@aztec/stdlib 5.0.0-nightly.20260410 → 5.0.0-nightly.20260412

package/src/gas/fee_math.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/**
+ * TypeScript port of fee computation logic from FeeLib.sol.
+ * Used to predict worst-case min fees over a future window of L2 slots.
+ */
+
+// Constants matching FeeLib.sol
+export const MINIMUM_CONGESTION_MULTIPLIER = 1_000_000_000n;
+export const L1_GAS_PER_CHECKPOINT_PROPOSED = 300_000n;
+export const L1_GAS_PER_EPOCH_VERIFIED = 3_600_000n;
+export const BLOBS_PER_CHECKPOINT = 3n;
+export const BLOB_GAS_PER_BLOB = 2n ** 17n;
+export const MAGIC_CONGESTION_VALUE_MULTIPLIER = 854_700_854n;
+export const MAGIC_CONGESTION_VALUE_DIVISOR = 100_000_000n;
+export const ETH_PER_FEE_ASSET_PRECISION = 1_000_000_000_000n;
+export const MIN_ETH_PER_FEE_ASSET = 100n;
+
+/** Number of L2 slots of lag before new oracle values activate. Defines the prediction window. */
+export const FEE_ORACLE_LAG = 2;
+
+/** Expected mana usage per checkpoint for fee prediction. */
+export enum ManaUsageEstimate {
+  /** No usage — fees decrease as congestion drains. */
+  None = 'none',
+  /** Target usage — congestion stays roughly flat (steady state). */
+  Target = 'target',
+  /** Limit usage (2x target) — worst case, congestion grows maximally. */
+  Limit = 'limit',
+}
+
+/** Parameters for computing the mana min fee at a given point in time. */
+export type ManaMinFeeParams = {
+  l1BaseFee: bigint;
+  l1BlobFee: bigint;
+  manaTarget: bigint;
+  epochDuration: bigint;
+  provingCostPerManaEth: bigint;
+  excessMana: bigint;
+  ethPerFeeAsset: bigint;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Taylor series approximation of `factor * e^(numerator/denominator)`.
+ * Direct port of FeeLib.sol fakeExponential (EIP-4844 style).
+ */
+export function fakeExponential(factor: bigint, numerator: bigint, denominator: bigint): bigint {
+  let i = 1n;
+  let output = 0n;
+  let numeratorAccumulator = factor * denominator;
+  while (numeratorAccumulator > 0n) {
+    output += numeratorAccumulator;
+    numeratorAccumulator = (numeratorAccumulator * numerator) / (denominator * i);
+    i += 1n;
+  }
+  return output / denominator;
+}
+
+/** Computes excess mana for the next checkpoint, clamped to zero. */
+export function computeExcessMana(prevExcessMana: bigint, prevManaUsed: bigint, manaTarget: bigint): bigint {
+  const sum = prevExcessMana + prevManaUsed;
+  return sum > manaTarget ? sum - manaTarget : 0n;
+}
+
+/** Computes the congestion multiplier from excess mana (1e9 = no congestion). */
+export function computeCongestionMultiplier(excessMana: bigint, manaTarget: bigint): bigint {
+  const denominator = (manaTarget * MAGIC_CONGESTION_VALUE_MULTIPLIER) / MAGIC_CONGESTION_VALUE_DIVISOR;
+  const cappedNumerator = excessMana < denominator * 100n ? excessMana : denominator * 100n;
+  return fakeExponential(MINIMUM_CONGESTION_MULTIPLIER, cappedNumerator, denominator);
+}
+
+/** Ceiling division for positive bigints. */
+function ceilDiv(a: bigint, b: bigint): bigint {
+  return (a + b - 1n) / b;
+}
+
+/** Converts an ETH value to fee asset value using ethPerFeeAsset (1e12 precision). */
+function toFeeAsset(ethValue: bigint, ethPerFeeAsset: bigint): bigint {
+  if (ethPerFeeAsset === 0n) {
+    return 0n;
+  }
+  return ceilDiv(ethValue * ETH_PER_FEE_ASSET_PRECISION, ethPerFeeAsset);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Computes the full mana min fee (sequencer + prover + congestion) in fee asset terms.
+ * Mirrors FeeLib.getManaMinFeeComponentsAt + summedMinFee.
+ */
+export function computeManaMinFee(params: ManaMinFeeParams): bigint {
+  const { l1BaseFee, l1BlobFee, manaTarget, epochDuration, provingCostPerManaEth, excessMana, ethPerFeeAsset } = params;
+
+  if (manaTarget === 0n) {
+    return 0n;
+  }
+
+  // Sequencer cost per mana (in ETH)
+  const ethUsed = L1_GAS_PER_CHECKPOINT_PROPOSED * l1BaseFee + BLOBS_PER_CHECKPOINT * BLOB_GAS_PER_BLOB * l1BlobFee;
+  const sequencerCostEth = ceilDiv(ethUsed, manaTarget);
+
+  // Prover cost per mana (in ETH): L1 verification gas + governance-set proving cost
+  const proverCostEth =
+    ceilDiv(ceilDiv(L1_GAS_PER_EPOCH_VERIFIED * l1BaseFee, epochDuration), manaTarget) + provingCostPerManaEth;
+
+  // Total base cost in ETH (congestion is computed on this)
+  const totalEth = sequencerCostEth + proverCostEth;
+
+  // Congestion multiplier and cost (in ETH)
+  const congestionMul = computeCongestionMultiplier(excessMana, manaTarget);
+  const congestionCostEth = (totalEth * congestionMul) / MINIMUM_CONGESTION_MULTIPLIER - totalEth;
+
+  // Convert all components to fee asset
+  const clampedEthPerFeeAsset = ethPerFeeAsset < MIN_ETH_PER_FEE_ASSET ? MIN_ETH_PER_FEE_ASSET : ethPerFeeAsset;
+  const sequencerCost = toFeeAsset(sequencerCostEth, clampedEthPerFeeAsset);
+  const proverCost = toFeeAsset(proverCostEth, clampedEthPerFeeAsset);
+  const congestionCost = toFeeAsset(congestionCostEth, clampedEthPerFeeAsset);
+
+  const total = sequencerCost + proverCost + congestionCost;
+
+  // Cap at uint128 max (matching FeeLib.summedMinFee)
+  const UINT128_MAX = (1n << 128n) - 1n;
+  return total < UINT128_MAX ? total : UINT128_MAX;
+}

