@aztec/pxe 0.0.1-commit.d431d1c → 0.0.1-commit.d939eb5aa

package/src/entrypoints/pxe_creation_options.ts

@@ -6,8 +6,16 @@ import type { PrivateKernelProver } from '@aztec/stdlib/interfaces/client';
 
 export type PXECreationOptions = {
   loggers?: { store?: Logger; pxe?: Logger; prover?: Logger };
-  useLogSuffix?: boolean | string;
+  /** Actor label to include in log output (e.g., 'pxe-0', 'pxe-test'). */
+  loggerActorLabel?: string;
   proverOrOptions?: PrivateKernelProver | BBPrivateKernelProverOptions;
   store?: AztecAsyncKVStore;
   simulator?: CircuitSimulator;
 };
+
+/** Checks if the given value implements the PrivateKernelProver interface via duck-typing. */
+export function isPrivateKernelProver(value: unknown): value is PrivateKernelProver {
+  return (
+    typeof value === 'object' && value !== null && typeof (value as PrivateKernelProver).createChonkProof === 'function'
+  );
+}

package/src/entrypoints/server/index.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+export * from '../../notes_filter.js';
 export * from '../../pxe.js';
 export * from '../../config/index.js';
 export * from '../../error_enriching.js';
 export * from '../../storage/index.js';
 export * from './utils.js';
 export { NoteService } from '../../notes/note_service.js';
-export { ORACLE_VERSION } from '../../oracle_version.js';
+export { ORACLE_VERSION_MAJOR, ORACLE_VERSION_MINOR } from '../../oracle_version.js';
 export { type PXECreationOptions } from '../pxe_creation_options.js';
 export { JobCoordinator } from '../../job_coordinator/job_coordinator.js';
+export { ContractSyncService } from '../../contract_sync/contract_sync_service.js';

package/src/entrypoints/server/utils.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import { BBPrivateKernelProver } from '@aztec/bb-prover/client';
 import { BBBundlePrivateKernelProver } from '@aztec/bb-prover/client/bundle';
-import { randomBytes } from '@aztec/foundation/crypto/random';
 import { createLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
 import { createStore } from '@aztec/kv-store/lmdb-v2';
 import { BundledProtocolContractsProvider } from '@aztec/protocol-contracts/providers/bundle';
@@ -11,7 +9,7 @@ import type { AztecNode } from '@aztec/stdlib/interfaces/client';
 import type { PXEConfig } from '../../config/index.js';
 import { PXE } from '../../pxe.js';
 import { PXE_DATA_SCHEMA_VERSION } from '../../storage/index.js';
-import type { PXECreationOptions } from '../pxe_creation_options.js';
+import { type PXECreationOptions, isPrivateKernelProver } from '../pxe_creation_options.js';
 
 type PXEConfigWithoutDefaults = Omit<PXEConfig, 'l1Contracts' | 'l1ChainId' | 'l2BlockBatchSize' | 'rollupVersion'>;
 
@@ -20,17 +18,13 @@ export async function createPXE(
   config: PXEConfigWithoutDefaults,
   options: PXECreationOptions = { loggers: {} },
 ) {
+  const actor = options.loggerActorLabel;
+  const recorderLogger = createLogger('simulator:acvm:recording', { actor });
   const recorder = process.env.CIRCUIT_RECORD_DIR
-    ? new FileCircuitRecorder(process.env.CIRCUIT_RECORD_DIR)
-    : new MemoryCircuitRecorder();
-  const simulator = new SimulatorRecorderWrapper(new WASMSimulator(), recorder);
-
-  const logSuffix =
-    typeof options.useLogSuffix === 'boolean'
-      ? options.useLogSuffix
-        ? randomBytes(3).toString('hex')
-        : undefined
-      : options.useLogSuffix;
+    ? new FileCircuitRecorder(process.env.CIRCUIT_RECORD_DIR, recorderLogger)
+    : new MemoryCircuitRecorder(recorderLogger);
+  const simulatorLogger = createLogger('wasm-simulator', { actor });
+  const simulator = new SimulatorRecorderWrapper(new WASMSimulator(simulatorLogger), recorder);
   const loggers = options.loggers ?? {};
 
