@aztec/p2p 5.0.0-private.20260319 → 5.0.0-rc.2

package/src/services/libp2p/libp2p_service.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 import type { EpochCacheInterface } from '@aztec/epoch-cache';
 import { BlockNumber, type SlotNumber } from '@aztec/foundation/branded-types';
-import { maxBy } from '@aztec/foundation/collection';
-import { Fr } from '@aztec/foundation/curves/bn254';
+import { compactArray, maxBy, merge } from '@aztec/foundation/collection';
 import { type Logger, createLibp2pComponentLogger, createLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
 import { RunningPromise } from '@aztec/foundation/running-promise';
 import { Timer } from '@aztec/foundation/timer';
 import type { AztecAsyncKVStore } from '@aztec/kv-store';
 import { protocolContractsHash } from '@aztec/protocol-contracts';
-import type { EthAddress, L2Block, L2BlockSource } from '@aztec/stdlib/block';
+import type { EthAddress, L2BlockSource } from '@aztec/stdlib/block';
+import { DEFAULT_MAX_BLOCKS_PER_CHECKPOINT } from '@aztec/stdlib/config';
 import type { ContractDataSource } from '@aztec/stdlib/contract';
-import { GasFees } from '@aztec/stdlib/gas';
+import { type BlockMinFeesProvider, GasFees, getNetworkTxGasLimits } from '@aztec/stdlib/gas';
 import type { ClientProtocolCircuitVerifier, PeerInfo, WorldStateSynchronizer } from '@aztec/stdlib/interfaces/server';
 import {
   BlockProposal,
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ import {
   getTopicsForConfig,
   metricsTopicStrToLabels,
 } from '@aztec/stdlib/p2p';
+import { ConsensusTimetable, getDefaultCheckpointProposalSyncGrace } from '@aztec/stdlib/timetable';
 import { MerkleTreeId } from '@aztec/stdlib/trees';
-import { Tx, type TxHash, type TxValidationResult, type TxValidator } from '@aztec/stdlib/tx';
+import { Tx, type TxValidationResult } from '@aztec/stdlib/tx';
 import type { UInt64 } from '@aztec/stdlib/types';
 import { compressComponentVersions } from '@aztec/stdlib/versioning';
 import {
@@ -51,13 +52,15 @@ import { yamux } from '@chainsafe/libp2p-yamux';
 import { bootstrap } from '@libp2p/bootstrap';
 import { identify } from '@libp2p/identify';
 import { type Message, type MultiaddrConnection, type PeerId, TopicValidatorResult } from '@libp2p/interface';
-import type { ConnectionManager } from '@libp2p/interface-internal';
+import type { AddressManager, ConnectionManager } from '@libp2p/interface-internal';
 import { mplex } from '@libp2p/mplex';
 import { tcp } from '@libp2p/tcp';
+import { multiaddr } from '@multiformats/multiaddr';
 import { ENR } from '@nethermindeth/enr';
 import { createLibp2p } from 'libp2p';
 
 import type { P2PConfig } from '../../config.js';
+import { CheckpointProposalReceivedCallbackNotRegisteredError } from '../../errors/p2p-service.error.js';
 import type { MemPools } from '../../mem_pools/interface.js';
 import {
   BlockProposalValidator,
@@ -73,14 +76,14 @@ import {
   createFirstStageTxValidationsForGossipedTransactions,
   createSecondStageTxValidationsForGossipedTransactions,
   createTxValidatorForBlockProposalReceivedTxs,
-  createTxValidatorForReqResponseReceivedTxs,
 } from '../../msg_validators/tx_validator/factory.js';
+import { TxValidationCache } from '../../msg_validators/tx_validator/tx_validation_cache.js';
 import { GossipSubEvent } from '../../types/index.js';
 import { type PubSubLibp2p, convertToMultiaddr } from '../../util.js';
 import { getVersions } from '../../versioning.js';
 import { AztecDatastore } from '../data_store.js';
 import { DiscV5Service } from '../discv5/discV5_service.js';
-import { SnappyTransform, fastMsgIdFn, getMsgIdFn, msgIdToStrFn } from '../encoding.js';
+import { SnappyTransform, getMsgIdFn, msgIdToStrFn } from '../encoding.js';
 import { APP_SPECIFIC_WEIGHT, gossipScoreThresholds } from '../gossipsub/scoring.js';
 import { createAllTopicScoreParams } from '../gossipsub/topic_score_params.js';
 import type { PeerManagerInterface } from '../peer-manager/interface.js';
@@ -92,19 +95,15 @@ import {
   AuthRequest,
   BlockTxsRequest,
   BlockTxsResponse,
-  DEFAULT_SUB_PROTOCOL_VALIDATORS,
   type ReqRespInterface,
   type ReqRespResponse,
   ReqRespSubProtocol,
   type ReqRespSubProtocolHandler,
   type ReqRespSubProtocolHandlers,
-  type ReqRespSubProtocolValidators,
   StatusMessage,
-  type SubProtocolMap,
   ValidationError,
   pingHandler,
   reqGoodbyeHandler,
-  reqRespBlockHandler,
   reqRespBlockTxsHandler,
   reqRespStatusHandler,
   reqRespTxHandler,
@@ -112,13 +111,33 @@ import {
 import { ReqResp } from '../reqresp/reqresp.js';
 import type {
   P2PBlockReceivedCallback,
+  P2PCheckpointAttestationCallback,
   P2PCheckpointReceivedCallback,
   P2PDuplicateAttestationCallback,
+  P2POversizedProposalCallback,
   P2PService,
   PeerDiscoveryService,
 } from '../service.js';
 import { P2PInstrumentation } from './instrumentation.js';
 
+/**
+ * Builds the {@link ConsensusTimetable} shared by the gossip validators for proposal/attestation receive-window
+ * bounds. Derived purely from protocol slot-timing constants plus the block sub-slot duration and the consensus
+ * materialization grace, so every node agrees on these bounds without depending on proposer operational budgets.
+ */
+function buildConsensusTimetable(
+  config: P2PConfig,
+  l1Constants: ReturnType<EpochCacheInterface['getL1Constants']>,
+): ConsensusTimetable {
+  const blockDuration = config.blockDurationMs / 1000;
+  return new ConsensusTimetable({
+    l1Constants,
+    blockDuration,
+    checkpointProposalSyncGrace:
+      config.checkpointProposalSyncGraceSeconds ?? getDefaultCheckpointProposalSyncGrace(blockDuration),
+  });
+}
+
 interface ValidationResult {
   name: string;
   isValid: TxValidationResult;
@@ -130,7 +149,7 @@ type ValidationOutcome = { allPassed: true } | { allPassed: false; failure: Vali
 // REFACTOR: Unify with the type above
 type ReceivedMessageValidationResult<T, M = undefined> =
   | { obj: T; result: Exclude<TopicValidatorResult, TopicValidatorResult.Reject>; metadata?: M }
-  | { obj?: T; result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject; metadata?: M };
+  | { obj?: T; result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject; metadata?: M; severity: PeerErrorSeverity };
 
 /**
  * Lib P2P implementation of the P2PService interface.
@@ -147,8 +166,6 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
   private protocolVersion = '';
   private topicStrings: Record<TopicType, string> = {} as Record<TopicType, string>;
 
-  private feesCache: { blockNumber: BlockNumber; gasFees: GasFees } | undefined;
-
   /** Callback invoked when a duplicate proposal is detected (triggers slashing). */
   private duplicateProposalCallback?: (info: {
     slot: SlotNumber;
@@ -156,9 +173,15 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
     type: 'checkpoint' | 'block';
   }) => void;
 
+  /** Callback invoked when an oversized block proposal is stored as slashing evidence (triggers slashing). */
+  private oversizedProposalCallback?: P2POversizedProposalCallback;
+
   /** Callback invoked when a duplicate attestation is detected (triggers slashing). */
   private duplicateAttestationCallback?: P2PDuplicateAttestationCallback;
 