package/src/gas/gas_fees.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ import { z } from 'zod';
 import type { UInt128 } from '../types/shared.js';
 import type { GasDimensions } from './gas.js';
 
+/**
+ * Multiplies a bigint by a non-integer scalar and returns the ceiling of the result.
+ * Avoids converting the bigint to Number (which loses precision above 2^53) by instead
+ * scaling the scalar into a bigint rational and performing ceiling division.
+ */
+function bigintMulCeil(value: bigint, scalar: number): bigint {
+  const SCALE = 1_000_000_000_000n; // 1e12
+  const scaledScalar = BigInt(Math.round(scalar * 1e12));
+  return (value * scaledScalar + SCALE - 1n) / SCALE;
+}
+
 /** Gas prices for each dimension. */
 export class GasFees {
   public readonly feePerDaGas: UInt128;
@@ -60,10 +71,7 @@ export class GasFees {
       const s = BigInt(scalar);
       return new GasFees(this.feePerDaGas * s, this.feePerL2Gas * s);
     } else {
-      return new GasFees(
-        BigInt(Math.ceil(Number(this.feePerDaGas) * scalar)),
-        BigInt(Math.ceil(Number(this.feePerL2Gas) * scalar)),
-      );
+      return new GasFees(bigintMulCeil(this.feePerDaGas, scalar), bigintMulCeil(this.feePerL2Gas, scalar));
     }
   }
 

package/src/gas/index.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+export * from './fee_math.js';
 export * from './gas.js';
 export * from './gas_fees.js';
 export * from './gas_settings.js';