   const { l1ChainId, l1ContractAddresses: l1Contracts, rollupVersion } = await aztecNode.getNodeInfo();
@@ -43,17 +37,18 @@ export async function createPXE(
   };
 
   if (!options.store) {
-    const storeLogger = loggers.store
-      ? loggers.store
-      : createLogger('pxe:data:lmdb' + (logSuffix ? `:${logSuffix}` : ''));
-    options.store = await createStore('pxe_data', PXE_DATA_SCHEMA_VERSION, configWithContracts, storeLogger);
+    const storeLogger = loggers.store ?? createLogger('pxe:data:lmdb', { actor });
+    options.store = await createStore(
+      'pxe_data',
+      PXE_DATA_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+      configWithContracts,
+      storeLogger.getBindings(),
+    );
   }
-  const proverLogger = loggers.prover
-    ? loggers.prover
-    : createLogger('pxe:bb:native' + (logSuffix ? `:${logSuffix}` : ''));
+  const proverLogger = loggers.prover ?? createLogger('pxe:bb:native', { actor });
 
   let prover;
-  if (options.proverOrOptions instanceof BBPrivateKernelProver) {
+  if (isPrivateKernelProver(options.proverOrOptions)) {
     prover = options.proverOrOptions;
   } else {
     prover = new BBBundlePrivateKernelProver(simulator, { ...options.proverOrOptions, logger: proverLogger });
@@ -61,15 +56,15 @@ export async function createPXE(
 
   const protocolContractsProvider = new BundledProtocolContractsProvider();
 
-  const pxeLogger = loggers.pxe ? loggers.pxe : createLogger('pxe:service' + (logSuffix ? `:${logSuffix}` : ''));
-  const pxe = await PXE.create(
-    aztecNode,
-    options.store,
-    prover,
+  const pxeLogger = loggers.pxe ?? createLogger('pxe:service', { actor });
+  const pxe = await PXE.create({
+    node: aztecNode,
+    store: options.store,
+    proofCreator: prover,
     simulator,
     protocolContractsProvider,
-    configWithContracts,
-    pxeLogger,
-  );
+    config: configWithContracts,
+    loggerOrSuffix: pxeLogger,
+  });
   return pxe;
 }

package/src/events/event_service.ts

@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 import type { Fr } from '@aztec/foundation/curves/bn254';
+import { createLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
 import type { EventSelector } from '@aztec/stdlib/abi';
 import type { AztecAddress } from '@aztec/stdlib/aztec-address';
 import { siloNullifier } from '@aztec/stdlib/hash';
 import type { AztecNode } from '@aztec/stdlib/interfaces/server';
-import type { TxHash } from '@aztec/stdlib/tx';
+import type { BlockHeader, TxHash } from '@aztec/stdlib/tx';
 
-import { AnchorBlockStore } from '../storage/anchor_block_store/anchor_block_store.js';
 import { PrivateEventStore } from '../storage/private_event_store/private_event_store.js';
 
 export class EventService {
   constructor(
-    private readonly anchorBlockStore: AnchorBlockStore,
+    private readonly anchorBlockHeader: BlockHeader,
     private readonly aztecNode: AztecNode,
     private readonly privateEventStore: PrivateEventStore,
     private readonly jobId: string,
+    private readonly log = createLogger('pxe:event_service'),
   ) {}
 
-  public async storeEvent(
+  public async validateAndStoreEvent(
     contractAddress: AztecAddress,
     selector: EventSelector,
     randomness: Fr,
@@ -29,28 +30,38 @@ export class EventService {
     // (and thus we're less concerned about being ahead of the synced block), we use the synced block number to
     // maintain consistent behavior in the PXE. Additionally, events should never be ahead of the synced block here
     // since `fetchTaggedLogs` only processes logs up to the synced block.
-    const [anchorBlockHeader, siloedEventCommitment, txEffect] = await Promise.all([
-      this.anchorBlockStore.getBlockHeader(),
+    const [siloedEventCommitment, txEffect] = await Promise.all([
       siloNullifier(contractAddress, eventCommitment),
       this.aztecNode.getTxEffect(txHash),
     ]);
 
