Release v1.17.0-rc.0

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Features

• new getCheckpointStateOrBytes() api and clone states from cache (#6504) (@tuyennhv)
• aggressively pull blobs as soon as we see the block (#6499) (@g11tech)
• add endpoint for sync committee reward (#6260) (@ensi321)
• regen to consume state cache reload api (#6456) (@tuyennhv)
• add endpoint for Altair block reward (#6178) (@ensi321)

Bug Fixes

• remove extra validation from builder response in builder proposal (#6478) (@g11tech)
• increase bodyLimit of the beacon api server (#6476) (@g11tech)
• request retries are abortable (#6466) (@nflaig)
• update SSE payload attributes to be spec compliant (#6471) (@nflaig)

Refactoring

• reuse command types/utils across packages (#6441) (@nflaig)
• update retry function (#6451) (@FaybianB)

Dependencies

• upgrade the lint and prettier deps (#6496) (@nazarhussain)
• update typescript to 5.3.3 (#6491) (@nazarhussain)

Continuous Integration

• remove duplicate debug logs upload step (#6474) (@nflaig)
• fix chrome download in browser tests (#6473) (@nflaig)

Tests

• update beacon api spec to v2.5.0 (#6354) (@jeluard)
• consolidate sim-merge tests (#6344) (@nazarhussain)

Maintenance

• remove lodash usage (#6501) (@HiroyukiNaito)
• upgrade blst (#6492) (@jeluard)
• restrict node version to 20.x (#6498) (@nflaig)
• add eslint rule to restrict global fetch (#6500) (@nflaig)
• improve missing docker engine detection (#6495) (@jeluard)
• cleanup older dependencies (#6482) (@jeluard)
• update yarn links to point to classic yarn (#6477) (@har777)
• add eslint rule to prevent unused expressions (#6445) (@nflaig)
• clean up prettier-ignore in tests (#6464) (@nflaig)
• use term 'retries' instead of 'retryAttempts' consistently (#6465) (@nflaig)
• merge v1.16.0 stable back to unstable (#6472) (@philknows)

Documentation

• update vc-configuration md doc (#6503) (@philknows)

Release v1.16.0

We've just released our Deneb-ready version v1.16.0 for the mainnet upgrade! This update is mandatory for all users of Lodestar, including Gnosis users. If you fail to update to this version, you will fall off the network on the Ethereum upgrade scheduled for 2024-03-13 13:55:35 UTC and Gnosis upgrade scheduled for 2024-03-11, 18:30:20 UTC.

Minor features have been implemented such as emitting slashing events and completing our validator --builder.selection options with executionalways (alias of --builder.boostFactor=0). This setting will always return a local execution block unless it's not produced or timely. Users can also set --archiveBlobEpochs now to archive past the default blob rentention window of 4096 or set to Infinity to retain all blobs.

Minor bug fixes and improvements in logging are also included with v1.16.0. Special thanks to all the users in our Discord for contributing improvements!

Changelog

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Features

• add logs to track number of http retries (#6458) (@nflaig)
• add cli flag to ignore the wss check failure on checkpoint sync (#6453) (@g11tech)
• track timings of various stages of block import (#6439) (@g11tech)
• add retry functionality in the api for builder publish (#6387) (@g11tech)
• allow blob archival for bigger time periods (#6393) (@g11tech)
• rename prover CLI start command as proxy and make it default (#6428) (@jeluard)
• schedule deneb on gnosis (#6423) (@nflaig)
• add new panels to validator client dashboard (#6415) (@nflaig)
• manually use identify protocol (#6400) (@wemeetagain)
• schedule deneb on mainnet (#6411) (@g11tech)
• emit slashing events (#6391) (@jeluard)
• add ERC-55 support to ExecutionAddress (#6355) (@jeluard)
• allow to execute lodestar script inside docker container (#6392) (@nflaig)
• add builder selection executionalways (#6370) (@nflaig)
• blob sidecars can be filtered by indices (#6337) (@jeluard)
• add down-scoring for metadata ssz size error (#6366) (@matthewkeil)
• allow builder boost factor to be configured via proposer config file (#6357) (@g11tech)

