@lodestar/beacon-node 1.39.0 → 1.40.0-dev.1c71f4299a

package/src/chain/validatorMonitor.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
   altair,
   deneb,
 } from "@lodestar/types";
-import {LogData, LogHandler, LogLevel, Logger, MapDef, MapDefMax, toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
+import {LogData, LogHandler, LogLevel, Logger, MapDef, MapDefMax, prettyPrintIndices, toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {GENESIS_SLOT} from "../constants/constants.js";
 import {RegistryMetricCreator} from "../metrics/index.js";
 
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ const MAX_CACHED_DISTINCT_TARGETS = 4;
 const LATE_ATTESTATION_SUBMISSION_BPS = 5000;
 const LATE_BLOCK_SUBMISSION_BPS = 2500;
 
-const RETAIN_REGISTERED_VALIDATORS_MS = 1 * 3600 * 1000; // 1 hour
+/** Number of epochs to retain registered validators after their last registration */
+const RETAIN_REGISTERED_VALIDATORS_EPOCHS = 2;
 
 type Seconds = number;
 export enum OpSource {
@@ -97,6 +98,8 @@ export type ValidatorMonitor = {
   ): void;
   onceEveryEndOfEpoch(state: CachedBeaconStateAllForks): void;
   scrapeMetrics(slotClock: Slot): void;
+  /** Returns the list of validator indices currently being monitored */
+  getMonitoredValidatorIndices(): ValidatorIndex[];
 };
 
 export type ValidatorMonitorOpts = {
@@ -284,6 +287,9 @@ export function createValidatorMonitor(
     logger[logLevel](message, context);
   };
 
+  // Calculate retain time dynamically based on slot duration (2 epochs)
+  const retainRegisteredValidatorsMs = SLOTS_PER_EPOCH * config.SLOT_DURATION_MS * RETAIN_REGISTERED_VALIDATORS_EPOCHS;
+
   /** The validators that require additional monitoring. */
   const validators = new MapDef<ValidatorIndex, MonitoredValidator>(() => ({
     summaries: new Map<Epoch, EpochSummary>(),
@@ -306,11 +312,19 @@ export function createValidatorMonitor(
 
   let lastRegisteredStatusEpoch = -1;
 
+  // Track validator additions/removals per epoch for logging
+  const addedValidatorsInEpoch: Set<ValidatorIndex> = new Set();
+  const removedValidatorsInEpoch: Set<ValidatorIndex> = new Set();
+
   const validatorMonitorMetrics = metricsRegister ? createValidatorMonitorMetrics(metricsRegister) : null;
 
   const validatorMonitor: ValidatorMonitor = {
     registerLocalValidator(index) {
+      const isNewValidator = !validators.has(index);
       validators.getOrDefault(index).lastRegisteredTimeMs = Date.now();
+      if (isNewValidator) {
+        addedValidatorsInEpoch.add(index);
+      }
     },
 
     registerLocalValidatorInSyncCommittee(index, untilEpoch) {
@@ -673,11 +687,29 @@ export function createValidatorMonitor(
 
       // Prune validators not seen in a while
       for (const [index, validator] of validators.entries()) {
-        if (Date.now() - validator.lastRegisteredTimeMs > RETAIN_REGISTERED_VALIDATORS_MS) {
+        if (Date.now() - validator.lastRegisteredTimeMs > retainRegisteredValidatorsMs) {
           validators.delete(index);
+          removedValidatorsInEpoch.add(index);
         }
       }
 
+      // Log validator monitor status every epoch
+      const allIndices = Array.from(validators.keys()).sort((a, b) => a - b);
+      const addedIndices = Array.from(addedValidatorsInEpoch).sort((a, b) => a - b);
+      const removedIndices = Array.from(removedValidatorsInEpoch).sort((a, b) => a - b);
+
+      log("Validator monitor status", {
+        epoch: computeEpochAtSlot(headState.slot),
+        added: addedIndices.length > 0 ? prettyPrintIndices(addedIndices) : "none",
+        removed: removedIndices.length > 0 ? prettyPrintIndices(removedIndices) : "none",
+        total: validators.size,
+        indices: prettyPrintIndices(allIndices),
+      });
+
+      // Clear tracking sets for next epoch
+      addedValidatorsInEpoch.clear();
+      removedValidatorsInEpoch.clear();
+
       // Compute summaries of previous epoch attestation performance
       const prevEpoch = computeEpochAtSlot(headState.slot) - 1;
 
