@aztec/archiver 0.0.1-commit.2f68f620 → 0.0.1-commit.3100065

package/src/modules/l1_synchronizer.ts

@@ -16,8 +16,19 @@ import { retryTimes } from '@aztec/foundation/retry';
 import { count } from '@aztec/foundation/string';
 import { DateProvider, Timer, elapsed } from '@aztec/foundation/timer';
 import { isDefined, isErrorClass } from '@aztec/foundation/types';
-import { type ArchiverEmitter, L2BlockSourceEvents, type ValidateCheckpointResult } from '@aztec/stdlib/block';
-import { Checkpoint, type CheckpointData, PublishedCheckpoint } from '@aztec/stdlib/checkpoint';
+import {
+  type ArchiverEmitter,
+  type L2Block,
+  L2BlockSourceEvents,
+  type ValidateCheckpointResult,
+} from '@aztec/stdlib/block';
+import {
+  Checkpoint,
+  type CheckpointData,
+  type CheckpointInfo,
+  type L1PublishedData,
+  PublishedCheckpoint,
+} from '@aztec/stdlib/checkpoint';
 import { type L1RollupConstants, getEpochAtSlot, getSlotAtNextL1Block } from '@aztec/stdlib/epoch-helpers';
 import { computeInHashFromL1ToL2Messages } from '@aztec/stdlib/messaging';
 import type { CoordinationSignatureContext } from '@aztec/stdlib/p2p';
@@ -39,7 +50,7 @@ import { MessageStoreError } from '../store/message_store.js';
 import type { InboxMessage } from '../structs/inbox_message.js';
 import { ArchiverDataStoreUpdater } from './data_store_updater.js';
 import type { ArchiverInstrumentation } from './instrumentation.js';
-import { validateCheckpointAttestations } from './validation.js';
+import { validateCheckpointAttestationsFromCalldata } from './validation.js';
 
 type RollupStatus = {
   provenCheckpointNumber: CheckpointNumber;
@@ -50,7 +61,9 @@ type RollupStatus = {
   /** Last valid checkpoint observed on L1 and synced on this iteration */
   lastRetrievedCheckpoint?: PublishedCheckpoint;
   /** Last checkpoint observed on L1 across both valid and rejected entries on this iteration */
-  lastSeenCheckpoint?: PublishedCheckpoint;
+  lastSeenCheckpoint?: { checkpointNumber: CheckpointNumber; l1: L1PublishedData };
+  /** Blocks added while handling checkpoints this iteration, for the aggregate block source update event. */
+  blocksAdded: L2Block[];
 };
 
 /**
@@ -139,7 +152,9 @@ export class ArchiverL1Synchronizer implements Traceable {
   }
 
   @trackSpan('Archiver.syncFromL1')
-  public async syncFromL1(initialSyncComplete: boolean): Promise<void> {
+  public async syncFromL1(initialSyncComplete: boolean): Promise<L2Block[]> {
+    const blocksAdded: L2Block[] = [];
+
     // In between the various calls to L1, the block number can move meaning some of the following
     // calls will return data for blocks that were not present during earlier calls. To combat this
     // we ensure that all data retrieval methods only retrieve data up to the currentBlockNumber
@@ -152,7 +167,7 @@ export class ArchiverL1Synchronizer implements Traceable {
 
     if (this.l1BlockHash && currentL1BlockHash.equals(this.l1BlockHash)) {
       this.log.trace(`No new L1 blocks since last sync at L1 block ${this.l1BlockNumber}`);
-      return;
+      return blocksAdded;
     }
 
     // Log at error if the latest L1 block timestamp is too old
@@ -190,6 +205,7 @@ export class ArchiverL1Synchronizer implements Traceable {
       // First we retrieve new checkpoints and L2 blocks and store them in the DB. This will also update the
       // pending chain validation status, proven checkpoint number, and synched L1 block number.
       const rollupStatus = await this.handleCheckpoints(blocksSynchedTo, currentL1BlockNumber, initialSyncComplete);
+      blocksAdded.push(...rollupStatus.blocksAdded);
 
       // Then we try pruning uncheckpointed blocks if a new slot was mined without checkpoints
       await this.pruneUncheckpointedBlocks(currentL1Timestamp);
@@ -231,6 +247,8 @@ export class ArchiverL1Synchronizer implements Traceable {
       l1TimestampAtStart: currentL1Timestamp,
       l1BlockNumberAtEnd,
     });
+
+    return blocksAdded;
   }
 