Bug Fixes

• ignore known blocks during publishing (#6457) (@nflaig)
• do not register libp2p handler twice for same protocol (#6455) (@nflaig)
• improve error if lockfile exists but not a directory (#6450) (@nflaig)
• earliest permissable slot for beacon_attestation topic post deneb (#6198) (@tuyennhv)
• reduce verbosity of gossip block errors (#6430) (@nflaig)
• publish blobs sooner than later (#6431) (@g11tech)
• fix regression in getCurrentSlotAround (#6407) (@wemeetagain)
• correct error message if produceBlockV3 request fails (#6405) (@nflaig)
• parse --blindedLocal flag value as boolean (#6403) (@nflaig)
• increase e2e env startup timeout (#6396) (@nazarhussain)
• getAttestationsForBlock performance issue (#6367) (@tuyennhv)
• log errors setting agent version as debug (#6374) (@matthewkeil)
• skip useWorker mode for gossipsub e2e tests (#6368) (@tuyennhv)
• add block_id schema validation to getBlobSidecars (#6377) (@nflaig)
• stabilize unknown block sync e2e test (#6364) (@tuyennhv)
• ignore stale keystore lockfiles (#6363) (@nflaig)
• ignore forkchoice invalidations if latestValidHash not found (#6361) (@g11tech)

Refactoring

• reuse utils added in block production race refactor (#6422) (@nflaig)
• update the block production race (#6241) (@nazarhussain)

Continuous Integration

• lint yarn lockfiles to analyze and detect security issues (#6424) (@nflaig)

Tests

• split sim tests to multiple jobs (#6437) (@nazarhussain)
• add a work around for range sync issue during sim tests (#6436) (@nazarhussain)
• temporarily reduce the sync committee participation limit for sim tests (#6433) (@nazarhussain)
• add support to dump raw simulation data for debugging (#6429) (@nazarhussain)
• support .env.test to reuse env variables across the tests (#6408) (@nazarhussain)
• fix code coverage (#6410) (@nazarhussain)
• flaky unit tests (#6398) (@nazarhussain)

Maintenance

• v1.16.0 (#6460) (@philknows)
• fix typos in un-/subscribing attnets logs (#6454) (@nflaig)
• remove unused eslint disable directives (#6444) (@nflaig)
• remove not yet relevant prover options (#6440) (@jeluard)
• fix prover README typos (#6426) (@jeluard)
• improve type safety of CLI args (#6438) (@nflaig)
• fixed incorrect link (#6427) (@jeluard)
• upgrade eslint and fix the warnings (#6420) (@nazarhussain)
• update broken links to lodestar docs (#6417) (@krauspt)
• upgrade bls (#6413) (@jeluard)
• remove npm badge from README (#6412) (@nflaig)
• bump gossipsub (#6399) (@wemeetagain)
• improve the sim tests logs (#6394) (@nazarhussain)
• upgrade geth and nethermind for sim tests (#6395) (@nazarhussain)
• fix failing sim tests (#6389) (@nazarhussain)
• update funding.yml link (#6385) (@philknows)
• improve browser support (#6384) (@jeluard)
• update holesky.ts to include Lodestar bootnode (#6383) (@philknows)
• update chainsafe dependencies (#6380) (@wemeetagain)
• align vitest config filenames (#6369) (@jeluard)
• merge v1.15 stable back to unstable (#6372) (@philknows)
• align test scripts (#6339) (@jeluard)
• deps: bump browserify-sign from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 (#6071) (@dependabot[bot])

Documentation

• initialize FAQs page with Kubernetes unknown args error (#6416) (@philknows)
• pin dependencies, update icons, and formatting fixes (#6425) (@nflaig)
• reflect vitest migration (#6247) (@jeluard)
• update link to erigon jwt setup (#6375) (@activescott)
• add comment to RequestErrorCode.SSZ_OVER_MAX_SIZE (#6373) (@matthewkeil)

Release v1.16.0-rc.1

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Features

• add logs to track number of http retries (#6458) (@nflaig)
• add cli flag to ignore the wss check failure on checkpoint sync (#6453) (@g11tech)
• track timings of various stages of block import (#6439) (@g11tech)
• add retry functionality in the api for builder publish (#6387) (@g11tech)
• allow blob archival for bigger time periods (#6393) (@g11tech)
• rename prover CLI start command as proxy and make it default (#6428) (@jeluard)
• schedule deneb on gnosis (#6423) (@nflaig)
• add new panels to validator client dashboard (#6415) (@nflaig)
• manually use identify protocol (#6400) (@wemeetagain)
• schedule deneb on mainnet (#6411) (@g11tech)
• emit slashing events (#6391) (@jeluard)
• add ERC-55 support to ExecutionAddress (#6355) (@jeluard)
• allow to execute lodestar script inside docker container (#6392) (@nflaig)
• add builder selection executionalways (#6370) (@nflaig)
• blob sidecars can be filtered by indices (#6337) (@jeluard)
• add down-scoring for metadata ssz size error (#6366) (@matthewkeil)
• allow builder boost factor to be configured via proposer config file (#6357) (@g11tech)