+  /** Callback invoked when a valid checkpoint attestation is accepted into the pool. */
+  private checkpointAttestationCallback?: P2PCheckpointAttestationCallback;
+
   /**
    * Callback for when a block is received from a peer.
    * @param block - The block received from the peer.
@@ -171,10 +194,19 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
    * @param checkpoint - The checkpoint proposal received from the peer.
    * @returns The attestations for the checkpoint, if any.
    */
-  private checkpointReceivedCallback: P2PCheckpointReceivedCallback;
+  private allNodesCheckpointReceivedCallback: P2PCheckpointReceivedCallback;
+  /**
+   * Callback for when a checkpoint proposal is received - specifically for validators - from a peer.
+   * @param checkpoint - The checkpoint proposal received from the peer.
+   * @returns The attestations for the checkpoint, if any.
+   */
+  private validatorCheckpointReceivedCallback: P2PCheckpointReceivedCallback;
 
   private gossipSubEventHandler: (e: CustomEvent<GossipsubMessage>) => void;
 
+  private ipChangedHandler?: (ip: string) => void;
+  private discoveredP2pIp?: string;
+
   private instrumentation: P2PInstrumentation;
 
   private telemetry: TelemetryClient;
@@ -192,8 +224,10 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
     private epochCache: EpochCacheInterface,
     private proofVerifier: ClientProtocolCircuitVerifier,
     private worldStateSynchronizer: WorldStateSynchronizer,
+    private blockMinFeesProvider: BlockMinFeesProvider,
     telemetry: TelemetryClient,
     logger: Logger = createLogger('p2p:libp2p_service'),
+    private txValidationCache?: TxValidationCache,
   ) {
     super(telemetry, 'LibP2PService');
     this.telemetry = telemetry;
@@ -223,15 +257,39 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
       this.protocolVersion,
     );
 
+    // Build the consensus timetable once from protocol slot-timing constants and inject it into every
+    // validator so they share one set of receive-window bounds, independent of proposer operational budgets.
+    const consensusTimetable = buildConsensusTimetable(config, epochCache.getL1Constants());
     const proposalValidatorOpts = {
       txsPermitted: !config.disableTransactions,
       maxTxsPerBlock: config.validateMaxTxsPerBlock ?? config.validateMaxTxsPerCheckpoint,
+      maxBlocksPerCheckpoint: config.maxBlocksPerCheckpoint,
+      skipSlotValidation: config.skipProposalSlotValidation,
+      signatureContext: {
+        chainId: config.l1ChainId,
+        rollupAddress: config.rollupAddress,
+      },
+      clockDisparityMs: config.maxGossipClockDisparityMs,
+    };
+    this.blockProposalValidator = new BlockProposalValidator(epochCache, consensusTimetable, proposalValidatorOpts);
+    this.checkpointProposalValidator = new CheckpointProposalValidator(
+      epochCache,
+      consensusTimetable,
+      proposalValidatorOpts,
+    );
+    const attestationValidatorOpts = {
+      signatureContext: proposalValidatorOpts.signatureContext,
+      clockDisparityMs: config.maxGossipClockDisparityMs,
     };
-    this.blockProposalValidator = new BlockProposalValidator(epochCache, proposalValidatorOpts);
-    this.checkpointProposalValidator = new CheckpointProposalValidator(epochCache, proposalValidatorOpts);
     this.checkpointAttestationValidator = config.fishermanMode
-      ? new FishermanAttestationValidator(epochCache, mempools.attestationPool, telemetry)
-      : new CheckpointAttestationValidator(epochCache);
+      ? new FishermanAttestationValidator(
+          epochCache,
+          consensusTimetable,
+          mempools.attestationPool,
+          telemetry,
+          attestationValidatorOpts,
+        )
+      : new CheckpointAttestationValidator(epochCache, consensusTimetable, attestationValidatorOpts);
 
     this.gossipSubEventHandler = this.handleGossipSubEvent.bind(this);
 
@@ -243,18 +301,22 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
       return true;
     };
 
-    this.checkpointReceivedCallback = (
-      checkpoint: CheckpointProposalCore,
+    this.allNodesCheckpointReceivedCallback = (
+      _checkpoint: CheckpointProposalCore,
+    ): Promise<CheckpointAttestation[] | undefined> => {
+      throw new CheckpointProposalReceivedCallbackNotRegisteredError();
+    };
+
+    this.validatorCheckpointReceivedCallback = (
+      _checkpoint: CheckpointProposalCore,
     ): Promise<CheckpointAttestation[] | undefined> => {
-      this.logger.debug(
-        `Handler not yet registered: Checkpoint received callback not set. Received checkpoint for slot ${checkpoint.slotNumber} from peer.`,
-      );
       return Promise.resolve(undefined);
     };
   }
 
-  public updateConfig(config: Partial<P2PReqRespConfig>) {
+  public updateConfig(config: Partial<P2PReqRespConfig & Pick<P2PConfig, 'skipIncomingProposals'>>) {
     this.reqresp.updateConfig(config);
+    this.config = merge(this.config, config);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -273,9 +335,11 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
       proofVerifier: ClientProtocolCircuitVerifier;
       worldStateSynchronizer: WorldStateSynchronizer;
       peerStore: AztecAsyncKVStore;
+      blockMinFeesProvider: BlockMinFeesProvider;
       telemetry: TelemetryClient;
       logger: Logger;
       packageVersion: string;
+      txValidationCache?: TxValidationCache;
     },
   ) {
     const {
@@ -285,9 +349,11 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
       mempools,
       proofVerifier,
       peerStore,
+      blockMinFeesProvider,
       telemetry,
       logger,
       packageVersion,
+      txValidationCache,
     } = deps;
     const { p2pPort, maxPeerCount, listenAddress } = config;
     const bindAddrTcp = convertToMultiaddr(listenAddress, p2pPort, 'tcp');
@@ -302,6 +368,7 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
       packageVersion,
       telemetry,
       createLogger(`${logger.module}:discv5_service`, logger.getBindings()),
+      peerStore,
     );
 
     // Seed libp2p's bootstrap discovery with private and trusted peers
@@ -316,34 +383,49 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
     const protocolVersion = compressComponentVersions(versions);
 
     const preferredPeersEnrs: ENR[] = config.preferredPeers.map(enr => ENR.decodeTxt(enr));
-    const directPeers = (
+    const directPeers = compactArray(
       await Promise.all(
         preferredPeersEnrs.map(async enr => {
-          const peerId = await enr.peerId();
-          const address = enr.getLocationMultiaddr('tcp');
-          if (address === undefined) {
-            throw new Error(`Direct peer ${peerId.toString()} has no TCP address, ENR: ${enr.encodeTxt()}`);
+          try {
+            const peerId = await enr.peerId();
+            const address = enr.getLocationMultiaddr('tcp');
+            if (address === undefined) {
+              throw new Error(`Direct peer ${peerId.toString()} has no TCP address, ENR: ${enr.encodeTxt()}`);
+            }
+            return {
+              id: peerId,
+              addrs: [address],
+            };
+          } catch (err) {
+            // A malformed configured ENR shouldn't abort node setup — skip it and log.
+            logger.warn(`Skipping preferred peer with invalid ENR`, { err });
+            return undefined;
           }
-          return {
-            id: peerId,
-            addrs: [address],
-          };
         }),
-      )
-    ).filter(peer => peer !== undefined);
+      ),
+    );
 
     const announceTcpMultiaddr = config.p2pIp ? [convertToMultiaddr(config.p2pIp, p2pPort, 'tcp')] : [];
 