@@ -736,6 +768,13 @@ export function createValidatorMonitor(
     scrapeMetrics(slotClock) {
       validatorMonitorMetrics?.validatorsConnected.set(validators.size);
 
+      // Update static metric with connected validator indices
+      if (validatorMonitorMetrics?.validatorsConnectedIndices) {
+        validatorMonitorMetrics.validatorsConnectedIndices.reset();
+        const allIndices = Array.from(validators.keys()).sort((a, b) => a - b);
+        validatorMonitorMetrics.validatorsConnectedIndices.set({indices: prettyPrintIndices(allIndices)}, 1);
+      }
+
       const epoch = computeEpochAtSlot(slotClock);
       const slotInEpoch = slotClock % SLOTS_PER_EPOCH;
 
@@ -815,6 +854,10 @@ export function createValidatorMonitor(
       validatorMonitorMetrics?.prevEpochSyncCommitteeHits.set(prevEpochSyncCommitteeHits);
       validatorMonitorMetrics?.prevEpochSyncCommitteeMisses.set(prevEpochSyncCommitteeMisses);
     },
+
+    getMonitoredValidatorIndices() {
+      return Array.from(validators.keys()).sort((a, b) => a - b);
+    },
   };
 
   // Register a single collect() function to run all validatorMonitor metrics
@@ -1098,6 +1141,12 @@ function createValidatorMonitorMetrics(register: RegistryMetricCreator) {
       help: "Count of validators that are specifically monitored by this beacon node",
     }),
 
+    validatorsConnectedIndices: register.gauge<{indices: string}>({
+      name: "validator_monitor_indices",
+      help: "Static metric with connected validator indices as label, value is always 1",
+      labelNames: ["indices"],
+    }),
+
     validatorsInSyncCommittee: register.gauge({
       name: "validator_monitor_validators_in_sync_committee",
       help: "Count of validators monitored by this beacon node that are part of sync committee",

package/src/db/repositories/checkpointState.ts

@@ -1,31 +1,15 @@
 import {ChainForkConfig} from "@lodestar/config";
-import {Db, Repository} from "@lodestar/db";
-import {BeaconStateAllForks} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
-import {ssz} from "@lodestar/types";
+import {BinaryRepository, Db} from "@lodestar/db";
 import {Bucket, getBucketNameByValue} from "../buckets.js";
 
 /**
  * Store temporary checkpoint states.
  * We should only put/get binary data from this repository, consumer will load it into an existing state ViewDU object.
  */
-export class CheckpointStateRepository extends Repository<Uint8Array, BeaconStateAllForks> {
+export class CheckpointStateRepository extends BinaryRepository<Uint8Array> {
   constructor(config: ChainForkConfig, db: Db) {
-    // Pick some type but won't be used. Casted to any because no type can match `BeaconStateAllForks`
-    const type = ssz.phase0.BeaconState;
     const bucket = Bucket.allForks_checkpointState;
     // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: The type is complex to specify a proper override
-    super(config, db, bucket, type as any, getBucketNameByValue(bucket));
-  }
-
-  getId(): Uint8Array {
-    throw Error("CheckpointStateRepository does not work with value");
-  }
-
-  encodeValue(): Uint8Array {
-    throw Error("CheckpointStateRepository does not work with value");
-  }
-
-  decodeValue(): BeaconStateAllForks {
-    throw Error("CheckpointStateRepository does not work with value");
+    super(config, db, bucket, getBucketNameByValue(bucket));
   }
 }

package/src/db/repositories/stateArchive.ts

@@ -1,39 +1,25 @@
 import {ChainForkConfig} from "@lodestar/config";
-import {Db, Repository} from "@lodestar/db";
-import {BeaconStateAllForks} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
-import {Epoch, Root, RootHex, Slot, ssz} from "@lodestar/types";
+import {BinaryRepository, Db} from "@lodestar/db";
+import {Root, RootHex, Slot} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {bytesToInt, toHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
-import {getStateTypeFromBytes} from "../../util/multifork.js";
 import {Bucket, getBucketNameByValue} from "../buckets.js";
 import {getRootIndex, getRootIndexKey, storeRootIndex} from "./stateArchiveIndex.js";
 