Bug Fixes

• ignore known blocks during publishing (#6457) (@nflaig)
• do not register libp2p handler twice for same protocol (#6455) (@nflaig)
• improve error if lockfile exists but not a directory (#6450) (@nflaig)
• earliest permissable slot for beacon_attestation topic post deneb (#6198) (@tuyennhv)
• reduce verbosity of gossip block errors (#6430) (@nflaig)
• publish blobs sooner than later (#6431) (@g11tech)
• fix regression in getCurrentSlotAround (#6407) (@wemeetagain)
• correct error message if produceBlockV3 request fails (#6405) (@nflaig)
• parse --blindedLocal flag value as boolean (#6403) (@nflaig)
• increase e2e env startup timeout (#6396) (@nazarhussain)
• getAttestationsForBlock performance issue (#6367) (@tuyennhv)
• log errors setting agent version as debug (#6374) (@matthewkeil)
• skip useWorker mode for gossipsub e2e tests (#6368) (@tuyennhv)
• add block_id schema validation to getBlobSidecars (#6377) (@nflaig)
• stabilize unknown block sync e2e test (#6364) (@tuyennhv)
• ignore stale keystore lockfiles (#6363) (@nflaig)
• ignore forkchoice invalidations if latestValidHash not found (#6361) (@g11tech)

Refactoring

• reuse utils added in block production race refactor (#6422) (@nflaig)
• update the block production race (#6241) (@nazarhussain)

Continuous Integration

• lint yarn lockfiles to analyze and detect security issues (#6424) (@nflaig)

Tests

• split sim tests to multiple jobs (#6437) (@nazarhussain)
• add a work around for range sync issue during sim tests (#6436) (@nazarhussain)
• temporarily reduce the sync committee participation limit for sim tests (#6433) (@nazarhussain)
• add support to dump raw simulation data for debugging (#6429) (@nazarhussain)
• support .env.test to reuse env variables across the tests (#6408) (@nazarhussain)
• fix code coverage (#6410) (@nazarhussain)
• flaky unit tests (#6398) (@nazarhussain)

Maintenance

• fix typos in un-/subscribing attnets logs (#6454) (@nflaig)
• remove unused eslint disable directives (#6444) (@nflaig)
• remove not yet relevant prover options (#6440) (@jeluard)
• fix prover README typos (#6426) (@jeluard)
• improve type safety of CLI args (#6438) (@nflaig)
• fixed incorrect link (#6427) (@jeluard)
• upgrade eslint and fix the warnings (#6420) (@nazarhussain)
• update broken links to lodestar docs (#6417) (@krauspt)
• upgrade bls (#6413) (@jeluard)
• remove npm badge from README (#6412) (@nflaig)
• bump gossipsub (#6399) (@wemeetagain)
• improve the sim tests logs (#6394) (@nazarhussain)
• upgrade geth and nethermind for sim tests (#6395) (@nazarhussain)
• fix failing sim tests (#6389) (@nazarhussain)
• update funding.yml link (#6385) (@philknows)
• improve browser support (#6384) (@jeluard)
• update holesky.ts to include Lodestar bootnode (#6383) (@philknows)
• update chainsafe dependencies (#6380) (@wemeetagain)
• align vitest config filenames (#6369) (@jeluard)
• merge v1.15 stable back to unstable (#6372) (@philknows)
• align test scripts (#6339) (@jeluard)
• deps: bump browserify-sign from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 (#6071) (@dependabot[bot])

Documentation

• initialize FAQs page with Kubernetes unknown args error (#6416) (@philknows)
• pin dependencies, update icons, and formatting fixes (#6425) (@nflaig)
• reflect vitest migration (#6247) (@jeluard)
• update link to erigon jwt setup (#6375) (@activescott)
• add comment to RequestErrorCode.SSZ_OVER_MAX_SIZE (#6373) (@matthewkeil)