   /** Updates the finalized checkpoint using the pre-fetched finalized L1 block from the current sync iteration. */
@@ -261,7 +279,7 @@ export class ArchiverL1Synchronizer implements Traceable {
   }
 
   /** Prune all proposed local blocks that should have been checkpointed by now. */
-  private async pruneUncheckpointedBlocks(currentL1Timestamp: bigint) {
+  private async pruneUncheckpointedBlocks(currentL1Timestamp: bigint): Promise<void> {
     const [lastCheckpointedBlockNumber, lastProposedBlockNumber] = await Promise.all([
       this.stores.blocks.getCheckpointedL2BlockNumber(),
       this.stores.blocks.getLatestL2BlockNumber(),
@@ -296,6 +314,7 @@ export class ArchiverL1Synchronizer implements Traceable {
 
     const prunedBlocks = await this.updater.removeUncheckpointedBlocksAfter(lastCheckpointedBlockNumber);
     if (prunedBlocks.length > 0) {
+      this.instrumentation.recordPrune('uncheckpointed');
       this.events.emit(L2BlockSourceEvents.L2PruneUncheckpointed, {
         type: L2BlockSourceEvents.L2PruneUncheckpointed,
         slotNumber: firstUncheckpointedBlockSlot,
@@ -616,6 +635,7 @@ export class ArchiverL1Synchronizer implements Traceable {
     currentL1BlockNumber: bigint,
     initialSyncComplete: boolean,
   ): Promise<RollupStatus> {
+    const blocksAdded: L2Block[] = [];
     const localPendingCheckpointNumber = await this.stores.blocks.getLatestCheckpointNumber();
     const initialValidationResult: ValidateCheckpointResult | undefined =
       await this.stores.blocks.getPendingChainValidationStatus();
@@ -634,6 +654,7 @@ export class ArchiverL1Synchronizer implements Traceable {
       pendingCheckpointNumber,
       pendingArchive: pendingArchive.toString(),
       validationResult: initialValidationResult,
+      blocksAdded,
     };
     this.log.trace(`Retrieved rollup status at current L1 block ${currentL1BlockNumber}.`, {
       localPendingCheckpointNumber,
@@ -776,6 +797,9 @@ export class ArchiverL1Synchronizer implements Traceable {
 
         const checkpointsToRemove = localPendingCheckpointNumber - tipAfterUnwind;
         await this.updater.removeCheckpointsAfter(CheckpointNumber(tipAfterUnwind));
+        if (checkpointsToRemove > 0) {
+          this.instrumentation.recordPrune('l1_mismatch');
+        }
 
         this.log.warn(
           `Removed ${count(checkpointsToRemove, 'checkpoint')} after checkpoint ${tipAfterUnwind} ` +
@@ -790,7 +814,7 @@ export class ArchiverL1Synchronizer implements Traceable {
     let searchStartBlock: bigint = blocksSynchedTo;
     let searchEndBlock: bigint = blocksSynchedTo;
     let lastRetrievedCheckpoint: PublishedCheckpoint | undefined;
-    let lastSeenCheckpoint: PublishedCheckpoint | undefined;
+    let lastSeenCheckpoint: { checkpointNumber: CheckpointNumber; l1: L1PublishedData } | undefined;
 
     do {
       [searchStartBlock, searchEndBlock] = this.nextRange(searchEndBlock, currentL1BlockNumber);
@@ -835,37 +859,21 @@ export class ArchiverL1Synchronizer implements Traceable {
       const evictProposedFrom =
         promoteResult && 'diverged' in promoteResult ? promoteResult.fromCheckpointNumber : undefined;
 
-      // Then fetch blobs in parallel and build the full published checkpoints
-      const toFetchBlobs = checkpointToPromote ? calldataCheckpoints.slice(0, -1) : calldataCheckpoints;
-      const blobFetched = await asyncPool(10, toFetchBlobs, async checkpoint =>
-        retrievedToPublishedCheckpoint({
-          ...checkpoint,
-          checkpointBlobData: await getCheckpointBlobDataFromBlobs(
-            this.blobClient,
-            checkpoint.l1.blockHash,
-            checkpoint.blobHashes,
-            checkpoint.checkpointNumber,
-            this.log,
-            !initialSyncComplete,
-            checkpoint.parentBeaconBlockRoot,
-            checkpoint.l1.timestamp,
-          ),
-        }),
-      );
-
-      // And add the promoted checkpoint to the list of all checkpoints
-      const publishedCheckpoints = checkpointToPromote ? [...blobFetched, checkpointToPromote] : blobFetched;
-      const validCheckpoints: PublishedCheckpoint[] = [];
+      // Validate attestations from CALLDATA before fetching any blobs. A checkpoint with invalid
+      // attestations (or one descending from a rejected ancestor) is rejected here without fetching its
+      // blobs, so a malformed blob does not throw during decode before the rejection path runs and
+      // stall sync. The signed consensus payload (header, archive root, fee asset price
+      // modifier) is fully available from calldata.
+      const checkpointsToIngest: RetrievedCheckpointFromCalldata[] = [];
 
