@lodestar/beacon-node 1.43.0-dev.5f9285892c → 1.43.0-dev.657dd16e61

package/src/execution/engine/http.ts

@@ -216,13 +216,15 @@ export class ExecutionEngineHttp implements IExecutionEngine {
     executionRequests?: ExecutionRequests
   ): Promise<ExecutePayloadResponse> {
     const method =
-      ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.electra
-        ? "engine_newPayloadV4"
-        : ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.deneb
-          ? "engine_newPayloadV3"
-          : ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.capella
-            ? "engine_newPayloadV2"
-            : "engine_newPayloadV1";
+      ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.gloas
+        ? "engine_newPayloadV5"
+        : ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.electra
+          ? "engine_newPayloadV4"
+          : ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.deneb
+            ? "engine_newPayloadV3"
+            : ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.capella
+              ? "engine_newPayloadV2"
+              : "engine_newPayloadV1";
 
     const serializedExecutionPayload = serializeExecutionPayload(fork, executionPayload);
 
@@ -244,7 +246,7 @@ export class ExecutionEngineHttp implements IExecutionEngine {
         }
         const serializedExecutionRequests = serializeExecutionRequests(executionRequests);
         engineRequest = {
-          method: "engine_newPayloadV4",
+          method: ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.gloas ? "engine_newPayloadV5" : "engine_newPayloadV4",
           params: [
             serializedExecutionPayload,
             serializedVersionedHashes,
@@ -348,11 +350,13 @@ export class ExecutionEngineHttp implements IExecutionEngine {
     // Once on capella, should this need to be permanently switched to v2 when payload attrs
     // not provided
     const method =
-      ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.deneb
-        ? "engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV3"
-        : ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.capella
-          ? "engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV2"
-          : "engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV1";
+      ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.gloas
+        ? "engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV4"
+        : ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.deneb
+          ? "engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV3"
+          : ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.capella
+            ? "engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV2"
+            : "engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV1";
     const payloadAttributesRpc = payloadAttributes ? serializePayloadAttributes(payloadAttributes) : undefined;
     // If we are just fcUing and not asking execution for payload, retry is not required
     // and we can move on, as the next fcU will be issued soon on the new slot
@@ -438,9 +442,12 @@ export class ExecutionEngineHttp implements IExecutionEngine {
       case ForkName.electra:
         method = "engine_getPayloadV4";
         break;
-      default:
+      case ForkName.fulu:
         method = "engine_getPayloadV5";
         break;
+      default:
+        method = "engine_getPayloadV6";
+        break;
     }
     const payloadResponse = await this.rpc.fetchWithRetries<
       EngineApiRpcReturnTypes[typeof method],

package/src/execution/engine/interface.ts

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ export type PayloadAttributes = {
   suggestedFeeRecipient: string;
   withdrawals?: capella.Withdrawal[];
   parentBeaconBlockRoot?: Uint8Array;
+  slotNumber?: number; // EIP-7843
 };
 
 export type VersionedHashes = Uint8Array[];

package/src/execution/engine/mock.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   SLOTS_PER_EPOCH,
 } from "@lodestar/params";
 import {computeTimeAtSlot} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
-import {ExecutionPayload, RootHex, bellatrix, deneb, ssz} from "@lodestar/types";
+import {ExecutionPayload, RootHex, bellatrix, deneb, gloas, ssz} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {fromHex, toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {ZERO_HASH_HEX} from "../../constants/index.js";
 import {INTEROP_BLOCK_HASH} from "../../node/utils/interop/state.js";
@@ -132,14 +132,17 @@ export class ExecutionEngineMockBackend implements JsonRpcBackend {
       engine_newPayloadV2: this.notifyNewPayload.bind(this),
       engine_newPayloadV3: this.notifyNewPayload.bind(this),
       engine_newPayloadV4: this.notifyNewPayload.bind(this),
+      engine_newPayloadV5: this.notifyNewPayload.bind(this),
       engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV1: this.notifyForkchoiceUpdate.bind(this),
       engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV2: this.notifyForkchoiceUpdate.bind(this),
       engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV3: this.notifyForkchoiceUpdate.bind(this),
+      engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV4: this.notifyForkchoiceUpdate.bind(this),
       engine_getPayloadV1: this.getPayloadV1.bind(this),
       engine_getPayloadV2: this.getPayloadV5.bind(this),
       engine_getPayloadV3: this.getPayloadV5.bind(this),
       engine_getPayloadV4: this.getPayloadV5.bind(this),
       engine_getPayloadV5: this.getPayloadV5.bind(this),
+      engine_getPayloadV6: this.getPayloadV5.bind(this),
       engine_getPayloadBodiesByHashV1: this.getPayloadBodiesByHash.bind(this),
       engine_getPayloadBodiesByRangeV1: this.getPayloadBodiesByRange.bind(this),
       engine_getClientVersionV1: this.getClientVersionV1.bind(this),
@@ -379,6 +382,10 @@ export class ExecutionEngineMockBackend implements JsonRpcBackend {
         (executionPayload as ExecutionPayload<ForkPostCapella>).withdrawals = ssz.capella.Withdrawals.defaultValue();
       }
 
