 4c9d4597b1..32415adf90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-node-and-runtime.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-node-and-runtime.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v1
         with:
           version: '3.6.1'
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Install WASM target
         run: rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-send-postsync-hook-runtime-image.yml b/.github/workflows/build-send-postsync-hook-runtime-image.yml
index e66e0093cf..64485810a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-send-postsync-hook-runtime-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-send-postsync-hook-runtime-image.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Protoc
         uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v1
         with:
-          version: '3.6.1'        
+          version: '3.6.1'
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Build binary
         run: |
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
 
           docker tag ${{ env.ECR_PUSH_IMAGE }} ${{ env.ECR_LATEST }}
           docker push ${{ env.ECR_LATEST }}
-      
+
       - name: GIT | Checkout aleph-apps repo
         uses: actions/checkout@master
         with:
@@ -89,8 +90,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           kustomize-version: "3.8.6"
 
-      - name: Update postsync hook docker image                                                                     
-        env:                                                                                                          
+      - name: Update postsync hook docker image
+        env:
           RELEASE_IMAGE: public.ecr.aws/p6e8q1z1/runtime-update-hook:${{ steps.vars.outputs.sha_short }}
           REGIONS_AWS: 'eu-central-1'
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-excluded-packages.yml b/.github/workflows/check-excluded-packages.yml
index 202fb804be..9eeb954a4e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-excluded-packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-excluded-packages.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v1
         with:
           version: '3.6.1'
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Read excluded packages from Cargo.toml
         id: read_excluded
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests-main-devnet.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests-main-devnet.yml
index 839b64b956..70bb8fc8d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests-main-devnet.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests-main-devnet.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Protoc
         uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v1
         with:
-          version: '3.6.1'        
+          version: '3.6.1'
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Restore cache
         uses: ./.github/actions/restore-cache
@@ -115,7 +116,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Protoc
         uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v1
         with:
-          version: '3.6.1'        
+          version: '3.6.1'
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Install WASM target
         run: rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
@@ -153,7 +155,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Protoc
         uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v1
         with:
-          version: '3.6.1'        
+          version: '3.6.1'
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Restore cache
         uses: ./.github/actions/restore-cache
@@ -839,7 +842,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Protoc
         uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v1
         with:
-          version: '3.6.1'        
+          version: '3.6.1'
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Install WASM target
         run: rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-pipeline.yaml b/.github/workflows/nightly-pipeline.yaml
index fe47743973..a426f97ffc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-pipeline.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,37 @@ jobs:
           if-no-files-found: error
           retention-days: 7
 
+  build-synthetic-network-docker:
+    needs: [build-test-docker]
+    name: Build docker image with the test node artifact and support for synthetic-network
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout source code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Download artifact with docker image for aleph-node
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: aleph-test-docker
+
+      - name: Load node docker image
+        shell: bash
+        run: docker load -i aleph-node.tar
+
+      - name: Build test docker image
+        id: build-image
+        run: |
+          scripts/synthetic-network/build_synthetic-network.sh
+          docker save -o aleph-node.tar aleph-node:syntheticnet
+
+      - name: Upload test docker image
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: aleph-test-synthetic-docker
+          path: aleph-node.tar
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 7
+
   check-determinism:
     needs: [build-new-node]
     name: Verify runtime build determinism
@@ -59,7 +90,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Protoc
         uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v1
         with:
-          version: '3.6.1'        
+          version: '3.6.1'
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Install WASM target
         run: rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
@@ -96,7 +128,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Protoc
         uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v1
         with:
-          version: '3.6.1'        
+          version: '3.6.1'
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Restore cache
         uses: ./.github/actions/restore-cache
@@ -140,9 +173,45 @@ jobs:
           randomized: true
         timeout-minutes: 60
 
+  run-e2e-high-out-latency:
+    needs: [build-synthetic-network-docker, build-test-client]
+    name: Run high out-latency test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout source code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Run e2e test
+        uses: ./.github/actions/run-e2e-test
+        with:
+          test-case: high_out_latency_for_all
+          image-path: aleph-test-synthetic-docker
+          node-image: aleph-node:syntheticnet
+          compose-file: docker/docker-compose.synthetic-network.yml
+        timeout-minutes: 30
+
+  run-e2e-no-quorum-without-high-out-latency:
+    needs: [build-synthetic-network-docker, build-test-client]
+    name: Run high out-latency for every quorum
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout source code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Run e2e test
+        uses: ./.github/actions/run-e2e-test
+        with:
+          test-case: high_out_latency_for_each_quorum
+          image-path: aleph-test-synthetic-docker
+          node-image: aleph-node:syntheticnet
+          compose-file: docker/docker-compose.synthetic-network.yml
+        timeout-minutes: 15
+
   check-e2e-test-suite-completion:
     needs: [
       run-e2e-authorities-are-staking,
+      run-e2e-high-out-latency,
+      run-e2e-no-quorum-without-high-out-latency,
     ]
     name: Check e2e test suite completion
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index 7e3431687a..fa644dc1f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Protoc
         uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v1
         with:
-          version: '3.6.1'        
+          version: '3.6.1'
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Install clippy and fmt
         run: rustup component add clippy rustfmt
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a602c4b2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "scripts/synthetic-network/vendor/synthetic-network"]
+	path = scripts/synthetic-network/vendor/synthetic-network
+	url = https://github.com/daily-co/synthetic-network.git
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 822e5fe487..d772088611 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ exclude = [
   "fork-off",
   "benches/payout-stakers",
   "bin/cliain",
-  "contracts/adder"
+  "contracts/adder",
+  "scripts/synthetic-network/synthetic-link",
 ]
 
