@lodestar/beacon-node 1.43.0-dev.433e692fd9 → 1.43.0-dev.4358217e12

package/src/chain/blocks/importExecutionPayload.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 import {routes} from "@lodestar/api";
-import {ExecutionStatus, PayloadExecutionStatus} from "@lodestar/fork-choice";
-import {SLOTS_PER_EPOCH} from "@lodestar/params";
-import {getExecutionPayloadEnvelopeSignatureSet, isStatePostGloas} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
-import {byteArrayEquals, fromHex, toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
+import {ExecutionStatus, PayloadExecutionStatus, getSafeExecutionBlockHash} from "@lodestar/fork-choice";
+import {isStatePostGloas} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
+import {fromHex, isErrorAborted} from "@lodestar/utils";
+import {ZERO_HASH_HEX} from "../../constants/index.js";
 import {ExecutionPayloadStatus} from "../../execution/index.js";
 import {isQueueErrorAborted} from "../../util/queue/index.js";
 import {BeaconChain} from "../chain.js";
 import {RegenCaller} from "../regen/interface.js";
 import {PayloadEnvelopeInput} from "../seenCache/seenPayloadEnvelopeInput.js";
 import {ImportPayloadOpts} from "./types.js";
+import {
+  verifyExecutionPayloadEnvelope,
+  verifyExecutionPayloadEnvelopeSignature,
+} from "./verifyExecutionPayloadEnvelope.js";
+import {verifyPayloadsDataAvailability} from "./verifyPayloadsDataAvailability.js";
 
 const EVENTSTREAM_EMIT_RECENT_EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_SLOTS = 64;
 
@@ -16,7 +21,7 @@ export enum PayloadErrorCode {
   EXECUTION_ENGINE_INVALID = "PAYLOAD_ERROR_EXECUTION_ENGINE_INVALID",
   EXECUTION_ENGINE_ERROR = "PAYLOAD_ERROR_EXECUTION_ENGINE_ERROR",
   BLOCK_NOT_IN_FORK_CHOICE = "PAYLOAD_ERROR_BLOCK_NOT_IN_FORK_CHOICE",
-  STATE_TRANSITION_ERROR = "PAYLOAD_ERROR_STATE_TRANSITION_ERROR",
+  ENVELOPE_VERIFICATION_ERROR = "PAYLOAD_ERROR_ENVELOPE_VERIFICATION_ERROR",
   INVALID_SIGNATURE = "PAYLOAD_ERROR_INVALID_SIGNATURE",
 }
 
@@ -36,7 +41,7 @@ export type PayloadErrorType =
       blockRootHex: string;
     }
   | {
-      code: PayloadErrorCode.STATE_TRANSITION_ERROR;
+      code: PayloadErrorCode.ENVELOPE_VERIFICATION_ERROR;
       message: string;
     }
   | {
@@ -68,18 +73,22 @@ function toForkChoiceExecutionStatus(status: ExecutionPayloadStatus): PayloadExe
 /**
  * Import an execution payload envelope after all data is available.
  *
- * This function:
- * 1. Emits `execution_payload_available` if payload is for current slot
- * 2. Gets the ProtoBlock from fork choice
- * 3. Applies write-queue backpressure (waitForSpace) early, before verification
- * 4. Regenerates the block state
- * 5. Runs EL verification (notifyNewPayload) in parallel with signature verification and processExecutionPayloadEnvelope
- * 6. Persists verified payload envelope to hot DB
- * 7. Updates fork choice
- * 8. Caches the post-execution payload state
- * 9. Records metrics for column sources
- * 10. Emits `execution_payload` for recent enough payloads after successful import
+ * The envelope is only verified here, no state mutation. State effects from the payload
+ * are applied on the next block via processParentExecutionPayload.
  *
+ * The DA wait must have run upstream (range sync awaits DA in `verifyBlocksInEpoch` for the
+ * whole segment; gossip / API path uses the `processExecutionPayload` wrapper below).
+ *
+ * Steps:
+ * 1. Emit `execution_payload_available` event for payload attestation
+ * 2. Get the ProtoBlock from fork choice
+ * 3. Regenerate state for envelope verification
+ * 4. Verify envelope (fields against state, signature, and EL in parallel where possible)
+ * 5. Persist verified payload envelope to hot DB (waits for write-queue space for backpressure)
+ * 6. Update fork choice (transitions the block's PENDING variant to FULL)
+ * 7. Queue notifyForkchoiceUpdate to engine api
+ * 8. Record metrics for payload envelope and column sources
+ * 9. Emit `execution_payload` event
  */
 export async function importExecutionPayload(
   this: BeaconChain,
@@ -88,17 +97,18 @@ export async function importExecutionPayload(
 ): Promise<void> {
   const signedEnvelope = payloadInput.getPayloadEnvelope();
   const envelope = signedEnvelope.message;
+  const slot = envelope.payload.slotNumber;
   const blockRootHex = payloadInput.blockRootHex;
   const blockHashHex = payloadInput.getBlockHashHex();
-  const fork = this.config.getForkName(envelope.slot);
+  const fork = this.config.getForkName(slot);
 
