@aztec/stdlib 5.0.0-rc.2 → 5.0.0

package/src/contract/contract_instance.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ import {
   computeInitializationHash,
   computeInitializationHashFromEncodedArgs,
 } from './contract_address.js';
-import type { ContractInstance, ContractInstanceWithAddress } from './interfaces/contract_instance.js';
+import type {
+  ContractInstance,
+  ContractInstancePreimage,
+  ContractInstancePreimageWithAddress,
+  ContractInstanceWithAddress,
+} from './interfaces/contract_instance.js';
 
 const VERSION = 2 as const;
 
@@ -115,6 +120,62 @@ export class SerializableContractInstance {
   }
 }
 
+export class SerializableContractInstancePreimage {
+  public readonly version = VERSION;
+  public readonly salt: Fr;
+  public readonly deployer: AztecAddress;
+  public readonly originalContractClassId: Fr;
+  public readonly initializationHash: Fr;
+  public readonly immutablesHash: Fr;
+  public readonly publicKeys: PublicKeys;
+
+  constructor(instance: ContractInstancePreimage) {
+    if (instance.version !== VERSION) {
+      throw new Error(`Unexpected contract class version ${instance.version}`);
+    }
+    this.salt = instance.salt;
+    this.deployer = instance.deployer;
+    this.originalContractClassId = instance.originalContractClassId;
+    this.initializationHash = instance.initializationHash;
+    this.immutablesHash = instance.immutablesHash;
+    this.publicKeys = instance.publicKeys;
+  }
+
+  public toBuffer() {
+    return serializeToBuffer(
+      numToUInt8(this.version),
+      this.salt,
+      this.deployer,
+      this.originalContractClassId,
+      this.initializationHash,
+      this.immutablesHash,
+      this.publicKeys,
+    );
+  }
+
+  /** Returns a copy of this object with its address included. */
+  withAddress(address: AztecAddress): ContractInstancePreimageWithAddress {
+    return { ...this, address };
+  }
+
+  static fromBuffer(bufferOrReader: Buffer | BufferReader): SerializableContractInstancePreimage {
+    const reader = BufferReader.asReader(bufferOrReader);
+    const version = reader.readUInt8();
+    if (version !== VERSION) {
+      throw new Error(`Unexpected contract instance preimage version ${version}`);
+    }
+    return new SerializableContractInstancePreimage({
+      version: VERSION,
+      salt: reader.readObject(Fr),
+      deployer: reader.readObject(AztecAddress),
+      originalContractClassId: reader.readObject(Fr),
+      initializationHash: reader.readObject(Fr),
+      immutablesHash: reader.readObject(Fr),
+      publicKeys: reader.readObject(PublicKeys),
+    });
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Generates a Contract Instance from some instantiation params.
  * @param artifact - The account contract build artifact.

package/src/contract/interfaces/contract_instance.ts

@@ -9,19 +9,19 @@ import { schemas, zodFor } from '../../schemas/index.js';
 const VERSION = 2 as const;
 
 /**
- * A contract instance is a concrete deployment of a contract class. It always references a contract class,
- * which dictates what code it executes when called. It has state (both private and public), as well as an
- * address that acts as its identifier. It can be called into. It may have encryption and nullifying public keys.
+ * The address preimage of a contract instance: the immutable data that hashes to its address, i.e. everything a
+ * contract deployment commits to.
+ *
+ * Note that `originaContractClassId` is not necessarily the instance's _current_ class id, in case of upgrades: that
+ * one is not part of the preimage and is instead derived from chain state.
  */
-export interface ContractInstance {
+export interface ContractInstancePreimage {
   /** Version identifier. Initially one, bumped for any changes to the contract instance struct. */
   version: typeof VERSION;
   /** User-generated pseudorandom value for uniqueness. */
   salt: Fr;
   /** Optional deployer address or zero if this was a universal deploy. */
   deployer: AztecAddress;
-  /** Identifier of the contract class for this instance. */
-  currentContractClassId: Fr;
   /** Identifier of the original (at deployment) contract class for this instance */
   originalContractClassId: Fr;
   /** Hash of the selector and arguments to the constructor. */
@@ -32,14 +32,24 @@ export interface ContractInstance {
   publicKeys: PublicKeys;
 }
 
