v2.18.0rc6.dev1

What's Changed

• chore(deps,tooling): bump ruff to latest version by @danceratopz in #1445
• Rewrite new fork tool to modify blob parameters by @SamWilsn in #1372
• fix dead Readme links by @pheobeayo in #1443
• type:refactor Change is_after_fork method by @DeborahOlaboye in #1448
• Tune test memory usage; disable index on pypy by @SamWilsn in #1455
• Update CONTRIBUTING.md to outline issue assignment practice by @Carsons-Eels in #1457
• fixing issue #1398 by @Praniti1594 in #1593
• chore: fix typos by @radik878 in #1595
• docs: fix typo by @MozirDmitriy in #1597
• docs: fix typo by @Forostovec in #1600
• fix(doc): typing issues with new mistletoe by @SamWilsn in #1634
• chore(tooling): mypy issues with eest post-weld by @fselmo in #1633
• feat: commit-message-format by @Anuoluwapo25 in #1596
• fix(ci): don't run lint-commit on default branch by @SamWilsn in #1637
• chore(gitignore): add missing gitignore entries from eest by @felix314159 in #1643
• chore(pr-template): fix tox environment reference by @mirgee in #1642
• chore(tests): Move tests/eest to top-level tests/ directory by @kclowes in #1636
• chore(deps): add platformdirs to EEST dependencies by @mirgee in #1641
• chore(weld): ruff 79 line length alignment by @spencer-tb in #1649
• feat(besu): add exception mapping by @mirgee in #1640
• chore(pytest): Fix/enable packages/tests unit tests by @marioevz in #1639
• chore(tests): add stubs for requests_unixsocket by @SamWilsn in #1647
• chore(tests): format requests_unixsocket by @SamWilsn in #1655
• chore: remove weld migration warnings by @fselmo in #1658
• chore(ci): use locking tox-uv runner by @SamWilsn in #1657
• chore: Use order indexing for multiple Unscheduled forks by @fselmo in #1667
• chore: remove unnecessary flag from tox commands by @fselmo in #1668
• Mute lint-commits job on default branch by @SamWilsn in #1665
• fix(tool): Add tox and tox-uv as dev deps for uv sync by @fselmo in #1671
• docs:fix Documentation for calculate_block_difficulty incorrectly ref… by @pheobeayo in #1673
• refactor(testing): improve layout and naming of testing packages by @danceratopz in #1654
• fix(consume): consume sync validation relies on FCU only by @fselmo in #1670
• chore(testing/cli): add ethrex exception mappers by @spencer-tb in #1690
• chore(client-clis): Add system contract and deposit BlockExceptions for evmone by @pdobacz in #1689
• chore(packages/tests): update bal mappers by @spencer-tb in #1661
• fix(testing/specs): Fix benchmark pre-alloc grouping by @marioevz in #1708
• feat(tests): expand *CALL gas testing test by @pdobacz in #1703
• feat(ci): create releases in EEST from EELS by @spencer-tb in #1608
• chore(ci): fix feature exact match by @spencer-tb in #1712
• chore(ci): add path filters to render workflow by @spencer-tb in #1696
• chore(deps,tooling): move dev extras to dependency-group by @danceratopz in #1688
• chore(fill,execute): only collect test modules named test_* by @danceratopz in #1710
• feat: add SLOAD/SSTORE mixed benchmarks from execution-spec-tests by @CPerezz in #1697
• fix(cli): pytest assert write warning by @kclowes in #1699
• fix(testing): restore default gas after fill pytester test by @danceratopz in #1718
• refactor(tests): General benchmark folder restructuring by @LouisTsai-Csie in #1681
• feat(tests): CREATE/2 running OOG on code deposit by @pdobacz in #1705
• feat(tests): Deposit contract log with no topics by @pdobacz in #1693
• feat(tests): tests for ecrecover precompile by @pdobacz in #1685
• feat(tests): tests for modexp and ripemd by @pdobacz in #1691
• bug(pytest): fixed repository root getting cluttered with logs/ directory when running with tox by @DeborahOlaboye in #1632
• fix(tests): test broken by moving logs by @SamWilsn in #1735
• fix(test-tools): fix uv sync when building fixtures for releases by @fselmo in #1739
• docs(README): fixed broken link license by @Olexandr88 in #1744

New Contributors

• @pheobeayo made their first contribution in #1443
• @DeborahOlaboye made their first contribution in #1448
• @Praniti1594 made their first contribution in #1593
• @radik878 made their first contribution in #1595
• @MozirDmitriy made their first contribution in #1597
• @Forostovec made their first contribution in #1600
• @Anuoluwapo25 made their first contribution in #1596
• @felix314159 made their first contribution in #1643
• @mirgee made their first contribution in #1642
• @CPerezz made their first contribution in #1697
• @Olexandr88 made their first contribution in #1744

Full Changelog: v2.18.0rc5.dev1...v2.18.0rc6.dev1