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+defmodule BeaconApiTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case
+  use Plug.Test
+  use Patch
+  alias BeaconApi.Router
+  alias LambdaEthereumConsensus.Store.BlockStore
+  alias LambdaEthereumConsensus.Store.Db
+
+  @moduletag :beacon_api_case
+
+  @opts Router.init([])
+
+  setup do
+    Application.put_env(:lambda_ethereum_consensus, ChainSpec, config: MainnetConfig)
+
+    head_root =
+      <<0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0>>
+
+    status_message = %Types.StatusMessage{
+      fork_digest: Fixtures.Random.binary(4),
+      finalized_root: Fixtures.Random.root(),
+      finalized_epoch: Fixtures.Random.uint64(),
+      head_root: head_root,
+      head_slot: Fixtures.Random.uint64()
+    }
+
+    start_supervised!(Db)
+
+    patch(
+      LambdaEthereumConsensus.Beacon.BeaconChain,
+      :get_current_status_message,
+      {:ok, status_message}
+    )
+
+    :ok
+  end
+
+  test "get state SSZ HashTreeRoot by head" do
+    head_root =
+      <<0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0>>
+
+    signed_block = Fixtures.Block.signed_beacon_block()
+    BlockStore.store_block(signed_block, head_root)
+
+    resp_body = %{
+      data: %{root: "0x" <> Base.encode16(signed_block.message.state_root, case: :lower)},
+      finalized: false,
+      execution_optimistic: true
+    }
+
+    {:ok, encoded_resp_body_json} = Jason.encode(resp_body)
+
+    conn =
+      :get
+      |> conn("/eth/v1/beacon/states/head/root", nil)
+      |> Router.call(@opts)
+
+    assert conn.state == :sent
+    assert conn.status == 200
+    assert conn.resp_body == encoded_resp_body_json
+  end
+
+  test "get invalid state SSZ HashTreeRoot" do
+    resp_body = %{
+      code: 400,
+      message: "Invalid state ID: unknown_state"
+    }
+
+    {:ok, encoded_resp_body_json} = Jason.encode(resp_body)
+
+    conn =
+      :get
+      |> conn("/eth/v1/beacon/states/unknown_state/root", nil)
+      |> Router.call(@opts)
+
+    assert conn.state == :sent
+    assert conn.status == 400
+    assert conn.resp_body == encoded_resp_body_json
+  end
+end