Release op-node & op-batcher v1.4.0

❗ This is a mandatory release for Optimism Sepolia & Goerli and upgrading is required before 2023-12-20. This includes all features required for the Delta Network Upgade which will be activating at 1703116800 Thu Dec 21 00:00:00 UTC 2023 for Goerli & at 1703203200 Fri Dec 22 00:00:00 UTC 2023 for Sepolia.

This version also includes mainnet Canyon as in https://github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism/releases/tag/op-node%2Fv1.3.2. This release is ready to run on mainnet.

Important Changes

• Span Batches is added to this version of op-node & op-batcher. It will automatically activate on the op-node with the Delta network upgrade timestamp. It can be activated on the batcher by setting the --batch-type flag to 1.
• The --engine-sync flag is being deprecated.
• The op-node now supports dencun headers

Partial Changelog

• Fix batcher panic on invalid configuration by @mdehoog in #7975
• op-node: static-peers list local-peer check and flag description update by @protolambda in #8014
• Span Batch Hard Fork Activation Rule Update by @pcw109550 in #7813
• Span batch atomicity by @ImTei in #7867
• op-node: Fixup PGN Sepolia Rollup Config by @trianglesphere in #8065
• op-node: Check withdrawals hash in P2P validation by @trianglesphere in #8035
• Optimize span batch e2e test by @ImTei in #8047
• Update Span batch specs to allow overlapping batches by @ImTei in #7259
• specs: 1559 configuration by @trianglesphere in #8090
• specs: Clarify withdrawals specs better by @trianglesphere in #8088
• op-challenger: Introduce TraceAccessor by @ajsutton in #8043
• Dencun header changes by @EvanJRichard in #7993
• op-service: Add unit tests for verifying receipts by @ajsutton in #8066
• op-service: Ensure block body validation tests fail for the expected reason by @ajsutton in #8064
• op-node: flexible L2 genesis generation by @tynes in #8102
• op-service: Remove attributes from warn-log in EngineClient by @sebastianst in #8073
• op-node: Add command to dump rollup configs by @mslipper in #8063
• op-service: Fix fetcher for proxyd by @trianglesphere in #8182
• op-proposer: service lifecycle cleanup by @joohhnnn in #8040
• op-node/p2p: Fix deleteRecord to return nil if store.Delete succeeds by @sebastianst in #8211
• Rename span batch hard fork to delta hard fork by @pcw109550 in #8314
• op-proposer: Fix err check location in test by @trianglesphere in #8322
• op-node: specify Delta upgrade version, update superchain-registry, bump protocol-support to Delta pre-release by @protolambda in #8354
• op-node: Add syncmode flag and remove old snap sync flag by @trianglesphere in #8333
• op-node: Remove Panic while Span Batch Derivation by @pcw109550 in #8385
• Add span batch logging & metrics by @ImTei in #8412
• op-service: Refactor EthClient with ReceiptsProvider abstraction by @sebastianst in #8130
• Add config flag to set max number of concurrent L1 RPC requests. by @EvanJRichard in #8431
• op-node: Log and set metrics after batch is derived without error by @ImTei in #8440
• Several typos are fixed by @sukey2008 in #8445
• op-batcher: Move config test from op-e2e to unit tests by @trianglesphere in #8463
• Add Delta override flag by @ImTei in #8406
• op-node: Span batch Unprotected Tx Handling + Logic Error Fix by @pcw109550 in #8458

New Contributors

• @kafeikui made their first contribution in #8011
• @Aryan9592 made their first contribution in #8024
• @EvanJRichard made their first contribution in #7993
• @kaliubuntu0206 made their first contribution in #8039
• @joseandro made their first contribution in #8136
• @xenoliss made their first contribution in #8288
• @oxbau made their first contribution in #8398
• @kylemasterd1 made their first contribution in #8405
• @Pan-chao made their first contribution in #8475

Full Changelog: op-node/v1.3.2...op-node/v1.4.0