+      if (ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.gloas && payloadAttributes.slotNumber != null) {
+        (executionPayload as gloas.ExecutionPayload).slotNumber = payloadAttributes.slotNumber;
+      }
+
       this.preparingPayloads.set(payloadId, {
         executionPayload: serializeExecutionPayload(fork, executionPayload),
         blobsBundle: serializeBlobsBundle({

package/src/execution/engine/types.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   capella,
   deneb,
   electra,
+  gloas,
   ssz,
 } from "@lodestar/types";
 import {BlobAndProof} from "@lodestar/types/deneb";
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ export type EngineApiRpcParamTypes = {
   engine_newPayloadV2: [ExecutionPayloadRpc];
   engine_newPayloadV3: [ExecutionPayloadRpc, VersionedHashesRpc, DATA];
   engine_newPayloadV4: [ExecutionPayloadRpc, VersionedHashesRpc, DATA, ExecutionRequestsRpc];
+  engine_newPayloadV5: [ExecutionPayloadRpc, VersionedHashesRpc, DATA, ExecutionRequestsRpc];
   /**
    * 1. Object - Payload validity status with respect to the consensus rules:
    *   - blockHash: DATA, 32 Bytes - block hash value of the payload
@@ -67,6 +69,10 @@ export type EngineApiRpcParamTypes = {
     forkChoiceData: {headBlockHash: DATA; safeBlockHash: DATA; finalizedBlockHash: DATA},
     payloadAttributes?: PayloadAttributesRpc,
   ];
+  engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV4: [
+    forkChoiceData: {headBlockHash: DATA; safeBlockHash: DATA; finalizedBlockHash: DATA},
+    payloadAttributes?: PayloadAttributesRpc,
+  ];
   /**
    * 1. payloadId: QUANTITY, 64 Bits - Identifier of the payload building process
    */
@@ -75,6 +81,7 @@ export type EngineApiRpcParamTypes = {
   engine_getPayloadV3: [QUANTITY];
   engine_getPayloadV4: [QUANTITY];
   engine_getPayloadV5: [QUANTITY];
+  engine_getPayloadV6: [QUANTITY];
 
   /**
    * 1. Array of DATA - Array of block_hash field values of the ExecutionPayload structure
@@ -111,6 +118,7 @@ export type EngineApiRpcReturnTypes = {
   engine_newPayloadV2: PayloadStatus;
   engine_newPayloadV3: PayloadStatus;
   engine_newPayloadV4: PayloadStatus;
+  engine_newPayloadV5: PayloadStatus;
   engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV1: {
     payloadStatus: PayloadStatus;
     payloadId: QUANTITY | null;
@@ -123,6 +131,10 @@ export type EngineApiRpcReturnTypes = {
     payloadStatus: PayloadStatus;
     payloadId: QUANTITY | null;
   };
+  engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV4: {
+    payloadStatus: PayloadStatus;
+    payloadId: QUANTITY | null;
+  };
   /**
    * payloadId | Error: QUANTITY, 64 Bits - Identifier of the payload building process
    */
@@ -131,6 +143,7 @@ export type EngineApiRpcReturnTypes = {
   engine_getPayloadV3: ExecutionPayloadResponse;
   engine_getPayloadV4: ExecutionPayloadResponse;
   engine_getPayloadV5: ExecutionPayloadResponse;
+  engine_getPayloadV6: ExecutionPayloadResponse;
 
   engine_getPayloadBodiesByHashV1: (ExecutionPayloadBodyRpc | null)[];
 
