ACDC2026-09-03_186

AllCoreDevs - Consensus #186

2026-09-03 3 decisions 196 transcript lines

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Call summary

Targets
  • Consensus-specs beta.0 release — September 3, 2026 (today) - 00:11:54
  • Sepolia Glamsterdam fork — October 6, 2026 - 00:29:41
  • DevNet 10 launch — week of September 8, 2026 (pending stable images) - 00:12:56
Decisions
  • EIP-8037 cross-frame state gas fix approved for Glamsterdam; all EL clients to implement and deploy on DevNet 8 - 00:14:05
  • Consensus-specs block parent-hash equality check added as spec fix; all clients to implement - 00:11:09
  • Sepolia Glamsterdam fork date set to October 6, 2026; Hoodi date to be decided later - 00:29:41
Highlights
  • Client Updates:
    • ·Engine API SSZ spec merged to execution-apis master; implementable now, minor iterations expected - 00:16:47
  • Organizational:
    • ·Hegota EIP tier rankings due by September 10; CL teams must publish rankings with written rationale at least one day before next ACDC - 00:30:38
  • Testing Progress:
    • ·DevNet 9 (1000-node non-finality net): Prysm failed Gloas state transition; Grandine OOM livelock; Teku memory starvation caused canonical blocks marked bad; network not finalizing - 00:06:32
    • ·DevNet 8 critical bug: block with same hash as parent halts entire network; Lodestar fixed; spec change (consensus-specs PR #5594) adding parent-hash check incoming; beta.0 release planned today - 00:08:25
    • ·DevNet 10 planned next week pending fixed images; Optimism and Lido testing deferred until stable fork transition achieved - 00:12:56
  • Eip Proposals Hegota:
    • ·EIP-8148 (custom sweep thresholds for 0x02 validators) and EIP-8205 (withdrawal credential pre-registration): specs and POC implementations ready; CFI/DFI discussion expected in ~2 weeks - 00:20:04
  • Fork Status And Schedule:
    • ·Sepolia Glamsterdam fork set to October 6; Hoodi date deferred to a later decision - 00:29:41
  • Eip Proposals Glamsterdam:
    • ·EIP-8037 spec-bug-fix (cross-frame state gas): all EL clients agreed; Geth/Erigon already implemented and tested on DevNet 8; others releasing ASAP (ethrex v8.1.4 within 1–2 days) - 00:13:22
Action Items
  • Justin Traglia / spec team - Merge consensus-specs parent-hash check PR and cut beta.0 spec release - 00:11:54
  • All client teams - Comment/approve Sepolia October 6 fork date on PM pull request #2205 - 00:29:53
  • All CL client teams - Publish Hegota EIP tier rankings with rationale by September 10 - 00:31:34

Key decisions

  • EIP-8037 cross-frame state gas fix approved for Glamsterdam; all EL clients to implement and deploy on DevNet 8

    IncludedApproved for Glamsterdam fork; all EL clients to implement and deploy on DevNet 8.
  • Consensus-specs block parent-hash equality check added as spec fix; all clients to implement

    Fix for critical bug where block with same hash as parent halts network.
  • Sepolia Glamsterdam fork date set to October 6, 2026; Hoodi date to be decided later

    SFISepolia testnet fork date for Glamsterdam.

EIPs discussed

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