Release v1.16.0-rc.0

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Features

• track timings of various stages of block import (#6439) (@g11tech)
• add retry functionality in the api for builder publish (#6387) (@g11tech)
• allow blob archival for bigger time periods (#6393) (@g11tech)
• rename prover CLI start command as proxy and make it default (#6428) (@jeluard)
• schedule deneb on gnosis (#6423) (@nflaig)
• add new panels to validator client dashboard (#6415) (@nflaig)
• manually use identify protocol (#6400) (@wemeetagain)
• schedule deneb on mainnet (#6411) (@g11tech)
• emit slashing events (#6391) (@jeluard)
• add ERC-55 support to ExecutionAddress (#6355) (@jeluard)
• allow to execute lodestar script inside docker container (#6392) (@nflaig)
• add builder selection executionalways (#6370) (@nflaig)
• blob sidecars can be filtered by indices (#6337) (@jeluard)
• add down-scoring for metadata ssz size error (#6366) (@matthewkeil)
• allow builder boost factor to be configured via proposer config file (#6357) (@g11tech)

Bug Fixes

• earliest permissable slot for beacon_attestation topic post deneb (#6198) (@tuyennhv)
• reduce verbosity of gossip block errors (#6430) (@nflaig)
• publish blobs sooner than later (#6431) (@g11tech)
• fix regression in getCurrentSlotAround (#6407) (@wemeetagain)
• correct error message if produceBlockV3 request fails (#6405) (@nflaig)
• parse --blindedLocal flag value as boolean (#6403) (@nflaig)
• increase e2e env startup timeout (#6396) (@nazarhussain)
• getAttestationsForBlock performance issue (#6367) (@tuyennhv)
• log errors setting agent version as debug (#6374) (@matthewkeil)
• skip useWorker mode for gossipsub e2e tests (#6368) (@tuyennhv)
• add block_id schema validation to getBlobSidecars (#6377) (@nflaig)
• stabilize unknown block sync e2e test (#6364) (@tuyennhv)
• ignore stale keystore lockfiles (#6363) (@nflaig)
• ignore forkchoice invalidations if latestValidHash not found (#6361) (@g11tech)

Refactoring

• reuse utils added in block production race refactor (#6422) (@nflaig)
• update the block production race (#6241) (@nazarhussain)

Continuous Integration

• lint yarn lockfiles to analyze and detect security issues (#6424) (@nflaig)

Tests

• split sim tests to multiple jobs (#6437) (@nazarhussain)
• add a work around for range sync issue during sim tests (#6436) (@nazarhussain)
• temporarily reduce the sync committee participation limit for sim tests (#6433) (@nazarhussain)
• add support to dump raw simulation data for debugging (#6429) (@nazarhussain)
• support .env.test to reuse env variables across the tests (#6408) (@nazarhussain)
• fix code coverage (#6410) (@nazarhussain)
• flaky unit tests (#6398) (@nazarhussain)

Maintenance

• remove unused eslint disable directives (#6444) (@nflaig)
• remove not yet relevant prover options (#6440) (@jeluard)
• fix prover README typos (#6426) (@jeluard)
• improve type safety of CLI args (#6438) (@nflaig)
• fixed incorrect link (#6427) (@jeluard)
• upgrade eslint and fix the warnings (#6420) (@nazarhussain)
• update broken links to lodestar docs (#6417) (@krauspt)
• upgrade bls (#6413) (@jeluard)
• remove npm badge from README (#6412) (@nflaig)
• bump gossipsub (#6399) (@wemeetagain)
• improve the sim tests logs (#6394) (@nazarhussain)
• upgrade geth and nethermind for sim tests (#6395) (@nazarhussain)
• fix failing sim tests (#6389) (@nazarhussain)
• update funding.yml link (#6385) (@philknows)
• improve browser support (#6384) (@jeluard)
• update holesky.ts to include Lodestar bootnode (#6383) (@philknows)
• update chainsafe dependencies (#6380) (@wemeetagain)
• align vitest config filenames (#6369) (@jeluard)
• merge v1.15 stable back to unstable (#6372) (@philknows)
• align test scripts (#6339) (@jeluard)
• deps: bump browserify-sign from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 (#6071) (@dependabot[bot])

Documentation

• initialize FAQs page with Kubernetes unknown args error (#6416) (@philknows)
• pin dependencies, update icons, and formatting fixes (#6425) (@nflaig)
• reflect vitest migration (#6247) (@jeluard)
• update link to erigon jwt setup (#6375) (@activescott)
• add comment to RequestErrorCode.SSZ_OVER_MAX_SIZE (#6373) (@matthewkeil)

Release v1.15.1

We just released v1.15.1 which includes a few hotfixes for users using Besu as their execution client, using --blindedLocal and users with .lock file issues. For those users, we highly recommend updating to v1.15.1 to address these reported issues.