@@ -180,6 +193,8 @@ export type ExecutionPayloadRpc = {
   withdrawals?: WithdrawalRpc[]; // Capella hardfork
   blobGasUsed?: QUANTITY; // DENEB
   excessBlobGas?: QUANTITY; // DENEB
+  blockAccessList?: DATA; // GLOAS:EIP-7928
+  slotNumber?: QUANTITY; // GLOAS:EIP-7843
 };
 
 export type WithdrawalRpc = {
@@ -228,6 +243,8 @@ export type PayloadAttributesRpc = {
   withdrawals?: WithdrawalRpc[];
   /** DATA, 32 Bytes - value for the parentBeaconBlockRoot to be used for building block */
   parentBeaconBlockRoot?: DATA;
+  /** QUANTITY, 64 Bits - value for the slot number field of the new payload (EIP-7843) */
+  slotNumber?: QUANTITY;
 };
 
 export type ClientVersionRpc = {
@@ -280,6 +297,12 @@ export function serializeExecutionPayload(fork: ForkName, data: ExecutionPayload
 
   // No changes in Electra
 
+  if (ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.gloas) {
+    const {blockAccessList, slotNumber} = data as gloas.ExecutionPayload;
+    payload.blockAccessList = bytesToData(blockAccessList);
+    payload.slotNumber = numToQuantity(slotNumber);
+  }
+
   return payload;
 }
 
@@ -375,6 +398,22 @@ export function parseExecutionPayload(
 
   // No changes in Electra
 
+  if (ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.gloas) {
+    const {blockAccessList, slotNumber} = data;
+    if (blockAccessList == null) {
+      throw Error(
+        `blockAccessList missing for ${fork} >= gloas executionPayload number=${executionPayload.blockNumber} hash=${data.blockHash}`
+      );
+    }
+    if (slotNumber == null) {
+      throw Error(
+        `slotNumber missing for ${fork} >= gloas executionPayload number=${executionPayload.blockNumber} hash=${data.blockHash}`
+      );
+    }
+    (executionPayload as gloas.ExecutionPayload).blockAccessList = dataToBytes(blockAccessList, null);
+    (executionPayload as gloas.ExecutionPayload).slotNumber = quantityToNum(slotNumber);
+  }
+
   return {executionPayload, executionPayloadValue, blobsBundle, executionRequests, shouldOverrideBuilder};
 }
 
@@ -385,6 +424,7 @@ export function serializePayloadAttributes(data: PayloadAttributes): PayloadAttr
     suggestedFeeRecipient: data.suggestedFeeRecipient,
     withdrawals: data.withdrawals?.map(serializeWithdrawal),
     parentBeaconBlockRoot: data.parentBeaconBlockRoot ? bytesToData(data.parentBeaconBlockRoot) : undefined,
+    slotNumber: data.slotNumber !== undefined ? numToQuantity(data.slotNumber) : undefined,
   };
 }
 
@@ -401,6 +441,7 @@ export function deserializePayloadAttributes(data: PayloadAttributesRpc): Payloa
     suggestedFeeRecipient: data.suggestedFeeRecipient,
     withdrawals: data.withdrawals?.map((withdrawal) => deserializeWithdrawal(withdrawal)),
     parentBeaconBlockRoot: data.parentBeaconBlockRoot ? dataToBytes(data.parentBeaconBlockRoot, 32) : undefined,
+    slotNumber: data.slotNumber !== undefined ? quantityToNum(data.slotNumber) : undefined,
   };
 }
 

