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ACDT2026-03-02_072

AllCoreDevs - Testing #072

2026-03-02 5 decisions 335 transcript lines

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Call summary

Targets
  • Wednesday - bal-devnet-3 launch pending final client readiness - 00:25:52
  • Wednesday - EPBS DevNet 0 launch with Prism/Teku/Lodestar if tests pass - 00:28:04
  • Today/tomorrow - perf-devnet-3 benchmarking suite starts with new snapshots - 00:40:14
Decisions
  • Skip expensive Blob DevNet; test Fusaka features on Holesky/Sepolia instead - 00:10:09
  • Use dedicated CPU instances for 1-2 days on bal-devnet-2 for benchmarking - 00:14:59
  • EPBS DevNet 0: stable network without sync/malicious testing initially - 00:31:26
  • Payload attestations will be ignored in EPBS DevNet 0; not breaking clients - 00:36:19
  • State Actor tool runs parallel to BloatNet for different testing purposes - 00:48:52
Highlights
  • State Bloat:
    • ·perf-devnet-3 deploying depth-based worst cases today; reaching 1.5-2TB state - 00:40:14
    • ·Next stop 4TB; no more foreseeable worst-case scenarios after this - 00:40:27
    • ·Slow block tracing PRs ready across clients; Nethermind reworking internal metrics - 00:41:01
    • ·Nethermind syncing issues under investigation; Reth in crash loop on storage hashing - 00:42:42
    • ·State Actor tool creates big state from block zero without Genesis downloads - 00:47:03
  • Epbs Devnet 0:
    • ·Prysm passing Kurtosis, finalizing robustly; sync support by today/tomorrow - 00:28:26
    • ·Lighthouse breaks when payload arrives before block; needs queuing fix - 00:30:00
    • ·Teku similar to Prysm status; finalized payload storage work ongoing - 00:32:21
    • ·Lodestar reviewing code for main branch merge - 00:33:21
    • ·Grandine needs couple more weeks before client interop readiness - 00:34:06
    • ·Nimbus finalizing well; fixing peer scoring/downscoring networking issue - 00:35:00
  • Fusaka Updates:
    • ·Blob DevNet 0: CL teams to release hidden flags for Sepolia/Holesky testing - 00:09:13
    • ·Skipping expensive DevNet; testing directly on Holesky to save resources - 00:10:09
  • Gas Limit Eth70:
    • ·Besu eth/70 ready; Reth eth/70 ready; both can join nft-devnet-10 - 00:37:57
  • Testing Infrastructure:
    • ·Test fixture structure changed: one fork per JSON to stop file growth - 00:07:09
    • ·New top-level fork directories (Prague, Osaka) organize fixtures by fork - 00:07:22
  • Glamsterdam Bal Devnet 2:
    • ·bal-devnet-2 running with Etherax and Aragon; Aragon needs proposing fixes - 00:11:34
    • ·Need configurable flags for blob prefetching/batch I/O benchmarks - 00:12:02
    • ·Parallel execution benchmarking ready; can run on dedicated DevNet2 instances - 00:14:00
  • Glamsterdam Bal Devnet 3:
    • ·Execution APIs PRs 726 and 746 ready to merge today - 00:20:25
    • ·Test fixture metadata field change: adds block access list to each block - 00:21:47
    • ·Nethermind targeting Wednesday; Besu needs 8037 review; Reth missing 8037 only - 00:25:52
Action Items
  • All client teams - Feedback on test fixture structure change via Ether R&D thread - 00:08:12
  • Execution APIs maintainers - Merge execution-apis PRs 726 and 746 today - 00:19:20
  • Client teams consuming fixtures - Async review of test vector metadata field addition this week - 00:23:16

Key decisions

  • Skip expensive Blob DevNet; test Fusaka features on Holesky/Sepolia instead

    To save resources
  • Use dedicated CPU instances for 1-2 days on bal-devnet-2 for benchmarking

    For benchmarking purposes
  • EPBS DevNet 0: stable network without sync/malicious testing initially

    For initial testing
  • Payload attestations will be ignored in EPBS DevNet 0; not breaking clients

    To avoid breaking clients
  • State Actor tool runs parallel to BloatNet for different testing purposes

    For different testing purposes