v1.6.0

What's Changed

• doc: add hierarchical AGENTS.md files for subdirectories by @Troublor in #227
• fix: use pull_request_target for claude CI to support fork PRs by @Troublor in #233
• refactor: remove salt crate dependency by inlining bucket_id hasher by @Troublor in #225
• test: extend Rex4 EIP-7702 delegation cycle coverage by @aproskill81 in #229
• ci: add Criterion benchmarks and CI workflow by @RealiCZ in #213
• revert: use pull_request trigger for claude CI by @Troublor in #236
• docs: fix documentation audit findings from #231 by @Troublor in #235
• refactor: add --json output, unify RPC provider, add integration tests by @RealiCZ in #228
• refactor: extract t8n into standalone binary, remove state-test dep from mega-evme by @Troublor in #226
• ci: include mega-evme in doc-audit and doc-impact CI by @Troublor in #237
• chore: prepare crates for crates.io publishing by @Troublor in #240
• docs: add --json flag and replace --fork.rpc with --rpc by @Troublor in #241
• fix: remove false-positive rescue_gas debug assert by @RealiCZ in #242
• chore: bump rust-version, split README, add install instructions by @Troublor in #245
• ci: add crates.io publish workflow by @Troublor in #244
• feat: persistent per-chain RPC cache + chain-id-aware retry by @RealiCZ in #239
• chore: add flyq and vincent-k2026 as global code owners by @Troublor in #246
• doc: add security policy by @Troublor in #248
• feat: introduce REX5 spec by @RealiCZ in #247
• chore(deps): bump rand from 0.9.2 to 0.9.3 in the cargo group across 1 directory by @dependabot[bot] in #250
• [agent] Upgrade rust toolchain by @TroublorBot in #254
• [agent] Documentation audit — 2026-04-13 by @TroublorBot in #255
• fix(mega-evme): read excess_blob_gas from block header in replay by @TroublorBot in #258
• doc: expand code review guidelines by @Troublor in #256
• fix: clarify access control staticcall behavior by @RealiCZ in #259
• feat: add replay cache-file mode by @RealiCZ in #251
• docs: add Security Considerations to EVM spec pages by @Troublor in #263
• docs(mega-evme): document --rpc.capture-file and --rpc.replay-file by @Troublor in #265
• feat: add SequencerRegistry and dynamic system address by @RealiCZ in #260
• fix(limit): dedupe parent caller account updates in Rex5 by @TroublorBot in #266
• chore(deps): bump the cargo group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #268
• fix(sandbox): reject trailing bytes in keyless tx RLP decoding by @TroublorBot in #270
• refactor(limit): encapsulate CallFrameInfo parent-flag logic in frame_limit (#271) by @TroublorBot in #272
• chore(limit): rename BlockLimiter post_execution_check to post_execution_update by @TroublorBot in #279
• fix(system): make system contract validation and interceptor dispatch invariants explicit by @TroublorBot in #277
• fix(system): preserve Oracle storage during bytecode upgrades by @TroublorBot in #278
• fix(limit,gas): harden block and dynamic gas arithmetic against u64 overflow by @TroublorBot in #280
• docs(oracle): document auth-after-effect ordering by @TroublorBot in #288
• docs: address documentation audit findings from issue #281 by @TroublorBot in #289
• fix(evm): skip DB storage lookup for newly-created accounts in inspect_storage by @flyq in #290
• fix: use live block gas budget for applyPendingChanges() call by @RealiCZ in #282
• refactor: harden sequencer registry bootstrap and admin handoff by @RealiCZ in #285
• fix: expand memory before slicing initcode in CREATE2 wrapper by @RealiCZ in #296
• fix(evm): meter CALLCODE new-account storage gas against caller context by @TroublorBot in #284
• perf(limit): cache net_usage in FrameLimitTracker by @WonderLawrence in #298
• feat(bench): add attack_replay benchmark by @vincent-k2026 in #299
• ci(benchmark): add baseline-gap table and raise timeout by @RealiCZ in #300
• bench: add vanilla revm/op-revm baselines to bench suite by @RealiCZ in #301
• fix: land REX5 resource-accounting and metering fixes by @RealiCZ in #304
• ci(benchmark): parallelize by target on same-runner feature+baseline by @RealiCZ in #305
• chore: bump version to 1.6.0 by @RealiCZ in #307

New Contributors

• @aproskill81 made their first contribution in #229
• @TroublorBot made their first contribution in #254
• @flyq made their first contribution in #290
• @WonderLawrence made their first contribution in #298
• @vincent-k2026 made their first contribution in #299

Full Changelog: v1.5.1...v1.6.0