package/src/interfaces/aztec-node-debug.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { createSafeJsonRpcClient, defaultFetch } from '@aztec/foundation/json-rpc/client';
+
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+import type { ApiSchemaFor } from '../schemas/schemas.js';
+import { type ComponentsVersions, getVersioningResponseHandler } from '../versioning/index.js';
+
+/**
+ * Debug interface for Aztec node available in sandbox/local-network mode.
+ */
+export interface AztecNodeDebug {
+  /**
+   * Triggers the sequencer to produce an L2 block and waits for it to appear.
+   *
+   * **Precondition**: The current L2 slot must not already contain a block. Callers must ensure L1 time has been
+   * advanced to a slot with no existing block before calling this method (e.g. via `EthCheatCodes.warp()`).
+   * If the slot is already taken, the sequencer will fail to propose and this call will time out.
+   *
+   * @throws If no sequencer is running.
+   */
+  mineBlock(): Promise<void>;
+}
+
+export const AztecNodeDebugApiSchema: ApiSchemaFor<AztecNodeDebug> = {
+  mineBlock: z.function().returns(z.void()),
+};
+
+export function createAztecNodeDebugClient(
+  url: string,
+  versions: Partial<ComponentsVersions> = {},
+  fetch = defaultFetch,
+  apiKey?: string,
+): AztecNodeDebug {
+  return createSafeJsonRpcClient<AztecNodeDebug>(url, AztecNodeDebugApiSchema, {
+    namespaceMethods: 'nodeDebug',
+    fetch,
+    onResponse: getVersioningResponseHandler(versions),
+    ...(apiKey ? { extraHeaders: { 'x-api-key': apiKey } } : {}),
+  });
+}

package/src/interfaces/aztec-node.ts

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import {
   type ProtocolContractAddresses,
   ProtocolContractAddressesSchema,
 } from '../contract/index.js';
+import { ManaUsageEstimate } from '../gas/fee_math.js';
 import { GasFees } from '../gas/gas_fees.js';
 import { SiloedTag, Tag, TxScopedL2Log } from '../logs/index.js';
 import { type LogFilter, LogFilterSchema } from '../logs/log_filter.js';
@@ -272,6 +273,15 @@ export interface AztecNode
    */
   getCurrentMinFees(): Promise<GasFees>;
 
+  /**
+   * Returns predicted min fees for the current slot and next N slots.
+   * Each entry accounts for the L1 gas oracle transition and congestion growth based on the
+   * given mana usage estimate. Defaults to target usage (steady state).
+   * @param manaUsage - Expected mana usage per checkpoint (none, target, or limit).
+   * @returns An array of GasFees, one per slot in the prediction window.
+   */
+  getPredictedMinFees(manaUsage?: ManaUsageEstimate): Promise<GasFees[]>;
+
   /**
    * Method to fetch the current max priority fee of txs in the mempool.
    * @returns The current max priority fees.
@@ -578,6 +588,11 @@ export const AztecNodeApiSchema: ApiSchemaFor<AztecNode> = {
 
   getCurrentMinFees: z.function().returns(GasFees.schema),
 
+  getPredictedMinFees: z
+    .function()
+    .args(optional(z.nativeEnum(ManaUsageEstimate)))
+    .returns(z.array(GasFees.schema)),
+
   getMaxPriorityFees: z.function().returns(GasFees.schema),
 
   getNodeVersion: z.function().returns(z.string()),

package/src/interfaces/client.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export * from './aztec-node.js';
 export * from './aztec-node-admin.js';
+export * from './aztec-node-debug.js';
 export * from './private_kernel_prover.js';
 export * from './get_logs_response.js';
 export * from './api_limit.js';

package/src/timetable/index.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,219 @@ export const DEFAULT_L1_PUBLISHING_TIME = 12;
 /** Minimum execution time for building a block in seconds */
 export const MIN_EXECUTION_TIME = 2;
 