+/**
+ * The address preimage plus the current contract class id, which is chain-tracked state derived from the
+ * ContractInstanceRegistry (it equals the original class id unless the contract has been upgraded).
+ */
+export interface ContractInstance extends ContractInstancePreimage {
+  /** Identifier of the contract class this instance currently runs (as of some block). */
+  currentContractClassId: Fr;
+}
+
+export type ContractInstancePreimageWithAddress = ContractInstancePreimage & { address: AztecAddress };
+
 export type ContractInstanceWithAddress = ContractInstance & { address: AztecAddress };
 
-export const ContractInstanceSchema = zodFor<ContractInstance>()(
+export const ContractInstancePreimageSchema = zodFor<ContractInstancePreimage>()(
   z.object({
     version: z.literal(VERSION),
     salt: schemas.Fr,
     deployer: schemas.AztecAddress,
-    currentContractClassId: schemas.Fr,
     originalContractClassId: schemas.Fr,
     initializationHash: schemas.Fr,
     immutablesHash: schemas.Fr,
@@ -47,6 +57,14 @@ export const ContractInstanceSchema = zodFor<ContractInstance>()(
   }),
 );
 
+export const ContractInstanceSchema = zodFor<ContractInstance>()(
+  ContractInstancePreimageSchema.and(z.object({ currentContractClassId: schemas.Fr })),
+);
+
+export const ContractInstancePreimageWithAddressSchema = zodFor<ContractInstancePreimageWithAddress>()(
+  ContractInstancePreimageSchema.and(z.object({ address: schemas.AztecAddress })),
+);
+
 export const ContractInstanceWithAddressSchema = zodFor<ContractInstanceWithAddress>()(
   ContractInstanceSchema.and(z.object({ address: schemas.AztecAddress })),
 );

package/src/contract/partial_address.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import type { Fr } from '@aztec/foundation/curves/bn254';
 
 /**
- * A type which along with public key forms a preimage of a contract address. See the link below for more details
- * https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/blob/master/docs/docs/concepts/foundation/accounts/keys.md#addresses-partial-addresses-and-public-keys
+ * The contract-side preimage of an Aztec address, i.e. the commitment to a specific contract instance.
+ *
+ * A partial address commits to a contract's code and initialization
+ * (`hash(contract_class_id, salted_initialization_hash)`) but not to its keys. Combined with an account's `PublicKeys`,
+ * it fully determines the address: `address = (hash(public_keys_hash, partial_address) * G + Ivpk_m).x`. Two accounts
+ * therefore share an address only if they share both their public keys and their partial address.
+ *
+ * See `computePartialAddress` for the derivation.
  */
 export type PartialAddress = Fr;

package/src/database-version/version_manager.ts

@@ -6,11 +6,20 @@ import { join } from 'path';
 
 import { DatabaseVersion } from './database_version.js';
 
-export type DatabaseVersionManagerFs = Pick<typeof fs, 'readFile' | 'writeFile' | 'rm' | 'mkdir'>;
+export type DatabaseVersionManagerFs = Pick<typeof fs, 'readFile' | 'rm' | 'mkdir' | 'rename' | 'open'>;
 
 export const DATABASE_VERSION_FILE_NAME = 'db_version';
 export type SchemaVersionMismatchPolicy = 'reset' | 'throw';
 
