@lodestar/beacon-node 1.43.0-dev.958956d6ba → 1.43.0-dev.9f5db5b9c7

package/src/chain/prepareNextSlot.ts

@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ import {getSafeExecutionBlockHash} from "@lodestar/fork-choice";
 import {ForkPostBellatrix, ForkSeq, SLOTS_PER_EPOCH, isForkPostBellatrix} from "@lodestar/params";
 import {
   IBeaconStateView,
+  IBeaconStateViewBellatrix,
   StateHashTreeRootSource,
   computeEpochAtSlot,
   computeTimeAtSlot,
   isStatePostBellatrix,
   isStatePostGloas,
 } from "@lodestar/state-transition";
-import {Bytes32, Slot, electra} from "@lodestar/types";
+import {Bytes32, Slot} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {Logger, fromHex, isErrorAborted, sleep} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {GENESIS_SLOT, ZERO_HASH_HEX} from "../constants/constants.js";
 import {BuilderStatus} from "../execution/builder/http.js";
@@ -165,19 +166,26 @@ export class PrepareNextSlotScheduler {
         }
 
         let parentBlockHash: Bytes32;
-        let isExtendingPayload = false;
+        // Apply parent payload once here as it's reused by EL prep and SSE emit below
+        let stateAfterParentPayload: IBeaconStateViewBellatrix = updatedPrepareState;
         if (isStatePostGloas(updatedPrepareState)) {
-          isExtendingPayload = this.chain.forkChoice.shouldExtendPayload(updatedHead.blockRoot);
-          parentBlockHash = isExtendingPayload
-            ? updatedPrepareState.latestExecutionPayloadBid.blockHash
-            : updatedPrepareState.latestExecutionPayloadBid.parentBlockHash;
+          if (this.chain.forkChoice.shouldExtendPayload(updatedHead.blockRoot)) {
+            parentBlockHash = updatedPrepareState.latestExecutionPayloadBid.blockHash;
+            // Skip applying parent payload unless we're proposing the next slot or have to emit payload_attributes events
+            if (feeRecipient !== undefined || this.chain.opts.emitPayloadAttributes === true) {
+              const parentExecutionRequests = await this.chain.getParentExecutionRequests(
+                updatedHead.slot,
+                updatedHead.blockRoot
+              );
+              stateAfterParentPayload = updatedPrepareState.withParentPayloadApplied(parentExecutionRequests);
+            }
+          } else {
+            parentBlockHash = updatedPrepareState.latestExecutionPayloadBid.parentBlockHash;
+          }
         } else {
           parentBlockHash = updatedPrepareState.latestExecutionPayloadHeader.blockHash;
         }
 
-        // Reused by the SSE emit below to avoid a second DB lookup on cache miss
-        let parentExecutionRequests: electra.ExecutionRequests | undefined;
-
         if (feeRecipient) {
           const preparationTime =
             computeTimeAtSlot(this.config, prepareSlot, this.chain.genesisTime) - Date.now() / 1000;
@@ -187,13 +195,6 @@ export class PrepareNextSlotScheduler {
           const finalizedBlockHash =
             this.chain.forkChoice.getFinalizedBlock().executionPayloadBlockHash ?? ZERO_HASH_HEX;
 
-          if (isExtendingPayload) {
-            parentExecutionRequests = await this.chain.getParentExecutionRequests(
-              updatedHead.slot,
-              updatedHead.blockRoot
-            );
-          }
-
           // awaiting here instead of throwing an async call because there is no other task
           // left for scheduler and this gives nice semantics to catch and log errors in the
           // try/catch wrapper here.
@@ -205,9 +206,8 @@ export class PrepareNextSlotScheduler {
             parentBlockHash,
             safeBlockHash,
             finalizedBlockHash,
-            updatedPrepareState,
-            feeRecipient,
-            parentExecutionRequests
+            stateAfterParentPayload,
+            feeRecipient
           );
           this.logger.verbose("PrepareNextSlotScheduler prepared new payload", {
             prepareSlot,
@@ -234,20 +234,12 @@ export class PrepareNextSlotScheduler {
           (feeRecipient || this.chain.opts.emitPayloadAttributes === true) &&
           this.chain.emitter.listenerCount(routes.events.EventType.payloadAttributes)
         ) {
-          // if we didn't fetch above (not proposing), SSE still needs it here
-          if (!parentExecutionRequests && isExtendingPayload) {
-            parentExecutionRequests = await this.chain.getParentExecutionRequests(
-              updatedHead.slot,
-              updatedHead.blockRoot
-            );
-          }
           const data = getPayloadAttributesForSSE(fork as ForkPostBellatrix, this.chain, {
-            prepareState: updatedPrepareState,
+            prepareState: stateAfterParentPayload,
             prepareSlot,
             parentBlockRoot: fromHex(updatedHead.blockRoot),
             parentBlockHash,
             feeRecipient: feeRecipient ?? "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-            parentExecutionRequests,
           });
           this.chain.emitter.emit(routes.events.EventType.payloadAttributes, {data, version: fork});
         }