package/src/metrics/metrics/lodestar.ts

@@ -613,6 +613,10 @@ export function createLodestarMetrics(
         name: "lodestar_sync_unknown_block_pending_blocks_size",
         help: "Current size of UnknownBlockSync pending blocks cache",
       }),
+      pendingPayloads: register.gauge({
+        name: "lodestar_sync_unknown_block_pending_payloads_size",
+        help: "Current size of UnknownBlockSync pending payloads cache",
+      }),
       knownBadBlocks: register.gauge({
         name: "lodestar_sync_unknown_block_known_bad_blocks_size",
         help: "Current size of UnknownBlockSync known bad blocks cache",

package/src/network/gossip/interface.ts

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export enum GossipType {
   execution_payload = "execution_payload",
   payload_attestation_message = "payload_attestation_message",
   execution_payload_bid = "execution_payload_bid",
+  proposer_preferences = "proposer_preferences",
 }
 
 export type SequentialGossipType = Exclude<GossipType, GossipType.beacon_attestation>;
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ export type GossipTopicTypeMap = {
   [GossipType.execution_payload]: {type: GossipType.execution_payload};
   [GossipType.payload_attestation_message]: {type: GossipType.payload_attestation_message};
   [GossipType.execution_payload_bid]: {type: GossipType.execution_payload_bid};
+  [GossipType.proposer_preferences]: {type: GossipType.proposer_preferences};
 };
 
 export type GossipTopicMap = {
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ export type GossipTypeMap = {
   [GossipType.execution_payload]: gloas.SignedExecutionPayloadEnvelope;
   [GossipType.payload_attestation_message]: gloas.PayloadAttestationMessage;
   [GossipType.execution_payload_bid]: gloas.SignedExecutionPayloadBid;
+  [GossipType.proposer_preferences]: gloas.SignedProposerPreferences;
 };
 
 export type GossipFnByType = {
@@ -141,6 +144,9 @@ export type GossipFnByType = {
     payloadAttestationMessage: gloas.PayloadAttestationMessage
   ) => Promise<void> | void;
   [GossipType.execution_payload_bid]: (executionPayloadBid: gloas.SignedExecutionPayloadBid) => Promise<void> | void;
+  [GossipType.proposer_preferences]: (
+    signedProposerPreferences: gloas.SignedProposerPreferences
+  ) => Promise<void> | void;
 };
 
 export type GossipFn = GossipFnByType[keyof GossipFnByType];

package/src/network/gossip/scoringParameters.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const BLS_TO_EXECUTION_CHANGE_WEIGHT = 0.05;
 const EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_WEIGHT = 0.5;
 const PAYLOAD_ATTESTATION_WEIGHT = 0.05;
 const EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_BID_WEIGHT = 0.05;
+const PROPOSER_PREFERENCES_WEIGHT = 0.05;
 
 const beaconAttestationSubnetWeight = 1 / ATTESTATION_SUBNET_COUNT;
 const maxPositiveScore =
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ const maxPositiveScore =
     BLS_TO_EXECUTION_CHANGE_WEIGHT +
     EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_WEIGHT +
     PAYLOAD_ATTESTATION_WEIGHT +
-    EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_BID_WEIGHT);
+    EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_BID_WEIGHT +
+    PROPOSER_PREFERENCES_WEIGHT);
 
 /**
  * The following params is implemented by Lighthouse at
@@ -198,6 +200,17 @@ function getAllTopicsScoreParams(
       expectedMessageRate: 1024, // TODO GLOAS: Need an estimate for this
       firstMessageDecayTime: epochDurationMs * 100,
     });
+    topicsParams[
+      stringifyGossipTopic(config, {
+        type: GossipType.proposer_preferences,
+        boundary,
+      })
+    ] = getTopicScoreParams(config, precomputedParams, {
+      topicWeight: PROPOSER_PREFERENCES_WEIGHT,
+      // Upper bound ~64 messages per epoch: one per proposer across the current + next epoch.
+      expectedMessageRate: 64 / SLOTS_PER_EPOCH,
+      firstMessageDecayTime: epochDurationMs * 100,
+    });
 