+export type CheckpointTimingConfig = {
+  aztecSlotDuration: number;
+  ethereumSlotDuration?: number;
+  blockDuration?: number;
+  checkpointAssembleTime?: number;
+  checkpointInitializationTime?: number;
+  l1PublishingTime?: number;
+  minExecutionTime?: number;
+  p2pPropagationTime?: number;
+  pipelining?: boolean;
+};
+
+export interface CheckpointTiming {
+  readonly aztecSlotDuration: number;
+  readonly blockDuration: number | undefined;
+  readonly checkpointAssembleTime: number;
+  readonly checkpointInitializationTime: number;
+  readonly l1PublishingTime: number;
+  readonly minExecutionTime: number;
+  readonly p2pPropagationTime: number;
+  readonly checkpointFinalizationTime: number;
+  readonly pipeliningAttestationGracePeriod: number;
+  readonly timeReservedAtEnd: number;
+  readonly minimumBuildSlotWork: number;
+  readonly initializeDeadline: number;
+  readonly checkpointAssemblyDeadline: number;
+  readonly checkpointAttestationStartDeadline: number;
+  readonly checkpointAttestationDeadline: number;
+  readonly checkpointPublishingDeadline: number;
+
+  calculateMaxBlocksPerSlot(): number;
+}
+
+export interface PipelinedCheckpointTiming extends CheckpointTiming {
+  readonly proposalWindowIntoTargetSlot: number;
+  readonly attestationWindowIntoTargetSlot: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Shared base for checkpoint timing implementations.
+ *
+ * This class owns the common inputs and formulas used by both pipelined and
+ * non-pipelined scheduling. Variant-specific deadline math is delegated to the
+ * concrete subclasses below.
+ */
+abstract class BaseCheckpointTiming implements CheckpointTiming {
+  public readonly aztecSlotDuration: number;
+  public readonly blockDuration: number | undefined;
+  public readonly checkpointAssembleTime: number;
+  public readonly checkpointInitializationTime: number;
+  public readonly l1PublishingTime: number;
+  public readonly minExecutionTime: number;
+  public readonly p2pPropagationTime: number;
+
+  constructor(opts: CheckpointTimingConfig) {
+    this.aztecSlotDuration = opts.aztecSlotDuration;
+    this.blockDuration = opts.blockDuration;
+
+    this.checkpointAssembleTime = opts.checkpointAssembleTime ?? CHECKPOINT_ASSEMBLE_TIME;
+    this.checkpointInitializationTime = opts.checkpointInitializationTime ?? CHECKPOINT_INITIALIZATION_TIME;
+    this.l1PublishingTime = opts.l1PublishingTime ?? DEFAULT_L1_PUBLISHING_TIME;
+    this.minExecutionTime = opts.minExecutionTime ?? MIN_EXECUTION_TIME;
+    this.p2pPropagationTime = opts.p2pPropagationTime ?? DEFAULT_P2P_PROPAGATION_TIME;
+  }
+
+  public get checkpointFinalizationTime(): number {
+    // Allow enough time to
+    // - build the checkpoint
+    // - Round-trip over p2p
+    // - Publish to L1
+    return this.checkpointAssembleTime + this.p2pPropagationTime * 2 + this.l1PublishingTime;
+  }
+
+  public get pipeliningAttestationGracePeriod(): number {
+    // Allow enough time to
+    // - build the block
+    // - pass it back over p2p
+    return (this.blockDuration ?? 0) + this.p2pPropagationTime;
+  }
+
+  public abstract get timeReservedAtEnd(): number;
+  public abstract get minimumBuildSlotWork(): number;
+
+  public get initializeDeadline(): number {
+    return this.aztecSlotDuration - this.minimumBuildSlotWork;
+  }
+
+  public abstract get checkpointAssemblyDeadline(): number;
+
+  public get checkpointAttestationStartDeadline(): number {
+    return this.checkpointAssemblyDeadline;
+  }
+
+  public abstract get checkpointAttestationDeadline(): number;
+  public abstract get checkpointPublishingDeadline(): number;
+
+  public calculateMaxBlocksPerSlot(): number {
+    if (!this.blockDuration) {
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+    const timeAvailableForBlocks = this.aztecSlotDuration - this.checkpointInitializationTime - this.timeReservedAtEnd;
+    return Math.floor(timeAvailableForBlocks / this.blockDuration);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checkpoint timing model for the non-pipelined sequencer flow.
+ *
+ * In this mode, checkpoint assembly, attestation collection, and L1 publishing
+ * must all complete within the current Aztec slot.
+ */
+class StandardCheckpointTimingModel extends BaseCheckpointTiming {
+  public get timeReservedAtEnd(): number {
+    return (this.blockDuration ?? 0) + this.checkpointFinalizationTime;
+  }
+
+  public get minimumBuildSlotWork(): number {