 [profile.release]
diff --git a/e2e-tests/Cargo.lock b/e2e-tests/Cargo.lock
index 24029e5fcb..faad2015b8 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/Cargo.lock
+++ b/e2e-tests/Cargo.lock
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "aleph_client",
  "anyhow",
  "assert2",
- "clap",
- "env_logger",
+ "clap 3.2.23",
+ "env_logger 0.8.4",
  "frame-support",
  "frame-system",
  "futures",
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "sp-core 6.0.0",
  "sp-runtime 6.0.0",
+ "synthetic-link",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ version = "0.2.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
 dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi",
+ "hermit-abi 0.1.19",
  "libc",
  "winapi",
 ]
@@ -412,8 +413,8 @@ checksum = "71655c45cb9845d3270c9d6df84ebe72b4dad3c2ba3f7023ad47c144e4e473a5"
 dependencies = [
  "atty",
  "bitflags",
- "clap_derive",
- "clap_lex",
+ "clap_derive 3.2.18",
+ "clap_lex 0.2.4",
  "indexmap",
  "once_cell",
  "strsim",
@@ -421,6 +422,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "textwrap",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.0.29"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4d63b9e9c07271b9957ad22c173bae2a4d9a81127680962039296abcd2f8251d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "clap_derive 4.0.21",
+ "clap_lex 0.3.0",
+ "is-terminal",
+ "once_cell",
+ "strsim",
+ "termcolor",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
 version = "3.2.18"
@@ -434,6 +450,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "4.0.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0177313f9f02afc995627906bbd8967e2be069f5261954222dac78290c2b9014"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro-error",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
 version = "0.2.4"
@@ -443,6 +472,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "os_str_bytes",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0d4198f73e42b4936b35b5bb248d81d2b595ecb170da0bac7655c54eedfa8da8"
+dependencies = [
+ "os_str_bytes",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "codespan-reporting"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -862,6 +900,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "encoding_rs"
+version = "0.8.31"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9852635589dc9f9ea1b6fe9f05b50ef208c85c834a562f0c6abb1c475736ec2b"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -875,12 +922,46 @@ dependencies = [
  "termcolor",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "env_logger"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "85cdab6a89accf66733ad5a1693a4dcced6aeff64602b634530dd73c1f3ee9f0"
+dependencies = [
+ "humantime",
+ "is-terminal",
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+ "termcolor",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "environmental"
 version = "1.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e48c92028aaa870e83d51c64e5d4e0b6981b360c522198c23959f219a4e1b15b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "errno"
+version = "0.2.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f639046355ee4f37944e44f60642c6f3a7efa3cf6b78c78a0d989a8ce6c396a1"
+dependencies = [
+ "errno-dragonfly",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "errno-dragonfly"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aa68f1b12764fab894d2755d2518754e71b4fd80ecfb822714a1206c2aab39bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "escape8259"
 version = "0.5.2"
@@ -939,6 +1020,21 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6f339eb8adc052cd2ca78910fda869aefa38d22d5cb648e6485e4d3fc06f3b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "foreign-types-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types-shared"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "00b0228411908ca8685dba7fc2cdd70ec9990a6e753e89b6ac91a84c40fbaf4b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -1333,6 +1429,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee512640fe35acbfb4bb779db6f0d80704c2cacfa2e39b601ef3e3f47d1ae4c7"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hex"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -1450,6 +1555,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "webpki-roots",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-tls"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d6183ddfa99b85da61a140bea0efc93fdf56ceaa041b37d553518030827f9905"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "hyper",
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "iana-time-zone"
 version = "0.1.53"
@@ -1654,6 +1772,34 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "io-lifetimes"
+version = "1.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "46112a93252b123d31a119a8d1a1ac19deac4fac6e0e8b0df58f0d4e5870e63c"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.42.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ipnet"
+version = "2.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "11b0d96e660696543b251e58030cf9787df56da39dab19ad60eae7353040917e"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "is-terminal"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "927609f78c2913a6f6ac3c27a4fe87f43e2a35367c0c4b0f8265e8f49a104330"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi 0.2.6",
+ "io-lifetimes",
+ "rustix",
+ "windows-sys 0.42.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.10.5"
@@ -1879,6 +2025,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "statrs",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linux-raw-sys"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f051f77a7c8e6957c0696eac88f26b0117e54f52d3fc682ab19397a8812846a4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -1978,6 +2130,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mime"
+version = "0.3.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2a60c7ce501c71e03a9c9c0d35b861413ae925bd979cc7a4e30d060069aaac8d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "minimal-lexical"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -2034,6 +2192,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "native-tls"
+version = "0.2.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "07226173c32f2926027b63cce4bcd8076c3552846cbe7925f3aaffeac0a3b92e"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "openssl",
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "schannel",
+ "security-framework",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+ "tempfile",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nohash-hasher"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -2131,7 +2307,7 @@ version = "1.14.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f6058e64324c71e02bc2b150e4f3bc8286db6c83092132ffa3f6b1eab0f9def5"
 dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi",
+ "hermit-abi 0.1.19",
  "libc",
 ]
 