-export class StateArchiveRepository extends Repository<Slot, BeaconStateAllForks> {
+export type BeaconStateArchive = {
+  serialize(): Uint8Array;
+  hashTreeRoot(): Root;
+};
+
+export class StateArchiveRepository extends BinaryRepository<Slot> {
   constructor(config: ChainForkConfig, db: Db) {
-    // Pick some type but won't be used. Casted to any because no type can match `BeaconStateAllForks`
-    // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: We need to use `any` type here
-    const type = ssz.phase0.BeaconState as any;
     const bucket = Bucket.allForks_stateArchive;
-    super(config, db, bucket, type, getBucketNameByValue(bucket));
-  }
-
-  // Overrides for multi-fork
-
-  encodeValue(value: BeaconStateAllForks): Uint8Array {
-    return value.serialize();
-  }
-
-  decodeValue(data: Uint8Array): BeaconStateAllForks {
-    return getStateTypeFromBytes(this.config, data).deserializeToViewDU(data);
+    super(config, db, bucket, getBucketNameByValue(bucket));
   }
 
   // Handle key as slot
 
-  async put(key: Slot, value: BeaconStateAllForks): Promise<void> {
-    await Promise.all([super.put(key, value), storeRootIndex(this.db, key, value.hashTreeRoot())]);
-  }
-
-  getId(state: BeaconStateAllForks): Epoch {
-    return state.slot;
+  async put(key: Slot, value: BeaconStateArchive): Promise<void> {
+    await Promise.all([super.putBinary(key, value.serialize()), storeRootIndex(this.db, key, value.hashTreeRoot())]);
   }
 
   decodeKey(data: Uint8Array): number {
@@ -42,10 +28,10 @@ export class StateArchiveRepository extends Repository<Slot, BeaconStateAllForks
 
   // Index Root -> Slot
 
-  async getByRoot(stateRoot: Root): Promise<BeaconStateAllForks | null> {
+  async getBinaryByRoot(stateRoot: Root): Promise<Uint8Array | null> {
     const slot = await this.getSlotByRoot(stateRoot);
     if (slot !== null && Number.isInteger(slot)) {
-      return this.get(slot);
+      return this.getBinary(slot);
     }
     return null;
   }

package/src/execution/engine/mock.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import crypto from "node:crypto";
+import {ChainConfig} from "@lodestar/config";
 import {
   BLOB_TX_TYPE,
   BYTES_PER_FIELD_ELEMENT,
@@ -7,7 +8,9 @@ import {
   ForkPostBellatrix,
   ForkPostCapella,
   ForkSeq,
+  SLOTS_PER_EPOCH,
 } from "@lodestar/params";
+import {computeTimeAtSlot} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
 import {ExecutionPayload, RootHex, bellatrix, deneb, ssz} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {fromHex, toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {ZERO_HASH_HEX} from "../../constants/index.js";
@@ -34,14 +37,11 @@ const INTEROP_GAS_LIMIT = 30e6;
 const PRUNE_PAYLOAD_ID_AFTER_MS = 5000;
 
 export type ExecutionEngineMockOpts = {
-  genesisBlockHash: string;
+  genesisBlockHash?: string;
   eth1BlockHash?: string;
   onlyPredefinedResponses?: boolean;
-  capellaForkTimestamp?: number;
-  denebForkTimestamp?: number;
-  electraForkTimestamp?: number;
-  fuluForkTimestamp?: number;
-  gloasForkTimestamp?: number;
+  genesisTime?: number;
+  config?: ChainConfig;
 };
 
 type ExecutionBlock = {
@@ -74,17 +74,21 @@ export class ExecutionEngineMockBackend implements JsonRpcBackend {
   /** Preparing payloads to be retrieved via engine_getPayloadV1 */
   private readonly preparingPayloads = new Map<number, PreparedPayload>();
   private readonly payloadsForDeletion = new Map<number, number>();
-
   private readonly predefinedPayloadStatuses = new Map<RootHex, PayloadStatus>();
 