-    // Create dynamic topic score params based on network configuration
+    // Create dynamic topic score params based on network configuration. Scoring uses the network-wide
+    // max-blocks-per-checkpoint config value directly to size expected per-slot message rates; these are
+    // peer-rate thresholds, not consensus deadlines, so they need no proposer operational budgets.
     const l1Constants = epochCache.getL1Constants();
     const topicScoreParams = createAllTopicScoreParams(protocolVersion, {
       slotDurationMs: l1Constants.slotDuration * 1000,
       heartbeatIntervalMs: config.gossipsubInterval,
       targetCommitteeSize: l1Constants.targetCommitteeSize,
-      blockDurationMs: config.blockDurationMs,
+      maxBlocksPerCheckpoint: config.maxBlocksPerCheckpoint ?? DEFAULT_MAX_BLOCKS_PER_CHECKPOINT,
       expectedBlockProposalsPerSlot: config.expectedBlockProposalsPerSlot,
     });
 
+    // Restrict gossipsub to exactly the topics we subscribe to. Without this, an arbitrary-topic
+    // message is transformed, msg-id'd and inserted into the seenCache before the subscription check,
+    // so a crafted topic colliding on msg id can suppress a real message as a duplicate.
+    const allowedTopics = getTopicsForConfig(config.disableTransactions).map(topic =>
+      createTopicString(topic, protocolVersion),
+    );
+
     const node = await createLibp2p({
       start: false,
       peerId,
@@ -389,7 +471,7 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
       },
       connectionGater: {
         denyInboundConnection: (maConn: MultiaddrConnection) => {
-          const allowed = peerManager.isNodeAllowedToConnect(maConn.remoteAddr.nodeAddress().address);
+          const allowed = peerManager.isAddressAllowedToConnect(maConn.remoteAddr.nodeAddress().address);
           if (allowed) {
             return false;
           }
@@ -400,7 +482,7 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
         denyInboundEncryptedConnection: (peerId: PeerId, _maConn: MultiaddrConnection) => {
           //NOTE: it is not necessary to check address here because this was already done by
           // denyInboundConnection
-          const allowed = peerManager.isNodeAllowedToConnect(peerId);
+          const allowed = peerManager.isPeerAllowedToConnect(peerId);
           if (allowed) {
             return false;
           }
@@ -428,9 +510,13 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
           mcacheLength: config.gossipsubMcacheLength,
           mcacheGossip: config.gossipsubMcacheGossip,
           seenTTL: config.gossipsubSeenTTL,
+          allowedTopics,
+          // No fastMsgIdFn: the fast-path dedup cache keys on a non-cryptographic 64-bit hash of the
+          // raw data only (no topic), so a collision — accidental or engineered via a weak seed — drops
+          // a different message with no fallback to the full id. Dedup instead rests solely on the
+          // cryptographic, topic-framed msgIdFn below.
           msgIdFn: getMsgIdFn,
           msgIdToStrFn: msgIdToStrFn,
-          fastMsgIdFn: fastMsgIdFn,
           dataTransform: new SnappyTransform(),
           metricsRegister: otelMetricsAdapter,
           metricsTopicStrToLabel: metricsTopicStrToLabels(protocolVersion),
@@ -442,8 +528,9 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
             topics: topicScoreParams,
           }),
         }) as (components: GossipSubComponents) => GossipSub,
-        components: (components: { connectionManager: ConnectionManager }) => ({
+        components: (components: { connectionManager: ConnectionManager; addressManager: AddressManager }) => ({
           connectionManager: components.connectionManager,
+          addressManager: components.addressManager,
         }),
       },
       logger: createLibp2pComponentLogger(logger.module, logger.getBindings()),
@@ -465,6 +552,9 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
       epochCache,
     );
 
+    // Gate req/resp data protocols for unauthenticated peers when p2pAllowOnlyValidators is enabled
+    reqresp.setShouldRejectPeer(peerId => peerManager.shouldDisableP2PGossip(peerId));
+
     // Configure application-specific scoring for gossipsub.
     // The weight scales app score to align with gossipsub thresholds:
     // - Disconnect (-50) × 10 = -500 = gossipThreshold (stops receiving gossip)
@@ -485,8 +575,10 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
       epochCache,
       proofVerifier,
       worldStateSynchronizer,
+      blockMinFeesProvider,
       telemetry,
       logger,
+      txValidationCache,
     );
   }
 
@@ -500,24 +592,21 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
       throw new Error('P2P service already started');
     }
 
-    // Get listen & announce addresses for logging
     const { p2pIp, p2pPort } = this.config;
-    if (!p2pIp) {
-      throw new Error('Announce address not provided.');
+    if (!p2pIp && !this.config.queryForIp) {
+      throw new Error('Announce address not provided and queryForIp is not enabled.');
     }
-    const announceTcpMultiaddr = convertToMultiaddr(p2pIp, p2pPort, 'tcp');
+    const announceTcpMultiaddr = p2pIp ? convertToMultiaddr(p2pIp, p2pPort, 'tcp') : undefined;
 
     // Create request response protocol handlers
     const txHandler = reqRespTxHandler(this.mempools);
     const goodbyeHandler = reqGoodbyeHandler(this.peerManager);
-    const blockHandler = reqRespBlockHandler(this.archiver);
     const statusHandler = reqRespStatusHandler(this.protocolVersion, this.worldStateSynchronizer, this.logger);
 
     const requestResponseHandlers: Partial<ReqRespSubProtocolHandlers> = {
       [ReqRespSubProtocol.PING]: pingHandler,
       [ReqRespSubProtocol.STATUS]: statusHandler.bind(this),
       [ReqRespSubProtocol.GOODBYE]: goodbyeHandler.bind(this),
-      [ReqRespSubProtocol.BLOCK]: blockHandler.bind(this),
     };
 
     if (!this.config.disableTransactions) {
@@ -533,17 +622,9 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
       requestResponseHandlers[ReqRespSubProtocol.TX] = txHandler.bind(this);
     }
 
-    // Define the sub protocol validators - This is done within this start() method to gain a callback to the existing validateTx function
-    const reqrespSubProtocolValidators = {
-      ...DEFAULT_SUB_PROTOCOL_VALIDATORS,
-      [ReqRespSubProtocol.TX]: this.validateRequestedTxs.bind(this),
-      [ReqRespSubProtocol.BLOCK_TXS]: this.validateRequestedBlockTxs.bind(this),
-      [ReqRespSubProtocol.BLOCK]: this.validateRequestedBlock.bind(this),
-    };
-
     await this.peerManager.initializePeers();
 
-    await this.reqresp.start(requestResponseHandlers, reqrespSubProtocolValidators);
+    await this.reqresp.start(requestResponseHandlers);
 
     await this.node.start();
 
@@ -559,6 +640,38 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
     if (!this.config.p2pDiscoveryDisabled) {
       await this.peerDiscoveryService.start();
     }
+
+    // Bridge discv5 IP changes to libp2p's AddressManager so peers see the updated address
+    if (this.config.queryForIp) {
+      this.discoveredP2pIp = this.config.p2pIp;
+      this.logger.info('IP change tracking enabled, bridging discv5 IP updates to libp2p AddressManager');
+      this.ipChangedHandler = (ip: string) => {
+        const addressManager = this.node.services.components.addressManager;
+        const newAddr = multiaddr(convertToMultiaddr(ip, this.config.p2pPort, 'tcp'));
+        const previousIp = this.discoveredP2pIp;
+
+        if (previousIp) {
+          const oldAddr = multiaddr(convertToMultiaddr(previousIp, this.config.p2pPort, 'tcp'));
+          addressManager.removeObservedAddr(oldAddr);
+          this.logger.info('Libp2p announce address updated due to IP change', {
+            previousIp,
+            newIp: ip,
+            newMultiaddr: newAddr.toString(),
+          });
+        } else {
+          this.logger.info('Libp2p announce address set from initial discv5 IP discovery', {
+            ip,
+            multiaddr: newAddr.toString(),
+          });
+        }
+
+        addressManager.addObservedAddr(newAddr);
+        addressManager.confirmObservedAddr(newAddr);
+        this.discoveredP2pIp = ip;
+      };
+      this.peerDiscoveryService.on('ip:changed', this.ipChangedHandler);
+    }
+
     this.discoveryRunningPromise = new RunningPromise(
       async () => {
         await this.peerManager.heartbeat();
@@ -584,6 +697,11 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
     // Remove gossip sub listener
     this.node.services.pubsub.removeEventListener(GossipSubEvent.MESSAGE, this.gossipSubEventHandler);
 