@@ -2162,12 +2338,51 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "624a8340c38c1b80fd549087862da4ba43e08858af025b236e509b6649fc13d5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl"
+version = "0.10.44"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "29d971fd5722fec23977260f6e81aa67d2f22cadbdc2aa049f1022d9a3be1566"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "foreign-types",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "openssl-macros",
+ "openssl-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-macros"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b501e44f11665960c7e7fcf062c7d96a14ade4aa98116c004b2e37b5be7d736c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-probe"
 version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-sys"
+version = "0.9.79"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5454462c0eced1e97f2ec09036abc8da362e66802f66fd20f86854d9d8cbcbc4"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "os_str_bytes"
 version = "6.4.1"
@@ -2468,6 +2683,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pkg-config"
+version = "0.3.26"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6ac9a59f73473f1b8d852421e59e64809f025994837ef743615c6d0c5b305160"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ppv-lite86"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -2736,6 +2957,52 @@ version = "0.6.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "456c603be3e8d448b072f410900c09faf164fbce2d480456f50eea6e25f9c848"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "remove_dir_all"
+version = "0.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3acd125665422973a33ac9d3dd2df85edad0f4ae9b00dafb1a05e43a9f5ef8e7"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "reqwest"
+version = "0.11.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "68cc60575865c7831548863cc02356512e3f1dc2f3f82cb837d7fc4cc8f3c97c"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64",
+ "bytes",
+ "encoding_rs",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "h2",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "hyper",
+ "hyper-tls",
+ "ipnet",
+ "js-sys",
+ "log",
+ "mime",
+ "native-tls",
+ "once_cell",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
+ "tower-service",
+ "url",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "web-sys",
+ "winreg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rfc6979"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -2795,6 +3062,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "semver",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustix"
+version = "0.36.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4feacf7db682c6c329c4ede12649cd36ecab0f3be5b7d74e6a20304725db4549"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "errno",
+ "io-lifetimes",
+ "libc",
+ "linux-raw-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.42.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls"
 version = "0.20.7"
@@ -3059,6 +3340,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_repr"
+version = "0.1.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9a5ec9fa74a20ebbe5d9ac23dac1fc96ba0ecfe9f50f2843b52e537b10fbcb4e"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_urlencoded"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d3491c14715ca2294c4d6a88f15e84739788c1d030eed8c110436aafdaa2f3fd"
+dependencies = [
+ "form_urlencoded",
+ "itoa",
+ "ryu",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sha-1"
 version = "0.9.8"
@@ -4171,12 +4475,41 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "synthetic-link"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "clap 4.0.29",
+ "env_logger 0.10.0",
+ "log",
+ "reqwest",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_repr",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tap"
 version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "55937e1799185b12863d447f42597ed69d9928686b8d88a1df17376a097d8369"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tempfile"
+version = "3.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5cdb1ef4eaeeaddc8fbd371e5017057064af0911902ef36b39801f67cc6d79e4"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "fastrand",
+ "libc",
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "remove_dir_all",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "termcolor"
 version = "1.1.3"
@@ -4257,9 +4590,9 @@ checksum = "cda74da7e1a664f795bb1f8a87ec406fb89a02522cf6e50620d016add6dbbf5c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.22.0"
+version = "1.23.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d76ce4a75fb488c605c54bf610f221cea8b0dafb53333c1a67e8ee199dcd2ae3"
+checksum = "eab6d665857cc6ca78d6e80303a02cea7a7851e85dfbd77cbdc09bd129f1ef46"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
  "bytes",
@@ -4272,7 +4605,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "signal-hook-registry",
  "socket2",
  "tokio-macros",
- "winapi",
+ "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4286,6 +4619,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-native-tls"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f7d995660bd2b7f8c1568414c1126076c13fbb725c40112dc0120b78eb9b717b"
+dependencies = [
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-rustls"
 version = "0.23.4"
@@ -4524,6 +4867,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -4583,6 +4932,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-futures"
+version = "0.4.33"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23639446165ca5a5de86ae1d8896b737ae80319560fbaa4c2887b7da6e7ebd7d"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
 version = "0.2.83"
@@ -4805,6 +5166,15 @@ version = "0.42.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f40009d85759725a34da6d89a94e63d7bdc50a862acf0dbc7c8e488f1edcb6f5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winreg"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "80d0f4e272c85def139476380b12f9ac60926689dd2e01d4923222f40580869d"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wyz"
 version = "0.5.1"
diff --git a/e2e-tests/Cargo.toml b/e2e-tests/Cargo.toml
index 0cb8cb0be4..edc7a56303 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/e2e-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ pallet-balances = { git = "https://github.com/Cardinal-Cryptography/substrate.gi
 aleph_client = { path = "../aleph-client" }
 primitives = { path = "../primitives", features = ["short_session"], default-features = false }
 pallet-elections = { path = "../pallets/elections" }
+synthetic-link = { path = "../scripts/synthetic-network/synthetic-link" }
 