+/**
+ * How to react when the version file exists but cannot be read (permissions, IO error, truncation).
+ * `'reset'` (default) treats the store as unversioned and lets the reset path run — safe for stores
+ * where an empty state is legitimate. `'throw'` refuses to open, leaving data untouched — required
+ * for protection stores (e.g. signing protection) that must never be silently wiped by a transient
+ * filesystem error. A genuinely missing file (ENOENT) is a first boot and is never affected by this.
+ */
+export type VersionFileReadFailurePolicy = 'reset' | 'throw';
+
 export type DatabaseVersionManagerOptions<T> = {
   schemaVersion: number;
   rollupAddress: EthAddress;
@@ -18,6 +27,7 @@ export type DatabaseVersionManagerOptions<T> = {
   onOpen: (dataDir: string) => Promise<T>;
   onUpgrade?: (dataDir: string, currentVersion: number, latestVersion: number) => Promise<void>;
   schemaVersionMismatchPolicy?: SchemaVersionMismatchPolicy;
+  versionFileReadFailurePolicy?: VersionFileReadFailurePolicy;
   fileSystem?: DatabaseVersionManagerFs;
   log?: Logger;
 };
@@ -37,6 +47,7 @@ export class DatabaseVersionManager<T> {
   private onOpen: (dataDir: string) => Promise<T>;
   private onUpgrade?: (dataDir: string, currentVersion: number, latestVersion: number) => Promise<void>;
   private schemaVersionMismatchPolicy: SchemaVersionMismatchPolicy;
+  private versionFileReadFailurePolicy: VersionFileReadFailurePolicy;
   private fileSystem: DatabaseVersionManagerFs;
   private log: Logger;
 
@@ -47,8 +58,11 @@ export class DatabaseVersionManager<T> {
    * @param rollupAddress - The rollup contract address
    * @param dataDirectory - The directory where version information will be stored
    * @param onOpen - A callback to the open the database at the given location
-   * @param onUpgrade - An optional callback to upgrade the database before opening. If not provided it will reset the database
+   * @param onUpgrade - An optional callback to upgrade the database before opening. If not provided it will reset the
+   *   database. Must be idempotent: since the version marker is written only after a successful open, a crash after
+   *   onUpgrade but before the marker is written re-runs onUpgrade on the next start.
    * @param schemaVersionMismatchPolicy - Whether schema mismatches should reset data or throw
+   * @param versionFileReadFailurePolicy - Whether an unreadable (non-missing) version file should reset data or throw
    * @param fileSystem - An interface to access the filesystem
    * @param log - Optional custom logger
    * @param options - Configuration options
@@ -60,6 +74,7 @@ export class DatabaseVersionManager<T> {
     onOpen,
     onUpgrade,
     schemaVersionMismatchPolicy = 'reset',
+    versionFileReadFailurePolicy = 'reset',
     fileSystem = fs,
     log = createLogger(`foundation:version-manager`),
   }: DatabaseVersionManagerOptions<T>) {
@@ -74,13 +89,40 @@ export class DatabaseVersionManager<T> {
     this.onOpen = onOpen;
     this.onUpgrade = onUpgrade;
     this.schemaVersionMismatchPolicy = schemaVersionMismatchPolicy;
+    this.versionFileReadFailurePolicy = versionFileReadFailurePolicy;
     this.fileSystem = fileSystem;
     this.log = log;
   }
 