-  // 1. Emit `execution_payload_available` event at the start of import. At this point the payload input
-  // is already complete, so the payload and required data are available for payload attestation.
-  // This event is only about availability, not validity of the execution payload, hence we can emit
-  // it before getting a response from the execution client on whether the payload is valid or not.
-  if (this.clock.currentSlot - envelope.slot < EVENTSTREAM_EMIT_RECENT_EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_SLOTS) {
+  // 1. Emit `execution_payload_available` event at the start of import. At this point the
+  // payload input is already complete, so the payload and required data are available for
+  // payload attestation. This event only signals availability (not validity), so we can emit
+  // it before getting a response from the EL on whether the payload is valid or not.
+  if (this.clock.currentSlot - slot < EVENTSTREAM_EMIT_RECENT_EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_SLOTS) {
     this.emitter.emit(routes.events.EventType.executionPayloadAvailable, {
-      slot: envelope.slot,
+      slot,
       blockRoot: blockRootHex,
     });
   }
@@ -112,12 +122,7 @@ export async function importExecutionPayload(
     });
   }
 
-  // 3. Apply backpressure from the write queue early, before doing verification work.
-  // The actual DB write is deferred until after verification succeeds.
-  await this.unfinalizedPayloadEnvelopeWrites.waitForSpace();
-
-  // 4. Get pre-state for processExecutionPayloadEnvelope
-  // We need the block state (post-block, pre-payload) to process the envelope
+  // 3. Regenerate state for envelope verification
   const blockState = await this.regen.getBlockSlotState(
     protoBlock,
     protoBlock.slot,
@@ -126,15 +131,30 @@ export async function importExecutionPayload(
   );
   if (!isStatePostGloas(blockState)) {
     throw new PayloadError({
-      code: PayloadErrorCode.STATE_TRANSITION_ERROR,
-      message: `Expected gloas+ block state for payload import, got fork=${blockState.forkName}`,
+      code: PayloadErrorCode.ENVELOPE_VERIFICATION_ERROR,
+      message: `Expected gloas+ state for payload import, got fork=${blockState.forkName}`,
     });
   }
 
-  // 5. Run verification steps in parallel
-  // Note: No data availability check needed here - importExecutionPayload is only
-  // called when payloadInput.isComplete() is true, so all data is already available.
-  const [execResult, signatureValid, postPayloadResult] = await Promise.all([
+  // 4. Verify envelope fields against state first to fail fast before the EL + BLS work.
+  // When validSignature is true, gossip/API has already verified both the signature and the
+  // executionRequestsRoot, so we skip those checks here.
+  try {
+    verifyExecutionPayloadEnvelope(this.config, blockState, envelope, {
+      verifyExecutionRequestsRoot: !opts.validSignature,
+    });
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw new PayloadError(
+      {
+        code: PayloadErrorCode.ENVELOPE_VERIFICATION_ERROR,
+        message: (e as Error).message,
+      },
+      `Envelope verification error: ${(e as Error).message}`
+    );
+  }
+
+  // 4a. Run EL and signature verification in parallel
+  const [execResult, signatureValid] = await Promise.all([
     this.executionEngine.notifyNewPayload(
       fork,
       envelope.payload,
@@ -145,45 +165,22 @@ export async function importExecutionPayload(
 