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
diff --git a/e2e-tests/src/config.rs b/e2e-tests/src/config.rs
index d2a53c2c00..10d781bd4f 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/src/config.rs
+++ b/e2e-tests/src/config.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ static GLOBAL_CONFIG: Lazy<Config> = Lazy::new(|| {
             upgrade_finalization_wait_sessions: get_env("UPGRADE_FINALIZATION_WAIT_SESSIONS"),
             adder: get_env("ADDER"),
             adder_metadata: get_env("ADDER_METADATA"),
+            out_latency: get_env("OUT_LATENCY"),
+            synthetic_network_urls: env::var("SYNTHETIC_URLS")
+                .ok()
+                .map(|s| s.split(',').map(|s| s.to_string()).collect()),
         },
     }
 });
@@ -34,7 +38,7 @@ static GLOBAL_CONFIG: Lazy<Config> = Lazy::new(|| {
 fn get_env<T>(name: &str) -> Option<T>
 where
     T: FromStr,
-    <T as FromStr>::Err: std::fmt::Debug,
+    T::Err: std::fmt::Debug,
 {
     env::var(name).ok().map(|v| {
         v.parse()
@@ -82,6 +86,23 @@ impl Config {
         RootConnection::new(&self.node, sudo_keypair).await.unwrap()
     }
 
+    pub fn validator_names<'a>(&'a self) -> Vec<String> {
+        (0..self.validator_count)
+            .map(|id| format!("Node{}", id))
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    pub fn synthetic_network_urls(&self) -> Vec<String> {
+        match &self.test_case_params.synthetic_network_urls {
+            Some(urls) => urls.clone(),
+            None => self
+                .validator_names()
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|node_name| format!("http://{}:80/qos", node_name))
+                .collect(),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Get a `SignedConnection` where the signer is the first validator.
     pub async fn get_first_signed_connection(&self) -> SignedConnection {
         let node = &self.node;
@@ -89,6 +110,15 @@ impl Config {
         let sender = accounts.remove(0);
         SignedConnection::new(node, sender).await
     }
+
+    pub async fn create_signed_connections(&self) -> Vec<SignedConnection> {
+        futures::future::join_all(
+            get_validators_keys(self)
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|account| async { SignedConnection::new(&self.node, account).await }),
+        )
+        .await
+    }
 }
 
 /// Parameters which can be passed to test cases.
@@ -114,4 +144,10 @@ pub struct TestCaseParams {
 