   static async writeVersion(version: DatabaseVersion, dataDir: string, fileSystem: DatabaseVersionManagerFs = fs) {
     await fileSystem.mkdir(dataDir, { recursive: true });
-    return fileSystem.writeFile(join(dataDir, DatabaseVersionManager.VERSION_FILE), version.toBuffer());
+    const finalPath = join(dataDir, DatabaseVersionManager.VERSION_FILE);
+    const tmpPath = `${finalPath}.tmp`;
+
+    // Atomic durable write: fill a temp file, fsync it, then rename it into place. The marker only
+    // becomes visible under its final name once its bytes are durably on disk, so a crash mid-write
+    // can never leave a "valid" version file sitting over an empty or partially-populated data dir.
+    const handle = await fileSystem.open(tmpPath, 'w');
+    try {
+      await handle.writeFile(version.toBuffer());
+      await handle.sync();
+    } finally {
+      await handle.close();
+    }
+    await fileSystem.rename(tmpPath, finalPath);
+
+    // Best-effort fsync of the containing directory so the rename itself survives a crash. Not all
+    // filesystems support directory fsync, so a failure here is non-fatal.
+    try {
+      const dirHandle = await fileSystem.open(dataDir, 'r');
+      try {
+        await dirHandle.sync();
+      } finally {
+        await dirHandle.close();
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // directory fsync is best-effort
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -105,6 +147,17 @@ export class DatabaseVersionManager<T> {
         storedVersion = DatabaseVersion.empty();
         // only turn off these logs if the data dir didn't exist before
         shouldLogDataReset = false;
+      } else if (this.versionFileReadFailurePolicy === 'throw') {
+        // The version file exists but could not be read/parsed (permissions, IO error, truncation).
+        // Treating this as "unversioned" would reset the data directory, silently wiping a store that
+        // must fail closed. Refuse to open instead, leaving the data untouched for the operator.
+        const code = (err as Error & { code?: string })?.code;
+        const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+        throw new Error(
+          `Failed to read database version file at ${this.versionFile} (${code ?? 'unknown error'}: ${message}). ` +
+            `Refusing to open the database; data was NOT reset. Resolve the underlying filesystem error and retry.`,
+          { cause: err },
+        );
       } else {
         this.log.warn(`Failed to read stored version information: ${err}. Defaulting to empty version`);
         storedVersion = DatabaseVersion.empty();
@@ -159,10 +212,47 @@ export class DatabaseVersionManager<T> {
       await this.resetDataDirectory();
     }
 
-    // Write the current version to disk
-    await this.writeVersion();
+    // Open the database first, then record the version marker. Writing the marker only after a
+    // successful open makes it a post-commit record: if the process crashes between the reset and a
+    // durable open, no marker is left behind, so the next startup re-runs the reset instead of
+    // trusting a marker that sits over empty or partially-initialized data.
+    const instance = await this.onOpen(this.dataDirectory);
 
-    return [await this.onOpen(this.dataDirectory), needsReset];
+    // Only (re)write the marker when it would actually change — first boot, reset, or upgrade. On a
+    // normal boot it already matches, so skipping avoids an unnecessary fsync (and the directory
+    // write permission the temp-file+rename needs) and, more importantly, any window where a
+    // marker-write failure would orphan the database we just opened.
+    if (!storedVersion.equals(this.currentVersion)) {
+      try {
+        await this.writeVersion();
+      } catch (err) {
+        // The database opened but recording the marker failed; close the freshly opened instance so
+        // we do not leak its file handles / locks before propagating the failure.
+        await this.closeQuietly(instance);
+        throw err;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return [instance, needsReset];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Best-effort close of a just-opened database instance, used to avoid leaking handles/locks when a
+   * post-open step fails. Swallows close errors so the original failure is the one that propagates.
+   */
+  private async closeQuietly(instance: T): Promise<void> {
+    const closable = instance as
+      | { close?: () => Promise<void> | void; [Symbol.asyncDispose]?: () => Promise<void> }
+      | undefined;
+    const dispose = closable?.close ?? closable?.[Symbol.asyncDispose];
+    if (typeof dispose !== 'function') {
+      return;
+    }
+    try {
+      await dispose.call(closable);
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.log.warn(`Failed to close database after version-write failure: ${err}`);
+    }
   }
 