     // other topics
     topicsParams[

package/src/network/gossip/topic.ts

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ function stringifyGossipTopicType(topic: GossipTopic): string {
     case GossipType.execution_payload:
     case GossipType.payload_attestation_message:
     case GossipType.execution_payload_bid:
+    case GossipType.proposer_preferences:
       return topic.type;
     case GossipType.beacon_attestation:
     case GossipType.sync_committee:
@@ -124,6 +125,8 @@ export function getGossipSSZType(topic: GossipTopic) {
       return ssz.gloas.PayloadAttestationMessage;
     case GossipType.execution_payload_bid:
       return ssz.gloas.SignedExecutionPayloadBid;
+    case GossipType.proposer_preferences:
+      return ssz.gloas.SignedProposerPreferences;
   }
 }
 
@@ -203,6 +206,7 @@ export function parseGossipTopic(forkDigestContext: ForkDigestContext, topicStr:
       case GossipType.execution_payload:
       case GossipType.payload_attestation_message:
       case GossipType.execution_payload_bid:
+      case GossipType.proposer_preferences:
         return {type: gossipTypeStr, boundary, encoding};
     }
 
@@ -257,6 +261,7 @@ export function getCoreTopicsAtFork(
     topics.push({type: GossipType.execution_payload});
     topics.push({type: GossipType.payload_attestation_message});
     topics.push({type: GossipType.execution_payload_bid});
+    topics.push({type: GossipType.proposer_preferences});
   }
 
   // After fulu also track data_column_sidecar_{index}
@@ -351,4 +356,5 @@ export const gossipTopicIgnoreDuplicatePublishError: Record<GossipType, boolean>
   [GossipType.execution_payload]: true,
   [GossipType.payload_attestation_message]: true,
   [GossipType.execution_payload_bid]: true,
+  [GossipType.proposer_preferences]: true,
 };

package/src/network/interface.ts

@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ export interface INetwork extends INetworkCorePublic {
   publishLightClientFinalityUpdate(update: LightClientFinalityUpdate): Promise<number>;
   publishLightClientOptimisticUpdate(update: LightClientOptimisticUpdate): Promise<number>;
   publishSignedExecutionPayloadEnvelope(signedEnvelope: gloas.SignedExecutionPayloadEnvelope): Promise<number>;
+  publishPayloadAttestationMessage(payloadAttestationMessage: gloas.PayloadAttestationMessage): Promise<number>;
 
   // Debug
   dumpGossipQueue(gossipType: GossipType): Promise<PendingGossipsubMessage[]>;

package/src/network/network.ts

@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ export class Network implements INetwork {
   }
 
   async publishSignedExecutionPayloadEnvelope(signedEnvelope: gloas.SignedExecutionPayloadEnvelope): Promise<number> {
-    const epoch = computeEpochAtSlot(signedEnvelope.message.slot);
+    const epoch = computeEpochAtSlot(signedEnvelope.message.payload.slotNumber);
     const boundary = this.config.getForkBoundaryAtEpoch(epoch);
 
     return this.publishGossip<GossipType.execution_payload>(
@@ -515,6 +515,17 @@ export class Network implements INetwork {
     );
   }
 
+  async publishPayloadAttestationMessage(payloadAttestationMessage: gloas.PayloadAttestationMessage): Promise<number> {
+    const epoch = computeEpochAtSlot(payloadAttestationMessage.data.slot);
+    const boundary = this.config.getForkBoundaryAtEpoch(epoch);
+
+    return this.publishGossip<GossipType.payload_attestation_message>(
+      {type: GossipType.payload_attestation_message, boundary},
+      payloadAttestationMessage,
+      {ignoreDuplicatePublishError: true}
+    );
+  }
+
   private async publishGossip<K extends GossipType>(
     topic: GossipTopicMap[K],
     object: GossipTypeMap[K],