     /// Adder contract metadata.
     pub adder_metadata: Option<String>,
+
+    /// Milliseconds of network latency
+    pub out_latency: Option<u64>,
+
+    /// List of URLs for the configuration endpoints of the synthetic-network
+    pub synthetic_network_urls: Option<Vec<String>>,
 }
diff --git a/e2e-tests/src/lib.rs b/e2e-tests/src/lib.rs
index 9f150c60b8..1bf9a76cfd 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/src/lib.rs
+++ b/e2e-tests/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ mod elections;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod rewards;
 #[cfg(test)]
+mod synthetic_network;
+#[cfg(test)]
 mod test;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod transfer;
diff --git a/e2e-tests/src/synthetic_network.rs b/e2e-tests/src/synthetic_network.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51692bc591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e-tests/src/synthetic_network.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+use log::info;
+use synthetic_link::SyntheticNetworkClient;
+
+pub type Milliseconds = u64;
+
+pub async fn set_out_latency(milliseconds: Milliseconds, synthetic_url: String) {
+    info!(
+        "setting out-latency of node {} to {}ms",
+        synthetic_url, milliseconds
+    );
+    info!("creating an http client for url {}", synthetic_url);
+    let mut client = SyntheticNetworkClient::new(synthetic_url);
+    let mut config = client
+        .load_config()
+        .await
+        .expect("we should be able to download config of the synthetic-network ");
+
+    config.default_link.egress.latency = milliseconds;
+
+    client
+        .commit_config(&config)
+        .await
+        .expect("unable to commit network configuration");
+}
diff --git a/e2e-tests/src/test/high_latency.rs b/e2e-tests/src/test/high_latency.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c60b0bec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e-tests/src/test/high_latency.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+use std::cmp::max;
+
+use aleph_client::{
+    pallets::session::SessionApi,
+    waiting::{AlephWaiting, BlockStatus},
+};
+use log::info;
+
+use crate::{config::setup_test, synthetic_network::set_out_latency};
+
+const OUT_LATENCY: u64 = 500;
+
+/// Test if nodes are able to proceed despite high latency. More precisely, it first awaits predefined number of sessions, sets
+/// egress-latency for each node using same value (default is 500 milliseconds) and verifies if after it was able to proceed two
+/// more sessions.
+#[tokio::test]
+pub async fn high_out_latency_for_all() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let config = setup_test();
+    let out_latency = config.test_case_params.out_latency.unwrap_or(OUT_LATENCY);
+
+    let connections = config.create_signed_connections().await;
+    info!("waiting for at least session 3");
+    for connection in &connections {
+        if connection.get_session(None).await < 3 {
+            connection.wait_for_session(3, BlockStatus::Finalized).await;
+        }
+    }
+
+    info!("setting out-latency");
+    for synthetic_url in config.synthetic_network_urls() {
+        info!(
+            "setting out-latency of node {} to {}",
+            synthetic_url, out_latency
+        );
+        set_out_latency(out_latency, synthetic_url).await;
+    }
+
+    let mut max_session = 0;
+    for connection in &connections {
+        let node_session = connection.get_session(None).await;
+        max_session = max(max_session, node_session);
+    }
+    info!("current session is {}", max_session);
+
+    for connection in connections {
+        connection
+            .wait_for_session(max_session + 2, BlockStatus::Finalized)
+            .await;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Test if nodes are able to proceed despite high latency, but set only for a subset of nodes. More precisely, it first awaits
+/// predefined number of sessions, sets egress-latency for 1/3n of nodes using same value (default is 500 milliseconds) and
+/// verifies if after it was able to proceed two more sessions.
+#[tokio::test]
+pub async fn high_out_latency_for_each_quorum() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let config = setup_test();
+    let out_latency = config.test_case_params.out_latency.unwrap_or(OUT_LATENCY);
+
+    let connections = config.create_signed_connections().await;
+    info!("waiting for at least session 3");
+    for connection in &connections {
+        if connection.get_session(None).await < 3 {
+            connection.wait_for_session(3, BlockStatus::Finalized).await;
+        }
+    }
+
+    info!("setting out-latency");
+    for synthetic_url in config
+        .synthetic_network_urls()
+        .into_iter()
+        .take(((config.validator_count - 1) / 3 + 1) as usize)
+    {
+        info!(
+            "setting out-latency of node {} to {}",
+            synthetic_url, out_latency
+        );
+        set_out_latency(out_latency, synthetic_url).await;
+    }
+
+    let mut max_session = 0;
+    for connection in &connections {
+        let node_session = connection.get_session(None).await;
+        max_session = max(max_session, node_session);
+    }
+    info!("current session is {}", max_session);
+
+    info!("waiting for session {}", max_session + 2);
+    for connection in connections {
+        connection
+            .wait_for_session(max_session + 2, BlockStatus::Finalized)
+            .await;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/e2e-tests/src/test/mod.rs b/e2e-tests/src/test/mod.rs
index afadd91b9f..367ae28eda 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/src/test/mod.rs
+++ b/e2e-tests/src/test/mod.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ pub use era_payout::era_payouts_calculated_correctly;
 pub use era_validators::era_validators;
 pub use fee::fee_calculation;
 pub use finalization::finalization;
+pub use high_latency::{high_out_latency_for_all, high_out_latency_for_each_quorum};
 pub use rewards::{
     change_stake_and_force_new_era, disable_node, force_new_era, points_basic, points_stake_change,
 };
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ mod era_validators;
 mod fee;
 mod finalization;
 mod helpers;
+mod high_latency;
 mod rewards;
 mod staking;
 mod transfer;
diff --git a/scripts/synthetic-network/README.md b/scripts/synthetic-network/README.md
index ce2897ea5a..836457f996 100644
--- a/scripts/synthetic-network/README.md
+++ b/scripts/synthetic-network/README.md
@@ -19,3 +19,23 @@ interact with its web-ui.
 Additionally, this folder contains an example .js script introducing API of the synthetic-network. You can use it by executing
 `run_script_for_synthetic-network.sh --script-path ./latency.js`.
 
+# How to run e2e-tests that use synthetic-network
+
+All following commands are run from within root folder of this repository.
+
+```shell
+# build aleph-node docker-image
+# it assumes that aleph-node binary is stored at ./target/release/aleph-node
+docker build -t aleph-node:latest -f docker/Dockerfile .
+
+# run synthetic-network with aleph-node using docker-compose
+# by default, it should build for you a docker-image for synthetic-network
+# consult its help for available options
+./scripts/synthetic-network/run_consensus_synthetic-network.sh
+
+# run e2e-tests
+cd e2e-tests
+# set an ENV variable required by the e2e-test, namely a list of URLs for synthetic-network configuration endpoints
+export SYNTHETIC_URLS="http://localhost:3000/qos,http://localhost:3001/qos,http://localhost:3002/qos,http://localhost:3003/qos,http://localhost:3004/qos"
+cargo test latency
+```
diff --git a/scripts/synthetic-network/build_synthetic-network.sh b/scripts/synthetic-network/build_synthetic-network.sh
index ddb803829c..e25eb456c8 100755
--- a/scripts/synthetic-network/build_synthetic-network.sh
+++ b/scripts/synthetic-network/build_synthetic-network.sh
@@ -4,27 +4,17 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 source ./scripts/common.sh
 
-GIT_COMMIT=${GIT_COMMIT:-72bbb4fde915e4132c19cd7ce3605364abac58a5}
+UPDATE=${UPDATE:-true}
 