   /**

package/src/ha-signing/config.ts

@@ -25,8 +25,20 @@ export type BaseSignerConfig = {
   nodeId: string;
   /** How long to wait between polls when a duty is being signed (ms) */
   pollingIntervalMs: number;
-  /** Maximum time to wait for a duty being signed to complete (ms) */
-  signingTimeoutMs: number;
+  /**
+   * How long (ms) to wait for a peer node's in-progress signing before giving up and treating the
+   * duty as already handled. This is the cross-node wait/poll timeout, distinct from
+   * signerCallTimeoutMs (the hard upper bound on this node's own signer call).
+   */
+  peerSigningTimeoutMs: number;
+  /**
+   * Hard upper bound (ms) on a single signer call made by this node. If the (possibly remote)
+   * signer does not return within this time, the call is aborted, the duty lock is released, and
+   * signing fails so it can be safely retried. The effective value is clamped to
+   * maxStuckDutiesAgeMs / 2 at construction, so a slow signer's lock is always released before
+   * stuck-duty cleanup could reclaim it. Defaults to 30_000 when unset.
+   */
+  signerCallTimeoutMs?: number;
   /** Maximum age of a stuck duty in ms (defaults to 2x hardcoded Aztec slot duration if not set) */
   maxStuckDutiesAgeMs?: number;
   /** Optional: clean up old duties after this many hours (disabled if not set) */
@@ -44,11 +56,16 @@ export const baseSignerConfigMappings: ConfigMappingsType<BaseSignerConfig> = {
     description: 'The number of ms to wait between polls when a duty is being signed',
     ...numberConfigHelper(100),
   },
-  signingTimeoutMs: {
+  peerSigningTimeoutMs: {
     env: 'VALIDATOR_HA_SIGNING_TIMEOUT_MS',
-    description: 'The maximum time to wait for a duty being signed to complete',
+    description: "How long to wait for a peer node's in-progress signing before giving up",
     ...numberConfigHelper(3_000),
   },
+  signerCallTimeoutMs: {
+    env: 'VALIDATOR_SIGNER_CALL_TIMEOUT_MS',
+    description: 'Hard upper bound in ms on a single signer call before it is aborted (default 30000)',
+    ...numberConfigHelper(30_000),
+  },
   maxStuckDutiesAgeMs: {
     env: 'VALIDATOR_HA_MAX_STUCK_DUTIES_AGE_MS',
     description: 'The maximum age of a stuck duty in ms (defaults to 2x Aztec slot duration)',
@@ -65,7 +82,8 @@ export const baseSignerConfigMappings: ConfigMappingsType<BaseSignerConfig> = {
 export const BaseSignerConfigSchema = z.object({
   nodeId: z.string(),
   pollingIntervalMs: z.number().min(0),
-  signingTimeoutMs: z.number().min(0),
+  peerSigningTimeoutMs: z.number().min(0),
+  signerCallTimeoutMs: z.number().min(0).optional(),
   maxStuckDutiesAgeMs: z.number().min(0).optional(),
   cleanupOldDutiesAfterHours: z.number().min(0).optional(),
   ...pickL1ContractAddressesSchema('rollupAddress'),

package/src/ha-signing/local_config.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import { type ConfigMappingsType, getConfigFromMappings, optionalNumberConfigHelper } from '@aztec/foundation/config';
+import {
+  type ConfigMappingsType,
+  booleanConfigHelper,
+  getConfigFromMappings,
+  optionalNumberConfigHelper,
+} from '@aztec/foundation/config';
 import { zodFor } from '@aztec/foundation/schemas';
 import { type DataStoreConfig, dataConfigMappings } from '@aztec/stdlib/kv-store';
 
@@ -17,6 +22,12 @@ export type LocalSignerConfig = BaseSignerConfig &
   DataStoreConfig & {
     /** Maximum size of the local signing-protection LMDB store in KB. Overwrites the general dataStoreMapSizeKb. */
     signingProtectionMapSizeKb?: number;
+    /**
+     * Allow local signing protection to run against an ephemeral store when no data directory is set.
+     * Without this, a missing data directory fails startup, since ephemeral protection does not survive
+     * restarts. Intended for dev/test networks only; production validators must persist to disk.
+     */
+    allowEphemeralSigningProtection?: boolean;
   };
 