-      // Now loop through all checkpoints and validate their attestations
-      for (const published of publishedCheckpoints) {
-        // Check the attestations uploaded by the publisher to L1 are correct
+      for (const calldataCheckpoint of calldataCheckpoints) {
+        // Check the attestations uploaded by the publisher to L1 are correct.
         // Rollup contract does not validate attestations to save on gas, so this
         // falls on the nodes to verify offchain and skip those checkpoints.
         const validationResult = this.config.skipValidateCheckpointAttestations
           ? { valid: true as const }
-          : await validateCheckpointAttestations(
-              published,
+          : await validateCheckpointAttestationsFromCalldata(
+              calldataCheckpoint,
               this.epochCache,
               this.l1Constants,
               this.getSignatureContext(),
@@ -877,7 +885,7 @@ export class ArchiverL1Synchronizer implements Traceable {
         // ancestor was skipped earlier (e.g. due to invalid attestations), the catch handler
         // would roll back the L1 sync point, and the next iteration would re-fetch and re-throw.
         const rejectedAncestor = await this.stores.blocks.getRejectedCheckpointByArchiveRoot(
-          published.checkpoint.header.lastArchiveRoot,
+          calldataCheckpoint.header.lastArchiveRoot,
         );
 
         // Update the validation result if it has changed, so we can keep track of the first invalid checkpoint
@@ -899,9 +907,9 @@ export class ArchiverL1Synchronizer implements Traceable {
         }
 
         if (!validationResult.valid) {
-          this.log.warn(`Skipping checkpoint ${published.checkpoint.number} due to invalid attestations`, {
-            checkpointHash: published.checkpoint.hash(),
-            l1BlockNumber: published.l1.blockNumber,
+          this.log.warn(`Skipping checkpoint ${calldataCheckpoint.checkpointNumber} due to invalid attestations`, {
+            checkpointNumber: calldataCheckpoint.checkpointNumber,
+            l1BlockNumber: calldataCheckpoint.l1.blockNumber,
             ...pick(validationResult, 'reason'),
           });
 
@@ -915,11 +923,11 @@ export class ArchiverL1Synchronizer implements Traceable {
           // is detected and skipped (rather than tripping the addCheckpoints consecutive-number
           // check and causing the sync point to roll back in a loop).
           await this.stores.blocks.addRejectedCheckpoint({
-            checkpointNumber: published.checkpoint.number,
-            archiveRoot: published.checkpoint.archive.root,
-            parentArchiveRoot: published.checkpoint.header.lastArchiveRoot,
-            slotNumber: published.checkpoint.header.slotNumber,
-            l1: published.l1,
+            checkpointNumber: calldataCheckpoint.checkpointNumber,
+            archiveRoot: calldataCheckpoint.archiveRoot,
+            parentArchiveRoot: calldataCheckpoint.header.lastArchiveRoot,
+            slotNumber: calldataCheckpoint.header.slotNumber,
+            l1: calldataCheckpoint.l1,
             reason: 'invalid-attestations' as const,
           });
 
@@ -927,15 +935,20 @@ export class ArchiverL1Synchronizer implements Traceable {
         }
 