• For users running Besu, if you've received fork-choice invalidations if latestValidHash is not found, this fix more robustly handles an execution layer's return of null.
• Included a UX improvement for users who have interruptions with their validator client (e.g. power loss) where it may not properly cleanup .lock files and requires manual intervention to remove stale files. This fix marks .lock files as stale if the process is not running for more than 10 seconds.
• Included a fix for users using the --blindedLocal feature on their setups. This fix parses the CLI flag as boolean.

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Bug Fixes

• ignore forkchoice invalidations if latestValidHash not found (#6361) (@g11tech)
• ignore stale keystore lockfiles (#6363) (@nflaig)
• parse --blindedLocal flag value as boolean (#6403) (@nflaig)

Release v1.15.1-rc.0

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Bug Fixes

• ignore forkchoice invalidations if latestValidHash not found (#6361) (@g11tech)
• ignore stale keystore lockfiles (#6363) (@nflaig)

Release v1.15.0

This update is recommended to all users of Lodestar and mandatory for those running Sepolia and Holesky testnets. This release is also ready for the Gnosis Chain Chiado fork.

This release includes some additional fixes for the Deneb hard fork, an upgrade to js-libp2p and minor fixes for UX and performance improvements.

• js-libp2p is now updated to v1.x.
• For DVT, multiple, and fallback node users, we've fixed some logging in relation to already known errors seen in our API.
• By default, we've raised our nodeJS max-old-space-size option from 4096 (4GB) to 8192 (8GB) in our scripts by default so users can benefit from testnets like Holesky with larger states and to better handle periods of network turbulance like non-finality before heap memory is exceeded. This does not increase memory usage. It was done proactively to improve UX as we continue to optimize our memory footprint.
• Improvements were made to UX for exiting batches of validators.
• For users using builder boost factor, our error logging now indicates that this cannot be a number with decimals.

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Features

• schedule deneb on chiado (#6342) (@nflaig)
• update configs to be able to support Deneb on all networks (#6328) (@nflaig)
• improve batch validator exit UX (#6327) (@g11tech)
• log agent version when client is not known (#6314) (@tuyennhv)
• schedule deneb fork on testnets (#6223) (@g11tech)
• forkchoice filter change (#6288) (@tuyennhv)
• implement BufferPool for PersistentCPStateCache (#6269) (@tuyennhv)
• allow to skip gossip validation (#6308) (@nazarhussain)
• update libp2p (#6285) (@wemeetagain)

Bug Fixes

• update beacon max-old-space-size to 8192 (#6343) (@nflaig)
• improve handling of non-integer builder boost factor values (#6332) (@nflaig)
• correct total block value in publish block log (#6336) (@ensi321)
• use incrementing counter for prover request ids (#6333) (@nflaig)
• make light client events spec compliant (#6309) (@jeluard)
• ignore already known errors in API (#6321) (@nflaig)
• block value in produceBlockV3 should be in wei (#6286) (@ensi321)
• do not download known block by root (#6292) (@tuyennhv)
• correct error message if produceBlindedBlock request fails (#6299) (@nflaig)

Refactoring

• use for...of instead of forEach (#6307) (@nflaig)

Tests

• stabilize sim tests (#6312) (@nazarhussain)
• migrate validator tests to vitest (#6301) (@nazarhussain)
• migrate spec-test-utils and spec tests to vitest (#6222) (@nazarhussain)

Maintenance

• v1.15.0 release (#6347) (@philknows)
• extend chiado config from gnosis config (#6329) (@nflaig)
• cleanup mocha/chai/sinon usage across the repo (#6311) (@nazarhussain)
• remove old vitest version from yarn lock (#6310) (@nflaig)
• install same vitest version across packages (#6306) (@nflaig)
• merge v1.14 stable back to unstable (#6303) (@philknows)
• add yarn scripts to simplify docs contribution (#6296) (@nflaig)
• deps: bump vite from 5.0.6 to 5.0.12 (#6331) (@dependabot[bot])

Documentation

• add documentation contribution instructions (#6294) (@philknows)
• re-implement validator config page with builder.boostFactor notes (#6295) (@philknows)
• fix incorrect light-client example (#6297) (@jeluard)
• update networking page (#6289) (@nflaig)