+    return this.checkpointInitializationTime + this.minExecutionTime * 2 + this.checkpointFinalizationTime;
+  }
+
+  public get checkpointAssemblyDeadline(): number {
+    return this.aztecSlotDuration - this.l1PublishingTime - 2 * this.p2pPropagationTime;
+  }
+
+  public get checkpointAttestationDeadline(): number {
+    return this.aztecSlotDuration - this.l1PublishingTime;
+  }
+
+  public get checkpointPublishingDeadline(): number {
+    return this.aztecSlotDuration - this.l1PublishingTime;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checkpoint timing model for proposer pipelining.
+ *
+ * In this mode, the build work still starts in the current slot, but checkpoint
+ * assembly and attestation collection can extend into the target slot. The extra
+ * target-slot window getters are intended for consumers such as P2P validators
+ * that need to validate pipelined messages against wallclock time.
+ */
+class PipelinedCheckpointTimingModel extends BaseCheckpointTiming implements PipelinedCheckpointTiming {
+  public get proposalWindowIntoTargetSlot(): number {
+    // Allow the p2p propagation time to receive a checkpoint proposal from leader
+    return this.p2pPropagationTime;
+  }
+
+  public get attestationWindowIntoTargetSlot(): number {
+    return this.aztecSlotDuration - this.l1PublishingTime;
+  }
+
+  public get timeReservedAtEnd(): number {
+    return this.checkpointAssembleTime + this.p2pPropagationTime;
+  }
+
+  public get minimumBuildSlotWork(): number {
+    return this.checkpointInitializationTime + this.minExecutionTime * 2;
+  }
+
+  public get checkpointAssemblyDeadline(): number {
+    // Allow enough time to
+    // - build all blocks
+    // - receive attestations
+    return this.aztecSlotDuration + this.pipeliningAttestationGracePeriod;
+  }
+
+  public get checkpointAttestationDeadline(): number {
+    // Allowed to be into the next wallclock slot minus the allocated l1 publishing time
+    return this.aztecSlotDuration * 2 - this.l1PublishingTime;
+  }
+
+  public get checkpointPublishingDeadline(): number {
+    // Allowed to be into the next wallclock slot minus the allocated l1 Publishing time
+    return this.aztecSlotDuration * 2 - this.l1PublishingTime;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a checkpoint timing model for the requested scheduling mode.
+ *
+ * Most callers should use this factory and depend only on the shared
+ * `CheckpointTiming` interface. The returned implementation is selected from
+ * `opts.pipelining`.
+ */
+export function createCheckpointTimingModel(opts: CheckpointTimingConfig): CheckpointTiming {
+  validateCheckpointTimingConfig(opts);
+  const normalizedOpts = normalizeCheckpointTimingConfig(opts);
+
+  const timing = normalizedOpts.pipelining
+    ? new PipelinedCheckpointTimingModel(normalizedOpts)
+    : new StandardCheckpointTimingModel(normalizedOpts);
+  validateCheckpointTimingModel(timing);
+  return timing;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a pipelined checkpoint timing model with target-slot window accessors.
+ *
+ * Use this when the caller specifically needs the pipelined-only timing surface,
+ * such as proposal or attestation acceptance windows into the target slot.
+ */
+export function createPipelinedCheckpointTimingModel(
+  opts: Omit<CheckpointTimingConfig, 'pipelining'>,
+): PipelinedCheckpointTiming {
+  validateCheckpointTimingConfig(opts);
+  const normalizedOpts = normalizeCheckpointTimingConfig(opts);
+
+  const timing = new PipelinedCheckpointTimingModel(normalizedOpts);
+  validateCheckpointTimingModel(timing);
+  return timing;
+}
+
 /**
  * Calculates the maximum number of blocks that can be built in a slot.
  * Used by both the sequencer timetable and p2p gossipsub scoring.
@@ -45,27 +258,89 @@ export function calculateMaxBlocksPerSlot(
     pipelining?: boolean;
   } = {},
 ): number {
-  if (!blockDurationSec) {
-    return 1; // Single block per slot
+  return createCheckpointTimingModel({
+    aztecSlotDuration: aztecSlotDurationSec,
+    blockDuration: blockDurationSec,
+    checkpointAssembleTime: opts.checkpointAssembleTime,
+    checkpointInitializationTime: opts.checkpointInitializationTime,
+    l1PublishingTime: opts.l1PublishingTime,
+    p2pPropagationTime: opts.p2pPropagationTime,
+    pipelining: opts.pipelining,
+  }).calculateMaxBlocksPerSlot();
+}
+
+function assertNonNegative(name: string, value: number): void {
+  if (value < 0) {
+    throw new Error(`${name} must be non-negative (got ${value})`);
   }
+}
 