-    const anchorBlockNumber = anchorBlockHeader.getBlockNumber();
+    const anchorBlockNumber = this.anchorBlockHeader.getBlockNumber();
 
     if (!txEffect) {
-      throw new Error(`Could not find tx effect for tx hash ${txHash}`);
+      // We error out instead of just logging a warning and skipping the event because this would indicate a bug. This
+      // is because the node has already served info about this tx either when obtaining the log (TxScopedL2Log contain
+      // tx info) or when getting metadata for the offchain message (before the message got passed to `process_log`).
+      throw new Error(`Could not find tx effect for tx hash ${txHash} when processing an event.`);
     }
 
     if (txEffect.l2BlockNumber > anchorBlockNumber) {
-      throw new Error(`Could not find tx effect for tx hash ${txHash} as of block number ${anchorBlockNumber}`);
+      // We should never process a message from a tx past the anchor block. If we got here, a preprocessing step made
+      // a mistake.
+      throw new Error(
+        `Obtained a newer tx effect for ${txHash} for an event validation request than the anchor block ${anchorBlockNumber}. This is a bug as smart contracts should not issue event validation requests for events from blocks newer than the anchor block.`,
+      );
     }
 
     // Find the index of the event commitment in the nullifiers array to determine event ordering within the tx
     const eventIndexInTx = txEffect.data.nullifiers.findIndex(n => n.equals(siloedEventCommitment));
     if (eventIndexInTx === -1) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `Event commitment ${eventCommitment} (siloed as ${siloedEventCommitment}) is not present in tx ${txHash}`,
+      // Unlike in NoteService, this might not be a bug since the commitment hasn't been verified yet in the message
+      // processing pipeline. A malformed or malicious message could trigger this condition. Because of this we don't
+      // error out and we just show a warning.
+      this.log.warn(
+        `Skipping event whose commitment is not present in its tx. siloedEventCommitment=${siloedEventCommitment}, contract=${contractAddress}, selector=${selector}, eventCommitment=${eventCommitment}, txHash=${txHash}`,
       );
+      return;
     }
 
     return this.privateEventStore.storePrivateEventLog(

package/src/events/private_event_filter_validator.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import type { PrivateEventFilter } from '@aztec/aztec.js/wallet';
 import { INITIAL_L2_BLOCK_NUM } from '@aztec/constants';
 import { BlockNumber } from '@aztec/foundation/branded-types';
+import { createLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
 
 import type { PrivateEventStoreFilter } from '../storage/private_event_store/private_event_store.js';
 
 export class PrivateEventFilterValidator {
-  constructor(private lastBlock: BlockNumber) {}
+  private readonly log = createLogger('pxe:private_event_filter_validator');
+
+  constructor(private readonly lastBlock: BlockNumber) {}
 
   validate(filter: PrivateEventFilter): PrivateEventStoreFilter {
     let { fromBlock, toBlock } = filter;
@@ -35,6 +38,23 @@ export class PrivateEventFilterValidator {
       throw new Error('toBlock must be strictly greater than fromBlock');
     }
 
+    // Cap the requested range to the synced block range. Without this, callers that pass a large
+    // toBlock (e.g. Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER as a "give me everything" idiom) would silently receive
+    // only the events that happen to be synced and believe they have complete coverage.
+    // We warn + cap rather than throw so callers don't need to query the last synced block before
+    // every request (which would also be unreliable, as the block can advance between the two calls).
+    const syncedUpperBound = BlockNumber(this.lastBlock + 1);
+    if (fromBlock >= syncedUpperBound) {
+      this.log.warn(
+        `Requested fromBlock ${fromBlock} is past last synced block ${this.lastBlock}; no events will be returned until PXE syncs further.`,
+      );
+    } else if (toBlock > syncedUpperBound) {
+      this.log.warn(
+        `Requested toBlock ${toBlock} exceeds last synced block ${this.lastBlock}; capping to ${syncedUpperBound}. Retry once PXE is further synced for complete coverage.`,
+      );
+      toBlock = syncedUpperBound;
+    }
+
     return {
       contractAddress: filter.contractAddress,
       scopes: filter.scopes,