+    if (this.ipChangedHandler) {
+      this.peerDiscoveryService.removeListener('ip:changed', this.ipChangedHandler);
+      this.ipChangedHandler = undefined;
+    }
+
     // Stop peer manager
     this.logger.debug('Stopping peer manager...');
     await this.peerManager.stop();
@@ -598,12 +716,8 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
     this.logger.info('LibP2P service stopped');
   }
 
-  addReqRespSubProtocol(
-    subProtocol: ReqRespSubProtocol,
-    handler: ReqRespSubProtocolHandler,
-    validator?: ReqRespSubProtocolValidators[ReqRespSubProtocol],
-  ): Promise<void> {
-    return this.reqresp.addSubProtocol(subProtocol, handler, validator);
+  addReqRespSubProtocol(subProtocol: ReqRespSubProtocol, handler: ReqRespSubProtocolHandler): Promise<void> {
+    return this.reqresp.addSubProtocol(subProtocol, handler);
   }
 
   public registerThisValidatorAddresses(address: EthAddress[]): void {
@@ -631,20 +745,6 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
     setImmediate(() => void safeJob());
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Send a batch of requests to peers, and return the responses
-   * @param protocol - The request response protocol to use
-   * @param requests - The requests to send to the peers
-   * @returns The responses to the requests
-   */
-  sendBatchRequest<SubProtocol extends ReqRespSubProtocol>(
-    protocol: SubProtocol,
-    requests: InstanceType<SubProtocolMap[SubProtocol]['request']>[],
-    pinnedPeerId: PeerId | undefined,
-  ): Promise<InstanceType<SubProtocolMap[SubProtocol]['response']>[]> {
-    return this.reqresp.sendBatchRequest(protocol, requests, pinnedPeerId);
-  }
-
   public sendRequestToPeer(
     peerId: PeerId,
     subProtocol: ReqRespSubProtocol,
@@ -666,8 +766,12 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
     this.blockReceivedCallback = callback;
   }
 
-  public registerCheckpointReceivedCallback(callback: P2PCheckpointReceivedCallback) {
-    this.checkpointReceivedCallback = callback;
+  public registerValidatorCheckpointReceivedCallback(callback: P2PCheckpointReceivedCallback) {
+    this.validatorCheckpointReceivedCallback = callback;
+  }
+
+  public registerAllNodesCheckpointReceivedCallback(callback: P2PCheckpointReceivedCallback) {
+    this.allNodesCheckpointReceivedCallback = callback;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -680,6 +784,13 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
     this.duplicateProposalCallback = callback;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Registers a callback to be invoked when an oversized block proposal is stored as slashing evidence.
+   */
+  public registerOversizedProposalCallback(callback: P2POversizedProposalCallback): void {
+    this.oversizedProposalCallback = callback;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Registers a callback to be invoked when a duplicate attestation is detected.
    * A validator signing attestations for different proposals at the same slot.
@@ -689,6 +800,10 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
     this.duplicateAttestationCallback = callback;
   }
 
+  public registerCheckpointAttestationCallback(callback: P2PCheckpointAttestationCallback): void {
+    this.checkpointAttestationCallback = callback;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Subscribes to a topic.
    * @param topic - The topic to subscribe to.
@@ -817,6 +932,15 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
 
     // Process the message, optionally within a linked span for trace propagation
     const processMessage = async () => {
+      if (
+        this.config.skipIncomingProposals &&
+        (msg.topic === this.topicStrings[TopicType.block_proposal] ||
+          msg.topic === this.topicStrings[TopicType.checkpoint_proposal])
+      ) {
+        this.logger.warn(`Ignoring incoming proposal (skipIncomingProposals is set)`, { topic: msg.topic });
+        this.node.services.pubsub.reportMessageValidationResult(msgId, source.toString(), TopicValidatorResult.Ignore);
+        return;
+      }
       if (msg.topic === this.topicStrings[TopicType.tx]) {
         await this.handleGossipedTx(p2pMessage.payload, msgId, source);
       } else if (msg.topic === this.topicStrings[TopicType.checkpoint_attestation]) {
@@ -882,30 +1006,67 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
     source: PeerId,
     topicType: TopicType,
   ): Promise<ReceivedMessageValidationResult<T, M>> {
-    let resultAndObj: ReceivedMessageValidationResult<T, M> = { result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject };
+    // Default to reject result with a penalty if validation function throws an error
+    let resultAndObj: ReceivedMessageValidationResult<T, M> = {
+      result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject,
+      severity: PeerErrorSeverity.MidToleranceError,
+    };
     const timer = new Timer();
     try {
       resultAndObj = await validationFunc();
     } catch (err) {
-      this.peerManager.penalizePeer(source, PeerErrorSeverity.LowToleranceError);
-      this.logger.error(`Error deserializing and validating gossipsub message`, err, {
-        msgId,
-        source: source.toString(),
-        topicType,
-      });
+      this.logger.error(`Error validating gossipsub message`, err, { msgId, source: source.toString(), topicType });
+    }
+
+    const validationTimeMs = timer.ms();
+    const mcacheWindowMs = this.config.gossipsubMcacheLength * this.config.gossipsubInterval;
+    if (validationTimeMs > mcacheWindowMs * 0.75) {
+      this.instrumentation.incSlowValidation(topicType);
+      this.logger.warn(
+        `Gossip validation for ${topicType} took ${validationTimeMs}ms, approaching mcache eviction window of ${mcacheWindowMs}ms. ` +
+          `Message forwarding may be skipped if validation exceeds the window.`,
+        { msgId, source: source.toString(), topicType, validationTimeMs, mcacheWindowMs },
+      );
     }
 
     if (resultAndObj.result === TopicValidatorResult.Accept) {
+      this.logger.debug(`Message ${topicType} accepted by validator`, { msgId, source: source.toString(), topicType });
       this.instrumentation.recordMessageValidation(topicType, timer);
+    } else if (resultAndObj.result === TopicValidatorResult.Reject) {
+      this.logger.warn(`Message ${topicType} rejected by validator with severity ${resultAndObj.severity}`, {
+        msgId,
+        source: source.toString(),
+        topicType,
+        severity: resultAndObj.severity,
+      });
+      this.peerManager.penalizePeer(source, resultAndObj.severity);
+    } else {
+      this.logger.trace(`Message ${topicType} ignored by validator`, { msgId, source: source.toString(), topicType });
     }
 
     this.node.services.pubsub.reportMessageValidationResult(msgId, source.toString(), resultAndObj.result);
     return resultAndObj;
   }
 
+  private tryDeserialize<T>(deserializeFunc: () => T, msgId: string, source: PeerId): T | undefined {
+    try {
+      return deserializeFunc();
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.logger.warn(`Failed to deserialize gossipsub message from buffer`, {
+        err,
+        msgId,
+        source: source.toString(),
+      });
+      return undefined;
+    }
+  }
+
   protected async handleGossipedTx(payloadData: Buffer, msgId: string, source: PeerId) {
     const validationFunc: () => Promise<ReceivedMessageValidationResult<Tx>> = async () => {
-      const tx = Tx.fromBuffer(payloadData);
+      const tx = this.tryDeserialize(() => Tx.fromBuffer(payloadData), msgId, source);
+      if (!tx) {
+        return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject, severity: PeerErrorSeverity.LowToleranceError };
+      }
 
       const currentBlockNumber = await this.archiver.getBlockNumber();
       const { ts: nextSlotTimestamp } = this.epochCache.getEpochAndSlotInNextL1Slot();
@@ -930,8 +1091,7 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
           severity,
           source: source.toString(),
         });
-        this.peerManager.penalizePeer(source, severity);
-        return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject };
+        return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject, severity };
       }
 
