Release v1.42.0-rc.0

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Features

• enhance NetworkProcessor for gloas (#9025) (@twoeths)
• update data column sidecars for gloas (#8938) (@nflaig)
• allow voluntary exit command to write to file rather than publish (#9087) (@markolazic01)
• enable quic transport by default (#9133) (@lodekeeper)
• add execution payload events (#9120) (@nflaig)
• switch from buildjet to warpbuild (#9125) (@matthewkeil)
• introduce nativeStateView feature flag (#9067) (@twoeths)
• add payload envelope reqresp (#9050) (@ensi321)
• add --http.requestTimeout flag to configure vc http request timeout (#9086) (@markolazic01)
• schedule Fulu fork for Gnosis mainnet (#9074) (@dapplion)
• add gloas execution payload envelope import pipeline (#8962) (@ensi321)
• update voluntary exit for gloas (#9039) (@nflaig)
• state cache for ePBS (#8868) (@ensi321)

Bug Fixes

• process payload attestations before payload envelope import (#9159) (@nflaig)
• update attestation data index extraction (#9158) (@nflaig)
• track PayloadExecutionStatus for forkchoice onExecutionPayload() (#9119) (@twoeths)
• update stale custody group metric name in summary dashboard (#9121) (@lodekeeper)
• only create QUIC clients for configured address families (#9101) (@lodekeeper)
• use IGNORE instead of REJECT for missing payload envelope input (#9094) (@nflaig)
• improve sync aggregate participation (#9070) (@lodekeeper)
• override MIN_EPOCHS_FOR_DATA_COLUMN_SIDECARS_REQUESTS for Gnosis (#9075) (@lodekeeper)

Refactoring

• generalize NetworkProcessor awaiting-block mechanism for all gossip types (#9059) (@twoeths)
• simplify protoArray pruning for gloas (#9068) (@GrapeBaBa)
• avoid falsy zero check in indexed attestation bounds validation (#9089) (@nflaig)

Tests

• remove non-null assertions in gloas protoArray test (#9152) (@lodekeeper)
• remove last benchmark cache-clear hack and skip aggregatedAttestationPool by default (#9147) (@lodekeeper)
• scope clearPerfStateCache to loadState only to fix benchmark flakiness (#9143) (@lodekeeper)
• fix benchmark OOM with deterministic fixture teardown (#9140) (@lodekeeper)
• revert clone(true) to fix benchmark memory regression (#9138) (@lodekeeper)
• use singletons for default-vc perf state caching (#9137) (@lodekeeper)
• fix benchmark perf state poisoning (#9136) (@lodekeeper)
• fix benchmark CI stability (#9132) (@lodekeeper)
• fix benchmark failures surfaced by benchmark 2.0.2 (#9131) (@lodekeeper)
• fix updateHead benchmark broken by missing Gloas fields on genesis (#9122) (@GrapeBaBa)
• wire sync committee gossip validation spec tests (#9106) (@nflaig)

Maintenance

• correct testCachePath after move from test/ to src/testUtils/ (#9145) (@lodekeeper)
• merge v1.41.1 back to unstable (#9146) (@matthewkeil)
• bump @chainsafe/benchmark to 2.0.2 (#9128) (@lodekeeper)
• switch arm from buildjet to warpbuild (#9129) (@matthewkeil)
• consume BeaconStateView (#8857) (@twoeths)
• clean up UnknownBlockSync (#9069) (@twoeths)
• enable forceJsExtensions in biome lint config (#9079) (@lodekeeper)
• use permalinks for spec references (#9065) (@markolazic01)
• merge stable 1.41.0 back to unstable (#9066) (@matthewkeil)
• deps: bump the actions group with 2 updates (#9130) (@dependabot[bot])
• deps: bump fastify from 5.8.1 to 5.8.3 (#9114) (@dependabot[bot])
• deps: bump the actions group with 3 updates (#9093) (@dependabot[bot])

Documentation

• remove backticks from port defaultDescription to fix docs rendering (#9139) (@lodekeeper)
• add Google Search Console verification file (#9097) (@lodekeeper)
• add high-res favicon, apple-touch-icon, and og:image metadata (#9095) (@lodekeeper)
• improve AGENTS.md with code quality rules and structural cleanup (#9077) (@lodekeeper)
• update docs favicon to current Lodestar logo (#9058) (@lodekeeper)