   private payloadId = 0;
+  private capellaForkTimestamp: number;
+  private denebForkTimestamp: number;
+  private electraForkTimestamp: number;
+  private fuluForkTimestamp: number;
+  private gloasForkTimestamp: number;
 
   readonly handlers: {
     [K in keyof EngineApiRpcParamTypes]: (...args: EngineApiRpcParamTypes[K]) => EngineApiRpcReturnTypes[K];
   };
 
   constructor(private readonly opts: ExecutionEngineMockOpts) {
-    this.validBlocks.set(opts.genesisBlockHash, {
+    this.validBlocks.set(opts.genesisBlockHash ?? ZERO_HASH_HEX, {
       parentHash: ZERO_HASH_HEX,
       blockHash: ZERO_HASH_HEX,
       timestamp: 0,
@@ -100,6 +104,29 @@ export class ExecutionEngineMockBackend implements JsonRpcBackend {
       blockNumber: 1,
     });
 
+    const {config} = opts;
+
+    this.capellaForkTimestamp =
+      opts.genesisTime && config
+        ? computeTimeAtSlot(config, config.CAPELLA_FORK_EPOCH * SLOTS_PER_EPOCH, opts.genesisTime)
+        : Infinity;
+    this.denebForkTimestamp =
+      opts.genesisTime && config
+        ? computeTimeAtSlot(config, config.DENEB_FORK_EPOCH * SLOTS_PER_EPOCH, opts.genesisTime)
+        : Infinity;
+    this.electraForkTimestamp =
+      opts.genesisTime && config
+        ? computeTimeAtSlot(config, config.ELECTRA_FORK_EPOCH * SLOTS_PER_EPOCH, opts.genesisTime)
+        : Infinity;
+    this.fuluForkTimestamp =
+      opts.genesisTime && config
+        ? computeTimeAtSlot(config, config.FULU_FORK_EPOCH * SLOTS_PER_EPOCH, opts.genesisTime)
+        : Infinity;
+    this.gloasForkTimestamp =
+      opts.genesisTime && config
+        ? computeTimeAtSlot(config, config.GLOAS_FORK_EPOCH * SLOTS_PER_EPOCH, opts.genesisTime)
+        : Infinity;
+
     this.handlers = {
       engine_newPayloadV1: this.notifyNewPayload.bind(this),
       engine_newPayloadV2: this.notifyNewPayload.bind(this),
@@ -448,11 +475,11 @@ export class ExecutionEngineMockBackend implements JsonRpcBackend {
   }
 
   private timestampToFork(timestamp: number): ForkPostBellatrix {
-    if (timestamp >= (this.opts.gloasForkTimestamp ?? Infinity)) return ForkName.gloas;
-    if (timestamp >= (this.opts.fuluForkTimestamp ?? Infinity)) return ForkName.fulu;
-    if (timestamp >= (this.opts.electraForkTimestamp ?? Infinity)) return ForkName.electra;
-    if (timestamp >= (this.opts.denebForkTimestamp ?? Infinity)) return ForkName.deneb;
-    if (timestamp >= (this.opts.capellaForkTimestamp ?? Infinity)) return ForkName.capella;
+    if (timestamp >= this.gloasForkTimestamp) return ForkName.gloas;
+    if (timestamp >= this.fuluForkTimestamp) return ForkName.fulu;
+    if (timestamp >= this.electraForkTimestamp) return ForkName.electra;
+    if (timestamp >= this.denebForkTimestamp) return ForkName.deneb;
+    if (timestamp >= this.capellaForkTimestamp) return ForkName.capella;
     return ForkName.bellatrix;
   }
 }

package/src/index.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 export type {RestApiServerMetrics, RestApiServerModules, RestApiServerOpts} from "./api/rest/base.js";
 export {RestApiServer} from "./api/rest/base.js";
-export {checkAndPersistAnchorState, initStateFromDb} from "./chain/index.js";
+export {checkAndPersistAnchorState} from "./chain/index.js";
 export {DbCPStateDatastore} from "./chain/stateCache/datastore/db.js";
 export {FileCPStateDatastore} from "./chain/stateCache/datastore/file.js";
 export {BeaconDb, type IBeaconDb} from "./db/index.js";