       // Pool pre-check: see if the pool would accept this tx before doing expensive proof verification
@@ -953,8 +1113,7 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
           severity,
           source: source.toString(),
         });
-        this.peerManager.penalizePeer(source, severity);
-        return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject };
+        return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject, severity };
       }
 
       // Pool add: persist the tx
@@ -979,8 +1138,7 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
           source: source.toString(),
           txHash: txHash.toString(),
         });
-        this.peerManager.penalizePeer(source, PeerErrorSeverity.HighToleranceError);
-        return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject };
+        return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject, severity: PeerErrorSeverity.HighToleranceError };
       }
     };
 
@@ -1010,7 +1168,16 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
     source: PeerId,
   ): Promise<void> {
     const { result, obj: attestation } = await this.validateReceivedMessage<CheckpointAttestation>(
-      () => this.validateAndStoreCheckpointAttestation(source, CheckpointAttestation.fromBuffer(payloadData)),
+      () => {
+        const attestation = this.tryDeserialize(() => CheckpointAttestation.fromBuffer(payloadData), msgId, source);
+        if (!attestation) {
+          return Promise.resolve({
+            result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject,
+            severity: PeerErrorSeverity.LowToleranceError,
+          });
+        }
+        return this.validateAndStoreCheckpointAttestation(source, attestation);
+      },
       msgId,
       source,
       TopicType.checkpoint_attestation,
@@ -1043,8 +1210,7 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
 
     if (validationResult.result === 'reject') {
       this.logger.warn(`Penalizing peer ${peerId} for checkpoint attestation validation failure`);
-      this.peerManager.penalizePeer(peerId, validationResult.severity);
-      return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject };
+      return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject, severity: validationResult.severity };
     }
 
     if (validationResult.result === 'ignore') {
@@ -1070,16 +1236,16 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
       return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Ignore, obj: attestation };
     }
 
-    // Could not add (cap reached for signer), no need to re-broadcast
+    // Could not add (cap reached for signer), penalize and do not re-broadcast
     if (!added) {
-      this.logger.warn(`Dropping checkpoint attestation due to cap`, {
+      this.logger.warn(`Rejecting checkpoint attestation due to cap`, {
         slot: slot.toString(),
         archive: attestation.archive.toString(),
         source: peerId.toString(),
         attester: attestation.getSender()?.toString(),
         count,
       });
-      return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Ignore, obj: attestation };
+      return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject, severity: PeerErrorSeverity.HighToleranceError };
     }
 
     // Check if this is a duplicate attestation (signer attested to a different proposal at the same slot)
@@ -1098,6 +1264,7 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
     }
 
     // Attestation was added successfully - accept it so other nodes can also detect the equivocation
+    this.checkpointAttestationCallback?.(attestation);
     return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Accept, obj: attestation };
   }
 
@@ -1105,16 +1272,17 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
     const {
       result,
       obj: block,
-      metadata: { isEquivocated } = {},
-    } = await this.validateReceivedMessage<BlockProposal, { isEquivocated: boolean }>(
+      metadata: { isEquivocated, isOversized } = {},
+    } = await this.validateReceivedMessage<BlockProposal, { isEquivocated: boolean; isOversized: boolean }>(
       () => this.validateAndStoreBlockProposal(source, BlockProposal.fromBuffer(payloadData)),
       msgId,
       source,
       TopicType.block_proposal,
     );
 
-    // If not accepted or equivocated, return
-    if (result !== TopicValidatorResult.Accept || !block || isEquivocated) {
+    // If not accepted, equivocated, or oversized, return. Oversized proposals are re-broadcast as
+    // slashing evidence but never attested or processed.
+    if (result !== TopicValidatorResult.Accept || !block || isEquivocated || isOversized) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -1129,13 +1297,12 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
   protected async validateAndStoreBlockProposal(
     peerId: PeerId,
     block: BlockProposal,
-  ): Promise<ReceivedMessageValidationResult<BlockProposal, { isEquivocated: boolean }>> {
+  ): Promise<ReceivedMessageValidationResult<BlockProposal, { isEquivocated: boolean; isOversized: boolean }>> {
     const validationResult = await this.blockProposalValidator.validate(block);
 
     if (validationResult.result === 'reject') {
       this.logger.warn(`Penalizing peer ${peerId} for block proposal validation failure`);
-      this.peerManager.penalizePeer(peerId, validationResult.severity);
-      return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject };
+      return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject, severity: validationResult.severity };
     }
 
     if (validationResult.result === 'ignore') {
@@ -1145,6 +1312,12 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
     // Try to add the proposal: this handles existence check, cap check, and adding in one call
     const { added, alreadyExists, count } = await this.mempools.attestationPool.tryAddBlockProposal(block);
     const isEquivocated = count !== undefined && count > 1;
+    // An oversized proposal (index at or beyond the consensus per-checkpoint limit) is structurally valid
+    // proposer misbehavior: it is stored and re-broadcast as slashing evidence but never processed or
+    // attested to. No-ops when maxBlocksPerCheckpoint is unset (local/test).
+    const isOversized =
+      this.config.maxBlocksPerCheckpoint !== undefined &&
+      block.indexWithinCheckpoint >= this.config.maxBlocksPerCheckpoint;
 
     // Duplicate proposal received, no need to re-broadcast
     if (alreadyExists) {
@@ -1154,12 +1327,11 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
         proposer: block.getSender()?.toString(),
         source: peerId.toString(),
       });
-      return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Ignore, obj: block, metadata: { isEquivocated } };
+      return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Ignore, obj: block, metadata: { isEquivocated, isOversized } };
     }
 
     // Too many blocks received for this slot and index, penalize peer and do not re-broadcast
     if (!added) {
-      this.peerManager.penalizePeer(peerId, PeerErrorSeverity.HighToleranceError);
       this.logger.warn(`Penalizing peer for block proposal exceeding per-position cap`, {
         ...block.toBlockInfo(),
         indexWithinCheckpoint: block.indexWithinCheckpoint,
@@ -1167,7 +1339,27 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
         proposer: block.getSender()?.toString(),
         source: peerId.toString(),
       });
-      return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject, metadata: { isEquivocated } };
+      return {
+        result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject,
+        metadata: { isEquivocated, isOversized },
+        severity: PeerErrorSeverity.HighToleranceError,
+      };
+    }
+
+    // The proposal was stored: if oversized, invoke the oversized callback so the proposer can be
+    // slashed. Fired alongside (not instead of) equivocation detection below.
+    if (isOversized) {
+      const proposer = block.getSender();
+      if (proposer) {
+        this.logger.warn(`Detected oversized block proposal at slot ${block.slotNumber}`, {
+          ...block.toBlockInfo(),
+          indexWithinCheckpoint: block.indexWithinCheckpoint,
+          maxBlocksPerCheckpoint: this.config.maxBlocksPerCheckpoint,
+          source: peerId.toString(),
+          proposer: proposer.toString(),
+        });
+        this.oversizedProposalCallback?.({ slot: block.slotNumber, proposer });
+      }
     }
 
     // If this was a duplicate proposal, do not process it, but do invoke the duplicate callback,
@@ -1183,11 +1375,11 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
       if (proposer && count === 2) {
         this.duplicateProposalCallback?.({ slot: block.slotNumber, proposer, type: 'block' });
       }
-      return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Accept, obj: block, metadata: { isEquivocated } };
+      return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Accept, obj: block, metadata: { isEquivocated, isOversized } };
     }
 