         if (rejectedAncestor) {
-          const descendantInfo = published.checkpoint.toCheckpointInfo();
+          const descendantInfo: CheckpointInfo = {
+            archive: calldataCheckpoint.archiveRoot,
+            lastArchive: calldataCheckpoint.header.lastArchiveRoot,
+            slotNumber: calldataCheckpoint.header.slotNumber,
+            checkpointNumber: calldataCheckpoint.checkpointNumber,
+            timestamp: calldataCheckpoint.header.timestamp,
+          };
           this.log.warn(
-            `Skipping checkpoint ${published.checkpoint.number} as it is a descendant of ` +
+            `Skipping checkpoint ${calldataCheckpoint.checkpointNumber} as it is a descendant of ` +
               `rejected checkpoint ${rejectedAncestor.checkpointNumber} (${rejectedAncestor.reason})`,
             {
-              checkpointNumber: published.checkpoint.number,
-              checkpointHash: published.checkpoint.hash(),
-              l1BlockNumber: published.l1.blockNumber,
-              l1BlockHash: published.l1.blockHash,
+              checkpointNumber: calldataCheckpoint.checkpointNumber,
+              l1BlockNumber: calldataCheckpoint.l1.blockNumber,
+              l1BlockHash: calldataCheckpoint.l1.blockHash,
               ancestorCheckpointNumber: rejectedAncestor.checkpointNumber,
               ancestorArchiveRoot: rejectedAncestor.archiveRoot.toString(),
               ancestorReason: rejectedAncestor.reason,
@@ -952,17 +965,54 @@ export class ArchiverL1Synchronizer implements Traceable {
           // Persist this chainpoint as rejected as well, so we can construct a chain of
           // skipped checkpoints starting from the first one with invalid attestations.
           await this.stores.blocks.addRejectedCheckpoint({
-            checkpointNumber: published.checkpoint.number,
-            archiveRoot: published.checkpoint.archive.root,
-            parentArchiveRoot: published.checkpoint.header.lastArchiveRoot,
-            slotNumber: published.checkpoint.header.slotNumber,
-            l1: published.l1,
+            checkpointNumber: calldataCheckpoint.checkpointNumber,
+            archiveRoot: calldataCheckpoint.archiveRoot,
+            parentArchiveRoot: calldataCheckpoint.header.lastArchiveRoot,
+            slotNumber: calldataCheckpoint.header.slotNumber,
+            l1: calldataCheckpoint.l1,
             reason: 'descends-from-invalid-attestations' as const,
           });
 
           continue;
         }
 
+        checkpointsToIngest.push(calldataCheckpoint);
+      }
+
+      // Fetch blobs in parallel only for the surviving (attestation-valid, non-descendant) checkpoints,
+      // then build the full published checkpoints. The last calldata checkpoint may be promotable from a
+      // local proposed block (checkpointToPromote), in which case it carries no blob to fetch. A missing or
+      // undecodable blob throws and propagates, rolling back the L1 sync point so the fetch is retried.
+      const toFetchBlobs = checkpointToPromote
+        ? checkpointsToIngest.filter(c => c.checkpointNumber !== checkpointToPromote.checkpoint.number)
+        : checkpointsToIngest;
+      const blobFetched = await asyncPool(10, toFetchBlobs, async checkpoint =>
+        retrievedToPublishedCheckpoint({
+          ...checkpoint,
+          checkpointBlobData: await getCheckpointBlobDataFromBlobs(
+            this.blobClient,
+            checkpoint.l1.blockHash,
+            checkpoint.blobHashes,
+            checkpoint.checkpointNumber,
+            this.log,
+            !initialSyncComplete,
+            checkpoint.parentBeaconBlockRoot,
+            checkpoint.l1.timestamp,
+          ),
+        }),
+      );
+
+      // Index the built checkpoints by number so we can ingest them in calldata order, slotting in the
+      // promoted checkpoint (built from a local proposed block rather than blobs).
+      const publishedByNumber = new Map(blobFetched.map(published => [published.checkpoint.number, published]));
+      if (checkpointToPromote) {
+        publishedByNumber.set(checkpointToPromote.checkpoint.number, checkpointToPromote);
+      }
+
+      const validCheckpoints: PublishedCheckpoint[] = [];
+      for (const calldataCheckpoint of checkpointsToIngest) {
+        const published = publishedByNumber.get(calldataCheckpoint.checkpointNumber)!;
+
         // Check the inHash of the checkpoint against the l1->l2 messages.
         // The messages should've been synced up to the currentL1BlockNumber and must be available for the published
         // checkpoints we just retrieved.
@@ -1035,6 +1085,11 @@ export class ArchiverL1Synchronizer implements Traceable {
           );
         }
 
+        // Record blocks newly fetched from L1 checkpoint payloads as added. The promoted checkpoint (if any) is
+        // excluded: its blocks were already in local archiver storage (added via the proposed-block path) so the
+        // block stream does not need them re-downloaded.
+        blocksAdded.push(...checkpointsToAdd.flatMap(c => c.checkpoint.blocks));
+
         // If blocks were pruned due to conflict with L1 checkpoints, emit event
         if (result.prunedBlocks && result.prunedBlocks.length > 0) {
           const prunedCheckpointNumber = result.prunedBlocks[0].checkpointNumber;
@@ -1045,6 +1100,8 @@ export class ArchiverL1Synchronizer implements Traceable {
             { prunedBlocks: result.prunedBlocks.map(b => b.toBlockInfo()), prunedSlotNumber, prunedCheckpointNumber },
           );
 
