@lodestar/beacon-node 1.43.0-dev.a142c56215 → 1.43.0-dev.a691e9b4dd

package/src/chain/blocks/verifyBlock.ts

@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ export async function verifyBlocksInEpoch(
   postStates: IBeaconStateView[];
   proposerBalanceDeltas: number[];
   segmentExecStatus: SegmentExecStatus;
-  dataAvailabilityStatuses: DataAvailabilityStatus[];
+  blockDAStatuses: DataAvailabilityStatus[];
+  payloadDAStatuses: Map<Slot, DataAvailabilityStatus>;
   indexedAttestationsByBlock: IndexedAttestation[][];
 }> {
   const blocks = blockInputs.map((blockInput) => blockInput.getBlock());
@@ -116,28 +117,52 @@ export async function verifyBlocksInEpoch(
 
     // Pick the data-availability source by fork:
     // - Pre-Gloas: blob/Fulu-column data lives in IBlockInput → verifyBlocksDataAvailability.
-    // - Post-Gloas: verifyPayloadsDataAvailability
-    const daAvailabilityPromise =
+    // - Post-Gloas: verifyPayloadsDataAvailability (payload-level DA, keyed by slot).
+    const daAvailabilityPromise: Promise<{
+      blockDAStatuses: DataAvailabilityStatus[];
+      payloadDAStatuses: Map<Slot, DataAvailabilityStatus>;
+      availableTime: number;
+    }> =
       fork >= ForkSeq.gloas
         ? (async () => {
-            const payloadInputsForDa: PayloadEnvelopeInput[] = [];
-            for (const input of blockInputs) {
-              const pi = payloadEnvelopes?.get(input.slot);
-              if (pi !== undefined) payloadInputsForDa.push(pi);
+            // Validate DA for ALL payloads in the Map, not just those paired with blockInputs.
+            // A checkpoint-sync batch may include a payload for a slot whose block was filtered
+            // out of relevantBlocks (e.g., the anchor at the finalized slot); that payload still
+            // needs DA validation so it can be imported in processBlocks.
+            const payloadInputsForDa: PayloadEnvelopeInput[] =
+              payloadEnvelopes !== null ? Array.from(payloadEnvelopes.values()) : [];
+            const {dataAvailabilityStatuses, availableTime} = await verifyPayloadsDataAvailability(
+              payloadInputsForDa,
+              abortController.signal
+            );
+
+            const payloadDAStatuses = new Map<Slot, DataAvailabilityStatus>();
+            for (let i = 0; i < payloadInputsForDa.length; i++) {
+              payloadDAStatuses.set(payloadInputsForDa[i].slot, dataAvailabilityStatuses[i]);
             }
-            await verifyPayloadsDataAvailability(payloadInputsForDa, abortController.signal);
             return {
               // post-gloas, DataAvailabilityStatus is NotRequired for forkChoice.onBlock() ProtoBlock
-              dataAvailabilityStatuses: blockInputs.map(() => DataAvailabilityStatus.NotRequired),
-              availableTime: Date.now(),
+              blockDAStatuses: blockInputs.map(() => DataAvailabilityStatus.NotRequired),
+              payloadDAStatuses,
+              availableTime,
             };
           })()
-        : verifyBlocksDataAvailability(blockInputs, abortController.signal);
+        : (async () => {
+            const {dataAvailabilityStatuses, availableTime} = await verifyBlocksDataAvailability(
+              blockInputs,
+              abortController.signal
+            );
+            return {
+              blockDAStatuses: dataAvailabilityStatuses,
+              payloadDAStatuses: new Map<Slot, DataAvailabilityStatus>(),
+              availableTime,
+            };
+          })();
 
     // batch all I/O operations to reduce overhead
     const [
       segmentExecStatus,
-      {dataAvailabilityStatuses, availableTime},
+      {blockDAStatuses, payloadDAStatuses, availableTime},
       {postStates, proposerBalanceDeltas, verifyStateTime},
       {verifySignaturesTime},
     ] = await Promise.all([
@@ -258,7 +283,14 @@ export async function verifyBlocksInEpoch(
       );
     }
 
-    return {postStates, dataAvailabilityStatuses, proposerBalanceDeltas, segmentExecStatus, indexedAttestationsByBlock};
+    return {
+      postStates,
+      blockDAStatuses,
+      payloadDAStatuses,
+      proposerBalanceDeltas,
+      segmentExecStatus,
+      indexedAttestationsByBlock,
+    };
   } finally {
     abortController.abort();
   }

package/src/chain/blocks/verifyBlocksExecutionPayloads.ts

@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ type VerifyBlockExecutionResponse =
   | VerifyExecutionErrorResponse
   | {executionStatus: ExecutionStatus.Valid; lvhResponse: LVHValidResponse; execError: null}
   | {executionStatus: ExecutionStatus.Syncing; lvhResponse?: LVHValidResponse; execError: null}
-  | {executionStatus: ExecutionStatus.PreMerge; lvhResponse: undefined; execError: null}
-  | {executionStatus: ExecutionStatus.PayloadSeparated; lvhResponse: undefined; execError: null};
+  | {executionStatus: ExecutionStatus.PreMerge; lvhResponse: undefined; execError: null};
 