-TMPDIR="$(dirname $0)/vendor"
-mkdir -p $TMPDIR
-log "created a temporary folder at $TMPDIR"
+if [[ "$UPDATE" = true ]]; then
+    git submodule init
+    git submodule update
+fi
 
 pushd .
-
-log "cloning synthetic-network's git repo"
-cd $TMPDIR
-if [[ ! -d ./synthetic-network ]]; then
-    git clone https://github.com/daily-co/synthetic-network.git
-fi
-cd synthetic-network
-git fetch origin
-git checkout $GIT_COMMIT
+cd scripts/synthetic-network/vendor/synthetic-network
 
 log "building base docker image for synthetic-network with support for synthetic-network"
-log "patching synthetic network"
-# aleph-node crashes since it uses newer glibc than this image
-sed -i 's/FROM node:12.20.2/FROM node:19.2/' Dockerfile
 docker build -t syntheticnet .
 
 popd
diff --git a/scripts/synthetic-network/run_consensus_synthetic-network.sh b/scripts/synthetic-network/run_consensus_synthetic-network.sh
index 9c66c4d0f4..6cc4522217 100755
--- a/scripts/synthetic-network/run_consensus_synthetic-network.sh
+++ b/scripts/synthetic-network/run_consensus_synthetic-network.sh
@@ -15,17 +15,16 @@ Usage:
   IMPORTANT: this script requires aleph-node:latest docker image.
     --no-build-image
         skip docker image build
-    --commit 72bbb4fde915e4132c19cd7ce3605364abac58a5
-        commit hash used to build synthetic-network, default is 72bbb4fde915e4132c19cd7ce3605364abac58a5
+    --no-update
+        skip git-submodule update for the synthetic-network repository
 EOF
     exit 0
 }
 
 function build_test_image() {
-    local commit=$1
-    local path=$2
+    local path=$1
 
-    GIT_COMMIT=$commit ${path}/build_synthetic-network.sh
+    ${path}/build_synthetic-network.sh
 }
 
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
@@ -34,9 +33,9 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             BUILD_IMAGE=false
             shift
             ;;
-        --commit)
-            GIT_COMMIT="$2"
-            shift;shift
+        --no-update)
+            UPDATE=false
+            shift
             ;;
         --help)
             usage
@@ -49,12 +48,17 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
 done
 
 BUILD_IMAGE=${BUILD_IMAGE:-true}
-GIT_COMMIT=${GIT_COMMIT:-72bbb4fde915e4132c19cd7ce3605364abac58a5}
+UPDATE=${UPDATE:-true}
+
+if [[ "$UPDATE" = true ]]; then
+    git submodule init
+    git submodule update
+fi
 
 if [[ "$BUILD_IMAGE" = true ]]; then
     log "building custom docker image for synthetic-network tests"
     path=$(dirname $0)
-    build_test_image $GIT_COMMIT $path
+    build_test_image $path
 fi
 
 log "running synthetic-network"
diff --git a/scripts/synthetic-network/run_script_for_synthetic-network.sh b/scripts/synthetic-network/run_script_for_synthetic-network.sh
index b8b44d98c3..419df5ad4b 100755
--- a/scripts/synthetic-network/run_script_for_synthetic-network.sh
+++ b/scripts/synthetic-network/run_script_for_synthetic-network.sh
@@ -12,25 +12,25 @@ Usage:
   IMPORTANT: first you need to call 'scripts/run_consensus_synthetic-network.sh' and let it run in background.
              It spawns docker-compose configured with synthetic-network.
              It requires node.js to run.
-    --commit 72bbb4fde915e4132c19cd7ce3605364abac58a5
-        commit hash used to build synthetic-network, default is 72bbb4fde915e4132c19cd7ce3605364abac58a5
     --script-path scripts/vendor/synthetic-network/frontend/udp_rate_sine_demo.js
         path to a synthetic-network scrypt. Default is a demo scripts/vendor/synthetic-network/frontend/udp_rate_sine_demo.js
         from the synthetic-network repo. Please consult synthetic-network repo for details: https://github.com/daily-co/synthetic-network
+    --no-update
+        skip git-submodule update for the synthetic-network repository
 EOF
     exit 0
 }
 
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case $1 in
-        --commit)
-            GIT_COMMIT="$2"
-            shift;shift
-            ;;
         --script-path)
             SCRIPT_PATH="$2"
             shift;shift
             ;;
+        --no-update)
+            UPDATE=false
+            shift
+            ;;
         --help)
             usage
             shift
@@ -41,23 +41,16 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     esac
 done
 
-GIT_COMMIT=${GIT_COMMIT:-72bbb4fde915e4132c19cd7ce3605364abac58a5}
 SCRIPT_PATH=${SCRIPT_PATH:-scripts/vendor/synthetic-network/frontend/udp_rate_sine_demo.js}
 SCRIPT_PATH=$(realpath $SCRIPT_PATH)
+UPDATE=${UPDATE:-true}
 