     opts.validSignature === true
       ? Promise.resolve(true)
-      : (async () => {
-          const signatureSet = getExecutionPayloadEnvelopeSignatureSet(
-            this.config,
-            this.pubkeyCache,
-            blockState,
-            signedEnvelope,
-            payloadInput.proposerIndex
-          );
-          return this.bls.verifySignatureSets([signatureSet]);
-        })(),
-
-    // Signature verified separately above.
-    // State root check is done separately below with better error typing (matching block pipeline pattern).
-    (async () => {
-      try {
-        return {
-          postPayloadState: blockState.processExecutionPayloadEnvelope(signedEnvelope, {
-            verifySignature: false,
-            verifyStateRoot: false,
-          }),
-        };
-      } catch (e) {
-        throw new PayloadError(
-          {
-            code: PayloadErrorCode.STATE_TRANSITION_ERROR,
-            message: (e as Error).message,
-          },
-          `State transition error: ${(e as Error).message}`
-        );
-      }
-    })(),
+      : verifyExecutionPayloadEnvelopeSignature(
+          this.config,
+          blockState,
+          this.pubkeyCache,
+          signedEnvelope,
+          payloadInput.proposerIndex,
+          this.bls
+        ),
   ]);
 
-  // 5a. Check signature verification result
+  // 4b. Check signature verification result
   if (!signatureValid) {
     throw new PayloadError({code: PayloadErrorCode.INVALID_SIGNATURE});
   }
 
-  // 5b. Handle EL response
+  // 4c. Handle EL response
   switch (execResult.status) {
     case ExecutionPayloadStatus.VALID:
       break;
@@ -209,69 +206,75 @@ export async function importExecutionPayload(
       });
   }
 
-  // 5c. Verify envelope state root matches post-state
-  const postPayloadState = postPayloadResult.postPayloadState;
-  const postPayloadStateRoot = postPayloadState.hashTreeRoot();
-  if (!byteArrayEquals(envelope.stateRoot, postPayloadStateRoot)) {
-    throw new PayloadError({
-      code: PayloadErrorCode.STATE_TRANSITION_ERROR,
-      message: `Envelope state root mismatch expected=${toRootHex(envelope.stateRoot)} actual=${toRootHex(postPayloadStateRoot)}`,
-    });
-  }
-
-  // 6. Persist payload envelope to hot DB (performed asynchronously to avoid blocking)
+  // 5. Persist payload envelope to hot DB. Wait for write-queue space here to apply backpressure
+  // on the import pipeline during sync, then perform the write asynchronously to avoid blocking.
+  await this.unfinalizedPayloadEnvelopeWrites.waitForSpace();
   this.unfinalizedPayloadEnvelopeWrites.push(payloadInput).catch((e) => {
     if (!isQueueErrorAborted(e)) {
       this.logger.error(
         "Error pushing payload envelope to unfinalized write queue",
-        {slot: envelope.slot, blockRoot: blockRootHex},
+        {slot, blockRoot: blockRootHex},
         e as Error
       );
     }
   });
 
-  // 7. Update fork choice
-  this.forkChoice.onExecutionPayload(
-    blockRootHex,
-    blockHashHex,
-    envelope.payload.blockNumber,
-    toRootHex(postPayloadStateRoot),
-    toForkChoiceExecutionStatus(execResult.status)
-  );
+  // 6. Update fork choice, transitions the block's PENDING variant to FULL
+  const execStatus = toForkChoiceExecutionStatus(execResult.status);
+  this.forkChoice.onExecutionPayload(blockRootHex, blockHashHex, envelope.payload.blockNumber, execStatus);
 
-  // 8. Cache payload state
-  this.regen.processState(blockRootHex, postPayloadState);
-  if (postPayloadState.slot % SLOTS_PER_EPOCH === 0) {
-    const {checkpoint} = postPayloadState.computeAnchorCheckpoint();
-    this.regen.addCheckpointState(checkpoint, postPayloadState);
+  // 7. Queue notifyForkchoiceUpdate to engine api
+  const head = this.forkChoice.getHead();
+  if (!this.opts.disableImportExecutionFcU && blockRootHex === head.blockRoot) {
+    const safeBlockHash = getSafeExecutionBlockHash(this.forkChoice);
+    const finalizedBlockHash = this.forkChoice.getFinalizedBlock().executionPayloadBlockHash ?? ZERO_HASH_HEX;
+    this.executionEngine.notifyForkchoiceUpdate(fork, blockHashHex, safeBlockHash, finalizedBlockHash).catch((e) => {
+      if (!isErrorAborted(e) && !isQueueErrorAborted(e)) {
+        this.logger.error("Error pushing notifyForkchoiceUpdate()", {blockHashHex, finalizedBlockHash}, e);
+      }
+    });
   }
 
