Version Update (5.0.4)

Release Highlights

We’re excited to announce the latest update incorporating changes from Prysm v5.0.4. This update brings a host of performance enhancements, bug fixes, and feature improvements tailored to our blockchain network. Below are the key highlights.

Key Features and Updates:

Performance Enhancements:

Improved validator performance through optimized state transition processing.
Reduced resource consumption, leading to better node efficiency.

Bug Fixes:

Resolved issues affecting validator duties and sync performance.
Addressed known edge cases to ensure smoother client operation under high network load.

Security Updates:

Integrated critical security patches from Prysm v5.0.4, ensuring robust network operation.

Enhanced User Experience:

Improvements to logging and monitoring, making it easier to diagnose and resolve issues.
Better compatibility with third-party tooling and APIs.

Developer Notes:

This release is fully backwards-compatible with earlier versions. However, upgrading is recommended to leverage the latest improvements.

Upgrade Instructions:

To upgrade your client:

1. Stop your node safely using the recommended shutdown command.
2. Download the latest binary for your operating system.
3. Restart your node using the updated binary.
4. Monitor logs to ensure the node syncs and operates correctly.

For additional support, please visit our Discord Server.

Changes:

• 0064a47 Merge branch 'mainnet' into upgrade
• 3fd7763 Merge tag 'v5.0.4' into upgrade
• 6cacdec Renamed images repository; fixed bazel dependencies
• ca34384 Fixed dependencies; renamed images repository
• 3b184f4 update codegen dep and cleanup organization (OffchainLabs#14127)
• 2e322b4 Keep only the latest value in the health channel (OffchainLabs#14087) [ OffchainLabs#14807 ]
• 599c087 Renamed module
• 26c0178 always close cache warm chan to prevent blocking (OffchainLabs#14080)
• b6f93e5 Change It To Debug (OffchainLabs#14072)
• 7ad870f Update Libp2p Dependencies (OffchainLabs#14060)

