@aztec/aztec-node 0.0.1-commit.85d7d01 → 0.0.1-commit.8655d4a

package/dest/aztec-node/server.js

@@ -1,3 +1,68 @@
+function _ts_add_disposable_resource(env, value, async) {
+    if (value !== null && value !== void 0) {
+        if (typeof value !== "object" && typeof value !== "function") throw new TypeError("Object expected.");
+        var dispose, inner;
+        if (async) {
+            if (!Symbol.asyncDispose) throw new TypeError("Symbol.asyncDispose is not defined.");
+            dispose = value[Symbol.asyncDispose];
+        }
+        if (dispose === void 0) {
+            if (!Symbol.dispose) throw new TypeError("Symbol.dispose is not defined.");
+            dispose = value[Symbol.dispose];
+            if (async) inner = dispose;
+        }
+        if (typeof dispose !== "function") throw new TypeError("Object not disposable.");
+        if (inner) dispose = function() {
+            try {
+                inner.call(this);
+            } catch (e) {
+                return Promise.reject(e);
+            }
+        };
+        env.stack.push({
+            value: value,
+            dispose: dispose,
+            async: async
+        });
+    } else if (async) {
+        env.stack.push({
+            async: true
+        });
+    }
+    return value;
+}
+function _ts_dispose_resources(env) {
+    var _SuppressedError = typeof SuppressedError === "function" ? SuppressedError : function(error, suppressed, message) {
+        var e = new Error(message);
+        return e.name = "SuppressedError", e.error = error, e.suppressed = suppressed, e;
+    };
+    return (_ts_dispose_resources = function _ts_dispose_resources(env) {
+        function fail(e) {
+            env.error = env.hasError ? new _SuppressedError(e, env.error, "An error was suppressed during disposal.") : e;
+            env.hasError = true;
+        }
+        var r, s = 0;
+        function next() {
+            while(r = env.stack.pop()){
+                try {
+                    if (!r.async && s === 1) return s = 0, env.stack.push(r), Promise.resolve().then(next);
+                    if (r.dispose) {
+                        var result = r.dispose.call(r.value);
+                        if (r.async) return s |= 2, Promise.resolve(result).then(next, function(e) {
+                            fail(e);
+                            return next();
+                        });
+                    } else s |= 1;
+                } catch (e) {
+                    fail(e);
+                }
+            }
+            if (s === 1) return env.hasError ? Promise.reject(env.error) : Promise.resolve();
+            if (env.hasError) throw env.error;
+        }
+        return next();
+    })(env);
+}
 function applyDecs2203RFactory() {
     function createAddInitializerMethod(initializers, decoratorFinishedRef) {
         return function addInitializer(initializer) {
@@ -371,23 +436,27 @@ function _apply_decs_2203_r(targetClass, memberDecs, classDecs, parentClass) {
     return (_apply_decs_2203_r = applyDecs2203RFactory())(targetClass, memberDecs, classDecs, parentClass);
 }
 var _dec, _initProto;
-import { createArchiver } from '@aztec/archiver';
-import { BBCircuitVerifier, QueuedIVCVerifier, TestCircuitVerifier } from '@aztec/bb-prover';
+import { L1ToL2MessagesNotReadyError, createArchiver } from '@aztec/archiver';
+import { BBCircuitVerifier, BatchChonkVerifier, QueuedIVCVerifier } from '@aztec/bb-prover';
+import { TestCircuitVerifier } from '@aztec/bb-prover/test';
 import { createBlobClientWithFileStores } from '@aztec/blob-client/client';
 import { Blob } from '@aztec/blob-lib';
 import { EpochCache } from '@aztec/epoch-cache';
 import { createEthereumChain } from '@aztec/ethereum/chain';
-import { getPublicClient } from '@aztec/ethereum/client';
+import { getPublicClient, makeL1HttpTransport } from '@aztec/ethereum/client';
 import { RegistryContract, RollupContract } from '@aztec/ethereum/contracts';
-import { BlockNumber, SlotNumber } from '@aztec/foundation/branded-types';
-import { compactArray, pick, unique } from '@aztec/foundation/collection';
+import { pickL1ContractAddresses } from '@aztec/ethereum/l1-contract-addresses';
+import { BlockNumber, CheckpointNumber } from '@aztec/foundation/branded-types';
+import { chunkBy, compactArray, pick, unique } from '@aztec/foundation/collection';
 import { Fr } from '@aztec/foundation/curves/bn254';
 import { EthAddress } from '@aztec/foundation/eth-address';
 import { BadRequestError } from '@aztec/foundation/json-rpc';
 import { createLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
+import { retryUntil } from '@aztec/foundation/retry';
 import { count } from '@aztec/foundation/string';
 import { DateProvider, Timer } from '@aztec/foundation/timer';
 import { MembershipWitness } from '@aztec/foundation/trees';
+import { isErrorClass } from '@aztec/foundation/types';
 import { KeystoreManager, loadKeystores, mergeKeystores } from '@aztec/node-keystore';
 import { trySnapshotSync, uploadSnapshot } from '@aztec/node-lib/actions';
 import { createForwarderL1TxUtilsFromSigners, createL1TxUtilsFromSigners } from '@aztec/node-lib/factories';
@@ -395,28 +464,33 @@ import { createP2PClient, createTxValidatorForAcceptingTxsOverRPC, getDefaultAll
 import { ProtocolContractAddress } from '@aztec/protocol-contracts';
 import { createProverNode } from '@aztec/prover-node';
 import { createKeyStoreForProver } from '@aztec/prover-node/config';
-import { GlobalVariableBuilder, SequencerClient } from '@aztec/sequencer-client';
-import { PublicProcessorFactory } from '@aztec/simulator/server';
-import { AttestationsBlockWatcher, EpochPruneWatcher, createSlasher } from '@aztec/slasher';
+import { FeeProviderImpl, GlobalVariableBuilder, SequencerClient, createAutomineSequencer } from '@aztec/sequencer-client';
+import { PublicContractsDB, PublicProcessorFactory } from '@aztec/simulator/server';
+import { AttestationsBlockWatcher, AttestedInvalidProposalWatcher, BroadcastedInvalidCheckpointProposalWatcher, CheckpointEquivocationWatcher, DataWithholdingWatcher, createSlasher } from '@aztec/slasher';
+import { STANDARD_MULTI_CALL_ENTRYPOINT_ADDRESS } from '@aztec/standard-contracts/multi-call-entrypoint';
 import { CollectionLimitsConfig, PublicSimulatorConfig } from '@aztec/stdlib/avm';
 import { AztecAddress } from '@aztec/stdlib/aztec-address';
-import { BlockHash, L2Block } from '@aztec/stdlib/block';
+import { BlockHash, BlockTag, inspectBlockParameter } from '@aztec/stdlib/block';
+import { CheckpointReexecutionTracker } from '@aztec/stdlib/checkpoint';
 import { GasFees } from '@aztec/stdlib/gas';
 import { computePublicDataTreeLeafSlot } from '@aztec/stdlib/hash';
 import { AztecNodeAdminConfigSchema } from '@aztec/stdlib/interfaces/client';
 import { tryStop } from '@aztec/stdlib/interfaces/server';
 import { InMemoryDebugLogStore, NullDebugLogStore } from '@aztec/stdlib/logs';
-import { InboxLeaf } from '@aztec/stdlib/messaging';
+import { InboxLeaf, appendL1ToL2MessagesToTree } from '@aztec/stdlib/messaging';
+import { MIN_EXECUTION_TIME } from '@aztec/stdlib/timetable';
 import { MerkleTreeId, NullifierMembershipWitness, PublicDataWitness } from '@aztec/stdlib/trees';
 import { PublicSimulationOutput, TxReceipt, TxStatus } from '@aztec/stdlib/tx';
 import { getPackageVersion } from '@aztec/stdlib/update-checker';
 import { Attributes, getTelemetryClient, trackSpan } from '@aztec/telemetry-client';
-import { FullNodeCheckpointsBuilder as CheckpointsBuilder, FullNodeCheckpointsBuilder, NodeKeystoreAdapter, ValidatorClient, createBlockProposalHandler, createValidatorClient } from '@aztec/validator-client';
-import { createWorldStateSynchronizer } from '@aztec/world-state';
-import { createPublicClient, fallback, http } from 'viem';
+import { FullNodeCheckpointsBuilder as CheckpointsBuilder, FullNodeCheckpointsBuilder, NodeKeystoreAdapter, ValidatorClient, createProposalHandler, createValidatorClient } from '@aztec/validator-client';
+import { createWorldState, createWorldStateSynchronizer } from '@aztec/world-state';
+import { createPublicClient } from 'viem';
 import { createSentinel } from '../sentinel/factory.js';
+import { blockResponseFromBlockData, blockResponseFromL2Block, checkpointResponseFromCheckpointData, checkpointResponseFromPublishedCheckpoint, projectProposedToCheckpointResponse } from './block_response_helpers.js';
 import { createKeyStoreForValidator } from './config.js';
 import { NodeMetrics } from './node_metrics.js';
+import { applyPublicDataOverrides } from './public_data_overrides.js';
 _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
         [Attributes.TX_HASH]: tx.getTxHash().toString()
     }));
@@ -434,19 +508,22 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
     proverNode;
     slasherClient;
     validatorsSentinel;
-    epochPruneWatcher;
+    stopStartedWatchers;
     l1ChainId;
     version;
     globalVariableBuilder;
+    feeProvider;
     epochCache;
     packageVersion;
-    proofVerifier;
+    peerProofVerifier;
+    rpcProofVerifier;
     telemetry;
     log;
     blobClient;
     validatorClient;
     keyStoreManager;
     debugLogStore;
+    automineSequencer;
     static{
         ({ e: [_initProto] } = _apply_decs_2203_r(this, [
             [
@@ -457,11 +534,12 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
         ], []));
     }
     metrics;
-    initialHeaderHashPromise;
     // Prevent two snapshot operations to happen simultaneously
     isUploadingSnapshot;
+    // Saved minTxsPerBlock used by `pauseSequencer` to restore production-sequencer config on resume.
+    sequencerPausedMinTxsPerBlock;
     tracer;
-    constructor(config, p2pClient, blockSource, logsSource, contractDataSource, l1ToL2MessageSource, worldStateSynchronizer, sequencer, proverNode, slasherClient, validatorsSentinel, epochPruneWatcher, l1ChainId, version, globalVariableBuilder, epochCache, packageVersion, proofVerifier, telemetry = getTelemetryClient(), log = createLogger('node'), blobClient, validatorClient, keyStoreManager, debugLogStore = new NullDebugLogStore()){
+    constructor(config, p2pClient, blockSource, logsSource, contractDataSource, l1ToL2MessageSource, worldStateSynchronizer, sequencer, proverNode, slasherClient, validatorsSentinel, stopStartedWatchers, l1ChainId, version, globalVariableBuilder, feeProvider, epochCache, packageVersion, peerProofVerifier, rpcProofVerifier, telemetry = getTelemetryClient(), log = createLogger('node'), blobClient, validatorClient, keyStoreManager, debugLogStore = new NullDebugLogStore(), automineSequencer){
         this.config = config;
         this.p2pClient = p2pClient;
         this.blockSource = blockSource;
@@ -473,25 +551,27 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
         this.proverNode = proverNode;
         this.slasherClient = slasherClient;
         this.validatorsSentinel = validatorsSentinel;
-        this.epochPruneWatcher = epochPruneWatcher;
+        this.stopStartedWatchers = stopStartedWatchers;
         this.l1ChainId = l1ChainId;
         this.version = version;
         this.globalVariableBuilder = globalVariableBuilder;
+        this.feeProvider = feeProvider;
         this.epochCache = epochCache;
         this.packageVersion = packageVersion;
-        this.proofVerifier = proofVerifier;
+        this.peerProofVerifier = peerProofVerifier;
+        this.rpcProofVerifier = rpcProofVerifier;
         this.telemetry = telemetry;
         this.log = log;
         this.blobClient = blobClient;
         this.validatorClient = validatorClient;
         this.keyStoreManager = keyStoreManager;
         this.debugLogStore = debugLogStore;
-        this.initialHeaderHashPromise = (_initProto(this), undefined);
-        this.isUploadingSnapshot = false;
+        this.automineSequencer = automineSequencer;
+        this.isUploadingSnapshot = (_initProto(this), false);
         this.metrics = new NodeMetrics(telemetry, 'AztecNodeService');
         this.tracer = telemetry.getTracer('AztecNodeService');
         this.log.info(`Aztec Node version: ${this.packageVersion}`);
-        this.log.info(`Aztec Node started on chain 0x${l1ChainId.toString(16)}`, config.l1Contracts);
+        this.log.info(`Aztec Node started on chain 0x${l1ChainId.toString(16)}`, pickL1ContractAddresses(config));
         // A defensive check that protects us against introducing a bug in the complex `createAndSync` function. We must
         // never have debugLogStore enabled when not in test mode because then we would be accumulating debug logs in
         // memory which could be a DoS vector on the sequencer (since no fees are paid for debug logs).