package/src/job_coordinator/job_coordinator.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { randomBytes } from '@aztec/foundation/crypto/random';
-import { createLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
+import { type Logger, type LoggerBindings, createLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
 import type { AztecAsyncKVStore } from '@aztec/kv-store';
 
 /**
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export interface StagedStore {
  * using a job queue with concurrency=1.
  */
 export class JobCoordinator {
-  private readonly log = createLogger('pxe:job_coordinator');
+  private readonly log: Logger;
 
   /** The underlying KV store */
   kvStore: AztecAsyncKVStore;
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ export class JobCoordinator {
   #currentJobId: string | undefined;
   #stores: Map<string, StagedStore> = new Map();
 
-  constructor(kvStore: AztecAsyncKVStore) {
+  constructor(kvStore: AztecAsyncKVStore, bindings?: LoggerBindings) {
     this.kvStore = kvStore;
+    this.log = createLogger('pxe:job_coordinator', bindings);
   }
 
   /**

package/src/logs/log_service.ts

@@ -1,45 +1,59 @@
-import type { Fr } from '@aztec/foundation/curves/bn254';
-import { createLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
+import { type Logger, type LoggerBindings, createLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
 import type { KeyStore } from '@aztec/key-store';
 import { AztecAddress } from '@aztec/stdlib/aztec-address';
-import type { CompleteAddress } from '@aztec/stdlib/contract';
+import type { L2TipsProvider } from '@aztec/stdlib/block';
 import type { AztecNode } from '@aztec/stdlib/interfaces/server';
-import { DirectionalAppTaggingSecret, PendingTaggedLog, SiloedTag, Tag, TxScopedL2Log } from '@aztec/stdlib/logs';
+import { ExtendedDirectionalAppTaggingSecret, PendingTaggedLog, SiloedTag, Tag } from '@aztec/stdlib/logs';
+import type { BlockHeader } from '@aztec/stdlib/tx';
 
 import type { LogRetrievalRequest } from '../contract_function_simulator/noir-structs/log_retrieval_request.js';
 import { LogRetrievalResponse } from '../contract_function_simulator/noir-structs/log_retrieval_response.js';
 import { AddressStore } from '../storage/address_store/address_store.js';
-import { AnchorBlockStore } from '../storage/anchor_block_store/anchor_block_store.js';
-import { CapsuleStore } from '../storage/capsule_store/capsule_store.js';
 import type { RecipientTaggingStore } from '../storage/tagging_store/recipient_tagging_store.js';
 import type { SenderAddressBookStore } from '../storage/tagging_store/sender_address_book_store.js';
-import { loadPrivateLogsForSenderRecipientPair } from '../tagging/index.js';
+import {
+  getAllPrivateLogsByTags,
+  getAllPublicLogsByTagsFromContract,
+  loadPrivateLogsForSenderRecipientPair,
+} from '../tagging/index.js';
 
 export class LogService {
-  private log = createLogger('log_service');
+  private log: Logger;
 
   constructor(
     private readonly aztecNode: AztecNode,
-    private readonly anchorBlockStore: AnchorBlockStore,
+    private readonly anchorBlockHeader: BlockHeader,
+    private readonly l2TipsStore: L2TipsProvider,
     private readonly keyStore: KeyStore,
-    private readonly capsuleStore: CapsuleStore,
     private readonly recipientTaggingStore: RecipientTaggingStore,
     private readonly senderAddressBookStore: SenderAddressBookStore,
     private readonly addressStore: AddressStore,
     private readonly jobId: string,
-  ) {}
+    bindings?: LoggerBindings,
+  ) {
+    this.log = createLogger('pxe:log_service', bindings);
+  }
+
+  public async fetchLogsByTag(
+    contractAddress: AztecAddress,
+    logRetrievalRequests: LogRetrievalRequest[],
+  ): Promise<(LogRetrievalResponse | null)[]> {
+    for (const request of logRetrievalRequests) {
+      if (!contractAddress.equals(request.contractAddress)) {
+        throw new Error(`Got a log retrieval request from ${request.contractAddress}, expected ${contractAddress}`);
+      }
+    }
 