 export const localSignerConfigMappings: ConfigMappingsType<LocalSignerConfig> = {
@@ -28,6 +39,13 @@ export const localSignerConfigMappings: ConfigMappingsType<LocalSignerConfig> =
       'Maximum size of the local signing-protection LMDB store in KB. Overwrites the general dataStoreMapSizeKb.',
     ...optionalNumberConfigHelper(),
   },
+  allowEphemeralSigningProtection: {
+    env: 'VALIDATOR_ALLOW_EPHEMERAL_SIGNING_PROTECTION',
+    description:
+      'Allow local signing protection to run against an ephemeral store when no data directory is set (dev/test only). ' +
+      'Ephemeral protection does not survive restarts, so this is unsafe for production validators.',
+    ...booleanConfigHelper(false),
+  },
 };
 
 export const LocalSignerConfigSchema = zodFor<LocalSignerConfig>()(
@@ -35,6 +53,7 @@ export const LocalSignerConfigSchema = zodFor<LocalSignerConfig>()(
     dataDirectory: z.string().optional(),
     dataStoreMapSizeKb: z.number(),
     signingProtectionMapSizeKb: z.number().optional(),
+    allowEphemeralSigningProtection: z.boolean().optional(),
   }),
 );
 

package/src/hash/hash.ts

@@ -188,14 +188,6 @@ export function computeSecretHash(secret: Fr): Promise<Fr> {
   return poseidon2HashWithSeparator([secret], DomainSeparator.SECRET_HASH);
 }
 
-export async function computeL1ToL2MessageNullifier(contract: AztecAddress, messageHash: Fr, secret: Fr) {
-  const innerMessageNullifier = await poseidon2HashWithSeparator(
-    [messageHash, secret],
-    DomainSeparator.MESSAGE_NULLIFIER,
-  );
-  return siloNullifier(contract, innerMessageNullifier);
-}
-
 /**
  * Calculates a siloed hash of a scoped l2 to l1 message.
  * @returns Fr containing 248 bits of information of sha256 hash.

package/src/interfaces/archiver.ts

@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ export type ArchiverSpecificConfig = {
 
   /** Skip pruning orphan proposed blocks that have no matching proposed checkpoint. */
   skipOrphanProposedBlockPruning?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Preload the standard contracts (AuthRegistry, PublicChecks, HandshakeRegistry) into the contract store at block 0.
+   * For test environments only: it must only be set when genesis also seeds the matching registration/deployment
+   * nullifiers, otherwise a later on-chain publish of a preloaded class would collide with the block-0 preload.
+   */
+  testPreloadStandardContracts?: boolean;
 };
 
 export const ArchiverSpecificConfigSchema = z.object({
@@ -82,6 +89,7 @@ export const ArchiverSpecificConfigSchema = z.object({
   skipPromoteProposedCheckpointDuringL1Sync: z.boolean().optional(),
   orphanPruneNoProposalTolerance: schemas.Integer.optional(),
   skipOrphanProposedBlockPruning: z.boolean().optional(),
+  testPreloadStandardContracts: z.boolean().optional(),
 });
 
 export type ArchiverApi = Omit<

package/src/interfaces/configs.ts

@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ export interface SequencerConfig {
   injectHighSValueAttestation?: boolean;
   /** Inject an attestation with an unrecoverable signature (for testing only) */
   injectUnrecoverableSignatureAttestation?: boolean;
+  /** Inject a non-proposer attestation slot in yParity (v ∈ {0, 1}) form in the packed L1 tuple (for testing only) */
+  injectYParityAttestation?: boolean;
   /** Whether to run in fisherman mode: builds blocks on every slot for validation without publishing */
   fishermanMode?: boolean;
   /** Shuffle attestation ordering to create invalid ordering (for testing only) */
@@ -165,6 +167,7 @@ export const SequencerConfigSchema = zodFor<SequencerConfig>()(
     injectFakeAttestation: z.boolean().optional(),
     injectHighSValueAttestation: z.boolean().optional(),
     injectUnrecoverableSignatureAttestation: z.boolean().optional(),
+    injectYParityAttestation: z.boolean().optional(),
     fishermanMode: z.boolean().optional(),
     shuffleAttestationOrdering: z.boolean().optional(),
     blockDurationMs: z.number().positive().optional(),