@@ -499,12 +579,249 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
             throw new Error('debugLogStore should never be enabled when realProofs are set');
         }
     }
+    /** @internal Exposed for testing — returns the RPC proof verifier. */ getProofVerifier() {
+        return this.rpcProofVerifier;
+    }
     async getWorldStateSyncStatus() {
         const status = await this.worldStateSynchronizer.status();
         return status.syncSummary;
     }
-    getL2Tips() {
-        return this.blockSource.getL2Tips();
+    async getChainTips() {
+        const { proposed, checkpointed, proven, finalized } = await this.blockSource.getL2Tips();
+        return {
+            proposed,
+            checkpointed,
+            proven,
+            finalized
+        };
+    }
+    getCheckpointsData(query) {
+        return this.blockSource.getCheckpointsData(query);
+    }
+    async getBlockNumber(tip) {
+        if (tip === undefined || tip === 'proposed') {
+            return this.blockSource.getBlockNumber();
+        }
+        return await this.blockSource.getBlockNumber({
+            tag: tip
+        }) ?? BlockNumber.ZERO;
+    }
+    async getCheckpointNumber(tip) {
+        const tips = await this.blockSource.getL2Tips();
+        switch(tip){
+            case undefined:
+            case 'checkpointed':
+                return tips.checkpointed.checkpoint.number;
+            case 'proposed':
+                return tips.proposedCheckpoint.checkpoint.number;
+            case 'proven':
+                return tips.proven.checkpoint.number;
+            case 'finalized':
+                return tips.finalized.checkpoint.number;
+        }
+    }
+    isChainTip(value) {
+        return value === 'proposed' || value === 'checkpointed' || value === 'proven' || value === 'finalized';
+    }
+    /**
+   * Normalizes a {@link BlockParameter} (which may be a bare value) into a
+   * {@link NormalizedBlockParameter} object form. Performs no chain-tip resolution — tag
+   * lookups are deferred to the underlying block source.
+   */ normalizeBlockParameter(param) {
+        if (BlockHash.isBlockHash(param)) {
+            return {
+                hash: param
+            };
+        }
+        if (typeof param === 'number') {
+            return {
+                number: param
+            };
+        }
+        if (typeof param === 'string') {
+            if (this.isBlockTag(param)) {
+                return {
+                    tag: param === 'latest' ? 'proposed' : param
+                };
+            }
+            throw new BadRequestError(`Invalid BlockParameter tag: ${param}`);
+        }
+        if (typeof param === 'object' && param !== null) {
+            if ('number' in param) {
+                return {
+                    number: param.number
+                };
+            }
+            if ('hash' in param) {
+                return {
+                    hash: param.hash
+                };
+            }
+            if ('archive' in param) {
+                return {
+                    archive: param.archive
+                };
+            }
+            if ('tag' in param) {
+                if (this.isBlockTag(param.tag)) {
+                    return {
+                        tag: param.tag
+                    };
+                }
+                throw new BadRequestError(`Invalid BlockParameter tag: ${param.tag}`);
+            }
+        }
+        throw new BadRequestError(`Invalid BlockParameter: ${JSON.stringify(param)}`);
+    }
+    isBlockTag(value) {
+        return BlockTag.includes(value);
+    }
+    /**
+   * Resolves a {@link CheckpointParameter} into a concrete `{ number }` or `{ slot }` query.
+   *
+   * Tag-based parameters (`'proposed'`, `'checkpointed'`, `'proven'`, `'finalized'`) are
+   * translated up-front to the corresponding tip's checkpoint number via {@link L2BlockSource.getL2Tips}.
+   * After resolution the unified {@link getCheckpoint} flow can perform a single
+   * confirmed→proposed lookup against either store.
+   */ async resolveCheckpointParameter(param) {
+        if (typeof param === 'number') {
+            return {
+                number: param
+            };
+        }
+        if (this.isChainTip(param)) {
+            const tips = await this.blockSource.getL2Tips();
+            switch(param){
+                case 'proposed':
+                    return {
+                        number: tips.proposedCheckpoint.checkpoint.number
+                    };
+                case 'checkpointed':
+                    return {
+                        number: tips.checkpointed.checkpoint.number
+                    };
+                case 'proven':
+                    return {
+                        number: tips.proven.checkpoint.number
+                    };
+                case 'finalized':
+                    return {
+                        number: tips.finalized.checkpoint.number
+                    };
+            }
+        }
+        if (typeof param === 'object' && param !== null) {
+            if ('number' in param) {
+                return {
+                    number: param.number
+                };
+            }
+            if ('slot' in param) {
+                return {
+                    slot: param.slot
+                };
+            }
+        }
+        throw new BadRequestError(`Invalid CheckpointParameter: ${JSON.stringify(param)}`);
+    }
+    /** Fetches checkpoint-level L1 and attestation data for use as block response context. */ async #getCheckpointContext(checkpointNumber) {
+        const checkpoint = await this.blockSource.getCheckpointData({
+            number: checkpointNumber
+        });
+        if (!checkpoint) {
+            return undefined;
+        }
+        return {
+            l1: checkpoint.l1,
+            attestations: checkpoint.attestations
+        };
+    }
+    async getBlock(param, options = {}) {
+        const query = this.normalizeBlockParameter(param);
+        const wantTxs = !!options.includeTransactions;
+        const wantContext = !!options.includeL1PublishInfo || !!options.includeAttestations;
+        if (wantTxs) {
+            const block = await this.blockSource.getBlock(query);
+            if (!block) {
+                return undefined;
+            }
+            const ctx = wantContext ? await this.#getCheckpointContext(block.checkpointNumber) : undefined;
+            return await blockResponseFromL2Block(block, options, ctx);
+        }
+        const data = await this.blockSource.getBlockData(query);
+        if (!data) {
+            return undefined;
+        }
+        const ctx = wantContext ? await this.#getCheckpointContext(data.checkpointNumber) : undefined;
+        return blockResponseFromBlockData(data, options, ctx);
+    }
+    getBlockData(param) {
+        const query = this.normalizeBlockParameter(param);
+        return this.blockSource.getBlockData(query);
+    }
+    async getBlocks(from, limit, options = {}) {
+        const wantTxs = !!options.includeTransactions;
+        const wantContext = !!options.includeL1PublishInfo || !!options.includeAttestations;
+        const onlyCheckpointed = !!options.onlyCheckpointed;
+        if (wantTxs) {
+            const blocks = await this.blockSource.getBlocks({
+                from,
+                limit,
+                onlyCheckpointed
+            });
+            const ctxByCheckpoint = await this.#getCheckpointContextsForBlocks(wantContext ? blocks : []);
+            return await Promise.all(blocks.map((block)=>blockResponseFromL2Block(block, options, ctxByCheckpoint.get(block.checkpointNumber))));
+        }
+        const dataItems = await this.blockSource.getBlocksData({
+            from,
+            limit,
+            onlyCheckpointed
+        });
+        const ctxByCheckpoint = await this.#getCheckpointContextsForBlocks(wantContext ? dataItems : []);
+        return await Promise.all(dataItems.map((data)=>blockResponseFromBlockData(data, options, ctxByCheckpoint.get(data.checkpointNumber))));
+    }
+    /** Fetches checkpoint context for a set of blocks, deduplicating shared checkpoints. */ async #getCheckpointContextsForBlocks(blocks) {
+        const unique = Array.from(new Set(blocks.map((b)=>b.checkpointNumber)));
+        const entries = await Promise.all(unique.map(async (n)=>[
+                n,
+                await this.#getCheckpointContext(n)
+            ]));
+        return new Map(entries);
+    }
+    async getCheckpoint(param, options = {}) {
+        const query = await this.resolveCheckpointParameter(param);
+        // Try the confirmed store first.
+        const confirmed = options.includeBlocks ? await this.blockSource.getCheckpoint(query) : await this.blockSource.getCheckpointData(query);
+        if (confirmed) {
+            return await (options.includeBlocks ? checkpointResponseFromPublishedCheckpoint(confirmed, options) : checkpointResponseFromCheckpointData(confirmed, options));
+        }
+        // Fall back to the proposed store.
+        const proposed = await this.blockSource.getProposedCheckpointData(query);
+        if (proposed) {
+            if (options.includeAttestations || options.includeL1PublishInfo) {
+                throw new BadRequestError(`Options includeL1PublishInfo or includeAttestations cannot be satisfied for a proposed checkpoint`);
+            }
+            const blocks = options.includeBlocks ? await this.blockSource.getBlocks({
+                from: proposed.startBlock,
+                limit: proposed.blockCount
+            }) : undefined;
+            return await projectProposedToCheckpointResponse(proposed, options, blocks);
+        }
+        return undefined;
+    }
+    async getCheckpoints(from, limit, options = {}) {
+        if (options.includeBlocks) {
+            const checkpoints = await this.blockSource.getCheckpoints({
+                from,
+                limit
+            });
+            return await Promise.all(checkpoints.map((cp)=>checkpointResponseFromPublishedCheckpoint(cp, options)));
+        }
+        const datas = await this.blockSource.getCheckpointsData({
+            from,
+            limit
+        });
+        return datas.map((d)=>checkpointResponseFromCheckpointData(d, options));
     }
     /**
    * initializes the Aztec Node, wait for component to sync.
@@ -515,7 +832,7 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
             ...inputConfig
         }; // Copy the config so we dont mutate the input object
         const log = deps.logger ?? createLogger('node');
-        const packageVersion = getPackageVersion() ?? '';
+        const packageVersion = getPackageVersion();
         const telemetry = deps.telemetry ?? getTelemetryClient();
         const dateProvider = deps.dateProvider ?? new DateProvider();
         const ethereumChain = createEthereumChain(config.l1RpcUrls, config.l1ChainId);
@@ -559,22 +876,19 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
         }
         const publicClient = createPublicClient({
             chain: ethereumChain.chainInfo,
-            transport: fallback(config.l1RpcUrls.map((url)=>http(url, {
-                    batch: false
-                }))),
+            transport: makeL1HttpTransport(config.l1RpcUrls, {
+                timeout: config.l1HttpTimeoutMS
+            }),
             pollingInterval: config.viemPollingIntervalMS
         });
-        const l1ContractsAddresses = await RegistryContract.collectAddresses(publicClient, config.l1Contracts.registryAddress, config.rollupVersion ?? 'canonical');
-        // Overwrite the passed in vars.