-  public async bulkRetrieveLogs(logRetrievalRequests: LogRetrievalRequest[]): Promise<(LogRetrievalResponse | null)[]> {
     return await Promise.all(
       logRetrievalRequests.map(async request => {
         const [publicLog, privateLog] = await Promise.all([
           this.#getPublicLogByTag(request.tag, request.contractAddress),
-          this.#getPrivateLogByTag(await SiloedTag.compute(request.tag, request.contractAddress)),
+          this.#getPrivateLogByTag(await SiloedTag.computeFromTagAndApp(request.tag, request.contractAddress)),
         ]);
 
         if (publicLog !== null && privateLog !== null) {
-          throw new Error(
-            `Found both a public and private log when searching for tag ${request.tag} from contract ${request.contractAddress}`,
+          this.log.warn(
+            `Found both a public and private log for tag ${request.tag} from contract ${request.contractAddress}. This may indicate a contract bug. Returning the public log.`,
           );
         }
 
@@ -49,15 +63,20 @@ export class LogService {
   }
 
   async #getPublicLogByTag(tag: Tag, contractAddress: AztecAddress): Promise<LogRetrievalResponse | null> {
-    const logs = await this.aztecNode.getPublicLogsByTagsFromContract(contractAddress, [tag]);
-    const logsForTag = logs[0];
+    const anchorBlockHash = await this.anchorBlockHeader.hash();
+    const allLogsPerTag = await getAllPublicLogsByTagsFromContract(
+      this.aztecNode,
+      contractAddress,
+      [tag],
+      anchorBlockHash,
+    );
+    const logsForTag = allLogsPerTag[0];
 
-    if (logsForTag.length == 0) {
+    if (logsForTag.length === 0) {
       return null;
     } else if (logsForTag.length > 1) {
-      // TODO(#11627): handle this case
-      throw new Error(
-        `Got ${logsForTag.length} logs for tag ${tag} and contract ${contractAddress.toString()}. getPublicLogByTag currently only supports a single log per tag`,
+      this.log.warn(
+        `Expected at most 1 public log for tag ${tag} and contract ${contractAddress.toString()}, got ${logsForTag.length}. This may indicate a contract bug. Returning the first log.`,
       );
     }
 
@@ -72,15 +91,15 @@ export class LogService {
   }
 
   async #getPrivateLogByTag(siloedTag: SiloedTag): Promise<LogRetrievalResponse | null> {
-    const logs = await this.aztecNode.getPrivateLogsByTags([siloedTag]);
-    const logsForTag = logs[0];
+    const anchorBlockHash = await this.anchorBlockHeader.hash();
+    const allLogsPerTag = await getAllPrivateLogsByTags(this.aztecNode, [siloedTag], anchorBlockHash);
+    const logsForTag = allLogsPerTag[0];
 
-    if (logsForTag.length == 0) {
+    if (logsForTag.length === 0) {
       return null;
     } else if (logsForTag.length > 1) {
-      // TODO(#11627): handle this case
-      throw new Error(
-        `Got ${logsForTag.length} logs for tag ${siloedTag}. getPrivateLogByTag currently only supports a single log per tag`,
+      this.log.warn(
+        `Expected at most 1 private log for tag ${siloedTag}, got ${logsForTag.length}. This may indicate a contract bug. Returning the first log.`,
       );
     }
 