-  // 9. Record metrics for payload envelope and column sources
+  // 8. Record metrics for payload envelope and column sources
   this.metrics?.importPayload.bySource.inc({source: payloadInput.getPayloadEnvelopeSource().source});
   for (const {source} of payloadInput.getSampledColumnsWithSource()) {
     this.metrics?.importPayload.columnsBySource.inc({source});
   }
 
-  const stateRootHex = toRootHex(envelope.stateRoot);
-
-  // 10. Emit event after payload is fully verified and imported to fork choice, only for recent enough payloads
-  if (this.clock.currentSlot - envelope.slot < EVENTSTREAM_EMIT_RECENT_EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_SLOTS) {
+  // 9. Emit event after payload is fully verified and imported to fork choice, only for recent enough payloads
+  if (this.clock.currentSlot - slot < EVENTSTREAM_EMIT_RECENT_EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_SLOTS) {
     this.emitter.emit(routes.events.EventType.executionPayload, {
-      slot: envelope.slot,
+      slot,
       builderIndex: envelope.builderIndex,
       blockHash: blockHashHex,
       blockRoot: blockRootHex,
-      stateRoot: stateRootHex,
       // TODO GLOAS: revisit once we support optimistic import
       executionOptimistic: false,
     });
   }
 
   this.logger.verbose("Execution payload imported", {
-    slot: envelope.slot,
+    slot,
     builderIndex: envelope.builderIndex,
     blockRoot: blockRootHex,
     blockHash: blockHashHex,
-    stateRoot: stateRootHex,
   });
 }
+
+/**
+ * Process an execution payload envelope end-to-end: wait for DA, then import.
+ *
+ * Used by the PayloadEnvelopeProcessor queue (gossip / API / unknown-payload sync) — i.e.
+ * callers that have NOT already awaited DA themselves. Range sync's inline dispatch in
+ * processBlocks skips this wrapper and calls `importExecutionPayload` directly, since
+ * `verifyBlocksInEpoch` already awaited DA for the segment.
+ */
+export async function processExecutionPayload(
+  this: BeaconChain,
+  payloadInput: PayloadEnvelopeInput,
+  signal: AbortSignal,
+  opts: ImportPayloadOpts = {}
+): Promise<void> {
+  await verifyPayloadsDataAvailability([payloadInput], signal);
+  await importExecutionPayload.call(this, payloadInput, opts);
+}

package/src/chain/blocks/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {SignedBeaconBlock} from "@lodestar/types";
+import {SignedBeaconBlock, Slot} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {isErrorAborted, toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {Metrics} from "../../metrics/metrics.js";
 import {nextEventLoop} from "../../util/eventLoop.js";
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import {BlockError, BlockErrorCode, isBlockErrorAborted} from "../errors/index.j
 import {BlockProcessOpts} from "../options.js";
 import {IBlockInput} from "./blockInput/types.js";
 import {importBlock} from "./importBlock.js";
+import {importExecutionPayload} from "./importExecutionPayload.js";
+import {PayloadEnvelopeInput} from "./payloadEnvelopeInput/payloadEnvelopeInput.js";
 import {FullyVerifiedBlock, ImportBlockOpts} from "./types.js";
 import {assertLinearChainSegment} from "./utils/chainSegment.js";
 import {verifyBlocksInEpoch} from "./verifyBlock.js";
@@ -21,20 +23,24 @@ const QUEUE_MAX_LENGTH = 256;
  * BlockProcessor processes block jobs in a queued fashion, one after the other.
  */
 export class BlockProcessor {
-  readonly jobQueue: JobItemQueue<[IBlockInput[], ImportBlockOpts], void>;
+  readonly jobQueue: JobItemQueue<[IBlockInput[], Map<Slot, PayloadEnvelopeInput> | null, ImportBlockOpts], void>;
 