-        config.l1Contracts = {
-            ...config.l1Contracts,
-            ...l1ContractsAddresses
-        };
-        const rollupContract = new RollupContract(publicClient, config.l1Contracts.rollupAddress.toString());
-        const [l1GenesisTime, slotDuration, rollupVersionFromRollup] = await Promise.all([
+        const l1ContractsAddresses = await RegistryContract.collectAddresses(publicClient, config.registryAddress, config.rollupVersion ?? 'canonical');
+        Object.assign(config, l1ContractsAddresses);
+        const rollupContract = new RollupContract(publicClient, config.rollupAddress.toString());
+        const [l1GenesisTime, slotDuration, rollupVersionFromRollup, rollupManaLimit] = await Promise.all([
             rollupContract.getL1GenesisTime(),
             rollupContract.getSlotDuration(),
-            rollupContract.getVersion()
+            rollupContract.getVersion(),
+            rollupContract.getManaLimit().then(Number)
         ]);
         config.rollupVersion ??= Number(rollupVersionFromRollup);
         if (config.rollupVersion !== Number(rollupVersionFromRollup)) {
@@ -583,199 +897,335 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
         const blobClient = await createBlobClientWithFileStores(config, log.createChild('blob-client'));
         // attempt snapshot sync if possible
         await trySnapshotSync(config, log);
-        const epochCache = await EpochCache.create(config.l1Contracts.rollupAddress, config, {
-            dateProvider
-        });
-        const archiver = await createArchiver(config, {
-            blobClient,
-            epochCache,
-            telemetry,
+        const epochCache = await EpochCache.create(config.rollupAddress, config, {
             dateProvider
-        }, {
-            blockUntilSync: !config.skipArchiverInitialSync
         });
-        // now create the merkle trees and the world state synchronizer
-        const worldStateSynchronizer = await createWorldStateSynchronizer(config, archiver, options.prefilledPublicData, telemetry);
-        const circuitVerifier = config.realProofs || config.debugForceTxProofVerification ? await BBCircuitVerifier.new(config) : new TestCircuitVerifier(config.proverTestVerificationDelayMs);
-        let debugLogStore;
-        if (!config.realProofs) {
-            log.warn(`Aztec node is accepting fake proofs`);
-            debugLogStore = new InMemoryDebugLogStore();
-            log.info('Aztec node started in test mode (realProofs set to false) hence debug logs from public functions will be collected and served');
-        } else {
-            debugLogStore = new NullDebugLogStore();
-        }
-        const proofVerifier = new QueuedIVCVerifier(config, circuitVerifier);
-        const proverOnly = config.enableProverNode && config.disableValidator;
-        if (proverOnly) {
-            log.info('Starting in prover-only mode: skipping validator, sequencer, sentinel, and slasher subsystems');
-        }
-        // create the tx pool and the p2p client, which will need the l2 block source
-        const p2pClient = await createP2PClient(config, archiver, proofVerifier, worldStateSynchronizer, epochCache, packageVersion, dateProvider, telemetry, deps.p2pClientDeps);
-        // We should really not be modifying the config object
-        config.txPublicSetupAllowList = config.txPublicSetupAllowList ?? await getDefaultAllowedSetupFunctions();
-        // We'll accumulate sentinel watchers here
-        const watchers = [];
-        // Create FullNodeCheckpointsBuilder for block proposal handling and tx validation
-        const validatorCheckpointsBuilder = new FullNodeCheckpointsBuilder({
-            ...config,
-            l1GenesisTime,
-            slotDuration: Number(slotDuration)
-        }, worldStateSynchronizer, archiver, dateProvider, telemetry);
-        let validatorClient;
-        if (!proverOnly) {
-            // Create validator client if required
-            validatorClient = await createValidatorClient(config, {
-                checkpointsBuilder: validatorCheckpointsBuilder,
-                worldState: worldStateSynchronizer,
-                p2pClient,
-                telemetry,
-                dateProvider,
+        // Track started resources so we can clean up on partial failure during node creation.
+        const started = [];
+        try {
+            // Default the orphan-prune grace window from the block build duration when unset, so the archiver
+            // waits roughly one build slot for a proposed checkpoint to arrive before pruning a block-only tip.
+            config.orphanProposedBlockPruneGraceSeconds ??= config.blockDurationMs !== undefined ? Math.ceil(config.blockDurationMs / 1000) : MIN_EXECUTION_TIME;
+            // Create world-state first so we can retrieve the initial header before constructing the archiver.
+            const nativeWs = await createWorldState(config, options.genesis);
+            const initialHeader = nativeWs.getInitialHeader();
+            const initialBlockHash = await initialHeader.hash();
+            const archiver = await createArchiver(config, {
+                blobClient,
                 epochCache,
-                blockSource: archiver,
-                l1ToL2MessageSource: archiver,
-                keyStoreManager,
-                blobClient
-            });
-            // If we have a validator client, register it as a source of offenses for the slasher,
-            // and have it register callbacks on the p2p client *before* we start it, otherwise messages
-            // like attestations or auths will fail.
-            if (validatorClient) {
-                watchers.push(validatorClient);
-                if (!options.dontStartSequencer) {
-                    await validatorClient.registerHandlers();
+                telemetry,
+                dateProvider
+            }, {
+                blockUntilSync: !config.skipArchiverInitialSync
+            }, initialHeader, initialBlockHash);
+            started.push(archiver);
+            // The synchronizer takes ownership of the native world-state from here
+            const worldStateSynchronizer = await createWorldStateSynchronizer(config, archiver, nativeWs, telemetry);
+            started.push(worldStateSynchronizer);
+            const useRealVerifiers = config.realProofs || config.debugForceTxProofVerification;
+            let peerProofVerifier;
+            let rpcProofVerifier;
+            if (useRealVerifiers) {
+                peerProofVerifier = await BatchChonkVerifier.new(config, config.bbChonkVerifyMaxBatch, 'peer');
+                const rpcVerifier = await BBCircuitVerifier.new(config);
+                rpcProofVerifier = new QueuedIVCVerifier(rpcVerifier, config.numConcurrentIVCVerifiers);
+            } else {
+                peerProofVerifier = new TestCircuitVerifier(config.proverTestVerificationDelayMs);
+                rpcProofVerifier = new TestCircuitVerifier(config.proverTestVerificationDelayMs);
+            }
+            started.push(peerProofVerifier, rpcProofVerifier);
+            let debugLogStore;
+            if (!config.realProofs) {
+                log.warn(`Aztec node is accepting fake proofs`);
+                debugLogStore = new InMemoryDebugLogStore();
+                log.info('Aztec node started in test mode (realProofs set to false) hence debug logs from public functions will be collected and served');
+            } else {
+                debugLogStore = new NullDebugLogStore();
+            }
+            const globalVariableBuilderConfig = {
+                rollupAddress: config.rollupAddress,
+                ethereumSlotDuration: config.ethereumSlotDuration,
+                rollupVersion: BigInt(config.rollupVersion),
+                l1GenesisTime,
+                slotDuration: Number(slotDuration)
+            };
+            const globalVariableBuilder = new GlobalVariableBuilder(dateProvider, publicClient, globalVariableBuilderConfig);
+            const feeProvider = new FeeProviderImpl(dateProvider, publicClient, globalVariableBuilderConfig);
+            const proverOnly = config.enableProverNode && config.disableValidator;
+            if (proverOnly) {
+                log.info('Starting in prover-only mode: skipping validator, sequencer, sentinel, and slasher subsystems');
+            }
+            // create the tx pool and the p2p client, which will need the l2 block source
+            const p2pClient = await createP2PClient(config, archiver, peerProofVerifier, worldStateSynchronizer, epochCache, feeProvider, packageVersion, dateProvider, telemetry, deps.p2pClientDeps, initialBlockHash);
+            started.push(p2pClient);
+            // We'll accumulate sentinel watchers here
+            const watchers = [];
+            // Create FullNodeCheckpointsBuilder for block proposal handling and tx validation.
+            // Override maxTxsPerCheckpoint with the validator-specific limit if set.
+            const validatorCheckpointsBuilder = new FullNodeCheckpointsBuilder({
+                ...config,
+                l1GenesisTime,
+                slotDuration: Number(slotDuration),
+                rollupManaLimit,
+                maxTxsPerCheckpoint: config.validateMaxTxsPerCheckpoint
+            }, worldStateSynchronizer, archiver, dateProvider, telemetry);
+            let validatorClient;
+            // Tracks successful checkpoint re-execution by a checkpoint proposal handler.
+            const reexecutionTracker = new CheckpointReexecutionTracker();
+            if (!config.disableValidator) {
+                // Create validator client if required
+                validatorClient = await createValidatorClient(config, {
+                    checkpointsBuilder: validatorCheckpointsBuilder,
+                    worldState: worldStateSynchronizer,
+                    p2pClient,
+                    telemetry,
+                    dateProvider,
+                    epochCache,
+                    blockSource: archiver,
+                    l1ToL2MessageSource: archiver,
+                    keyStoreManager,
+                    blobClient,
+                    reexecutionTracker,
+                    slashingProtectionDb: deps.slashingProtectionDb
+                });
+                // If we have a validator client, register it as a source of offenses for the slasher,
+                // and have it register callbacks on the p2p client *before* we start it, otherwise messages
+                // like attestations or auths will fail.
+                if (validatorClient) {
+                    watchers.push(validatorClient);
+                    const vc = validatorClient;
+                    const getValidatorAddresses = ()=>vc.getValidatorAddresses().map((a)=>a.toString());
+                    validatorClient.getProposalHandler().register(p2pClient, true, archiver, getValidatorAddresses);
+                    if (!options.dontStartSequencer) {
+                        await validatorClient.registerHandlers();
+                    }
                 }
             }
-            // If there's no validator client but alwaysReexecuteBlockProposals is enabled,
-            // create a BlockProposalHandler to reexecute block proposals for monitoring
-            if (!validatorClient && config.alwaysReexecuteBlockProposals) {
-                log.info('Setting up block proposal reexecution for monitoring');
-                createBlockProposalHandler(config, {
+            // If there's no validator client, create a ProposalHandler to handle block and checkpoint proposals
+            // for monitoring or reexecution. Reexecution (default) allows us to follow the pending chain,
+            // while non-reexecution is used for validating the proposals and collecting their txs.
+            // Checkpoint proposals rebuild blobs if the blob client can upload blobs.
+            if (!validatorClient) {
+                const reexecute = !!config.alwaysReexecuteBlockProposals;
+                log.info(`Setting up proposal handler` + (reexecute ? ' with reexecution of proposals' : ''));
+                createProposalHandler(config, {
                     checkpointsBuilder: validatorCheckpointsBuilder,
                     worldState: worldStateSynchronizer,
                     epochCache,
                     blockSource: archiver,
                     l1ToL2MessageSource: archiver,
                     p2pClient,
+                    blobClient,
                     dateProvider,
-                    telemetry
-                }).registerForReexecution(p2pClient);
-            }
-        }
-        // Start world state and wait for it to sync to the archiver.
-        await worldStateSynchronizer.start();
-        // Start p2p. Note that it depends on world state to be running.