package/src/metrics/metrics/lodestar.ts

@@ -212,6 +212,31 @@ export function createLodestarMetrics(
       }),
     },
 
+    unfinalizedBlockWritesQueue: {
+      length: register.gauge({
+        name: "lodestar_unfinalized_block_writes_queue_length",
+        help: "Count of total unfinalized block writes queue length",
+      }),
+      droppedJobs: register.gauge({
+        name: "lodestar_unfinalized_block_writes_queue_dropped_jobs_total",
+        help: "Count of total unfinalized block writes queue dropped jobs",
+      }),
+      jobTime: register.histogram({
+        name: "lodestar_unfinalized_block_writes_queue_job_time_seconds",
+        help: "Time to process unfinalized block writes queue job in seconds",
+        buckets: [0.01, 0.1, 1, 4, 12],
+      }),
+      jobWaitTime: register.histogram({
+        name: "lodestar_unfinalized_block_writes_queue_job_wait_time_seconds",
+        help: "Time from job added to the unfinalized block writes queue to starting in seconds",
+        buckets: [0.01, 0.1, 1, 4, 12],
+      }),
+      concurrency: register.gauge({
+        name: "lodestar_unfinalized_block_writes_queue_concurrency",
+        help: "Current concurrency of unfinalized block writes queue",
+      }),
+    },
+
     engineHttpProcessorQueue: {
       length: register.gauge({
         name: "lodestar_engine_http_processor_queue_length",
@@ -1308,33 +1333,19 @@ export function createLodestarMetrics(
         name: "lodestar_shuffling_cache_miss_count",
         help: "Count of shuffling cache miss",
       }),
-      shufflingBuiltMultipleTimes: register.gauge({
-        name: "lodestar_shuffling_cache_recalculated_shuffling_count",
-        help: "Count of shuffling that were build multiple times",
-      }),
-      shufflingPromiseNotResolvedAndThrownAway: register.gauge({
-        name: "lodestar_shuffling_cache_promise_not_resolved_and_thrown_away_count",
-        help: "Count of shuffling cache promises that were discarded and the shuffling was built synchronously",
+      shufflingSetMultipleTimes: register.gauge({
+        name: "lodestar_shuffling_cache_set_multiple_times_count",
+        help: "Count of shuffling that were set multiple times",
       }),
       shufflingPromiseNotResolved: register.gauge({
         name: "lodestar_shuffling_cache_promise_not_resolved_count",
         help: "Count of shuffling cache promises that were requested before the promise was resolved",
       }),
-      nextShufflingNotOnEpochCache: register.gauge({
-        name: "lodestar_shuffling_cache_next_shuffling_not_on_epoch_cache",
-        help: "The next shuffling was not on the epoch cache before the epoch transition",
-      }),
       shufflingPromiseResolutionTime: register.histogram({
         name: "lodestar_shuffling_cache_promise_resolution_time_seconds",
         help: "Time from promise insertion until promise resolution when shuffling was ready in seconds",
         buckets: [0.5, 1, 1.5, 2],
       }),
-      shufflingCalculationTime: register.histogram<{source: "build" | "getSync"}>({
-        name: "lodestar_shuffling_cache_shuffling_calculation_time_seconds",
-        help: "Run time of shuffling calculation",
-        buckets: [0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, 1.5],
-        labelNames: ["source"],
-      }),
     },
 
     seenCache: {

package/src/network/processor/gossipHandlers.ts

@@ -436,14 +436,11 @@ function getSequentialHandlers(modules: ValidatorFnsModules, options: GossipHand
         blsVerifyOnMainThread: true,
         // to track block process steps
         seenTimestampSec,
-        // gossip block is validated, we want to process it asap
-        eagerPersistBlock: true,
       })
       .then(() => {
         // Returns the delay between the start of `block.slot` and `current time`
         const delaySec = chain.clock.secFromSlot(slot);
         metrics?.gossipBlock.elapsedTimeTillProcessed.observe(delaySec);
-        chain.seenBlockInputCache.prune(blockInput.blockRootHex);
       })
       .catch((e) => {
         // Adjust verbosity based on error type