package/src/chain/produceBlock/produceBlockBody.ts

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ import {
   ssz,
 } from "@lodestar/types";
 import {Logger, byteArrayEquals, fromHex, sleep, toHex, toPubkeyHex, toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
-import {ZERO_HASH, ZERO_HASH_HEX} from "../../constants/index.js";
+import {ZERO_HASH_HEX} from "../../constants/index.js";
 import {numToQuantity} from "../../execution/engine/utils.js";
 import {
   IExecutionBuilder,
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ export type ProduceFullGloas = {
   executionRequests: electra.ExecutionRequests;
   blobsBundle: BlobsBundle<ForkPostGloas>;
   cells: fulu.Cell[][];
+  parentBlockRoot: Root;
 };
 export type ProduceFullFulu = {
   type: BlockType.Full;
@@ -214,19 +215,19 @@ export async function produceBlockBody<T extends BlockType>(
     });
 
     // Get execution payload from EL
+    let parentBlockHash: Bytes32;
+    let parentExecutionRequests: electra.ExecutionRequests;
+    // Apply parent payload once here as it's reused by EL prep and voluntary exit filtering below
+    let stateAfterParentPayload: IBeaconStateViewBellatrix = currentState;
     const isExtendingPayload = this.forkChoice.shouldExtendPayload(toRootHex(parentBlockRoot));
-    let parentBlockHash = isExtendingPayload
-      ? currentState.latestExecutionPayloadBid.blockHash
-      : currentState.latestExecutionPayloadBid.parentBlockHash;
-    // At gloas genesis the committed bid has no prior EL block to reference
-    // (`bid.parentBlockHash` is zero). Fall back to `bid.blockHash` (= eth1 genesis hash) so the
-    // FCU to the EL carries a valid head. Post-genesis bids always reference a non-zero parent.
-    if (isStatePostGloas(currentState) && byteArrayEquals(parentBlockHash, ZERO_HASH)) {
+    if (isExtendingPayload) {
       parentBlockHash = currentState.latestExecutionPayloadBid.blockHash;
+      parentExecutionRequests = await this.getParentExecutionRequests(parentBlock.slot, parentBlock.blockRoot);
+      stateAfterParentPayload = currentState.withParentPayloadApplied(parentExecutionRequests);
+    } else {
+      parentBlockHash = currentState.latestExecutionPayloadBid.parentBlockHash;
+      parentExecutionRequests = ssz.electra.ExecutionRequests.defaultValue();
     }
-    const parentExecutionRequests = isExtendingPayload
-      ? await this.getParentExecutionRequests(parentBlock.slot, parentBlock.blockRoot)
-      : ssz.electra.ExecutionRequests.defaultValue();
     const prepareRes = await prepareExecutionPayload(
       this,
       this.logger,
@@ -235,9 +236,8 @@ export async function produceBlockBody<T extends BlockType>(
       parentBlockHash,
       safeBlockHash,
       finalizedBlockHash ?? ZERO_HASH_HEX,
-      currentState,
-      feeRecipient,
-      parentExecutionRequests
+      stateAfterParentPayload,
+      feeRecipient
     );
 