-        await p2pClient.start();
-        let validatorsSentinel;
-        let epochPruneWatcher;
-        let attestationsBlockWatcher;
-        if (!proverOnly) {
-            validatorsSentinel = await createSentinel(epochCache, archiver, p2pClient, config);
-            if (validatorsSentinel && config.slashInactivityPenalty > 0n) {
-                watchers.push(validatorsSentinel);
-            }
-            if (config.slashPrunePenalty > 0n || config.slashDataWithholdingPenalty > 0n) {
-                epochPruneWatcher = new EpochPruneWatcher(archiver, archiver, epochCache, p2pClient.getTxProvider(), validatorCheckpointsBuilder, config);
-                watchers.push(epochPruneWatcher);
-            }
-            // We assume we want to slash for invalid attestations unless all max penalties are set to 0
-            if (config.slashProposeInvalidAttestationsPenalty > 0n || config.slashAttestDescendantOfInvalidPenalty > 0n) {
-                attestationsBlockWatcher = new AttestationsBlockWatcher(archiver, epochCache, config);
-                watchers.push(attestationsBlockWatcher);
+                    telemetry,
+                    reexecutionTracker
+                }).register(p2pClient, reexecute, archiver);
             }
-        }
-        // Start p2p-related services once the archiver has completed sync
-        void archiver.waitForInitialSync().then(async ()=>{
+            // Start world state and wait for it to sync to the archiver.
+            await worldStateSynchronizer.start();
+            // Start p2p. Note that it depends on world state to be running.
             await p2pClient.start();
-            await validatorsSentinel?.start();
-            await epochPruneWatcher?.start();
-            await attestationsBlockWatcher?.start();
-            log.info(`All p2p services started`);
-        }).catch((err)=>log.error('Failed to start p2p services after archiver sync', err));
-        // Validator enabled, create/start relevant service
-        let sequencer;
-        let slasherClient;
-        if (!config.disableValidator && validatorClient) {
-            // We create a slasher only if we have a sequencer, since all slashing actions go through the sequencer publisher
-            // as they are executed when the node is selected as proposer.
-            const validatorAddresses = keyStoreManager ? NodeKeystoreAdapter.fromKeyStoreManager(keyStoreManager).getAddresses() : [];
-            slasherClient = await createSlasher(config, config.l1Contracts, getPublicClient(config), watchers, dateProvider, epochCache, validatorAddresses, undefined);
-            await slasherClient.start();
-            const l1TxUtils = config.sequencerPublisherForwarderAddress ? await createForwarderL1TxUtilsFromSigners(publicClient, keyStoreManager.createAllValidatorPublisherSigners(), config.sequencerPublisherForwarderAddress, {
-                ...config,
-                scope: 'sequencer'
-            }, {
-                telemetry,
-                logger: log.createChild('l1-tx-utils'),
-                dateProvider,
-                kzg: Blob.getViemKzgInstance()
-            }) : await createL1TxUtilsFromSigners(publicClient, keyStoreManager.createAllValidatorPublisherSigners(), {
-                ...config,
-                scope: 'sequencer'
-            }, {
-                telemetry,
-                logger: log.createChild('l1-tx-utils'),
-                dateProvider,
-                kzg: Blob.getViemKzgInstance()
-            });
-            // Create and start the sequencer client
-            const checkpointsBuilder = new CheckpointsBuilder({
-                ...config,
-                l1GenesisTime,
-                slotDuration: Number(slotDuration)
-            }, worldStateSynchronizer, archiver, dateProvider, telemetry, debugLogStore);
-            sequencer = await SequencerClient.new(config, {
-                ...deps,
-                epochCache,
-                l1TxUtils,
-                validatorClient,
-                p2pClient,
-                worldStateSynchronizer,
-                slasherClient,
-                checkpointsBuilder,
-                l2BlockSource: archiver,
-                l1ToL2MessageSource: archiver,
-                telemetry,
-                dateProvider,
-                blobClient,
-                nodeKeyStore: keyStoreManager
-            });
-        }
-        if (!options.dontStartSequencer && sequencer) {
-            await sequencer.start();
-            log.verbose(`Sequencer started`);
-        } else if (sequencer) {
-            log.warn(`Sequencer created but not started`);
-        }
-        // Create prover node subsystem if enabled
-        let proverNode;
-        if (config.enableProverNode) {
-            proverNode = await createProverNode(config, {
-                ...deps.proverNodeDeps,
-                telemetry,
-                dateProvider,
-                archiver,
-                worldStateSynchronizer,
-                p2pClient,
-                epochCache,
-                blobClient,
-                keyStoreManager
+            let validatorsSentinel;
+            let dataWithholdingWatcher;
+            let attestationsBlockWatcher;
+            let attestedInvalidProposalWatcher;
+            let broadcastedInvalidCheckpointProposalWatcher;
+            let checkpointEquivocationWatcher;
+            if (!proverOnly) {
+                validatorsSentinel = await createSentinel(epochCache, archiver, p2pClient, reexecutionTracker, config);
+                if (validatorsSentinel) {
+                    watchers.push(validatorsSentinel);
+                }
+                dataWithholdingWatcher = new DataWithholdingWatcher(epochCache, archiver, p2pClient.getTxProvider(), p2pClient, reexecutionTracker, {
+                    chainId: config.l1ChainId,
+                    rollupAddress: config.rollupAddress
+                }, config);
+                watchers.push(dataWithholdingWatcher);
+                broadcastedInvalidCheckpointProposalWatcher = new BroadcastedInvalidCheckpointProposalWatcher(p2pClient, archiver, epochCache, config);
+                watchers.push(broadcastedInvalidCheckpointProposalWatcher);
+                if (validatorClient) {
+                    attestedInvalidProposalWatcher = new AttestedInvalidProposalWatcher(p2pClient, validatorClient, archiver, epochCache, config, {
+                        log: log.createChild('attested-invalid-proposal-watcher')
+                    });
+                    watchers.push(attestedInvalidProposalWatcher);
+                }
+                checkpointEquivocationWatcher = new CheckpointEquivocationWatcher(archiver, epochCache, config);
+                watchers.push(checkpointEquivocationWatcher);
+                attestationsBlockWatcher = new AttestationsBlockWatcher(archiver, epochCache, config, log.getBindings());
+                watchers.push(attestationsBlockWatcher);
+            }
+            const watchersToStart = compactArray([
+                validatorsSentinel,
+                dataWithholdingWatcher,
+                attestationsBlockWatcher,
+                broadcastedInvalidCheckpointProposalWatcher,
+                attestedInvalidProposalWatcher,
+                checkpointEquivocationWatcher
+            ]);
+            const startedWatchers = [];
+            const stopStartedWatchers = async ()=>{
+                for (const watcher of startedWatchers){
+                    await tryStop(watcher);
+                }
+            };
+            // Start p2p-related services once the archiver has completed sync
+            void archiver.waitForInitialSync().then(async ()=>{
+                for (const watcher of watchersToStart){
+                    await watcher.start();
+                    startedWatchers.push(watcher);
+                }
+                log.info(`All p2p services started`);
+            }).catch((err)=>log.error('Failed to start p2p services after archiver sync', err));
+            started.push({
+                stop: stopStartedWatchers
             });
-            if (!options.dontStartProverNode) {
-                await proverNode.start();
-                log.info(`Prover node subsystem started`);
-            } else {
-                log.info(`Prover node subsystem created but not started`);
+            // Validator enabled, create/start relevant service
+            let sequencer;
+            let automineSequencer;
+            let slasherClient;
+            if (!config.disableValidator && validatorClient) {
+                // We create a slasher only if we have a sequencer, since all slashing actions go through the sequencer publisher
+                // as they are executed when the node is selected as proposer.
+                const validatorAddresses = keyStoreManager ? NodeKeystoreAdapter.fromKeyStoreManager(keyStoreManager).getAddresses() : [];
+                slasherClient = await createSlasher(config, pickL1ContractAddresses(config), getPublicClient(config), watchers, dateProvider, epochCache, validatorAddresses, undefined);
+                await slasherClient.start();
+                started.push(slasherClient);
+                const l1TxUtils = config.sequencerPublisherForwarderAddress ? await createForwarderL1TxUtilsFromSigners(publicClient, keyStoreManager.createAllValidatorPublisherSigners(), config.sequencerPublisherForwarderAddress, {
+                    ...config,
+                    scope: 'sequencer'
+                }, {
+                    telemetry,
+                    logger: log.createChild('l1-tx-utils'),
+                    dateProvider,
+                    kzg: Blob.getViemKzgInstance()
+                }) : await createL1TxUtilsFromSigners(publicClient, keyStoreManager.createAllValidatorPublisherSigners(), {
+                    ...config,
+                    scope: 'sequencer'
+                }, {
+                    telemetry,
+                    logger: log.createChild('l1-tx-utils'),
+                    dateProvider,
+                    kzg: Blob.getViemKzgInstance()
+                });
+                // Create a funder L1TxUtils from the keystore funding account (if configured)
+                const fundingSigner = keyStoreManager?.createFundingSigner();
+                let funderL1TxUtils;
+                if (fundingSigner) {
+                    const [funder] = await createL1TxUtilsFromSigners(publicClient, [
+                        fundingSigner
+                    ], {
+                        ...config,
+                        scope: 'sequencer'
+                    }, {
+                        telemetry,
+                        logger: log.createChild('l1-tx-utils:funder'),
+                        dateProvider
+                    });
+                    funderL1TxUtils = funder;
+                }
+                // Create and start the sequencer client
+                const checkpointsBuilder = new CheckpointsBuilder({
+                    ...config,
+                    l1GenesisTime,
+                    slotDuration: Number(slotDuration),
+                    rollupManaLimit
+                }, worldStateSynchronizer, archiver, dateProvider, telemetry, debugLogStore);
+                if (config.useAutomineSequencer) {
+                    // Test-only path: deterministic, queue-driven sequencer for non-block-building e2e tests.
+                    // See `AUTOMINE_E2E_OPTS` in `end-to-end/src/fixtures/fixtures.ts`.
+                    automineSequencer = await createAutomineSequencer({
+                        config,
+                        l1TxUtils,
+                        funderL1TxUtils,
+                        publicClient,
+                        rollupContract,
+                        epochCache,
+                        blobClient,
+                        telemetry,
+                        dateProvider,
+                        keyStoreManager: keyStoreManager,
+                        validatorClient,
+                        checkpointsBuilder,
+                        globalVariableBuilder,
+                        worldStateSynchronizer,
+                        archiver,
+                        p2pClient,
+                        l1Constants: {
+                            l1GenesisTime,
+                            slotDuration: Number(slotDuration),
+                            ethereumSlotDuration: config.ethereumSlotDuration,
+                            rollupManaLimit
+                        },
+                        log
+                    });
+                } else {
+                    sequencer = await SequencerClient.new(config, {
+                        ...deps,
+                        epochCache,
+                        l1TxUtils,
+                        funderL1TxUtils,
+                        validatorClient,
+                        p2pClient,
+                        worldStateSynchronizer,
+                        slasherClient,
+                        checkpointsBuilder,
+                        l2BlockSource: archiver,
+                        l1ToL2MessageSource: archiver,
+                        telemetry,
+                        dateProvider,
+                        blobClient,
+                        nodeKeyStore: keyStoreManager,
+                        globalVariableBuilder
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+            if (!options.dontStartSequencer && sequencer) {
+                await sequencer.start();
+                started.push(sequencer);
+                log.verbose(`Sequencer started`);
+            } else if (sequencer) {
+                log.warn(`Sequencer created but not started`);
             }
+            if (!options.dontStartSequencer && automineSequencer) {
+                await automineSequencer.start();
+                started.push({
+                    stop: ()=>automineSequencer.stop()
+                });
+                log.verbose(`AutomineSequencer started`);
+            } else if (automineSequencer) {
+                log.warn(`AutomineSequencer created but not started`);
+            }
+            // Create prover node subsystem if enabled
+            let proverNode;
+            if (config.enableProverNode) {
+                proverNode = await createProverNode(config, {
+                    ...deps.proverNodeDeps,
+                    telemetry,
+                    dateProvider,
+                    archiver,
+                    worldStateSynchronizer,
+                    p2pClient,
+                    epochCache,
+                    blobClient,
+                    keyStoreManager
+                });
+                if (!options.dontStartProverNode) {
+                    await proverNode.start();
+                    started.push(proverNode);
+                    log.info(`Prover node subsystem started`);
+                } else {
+                    log.info(`Prover node subsystem created but not started`);
+                }
+            }
+            const node = new AztecNodeService(config, p2pClient, archiver, archiver, archiver, archiver, worldStateSynchronizer, sequencer, proverNode, slasherClient, validatorsSentinel, stopStartedWatchers, ethereumChain.chainInfo.id, config.rollupVersion, globalVariableBuilder, feeProvider, epochCache, packageVersion, peerProofVerifier, rpcProofVerifier, telemetry, log, blobClient, validatorClient, keyStoreManager, debugLogStore, automineSequencer);
+            return node;
+        } catch (err) {
+            log.error('Failed during node creation, stopping started resources', err);
+            for (const resource of started.reverse()){
+                await tryStop(resource);
+            }
+            throw err;
         }
-        const globalVariableBuilder = new GlobalVariableBuilder({
-            ...config,
-            rollupVersion: BigInt(config.rollupVersion),
-            l1GenesisTime,
-            slotDuration: Number(slotDuration)
-        });
-        const node = new AztecNodeService(config, p2pClient, archiver, archiver, archiver, archiver, worldStateSynchronizer, sequencer, proverNode, slasherClient, validatorsSentinel, epochPruneWatcher, ethereumChain.chainInfo.id, config.rollupVersion, globalVariableBuilder, epochCache, packageVersion, proofVerifier, telemetry, log, blobClient, validatorClient, keyStoreManager, debugLogStore);
-        return node;
     }
     /**
    * Returns the sequencer client instance.