See More

• 8b96516 Restrict Dials From Discovery (OffchainLabs#14052)
• a2a77b5 Fix dependent root retrival genesis case (OffchainLabs#14053)
• b807afb Only log error when aggregator check fails (OffchainLabs#14046)
• 6df83eb Fix CommitteeAssignments to not return every validator (OffchainLabs#14039)
• 7b4d238 Fix race conditions + cleanup (OffchainLabs#14041)
• 63d31cf paranoid underflow protection without error handling (OffchainLabs#14044)
• f947fef WebFix develop (OffchainLabs#14040)
• 7a55dc6 Fix TestNodeHealth_Concurrently race condition (OffchainLabs#14033)
• 024163b Substantial VC cleanup (OffchainLabs#13593)
• 8eb964c Remove Beacon API Postman collection (OffchainLabs#14014)
• 69c60a6 Enable experimental_remote_downloader in CI. (OffchainLabs#13996)
• 7de5381 Update state readme (OffchainLabs#13890)
• 25dfed5 use time.NewTimer() to avoid possible memory leaks (OffchainLabs#13800)
• b9f0fc5 Handle Each Blob In Its Own Goroutine (OffchainLabs#13959)
• 3a186a1 Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.21.0 to 0.23.0 (OffchainLabs#13895)
• c2117e5 Update Libp2p Dependencies (OffchainLabs#13960)
• 0a9e99c Remove unused validator map copy method (OffchainLabs#13954)
• c3486c5 Run correct test (OffchainLabs#13935)
• 5ddd5cb beacon-chain/cache: Convert tests to cache_test blackbox testing (OffchainLabs#13920)
• f079db6 use [32]byte keys in the filesystem cache (OffchainLabs#13885)
• a5425d9 Remove EnableEIP4881 flag (OffchainLabs#13826)
• ea5c14a Revert "zig: Update zig to recent main branch commit (OffchainLabs#13142)" (OffchainLabs#13908)
• f4f00e8 spectests: fail hard on missing test folders (OffchainLabs#13913)
• 1fb4c38 Refactor beacon-chain/core/helpers tests to be black box (OffchainLabs#13906)
• d041d8d Do not remove blobs DB in slasher. (OffchainLabs#13881)
• 1168439 Simplify prune invalid by reusing existing fork choice store call (OffchainLabs#13878)
• 276b975 Change example.org DNS record (OffchainLabs#13904)
• d5daf49 Use correct port for health check in Beacon API e2e evaluator (OffchainLabs#13892)
• feb16ae consistent auth token for validator apis (OffchainLabs#13747)
• 2193013 Don't return error that can be internally handled (OffchainLabs#13887)
• aec349f Upgrade the Beacon API e2e evaluator (OffchainLabs#13868)
• 5f909ca Remove unused IsViableForCheckpoint (OffchainLabs#13879)
• ba6dff3 Return syncing status when node is optimistic (OffchainLabs#13875)
• 8cd05f0 Use read only validators in Beacon API (OffchainLabs#13873)
• 425f538 Handle overflow in retention period calculation (OffchainLabs#13874)
• f2ce115 Revert Peer Log Changes (OffchainLabs#13872)
• 090a3e1 Fix bug from PR 13827 (OffchainLabs#13871)
• c0acb7d Backfill throttling (OffchainLabs#13855)
• 0d6070e Use retention period when fetching blobs (OffchainLabs#13869)
• bd00f85 e2e: Expected log Running node with peerId= -> Running node with. (OffchainLabs#13861)
• 1a0c07d Extend Broadcast Window For Attestations (OffchainLabs#13858)
• 04f231a Initsync skip local blobs (OffchainLabs#13827)
• be1bfcc P2P: Add QUIC support (OffchainLabs#13786)
• 8cf5d79 Remove the Goerli/Prater support. (OffchainLabs#13846)
• f7912e7 chore: fix some comments (OffchainLabs#13843)
• caa8be5 Beacon-api: broadcast blobs in the event of seen block (OffchainLabs#13830)
• 0c15a30 using slices.Index (OffchainLabs#13836)
• 7bce1c0 using slices.IndexFunc (OffchainLabs#13839)
• d1084cb Send correct state root with finalization event (OffchainLabs#13842)
• 2cc3f69 using slices.Contains (OffchainLabs#13835)
• a861489 using slices.ContainsFunc (OffchainLabs#13838)
• 0e1c585 using slices.Contains (OffchainLabs#13837)
• 9df20e6 using slices.IndexFunc (OffchainLabs#13834)
• 53fdd2d allow other pkgs to check for blobs in pruning cache (OffchainLabs#13788)
• 2b4bb5d Fixed spelling mistakes in comments (OffchainLabs#13833)
• 38f208d Reject Empty Bundles (OffchainLabs#13798)
• 65b90ab Maximize Peer Capacity When Syncing (OffchainLabs#13820)
• f3b49d4 Repair idx 13486 (OffchainLabs#13831) [ OffchainLabs#13486 ]
• 5b1da73 feat(direct peers): configure static peers to be direct peers in pubsub options (OffchainLabs#13773)
• 9f17e65 Fill in missing debug logs for blob p2p IGNORE/REJECT (OffchainLabs#13825)