@@ -94,56 +113,50 @@ export class LogService {
     );
   }
 
-  public async syncTaggedLogs(
-    contractAddress: AztecAddress,
-    pendingTaggedLogArrayBaseSlot: Fr,
-    scopes?: AztecAddress[],
-  ) {
-    this.log.verbose('Searching for tagged logs', { contract: contractAddress });
+  public async fetchTaggedLogs(contractAddress: AztecAddress, recipient: AztecAddress): Promise<PendingTaggedLog[]> {
+    this.log.verbose(`Fetching tagged logs for ${contractAddress.toString()}`);
 
     // We only load logs from block up to and including the anchor block number
-    const anchorBlockNumber = (await this.anchorBlockStore.getBlockHeader()).getBlockNumber();
-
-    // Determine recipients: use scopes if provided, otherwise get all accounts
-    const recipients = scopes && scopes.length > 0 ? scopes : await this.keyStore.getAccounts();
-
-    // For each recipient, fetch secrets, load logs, and store them.
-    // We run these per-recipient tasks in parallel so that logs are loaded for all recipients concurrently.
-    await Promise.all(
-      recipients.map(async recipient => {
-        // Get all secrets for this recipient (one per sender)
-        const secrets = await this.#getSecretsForSenders(contractAddress, recipient);
-
-        // Load logs for all sender-recipient pairs in parallel
-        const logArrays = await Promise.all(
-          secrets.map(secret =>
-            loadPrivateLogsForSenderRecipientPair(
-              secret,
-              contractAddress,
-              this.aztecNode,
-              this.recipientTaggingStore,
-              anchorBlockNumber,
-              this.jobId,
-            ),
-          ),
-        );
-
-        // Flatten all logs from all secrets
-        const allLogs = logArrays.flat();
-
-        // Store the logs for this recipient
-        if (allLogs.length > 0) {
-          await this.#storePendingTaggedLogs(contractAddress, pendingTaggedLogArrayBaseSlot, recipient, allLogs);
-        }
-      }),
+    const anchorBlockNumber = this.anchorBlockHeader.getBlockNumber();
+    const anchorBlockHash = await this.anchorBlockHeader.hash();
+
+    const l2Tips = await this.l2TipsStore.getL2Tips();
+    const currentTimestamp = this.anchorBlockHeader.globalVariables.timestamp;
+    // Get all secrets for this recipient (one per sender)
+    const secrets = await this.#getSecretsForSenders(contractAddress, recipient);
+
+    // Load logs for all sender-recipient pairs in parallel
+    const logArrays = await Promise.all(
+      secrets.map(secret =>
+        loadPrivateLogsForSenderRecipientPair(
+          secret,
+          this.aztecNode,
+          this.recipientTaggingStore,
+          anchorBlockNumber,
+          anchorBlockHash,
+          currentTimestamp,
+          l2Tips.finalized.block.number,
+          this.jobId,
+        ),
+      ),
     );
+
+    return logArrays
+      .flat()
+      .map(
+        scopedLog =>
+          new PendingTaggedLog(scopedLog.logData, scopedLog.txHash, scopedLog.noteHashes, scopedLog.firstNullifier),
+      );
   }
 
   async #getSecretsForSenders(
     contractAddress: AztecAddress,
     recipient: AztecAddress,
-  ): Promise<DirectionalAppTaggingSecret[]> {
-    const recipientCompleteAddress = await this.#getCompleteAddress(recipient);
+  ): Promise<ExtendedDirectionalAppTaggingSecret[]> {
+    const recipientCompleteAddress = await this.addressStore.getCompleteAddress(recipient);
+    if (!recipientCompleteAddress) {
+      return [];
+    }
     const recipientIvsk = await this.keyStore.getMasterIncomingViewingSecretKey(recipient);
 