   constructor(chain: BeaconChain, metrics: Metrics | null, opts: BlockProcessOpts, signal: AbortSignal) {
-    this.jobQueue = new JobItemQueue<[IBlockInput[], ImportBlockOpts], void>(
-      (job, importOpts) => {
-        return processBlocks.call(chain, job, {...opts, ...importOpts});
+    this.jobQueue = new JobItemQueue<[IBlockInput[], Map<Slot, PayloadEnvelopeInput> | null, ImportBlockOpts], void>(
+      (job, payloadEnvelopes, importOpts) => {
+        return processBlocks.call(chain, job, payloadEnvelopes, {...opts, ...importOpts});
       },
       {maxLength: QUEUE_MAX_LENGTH, noYieldIfOneItem: true, signal},
       metrics?.blockProcessorQueue ?? undefined
     );
   }
 
-  async processBlocksJob(job: IBlockInput[], opts: ImportBlockOpts = {}): Promise<void> {
-    await this.jobQueue.push(job, opts);
+  async processBlocksJob(
+    job: IBlockInput[],
+    payloadEnvelopes: Map<Slot, PayloadEnvelopeInput> | null,
+    opts: ImportBlockOpts = {}
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    await this.jobQueue.push(job, payloadEnvelopes, opts);
   }
 }
 
@@ -51,16 +57,13 @@ export class BlockProcessor {
 export async function processBlocks(
   this: BeaconChain,
   blocks: IBlockInput[],
+  payloadEnvelopes: Map<Slot, PayloadEnvelopeInput> | null,
   opts: BlockProcessOpts & ImportBlockOpts
 ): Promise<void> {
   if (blocks.length === 0) {
     return; // TODO: or throw?
   }
 
-  if (blocks.length > 1) {
-    assertLinearChainSegment(this.config, blocks);
-  }
-
   try {
     const {relevantBlocks, parentSlots, parentBlock} = verifyBlocksSanityChecks(this, blocks, opts);
 
@@ -70,10 +73,25 @@ export async function processBlocks(
       return;
     }
 
+    const {warnings: orphanedPayloads} = assertLinearChainSegment(
+      this.config,
+      relevantBlocks,
+      payloadEnvelopes,
+      parentBlock
+    );
+    if (orphanedPayloads != null) {
+      for (const orphaned of orphanedPayloads) {
+        this.logger.debug("Orphaned payload envelope in chain segment", {
+          slot: orphaned.slot,
+          blockRoot: orphaned.payloadEnvelopeInput.blockRootHex,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
     // Fully verify a block to be imported immediately after. Does not produce any side-effects besides adding intermediate
     // states in the state cache through regen.
     const {postStates, dataAvailabilityStatuses, proposerBalanceDeltas, segmentExecStatus, indexedAttestationsByBlock} =
-      await verifyBlocksInEpoch.call(this, parentBlock, relevantBlocks, opts);
+      await verifyBlocksInEpoch.call(this, parentBlock, relevantBlocks, payloadEnvelopes, opts);
 
     // If segmentExecStatus has lvhForkchoice then, the entire segment should be invalid
     // and we need to further propagate
@@ -89,7 +107,6 @@ export async function processBlocks(
       (block, i): FullyVerifiedBlock => ({
         blockInput: block,
         postState: postStates[i],
-        postPayloadState: null,
         parentBlockSlot: parentSlots[i],
         executionStatus: executionStatuses[i],
         // start supporting optimistic syncing/processing
@@ -104,6 +121,20 @@ export async function processBlocks(
     for (const fullyVerifiedBlock of fullyVerifiedBlocks) {
       // TODO: Consider batching importBlock too if it takes significant time
       await importBlock.call(this, fullyVerifiedBlock, opts);
+
+      const slot = fullyVerifiedBlock.blockInput.getBlock().message.slot;
+      const payloadInput = payloadEnvelopes?.get(slot);
+      if (payloadInput?.hasPayloadEnvelope()) {
+        if (!payloadInput.isComplete()) {
+          // we validated DA before reaching this
+          throw new Error(`Payload envelope for slot ${slot} not complete after DA verification`);
+        }
+        // we already awaited DA in verifyBlocksInEpoch for this segment
+        // TODO GLOAS: may need FullyVerifiedPayload here with DatAvailabilityStatus added from here
+        // the current flow use that data from the forkchoice pending node which is not correct
+        await importExecutionPayload.call(this, payloadInput, {validSignature: false});
+      }
+
       await nextEventLoop();
     }
   } catch (e) {