• 9b2d53b Bump libp2p to v0.33.1 (OffchainLabs#13784)
• d6f9196 Change goodbye message from rate limited peer to debug verbosity (OffchainLabs#13819)
• 1b0e093 Add metrics to track pending attestations (OffchainLabs#13815)
• 12482ee Remove check for duplicates in pending attestation queue (OffchainLabs#13814)
• acc307b Command-line interface for visualizing min/max span bucket (OffchainLabs#13748)
• c1d75c2 chore: enhance comment and more readable (OffchainLabs#13792)
• fad118c Simplify ValidateAttestationTime (OffchainLabs#13813)
• cdd1d81 Refactor batch verifier for sharing across packages (OffchainLabs#13812)
• 97edffa Add bid value metrics (OffchainLabs#13804)
• 6de7df6 Get genesis only once (OffchainLabs#13796)
• 14d7416 Spec test coverage report hack (OffchainLabs#13718)
• 6782df9 Utilize next slot cache in block rewards rpc (OffchainLabs#13684)
• eb5fa38 Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/release-v5.0.1' into upgrade
• 3d22302 create the log file along with its parent directory if not present (OffchainLabs#12675) [ OffchainLabs#12082, OffchainLabs#12083 ]
• b008a64 Add tarball support for docker images (OffchainLabs#13790)
• d193655 Set default LocalBlockValueBoost to 10 (OffchainLabs#13772)
• c05e39a fix handling of goodbye messages for limited peers (OffchainLabs#13785)
• 63c2b35 Optimize GetDuties VC action (OffchainLabs#13789)
• a6e86c6 Rename payloadattribute Timestamps to Timestamp (OffchainLabs#13523)
• 32fb183 Modify the algorithm of updateFinalizedBlockRoots (OffchainLabs#13486)
• cade09b chore: fix some typos (OffchainLabs#13726)
• f85ddfe Log the slot and blockroot when we deadline waiting for blobs (OffchainLabs#13774)
• 3b97094 Log da block root in hex (OffchainLabs#13787)
• acdbf7c expand it (OffchainLabs#13770)
• 1cc1eff Revert "pass justified=finalized in Prater (OffchainLabs#13695)" (OffchainLabs#13709)
• f7f1d24 Fix get validator endpoint for empty query parameters (OffchainLabs#13780)
• 02abb3e add log message if in da check at slot end (OffchainLabs#13776)
• 2255c8b setting missing beacon API (OffchainLabs#13778)
• 27ecf44 Add da waited time to sync block log (OffchainLabs#13775)
• e243f04 validator client on rest mode has an inappropriate context deadline for events (OffchainLabs#13771)
• fca1adb Re-design TestStartDiscV5_DiscoverPeersWithSubnets test (OffchainLabs#13766)
• b692722 Optimize SubmitAggregateSelectionProof VC action (OffchainLabs#13711)
• c4f6020 add mplex timeout (OffchainLabs#13745)
• d779e65 chore(kzg): Additional tests for KZG commitments (OffchainLabs#13758)
• 357211b Update spec test to official 1.4.0 (OffchainLabs#13761)
• 2dd4834 Set default fee recipient if tracked val fails (OffchainLabs#13768)
• 7f931bf Keymanager APIs - get,post,delete graffiti (OffchainLabs#13474)
• fda4589 Rewrite Pruning Implementation To Handle EIP 7045 (OffchainLabs#13762)
• 34593d3 allow blob by root within da period (OffchainLabs#13757)
• 4d18e59 Rename mispelled variable (OffchainLabs#13759)
• ec8b67c Use headstate for recent checkpoints (OffchainLabs#13746)
• a817aa0 New gossip cache size (OffchainLabs#13756)
• d76f55e adds a metric to track blob sig cache lookups (OffchainLabs#13755)
• 2de21eb adding headers to post endpoint (OffchainLabs#13753)
• 58b8c31 mark in progress (OffchainLabs#13750)
• f343333 handle special case of batch size=1 (OffchainLabs#13646)
• 8e0b1b7 Backfill min slot flag (OffchainLabs#13729)
• 65f71b3 P2P: Simplify code (OffchainLabs#13719)
• 9fcb9b8 fix 1-worker underflow; lower default batch size (OffchainLabs#13734)
• aa63c4e Use correct gossip validation time (OffchainLabs#13740)
• d6ae838 replace receive slot with event stream (OffchainLabs#13563)
• d49afb3 Add blob index to file path (OffchainLabs#13736)
• 4d3a6d8 Add gossip blob sidecar verification ms metric (OffchainLabs#13737)
• 9c5d16e Clean up some unused beacon state proto types and related code (OffchainLabs#13735)
• 4731304 Save invalid blob to temp under new flag (OffchainLabs#13725)
• 02cbcf8 only update head at 10 seconds when validating (OffchainLabs#13570)
• 4e10734 Compute unrealized checkpoints with pcli (OffchainLabs#13692)
• e19c99c Update bazel, rules_go, gazelle, and go versions (OffchainLabs#13724)