     // Otherwise, we're good to go!
-    return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Accept, obj: block };
+    return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Accept, obj: block, metadata: { isEquivocated: false, isOversized } };
   }
 
   // REFACTOR(palla): This method should be moved to the p2p_client or to a separate component,
@@ -1213,6 +1405,9 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
     const isValid = await this.blockReceivedCallback(block, sender);
     if (!isValid) {
       this.logger.info(`Block proposal validation failed for block ${block.blockNumber}`, block.toBlockInfo());
+      // Release the protections this proposal created so its txs return to pending. Only entries still
+      // keyed to this slot are cleared, so a tx referenced by a live proposal at another slot stays protected.
+      await this.mempools.txPool.unprotectTxs(block.txHashes, slot);
     }
   }
 
@@ -1224,25 +1419,45 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
     const {
       result,
       obj: checkpoint,
-      metadata: { isEquivocated, processBlock } = {},
-    } = await this.validateReceivedMessage<CheckpointProposal, { isEquivocated: boolean; processBlock: boolean }>(
+      metadata: { isEquivocated, processBlock, isOversized } = {},
+    } = await this.validateReceivedMessage<
+      CheckpointProposal,
+      { isEquivocated: boolean; processBlock: boolean; isOversized: boolean }
+    >(
       () => this.validateAndStoreCheckpointProposal(source, CheckpointProposal.fromBuffer(payloadData)),
       msgId,
       source,
       TopicType.checkpoint_proposal,
     );
 
+    // An oversized checkpoint is re-broadcast as slashing evidence but never attested or processed.
+    // Process checkpoint proposal if valid and neither equivocated nor oversized.
+    const processCheckpointFn = () =>
+      result === TopicValidatorResult.Accept && checkpoint && !isEquivocated && !isOversized
+        ? this.processValidCheckpointProposal(checkpoint.toCore(), source)
+        : Promise.resolve();
+
     // If the checkpoint contained a valid last block, we process it even if the checkpoint itself is to be rejected
     // TODO(palla/mbps): Is this ok? Should we be considering a block from a checkpoint that was equivocated?
-    if (processBlock && checkpoint?.getBlockProposal()) {
-      await this.processValidBlockProposal(checkpoint.getBlockProposal()!, source);
-    }
-
-    if (result !== TopicValidatorResult.Accept || !checkpoint || isEquivocated) {
+    const processBlockFn = () =>
+      processBlock && checkpoint && checkpoint.getBlockProposal()
+        ? this.processValidBlockProposal(checkpoint.getBlockProposal()!, source)
+        : Promise.resolve();
+
+    // A node that skips checkpoint validation attests without re-executing the embedded last block, so run
+    // the checkpoint callback first: this creates and broadcasts the attestation before the block is
+    // processed. Otherwise the block's re-execution — which can stall until the re-execution deadline
+    // waiting for a parent that may never arrive — would delay the attestation past the slot's attestation
+    // window, after which peers reject it as stale.
+    if (this.config.skipCheckpointProposalValidation) {
+      await processCheckpointFn();
+      await processBlockFn();
       return;
     }
 
-    await this.processValidCheckpointProposal(checkpoint.toCore(), source);
+    // Process the block first, since it's required for the checkpoint proposal validation.
+    await processBlockFn();
+    await processCheckpointFn();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1255,13 +1470,17 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
   protected async validateAndStoreCheckpointProposal(
     peerId: PeerId,
     checkpoint: CheckpointProposal,
-  ): Promise<ReceivedMessageValidationResult<CheckpointProposal, { isEquivocated: boolean; processBlock: boolean }>> {
+  ): Promise<
+    ReceivedMessageValidationResult<
+      CheckpointProposal,
+      { isEquivocated: boolean; processBlock: boolean; isOversized: boolean }
+    >
+  > {
     const validationResult = await this.checkpointProposalValidator.validate(checkpoint);
 
     if (validationResult.result === 'reject') {
       this.logger.warn(`Penalizing peer ${peerId} for checkpoint proposal validation failure`);
-      this.peerManager.penalizePeer(peerId, validationResult.severity);
-      return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject };
+      return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject, severity: validationResult.severity };
     }
 
     if (validationResult.result === 'ignore') {
@@ -1271,25 +1490,30 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
     // Extract and try to add the block proposal first if present
     const blockProposal = checkpoint.getBlockProposal();
     let processBlock = false;
+    let isOversized = false;
     if (blockProposal) {
       this.logger.debug(`Validating block proposal from propagated checkpoint`, {
         [Attributes.SLOT_NUMBER]: checkpoint.slotNumber.toString(),
         [Attributes.P2P_ID]: peerId.toString(),
       });
-      const {
-        result,
-        obj,
-        metadata: { isEquivocated } = {},
-      } = await this.validateAndStoreBlockProposal(peerId, blockProposal);
-      if (result === TopicValidatorResult.Reject || !obj || isEquivocated) {
+      const blockProposalResult = await this.validateAndStoreBlockProposal(peerId, blockProposal);
+      const { obj, metadata: { isEquivocated, isOversized: blockIsOversized } = {} } = blockProposalResult;
+      isOversized = blockIsOversized ?? false;
+
+      if (blockProposalResult.result === TopicValidatorResult.Reject || !obj || isEquivocated) {
         this.logger.debug(`Rejecting checkpoint due to invalid last block proposal`, {
           [Attributes.SLOT_NUMBER]: checkpoint.slotNumber.toString(),
           [Attributes.P2P_ID]: peerId.toString(),
           isEquivocated,
-          result,
+          result: blockProposalResult.result,
         });
-        return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject };
-      } else if (result === TopicValidatorResult.Accept && obj && !isEquivocated) {
+        return {
+          result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject,
+          severity:
+            'severity' in blockProposalResult ? blockProposalResult.severity : PeerErrorSeverity.MidToleranceError,
+        };
+      } else if (blockProposalResult.result === TopicValidatorResult.Accept && obj && !isEquivocated && !isOversized) {
+        // An oversized terminal block is re-broadcast as slashing evidence but never processed.
         processBlock = true;
       }
     }
@@ -1309,20 +1533,24 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
       return {
         result: TopicValidatorResult.Ignore,
         obj: checkpoint,
-        metadata: { isEquivocated, processBlock },
+        metadata: { isEquivocated, processBlock, isOversized },
       };
     }
 
-    // Too many checkpoint proposals received for this slot, penalize peer and do not re-broadcast
+    // Too many checkpoint proposals received for this slot, penalize peer and do not re-broadcast.
     // Note: We still return the checkpoint obj so the lastBlock can be processed if valid
     if (!added) {
-      this.peerManager.penalizePeer(peerId, PeerErrorSeverity.HighToleranceError);
       this.logger.warn(`Penalizing peer for checkpoint proposal exceeding per-slot cap`, {
         ...checkpoint.toCheckpointInfo(),
         count,
         source: peerId.toString(),
       });
-      return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject, obj: checkpoint, metadata: { isEquivocated, processBlock } };
+      return {
+        result: TopicValidatorResult.Reject,
+        obj: checkpoint,
+        metadata: { isEquivocated, processBlock, isOversized },
+        severity: PeerErrorSeverity.HighToleranceError,
+      };
     }
 
     // If this was a duplicate proposal, do not process it, but do invoke the duplicate callback,
@@ -1341,12 +1569,16 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
       return {
         result: TopicValidatorResult.Accept,
         obj: checkpoint,
-        metadata: { isEquivocated, processBlock },
+        metadata: { isEquivocated, processBlock, isOversized },
       };
     }
 
     // Otherwise, we're good to go!
-    return { result: TopicValidatorResult.Accept, obj: checkpoint, metadata: { processBlock, isEquivocated } };
+    return {
+      result: TopicValidatorResult.Accept,
+      obj: checkpoint,
+      metadata: { processBlock, isEquivocated, isOversized },
+    };
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1367,9 +1599,11 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
       source: sender.toString(),
     });
 