Release v1.15.0-rc.0

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Features

• schedule deneb on chiado (#6342) (@nflaig)
• update configs to be able to support Deneb on all networks (#6328) (@nflaig)
• improve batch validator exit UX (#6327) (@g11tech)
• log agent version when client is not known (#6314) (@tuyennhv)
• schedule deneb fork on testnets (#6223) (@g11tech)
• forkchoice filter change (#6288) (@tuyennhv)
• implement BufferPool for PersistentCPStateCache (#6269) (@tuyennhv)
• allow to skip gossip validation (#6308) (@nazarhussain)
• update libp2p (#6285) (@wemeetagain)

Bug Fixes

• update beacon max-old-space-size to 8192 (#6343) (@nflaig)
• improve handling of non-integer builder boost factor values (#6332) (@nflaig)
• correct total block value in publish block log (#6336) (@ensi321)
• use incrementing counter for prover request ids (#6333) (@nflaig)
• make light client events spec compliant (#6309) (@jeluard)
• ignore already known errors in API (#6321) (@nflaig)
• block value in produceBlockV3 should be in wei (#6286) (@ensi321)
• do not download known block by root (#6292) (@tuyennhv)
• correct error message if produceBlindedBlock request fails (#6299) (@nflaig)

Refactoring

• use for...of instead of forEach (#6307) (@nflaig)

Tests

• stabilize sim tests (#6312) (@nazarhussain)
• migrate validator tests to vitest (#6301) (@nazarhussain)
• migrate spec-test-utils and spec tests to vitest (#6222) (@nazarhussain)

Maintenance

• extend chiado config from gnosis config (#6329) (@nflaig)
• cleanup mocha/chai/sinon usage across the repo (#6311) (@nazarhussain)
• remove old vitest version from yarn lock (#6310) (@nflaig)
• install same vitest version across packages (#6306) (@nflaig)
• merge v1.14 stable back to unstable (#6303) (@philknows)
• add yarn scripts to simplify docs contribution (#6296) (@nflaig)
• deps: bump vite from 5.0.6 to 5.0.12 (#6331) (@dependabot[bot])

Documentation

• add documentation contribution instructions (#6294) (@philknows)
• re-implement validator config page with builder.boostFactor notes (#6295) (@philknows)
• fix incorrect light-client example (#6297) (@jeluard)
• update networking page (#6289) (@nflaig)

Release v1.14.0

Hey everyone! We've released v1.14.0 of Lodestar which is recommended for all users on all networks. This is the same version as v1.14.0-rc.2 which was the mandatory release for Goerli users for Deneb hard fork readiness.

• This release includes the scheduled Goerli test network fork for Deneb at epoch 231680.

• If using Lodestar for the Ephemery testnet, this version is compatible with the Deneb fork scheduled for iteration 111 on January 18, 2024.

• --blindedLocal is a new feature which allows local block publishing to be signed by the validator similarly to builder relays via blinded headers instead of having the full payload. For operators with their Lodestar beacon node and validator clients in separate hosts/networks, this feature will reduce block production latencies. This is only supported if it's a Lodestar beacon node using produceBlockV3.

• Breaking change for Deneb fork: The Deneb fork epoch will trigger the migration to use produceBlockV3 on Lodestar. If you do not want this, you MUST disable it with --produceBlockV3 false. Alternatively, if you want to turn it on for testing pre-Deneb, you can enable it with --produceBlockV3 true. The automatic switch to produceBlockV3 will only affect the Goerli network (the only scheduled network to fork on this release).

• Other block production optimizations to reduce block production latencies and likelihood of orphaning blocks due to reorgs.

• Lodestar now supports shouldOverrideBuilder functionality where execution clients can identify censorship and force local block production irrespective of the builderBoostFactor. See ethereum/execution-apis#425 for the specification and this note on the heuristics of how the execution client determines builder censorship: https://hackmd.io/@potuz/BkpzmOgK6.

• produceBlockV3 API now supports builder_boost_factor. Our documentation here (https://chainsafe.github.io/lodestar/validator-management/vc-configuration/#configure-your-builder-selection-andor-builder-boost-factor) includes details on how to use this with our already implemented --builder.selection feature.