     const {prepType, payloadId} = prepareRes;
@@ -296,6 +296,14 @@ export async function produceBlockBody<T extends BlockType>(
       blockSlot - 1
     );
     gloasBody.parentExecutionRequests = parentExecutionRequests;
+    // Drop voluntary exits that parent_execution_requests have invalidated (e.g. a withdrawal
+    // request initiating an exit on the same validator). Op pool selected against the unapplied
+    // state, so re-validate against the post-apply state to avoid producing an invalid block.
+    if (isExtendingPayload && commonBlockBody.voluntaryExits.length > 0) {
+      gloasBody.voluntaryExits = commonBlockBody.voluntaryExits.filter((signedVoluntaryExit) =>
+        stateAfterParentPayload.isValidVoluntaryExit(signedVoluntaryExit, false)
+      );
+    }
     blockBody = gloasBody as AssembledBodyType<T>;
 
     // Store execution payload data required to construct execution payload envelope later
@@ -304,6 +312,7 @@ export async function produceBlockBody<T extends BlockType>(
     gloasResult.executionRequests = executionRequests;
     gloasResult.blobsBundle = blobsBundle;
     gloasResult.cells = cells;
+    gloasResult.parentBlockRoot = fromHex(parentBlock.blockRoot);
 
     const fetchedTime = Date.now() / 1000 - computeTimeAtSlot(this.config, blockSlot, this.genesisTime);
     this.metrics?.blockPayload.payloadFetchedTime.observe({prepType}, fetchedTime);
@@ -631,9 +640,12 @@ export async function prepareExecutionPayload(
   parentBlockHash: Bytes32,
   safeBlockHash: RootHex,
   finalizedBlockHash: RootHex,
+  /**
+   * Post-gloas, when extending a full parent, callers must apply
+   * parent execution payload first (see `withParentPayloadApplied`).
+   */
   state: IBeaconStateViewBellatrix,
-  suggestedFeeRecipient: string,
-  parentExecutionRequests?: electra.ExecutionRequests
+  suggestedFeeRecipient: string
 ): Promise<{prepType: PayloadPreparationType; payloadId: PayloadId}> {
   const timestamp = computeTimeAtSlot(chain.config, state.slot, state.genesisTime);
   const prevRandao = state.getRandaoMix(state.epoch);
@@ -670,7 +682,6 @@ export async function prepareExecutionPayload(
       parentBlockRoot,
       parentBlockHash,
       feeRecipient: suggestedFeeRecipient,
-      parentExecutionRequests,
     });
 
     payloadId = await chain.executionEngine.notifyForkchoiceUpdate(
@@ -729,14 +740,16 @@ export function getPayloadAttributesForSSE(
     parentBlockRoot,
     parentBlockHash,
     feeRecipient,
-    parentExecutionRequests,
   }: {
+    /**
+     * Post-gloas, when extending a full parent, callers must apply
+     * parent execution payload first (see `withParentPayloadApplied`).
+     */
     prepareState: IBeaconStateViewBellatrix;
     prepareSlot: Slot;
     parentBlockRoot: Root;
     parentBlockHash: Bytes32;
     feeRecipient: string;
-    parentExecutionRequests?: electra.ExecutionRequests;
   }
 ): SSEPayloadAttributes {
   const payloadAttributes = preparePayloadAttributes(fork, chain, {
@@ -745,7 +758,6 @@ export function getPayloadAttributesForSSE(
     parentBlockRoot,
     parentBlockHash,
     feeRecipient,
-    parentExecutionRequests,
   });
 