+    await this.allNodesCheckpointReceivedCallback(checkpoint, sender);
+
     // Call the checkpoint received callback with the core version (without lastBlock)
     // to validate and potentially generate attestations
-    const attestations = await this.checkpointReceivedCallback(checkpoint, sender);
+    const attestations = await this.validatorCheckpointReceivedCallback(checkpoint, sender);
     if (attestations && attestations.length > 0) {
       // If the callback returned attestations, add them to the pool and propagate them
       await this.mempools.attestationPool.addOwnCheckpointAttestations(attestations);
@@ -1392,82 +1626,87 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Validate the requested block transactions. Allow partial returns.
+   * Validate the requested block transactions request-response consistency.
+   * It does NOT validate the transactions themselves.
    * @param request - The block transactions request.
    * @param response - The block transactions response.
    * @param peerId - The ID of the peer that made the request.
-   * @returns True if the requested block transactions are valid, false otherwise.
+   * @returns True if the request-response is consistent, false otherwise.
    */
-  @trackSpan('Libp2pService.validateRequestedBlockTxs', request => ({
+  @trackSpan('Libp2pService.validateRequestedBlockTxsConsistency', request => ({
     [Attributes.BLOCK_ARCHIVE]: request.archiveRoot.toString(),
   }))
-  protected async validateRequestedBlockTxs(
+  protected async validateRequestedBlockTxsConsistency(
     request: BlockTxsRequest,
     response: BlockTxsResponse,
     peerId: PeerId,
   ): Promise<boolean> {
-    const requestedTxValidator = this.createRequestedTxValidator();
-
     try {
-      if (!response.archiveRoot.equals(request.archiveRoot)) {
+      // Check for duplicates txs (or hashes) in the response.
+      const returnedHashes = response.txs.map(tx => tx.getTxHash().toString());
+      const uniqueReturned = new Set(returnedHashes.map(h => h.toString()));
+      if (uniqueReturned.size !== returnedHashes.length) {
         this.peerManager.penalizePeer(peerId, PeerErrorSeverity.MidToleranceError);
-        throw new ValidationError(
-          `Received block txs for unexpected archive root: expected ${request.archiveRoot.toString()}, got ${response.archiveRoot.toString()}`,
+        throw new ValidationError(`Received duplicate txs in block txs response`);
+      }
+
+      // We get the block tx hashes from the proposal or the archiver.
+      const proposal = await this.mempools.attestationPool.getBlockProposalByArchive(request.archiveRoot.toString());
+      const blockTxHashes =
+        proposal?.txHashes ??
+        (await this.archiver.getBlock({ archive: request.archiveRoot }))?.body.txEffects.map(e => e.txHash);
+
+      // If we don't have the block, we can't verify membership/order of the returned txs.
+      if (!blockTxHashes) {
+        // This shouldn't happen, since we asked for the block (proposal).
+        // Neither a local proposal nor an archived block: we cannot verify membership/order of the
+        // returned txs. This is a local-state gap, not a peer fault, so we do not penalize.
+        this.logger.warn(
+          `Block ${request.archiveRoot.toString()} not found in attestation pool or archiver; cannot validate membership/order of returned txs`,
         );
+        // NOTE: We mark the response as invalid, given the limitations of a true/false return value.
+        return false;
       }
 
-      if (response.txIndices.getLength() !== request.txIndices.getLength()) {
-        this.peerManager.penalizePeer(peerId, PeerErrorSeverity.MidToleranceError);
+      // Verify that the returned tx hashes are a subset of (tx hashes by index) U (explicitly requested tx hashes).
+      const uniqueRequestedHashes = new Set([
+        // tx hashes requested by index.
+        ...request.txIndices.getTrueIndices().map(i => blockTxHashes[i].toString()),
+        // explicitly requested tx hashes.
+        ...request.txHashes.map(h => h.toString()),
+      ]);
+      if (!returnedHashes.every(h => uniqueRequestedHashes.has(h))) {
+        this.peerManager.penalizePeer(peerId, PeerErrorSeverity.LowToleranceError);
         throw new ValidationError(
-          `Received block txs with mismatched bitvector length: expected ${request.txIndices.getLength()}, got ${response.txIndices.getLength()}`,
+          'Returned txs should be a subset of (tx hashes by index) U (explicitly requested tx hashes)',
         );
       }
 
-      // Check no duplicates and not exceeding returnable count
-      const requestedIndices = new Set(request.txIndices.getTrueIndices());
-      const availableIndices = new Set(response.txIndices.getTrueIndices());
-      const maxReturnable = [...requestedIndices].filter(i => availableIndices.has(i)).length;
-
-      const returnedHashes = await Promise.all(response.txs.map(tx => tx.getTxHash().toString()));
-      const uniqueReturned = new Set(returnedHashes.map(h => h.toString()));
-      if (uniqueReturned.size !== returnedHashes.length) {
-        this.peerManager.penalizePeer(peerId, PeerErrorSeverity.MidToleranceError);
-        throw new ValidationError(`Received duplicate txs in block txs response`);
+      // Tx indices information is optional, but if present, we need to verify a few things.
+      if (!response.peerHasBlock()) {
+        this.logger.debug(`Peer ${peerId.toString()} signalled missing block`);
+        return true;
       }
-      if (response.txs.length > maxReturnable) {
+
+      // If the response has a non-empty bitvector, it needs to be consistent with the number of txs in the block.
+      if (response.txIndices.getLength() !== blockTxHashes.length) {
         this.peerManager.penalizePeer(peerId, PeerErrorSeverity.MidToleranceError);
         throw new ValidationError(
-          `Received more txs (${response.txs.length}) than requested-and-available (${maxReturnable})`,
+          `Received block txs with mismatched bitvector length: expected ${blockTxHashes.length}, got ${response.txIndices.getLength()}`,
         );
       }
 
-      // Given proposal (should have locally), ensure returned txs are valid subset and match request indices
-      const proposal = await this.mempools.attestationPool.getBlockProposal(request.archiveRoot.toString());
-      if (proposal) {
-        // Build intersected indices
-        const intersectIdx = request.txIndices.getTrueIndices().filter(i => response.txIndices.isSet(i));
-
-        // Enforce subset membership and preserve increasing order by index.
-        const hashToIndexInProposal = new Map<string, number>(
-          proposal.txHashes.map((h, i) => [h.toString(), i] as [string, number]),
-        );
-        const allowedIndexSet = new Set(intersectIdx);
-        const indices = returnedHashes.map(h => hashToIndexInProposal.get(h));
-        const allAllowed = indices.every(idx => idx !== undefined && allowedIndexSet.has(idx));
-        const strictlyIncreasing = indices.every((idx, i) => (i === 0 ? idx !== undefined : idx! > indices[i - 1]!));
-        if (!allAllowed || !strictlyIncreasing) {
-          this.peerManager.penalizePeer(peerId, PeerErrorSeverity.LowToleranceError);
-          throw new ValidationError('Returned txs do not match expected subset/order for requested indices');
-        }
-      } else {
-        // No local proposal, cannot check the membership/order of the returned txs
-        this.logger.warn(
-          `Block proposal not found for archive root ${request.archiveRoot.toString()}; cannot validate membership/order of returned txs`,
-        );
-        return false;
+      // For every index we requested that the peer claims to have (per its bitvector), the
+      // corresponding tx must be present in the response. A peer advertising availability but
+      // withholding the tx is inconsistent.
+      const returnedHashSet = new Set(returnedHashes);
+      const expectedIndices = request.txIndices.getTrueIndices().filter(i => response.txIndices.isSet(i));
+      const missingExpected = expectedIndices.some(i => !returnedHashSet.has(blockTxHashes[i].toString()));
+      if (missingExpected) {
+        this.peerManager.penalizePeer(peerId, PeerErrorSeverity.LowToleranceError);
+        throw new ValidationError('Peer advertised requested txs via indices but did not return them');
       }
 