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Features

• produce phase0 beacon block body once (#6270) (@nazarhussain)
• auto use produceBlockV3 deneb+ unless specified (#6262) (@g11tech)
• reject builder blocks if engine indicates censorship (#6258) (@g11tech)
• prune BlsToExecutionChange opPool with head state (#6252) (@tuyennhv)
• track prepare next epoch time (#6256) (@tuyennhv)
• add and support builder_boost_factor query param to produceBlockV3 api (#6236) (@g11tech)
• schedule deneb on goerli (#6254) (@g11tech)
• implement new state caches (#6176) (@tuyennhv)
• allow validator to request blinded versions for locally produced and selected blocks (#6227) (@g11tech)
• add workflow_dispatch to docs (#6235) (@matthewkeil)
• implement blob sidecars with inclusion proof instead of signtaures (#6089) (@g11tech)
• add response headers to produceBlockV3 (#6228) (@ensi321)
• optimistically verify blocks even before all blobs available (#6087) (@g11tech)

Bug Fixes

• add Ephemery Deneb fork epoch (#6287) (@taxmeifyoucan)
• use bigint to calculate max builder boost factor (#6275) (@nflaig)
• parse --builder.boostFactor value as bigint instead of number (#6277) (@nflaig)
• update voluntary exit block inclusion filter (#6278) (@dapplion)
• update teku's bootnode (#6273) (@tbenr)
• increase range for the random value of request id in prover (#6115) (@rdvorkin)
• remove invalid workflow step (#6246) (@matthewkeil)
• correct createFromState() with cached current shuffling (#6240) (@tuyennhv)
• fix block value calculation in produceBlockV3 (#6207) (@ensi321)
• track jobItemWorkReq function time (#6203) (@tuyennhv)

Refactoring

• type safe metric labels (#6201) (@nflaig)

Dependencies

• update bls-keystore to v3.0.0 (#6253) (@nflaig)
• upgrade vitest (#6237) (@nazarhussain)

Continuous Integration

• disable the node debug task (#6283) (@nazarhussain)

Tests

• allow to pass extra args everywhere (#6249) (@jeluard)
• migrate types unit tests to vitest (#6224) (@nazarhussain)
• migrate light-client tests to vitest (#6221) (@nazarhussain)
• migrate logger tests to vitest (#6220) (@nazarhussain)
• fix flaky e2e tests (#6231) (@nflaig)
• migrate utils tests to vitest (#6225) (@nazarhussain)
• migrate fork-choice unit tests to vitest (#6216) (@nazarhussain)
• migrate params tests to vitest (#6217) (@nazarhussain)
• migrate config unit tests to vitest (#6213) (@nazarhussain)
• migrate flare unit tests to vitest (#6215) (@nazarhussain)
• migrate db unit tests to vitest (#6214) (@nazarhussain)
• introduce beacon api test ignore list (#6171) (@jeluard)
• migrate reqresp unit tests to vitest (#6191) (@nazarhussain)
• migrate cli unit/e2e tests to vitest (#6192) (@nazarhussain)

Maintenance

• v1.14.0 release (#6290) (@philknows)
• update url of goerli bootnodes file and genesis ssz (#6279) (@nflaig)
• migrate dashboards to latest grafana version (#6272) (@nflaig)
• fix block production step time panels (#6271) (@nflaig)
• update Grafana panels for gossip validation (#6255) (@tuyennhv)
• blob inclusion proof PR cleanup (#6239) (@g11tech)
• fix yarn install warnings related to vitest (#6232) (@nflaig)
• merge v1.13 stable back to unstable (#6218) (@philknows)
• add preHandler hook to fastify (#6210) (@tuyennhv)
• epoch transition by steps panel (#6205) (@tuyennhv)
• deps: bump get-func-name from 2.0.0 to 2.0.2 (#6006) (@dependabot[bot])
• deps: bump follow-redirects from 1.15.2 to 1.15.4 (#6267) (@dependabot[bot])
• deps: bump undici from 5.22.1 to 5.28.2 (#6265) (@dependabot[bot])
• deps: bump @babel/traverse from 7.11.0 to 7.23.7 (#6264) (@dependabot[bot])
• deps: bump axios from 1.3.4 to 1.6.0 (#6104) (@dependabot[bot])

Documentation

• update RELEASE.md to include coventional commit titles (#6281) (@philknows)
• add crawler verification (#6234) (@matthewkeil)
• fix typo in networking.md (#6243) (@leonarddt05)
• fix docs links (#6233) (@matthewkeil)

