Release Release 24.1.1 · hyperledger/besu

24.1.1

New EXECUTION_HALTED error returned if there is an error executing or simulating a transaction, with the reason for execution being halted. Replaces the generic INTERNAL_ERROR return code in certain cases which some applications may be checking for #6343
The Besu Docker images with openjdk-latest tags since 23.10.3 were incorrectly using UID 1001 instead of 1000 for the container's besu user. The user now uses 1000 again. Containers created from or migrated to images using UID 1001 will need to chown their persistent database files to UID 1000 #6360 - thanks @h4l
The deprecated --privacy-onchain-groups-enabled option has now been removed. Use the --privacy-flexible-groups-enabled option instead. #6411
The time that can be spent selecting transactions during block creation is not capped at 5 seconds for PoS and PoW networks, and for PoA networks, at 75% of the block period specified in the genesis, this to prevent possible DoS in case a single transaction is taking too long to execute, and to have a stable block production rate, but it could be a breaking change if an existing network used to have transactions that takes more time to executed that the newly introduced limit, if it is mandatory for these network to keep processing these long processing transaction, then the default value of block-txs-selection-max-time or poa-block-txs-selection-max-time needs to be tuned accordingly. #6423

Optimize RocksDB WAL files, allows for faster restart and a more linear disk space utilization #6328
Disable transaction handling when the node is not in sync, to avoid unnecessary transaction validation work #6302
Introduce TransactionEvaluationContext to pass data between transaction selectors and plugin, during block creation #6381
Upgrade dependencies #6377
Upgrade com.fasterxml.jackson dependencies #6378
Upgrade Guava dependency #6396
Upgrade Mockito #6397
Upgrade tech.pegasys.discovery:discovery #6414
Options to tune the max allowed time that can be spent selecting transactions during block creation are now stable #6423

INTERNAL_ERROR from eth_estimateGas JSON/RPC calls #6344
Fix Besu Docker images with openjdk-latest tags since 23.10.3 using UID 1001 instead of 1000 for the besu user #6360 - thanks @h4l
Fluent EVM API definition for Tangerine Whistle had incorrect code size validation configured #6382
Correct mining beneficiary for Clique networks in TraceServiceImpl #6390
Fix to gas limit delta calculations used in block production. Besu should now increment or decrement the block gas limit towards its target correctly (thanks @arbora) #6425
Ensure Backward Sync waits for initial sync before starting a session #6455
Silence the noisy DNS query errors #6458

Note, due to a CI race with the release job, the initial published version of 24.1.1 were overwritten by artifacts generated from the same sources, but differ in their embedded timestamps. The initial SHAs are noted here but are deprecated:
~~https://hyperledger.jfrog.io/artifactory/besu-binaries/besu/24.1.1/besu-24.1.1.zip / sha256 b6b64f939e0bb4937ce90fc647e0a7073ce3e359c10352b502059955070a60c6~~
~~https://hyperledger.jfrog.io/artifactory/besu-binaries/besu/24.1.1/besu-24.1.1.tar.gz / sha256 cfcae04c30769bf338b0740ac65870f9346d3469931bb46cdba3b2f65d311e7a~~