-      await Promise.all(response.txs.map(tx => this.validateRequestedTx(tx, peerId, requestedTxValidator)));
       return true;
     } catch (e: any) {
       if (e instanceof ValidationError) {
@@ -1480,125 +1719,8 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Validate a collection of txs that has been requested from a peer.
-   *
-   * The core component of this validator is that each tx hash MUST match the requested tx hash,
-   * In order to perform this check, the tx proof must be verified.
-   *
-   * Note: This function is called from within `ReqResp.sendRequest` as part of the
-   * ReqRespSubProtocol.TX subprotocol validation.
-   *
-   * @param requestedTxHash - The collection of the txs that was requested.
-   * @param responseTx - The collection of txs that was received as a response to the request.
-   * @param peerId - The peer ID of the peer that sent the tx.
-   * @returns True if the whole collection of txs is valid, false otherwise.
-   */
-  @trackSpan('Libp2pService.validateRequestedTx', (requestedTxHash, _responseTx) => ({
-    [Attributes.TX_HASH]: requestedTxHash.toString(),
-  }))
-  private async validateRequestedTxs(requestedTxHash: TxHash[], responseTx: Tx[], peerId: PeerId): Promise<boolean> {
-    const requested = new Set(requestedTxHash.map(h => h.toString()));
-    const requestedTxValidator = this.createRequestedTxValidator();
-
-    //TODO: (mralj) - this is somewhat naive implementation, if single tx is invalid we consider the whole response invalid.
-    // I think we should still extract the valid txs and return them, so that we can still use the response.
-    try {
-      await Promise.all(responseTx.map(tx => this.validateRequestedTx(tx, peerId, requestedTxValidator, requested)));
-      return true;
-    } catch (e: any) {
-      if (e instanceof ValidationError) {
-        this.logger.warn(`Failed to validate requested txs from peer ${peerId.toString()}, reason ${e.message}`);
-      } else {
-        this.logger.error(`Error during validation of requested txs`, e);
-      }
-
-      return false;
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Validates a BLOCK response.
-   *
-   * If a local copy exists, enforces hash equality. If missing, rejects (no penalty) since the hash cannot be verified.
-   * Penalizes on block number mismatch or hash mismatch.
-   *
-   * @param requestedBlockNumber - The requested block number.
-   * @param responseBlock - The block returned by the peer.
-   * @param peerId - The peer that returned the block.
-   * @returns True if the response is valid, false otherwise.
-   */
-  @trackSpan('Libp2pService.validateRequestedBlock', (requestedBlockNumber, _responseBlock) => ({
-    [Attributes.BLOCK_NUMBER]: requestedBlockNumber.toString(),
-  }))
-  protected async validateRequestedBlock(
-    requestedBlockNumber: Fr,
-    responseBlock: L2Block,
-    peerId: PeerId,
-  ): Promise<boolean> {
-    try {
-      const reqNum = Number(requestedBlockNumber.toString());
-      if (responseBlock.number !== reqNum) {
-        this.peerManager.penalizePeer(peerId, PeerErrorSeverity.LowToleranceError);
-        return false;
-      }
-
-      const local = await this.archiver.getBlock(BlockNumber(reqNum));
-      if (!local) {
-        // We are missing the local block; we cannot verify the hash yet. Reject without penalizing.
-        // TODO: Consider extending this validator to accept an expected hash or
-        // performing quorum-based checks when using P2P syncing prior to L1 sync.
-        this.logger.warn(`Local block ${reqNum} not found; rejecting BLOCK response without hash verification`);
-        return false;
-      }
-      const [localHash, respHash] = await Promise.all([local.hash(), responseBlock.hash()]);
-      if (!localHash.equals(respHash)) {
-        this.peerManager.penalizePeer(peerId, PeerErrorSeverity.MidToleranceError);
-        return false;
-      }
-
-      return true;
-    } catch (e) {
-      this.logger.warn(`Error validating requested block`, e);
-      return false;
-    }
-  }
-
-  protected async validateRequestedTx(
-    tx: Tx,
-    peerId: PeerId,
-    txValidator: TxValidator,
-    requested?: Set<`0x${string}`>,
-  ) {
-    const penalize = (severity: PeerErrorSeverity) => this.peerManager.penalizePeer(peerId, severity);
-    if (requested && !requested.has(tx.getTxHash().toString())) {
-      penalize(PeerErrorSeverity.MidToleranceError);
-      throw new ValidationError(`Received tx with hash ${tx.getTxHash().toString()} that was not requested.`);
-    }
-
-    const { result } = await txValidator.validateTx(tx);
-    if (result === 'invalid') {
-      penalize(PeerErrorSeverity.LowToleranceError);
-      throw new ValidationError(`Received tx with hash ${tx.getTxHash().toString()} that is invalid.`);
-    }
-  }
-
-  protected createRequestedTxValidator(): TxValidator {
-    return createTxValidatorForReqResponseReceivedTxs(this.proofVerifier, {
-      l1ChainId: this.config.l1ChainId,
-      rollupVersion: this.config.rollupVersion,
-    });
-  }
-
-  private async getGasFees(blockNumber: BlockNumber): Promise<GasFees> {
-    if (blockNumber === this.feesCache?.blockNumber) {
-      return this.feesCache.gasFees;
-    }
-
-    const header = await this.archiver.getBlockHeader(blockNumber);
-    const gasFees = header?.globalVariables.gasFees ?? GasFees.empty();
-    this.feesCache = { blockNumber, gasFees };
-    return gasFees;
+  private getGasFees(): Promise<GasFees> {
+    return this.blockMinFeesProvider.getCurrentMinFees();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1612,8 +1734,10 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
         l1ChainId: this.config.l1ChainId,
         rollupVersion: this.config.rollupVersion,
         proofVerifier: this.proofVerifier,
+        txValidationCache: this.txValidationCache,
       },
       peerScoring: this.peerManager,
+      validateRequestedBlockTxsConsistency: this.validateRequestedBlockTxsConsistency.bind(this),
     };
   }
 
@@ -1622,6 +1746,7 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
       this.proofVerifier,
       { l1ChainId: this.config.l1ChainId, rollupVersion: this.config.rollupVersion },
       this.logger.getBindings(),
+      this.txValidationCache,
     );
 
     const results = await Promise.all(
@@ -1640,13 +1765,14 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
     currentBlockNumber: BlockNumber,
     nextSlotTimestamp: UInt64,
   ): Promise<Record<string, TransactionValidator>> {
-    const gasFees = await this.getGasFees(currentBlockNumber);
+    const gasFees = await this.getGasFees();
     const allowedInSetup = [
       ...(await getDefaultAllowedSetupFunctions()),
       ...(this.config.txPublicSetupAllowListExtend ?? []),
     ];
     const blockNumber = BlockNumber(currentBlockNumber + 1);
     const l1Constants = await this.archiver.getL1Constants();
+    const networkTxGasLimits = getNetworkTxGasLimits(this.config, l1Constants);
 
     return createFirstStageTxValidationsForGossipedTransactions(
       nextSlotTimestamp,
@@ -1661,9 +1787,8 @@ export class LibP2PService extends WithTracer implements P2PService {
       allowedInSetup,
       this.logger.getBindings(),
       {
-        rollupManaLimit: l1Constants.rollupManaLimit,
-        maxBlockL2Gas: this.config.validateMaxL2BlockGas,
-        maxBlockDAGas: this.config.validateMaxDABlockGas,
+        maxTxL2Gas: networkTxGasLimits.l2Gas,
+        maxTxDAGas: networkTxGasLimits.daGas,
       },
     );
   }