• 697bcd4 Save invalid block to temp save-invalid-block-temp (OffchainLabs#13722)
• ec7949f Use justified checkpoint from head state to build attestation (OffchainLabs#13703)
• cb8eb4e fix context deadline rejections (OffchainLabs#13716)
• 800f3b5 chore(execution): Clean up unreachable code; use new(big.Int) instead of big.NewInt(0) (OffchainLabs#13715)
• 9d3af41 Remove unused deneb code (OffchainLabs#13712)
• 07a0a95 Blob verification spectest (OffchainLabs#13707)
• 9e73527 Optimize SubscribeCommitteeSubnets VC action (OffchainLabs#13702)
• 2616de1 Check Unrealized Justification Balances In Spectests (OffchainLabs#13710)
• b2e3c29 Improve logging. (OffchainLabs#13708)
• 8353825 Remove DOMAIN_BLOB_SIDECAR. See ethereum/consensus-specs#3542 (OffchainLabs#13706)
• 2442280 Fix/race receive block (OffchainLabs#13700) [ OffchainLabs#13647, OffchainLabs#13648 ]
• 4608569 fix race condition when pinging peers (OffchainLabs#13701)
• 20d013a Unskip merkle proof tests (OffchainLabs#13704)
• 89e2173 Fix UJ (OffchainLabs#13688)
• b0a2115 Fix UJ (OffchainLabs#13688)
• 6ec456d pass justified=finalized in Prater (OffchainLabs#13695)
• 102518e pass justified=finalized in Prater (OffchainLabs#13695)
• e49ed4d keymanager api: lowercase statuses (OffchainLabs#13696)
• 21775ee Fix VC DB conversion when no proposer settings is defined and add Experimental flag in the --enable-minimal-slashing-protection help. (OffchainLabs#13691)
• ee9274a REST VC metrics (OffchainLabs#13588)
• ef21d3a Implement EIP-3076 minimal slashing protection, using a filesystem database (OffchainLabs#13360)
• 04a5b2e Do not check parent weight on early FCU (OffchainLabs#13683)
• b6ce6c2 Do not check parent weight on early FCU (OffchainLabs#13683)
• 147f48c exit blob fetching for cp block if outside retention (OffchainLabs#13686)
• fdc4ea5 tests for origin blob fetching (OffchainLabs#13667)
• b3caaa9 exit blob fetching for cp block if outside retention (OffchainLabs#13686)
• d6fb8c2 refactoring how proposer settings load into validator client (OffchainLabs#13645)
• 3df7a1f VC: Improve logging in case of fatal error (OffchainLabs#13681)
• 4c3dbae tests for origin blob fetching (OffchainLabs#13667)
• 536b469 Fix failed reorg log (OffchainLabs#13679)
• 66f5555 download checkpoint sync origin blobs in init-sync (OffchainLabs#13665)
• 4083fe0 blob save fsync feature flag (OffchainLabs#13652)
• 6cb6e47 Use Max Request Limit in Initial Sync (OffchainLabs#13641)
• e006ba1 fix race (OffchainLabs#13680)
• 68b78dd fix race (OffchainLabs#13680)
• 2e2ef4a Fix failed reorg log (OffchainLabs#13679)
• b61d177 Downgrade Level DB to Stable Version (OffchainLabs#13671)
• 6d3c6a6 move setting route handlers to registration from start (OffchainLabs#13676)
• f1615c4 Employ Dynamic Cache Sizes (OffchainLabs#13640)
• 87b1273 Update bazel-lib to include bazel-contrib/bazel-lib#768 (OffchainLabs#13675)
• 5215ed0 Set the log level for running on <network> as INFO. (OffchainLabs#13670)
• 0453d18 small cleanup on functions (OffchainLabs#13666)
• 0132c1b download checkpoint sync origin blobs in init-sync (OffchainLabs#13665)
• d9d2ee7 Do not log zero sync committee messages (OffchainLabs#13662)
• ddb321e add changes (OffchainLabs#13661)
• 5735379 Use a Validator Reader When Computing Unrealized Balances (OffchainLabs#13656)
• 1d5a09c Optimize Adding Dirty Indices (OffchainLabs#13660)
• 70e1b11 blob save fsync feature flag (OffchainLabs#13652)
• e100fb0 Add support for sync committee selections (OffchainLabs#13633)
• 789c3f8 add changes (OffchainLabs#13657)
• 0b261cb Unify log fields (OffchainLabs#13654)
• 7a9608e Normalize backfill logs/errors (OffchainLabs#13642)
• f795e09 do not store it (OffchainLabs#13637)
• e6a6365 Use Max Request Limit in Initial Sync (OffchainLabs#13641)
• b7b017f avoid part path collisions with mem addr entropy (OffchainLabs#13648)
• 0c89704 blob save: add better data checking for empty blob issues (OffchainLabs#13647)
• 4c66e4d avoid part path collisions with mem addr entropy (OffchainLabs#13648)
• daad29d blob save: add better data checking for empty blob issues (OffchainLabs#13647)
• 9f67ad9 Fix blob batch verifier pointer receiver (OffchainLabs#13649)
• 0ee0653 Remove unused bolt buckets (OffchainLabs#13638)