package/src/network/reqresp/handlers/beaconBlocksByRange.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import {GENESIS_SLOT, isForkPostDeneb, isForkPostFulu} from "@lodestar/params";
 import {RespStatus, ResponseError, ResponseOutgoing} from "@lodestar/reqresp";
 import {computeEpochAtSlot} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
 import {deneb, phase0} from "@lodestar/types";
-import {fromHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {IBeaconChain} from "../../../chain/index.js";
 import {IBeaconDb} from "../../../db/index.js";
 import {prettyPrintPeerId} from "../../util.ts";
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ export async function* onBeaconBlocksByRange(
   const endSlot = startSlot + count;
 
   const finalized = db.blockArchive;
-  const unfinalized = db.block;
   // in the case of initializing from a non-finalized state, we don't have the finalized block so this api does not work
   // chain.forkChoice.getFinalizeBlock().slot
   const finalizedSlot = chain.forkChoice.getFinalizedCheckpointSlot();
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ export async function* onBeaconBlocksByRange(
         // re-org there's no need to abort the request
         // Spec: https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/blob/a1e46d1ae47dd9d097725801575b46907c12a1f8/specs/eip4844/p2p-interface.md#blobssidecarsbyrange-v1
 
-        const blockBytes = await unfinalized.getBinary(fromHex(block.blockRoot));
+        const blockBytes = await chain.getSerializedBlockByRoot(block.blockRoot);
         if (!blockBytes) {
           throw new ResponseError(
             RespStatus.SERVER_ERROR,
@@ -74,7 +72,7 @@ export async function* onBeaconBlocksByRange(
         }
 
         yield {
-          data: blockBytes,
+          data: blockBytes.block,
           boundary: chain.config.getForkBoundaryAtEpoch(computeEpochAtSlot(block.slot)),
         };
       }

package/src/network/reqresp/handlers/beaconBlocksByRoot.ts

@@ -1,48 +1,21 @@
 import {ResponseOutgoing} from "@lodestar/reqresp";
 import {computeEpochAtSlot} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
-import {Slot} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {IBeaconChain} from "../../../chain/index.js";
-import {IBeaconDb} from "../../../db/index.js";
-import {getSlotFromSignedBeaconBlockSerialized} from "../../../util/sszBytes.js";
 import {BeaconBlocksByRootRequest} from "../../../util/types.js";
 
 export async function* onBeaconBlocksByRoot(
   requestBody: BeaconBlocksByRootRequest,
-  chain: IBeaconChain,
-  db: IBeaconDb
+  chain: IBeaconChain
 ): AsyncIterable<ResponseOutgoing> {
   for (const blockRoot of requestBody) {
     const root = blockRoot;
-    const summary = chain.forkChoice.getBlock(root);
-    let blockBytes: Uint8Array | null = null;
-
-    // finalized block has summary in forkchoice but it stays in blockArchive db
-    if (summary) {
-      blockBytes = await db.block.getBinary(root);
-    }
-
-    let slot: Slot | undefined = undefined;
-    if (!blockBytes) {
-      const blockEntry = await db.blockArchive.getBinaryEntryByRoot(root);
-      if (blockEntry) {
-        slot = blockEntry.key;
-        blockBytes = blockEntry.value;
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (blockBytes) {
-      if (slot === undefined) {
-        const slotFromBytes = getSlotFromSignedBeaconBlockSerialized(blockBytes);
-        if (slotFromBytes === null) {
-          throw Error(`Invalid block bytes for block root ${toRootHex(root)}`);
-        }
-        slot = slotFromBytes;
-      }
+    const block = await chain.getSerializedBlockByRoot(toRootHex(root));
 