-  const initOffset = opts.checkpointInitializationTime ?? CHECKPOINT_INITIALIZATION_TIME;
-  const assembleTime = opts.checkpointAssembleTime ?? CHECKPOINT_ASSEMBLE_TIME;
-  const p2pTime = opts.p2pPropagationTime ?? DEFAULT_P2P_PROPAGATION_TIME;
-  const l1Time = opts.l1PublishingTime ?? DEFAULT_L1_PUBLISHING_TIME;
+function validateCheckpointTimingConfig(opts: CheckpointTimingConfig): void {
+  if (opts.aztecSlotDuration <= 0) {
+    throw new Error(`aztecSlotDuration must be positive (got ${opts.aztecSlotDuration})`);
+  }
 
-  // Calculate checkpoint finalization time (assembly + round-trip propagation + L1 publishing)
-  const checkpointFinalizationTime = assembleTime + p2pTime * 2 + l1Time;
+  if (opts.ethereumSlotDuration !== undefined && opts.ethereumSlotDuration <= 0) {
+    throw new Error(`ethereumSlotDuration must be positive when provided (got ${opts.ethereumSlotDuration})`);
+  }
 
-  // When pipelining, finalization is deferred to the next slot, but we still reserve
-  // a sub-slot for validator re-execution so they can produce attestations.
-  let timeReservedAtEnd = blockDurationSec;
-  if (!opts.pipelining) {
-    timeReservedAtEnd += checkpointFinalizationTime;
+  if (opts.blockDuration !== undefined && opts.blockDuration <= 0) {
+    throw new Error(`blockDuration must be positive when provided (got ${opts.blockDuration})`);
   }
 
-  // Time available for building blocks
-  const timeAvailableForBlocks = aztecSlotDurationSec - initOffset - timeReservedAtEnd;
+  if (opts.minExecutionTime !== undefined && opts.minExecutionTime <= 0) {
+    throw new Error(`minExecutionTime must be positive when provided (got ${opts.minExecutionTime})`);
+  }
 
-  return Math.max(1, Math.floor(timeAvailableForBlocks / blockDurationSec));
+  if (opts.checkpointAssembleTime !== undefined) {
+    assertNonNegative('checkpointAssembleTime', opts.checkpointAssembleTime);
+  }
+  if (opts.checkpointInitializationTime !== undefined) {
+    assertNonNegative('checkpointInitializationTime', opts.checkpointInitializationTime);
+  }
+  if (opts.l1PublishingTime !== undefined) {
+    assertNonNegative('l1PublishingTime', opts.l1PublishingTime);
+  }
+  if (opts.p2pPropagationTime !== undefined) {
+    assertNonNegative('p2pPropagationTime', opts.p2pPropagationTime);
+  }
+}
+
+function normalizeCheckpointTimingConfig(opts: CheckpointTimingConfig): CheckpointTimingConfig {
+  let checkpointAssembleTime = opts.checkpointAssembleTime ?? CHECKPOINT_ASSEMBLE_TIME;
+  let checkpointInitializationTime = opts.checkpointInitializationTime ?? CHECKPOINT_INITIALIZATION_TIME;
+  let minExecutionTime = opts.minExecutionTime ?? MIN_EXECUTION_TIME;
+  let p2pPropagationTime = opts.p2pPropagationTime ?? DEFAULT_P2P_PROPAGATION_TIME;
+
+  if (opts.ethereumSlotDuration !== undefined && opts.ethereumSlotDuration < 8) {
+    p2pPropagationTime = 0;
+    checkpointAssembleTime = 0.5;
+    checkpointInitializationTime = 0.5;
+    minExecutionTime = 1;
+  }
+
+  if (opts.blockDuration !== undefined && minExecutionTime > opts.blockDuration) {
+    minExecutionTime = opts.blockDuration;
+  }
+
+  return {
+    ...opts,
+    checkpointAssembleTime,
+    checkpointInitializationTime,
+    minExecutionTime,
+    p2pPropagationTime,
+  };
+}
+
+function validateCheckpointTimingModel(model: CheckpointTiming): void {
+  if (model.blockDuration === undefined) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const timeAvailableForBlocks = model.aztecSlotDuration - model.checkpointInitializationTime - model.timeReservedAtEnd;
+  if (timeAvailableForBlocks < model.blockDuration) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Invalid timing configuration: only ${timeAvailableForBlocks}s available for block building, which is less than one blockDuration (${model.blockDuration}s).`,
+    );
+  }
 }