     // We implicitly add all PXE accounts as senders, this helps us decrypt tags on notes that we send to ourselves
@@ -156,49 +169,24 @@ export class LogService {
     );
 
     return Promise.all(
-      deduplicatedSenders.map(sender => {
-        return DirectionalAppTaggingSecret.compute(
+      deduplicatedSenders.map(async sender => {
+        const secret = await ExtendedDirectionalAppTaggingSecret.compute(
           recipientCompleteAddress,
           recipientIvsk,
           sender,
           contractAddress,
           recipient,
         );
-      }),
-    );
-  }
-
-  #storePendingTaggedLogs(
-    contractAddress: AztecAddress,
-    capsuleArrayBaseSlot: Fr,
-    recipient: AztecAddress,
-    privateLogs: TxScopedL2Log[],
-  ) {
-    // Build all pending tagged logs from the scoped logs
-    const pendingTaggedLogs = privateLogs.map(scopedLog => {
-      const pendingTaggedLog = new PendingTaggedLog(
-        scopedLog.logData,
-        scopedLog.txHash,
-        scopedLog.noteHashes,
-        scopedLog.firstNullifier,
-        recipient,
-      );
-
-      return pendingTaggedLog.toFields();
-    });
 
-    // TODO: This looks like it could belong more at the oracle interface level
-    return this.capsuleStore.appendToCapsuleArray(contractAddress, capsuleArrayBaseSlot, pendingTaggedLogs, this.jobId);
-  }
+        if (!secret) {
+          // Note that all senders originate from either the SenderAddressBookStore or the KeyStore.
+          throw new Error(
+            `Failed to compute a tagging secret for sender ${sender} - this implies this is an invalid address, which should not happen as they have been previously registered in PXE.`,
+          );
+        }
 
-  async #getCompleteAddress(account: AztecAddress): Promise<CompleteAddress> {
-    const completeAddress = await this.addressStore.getCompleteAddress(account);
-    if (!completeAddress) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `No public key registered for address ${account}.
-				Register it by calling pxe.addAccount(...).\nSee docs for context: https://docs.aztec.network/developers/resources/debugging/aztecnr-errors#simulation-error-no-public-key-registered-for-address-0x0-register-it-by-calling-pxeregisterrecipient-or-pxeregisteraccount`,
-      );
-    }
-    return completeAddress;
+        return secret;
+      }),
+    );
   }
 }

package/src/messages/message_context_service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { Fr } from '@aztec/foundation/curves/bn254';
+import type { AztecNode } from '@aztec/stdlib/interfaces/server';
+import { MessageContext } from '@aztec/stdlib/logs';
+import { TxHash } from '@aztec/stdlib/tx';
+
+/** Resolves transaction hashes into the context needed to process messages. */
+export class MessageContextService {
+  constructor(private readonly aztecNode: AztecNode) {}
+
+  /**
+   * Resolves a list of tx hashes into their message contexts.
+   *
+   * For each tx hash, looks up the corresponding tx effect and extracts the note hashes and first nullifier needed to
+   * process messages that originated from that transaction. Returns `null` for tx hashes that are zero, not yet
+   * available, or in blocks beyond the anchor block.
+   */
+  getMessageContextsByTxHash(txHashes: Fr[], anchorBlockNumber: number): Promise<(MessageContext | null)[]> {
+    // TODO: optimize, we might be hitting the node to get the same txHash repeatedly
+    return Promise.all(
+      txHashes.map(async txHashField => {
+        // A zero tx hash indicates a tx-less offchain message (e.g. one not tied to any onchain transaction).
+        // These messages don't have a transaction context to resolve, so we return null.
+        if (txHashField.isZero()) {
+          return null;
+        }
+
+        const txHash = TxHash.fromField(txHashField);
+        const txEffect = await this.aztecNode.getTxEffect(txHash);
+        if (!txEffect || txEffect.l2BlockNumber > anchorBlockNumber) {
+          return null;
+        }
+
+        // Every tx has at least one nullifier (the first nullifier derived from the tx hash). Hitting this condition
+        // would mean a buggy node, but since we need to access data.nullifiers[0], the defensive check does no harm.
+        const data = txEffect.data;
+        if (data.nullifiers.length === 0) {
+          throw new Error(`Tx effect for ${txHash} has no nullifiers`);
+        }
+
+        return new MessageContext(data.txHash, data.noteHashes, data.nullifiers[0]);
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+}