+    if (block) {
       yield {
-        data: blockBytes,
-        boundary: chain.config.getForkBoundaryAtEpoch(computeEpochAtSlot(slot)),
+        data: block.block,
+        boundary: chain.config.getForkBoundaryAtEpoch(computeEpochAtSlot(block.slot)),
       };
     }
   }

package/src/network/reqresp/handlers/blobSidecarsByRoot.ts

@@ -2,16 +2,13 @@ import {BLOB_SIDECAR_FIXED_SIZE} from "@lodestar/params";
 import {RespStatus, ResponseError, ResponseOutgoing} from "@lodestar/reqresp";
 import {computeEpochAtSlot} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
 import {RootHex} from "@lodestar/types";
-import {fromHex, toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
+import {toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {IBeaconChain} from "../../../chain/index.js";
-import {IBeaconDb} from "../../../db/index.js";
-import {BLOB_SIDECARS_IN_WRAPPER_INDEX} from "../../../db/repositories/blobSidecars.js";
 import {BlobSidecarsByRootRequest} from "../../../util/types.js";
 
 export async function* onBlobSidecarsByRoot(
   requestBody: BlobSidecarsByRootRequest,
-  chain: IBeaconChain,
-  db: IBeaconDb
+  chain: IBeaconChain
 ): AsyncIterable<ResponseOutgoing> {
   const finalizedSlot = chain.forkChoice.getFinalizedBlock().slot;
 
@@ -34,14 +31,13 @@ export async function* onBlobSidecarsByRoot(
 
     // Check if we need to load sidecars for a new block root
     if (lastFetchedSideCars === null || lastFetchedSideCars.blockRoot !== blockRootHex) {
-      const blobSideCarsBytesWrapped = await db.blobSidecars.getBinary(fromHex(block.blockRoot));
-      if (!blobSideCarsBytesWrapped) {
+      const blobSidecarsBytes = await chain.getSerializedBlobSidecars(block.slot, blockRootHex);
+      if (!blobSidecarsBytes) {
         // Handle the same to onBeaconBlocksByRange
         throw new ResponseError(RespStatus.SERVER_ERROR, `No item for root ${block.blockRoot} slot ${block.slot}`);
       }
-      const blobSideCarsBytes = blobSideCarsBytesWrapped.slice(BLOB_SIDECARS_IN_WRAPPER_INDEX);
 
-      lastFetchedSideCars = {blockRoot: blockRootHex, bytes: blobSideCarsBytes};
+      lastFetchedSideCars = {blockRoot: blockRootHex, bytes: blobSidecarsBytes};
     }
 
     const blobSidecarBytes = lastFetchedSideCars.bytes.slice(

package/src/network/reqresp/handlers/dataColumnSidecarsByRange.ts

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ export async function* onDataColumnSidecarsByRange(
   }
 
   const finalized = db.dataColumnSidecarArchive;
-  const unfinalized = db.dataColumnSidecar;
   const finalizedSlot = chain.forkChoice.getFinalizedBlock().slot;
 
   // Finalized range of columns
@@ -92,7 +91,11 @@ export async function* onDataColumnSidecarsByRange(
         // at the time of the start of the request. Spec is clear the chain of columns must be consistent, but on
         // re-org there's no need to abort the request
         // Spec: https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/blob/ad36024441cf910d428d03f87f331fbbd2b3e5f1/specs/fulu/p2p-interface.md#L425-L429
-        const dataColumnSidecars = await unfinalized.getManyBinary(fromHex(block.blockRoot), availableColumns);
+        const dataColumnSidecars = await chain.getSerializedDataColumnSidecars(
+          block.slot,
+          block.blockRoot,
+          availableColumns
+        );
 
         const unavailableColumnIndices: ColumnIndex[] = [];
         for (let i = 0; i < dataColumnSidecars.length; i++) {

package/src/network/reqresp/handlers/dataColumnSidecarsByRoot.ts

@@ -61,11 +61,7 @@ export async function* onDataColumnSidecarsByRoot(
       continue;
     }
 