@@ -783,6 +1233,9 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
    */ getSequencer() {
         return this.sequencer;
     }
+    /** Test-only: returns the AutomineSequencer when wired via `useAutomineSequencer`. */ getAutomineSequencer() {
+        return this.automineSequencer;
+    }
     /** Returns the prover node subsystem, if enabled. */ getProverNode() {
         return this.proverNode;
     }
@@ -799,13 +1252,16 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
    * Method to return the currently deployed L1 contract addresses.
    * @returns - The currently deployed L1 contract addresses.
    */ getL1ContractAddresses() {
-        return Promise.resolve(this.config.l1Contracts);
+        return Promise.resolve(pickL1ContractAddresses(this.config));
     }
     getEncodedEnr() {
         return Promise.resolve(this.p2pClient.getEnr()?.encodeTxt());
     }
     async getAllowedPublicSetup() {
-        return this.config.txPublicSetupAllowList ?? await getDefaultAllowedSetupFunctions();
+        return [
+            ...await getDefaultAllowedSetupFunctions(),
+            ...this.config.txPublicSetupAllowListExtend ?? []
+        ];
     }
     /**
    * Method to determine if the node is ready to accept transactions.
@@ -833,61 +1289,11 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
         };
         return nodeInfo;
     }
-    /**
-   * Get a block specified by its block number, block hash, or 'latest'.
-   * @param block - The block parameter (block number, block hash, or 'latest').
-   * @returns The requested block.
-   */ async getBlock(block) {
-        if (BlockHash.isBlockHash(block)) {
-            return this.getBlockByHash(block);
-        }
-        const blockNumber = block === 'latest' ? await this.getBlockNumber() : block;
-        if (blockNumber === BlockNumber.ZERO) {
-            return this.buildInitialBlock();
-        }
-        return await this.blockSource.getL2Block(blockNumber);
+    async getCurrentMinFees() {
+        return await this.feeProvider.getCurrentMinFees();
     }
-    /**
-   * Get a block specified by its hash.
-   * @param blockHash - The block hash being requested.
-   * @returns The requested block.
-   */ async getBlockByHash(blockHash) {
-        const initialBlockHash = await this.#getInitialHeaderHash();
-        if (blockHash.equals(initialBlockHash)) {
-            return this.buildInitialBlock();
-        }
-        return await this.blockSource.getL2BlockByHash(blockHash);
-    }
-    buildInitialBlock() {
-        const initialHeader = this.worldStateSynchronizer.getCommitted().getInitialHeader();
-        return L2Block.empty(initialHeader);
-    }
-    /**
-   * Get a block specified by its archive root.
-   * @param archive - The archive root being requested.
-   * @returns The requested block.
-   */ async getBlockByArchive(archive) {
-        return await this.blockSource.getL2BlockByArchive(archive);
-    }
-    /**
-   * Method to request blocks. Will attempt to return all requested blocks but will return only those available.
-   * @param from - The start of the range of blocks to return.
-   * @param limit - The maximum number of blocks to obtain.
-   * @returns The blocks requested.
-   */ async getBlocks(from, limit) {
-        return await this.blockSource.getBlocks(from, BlockNumber(limit)) ?? [];
-    }
-    async getCheckpoints(from, limit) {
-        return await this.blockSource.getCheckpoints(from, limit) ?? [];
-    }
-    async getCheckpointedBlocks(from, limit) {
-        return await this.blockSource.getCheckpointedBlocks(from, limit) ?? [];
-    }
-    /**
-   * Method to fetch the current min L2 fees.
-   * @returns The current min L2 fees.
-   */ async getCurrentMinFees() {
-        return await this.globalVariableBuilder.getCurrentMinFees();
+    /** Returns predicted min fees for the current slot and next N slots. */ async getPredictedMinFees(manaUsage) {
+        return await this.feeProvider.getPredictedMinFees(manaUsage);
     }
     async getMaxPriorityFees() {
         for await (const tx of this.p2pClient.iteratePendingTxs()){
@@ -899,18 +1305,6 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
         });
     }
     /**
-   * Method to fetch the latest block number synchronized by the node.
-   * @returns The block number.
-   */ async getBlockNumber() {
-        return await this.blockSource.getBlockNumber();
-    }
-    async getProvenBlockNumber() {
-        return await this.blockSource.getProvenBlockNumber();
-    }
-    async getCheckpointedBlockNumber() {
-        return await this.blockSource.getCheckpointedL2BlockNumber();
-    }
-    /**
    * Method to fetch the version of the package.
    * @returns The node package version
    */ getNodeVersion() {
@@ -934,43 +1328,11 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
     getContract(address) {
         return this.contractDataSource.getContract(address);
     }
-    async getPrivateLogsByTags(tags, page, referenceBlock) {
-        if (referenceBlock) {
-            const initialBlockHash = await this.#getInitialHeaderHash();
-            if (!referenceBlock.equals(initialBlockHash)) {
-                const header = await this.blockSource.getBlockHeaderByHash(referenceBlock);
-                if (!header) {
-                    throw new Error(`Block ${referenceBlock.toString()} not found in the node. This might indicate a reorg has occurred.`);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return this.logsSource.getPrivateLogsByTags(tags, page);
-    }
-    async getPublicLogsByTagsFromContract(contractAddress, tags, page, referenceBlock) {
-        if (referenceBlock) {
-            const initialBlockHash = await this.#getInitialHeaderHash();
-            if (!referenceBlock.equals(initialBlockHash)) {
-                const header = await this.blockSource.getBlockHeaderByHash(referenceBlock);
-                if (!header) {
-                    throw new Error(`Block ${referenceBlock.toString()} not found in the node. This might indicate a reorg has occurred.`);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return this.logsSource.getPublicLogsByTagsFromContract(contractAddress, tags, page);
-    }
-    /**
-   * Gets public logs based on the provided filter.
-   * @param filter - The filter to apply to the logs.
-   * @returns The requested logs.
-   */ getPublicLogs(filter) {
-        return this.logsSource.getPublicLogs(filter);
+    getPrivateLogsByTags(query) {
+        return this.logsSource.getPrivateLogsByTags(query);
     }
-    /**
-   * Gets contract class logs based on the provided filter.
-   * @param filter - The filter to apply to the logs.
-   * @returns The requested logs.
-   */ getContractClassLogs(filter) {
-        return this.logsSource.getContractClassLogs(filter);
+    getPublicLogsByTags(query) {
+        return this.logsSource.getPublicLogsByTags(query);
     }
     /**
    * Method to submit a transaction to the p2p pool.
@@ -990,7 +1352,15 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
             });
             throw new Error(`Invalid tx: ${reason}`);
         }
-        await this.p2pClient.sendTx(tx);
+        try {
+            await this.p2pClient.sendTx(tx);
+        } catch (err) {
+            this.metrics.receivedTx(timer.ms(), false);
+            this.log.warn(`Mempool rejected tx ${txHash}: ${err.message}`, {
+                txHash
+            });
+            throw err;
+        }
         const duration = timer.ms();
         this.metrics.receivedTx(duration, true);
         this.log.info(`Received tx ${txHash} in ${duration}ms`, {
@@ -1011,10 +1381,10 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
             // If the tx is in the pool but not in the archiver, it's pending.
             // This handles race conditions between archiver and p2p, where the archiver
             // has pruned the block in which a tx was mined, but p2p has not caught up yet.
-            receipt = new TxReceipt(txHash, TxStatus.PENDING, undefined, undefined);
+            receipt = new TxReceipt(txHash, TxStatus.PENDING, /*executionResult=*/ undefined, /*error=*/ undefined);
         } else {
             // Otherwise, if we don't know the tx, we consider it dropped.
-            receipt = new TxReceipt(txHash, TxStatus.DROPPED, undefined, 'Tx dropped by P2P node');
+            receipt = new TxReceipt(txHash, TxStatus.DROPPED, /*executionResult=*/ undefined, /*error=*/ 'Tx dropped by P2P node');
         }
         this.debugLogStore.decorateReceiptWithLogs(txHash.toString(), receipt);
         return receipt;
@@ -1026,11 +1396,14 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
    * Method to stop the aztec node.
    */ async stop() {
         this.log.info(`Stopping Aztec Node`);
-        await tryStop(this.validatorsSentinel);
-        await tryStop(this.epochPruneWatcher);
+        await this.stopStartedWatchers();
         await tryStop(this.slasherClient);
-        await tryStop(this.proofVerifier);
+        await Promise.all([
+            tryStop(this.peerProofVerifier),
+            tryStop(this.rpcProofVerifier)
+        ]);
         await tryStop(this.sequencer);
+        await tryStop(this.automineSequencer);
         await tryStop(this.proverNode);
         await tryStop(this.p2pClient);
         await tryStop(this.worldStateSynchronizer);
@@ -1071,70 +1444,82 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
         return compactArray(await Promise.all(txHashes.map((txHash)=>this.getTxByHash(txHash))));
     }
     async findLeavesIndexes(referenceBlock, treeId, leafValues) {
-        const committedDb = await this.#getWorldState(referenceBlock);
+        const committedDb = await this.getWorldState(referenceBlock);
         const maybeIndices = await committedDb.findLeafIndices(treeId, leafValues.map((x)=>x.toBuffer()));
-        // We filter out undefined values
-        const indices = maybeIndices.filter((x)=>x !== undefined);
-        // Now we find the block numbers for the indices
-        const blockNumbers = await committedDb.getBlockNumbersForLeafIndices(treeId, indices);
-        // If any of the block numbers are undefined, we throw an error.