• 4ff91be Switch gomock library (OffchainLabs#13639)
• f85e027 Normalize filesystem/blob logs (OffchainLabs#13644)
• e09ae75 Normalize checkpoint logs. (OffchainLabs#13643)
• cb80d5a Slasher: Reduce surrounding/surrounded attestations processing time (OffchainLabs#13629)
• 24b029b Some clean ups on the sync package (OffchainLabs#13636)
• 04dd60d Fix pending block/blob zero peer edge case (OffchainLabs#13625)
• 92303b6 add mainnet fork epoch (OffchainLabs#13601)
• 41d97a2 Remove /eth/v1/beacon/blocks/{block_id} (OffchainLabs#13628)
• b842d8c Remove leftover log (OffchainLabs#13627)
• 4030614 Slasher: Reduce cold start duration. (OffchainLabs#13620)
• 1ec745b Check deneb fork transition test folder is empty (OffchainLabs#13626)
• 05b2795 add BlockBatchLimit comment: Maximum 128 (OffchainLabs#13502)
• 2d0fe20 Blob API - invalid indicies should error instead of ignored (OffchainLabs#13616)
• 3a2734f removing show deposit data flag (OffchainLabs#13618)
• 50d1961 Remove safe slots to import flag (OffchainLabs#13624)
• 0dfe19c Update aggregate atts t1 bucket values (OffchainLabs#13607)
• e5394fe backfill waits for init-sync before starting (OffchainLabs#13623)
• f09fe4f Reorganize Prysm custom endpoints (OffchainLabs#13621)
• 6c5351c Remove deprecated items (OffchainLabs#13600)
• 5a66807 Update to V5 (OffchainLabs#13622)
• bb66201 Backfill Blobs (OffchainLabs#13595)
• 5de22d2 metrics for count and size of blob files (OffchainLabs#13614)
• 1eb3731 Remove /eth/v1/debug/beacon/states/{state_id} (OffchainLabs#13619)
• b18026f Rm unused import (OffchainLabs#13615)
• 8a89173 Data Race on the background FCU call (OffchainLabs#13602)
• 3d13c69 Slasher: Fix surrounded votes false negative (OffchainLabs#13612)
• f2f10e7 add tests for beaconcha baseURL (OffchainLabs#13308)
• 9aa55b4 Clean Up Deposit Processing Logs (OffchainLabs#13611)
• c4c6b47 validator/exit: Print other testnet beaconcha.in URLs (OffchainLabs#13610)
• 06a5548 Slasher: Fixes double votes false positive and attester slashings duplication. (OffchainLabs#13596)
• 5e74c79 Use Gwei for value in get header log (OffchainLabs#13608)
• 7b955c9 Reduce Lookahead Steps Parameter (OffchainLabs#13599)
• 256a05b Remove deprecated flags: optional engine and registration (OffchainLabs#13606)
• 03068ba db: clear blobs when using --clear-db or --force-clear-db (OffchainLabs#13605)
• 5df8b83 Validate Range Availibility (OffchainLabs#13587)
• db653b8 Remove deprecated build block parallel flag (OffchainLabs#13539)
• af203ef Slasher: Refactor and add tests (OffchainLabs#13589)
• 5582c55 Remove deprecated aggregate parallel flag (OffchainLabs#13538)
• 573d973 Remove disable vectorized htr (OffchainLabs#13537)
• bb18fa3 Remove deprecated late reorg flag (OffchainLabs#13536)
• 6a605e6 Fork choice filter changes (OffchainLabs#13464)
• a0787e2 Handle Syncing Executon Client (OffchainLabs#13597)
• 621bda0 Suppress Unwanted P2P Errors (OffchainLabs#13598)
• 91504eb Improve vc logs (OffchainLabs#13573)
• 5afb125 Add /eth/v1/beacon/deposit_snapshot endpoint (OffchainLabs#13514)
• 9d6160e Slasher: Remove unused RPC. (OffchainLabs#13594)
• 1383546 Beacon API: get blob fix retention cases (OffchainLabs#13585)
• 01116f7 Fix a few minor nits in protobuf definitions (OffchainLabs#13512)
• 692ebd3 Fix typos in doc (OffchainLabs#13583)
• 6fa656c Add Sync Checker (OffchainLabs#13580)
• 55a29a4 Implement beacon committee selections (OffchainLabs#13503)
• e2e7e84 Get the right head state when proposing a failed reorg (OffchainLabs#13579)
• 91b0a93 Enhance EL block height log (OffchainLabs#13582)
• 8839015 docker: Add coreutils to docker images (OffchainLabs#13564)
• 61ab4bf Rename block by range request log (OffchainLabs#13561)
• e3ce1bd Move API structs to api module (OffchainLabs#13577)
• 9d1189b Do Not Cache For Non Active Public Keys (OffchainLabs#13581)
• 74f5452 Fix typo in [beacon-chain/cache/depositsnapshot/deposit_cache_test.go]: Corrected a spelling error. (OffchainLabs#13532)
• ea1204d Fix Slashing Gossip Checks (OffchainLabs#13574)
• d9ac697 Return consensus block value in Wei (OffchainLabs#13575)
• 52af63f Revise blob sidecar not found log (OffchainLabs#13571)
• 2dad245 handle slice out of range (OffchainLabs#13568)