package/src/chain/blocks/payloadEnvelopeInput/payloadEnvelopeInput.ts

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ export class PayloadEnvelopeInput {
   private timeCreatedSec: number;
 
   private readonly payloadEnvelopeDataPromise: PromiseParts<gloas.SignedExecutionPayloadEnvelope>;
+  private readonly allDataPromise: PromiseParts<gloas.DataColumnSidecar[]>;
   private readonly columnsDataPromise: PromiseParts<gloas.DataColumnSidecar[]>;
 
   state: PayloadEnvelopeInputState;
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ export class PayloadEnvelopeInput {
     this.custodyColumns = props.custodyColumns;
     this.timeCreatedSec = props.timeCreatedSec;
     this.payloadEnvelopeDataPromise = createPromise();
+    this.allDataPromise = createPromise();
     this.columnsDataPromise = createPromise();
 
     const noBlobs = props.bid.blobKzgCommitments.length === 0;
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ export class PayloadEnvelopeInput {
 
     if (hasAllData) {
       this.state = {hasPayload: false, hasAllData: true, hasComputedAllData: true};
+      this.allDataPromise.resolve(this.getSampledColumns());
       this.columnsDataPromise.resolve(this.getSampledColumns());
     } else {
       this.state = {hasPayload: false, hasAllData: false, hasComputedAllData: false};
@@ -203,6 +206,12 @@ export class PayloadEnvelopeInput {
       return true;
     }
 
+    // Resolve allDataPromise on the first transition to hasAllData (either sampled-complete or
+    // reconstruction-threshold branch). Guarded so it fires exactly once.
+    if (!this.state.hasAllData && hasAllData) {
+      this.allDataPromise.resolve(sampledColumns);
+    }
+
     if (hasComputedAllData) {
       this.columnsDataPromise.resolve(sampledColumns);
     }
@@ -315,6 +324,24 @@ export class PayloadEnvelopeInput {
     return this.state.hasComputedAllData;
   }
 
+  waitForAllData(timeout: number, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<gloas.DataColumnSidecar[]> {
+    if (this.state.hasAllData) {
+      return Promise.resolve(this.getSampledColumns());
+    }
+    return withTimeout(() => this.allDataPromise.promise, timeout, signal);
+  }
+
+  async waitForEnvelopeAndAllData(timeout: number, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<this> {
+    if (!this.state.hasPayload || !this.state.hasAllData) {
+      await withTimeout(
+        () => Promise.all([this.payloadEnvelopeDataPromise.promise, this.allDataPromise.promise]),
+        timeout,
+        signal
+      );
+    }
+    return this;
+  }
+
   waitForComputedAllData(timeout: number, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<gloas.DataColumnSidecar[]> {
     if (this.state.hasComputedAllData) {
       return Promise.resolve(this.getSampledColumns());

package/src/chain/blocks/payloadEnvelopeProcessor.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import {Metrics} from "../../metrics/metrics.js";
 import {JobItemQueue} from "../../util/queue/index.js";
 import type {BeaconChain} from "../chain.js";
 import {PayloadEnvelopeInput} from "../seenCache/seenPayloadEnvelopeInput.js";
-import {importExecutionPayload} from "./importExecutionPayload.js";
+import {processExecutionPayload} from "./importExecutionPayload.js";
 import {ImportPayloadOpts} from "./types.js";
 
 // TODO GLOAS: Set to be equal to DEFAULT_MAX_PENDING_UNFINALIZED_PAYLOAD_ENVELOPE_WRITES for now
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ enum PayloadEnvelopeImportStatus {
 