-        for(let i = 0; i < indices.length; i++){
-            if (blockNumbers[i] === undefined) {
-                throw new Error(`Block number is undefined for leaf index ${indices[i]} in tree ${MerkleTreeId[treeId]}`);
+        // Filter out undefined values to query block numbers only for found leaves
+        const definedIndices = maybeIndices.filter((x)=>x !== undefined);
+        // Now we find the block numbers for the defined indices
+        const blockNumbers = await committedDb.getBlockNumbersForLeafIndices(treeId, definedIndices);
+        // Build a map from leaf index to block number
+        const indexToBlockNumber = new Map();
+        for(let i = 0; i < definedIndices.length; i++){
+            const blockNumber = blockNumbers[i];
+            if (blockNumber === undefined) {
+                throw new Error(`Block number is undefined for leaf index ${definedIndices[i]} in tree ${MerkleTreeId[treeId]}`);
             }
+            indexToBlockNumber.set(definedIndices[i], blockNumber);
         }
         // Get unique block numbers in order to optimize num calls to getLeafValue function.
         const uniqueBlockNumbers = [
-            ...new Set(blockNumbers.filter((x)=>x !== undefined))
+            ...new Set(indexToBlockNumber.values())
         ];
-        // Now we obtain the block hashes from the archive tree by calling await `committedDb.getLeafValue(treeId, index)`
-        // (note that block number corresponds to the leaf index in the archive tree).
+        // Now we obtain the block hashes from the archive tree (block number = leaf index in archive tree).
         const blockHashes = await Promise.all(uniqueBlockNumbers.map((blockNumber)=>{
             return committedDb.getLeafValue(MerkleTreeId.ARCHIVE, BigInt(blockNumber));
         }));
-        // If any of the block hashes are undefined, we throw an error.
+        // Build a map from block number to block hash
+        const blockNumberToHash = new Map();
         for(let i = 0; i < uniqueBlockNumbers.length; i++){
-            if (blockHashes[i] === undefined) {
+            const blockHash = blockHashes[i];
+            if (blockHash === undefined) {
                 throw new Error(`Block hash is undefined for block number ${uniqueBlockNumbers[i]}`);
             }
+            blockNumberToHash.set(uniqueBlockNumbers[i], blockHash);
         }
         // Create DataInBlock objects by combining indices, blockNumbers and blockHashes and return them.
-        return maybeIndices.map((index, i)=>{
+        return maybeIndices.map((index)=>{
             if (index === undefined) {
                 return undefined;
             }
-            const blockNumber = blockNumbers[i];
+            const blockNumber = indexToBlockNumber.get(index);
             if (blockNumber === undefined) {
-                return undefined;
+                throw new Error(`Block number not found for leaf index ${index} in tree ${MerkleTreeId[treeId]}`);
             }
-            const blockHashIndex = uniqueBlockNumbers.indexOf(blockNumber);
-            const blockHash = blockHashes[blockHashIndex];
-            if (!blockHash) {
-                return undefined;
+            const l2BlockHash = blockNumberToHash.get(blockNumber);
+            if (l2BlockHash === undefined) {
+                throw new Error(`Block hash not found for block number ${blockNumber}`);
             }
             return {
-                l2BlockNumber: BlockNumber(Number(blockNumber)),
-                l2BlockHash: new BlockHash(blockHash),
+                l2BlockNumber: blockNumber,
+                l2BlockHash,
                 data: index
             };
         });
     }
     async getBlockHashMembershipWitness(referenceBlock, blockHash) {
-        const committedDb = await this.#getWorldState(referenceBlock);
+        // The Noir circuit checks the archive membership proof against `anchor_block_header.last_archive.root`,
+        // which is the archive tree root BEFORE the anchor block was added (i.e. the state after block N-1).
+        // So we need the world state at block N-1, not block N, to produce a sibling path matching that root.
+        const referenceBlockNumber = await this.resolveBlockNumber(referenceBlock);
+        if (referenceBlockNumber === BlockNumber.ZERO) {
+            // Block 0 (the initial block) has an empty archive, so no membership witness can exist.
+            return undefined;
+        }
+        const committedDb = await this.getWorldState(BlockNumber(referenceBlockNumber - 1));
         const [pathAndIndex] = await committedDb.findSiblingPaths(MerkleTreeId.ARCHIVE, [
             blockHash
         ]);
         return pathAndIndex === undefined ? undefined : MembershipWitness.fromSiblingPath(pathAndIndex.index, pathAndIndex.path);
     }
     async getNoteHashMembershipWitness(referenceBlock, noteHash) {
-        const committedDb = await this.#getWorldState(referenceBlock);
+        const committedDb = await this.getWorldState(referenceBlock);
         const [pathAndIndex] = await committedDb.findSiblingPaths(MerkleTreeId.NOTE_HASH_TREE, [
             noteHash
         ]);
         return pathAndIndex === undefined ? undefined : MembershipWitness.fromSiblingPath(pathAndIndex.index, pathAndIndex.path);
     }
     async getL1ToL2MessageMembershipWitness(referenceBlock, l1ToL2Message) {
-        const db = await this.#getWorldState(referenceBlock);
+        const db = await this.getWorldState(referenceBlock);
         const [witness] = await db.findSiblingPaths(MerkleTreeId.L1_TO_L2_MESSAGE_TREE, [
             l1ToL2Message
         ]);
@@ -1147,42 +1532,24 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
             witness.path
         ];
     }
-    async getL1ToL2MessageBlock(l1ToL2Message) {
-        const messageIndex = await this.l1ToL2MessageSource.getL1ToL2MessageIndex(l1ToL2Message);
-        return messageIndex ? BlockNumber.fromCheckpointNumber(InboxLeaf.checkpointNumberFromIndex(messageIndex)) : undefined;
-    }
-    /**
-   * Returns whether an L1 to L2 message is synced by archiver and if it's ready to be included in a block.
-   * @param l1ToL2Message - The L1 to L2 message to check.
-   * @returns Whether the message is synced and ready to be included in a block.
-   */ async isL1ToL2MessageSynced(l1ToL2Message) {
+    async getL1ToL2MessageCheckpoint(l1ToL2Message) {
         const messageIndex = await this.l1ToL2MessageSource.getL1ToL2MessageIndex(l1ToL2Message);
-        return messageIndex !== undefined;
+        return messageIndex !== undefined ? InboxLeaf.checkpointNumberFromIndex(messageIndex) : undefined;
     }
     /**
    * Returns all the L2 to L1 messages in an epoch.
    * @param epoch - The epoch at which to get the data.
    * @returns The L2 to L1 messages (empty array if the epoch is not found).
    */ async getL2ToL1Messages(epoch) {
-        // Assumes `getCheckpointedBlocksForEpoch` returns blocks in ascending order of block number.
-        const checkpointedBlocks = await this.blockSource.getCheckpointedBlocksForEpoch(epoch);
-        const blocksInCheckpoints = [];
-        let previousSlotNumber = SlotNumber.ZERO;
-        let checkpointIndex = -1;
-        for (const checkpointedBlock of checkpointedBlocks){
-            const block = checkpointedBlock.block;
-            const slotNumber = block.header.globalVariables.slotNumber;
-            if (slotNumber !== previousSlotNumber) {
-                checkpointIndex++;
-                blocksInCheckpoints.push([]);
-                previousSlotNumber = slotNumber;
-            }
-            blocksInCheckpoints[checkpointIndex].push(block);
-        }
-        return blocksInCheckpoints.map((blocks)=>blocks.map((block)=>block.body.txEffects.map((txEffect)=>txEffect.l2ToL1Msgs)));
+        const blocks = await this.blockSource.getBlocks({
+            epoch,
+            onlyCheckpointed: true
+        });
+        const blocksInCheckpoints = chunkBy(blocks, (block)=>block.header.globalVariables.slotNumber);
+        return blocksInCheckpoints.map((slotBlocks)=>slotBlocks.map((block)=>block.body.txEffects.map((txEffect)=>txEffect.l2ToL1Msgs)));
     }
     async getNullifierMembershipWitness(referenceBlock, nullifier) {
-        const db = await this.#getWorldState(referenceBlock);
+        const db = await this.getWorldState(referenceBlock);
         const [witness] = await db.findSiblingPaths(MerkleTreeId.NULLIFIER_TREE, [
             nullifier.toBuffer()
         ]);
@@ -1196,36 +1563,22 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
         }
         return new NullifierMembershipWitness(index, leafPreimage, path);
     }
-    /**
-   * Returns a low nullifier membership witness for a given nullifier at a given block.
-   * @param referenceBlock - The block parameter (block number, block hash, or 'latest') at which to get the data
-   * (which contains the root of the nullifier tree in which we are searching for the nullifier).
-   * @param nullifier - Nullifier we try to find the low nullifier witness for.
-   * @returns The low nullifier membership witness (if found).
-   * @remarks Low nullifier witness can be used to perform a nullifier non-inclusion proof by leveraging the "linked
-   * list structure" of leaves and proving that a lower nullifier is pointing to a bigger next value than the nullifier
-   * we are trying to prove non-inclusion for.
-   *
-   * Note: This function returns the membership witness of the nullifier itself and not the low nullifier when
-   * the nullifier already exists in the tree. This is because the `getPreviousValueIndex` function returns the
-   * index of the nullifier itself when it already exists in the tree.
-   * TODO: This is a confusing behavior and we should eventually address that.
-   */ async getLowNullifierMembershipWitness(referenceBlock, nullifier) {
-        const committedDb = await this.#getWorldState(referenceBlock);
+    async getLowNullifierMembershipWitness(referenceBlock, nullifier) {
+        const committedDb = await this.getWorldState(referenceBlock);
         const findResult = await committedDb.getPreviousValueIndex(MerkleTreeId.NULLIFIER_TREE, nullifier.toBigInt());
         if (!findResult) {
             return undefined;
         }
         const { index, alreadyPresent } = findResult;
         if (alreadyPresent) {
-            this.log.warn(`Nullifier ${nullifier.toBigInt()} already exists in the tree`);
+            throw new Error(`Cannot prove nullifier non-inclusion: nullifier ${nullifier.toBigInt()} already exists in the tree`);
         }
         const preimageData = await committedDb.getLeafPreimage(MerkleTreeId.NULLIFIER_TREE, index);
         const siblingPath = await committedDb.getSiblingPath(MerkleTreeId.NULLIFIER_TREE, BigInt(index));
         return new NullifierMembershipWitness(BigInt(index), preimageData, siblingPath);
     }
     async getPublicDataWitness(referenceBlock, leafSlot) {
-        const committedDb = await this.#getWorldState(referenceBlock);
+        const committedDb = await this.getWorldState(referenceBlock);
         const lowLeafResult = await committedDb.getPreviousValueIndex(MerkleTreeId.PUBLIC_DATA_TREE, leafSlot.toBigInt());
         if (!lowLeafResult) {
             return undefined;
@@ -1236,7 +1589,7 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
         }
     }
     async getPublicStorageAt(referenceBlock, contract, slot) {
-        const committedDb = await this.#getWorldState(referenceBlock);
+        const committedDb = await this.getWorldState(referenceBlock);
         const leafSlot = await computePublicDataTreeLeafSlot(contract, slot);
         const lowLeafResult = await committedDb.getPreviousValueIndex(MerkleTreeId.PUBLIC_DATA_TREE, leafSlot.toBigInt());
         if (!lowLeafResult || !lowLeafResult.alreadyPresent) {
@@ -1245,64 +1598,62 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
         const preimage = await committedDb.getLeafPreimage(MerkleTreeId.PUBLIC_DATA_TREE, lowLeafResult.index);
         return preimage.leaf.value;
     }
-    async getBlockHeader(block = 'latest') {
-        if (BlockHash.isBlockHash(block)) {
-            const initialBlockHash = await this.#getInitialHeaderHash();
-            if (block.equals(initialBlockHash)) {
-                // Block source doesn't handle initial header so we need to handle the case separately.
-                return this.worldStateSynchronizer.getCommitted().getInitialHeader();
-            }
-            return this.blockSource.getBlockHeaderByHash(block);
-        } else {
-            // Block source doesn't handle initial header so we need to handle the case separately.