package/src/tx/fee_provider.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import type { ManaUsageEstimate } from '../gas/fee_math.js';
+import type { GasFees } from '../gas/gas_fees.js';
+
+/** Provides current and predicted fee information for transaction pricing. */
+export interface FeeProvider {
+  /** Returns the current minimum fees for inclusion in the next block. */
+  getCurrentMinFees(): Promise<GasFees>;
+  /** Returns predicted min fees for each slot in the prediction window. */
+  getPredictedMinFees(manaUsage?: ManaUsageEstimate): Promise<GasFees[]>;
+}

package/src/tx/global_variable_builder.ts

@@ -1,31 +1,15 @@
-import type { FeeHeader } from '@aztec/ethereum/contracts';
-import type { CheckpointNumber } from '@aztec/foundation/branded-types';
+import type { SimulationOverridesPlan } from '@aztec/ethereum/contracts';
 import type { EthAddress } from '@aztec/foundation/eth-address';
 import type { SlotNumber } from '@aztec/foundation/schemas';
 
 import type { AztecAddress } from '../aztec-address/index.js';
-import type { GasFees } from '../gas/gas_fees.js';
 import type { UInt32 } from '../types/index.js';
 import type { CheckpointGlobalVariables, GlobalVariables } from './global_variables.js';
 
-/** Fee header fields needed for pipelining overrides. */
-export type ForceProposedFeeHeader = {
-  checkpointNumber: CheckpointNumber;
-  feeHeader: FeeHeader;
-};
-
-/** Options for building checkpoint global variables during pipelining. */
-export type BuildCheckpointGlobalVariablesOpts = {
-  forcePendingCheckpointNumber?: CheckpointNumber;
-  forceProposedFeeHeader?: ForceProposedFeeHeader;
-};
-
 /**
  * Interface for building global variables for Aztec blocks.
  */
 export interface GlobalVariableBuilder {
-  getCurrentMinFees(): Promise<GasFees>;
-
   /**
    * Builds global variables for a given block.
    * @param blockNumber - The block number to build global variables for.
@@ -46,6 +30,6 @@ export interface GlobalVariableBuilder {
     coinbase: EthAddress,
     feeRecipient: AztecAddress,
     slotNumber: SlotNumber,
-    opts?: BuildCheckpointGlobalVariablesOpts,
+    simulationOverridesPlan?: SimulationOverridesPlan,
   ): Promise<CheckpointGlobalVariables>;
 }

package/src/tx/index.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export * from './validator/tx_validator.js';
 export * from './validator/empty_validator.js';
 export * from './validator/error_texts.js';
 export * from './capsule.js';
+export * from './fee_provider.js';
 export * from './global_variable_builder.js';
 export * from './hashed_values.js';
 export * from './indexed_tx_effect.js';

package/src/tx/simulated_tx.ts

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export class TxSimulationResult {
 }
 
 /**
- * Recursively accummulate the return values of a call result and its nested executions,
+ * Recursively accumulate the return values of a call result and its nested executions,
  * so they can be retrieved in order.
  * @param executionResult
  * @returns