package/src/interfaces/private_kernel_prover.ts

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import type {
   PrivateKernelInner3CircuitPrivateInputs,
   PrivateKernelInnerCircuitPrivateInputs,
   PrivateKernelResetCircuitPrivateInputs,
+  PrivateKernelResetTailCircuitPrivateInputs,
   PrivateKernelSimulateOutput,
-  PrivateKernelTailCircuitPrivateInputs,
   PrivateKernelTailCircuitPublicInputs,
 } from '../kernel/index.js';
 import type { ChonkProofWithPublicInputs } from '../proofs/chonk_proof.js';
@@ -166,23 +166,21 @@ export interface PrivateKernelProver {
   ): Promise<PrivateKernelSimulateOutput<PrivateKernelCircuitPublicInputs>>;
 
   /**
-   * Creates a proof output based on the last inner kernel iteration kernel data for the final ordering iteration.
+   * Creates a proof output for the terminal reset+tail step. Dispatches to the rollup-bound or
+   * public-bound family based on `inputs.isForPublic()`.
    *
-   * @param privateKernelInputsTail - The private input data structure for the final ordering iteration.
-   * @returns A Promise resolving to a ProofOutput object containing public inputs and the kernel proof.
+   * @param privateKernelInputs - Reset hints, dimensions, and tail params.
+   * @returns A Promise resolving to a ProofOutput containing the tail-shaped public inputs.
    */
-  generateTailOutput(
-    privateKernelInputsTail: PrivateKernelTailCircuitPrivateInputs,
+  generateResetTailOutput(
+    privateKernelInputs: PrivateKernelResetTailCircuitPrivateInputs,
   ): Promise<PrivateKernelSimulateOutput<PrivateKernelTailCircuitPublicInputs>>;
 
   /**
-   * Executes the final ordering iteration circuit.
-   *
-   * @param privateKernelInputsTail - The private input data structure for the final ordering iteration.
-   * @returns A Promise resolving to a ProofOutput object containing public inputs an empty kernel proof.
+   * Simulates the terminal reset+tail step without generating a proof.
    */
-  simulateTail(
-    privateKernelInputsTail: PrivateKernelTailCircuitPrivateInputs,
+  simulateResetTail(
+    privateKernelInputs: PrivateKernelResetTailCircuitPrivateInputs,
   ): Promise<PrivateKernelSimulateOutput<PrivateKernelTailCircuitPublicInputs>>;
 
   generateHidingToRollupOutput(

package/src/interfaces/proving-job.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {
-  AVM_V2_PROOF_LENGTH_IN_FIELDS_PADDED,
+  AVM_V2_PROOF_LENGTH_IN_FIELDS,
   NESTED_RECURSIVE_PROOF_LENGTH,
   NESTED_RECURSIVE_ROLLUP_HONK_PROOF_LENGTH,
   RECURSIVE_PROOF_LENGTH,
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ export type ProvingJobInputsMap = {
 export const ProvingJobResult = z.discriminatedUnion('type', [
   z.object({
     type: z.literal(ProvingRequestType.PUBLIC_VM),
-    result: RecursiveProof.schemaFor(AVM_V2_PROOF_LENGTH_IN_FIELDS_PADDED),
+    result: RecursiveProof.schemaFor(AVM_V2_PROOF_LENGTH_IN_FIELDS),
   }),
   z.object({
     type: z.literal(ProvingRequestType.PUBLIC_CHONK_VERIFIER),
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ export const ProvingJobResult = z.discriminatedUnion('type', [
 ]);
 export type ProvingJobResult = z.infer<typeof ProvingJobResult>;
 export type ProvingJobResultsMap = {
-  [ProvingRequestType.PUBLIC_VM]: RecursiveProof<typeof AVM_V2_PROOF_LENGTH_IN_FIELDS_PADDED>;
+  [ProvingRequestType.PUBLIC_VM]: RecursiveProof<typeof AVM_V2_PROOF_LENGTH_IN_FIELDS>;
   [ProvingRequestType.PUBLIC_CHONK_VERIFIER]: PublicInputsAndRecursiveProof<
     PublicChonkVerifierPublicInputs,
     typeof NESTED_RECURSIVE_ROLLUP_HONK_PROOF_LENGTH
@@ -441,9 +441,20 @@ export const ProvingJobRejectedResult = z.object({
 });
 export type ProvingJobRejectedResult = z.infer<typeof ProvingJobRejectedResult>;
 