-            const blockNumber = block === 'latest' ? await this.getBlockNumber() : block;
-            if (blockNumber === BlockNumber.ZERO) {
-                return this.worldStateSynchronizer.getCommitted().getInitialHeader();
-            }
-            return this.blockSource.getBlockHeader(block);
-        }
-    }
-    /**
-   * Get a block header specified by its archive root.
-   * @param archive - The archive root being requested.
-   * @returns The requested block header.
-   */ async getBlockHeaderByArchive(archive) {
-        return await this.blockSource.getBlockHeaderByArchive(archive);
-    }
-    getBlockData(number) {
-        return this.blockSource.getBlockData(number);
-    }
-    getBlockDataByArchive(archive) {
-        return this.blockSource.getBlockDataByArchive(archive);
-    }
     /**
    * Simulates the public part of a transaction with the current state.
    * @param tx - The transaction to simulate.
-   **/ async simulatePublicCalls(tx, skipFeeEnforcement = false) {
-        // Check total gas limit for simulation
-        const gasSettings = tx.data.constants.txContext.gasSettings;
-        const txGasLimit = gasSettings.gasLimits.l2Gas;
-        const teardownGasLimit = gasSettings.teardownGasLimits.l2Gas;
-        if (txGasLimit + teardownGasLimit > this.config.rpcSimulatePublicMaxGasLimit) {
-            throw new BadRequestError(`Transaction total gas limit ${txGasLimit + teardownGasLimit} (${txGasLimit} + ${teardownGasLimit}) exceeds maximum gas limit ${this.config.rpcSimulatePublicMaxGasLimit} for simulation`);
-        }
-        const txHash = tx.getTxHash();
-        const latestBlockNumber = await this.blockSource.getBlockNumber();
-        const blockNumber = BlockNumber.add(latestBlockNumber, 1);
-        // If sequencer is not initialized, we just set these values to zero for simulation.
-        const coinbase = EthAddress.ZERO;
-        const feeRecipient = AztecAddress.ZERO;
-        const newGlobalVariables = await this.globalVariableBuilder.buildGlobalVariables(blockNumber, coinbase, feeRecipient);
-        const publicProcessorFactory = new PublicProcessorFactory(this.contractDataSource, new DateProvider(), this.telemetry, this.log.getBindings());
-        this.log.verbose(`Simulating public calls for tx ${txHash}`, {
-            globalVariables: newGlobalVariables.toInspect(),
-            txHash,
-            blockNumber
-        });
-        // Ensure world-state has caught up with the latest block we loaded from the archiver
-        await this.worldStateSynchronizer.syncImmediate(latestBlockNumber);
-        const merkleTreeFork = await this.worldStateSynchronizer.fork();
+   * @param skipFeeEnforcement - If true, fee enforcement is skipped.
+   * @param overrides - Optional pre-simulation overrides applied to the ephemeral fork and contract DB.
+   **/ async simulatePublicCalls(tx, skipFeeEnforcement = false, overrides) {
+        const env = {
+            stack: [],
+            error: void 0,
+            hasError: false
+        };
         try {
+            // Check total gas limit for simulation
+            const gasSettings = tx.data.constants.txContext.gasSettings;
+            const txGasLimit = gasSettings.gasLimits.l2Gas;
+            const teardownGasLimit = gasSettings.teardownGasLimits.l2Gas;
+            if (txGasLimit + teardownGasLimit > this.config.rpcSimulatePublicMaxGasLimit) {
+                throw new BadRequestError(`Transaction total gas limit ${txGasLimit + teardownGasLimit} (${txGasLimit} + ${teardownGasLimit}) exceeds maximum gas limit ${this.config.rpcSimulatePublicMaxGasLimit} for simulation`);
+            }
+            const txHash = tx.getTxHash();
+            const l2Tips = await this.blockSource.getL2Tips();
+            const latestBlockNumber = l2Tips.proposed.number;
+            const blockNumber = BlockNumber.add(latestBlockNumber, 1);
+            // If sequencer is not initialized, we just set these values to zero for simulation.
+            const coinbase = EthAddress.ZERO;
+            const feeRecipient = AztecAddress.ZERO;
+            const newGlobalVariables = await this.globalVariableBuilder.buildGlobalVariables(blockNumber, coinbase, feeRecipient);
+            const publicProcessorFactory = new PublicProcessorFactory(this.contractDataSource, new DateProvider(), this.telemetry, this.log.getBindings());
+            this.log.verbose(`Simulating public calls for tx ${txHash}`, {
+                globalVariables: newGlobalVariables.toInspect(),
+                txHash,
+                blockNumber
+            });
+            // Ensure world-state has caught up with the latest block we loaded from the archiver
+            await this.worldStateSynchronizer.syncImmediate(latestBlockNumber);
+            // If we detect the next block would start a new checkpoint, then insert L1-to-L2 messages into
+            // the world state tree so simulation can take them into account. We detect if the next block would
+            // start a new checkpoint by checking if the proposed checkpoint's block number matches the latest block number,
+            // which means the next block would be the first block of the next checkpoint.
+            const targetCheckpoint = CheckpointNumber((l2Tips.proposedCheckpoint.checkpoint.number ?? CheckpointNumber.ZERO) + 1);
+            const nextCheckpointMessages = l2Tips.proposedCheckpoint.block.number === l2Tips.proposed.number ? await this.l1ToL2MessageSource.getL1ToL2Messages(targetCheckpoint).catch((err)=>{
+                if (isErrorClass(err, L1ToL2MessagesNotReadyError)) {
+                    this.log.warn(`L1-to-L2 messages for checkpoint ${targetCheckpoint} are not ready yet (simulating without them)`);
+                } else {
+                    this.log.error(`Failed to get L1-to-L2 messages for checkpoint ${targetCheckpoint} (simulating without them)`, err);
+                }
+                return undefined;
+            }) : undefined;
+            const merkleTreeFork = _ts_add_disposable_resource(env, await this.worldStateSynchronizer.fork(latestBlockNumber), true);
+            if (nextCheckpointMessages !== undefined) {
+                this.log.debug(`Appending ${nextCheckpointMessages.length} L1-to-L2 messages to the world state tree for the next checkpoint`, {
+                    checkpointNumber: l2Tips.proposedCheckpoint.checkpoint.number + 1
+                });
+                await appendL1ToL2MessagesToTree(merkleTreeFork, nextCheckpointMessages);
+            }
+            await applyPublicDataOverrides(merkleTreeFork, overrides?.publicStorage);
             const config = PublicSimulatorConfig.from({
                 skipFeeEnforcement,
                 collectDebugLogs: true,
@@ -1313,9 +1664,13 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
                     maxDebugLogMemoryReads: this.config.rpcSimulatePublicMaxDebugLogMemoryReads
                 })
             });
-            const processor = publicProcessorFactory.create(merkleTreeFork, newGlobalVariables, config);
+            const contractsDB = new PublicContractsDB(this.contractDataSource, this.log.getBindings());
+            if (overrides?.contracts) {
+                contractsDB.addContracts(Object.values(overrides.contracts).map(({ instance })=>instance));
+            }
+            const processor = publicProcessorFactory.create(merkleTreeFork, newGlobalVariables, config, contractsDB);
             // REFACTOR: Consider merging ProcessReturnValues into ProcessedTx
-            const [processedTxs, failedTxs, _usedTxs, returns, _blobFields, debugLogs] = await processor.process([
+            const [processedTxs, failedTxs, _usedTxs, returns, debugLogs] = await processor.process([
                 tx
             ]);
             // REFACTOR: Consider returning the error rather than throwing
@@ -1327,25 +1682,36 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
             }
             const [processedTx] = processedTxs;
             return new PublicSimulationOutput(processedTx.revertReason, processedTx.globalVariables, processedTx.txEffect, returns, processedTx.gasUsed, debugLogs);
+        } catch (e) {
+            env.error = e;
+            env.hasError = true;
         } finally{
-            await merkleTreeFork.close();
+            const result = _ts_dispose_resources(env);
+            if (result) await result;
         }
     }
     async isValidTx(tx, { isSimulation, skipFeeEnforcement } = {}) {
         const db = this.worldStateSynchronizer.getCommitted();
-        const verifier = isSimulation ? undefined : this.proofVerifier;
+        const verifier = isSimulation ? undefined : this.rpcProofVerifier;
         // We accept transactions if they are not expired by the next slot (checked based on the ExpirationTimestamp field)
         const { ts: nextSlotTimestamp } = this.epochCache.getEpochAndSlotInNextL1Slot();
         const blockNumber = BlockNumber(await this.blockSource.getBlockNumber() + 1);
+        const l1Constants = await this.blockSource.getL1Constants();
         const validator = createTxValidatorForAcceptingTxsOverRPC(db, this.contractDataSource, verifier, {
             timestamp: nextSlotTimestamp,
             blockNumber,
             l1ChainId: this.l1ChainId,
             rollupVersion: this.version,
-            setupAllowList: this.config.txPublicSetupAllowList ?? await getDefaultAllowedSetupFunctions(),
+            setupAllowList: [
+                ...await getDefaultAllowedSetupFunctions(),
+                ...this.config.txPublicSetupAllowListExtend ?? []
+            ],
             gasFees: await this.getCurrentMinFees(),
             skipFeeEnforcement,
-            txsPermitted: !this.config.disableTransactions
+            txsPermitted: !this.config.disableTransactions,
+            rollupManaLimit: l1Constants.rollupManaLimit,
+            maxBlockL2Gas: this.config.validateMaxL2BlockGas,
+            maxBlockDAGas: this.config.validateMaxDABlockGas
         }, this.log.getBindings());
         return await validator.validateTx(tx);
     }
@@ -1359,7 +1725,20 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
             ...this.config,
             ...config
         };
-        this.sequencer?.updateConfig(config);
+        // If the sequencer is currently paused via pauseSequencer(), record the caller's desired
+        // minTxsPerBlock as the restore value (so resumeSequencer applies it) and keep the freeze
+        // (MAX_SAFE_INTEGER) applied to the underlying sequencer. Without this guard, forwarding
+        // the new minTxsPerBlock to the sequencer would silently unpause block production while
+        // pauseSequencer() still considers it paused.