-TMPDIR="$(dirname $0)/vendor"
-mkdir -p $TMPDIR
-log "created a temporary folder at $TMPDIR"
-
-log "cloning synthetic-network's git repo"
-cd $TMPDIR
-if [[ ! -d ./synthetic-network ]]; then
-    git clone https://github.com/daily-co/synthetic-network.git
+if [[ "$UPDATE" = true ]]; then
+    git submodule init
+    git submodule update
 fi
-cd synthetic-network
-git fetch origin
-git checkout $GIT_COMMIT
-cd frontend
+
+cd synthetic-network/frontend
 
 log "running .js script"
 node $SCRIPT_PATH ${@:1}
diff --git a/scripts/synthetic-network/synthetic-link/Cargo.lock b/scripts/synthetic-network/synthetic-link/Cargo.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c583cf2385
--- /dev/null
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diff --git a/scripts/synthetic-network/synthetic-link/Cargo.toml b/scripts/synthetic-network/synthetic-link/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b0226b48a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/synthetic-network/synthetic-link/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[package]
+name = "synthetic-link"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Cardinal Cryptography"]
+edition = "2021"
+license = "Apache 2.0"
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.66"
+clap = { version = "4.0.29", features = ["derive"] }
+env_logger = "0.10.0"
+log = "0.4.17"
+reqwest = { version = "0.11.13", features = ["json"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0.149", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0.89"
+serde_repr = "0.1.9"
+tokio = { version = "1.23.0", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/scripts/synthetic-network/synthetic-link/src/lib.rs b/scripts/synthetic-network/synthetic-link/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba5f5a5c96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/synthetic-network/synthetic-link/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,266 @@
+use std::ops::RangeInclusive;
+
+use anyhow::bail;
+use reqwest::Client;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde_repr::{Deserialize_repr, Serialize_repr};
+
+const DEFAULT_SYNTHETIC_NETWORK: SyntheticNetwork = SyntheticNetwork {
+    default_link: DEFAULT_SYNTHETIC_LINK,
+    flows: Vec::new(),
+};
+
+const DEFAULT_SYNTHETIC_LINK: SyntheticLink = SyntheticLink {
+    ingress: DEFAULT_QOS,
+    egress: DEFAULT_QOS,
+};
+
+const DEFAULT_QOS: QualityOfService = QualityOfService {
+    rate: 1000000000,
+    loss: StrengthParam::zero(),
+    latency: 0,
+    jitter: 0,
+    jitter_strength: StrengthParam::zero(),
+    reorder_packets: false,
+};
+
+const DEFAULT_FLOW: Flow = Flow {
+    ip: IpPattern::All,
+    protocol: Protocol::All,
+    port_range: PortRange::all(),
+};
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
+pub struct SyntheticNetwork {
+    pub default_link: SyntheticLink,
+    pub flows: Vec<SyntheticFlow>,
+}
+
+impl Default for SyntheticNetwork {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        DEFAULT_SYNTHETIC_NETWORK
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
+pub struct SyntheticLink {
+    pub ingress: QualityOfService,
+    pub egress: QualityOfService,
+}
+
+impl Default for SyntheticLink {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        DEFAULT_SYNTHETIC_LINK
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
+pub struct QualityOfService {
+    pub rate: u64,
+    pub loss: StrengthParam,
+    pub latency: u64,
+    pub jitter: u64,
+    pub jitter_strength: StrengthParam,
+    pub reorder_packets: bool,
+}
+
+impl Default for QualityOfService {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        DEFAULT_QOS
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
+pub struct SyntheticFlow {
+    pub label: NonEmptyString,
+    pub flow: Flow,
+    pub link: SyntheticLink,
+}
+
+impl SyntheticFlow {
+    pub fn new(label: NonEmptyString) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            label,
+            flow: DEFAULT_FLOW,
+            link: DEFAULT_SYNTHETIC_LINK,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
+pub struct Flow {
+    pub ip: IpPattern,
+    pub protocol: Protocol,
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub port_range: PortRange,
+}
+
+impl Default for Flow {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        DEFAULT_FLOW
+    }
+}
+
+/// Simple wrapper for the `String` type representing only non-empty strings.
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
+pub struct NonEmptyString(String);
+
+impl NonEmptyString {
+    /// Creates an instance of the NonEmptyString type. Bails if provided value `is_empty`.
+    pub fn new(value: String) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        if value.is_empty() {
+            bail!("`value` must be non-empty");
+        }
+        Ok(Self(value))
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsRef<String> for NonEmptyString {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &String {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
+
+/// Simple wrapper for the `f64` type representing number in range 0..=1.
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
+pub struct StrengthParam(f64);
+
+impl Default for StrengthParam {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self(0.0)
+    }
+}
+
+impl StrengthParam {
+    /// Creates an instance of the `StrengthParam` type. Bails if provided value is not withing 0..=1 range.
+    pub fn new(value: f64) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        if value > 1.0 {
+            bail!("value shouldn't be larger than 1");
+        }
+        if value < 0.0 {
+            bail!("value shouldn't be smaller than 0");
+        }
+        Ok(Self(value))
+    }
+
+    const fn zero() -> Self {
+        Self(0.0)
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsRef<f64> for StrengthParam {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &f64 {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize_repr, Deserialize_repr, Clone)]