 /**
  * Verifies 1 or more execution payloads from a linear sequence of blocks.
@@ -145,9 +144,10 @@ export async function verifyBlockExecutionPayload(
 ): Promise<VerifyBlockExecutionResponse> {
   const block = blockInput.getBlock();
 
-  // Gloas block doesn't have execution payload. Return right away
+  // Gloas block doesn't have execution payload. Return Syncing as a placeholder; the actual
+  // status for gloas PENDING/EMPTY is derived from parent's chain in importBlock.
   if (isBlockInputNoData(blockInput)) {
-    return {executionStatus: ExecutionStatus.PayloadSeparated, lvhResponse: undefined, execError: null};
+    return {executionStatus: ExecutionStatus.Syncing, lvhResponse: undefined, execError: null};
   }
 
   /** Not null if execution is enabled */
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ export async function verifyBlockExecutionPayload(
         executionStatus,
         latestValidExecHash: execResult.latestValidHash,
         invalidateFromParentBlockRoot: blockInput.parentRootHex,
+        invalidateFromParentBlockHash: toRootHex(executionPayloadEnabled.parentHash),
       };
       const execError = new BlockError(block, {
         code: BlockErrorCode.EXECUTION_ENGINE_ERROR,
@@ -281,6 +282,7 @@ function getSegmentErrorResponse(
         executionStatus: ExecutionStatus.Invalid,
         latestValidExecHash: lvhResponse.latestValidExecHash,
         invalidateFromParentBlockRoot: parentBlock.blockRoot,
+        invalidateFromParentBlockHash: parentBlock.executionPayloadBlockHash,
       };
     }
   }

package/src/chain/blocks/verifyBlocksSanityChecks.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {IClock} from "../../util/clock.js";
 import {BlockError, BlockErrorCode} from "../errors/index.js";
 import {IChainOptions} from "../options.js";
 import {IBlockInput} from "./blockInput/types.js";
+import {PayloadEnvelopeInput} from "./payloadEnvelopeInput/payloadEnvelopeInput.js";
 import {ImportBlockOpts} from "./types.js";
 
 /**
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ export function verifyBlocksSanityChecks(
     blacklistedBlocks: Map<RootHex, Slot | null>;
   },
   blocks: IBlockInput[],
+  payloadEnvelopes: Map<Slot, PayloadEnvelopeInput> | null,
   opts: ImportBlockOpts
 ): {
   relevantBlocks: IBlockInput[];
@@ -100,13 +102,21 @@ export function verifyBlocksSanityChecks(
         const parentBlockHash = toRootHex(block.message.body.signedExecutionPayloadBid.message.parentBlockHash);
         const parentBlockWithPayload = chain.forkChoice.getBlockHexAndBlockHash(parentRoot, parentBlockHash);
         if (!parentBlockWithPayload) {
-          throw new BlockError(block, {
-            code: BlockErrorCode.PARENT_PAYLOAD_UNKNOWN,
-            parentRoot,
-            parentBlockHash,
-          });
+          // Checkpoint sync: parent's FULL variant may not be in fork-choice yet because the
+          // anchor block is initialized with PENDING+EMPTY only. The parent's payload arrives
+          // in the same batch via payloadEnvelopes and will be imported by processBlocks. If
+          // a matching payload is in the Map, accept the parent as known.
+          const parentPayloadInput = payloadEnvelopes?.get(parentBlockDefaultStatus.slot);
+          if (parentPayloadInput?.getBlockHashHex() !== parentBlockHash) {
+            throw new BlockError(block, {
+              code: BlockErrorCode.PARENT_PAYLOAD_UNKNOWN,
+              parentRoot,
+              parentBlockHash,
+            });
+          }
+        } else {
+          parentBlock = parentBlockWithPayload;
         }
-        parentBlock = parentBlockWithPayload;
       }
       // Parent is known to the fork-choice
       parentBlockSlot = parentBlock.slot;

package/src/chain/blocks/verifyExecutionPayloadEnvelope.ts

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export type VerifyExecutionPayloadEnvelopeOpts = {
  * performed outside this function, see `verifyExecutionPayloadEnvelopeSignature` and
  * `importExecutionPayload` which run both in parallel with this check.
  *
- * Spec: https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/blob/v1.7.0-alpha.5/specs/gloas/fork-choice.md#new-verify_execution_payload_envelope
+ * Spec: https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/blob/v1.7.0-alpha.6/specs/gloas/fork-choice.md#new-verify_execution_payload_envelope
  */
 export function verifyExecutionPayloadEnvelope(
   config: BeaconConfig,
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ export function verifyExecutionPayloadEnvelope(
   const payload = envelope.payload;
 