package/src/network/processor/gossipHandlers.ts

@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ import {
   ExecutionPayloadEnvelopeErrorCode,
   GossipAction,
   GossipActionError,
+  PayloadAttestationError,
+  PayloadAttestationErrorCode,
   SyncCommitteeError,
 } from "../../chain/errors/index.js";
 import {IBeaconChain} from "../../chain/interface.js";
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ import {
 import {validateLightClientFinalityUpdate} from "../../chain/validation/lightClientFinalityUpdate.js";
 import {validateLightClientOptimisticUpdate} from "../../chain/validation/lightClientOptimisticUpdate.js";
 import {validateGossipPayloadAttestationMessage} from "../../chain/validation/payloadAttestationMessage.js";
+import {validateGossipProposerPreferences} from "../../chain/validation/proposerPreferences.js";
 import {OpSource} from "../../chain/validatorMonitor.js";
 import {Metrics} from "../../metrics/index.js";
 import {kzgCommitmentToVersionedHash} from "../../util/blobs.js";
@@ -182,6 +185,18 @@ function getSequentialHandlers(modules: ValidatorFnsModules, options: GossipHand
     });
     try {
       await validateGossipBlock(config, chain, signedBlock, fork);
+
+      if (isForkPostGloas(fork)) {
+        chain.seenPayloadEnvelopeInputCache.add({
+          blockRootHex,
+          block: signedBlock as SignedBeaconBlock<ForkPostGloas>,
+          forkName: fork,
+          sampledColumns: chain.custodyConfig.sampledColumns,
+          custodyColumns: chain.custodyConfig.custodyColumns,
+          timeCreatedSec: seenTimestampSec,
+        });
+      }
+
       const blockInputMeta = blockInput.getLogMeta();
 
       const recvToValidation = Date.now() / 1000 - seenTimestampSec;
@@ -198,7 +213,10 @@ function getSequentialHandlers(modules: ValidatorFnsModules, options: GossipHand
     } catch (e) {
       if (e instanceof BlockGossipError) {
         logger.debug("Gossip block has error", {slot, root: blockShortHex, code: e.type.code});
-        if (e.type.code === BlockErrorCode.PARENT_UNKNOWN && blockInput) {
+        if (
+          (e.type.code === BlockErrorCode.PARENT_UNKNOWN || e.type.code === BlockErrorCode.PARENT_PAYLOAD_UNKNOWN) &&
+          blockInput
+        ) {
           chain.emitter.emit(ChainEvent.blockUnknownParent, {
             blockInput,
             peer: peerIdStr,
@@ -589,6 +607,24 @@ function getSequentialHandlers(modules: ValidatorFnsModules, options: GossipHand
         // Returns the delay between the start of `block.slot` and `current time`
         const delaySec = chain.clock.secFromSlot(slot);
         metrics?.gossipBlock.elapsedTimeTillProcessed.observe(delaySec);
+
+        if (isForkPostGloas(blockInput.forkName)) {
+          const payloadInput = chain.seenPayloadEnvelopeInputCache.get(blockInput.blockRootHex);
+          // This payloadInput should have been created just after gossip validation
+          if (!payloadInput) {
+            throw Error(
+              `PayloadEnvelopeInput not seeded for block ${blockInput.blockRootHex} during gossip processing`
+            );
+          }
+
+          // Immediately attempt fetch of data columns from execution engine as the bid contains kzg commitments
+          // which is all the information we need so there is no reason to delay until execution payload arrives
+          // TODO GLOAS: If we want EL retries after this initial attempt, add an explicit retry policy here
+          // (for example later in the slot). Do not couple retries to incoming gossip columns.
+          // Columns fetched here feed payloadInput.addColumn, which resolves waitForAllData for any
+          // in-flight importExecutionPayload. No processExecutionPayload trigger needed from this path.
+          chain.getBlobsTracker.triggerGetBlobs(payloadInput);
+        }
       })
       .catch((e) => {
         // Adjust verbosity based on error type
@@ -745,13 +781,29 @@ function getSequentialHandlers(modules: ValidatorFnsModules, options: GossipHand
           });
         }
 