+          this.instrumentation.recordPrune('l1_conflict');
+
           // Emit event for listening services to react to the prune.
           // Note: slotNumber comes from the first pruned block. If pruned blocks theoretically spanned multiple slots,
           // only one slot number would be reported (though in practice all blocks in a checkpoint span a single slot).
@@ -1095,7 +1152,9 @@ export class ArchiverL1Synchronizer implements Traceable {
         });
       }
       lastRetrievedCheckpoint = validCheckpoints.at(-1) ?? lastRetrievedCheckpoint;
-      lastSeenCheckpoint = publishedCheckpoints.at(-1) ?? lastSeenCheckpoint;
+      // The last checkpoint seen on L1 this batch (valid or rejected), tracked from calldata since
+      // rejected checkpoints are no longer built into PublishedCheckpoints.
+      lastSeenCheckpoint = lastCalldataCheckpoint;
     } while (searchEndBlock < currentL1BlockNumber);
 
     // Important that we update AFTER inserting the blocks.
@@ -1205,7 +1264,7 @@ export class ArchiverL1Synchronizer implements Traceable {
     // Compare the last checkpoint (valid or not) we have (either retrieved in this round or loaded from store)
     // with what the rollup contract told us was the latest one (pinned at the currentL1BlockNumber).
     const latestLocalCheckpointNumber =
-      lastSeenCheckpoint?.checkpoint.number ??
+      lastSeenCheckpoint?.checkpointNumber ??
       CheckpointNumber.max(
         await this.stores.blocks.getLatestCheckpointNumber(),
         await this.stores.blocks.getLatestRejectedCheckpointNumber(),
@@ -1218,7 +1277,11 @@ export class ArchiverL1Synchronizer implements Traceable {
       // We suspect an L1 reorg that added checkpoints *behind* us. If that is the case, it must have happened between
       // the last checkpoint we saw and the current one, so we reset the last synched L1 block number. In the edge case
       // we don't have one, we go back 2 L1 epochs, which is the deepest possible reorg (assuming Casper is working).
-      const latestLocalCheckpoint: PublishedCheckpoint | CheckpointData | RejectedCheckpoint | undefined =
+      const latestLocalCheckpoint:
+        | { checkpointNumber: CheckpointNumber; l1: L1PublishedData }
+        | CheckpointData
+        | RejectedCheckpoint
+        | undefined =
         lastSeenCheckpoint ??
         (await this.stores.blocks.getCheckpointData(latestLocalCheckpointNumber)) ??
         (await this.stores.blocks.getRejectedCheckpointByNumber(latestLocalCheckpointNumber));

package/src/modules/validation.ts

@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 import type { EpochCache } from '@aztec/epoch-cache';
-import { EpochNumber } from '@aztec/foundation/branded-types';
+import type { ViemCommitteeAttestations } from '@aztec/ethereum/contracts';
+import { type CheckpointNumber, EpochNumber } from '@aztec/foundation/branded-types';
 import { compactArray } from '@aztec/foundation/collection';
+import type { Fr } from '@aztec/foundation/curves/bn254';
 import type { Logger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
 import {
   type AttestationInfo,
+  type CommitteeAttestation,
   type ValidateCheckpointNegativeResult,
   type ValidateCheckpointResult,
   getAttestationInfoFromPayload,
 } from '@aztec/stdlib/block';
-import type { PublishedCheckpoint } from '@aztec/stdlib/checkpoint';
+import type { CheckpointInfo, PublishedCheckpoint } from '@aztec/stdlib/checkpoint';
 import { type L1RollupConstants, computeQuorum, getEpochAtSlot } from '@aztec/stdlib/epoch-helpers';
 import { ConsensusPayload, type CoordinationSignatureContext } from '@aztec/stdlib/p2p';
+import type { CheckpointHeader } from '@aztec/stdlib/rollup';
 
 export type { ValidateCheckpointResult };
 
@@ -26,28 +30,79 @@ export function getAttestationInfoFromPublishedCheckpoint(
   return getAttestationInfoFromPayload(payload, attestations);
 }
 
