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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+pragma solidity 0.8.17;
+
+import "forge-std/Test.sol";
+import {ZoraCreator1155FactoryImpl} from "@zoralabs/zora-1155-contracts/src/factory/ZoraCreator1155FactoryImpl.sol";
+import {ForkDeploymentConfig, Deployment, ChainConfig} from "../src/DeploymentConfig.sol";
+import {ZoraDeployerUtils} from "../src/ZoraDeployerUtils.sol";
+
+contract UpgradesTest is ForkDeploymentConfig, Test {
+    /// @notice gets the chains to do fork tests on, by reading environment var FORK_TEST_CHAINS.
+    /// Chains are by name, and must match whats under `rpc_endpoints` in the foundry.toml
+    function getForkTestChains() private view returns (string[] memory result) {
+        try vm.envString("FORK_TEST_CHAINS", ",") returns (string[] memory forkTestChains) {
+            result = forkTestChains;
+        } catch {
+            console.log("could not get fork test chains - make sure the environment variable FORK_TEST_CHAINS is set");
+            result = new string[](0);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// @notice checks which chains need an upgrade, simulated the upgrade, and gets the upgrade calldata
+    /// @param chainName
+    function simulate1155UpgradeOnFork(string memory chainName) private {
+        // create and select the fork, which will be used for all subsequent calls
+        vm.createSelectFork(vm.rpcUrl(chainName));
+
+        Deployment memory deployment = getDeployment();
+
+        ChainConfig memory chainConfig = getChainConfig();
+
+        address creator = makeAddr("creator");
+
+        vm.startPrank(chainConfig.factoryOwner);
+
+        address currentImplementation = ZoraCreator1155FactoryImpl(deployment.factoryProxy).implementation();
+
+        if (currentImplementation != deployment.factoryImpl) {
+            address targetImpl = deployment.factoryImpl;
+            (address target, bytes memory upgradeCalldata) = ZoraDeployerUtils.simulateUpgrade(deployment);
+
+            ZoraDeployerUtils.deployTestContractForVerification(deployment.factoryProxy, creator);
+
+            console2.log("=== 1155 upgrade needed ===");
+            console2.log("chain:", chainName);
+            console2.log("upgrade owner:", chainConfig.factoryOwner);
+            console2.log("upgrade target:", target);
+            console2.log("upgrade calldata:");
+            console.logBytes(upgradeCalldata);
+            console2.log("upgrade to address:", targetImpl);
+            console2.log("=====================\n");
+        }
+    }
+
+    function test_fork_simulateUpgrades() external {
+        string[] memory forkTestChains = getForkTestChains();
+        for (uint256 i = 0; i < forkTestChains.length; i++) {
+            simulate1155UpgradeOnFork(forkTestChains[i]);
+        }
+    }
+}