+        const sequencerUpdate = {
+            ...config
+        };
+        if (this.sequencerPausedMinTxsPerBlock !== undefined && sequencerUpdate.minTxsPerBlock !== undefined) {
+            this.sequencerPausedMinTxsPerBlock = sequencerUpdate.minTxsPerBlock;
+            delete sequencerUpdate.minTxsPerBlock;
+        }
+        this.sequencer?.updateConfig(sequencerUpdate);
+        this.automineSequencer?.updateConfig(sequencerUpdate);
         this.slasherClient?.updateConfig(config);
         this.validatorsSentinel?.updateConfig(config);
         await this.p2pClient.updateP2PConfig(config);
@@ -1368,7 +1747,18 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
             archiver.updateConfig(config);
         }
         if (newConfig.realProofs !== this.config.realProofs) {
-            this.proofVerifier = config.realProofs ? await BBCircuitVerifier.new(newConfig) : new TestCircuitVerifier();
+            await Promise.all([
+                tryStop(this.peerProofVerifier),
+                tryStop(this.rpcProofVerifier)
+            ]);
+            if (newConfig.realProofs) {
+                this.peerProofVerifier = await BatchChonkVerifier.new(newConfig, newConfig.bbChonkVerifyMaxBatch, 'peer');
+                const rpcVerifier = await BBCircuitVerifier.new(newConfig);
+                this.rpcProofVerifier = new QueuedIVCVerifier(rpcVerifier, newConfig.numConcurrentIVCVerifiers);
+            } else {
+                this.peerProofVerifier = new TestCircuitVerifier();
+                this.rpcProofVerifier = new TestCircuitVerifier();
+            }
         }
         this.config = newConfig;
     }
@@ -1377,7 +1767,7 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
             classRegistry: ProtocolContractAddress.ContractClassRegistry,
             feeJuice: ProtocolContractAddress.FeeJuice,
             instanceRegistry: ProtocolContractAddress.ContractInstanceRegistry,
-            multiCallEntrypoint: ProtocolContractAddress.MultiCallEntrypoint
+            multiCallEntrypoint: STANDARD_MULTI_CALL_ENTRYPOINT_ADDRESS
         });
     }
     registerContractFunctionSignatures(signatures) {
@@ -1428,7 +1818,7 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
         });
         return Promise.resolve();
     }
-    async rollbackTo(targetBlock, force) {
+    async rollbackTo(targetBlock, force, resumeSync = true) {
         const archiver = this.blockSource;
         if (!('rollbackTo' in archiver)) {
             throw new Error('Archiver implementation does not support rollbacks.');
@@ -1456,9 +1846,13 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
             this.log.error(`Error during rollback`, err);
             throw err;
         } finally{
-            this.log.info(`Resuming world state and archiver sync.`);
-            this.worldStateSynchronizer.resumeSync();
-            archiver.resume();
+            if (resumeSync) {
+                this.log.info(`Resuming world state and archiver sync.`);
+                this.worldStateSynchronizer.resumeSync();
+                archiver.resume();
+            } else {
+                this.log.info(`Sync left paused after rollback (resumeSync=false).`);
+            }
         }
     }
     async pauseSync() {
@@ -1472,18 +1866,51 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
         this.blockSource.resume();
         return Promise.resolve();
     }
-    getSlashPayloads() {
-        if (!this.slasherClient) {
-            throw new Error(`Slasher client not enabled`);
+    pauseSequencer() {
+        if (this.automineSequencer) {
+            this.automineSequencer.pause();
+            return Promise.resolve();
+        }
+        if (this.sequencer) {
+            if (this.sequencerPausedMinTxsPerBlock === undefined) {
+                this.sequencerPausedMinTxsPerBlock = this.sequencer.getSequencer().getConfig().minTxsPerBlock ?? 0;
+                this.sequencer.updateConfig({
+                    minTxsPerBlock: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER
+                });
+                this.log.info(`Sequencer paused (minTxsPerBlock set to MAX_SAFE_INTEGER)`, {
+                    previousMinTxsPerBlock: this.sequencerPausedMinTxsPerBlock
+                });
+            }
+            return Promise.resolve();
+        }
+        throw new BadRequestError('Cannot pause sequencer: no sequencer is running');
+    }
+    resumeSequencer() {
+        if (this.automineSequencer) {
+            this.automineSequencer.resume();
+            return Promise.resolve();
+        }
+        if (this.sequencer) {
+            if (this.sequencerPausedMinTxsPerBlock !== undefined) {
+                const restored = this.sequencerPausedMinTxsPerBlock;
+                this.sequencerPausedMinTxsPerBlock = undefined;
+                this.sequencer.updateConfig({
+                    minTxsPerBlock: restored
+                });
+                this.log.info(`Sequencer resumed (minTxsPerBlock restored)`, {
+                    minTxsPerBlock: restored
+                });
+            }
+            return Promise.resolve();
         }
-        return this.slasherClient.getSlashPayloads();
+        throw new BadRequestError('Cannot resume sequencer: no sequencer is running');
     }
     getSlashOffenses(round) {
         if (!this.slasherClient) {
             throw new Error(`Slasher client not enabled`);
         }
         if (round === 'all') {
-            return this.slasherClient.getPendingOffenses();
+            return this.slasherClient.getOffenses();
         } else {
             return this.slasherClient.gatherOffensesForRound(round === 'current' ? undefined : BigInt(round));
         }
@@ -1555,57 +1982,104 @@ _dec = trackSpan('AztecNodeService.simulatePublicCalls', (tx)=>({
         this.keyStoreManager = newManager;
         this.log.info('Keystore reloaded: coinbase, feeRecipient, and attester keys updated');
     }
-    #getInitialHeaderHash() {
-        if (!this.initialHeaderHashPromise) {
-            this.initialHeaderHashPromise = this.worldStateSynchronizer.getCommitted().getInitialHeader().hash();
+    async mineBlock() {
+        if (this.automineSequencer) {
+            await this.automineSequencer.buildEmptyBlock();
+            return;
+        }
+        if (!this.sequencer) {
+            throw new BadRequestError('Cannot mine block: no sequencer is running');
+        }
+        const currentBlockNumber = await this.getBlockNumber();
+        // Use slot duration + 50% buffer as the timeout so this works on running networks too
+        const { slotDuration } = await this.blockSource.getL1Constants();
+        const timeoutSeconds = Math.ceil(slotDuration * 1.5);
+        // Temporarily set minTxsPerBlock to 0 so the sequencer produces a block even with no txs
+        const originalMinTxsPerBlock = this.sequencer.getSequencer().getConfig().minTxsPerBlock;
+        this.sequencer.updateConfig({
+            minTxsPerBlock: 0
+        });
+        try {
+            // Trigger the sequencer to produce a block immediately
+            void this.sequencer.trigger();
+            // Wait for the new L2 block to appear
+            await retryUntil(async ()=>{
+                const newBlockNumber = await this.getBlockNumber();
+                return newBlockNumber > currentBlockNumber ? true : undefined;
+            }, 'mineBlock', timeoutSeconds, 0.1);
+        } finally{
+            this.sequencer.updateConfig({
+                minTxsPerBlock: originalMinTxsPerBlock
+            });
         }
-        return this.initialHeaderHashPromise;
     }
     /**
    * Returns an instance of MerkleTreeOperations having first ensured the world state is fully synched
    * @param block - The block parameter (block number, block hash, or 'latest') at which to get the data.
    * @returns An instance of a committed MerkleTreeOperations
-   */ async #getWorldState(block) {
+   */ async getWorldState(block) {
+        const query = this.normalizeBlockParameter(block);
+        // When the request anchors on a specific block hash, resolve it against the archiver up front and
+        // drive the world-state sync to that exact block number and hash. Resolving against the archiver
+        // first fails fast with a clear reorg error if the hash is unknown, and passing the hash to the
+        // synchronizer makes the sync reorg-aware: it barriers until the archive-tree commit for that block
+        // has landed and verifies it matches the requested fork, instead of syncing to bare latest height
+        // and then racing the snapshot read below against an in-flight archive-tree write.
+        const requestedHash = 'hash' in query ? query.hash : undefined;
+        const anchorBlockNumber = requestedHash !== undefined ? await this.resolveBlockNumber(query) : undefined;
         let blockSyncedTo = BlockNumber.ZERO;
         try {
             // Attempt to sync the world state if necessary
-            blockSyncedTo = await this.#syncWorldState();
+            blockSyncedTo = await this.#syncWorldState(anchorBlockNumber, requestedHash);
         } catch (err) {
             this.log.error(`Error getting world state: ${err}`);
         }
-        if (block === 'latest') {
-            this.log.debug(`Using committed db for block 'latest', world state synced upto ${blockSyncedTo}`);
+        if ('tag' in query && query.tag === 'proposed') {
+            this.log.debug(`Using committed db for latest block, world state synced upto ${blockSyncedTo}`);
             return this.worldStateSynchronizer.getCommitted();
         }
-        if (BlockHash.isBlockHash(block)) {
-            const initialBlockHash = await this.#getInitialHeaderHash();
-            if (block.equals(initialBlockHash)) {
-                // Block source doesn't handle initial header so we need to handle the case separately.
-                return this.worldStateSynchronizer.getSnapshot(BlockNumber.ZERO);
-            }
-            const header = await this.blockSource.getBlockHeaderByHash(block);
-            if (!header) {
-                throw new Error(`Block hash ${block.toString()} not found when querying world state. If the node API has been queried with anchor block hash possibly a reorg has occurred.`);
+        const blockNumber = anchorBlockNumber ?? await this.resolveBlockNumber(query);
+        // Check it's within world state sync range
+        if (blockNumber > blockSyncedTo) {
+            throw new Error(`Queried block ${inspectBlockParameter(block)} not yet synced by the node (node is synced upto ${blockSyncedTo}).`);
+        }
+        this.log.debug(`Using snapshot for block ${blockNumber}, world state synced upto ${blockSyncedTo}`);
+        const snapshot = this.worldStateSynchronizer.getSnapshot(blockNumber);
+        // Double-check world-state synced to the same block hash as was requested.
+        // Block 0 is skipped: the snapshot returned by `getSnapshot(0)` is the *pre*-genesis archive
+        // (size 0), so leaf 0 is not yet inserted from that snapshot's view even though block 0's hash
+        // does live at archive index 0 in the committed tree. The genesis hash is already validated by
+        // the archiver when it resolves the hash query to block number 0.
+        if (requestedHash !== undefined && blockNumber !== BlockNumber.ZERO) {
+            const blockHash = await snapshot.getLeafValue(MerkleTreeId.ARCHIVE, BigInt(blockNumber));
+            if (!blockHash || !requestedHash.equals(blockHash)) {
+                throw new Error(`Block hash ${requestedHash.toString()} not found in world state at block number ${blockNumber} (world state has ${blockHash?.toString() ?? 'no hash'} at that index, genesis header hash is ${this.blockSource.getGenesisBlockHash().toString()}). If the node API has been queried with anchor block hash possibly a reorg has occurred.`);
             }
-            const blockNumber = header.getBlockNumber();
-            this.log.debug(`Using snapshot for block ${blockNumber}, world state synced upto ${blockSyncedTo}`);
-            return this.worldStateSynchronizer.getSnapshot(blockNumber);
         }
-        // Block number provided
-        {
-            const blockNumber = block;
-            if (blockNumber > blockSyncedTo) {
-                throw new Error(`Queried block ${block} not yet synced by the node (node is synced upto ${blockSyncedTo}).`);
+        return snapshot;
+    }
+    /** Resolves any {@link BlockParameter} variant to a concrete block number. */ async resolveBlockNumber(block) {
+        const query = this.normalizeBlockParameter(block);
+        const blockNumber = await this.blockSource.getBlockNumber(query);
+        if (blockNumber === undefined) {
+            if ('hash' in query) {
+                throw new Error(`Block hash ${query.hash.toString()} not found when querying world state. If the node API has been queried with anchor block hash possibly a reorg has occurred.`);
+            }
+            if ('archive' in query) {
+                throw new Error(`Block with archive ${query.archive.toString()} not found.`);
             }
-            this.log.debug(`Using snapshot for block ${blockNumber}, world state synced upto ${blockSyncedTo}`);
-            return this.worldStateSynchronizer.getSnapshot(blockNumber);
+            throw new Error(`Block not found for ${inspectBlockParameter(block)}.`);
         }
+        return blockNumber;
     }
     /**
-   * Ensure we fully sync the world state
+   * Ensure the world state is synced.
+   * @param targetBlockNumber - Block to sync up to. Defaults to the latest block known to the archiver.
+   * @param blockHash - If provided, the synchronizer verifies the block at `targetBlockNumber` matches this
+   * hash, resyncing (and so detecting reorgs) if it does not yet match or has been reorged away.
    * @returns A promise that fulfils once the world state is synced
-   */ async #syncWorldState() {
-        const blockSourceHeight = await this.blockSource.getBlockNumber();
-        return await this.worldStateSynchronizer.syncImmediate(blockSourceHeight);
+   */ async #syncWorldState(targetBlockNumber, blockHash) {
+        const target = targetBlockNumber ?? await this.blockSource.getBlockNumber();
+        return await this.worldStateSynchronizer.syncImmediate(target, blockHash);
     }
 }