-    const dataColumns = block
-      ? // Non-finalized sidecars are stored by block root
-        await db.dataColumnSidecar.getManyBinary(blockRoot, availableColumns)
-      : // Finalized sidecars are archived and stored by slot
-        await db.dataColumnSidecarArchive.getManyBinary(slot, availableColumns);
+    const dataColumns = await chain.getSerializedDataColumnSidecars(slot, blockRootHex, availableColumns);
 
     const unavailableColumnIndices: ColumnIndex[] = [];
     for (let i = 0; i < dataColumns.length; i++) {

package/src/network/reqresp/handlers/index.ts

@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ export function getReqRespHandlers({db, chain}: {db: IBeaconDb; chain: IBeaconCh
     [ReqRespMethod.BeaconBlocksByRoot]: (req) => {
       const fork = chain.config.getForkName(chain.clock.currentSlot);
       const body = BeaconBlocksByRootRequestType(fork, chain.config).deserialize(req.data);
-      return onBeaconBlocksByRoot(body, chain, db);
+      return onBeaconBlocksByRoot(body, chain);
     },
     [ReqRespMethod.BlobSidecarsByRoot]: (req) => {
       const fork = chain.config.getForkName(chain.clock.currentSlot);
       const body = BlobSidecarsByRootRequestType(fork, chain.config).deserialize(req.data);
-      return onBlobSidecarsByRoot(body, chain, db);
+      return onBlobSidecarsByRoot(body, chain);
     },
     [ReqRespMethod.BlobSidecarsByRange]: (req) => {
       const body = ssz.deneb.BlobSidecarsByRangeRequest.deserialize(req.data);

package/src/network/reqresp/utils/dataColumnResponseValidation.ts

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export async function handleColumnSidecarUnavailability({
   const blobsCount = getBlobKzgCommitmentsCountFromSignedBeaconBlockSerialized(chain.config, blockBytes);
 
   // There are zero blobs for that column index, so we can safely return without any error
-  if (blobsCount > 0) return;
+  if (blobsCount === 0) return;
 
   // There are blobs for that column index so we should have synced for it
   // We need to inform to peers that we don't have that expected data

package/src/node/nodejs.ts

@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ import {PubkeyIndexMap} from "@chainsafe/pubkey-index-map";
 import {BeaconApiMethods} from "@lodestar/api/beacon/server";
 import {BeaconConfig} from "@lodestar/config";
 import type {LoggerNode} from "@lodestar/logger/node";
-import {CachedBeaconStateAllForks, Index2PubkeyCache} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
+import {ZERO_HASH_HEX} from "@lodestar/params";
+import {CachedBeaconStateAllForks, Index2PubkeyCache, isExecutionCachedStateType} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
 import {phase0} from "@lodestar/types";
-import {sleep} from "@lodestar/utils";
+import {sleep, toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {ProcessShutdownCallback} from "@lodestar/validator";
 import {BeaconRestApiServer, getApi} from "../api/index.js";
 import {BeaconChain, IBeaconChain, initBeaconMetrics} from "../chain/index.js";
@@ -221,6 +222,20 @@ export class BeaconNode {
         )
       : null;
 
+    let executionEngineOpts = opts.executionEngine;
+    if (opts.executionEngine.mode === "mock") {
+      const eth1BlockHash = isExecutionCachedStateType(anchorState)
+        ? toRootHex(anchorState.latestExecutionPayloadHeader.blockHash)
+        : undefined;
+      executionEngineOpts = {
+        ...opts.executionEngine,
+        genesisBlockHash: ZERO_HASH_HEX,
+        eth1BlockHash,
+        genesisTime: anchorState.genesisTime,
+        config,
+      };
+    }
+
     const chain = new BeaconChain(opts.chain, {
       privateKey,
       config,
@@ -236,7 +251,7 @@ export class BeaconNode {
       validatorMonitor,
       anchorState,
       isAnchorStateFinalized,
-      executionEngine: initializeExecutionEngine(opts.executionEngine, {
+      executionEngine: initializeExecutionEngine(executionEngineOpts, {
         metrics,
         signal,
         logger: logger.child({module: LoggerModule.execution}),

package/src/sync/range/chain.ts

@@ -585,7 +585,6 @@ export class SyncChain {
 
     if (!res.err) {
       batch.processingSuccess();
-      this.pruneBlockInputs(batch.getBlocks());
 
       // If the processed batch is not empty, validate previous AwaitingValidation blocks.
       if (blocks.length > 0) {