   let parentBlockNumber: number;
@@ -784,14 +796,16 @@ function preparePayloadAttributes(
     parentBlockRoot,
     parentBlockHash,
     feeRecipient,
-    parentExecutionRequests,
   }: {
+    /**
+     * Post-gloas, when extending a full parent, callers must apply
+     * parent execution payload first (see `withParentPayloadApplied`).
+     */
     prepareState: IBeaconStateViewBellatrix;
     prepareSlot: Slot;
     parentBlockRoot: Root;
     parentBlockHash: Bytes32;
     feeRecipient: string;
-    parentExecutionRequests?: electra.ExecutionRequests;
   }
 ): SSEPayloadAttributes["payloadAttributes"] {
   const timestamp = computeTimeAtSlot(chain.config, prepareSlot, prepareState.genesisTime);
@@ -810,11 +824,13 @@ function preparePayloadAttributes(
     if (isStatePostGloas(prepareState)) {
       const isExtendingPayload = byteArrayEquals(parentBlockHash, prepareState.latestExecutionPayloadBid.blockHash);
       if (isExtendingPayload) {
-        if (parentExecutionRequests === undefined) {
-          throw new Error("parentExecutionRequests required when extending full parent");
+        // applyParentExecutionPayload sets latestBlockHash = parentBid.blockHash, so a mismatch
+        // here means the caller did not apply parent payload to prepareState
+        if (!byteArrayEquals(prepareState.latestBlockHash, prepareState.latestExecutionPayloadBid.blockHash)) {
+          throw new Error("Expected state with parent execution payload applied for withdrawals");
         }
         (payloadAttributes as capella.SSEPayloadAttributes["payloadAttributes"]).withdrawals =
-          prepareState.getExpectedWithdrawalsForFullParent(parentExecutionRequests);
+          prepareState.getExpectedWithdrawals().expectedWithdrawals;
       } else {
         // When the parent block is empty, state.payloadExpectedWithdrawals holds a batch
         // already deducted from CL balances but never credited on the EL (the envelope

package/src/chain/regen/queued.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {routes} from "@lodestar/api";
 import {IForkChoice, ProtoBlock} from "@lodestar/fork-choice";
 import {IBeaconStateView, computeEpochAtSlot} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
-import {BeaconBlock, Epoch, RootHex, Slot, isGloasBeaconBlock, phase0} from "@lodestar/types";
+import {BeaconBlock, Epoch, RootHex, Slot, phase0} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {Logger, toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {Metrics} from "../../metrics/index.js";
 import {JobItemQueue} from "../../util/queue/index.js";
@@ -88,12 +88,7 @@ export class QueuedStateRegenerator implements IStateRegenerator {
    */
   getPreStateSync(block: BeaconBlock): IBeaconStateView | null {
     const parentRoot = toRootHex(block.parentRoot);
-    const parentBlock = isGloasBeaconBlock(block)
-      ? this.forkChoice.getBlockHexAndBlockHash(
-          parentRoot,
-          toRootHex(block.body.signedExecutionPayloadBid.message.parentBlockHash)
-        )
-      : this.forkChoice.getBlockHexDefaultStatus(parentRoot);
+    const parentBlock = this.forkChoice.getBlockHexDefaultStatus(parentRoot);
     if (!parentBlock) {
       throw new RegenError({
         code: RegenErrorCode.BLOCK_NOT_IN_FORKCHOICE,

package/src/chain/regen/regen.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   computeEpochAtSlot,
   computeStartSlotAtEpoch,
 } from "@lodestar/state-transition";
-import {BeaconBlock, RootHex, SignedBeaconBlock, Slot, isGloasBeaconBlock} from "@lodestar/types";
+import {BeaconBlock, RootHex, SignedBeaconBlock, Slot} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {Logger, fromHex, toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {IBeaconDb} from "../../db/index.js";
 import {Metrics} from "../../metrics/index.js";
@@ -57,12 +57,7 @@ export class StateRegenerator implements IStateRegeneratorInternal {
     regenCaller: RegenCaller
   ): Promise<IBeaconStateView> {
     const parentRoot = toRootHex(block.parentRoot);
-    const parentBlock = isGloasBeaconBlock(block)
-      ? this.modules.forkChoice.getBlockHexAndBlockHash(
-          parentRoot,
-          toRootHex(block.body.signedExecutionPayloadBid.message.parentBlockHash)
-        )
-      : this.modules.forkChoice.getBlockHexDefaultStatus(parentRoot);
+    const parentBlock = this.modules.forkChoice.getBlockHexDefaultStatus(parentRoot);
     if (!parentBlock) {
       throw new RegenError({
         code: RegenErrorCode.BLOCK_NOT_IN_FORKCHOICE,

package/src/chain/seenCache/seenPayloadEnvelopeInput.ts

@@ -78,13 +78,23 @@ export class SeenPayloadEnvelopeInput {
   };
 