+/** The subset of a calldata-only checkpoint needed to validate its committee attestations. */
+export type CalldataCheckpointForAttestations = {
+  checkpointNumber: CheckpointNumber;
+  archiveRoot: Fr;
+  feeAssetPriceModifier: bigint;
+  header: CheckpointHeader;
+  attestations: CommitteeAttestation[];
+  /** The exact packed attestations tuple from L1 calldata, carried verbatim for byte-faithful invalidation. */
+  verbatimAttestations: ViemCommitteeAttestations;
+};
+
 /**
- * Validates the attestations submitted for the given checkpoint.
- * Returns true if the attestations are valid and sufficient, false otherwise.
+ * Validates the attestations of a checkpoint from L1 calldata only, without fetching or decoding its blobs.
+ * The signed consensus payload (header, archive root, fee asset price modifier) is fully available from
+ * calldata, so an invalid-attestation checkpoint can be rejected before any (possibly malformed) blob is
+ * fetched and decoded.
  */
-export async function validateCheckpointAttestations(
-  publishedCheckpoint: PublishedCheckpoint,
+export function validateCheckpointAttestationsFromCalldata(
+  checkpoint: CalldataCheckpointForAttestations,
   epochCache: EpochCache,
   constants: Pick<L1RollupConstants, 'epochDuration'>,
   signatureContext: CoordinationSignatureContext,
   logger?: Logger,
 ): Promise<ValidateCheckpointResult> {
-  const attestorInfos = getAttestationInfoFromPublishedCheckpoint(publishedCheckpoint, signatureContext);
+  const payload = new ConsensusPayload(
+    checkpoint.header,
+    checkpoint.archiveRoot,
+    checkpoint.feeAssetPriceModifier,
+    signatureContext,
+  );
+  const checkpointInfo: CheckpointInfo = {
+    archive: checkpoint.archiveRoot,
+    lastArchive: checkpoint.header.lastArchiveRoot,
+    slotNumber: checkpoint.header.slotNumber,
+    checkpointNumber: checkpoint.checkpointNumber,
+    timestamp: checkpoint.header.timestamp,
+  };
+  return validateAttestations(
+    payload,
+    checkpoint.attestations,
+    checkpoint.verbatimAttestations,
+    checkpointInfo,
+    epochCache,
+    constants,
+    logger,
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Core attestation validation over a consensus payload, its attestations, and checkpoint metadata --
+ * independent of whether the checkpoint's blocks have been decoded from blobs. Returns true if the
+ * attestations are valid and sufficient, false otherwise.
+ */
+export async function validateAttestations(
+  payload: ConsensusPayload,
+  attestations: CommitteeAttestation[],
+  verbatimAttestations: ViemCommitteeAttestations,
+  checkpointInfo: CheckpointInfo,
+  epochCache: EpochCache,
+  constants: Pick<L1RollupConstants, 'epochDuration'>,
+  logger?: Logger,
+): Promise<ValidateCheckpointResult> {
+  const attestorInfos = getAttestationInfoFromPayload(payload, attestations);
   const attestors = compactArray(attestorInfos.map(info => ('address' in info ? info.address : undefined)));
-  const { checkpoint, attestations } = publishedCheckpoint;
-  const headerHash = checkpoint.header.hash();
-  const archiveRoot = checkpoint.archive.root.toString();
-  const slot = checkpoint.header.slotNumber;
+  const headerHash = payload.header.hash();
+  const archiveRoot = payload.archive.toString();
+  const slot = payload.header.slotNumber;
+  const checkpointNumber = checkpointInfo.checkpointNumber;
   const epoch: EpochNumber = getEpochAtSlot(slot, constants);
   const { committee, seed } = await epochCache.getCommitteeForEpoch(epoch);
-  const logData = { checkpointNumber: checkpoint.number, slot, epoch, headerHash, archiveRoot };
+  const logData = { checkpointNumber, slot, epoch, headerHash, archiveRoot };
 
-  logger?.debug(`Validating attestations for checkpoint ${checkpoint.number} at slot ${slot} in epoch ${epoch}`, {
+  logger?.debug(`Validating attestations for checkpoint ${checkpointNumber} at slot ${slot} in epoch ${epoch}`, {
     committee: (committee ?? []).map(member => member.toString()),
     recoveredAttestors: attestorInfos,
     postedAttestations: attestations.map(a => (a.address.isZero() ? a.signature : a.address).toString()),
@@ -72,12 +127,13 @@ export async function validateCheckpointAttestations(
   const failedValidationResult = <TReason extends ValidateCheckpointNegativeResult['reason']>(reason: TReason) => ({
     valid: false as const,
     reason,
-    checkpoint: checkpoint.toCheckpointInfo(),
+    checkpoint: checkpointInfo,
     committee,
     seed,
     epoch,
     attestors,
     attestations,
+    verbatimAttestations,
   });
 