+/**
+ * The result of a job that was cancelled by its producer. Unlike a fulfilled or rejected result it
+ * is not truly terminal: re-enqueuing the same job id revives it, so an abort never permanently
+ * blocks a proof from being produced.
+ */
+export const ProvingJobAbortedResult = z.object({
+  status: z.literal('aborted'),
+});
+export type ProvingJobAbortedResult = z.infer<typeof ProvingJobAbortedResult>;
+
 export const ProvingJobSettledResult = z.discriminatedUnion('status', [
   ProvingJobFulfilledResult,
   ProvingJobRejectedResult,
+  ProvingJobAbortedResult,
 ]);
 export type ProvingJobSettledResult = z.infer<typeof ProvingJobSettledResult>;
 
@@ -453,5 +464,6 @@ export const ProvingJobStatus = z.discriminatedUnion('status', [
   z.object({ status: z.literal('not-found') }),
   ProvingJobFulfilledResult,
   ProvingJobRejectedResult,
+  ProvingJobAbortedResult,
 ]);
 export type ProvingJobStatus = z.infer<typeof ProvingJobStatus>;

package/src/interfaces/server_circuit_prover.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type {
-  AVM_V2_PROOF_LENGTH_IN_FIELDS_PADDED,
+  AVM_V2_PROOF_LENGTH_IN_FIELDS,
   NESTED_RECURSIVE_PROOF_LENGTH,
   NESTED_RECURSIVE_ROLLUP_HONK_PROOF_LENGTH,
   RECURSIVE_PROOF_LENGTH,
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ export interface ServerCircuitProver {
     inputs: AvmCircuitInputs,
     signal?: AbortSignal,
     epochNumber?: number,
-  ): Promise<RecursiveProof<typeof AVM_V2_PROOF_LENGTH_IN_FIELDS_PADDED>>;
+  ): Promise<RecursiveProof<typeof AVM_V2_PROOF_LENGTH_IN_FIELDS>>;
 }
 
 export type IVCProofVerificationResult = {

package/src/interfaces/world_state.ts

@@ -65,6 +65,20 @@ export interface ReadonlyWorldStateAccess {
 
 /** Defines the interface for a world state synchronizer. */
 export interface WorldStateSynchronizer extends ReadonlyWorldStateAccess, ForkMerkleTreeOperations {
+  /**
+   * Returns a read handle to the world state at `blockNumber`, but only after verifying that the block at that
+   * height is on the fork identified by `blockHash`. This pins the returned view to a specific fork so a reorg
+   * that replaced the block at `blockNumber` cannot be served silently, closing the gap between resolving a query
+   * and reading its snapshot.
+   *
+   * Rejects if the block at `blockNumber` does not match `blockHash` (a reorg), or if the block's hash cannot be
+   * read from the requested view. Both are transient from a caller's perspective: re-resolving the query against
+   * the current chain and retrying may succeed or produce a more precise error. However, if the block's history
+   * has been pruned away (it predates the oldest historical block kept by world state), the rejection is terminal:
+   * retrying cannot bring the data back.
+   */
+  getVerifiedSnapshot(blockNumber: BlockNumber, blockHash: BlockHash): Promise<MerkleTreeReadOperations>;
+
   /** Starts the synchronizer. */
   start(): Promise<void | PromiseWithResolvers<void>>;