   add(props: Omit<CreateFromBlockProps, "daOutOfRange">): PayloadEnvelopeInput {
-    if (this.payloadInputs.has(props.blockRootHex)) {
-      throw new Error(`PayloadEnvelopeInput already exists for block ${props.blockRootHex}`);
+    const existing = this.payloadInputs.get(props.blockRootHex);
+    if (existing !== undefined) {
+      this.logger?.verbose("SeenPayloadEnvelopeInput.add reused existing entry", {
+        slot: existing.slot,
+        root: props.blockRootHex,
+      });
+      return existing;
     }
     const daOutOfRange = isDaOutOfRange(this.config, props.forkName, props.block.message.slot, this.clock.currentEpoch);
     const input = PayloadEnvelopeInput.createFromBlock({...props, daOutOfRange});
     this.payloadInputs.set(props.blockRootHex, input);
     this.metrics?.seenCache.payloadEnvelopeInput.created.inc();
+    this.logger?.verbose("SeenPayloadEnvelopeInput.add created new entry", {
+      slot: input.slot,
+      root: props.blockRootHex,
+      daOutOfRange,
+    });
     return input;
   }
 

package/src/chain/seenCache/seenProposerPreferences.ts

@@ -1,28 +1,31 @@
-import {Slot, ValidatorIndex} from "@lodestar/types";
+import {RootHex, Slot, ValidatorIndex} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {MapDef} from "@lodestar/utils";
 
 /**
- * Tracks signed proposer preferences we've already seen per (proposal_slot, validator_index).
+ * Tracks signed proposer preferences we've already seen per (dependent_root, proposal_slot, validator_index).
  */
 export class SeenProposerPreferences {
-  private readonly validatorIndexesBySlot = new MapDef<Slot, Set<ValidatorIndex>>(() => new Set<ValidatorIndex>());
+  private readonly validatorByDependentRootBySlot = new MapDef<Slot, Map<RootHex, ValidatorIndex>>(
+    () => new Map<RootHex, ValidatorIndex>()
+  );
 
-  isKnown(proposalSlot: Slot, validatorIndex: ValidatorIndex): boolean {
-    return this.validatorIndexesBySlot.get(proposalSlot)?.has(validatorIndex) === true;
+  isKnown(dependentRoot: RootHex, proposalSlot: Slot, validatorIndex: ValidatorIndex): boolean {
+    return this.validatorByDependentRootBySlot.get(proposalSlot)?.get(dependentRoot) === validatorIndex;
   }
 
-  add(proposalSlot: Slot, validatorIndex: ValidatorIndex): void {
-    this.validatorIndexesBySlot.getOrDefault(proposalSlot).add(validatorIndex);
+  add(dependentRoot: RootHex, proposalSlot: Slot, validatorIndex: ValidatorIndex): void {
+    this.validatorByDependentRootBySlot.getOrDefault(proposalSlot).set(dependentRoot, validatorIndex);
   }
 
   /**
-   * Entries are only load-bearing while `proposal_slot > state.slot`. Once the slot has passed the
-   * `[IGNORE] proposal_slot > state.slot` gossip rule takes over, so drop them on each slot tick.
+   * Entries are only load-bearing while `proposal_slot > current_slot`. Once the slot has
+   * passed the `[IGNORE] proposal_slot > current_slot` gossip rule takes over, so drop them
+   * on each slot tick.
    */
   prune(currentSlot: Slot): void {
-    for (const slot of this.validatorIndexesBySlot.keys()) {
+    for (const slot of this.validatorByDependentRootBySlot.keys()) {
       if (slot < currentSlot) {
-        this.validatorIndexesBySlot.delete(slot);
+        this.validatorByDependentRootBySlot.delete(slot);
       }
     }
   }

package/src/chain/validation/executionPayloadBid.ts

@@ -48,9 +48,12 @@ async function validateExecutionPayloadBid(
     });
   }
 
-  // [IGNORE] the `SignedProposerPreferences` where `preferences.proposal_slot`
-  // is equal to `bid.slot` has been seen.
-  // TODO GLOAS: Implement this along with proposer preference
+  // [IGNORE] A `SignedProposerPreferences` matching `bid.slot` and the bid's branch has been
+  // seen — i.e. `proposal_slot == bid.slot` AND `dependent_root ==
+  // get_proposer_dependent_root(parent_state, compute_epoch_at_slot(bid.slot))`,
+  // where `parent_state` is the post-state of `bid.parent_block_root`.
+  // This is the message referenced as `proposer_preferences` in the following REJECT rules.
+  // TODO GLOAS: Implement once a ProposerPreferencesPool exists.
 