   for (let i = 0; i < attestorInfos.length; i++) {
@@ -123,7 +179,7 @@ export async function validateCheckpointAttestations(
   }
 
   logger?.debug(
-    `Checkpoint attestations validated successfully for checkpoint ${checkpoint.number} at slot ${slot}`,
+    `Checkpoint attestations validated successfully for checkpoint ${checkpointNumber} at slot ${slot}`,
     logData,
   );
   return { valid: true };

package/src/store/block_store.ts

@@ -306,12 +306,18 @@ export class BlockStore {
 
   /**
    * Append new checkpoints to the store's list.
+   * Checkpoints at the start of the batch that are already stored (e.g. re-included by an L1 reorg)
+   * are accepted if their archive root matches: their L1 metadata is updated but they are not
+   * re-inserted, and they are excluded from the returned array.
    * @param checkpoints - The L2 checkpoints to be added to the store.
-   * @returns True if the operation is successful.
+   * @returns The checkpoints that were actually inserted (excluding already-stored ones).
    */
-  async addCheckpoints(checkpoints: PublishedCheckpoint[], opts: { force?: boolean } = {}): Promise<boolean> {
+  async addCheckpoints(
+    checkpoints: PublishedCheckpoint[],
+    opts: { force?: boolean } = {},
+  ): Promise<PublishedCheckpoint[]> {
     if (checkpoints.length === 0) {
-      return true;
+      return [];
     }
 
     return await this.db.transactionAsync(async () => {
@@ -324,7 +330,7 @@ export class BlockStore {
       if (!opts.force && firstCheckpointNumber <= previousCheckpointNumber) {
         checkpoints = await this.skipOrUpdateAlreadyStoredCheckpoints(checkpoints, previousCheckpointNumber);
         if (checkpoints.length === 0) {
-          return true;
+          return [];
         }
         // Re-check sequentiality after skipping
         const newFirstNumber = checkpoints[0].checkpoint.number;
@@ -387,7 +393,7 @@ export class BlockStore {
       }
 
       await this.advanceSynchedL1BlockNumber(checkpoints[checkpoints.length - 1].l1.blockNumber);
-      return true;
+      return checkpoints;
     });
   }
 
@@ -621,6 +627,26 @@ export class BlockStore {
     return checkpoints;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns up to `limit` checkpoints anchored at `fromSlot`, ordered nearest-first, walking the slot index.
+   * With `reverse`, takes the checkpoints at or before `fromSlot` (descending by slot); otherwise the
+   * checkpoints at or after it (ascending). `limit: 1, reverse: true` yields the latest checkpoint at or
+   * before the slot in a single range scan.
+   */
+  async getCheckpointsBySlot(fromSlot: SlotNumber, limit: number, reverse: boolean): Promise<CheckpointData[]> {
+    // The KV range bounds are direction-dependent: forward is [start, end), reverse is (start, end], so a
+    // reverse scan uses `end: fromSlot` (inclusive) with no +1 to include the checkpoint at fromSlot itself.
+    const range = reverse ? { end: fromSlot, reverse: true, limit } : { start: fromSlot, limit };
+    const result: CheckpointData[] = [];
+    for await (const [, checkpointNumber] of this.#slotToCheckpoint.entriesAsync(range)) {
+      const checkpointStorage = await this.#checkpoints.getAsync(checkpointNumber);
+      if (checkpointStorage) {
+        result.push(this.checkpointDataFromCheckpointStorage(checkpointStorage));
+      }
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
   /** Returns checkpoint data for all checkpoints whose slot falls within the given range (inclusive). */
   async getCheckpointDataForSlotRange(startSlot: SlotNumber, endSlot: SlotNumber): Promise<CheckpointData[]> {
     const result: CheckpointData[] = [];
@@ -1167,14 +1193,13 @@ export class BlockStore {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Resolves all five L2 chain tips (proposed, proposedCheckpoint, checkpointed, proven, finalized)
-   * in a single read-only transaction so the snapshot is internally consistent. Each underlying
-   * record is read at most once: latest block, latest confirmed checkpoint, and latest pending
-   * checkpoint are each loaded directly (no separate "find the number, then look up data" hop),
-   * the proven/finalized checkpoint singletons are read once and their storage entries are
-   * reused if they coincide with the latest checkpoint, and per-tip block hashes are deduped
-   * when two tips land on the same block (e.g. finalized == proven, or proposedCheckpoint falls
-   * back to checkpointed when no pending checkpoint exists).
+   * Resolves all four L2 chain tips (proposed, checkpointed, proven, finalized) in a single
+   * read-only transaction so the snapshot is internally consistent. Each underlying record is
+   * read at most once: latest block and latest confirmed checkpoint are loaded directly (no
+   * separate "find the number, then look up data" hop), the proven/finalized checkpoint
+   * singletons are read once and their storage entries are reused if they coincide with the
+   * latest checkpoint, and per-tip block hashes are deduped when two tips land on the same block
+   * (e.g. finalized == proven).
    *
    * The result is guaranteed to satisfy `finalized <= proven <= checkpointed <= proposed` (by
    * block number). Genesis is represented by `(INITIAL_L2_BLOCK_NUM - 1)` and the supplied
@@ -1197,9 +1222,6 @@ export class BlockStore {
 
