Hi there! Is there a way to test the POST call on the provider side without actually contacting the real provider? We have some cases where we want to test a POST call from a consumer, which would create a new resource or apply actual changes. The verifier tests the contract against a running provider, but we do not want these contract tests to impact the resources.

Not really, anything you do that is not testing the real provider is likely to result in another problem down the track - a false sense of security