   // [REJECT] `bid.builder_index` is a valid/active builder index -- i.e.
   // `is_active_builder(state, bid.builder_index)` returns `True`.
@@ -71,11 +74,11 @@ async function validateExecutionPayloadBid(
     });
   }
 
-  // [REJECT] `bid.fee_recipient` matches the `fee_recipient` from the proposer's
-  // `SignedProposerPreferences` associated with `bid.slot`.
-  // [REJECT] `bid.gas_limit` matches the `gas_limit` from the proposer's
-  // `SignedProposerPreferences` associated with `bid.slot`.
-  // TODO GLOAS: Implement this along with proposer preference
+  // [REJECT] `bid.fee_recipient == proposer_preferences.fee_recipient`.
+  // [REJECT] `bid.gas_limit == proposer_preferences.gas_limit`.
+  // Both compared against the matching `proposer_preferences` defined above (same branch
+  // via dependent_root, same proposal_slot).
+  // TODO GLOAS: Implement once a ProposerPreferencesPool exists.
 
   // [REJECT] The length of KZG commitments is less than or equal to the limitation defined in the
   // consensus layer -- i.e. validate that

package/src/chain/validation/proposerPreferences.ts

@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ import {
   computeEpochAtSlot,
   createSingleSignatureSetFromComponents,
   getProposerPreferencesSigningRoot,
-  isStatePostGloas,
 } from "@lodestar/state-transition";
-import {gloas} from "@lodestar/types";
+import {ValidatorIndex, gloas} from "@lodestar/types";
+import {toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {GossipAction, ProposerPreferencesError, ProposerPreferencesErrorCode} from "../errors/index.js";
 import {IBeaconChain} from "../index.js";
-import {RegenCaller} from "../regen/index.js";
 
 /**
  * Validates a gossiped `SignedProposerPreferences` per
@@ -19,7 +18,8 @@ export async function validateGossipProposerPreferences(
   signedProposerPreferences: gloas.SignedProposerPreferences
 ): Promise<void> {
   const preferences = signedProposerPreferences.message;
-  const {proposalSlot, validatorIndex} = preferences;
+  const {proposalSlot, validatorIndex, dependentRoot} = preferences;
+  const dependentRootHex = toRootHex(dependentRoot);
   const proposalEpoch = computeEpochAtSlot(proposalSlot);
 
   // [IGNORE] `preferences.proposal_slot` is in the current or next epoch.
@@ -42,32 +42,51 @@ export async function validateGossipProposerPreferences(
     });
   }
 
-  const state = await chain.getHeadStateAtCurrentEpoch(RegenCaller.validateGossipProposerPreferences);
-  if (!isStatePostGloas(state)) {
-    throw new Error(`Expected gloas+ state for proposer preferences validation, got fork=${state.forkName}`);
+  // [IGNORE] The block with root `dependent_root` has been seen by the node.
+  // Resolve the proposer lookahead for the message's branch via head state (fast path) or
+  // the previous-root checkpoint state (populated by `processSlotsToNearestCheckpoint` for
+  // any imported branch crossing into `proposalEpoch - 1`). The head-state path also handles
+  // narrow timing windows where the checkpoint state isn't yet populated.
+  const headState = chain.getHeadState();
+  let proposers: ValidatorIndex[] | null = null;
+  if (headState.epoch === proposalEpoch && headState.currentDecisionRoot === dependentRootHex) {
+    proposers = headState.currentProposers;
+  } else if (headState.epoch === proposalEpoch - 1 && headState.nextDecisionRoot === dependentRootHex) {
+    proposers = headState.nextProposers;
+  } else {
+    // Sync lookup only to not trigger disk reload from gossip input.
+    const checkpointState = chain.regen.getCheckpointStateSync({epoch: proposalEpoch - 1, rootHex: dependentRootHex});
+    if (checkpointState !== null) {
+      // State is at `proposalEpoch - 1`, so proposers for `proposalSlot` (next epoch from
+      // the state's perspective) live in `nextProposers`.
+      proposers = checkpointState.nextProposers;
+    }
+  }
+  if (proposers === null) {
+    throw new ProposerPreferencesError(GossipAction.IGNORE, {
+      code: ProposerPreferencesErrorCode.UNKNOWN_DEPENDENT_ROOT,
+      proposalSlot,
+      dependentRoot: dependentRootHex,
+    });
   }
 