       // Load latest block and checkpoint entries
       const [latestBlockEntry] = await toArray(this.#blocks.entriesAsync({ reverse: true, limit: 1 }));
-      const [proposedCheckpointEntry] = await toArray(
-        this.#proposedCheckpoints.entriesAsync({ reverse: true, limit: 1 }),
-      );
       const [latestCheckpointEntry] = await toArray(this.#checkpoints.entriesAsync({ reverse: true, limit: 1 }));
       const latestCheckpointNumber = latestCheckpointEntry
         ? CheckpointNumber(latestCheckpointEntry[0])
@@ -1285,14 +1307,6 @@ export class BlockStore {
       const provenTip = await buildTipFromCheckpoint(provenCheckpoint);
       const finalizedTip = await buildTipFromCheckpoint(finalizedCheckpoint);
 
-      // Proposed checkpoint falls back to the checkpoint tip if it's not set. And if local storage is
-      // inconsistent and the proposed checkpoint is behind the checkpointed tip, we patch that and
-      // report the checkpointed tip as the proposed checkpoint to maintain the invariant.
-      const proposedCheckpointTip =
-        proposedCheckpointEntry === undefined || proposedCheckpointEntry[0] <= latestCheckpointNumber
-          ? checkpointedTip
-          : await buildTipFromCheckpoint(proposedCheckpointEntry[1]);
-
       // A checkpointed block past the latest stored block would mean a checkpoint
       // references blocks that aren't in blocks.
       if (proposedBlockId.number < checkpointedTip.block.number) {
@@ -1304,11 +1318,10 @@ export class BlockStore {
       // Assert that checkpoint numbers are increasing
       if (
         finalizedTip.checkpoint.number > provenTip.checkpoint.number ||
-        provenTip.checkpoint.number > checkpointedTip.checkpoint.number ||
-        checkpointedTip.checkpoint.number > proposedCheckpointTip.checkpoint.number
+        provenTip.checkpoint.number > checkpointedTip.checkpoint.number
       ) {
         throw new Error(
-          `Inconsistent checkpoint numbers in chain tips: finalized=${finalizedTip.checkpoint.number} proven=${provenTip.checkpoint.number} checkpointed=${checkpointedTip.checkpoint.number} proposed=${proposedCheckpointTip.checkpoint.number}`,
+          `Inconsistent checkpoint numbers in chain tips: finalized=${finalizedTip.checkpoint.number} proven=${provenTip.checkpoint.number} checkpointed=${checkpointedTip.checkpoint.number}`,
         );
       }
 
@@ -1316,17 +1329,15 @@ export class BlockStore {
       if (
         finalizedTip.block.number > provenTip.block.number ||
         provenTip.block.number > checkpointedTip.block.number ||
-        checkpointedTip.block.number > proposedCheckpointTip.block.number ||
-        proposedCheckpointTip.block.number > proposedBlockId.number
+        checkpointedTip.block.number > proposedBlockId.number
       ) {
         throw new Error(
-          `Inconsistent block numbers in chain tips: finalized=${finalizedTip.block.number} proven=${provenTip.block.number} checkpointed=${checkpointedTip.block.number} proposedCheckpoint=${proposedCheckpointTip.block.number} proposed=${proposedBlockId.number}`,
+          `Inconsistent block numbers in chain tips: finalized=${finalizedTip.block.number} proven=${provenTip.block.number} checkpointed=${checkpointedTip.block.number} proposed=${proposedBlockId.number}`,
         );
       }
 
       return {
         proposed: proposedBlockId,
-        proposedCheckpoint: proposedCheckpointTip,
         checkpointed: checkpointedTip,
         proven: provenTip,
         finalized: finalizedTip,