+#[repr(u8)]
+pub enum Protocol {
+    Icmp = 1,
+    Tcp = 6,
+    Udp = 17,
+    All = 0,
+}
+
+/// Simple wrapper for the `RangeInclusive<u16>` type.
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
+#[serde(try_from = "PortRangeSerde", into = "PortRangeSerde")]
+pub struct PortRange(RangeInclusive<u16>);
+
+impl PortRange {
+    pub const fn all() -> Self {
+        Self(0..=u16::MAX)
+    }
+
+    /// Creates an instance of the `PortRange` type. Bails if `port_min > port_max`.
+    pub fn new(port_min: u16, port_max: u16) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        if port_min > port_max {
+            bail!("`port_min` is larger than `port_max`");
+        }
+        Ok(Self(port_min..=port_max))
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsRef<RangeInclusive<u16>> for PortRange {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &RangeInclusive<u16> {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
+struct PortRangeSerde {
+    port_min: u16,
+    port_max: u16,
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<PortRangeSerde> for PortRange {
+    type Error = anyhow::Error;
+
+    fn try_from(value: PortRangeSerde) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        Self::new(value.port_min, value.port_max)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<PortRange> for PortRangeSerde {
+    fn from(value: PortRange) -> Self {
+        PortRangeSerde {
+            port_min: *value.0.start(),
+            port_max: *value.0.end(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Custom type for representing IP patterns, namely `all addresses` or any other specific value.
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
+#[serde(from = "IpPatternSerde", into = "IpPatternSerde")]
+pub enum IpPattern {
+    All,
+    Ip(u32),
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
+struct IpPatternSerde(u32);
+
+impl From<IpPatternSerde> for IpPattern {
+    fn from(value: IpPatternSerde) -> Self {
+        match value.0 {
+            0 => IpPattern::All,
+            ip => IpPattern::Ip(ip),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<IpPattern> for IpPatternSerde {
+    fn from(value: IpPattern) -> Self {
+        let ip = match value {
+            IpPattern::All => 0,
+            IpPattern::Ip(ip) => ip,
+        };
+        IpPatternSerde(ip)
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct SyntheticNetworkClient {
+    client: Client,
+    url: String,
+}
+
+impl SyntheticNetworkClient {
+    pub fn new(url: String) -> Self {
+        SyntheticNetworkClient {
+            client: Client::new(),
+            url,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn commit_config(&mut self, config: &SyntheticNetwork) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let result = self.client.post(&self.url).json(config).send().await;
+        Ok(result.map(|_| ())?)
+    }
+
+    pub async fn load_config(&mut self) -> anyhow::Result<SyntheticNetwork> {
+        let result = self.client.get(&self.url).send().await?;
+        Ok(result.json::<SyntheticNetwork>().await?)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/synthetic-network/synthetic-link/src/main.rs b/scripts/synthetic-network/synthetic-link/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01f7a68924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/synthetic-network/synthetic-link/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+use clap::{arg, Parser};
+use log::info;
+use synthetic_link::{SyntheticNetwork, SyntheticNetworkClient};
+
+#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
+struct Args {
+    #[arg(short, long, default_value = "http://Node0:80/qos")]
+    url: String,
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    env_logger::init();
+
+    let args = Args::parse();
+    let synth_net_url = args.url;
+
+    info!("reading SyntheticNetwork configuration from stdin");
+    let deserializer = serde_json::Deserializer::from_reader(std::io::stdin());
+    let synth_net_config: SyntheticNetwork = deserializer
+        .into_iter()
+        .next()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("no configuration on stdin"))
+        .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("unable to parse SyntheticNetwork config: {}", e));
+    info!("parsed SyntheticNetwork configuration");
+
+    info!("commiting configuration");
+    let mut synth_net_client = SyntheticNetworkClient::new(synth_net_url);
+    synth_net_client
+        .commit_config(&synth_net_config)
+        .await
+        .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("failed to commit SyntheticNetwork configuration: {}", e));
+    info!("successfully committed new configuration");
+}
diff --git a/scripts/synthetic-network/vendor/synthetic-network b/scripts/synthetic-network/vendor/synthetic-network
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..72bbb4fde9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/synthetic-network/vendor/synthetic-network
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 72bbb4fde915e4132c19cd7ce3605364abac58a5
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index d21ea4d5ee..030d32db42 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ let
   nixpkgs = versions.nixpkgs;
   env = versions.stdenv;
   project = import ./default.nix ( buildOptions // { inherit versions; } );
-  rust = nixpkgs.rust.override {
+  rust = versions.rustToolchain.rust.override {
     extensions = [ "rust-src" ];
   };
   nativeBuildInputs = [rust nixpkgs.cacert nixpkgs.openssl] ++ project.nativeBuildInputs;
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ nixpkgs.mkShell.override { stdenv = env; }
   {
     inherit nativeBuildInputs;
     inherit (project) buildInputs shellHook;
+    # RUST_SRC_PATH might be needed by the `rust-analyzer`
+    RUST_SRC_PATH = "${versions.rustToolchain.rust-src}/lib/rustlib/src/rust/library/";
   }