Release v1.14.0-rc.2

Changelog

Full Changelog

Features

• produce phase0 beacon block body once (#6270) (@nazarhussain)
• auto use produceBlockV3 deneb+ unless specified (#6262) (@g11tech)
• reject builder blocks if engine indicates censorship (#6258) (@g11tech)
• prune BlsToExecutionChange opPool with head state (#6252) (@tuyennhv)
• track prepare next epoch time (#6256) (@tuyennhv)
• add and support builder_boost_factor query param to produceBlockV3 api (#6236) (@g11tech)
• schedule deneb on goerli (#6254) (@g11tech)
• implement new state caches (#6176) (@tuyennhv)
• allow validator to request blinded versions for locally produced and selected blocks (#6227) (@g11tech)
• add workflow_dispatch to docs (#6235) (@matthewkeil)
• implement blob sidecars with inclusion proof instead of signtaures (#6089) (@g11tech)
• add response headers to produceBlockV3 (#6228) (@ensi321)
• optimistically verify blocks even before all blobs available (#6087) (@g11tech)

Bug Fixes

• add Ephemery Deneb fork epoch (#6287) (@taxmeifyoucan)
• use bigint to calculate max builder boost factor (#6275) (@nflaig)
• parse --builder.boostFactor value as bigint instead of number (#6277) (@nflaig)
• update voluntary exit block inclusion filter (#6278) (@dapplion)
• update teku's bootnode (#6273) (@tbenr)
• increase range for the random value of request id in prover (#6115) (@rdvorkin)
• remove invalid workflow step (#6246) (@matthewkeil)
• correct createFromState() with cached current shuffling (#6240) (@tuyennhv)
• fix block value calculation in produceBlockV3 (#6207) (@ensi321)
• track jobItemWorkReq function time (#6203) (@tuyennhv)

Refactoring

• type safe metric labels (#6201) (@nflaig)

Dependencies

• update bls-keystore to v3.0.0 (#6253) (@nflaig)
• upgrade vitest (#6237) (@nazarhussain)

Continuous Integration

• disable the node debug task (#6283) (@nazarhussain)

Tests

• allow to pass extra args everywhere (#6249) (@jeluard)
• migrate types unit tests to vitest (#6224) (@nazarhussain)
• migrate light-client tests to vitest (#6221) (@nazarhussain)
• migrate logger tests to vitest (#6220) (@nazarhussain)
• fix flaky e2e tests (#6231) (@nflaig)
• migrate utils tests to vitest (#6225) (@nazarhussain)
• migrate fork-choice unit tests to vitest (#6216) (@nazarhussain)
• migrate params tests to vitest (#6217) (@nazarhussain)
• migrate config unit tests to vitest (#6213) (@nazarhussain)
• migrate flare unit tests to vitest (#6215) (@nazarhussain)
• migrate db unit tests to vitest (#6214) (@nazarhussain)
• introduce beacon api test ignore list (#6171) (@jeluard)
• migrate reqresp unit tests to vitest (#6191) (@nazarhussain)
• migrate cli unit/e2e tests to vitest (#6192) (@nazarhussain)

Maintenance

• update url of goerli bootnodes file and genesis ssz (#6279) (@nflaig)
• migrate dashboards to latest grafana version (#6272) (@nflaig)
• fix block production step time panels (#6271) (@nflaig)
• update Grafana panels for gossip validation (#6255) (@tuyennhv)
• blob inclusion proof PR cleanup (#6239) (@g11tech)
• fix yarn install warnings related to vitest (#6232) (@nflaig)
• merge v1.13 stable back to unstable (#6218) (@philknows)
• add preHandler hook to fastify (#6210) (@tuyennhv)
• epoch transition by steps panel (#6205) (@tuyennhv)
• deps: bump get-func-name from 2.0.0 to 2.0.2 (#6006) (@dependabot[bot])
• deps: bump follow-redirects from 1.15.2 to 1.15.4 (#6267) (@dependabot[bot])
• deps: bump undici from 5.22.1 to 5.28.2 (#6265) (@dependabot[bot])
• deps: bump @babel/traverse from 7.11.0 to 7.23.7 (#6264) (@dependabot[bot])
• deps: bump axios from 1.3.4 to 1.6.0 (#6104) (@dependabot[bot])

Documentation

• update RELEASE.md to include coventional commit titles (#6281) (@philknows)
• add crawler verification (#6234) (@matthewkeil)
• fix typo in networking.md (#6243) (@leonarddt05)
• fix docs links (#6233) (@matthewkeil)