-  // [REJECT] `preferences.validator_index` is present at the correct slot in the current or next
-  // epoch's portion of `state.proposer_lookahead` — i.e. `is_valid_proposal_slot(state, preferences)`
-  // returns True.
-  const epochOffset = proposalEpoch - state.epoch;
-  const proposers = epochOffset === 0 ? state.currentProposers : state.nextProposers;
-  const expectedProposer = proposers[proposalSlot % SLOTS_PER_EPOCH];
-  if (epochOffset < 0 || epochOffset > 1 || expectedProposer !== validatorIndex) {
+  // [REJECT] `is_valid_proposal_slot(state, preferences)` returns True.
+  if (proposers[proposalSlot % SLOTS_PER_EPOCH] !== validatorIndex) {
     throw new ProposerPreferencesError(GossipAction.REJECT, {
       code: ProposerPreferencesErrorCode.INVALID_PROPOSER,
       proposalSlot,
       validatorIndex,
+      dependentRoot: dependentRootHex,
     });
   }
 
-  // [IGNORE] The `signed_proposer_preferences` is the first valid message received from the validator
-  // with index `preferences.validator_index` and the given slot `preferences.proposal_slot`.
-  if (chain.seenProposerPreferences.isKnown(proposalSlot, validatorIndex)) {
+  // [IGNORE] First valid message for (dependent_root, proposal_slot, validator_index).
+  if (chain.seenProposerPreferences.isKnown(dependentRootHex, proposalSlot, validatorIndex)) {
     throw new ProposerPreferencesError(GossipAction.IGNORE, {
       code: ProposerPreferencesErrorCode.ALREADY_KNOWN,
       proposalSlot,
       validatorIndex,
+      dependentRoot: dependentRootHex,
     });
   }
 
@@ -87,5 +106,5 @@ export async function validateGossipProposerPreferences(
   }
 
   // Valid
-  chain.seenProposerPreferences.add(proposalSlot, validatorIndex);
+  chain.seenProposerPreferences.add(dependentRootHex, proposalSlot, validatorIndex);
 }

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

@@ -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";
@@ -183,6 +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;
@@ -1070,13 +1084,6 @@ function getSequentialHandlers(modules: ValidatorFnsModules, options: GossipHand
           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) {
-            chain.emitter.emit(ChainEvent.envelopeUnknownBlock, {
-              envelope: signedEnvelope,
-              peer: peerIdStr,
-              source: BlockInputSource.gossip,
-            });
-          }
 
           if (e.action === GossipAction.REJECT) {
             chain.persistInvalidSszValue(
@@ -1301,10 +1308,12 @@ 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/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]: {},
@@ -88,7 +89,6 @@ 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]: {},
@@ -444,8 +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(
@@ -453,9 +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: {

package/src/node/nodejs.ts

@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ export class BeaconNode {
 
     let executionEngineOpts = opts.executionEngine;
     if (opts.executionEngine.mode === "mock") {
-      const eth1BlockHash =
+      const latestEth1BlockHash =
         isStatePostBellatrix(anchorState) && anchorState.isExecutionStateType
           ? isStatePostGloas(anchorState)
             ? toRootHex(anchorState.latestBlockHash)
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ export class BeaconNode {
       executionEngineOpts = {
         ...opts.executionEngine,
         genesisBlockHash: ZERO_HASH_HEX,
-        eth1BlockHash,
+        eth1BlockHash: opts.executionEngine.eth1BlockHash ?? latestEth1BlockHash,
         genesisTime: anchorState.genesisTime,
         config,
       };