 /**
  * PayloadEnvelopeProcessor processes payload envelope jobs in a queued fashion, one after the other.
+ *
+ * Jobs are enqueued only on envelope arrival (gossip or API). The envelope may reach us before
+ * the sampled data columns; importExecutionPayload awaits `verifyPayloadsDataAvailability`
+ * internally, so a queued job can pend for up to `PAYLOAD_DATA_AVAILABILITY_TIMEOUT` while
+ * waiting for columns. Duplicate triggers for the same payloadInput are deduped via `importStatus`.
  */
 export class PayloadEnvelopeProcessor {
   readonly jobQueue: JobItemQueue<[PayloadEnvelopeInput, ImportPayloadOpts], void>;
@@ -25,7 +30,7 @@ export class PayloadEnvelopeProcessor {
     this.jobQueue = new JobItemQueue<[PayloadEnvelopeInput, ImportPayloadOpts], void>(
       (payloadInput, opts) => {
         this.importStatus.set(payloadInput, PayloadEnvelopeImportStatus.importing);
-        return importExecutionPayload.call(chain, payloadInput, opts);
+        return processExecutionPayload.call(chain, payloadInput, signal, opts);
       },
       {maxLength: QUEUE_MAX_LENGTH, noYieldIfOneItem: true, signal},
       metrics?.payloadEnvelopeProcessorQueue ?? undefined
@@ -33,10 +38,6 @@ export class PayloadEnvelopeProcessor {
   }
 
   async processPayloadEnvelopeJob(payloadInput: PayloadEnvelopeInput, opts: ImportPayloadOpts = {}): Promise<void> {
-    if (!payloadInput.isComplete()) {
-      return;
-    }
-
     if (this.importStatus.get(payloadInput) !== undefined) {
       return;
     }

package/src/chain/blocks/types.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type {ChainForkConfig} from "@lodestar/config";
-import {BlockExecutionStatus, PayloadExecutionStatus} from "@lodestar/fork-choice";
+import type {BlockExecutionStatus, PayloadExecutionStatus} from "@lodestar/fork-choice";
 import {ForkSeq} from "@lodestar/params";
 import {DataAvailabilityStatus, IBeaconStateView, computeEpochAtSlot} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
 import type {IndexedAttestation, Slot, fulu} from "@lodestar/types";
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ export enum BlobSidecarValidation {
 
 export type ImportPayloadOpts = {
   /**
-   * Set to true if envelope signature was already verified (e.g., during gossip/API validation).
-   * When false/undefined, signature will be verified during import.
+   * Set to true when the envelope was already validated upstream (e.g., gossip/API validation):
+   * signature is trusted and execution_requests_root was already verified against the bid.
+   * When false/undefined, both are verified during import.
    */
   validSignature?: boolean;
 };
@@ -88,7 +89,14 @@ export type ImportBlockOpts = {
   seenTimestampSec?: number;
 };
 
-type FullyVerifiedBlockBase = {
+/**
+ * A wrapper around a `SignedBeaconBlock` that indicates that this block is fully verified and ready to import.
+ *
+ * `executionStatus` reflects the outcome of execution payload verification at block-import time:
+ * - pre-gloas: Valid | Syncing | PreMerge (from EL notifyNewPayload against the in-block payload)
+ * - post-gloas: PayloadSeparated (payload arrives separately as an envelope and is imported later)
+ */
+export type FullyVerifiedBlock = {
   blockInput: IBlockInput;
   postState: IBeaconStateView;
   parentBlockSlot: Slot;
@@ -98,25 +106,6 @@ type FullyVerifiedBlockBase = {
   indexedAttestations: IndexedAttestation[];
   /** Seen timestamp seconds */
   seenTimestampSec: number;
+  /** If the execution payload couldn't be verified because of EL syncing status, used in optimistic sync */
+  executionStatus: BlockExecutionStatus | PayloadExecutionStatus;
 };
-
-/**
- * A wrapper around a `SignedBeaconBlock` that indicates that this block is fully verified and ready to import.
- *
- * Discriminated union on `postPayloadState`:
- * - `null`  → block has no pre-verified envelope; `executionStatus` is any `BlockExecutionStatus`
- * - non-null → envelope was pre-verified during state transition; `executionStatus` is narrowed to
- *              `Valid | Syncing` (matching what `forkChoice.onExecutionPayload` expects)
- */
-export type FullyVerifiedBlock = FullyVerifiedBlockBase &
-  (
-    | {
-        postPayloadState: null;
-        /** If the execution payload couldn't be verified because of EL syncing status, used in optimistic sync or for merge block */
-        executionStatus: BlockExecutionStatus;
-      }
-    | {
-        postPayloadState: IBeaconStateView;
-        executionStatus: PayloadExecutionStatus;
-      }
-  );