-        chain.processExecutionPayload(payloadInput, {validSignature: true}).catch((e) => {
-          chain.logger.debug(
-            "Error processing execution payload from gossip data column",
-            {slot: dataColumnSlot, root: payloadInput.blockRootHex},
-            e as Error
-          );
-        });
+        // NOTE: we do NOT call chain.processExecutionPayload here. That is triggered only by
+        // envelope arrival (gossip or API). An in-flight importExecutionPayload is awaiting
+        // payloadInput.waitForAllData(); addColumn above will resolve it once hasAllData flips.
+
+        if (!payloadInput.isComplete()) {
+          const cutoffTimeMs = getCutoffTimeMs(chain, dataColumnSlot, BLOCK_AVAILABILITY_CUTOFF_MS);
+          // do not await here to not delay gossip validation
+          payloadInput.waitForEnvelopeAndAllData(cutoffTimeMs).catch((_e) => {
+            chain.logger.debug(
+              "Waited for envelope and data after receiving gossip column. Cut-off reached so emitting incompletePayloadEnvelope",
+              {
+                dataColumnIndex: index,
+                ...payloadInputMeta,
+              }
+            );
+            // TODO GLOAS: UnknownBlockSync to handle this event
+            chain.emitter.emit(ChainEvent.incompletePayloadEnvelope, {
+              payloadInput,
+              peer: peerIdStr,
+              source: BlockInputSource.gossip,
+            });
+          });
+        }
       } else {
         if (config.getForkSeq(dataColumnSlot) < ForkSeq.fulu) {
           throw new GossipActionError(GossipAction.REJECT, {code: "PRE_FULU_BLOCK"});
@@ -1041,24 +1093,15 @@ function getSequentialHandlers(modules: ValidatorFnsModules, options: GossipHand
       const signedEnvelope = sszDeserialize(topic, serializedData);
       const envelope = signedEnvelope.message;
 
-      // TODO GLOAS: consider optimistically create PayloadEnvelopeInput here similar to how we do that for beacon_block
-      // so that UnknownBlockSync can handle backward sync
-      // the problem now is we cannot create a PayloadEnvelopeInput without the beacon block being known, we need at least the proposer index
-      // we can achieve that by looking into the EpochCache
+      // unlike BlockInput, we send the envelope into UnknownBlockInput sync
+      // inside the sync it'll reconcile into PayloadEnvelopeInput and share the same cache with gossip
       try {
         await validateGossipExecutionPayloadEnvelope(chain, signedEnvelope);
       } catch (e) {
         if (e instanceof ExecutionPayloadEnvelopeError) {
-          const {slot, beaconBlockRoot} = signedEnvelope.message;
+          const {beaconBlockRoot} = signedEnvelope.message;
+          const slot = signedEnvelope.message.payload.slotNumber;
           logger.debug("Gossip envelope has error", {slot, root: toRootHex(beaconBlockRoot), code: e.type.code});
-          if (e.type.code === ExecutionPayloadEnvelopeErrorCode.BLOCK_ROOT_UNKNOWN) {
-            // TODO GLOAS: UnknownBlockSync to handle this
-            chain.emitter.emit(ChainEvent.envelopeUnknownBlock, {
-              envelope: signedEnvelope,
-              peer: peerIdStr,
-              source: BlockInputSource.gossip,
-            });
-          }
 
           if (e.action === GossipAction.REJECT) {
             chain.persistInvalidSszValue(
@@ -1072,7 +1115,7 @@ function getSequentialHandlers(modules: ValidatorFnsModules, options: GossipHand
         throw e;
       }
 
-      const slot = envelope.slot;
+      const slot = envelope.payload.slotNumber;
       const delaySec = seenTimestampSec - computeTimeAtSlot(config, slot, chain.genesisTime);
       metrics?.gossipExecutionPayloadEnvelope.elapsedTimeTillReceived.observe({source: OpSource.gossip}, delaySec);
       chain.validatorMonitor?.registerExecutionPayloadEnvelope(OpSource.gossip, delaySec, signedEnvelope);
@@ -1102,7 +1145,6 @@ function getSequentialHandlers(modules: ValidatorFnsModules, options: GossipHand
         builderIndex: envelope.builderIndex,
         blockHash: toRootHex(envelope.payload.blockHash),
         blockRoot: blockRootHex,
-        stateRoot: toRootHex(envelope.stateRoot),
       });
 
       chain.processExecutionPayload(payloadInput, {validSignature: true}).catch((e) => {
@@ -1154,6 +1196,14 @@ function getSequentialHandlers(modules: ValidatorFnsModules, options: GossipHand
         data: executionPayloadBid,
       });
     },
+    [GossipType.proposer_preferences]: async ({
+      gossipData,
+      topic,
+    }: GossipHandlerParamGeneric<GossipType.proposer_preferences>) => {
+      const {serializedData} = gossipData;
+      const signedProposerPreferences = sszDeserialize(topic, serializedData);
+      await validateGossipProposerPreferences(chain, signedProposerPreferences);
+    },
   };
 }
 
@@ -1276,10 +1326,12 @@ export async function validateGossipFnRetryUnknownRoot<T>(
     try {
       return await fn();
     } catch (e) {
-      if (
-        e instanceof AttestationError &&
-        e.type.code === AttestationErrorCode.UNKNOWN_OR_PREFINALIZED_BEACON_BLOCK_ROOT
-      ) {
+      const isUnknownAttestationRoot =
+        e instanceof AttestationError && e.type.code === AttestationErrorCode.UNKNOWN_OR_PREFINALIZED_BEACON_BLOCK_ROOT;
+      const isUnknownPayloadAttestationRoot =
+        e instanceof PayloadAttestationError && e.type.code === PayloadAttestationErrorCode.UNKNOWN_BLOCK_ROOT;
+
+      if (isUnknownAttestationRoot || isUnknownPayloadAttestationRoot) {
         if (unknownBlockRootRetries === 0) {
           // Trigger unknown block root search here
           const rootHex = toRootHex(blockRoot);

package/src/network/processor/gossipQueues/index.ts

@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ const linearGossipQueueOpts: {
     type: QueueType.FIFO,
     dropOpts: {type: DropType.count, count: 1},
   },
+  [GossipType.proposer_preferences]: {
+    maxLength: 1024,
+    type: QueueType.FIFO,
+    dropOpts: {type: DropType.count, count: 1},
+  },
 };
 
 const indexedGossipQueueOpts: {

package/src/network/processor/index.ts

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ type WorkOpts = {
  */
 const executeGossipWorkOrderObj: Record<GossipType, WorkOpts> = {
   [GossipType.beacon_block]: {bypassQueue: true},
+  [GossipType.execution_payload]: {bypassQueue: true},
   [GossipType.blob_sidecar]: {bypassQueue: true},
   [GossipType.data_column_sidecar]: {bypassQueue: true},
   [GossipType.beacon_aggregate_and_proof]: {},
@@ -88,9 +89,9 @@ const executeGossipWorkOrderObj: Record<GossipType, WorkOpts> = {
   [GossipType.sync_committee]: {},
   [GossipType.light_client_finality_update]: {},
   [GossipType.light_client_optimistic_update]: {},
-  [GossipType.execution_payload]: {bypassQueue: true},
   [GossipType.payload_attestation_message]: {},
   [GossipType.execution_payload_bid]: {},
+  [GossipType.proposer_preferences]: {},
 };
 const executeGossipWorkOrder = Object.keys(executeGossipWorkOrderObj) as (keyof typeof executeGossipWorkOrderObj)[];
 
@@ -443,8 +444,7 @@ export class NetworkProcessor {
         }
         case GossipType.execution_payload: {
           // extractBlockSlotRootFn does not return a root for this topic.
-          // Extract beacon_block_root directly and proactively trigger block sync if missing.
-          // Do NOT await the block — the handler runs immediately; BlockInputSync handles recovery.
+          // Extract beacon_block_root directly
           const blockRoot = getBeaconBlockRootFromExecutionPayloadEnvelopeSerialized(message.msg.data);
           if (blockRoot && !this.chain.forkChoice.hasBlockHexUnsafe(blockRoot)) {
             this.searchUnknownBlock(
@@ -452,9 +452,10 @@ export class NetworkProcessor {
               BlockInputSource.network_processor,
               message.propagationSource.toString()
             );
+            // We always want to await the block
+            // This allows us to properly forward the payload envelope
+            preprocessResult = {action: PreprocessAction.AwaitBlock, root: blockRoot};
           }
-          // do not await the block, we want UnknownBlockSync to handle it.
-          preprocessResult = {action: PreprocessAction.PushToQueue};
           break;
         }
         case GossipType.execution_payload_bid: {