   // Verify consistency with the beacon block.
-  // Compute header root on a copy of latestBlockHeader to avoid mutating state.
-  const headerValue = {...state.latestBlockHeader};
+  // Compute header root on a clone of latestBlockHeader to avoid mutating state.
+  const headerValue = ssz.phase0.BeaconBlockHeader.clone(state.latestBlockHeader);
   if (byteArrayEquals(headerValue.stateRoot, ssz.Root.defaultValue())) {
     headerValue.stateRoot = state.hashTreeRoot();
   }
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ export function verifyExecutionPayloadEnvelope(
       `Envelope's block is not the latest block header envelope=${toRootHex(envelope.beaconBlockRoot)} latestBlockHeader=${toRootHex(headerRoot)}`
     );
   }
+  if (!byteArrayEquals(envelope.parentBeaconBlockRoot, state.latestBlockHeader.parentRoot)) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Envelope's parent_beacon_block_root mismatch envelope=${toRootHex(envelope.parentBeaconBlockRoot)} state=${toRootHex(state.latestBlockHeader.parentRoot)}`
+    );
+  }
 
   // Verify consistency with the committed bid
   const bid = state.latestExecutionPayloadBid;
@@ -108,7 +113,7 @@ export function verifyExecutionPayloadEnvelope(
 /**
  * Verify the BLS signature of an execution payload envelope.
  *
- * Spec: https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/blob/v1.7.0-alpha.5/specs/gloas/fork-choice.md#new-verify_execution_payload_envelope_signature
+ * Spec: https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/blob/v1.7.0-alpha.6/specs/gloas/fork-choice.md#new-verify_execution_payload_envelope_signature
  */
 export async function verifyExecutionPayloadEnvelopeSignature(
   config: BeaconConfig,

package/src/chain/blocks/verifyPayloadsDataAvailability.ts

@@ -28,11 +28,14 @@ export async function verifyPayloadsDataAvailability(
   await Promise.all(promises);
 
   const availableTime = Math.max(0, Math.max(...payloadInputs.map((payloadInput) => payloadInput.getTimeComplete())));
-  const dataAvailabilityStatuses: DataAvailabilityStatus[] = payloadInputs.map((payloadInput) =>
-    payloadInput.getBlobKzgCommitments().length === 0
+  const dataAvailabilityStatuses: DataAvailabilityStatus[] = payloadInputs.map((payloadInput) => {
+    if (payloadInput.daOutOfRange) {
+      return DataAvailabilityStatus.OutOfRange;
+    }
+    return payloadInput.getBlobKzgCommitments().length === 0
       ? DataAvailabilityStatus.NotRequired
-      : DataAvailabilityStatus.Available
-  );
+      : DataAvailabilityStatus.Available;
+  });
 
   return {dataAvailabilityStatuses, availableTime};
 }

package/src/chain/chain.ts

@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ import {
   SeenExecutionPayloadBids,
   SeenPayloadAttesters,
   SeenPayloadEnvelopeInput,
+  SeenProposerPreferences,
   SeenSyncCommitteeMessages,
 } from "./seenCache/index.js";
 import {SeenAggregatedAttestations} from "./seenCache/seenAggregateAndProof.js";
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ export class BeaconChain implements IBeaconChain {
   readonly seenPayloadAttesters = new SeenPayloadAttesters();
   readonly seenAggregatedAttestations: SeenAggregatedAttestations;
   readonly seenExecutionPayloadBids = new SeenExecutionPayloadBids();
+  readonly seenProposerPreferences = new SeenProposerPreferences();
   readonly seenBlockProposers = new SeenBlockProposers();
   readonly seenSyncCommitteeMessages = new SeenSyncCommitteeMessages();
   readonly seenContributionAndProof: SeenContributionAndProof;
@@ -334,6 +336,8 @@ export class BeaconChain implements IBeaconChain {
       logger,
     });
     this.seenPayloadEnvelopeInputCache = new SeenPayloadEnvelopeInput({
+      config,
+      clock,
       chainEvents: emitter,
       signal,
       serializedCache: this.serializedCache,
@@ -1437,6 +1441,7 @@ export class BeaconChain implements IBeaconChain {
     this.payloadAttestationPool.prune(slot);
     this.executionPayloadBidPool.prune(slot);
     this.seenExecutionPayloadBids.prune(slot);
+    this.seenProposerPreferences.prune(slot);
     this.seenAttestationDatas.onSlot(slot);
     this.reprocessController.onSlot(slot);
 

package/src/chain/emitter.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import {routes} from "@lodestar/api";
 import {CheckpointWithHex} from "@lodestar/fork-choice";
 import {IBeaconStateView} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
 import {DataColumnSidecar, RootHex, deneb, phase0} from "@lodestar/types";
-import {SignedExecutionPayloadEnvelope} from "@lodestar/types/gloas";
 import {PeerIdStr} from "../util/peerId.js";
 import {BlockInputSource, IBlockInput} from "./blocks/blockInput/types.js";
 import {PayloadEnvelopeInput} from "./blocks/payloadEnvelopeInput/payloadEnvelopeInput.js";
@@ -60,10 +59,6 @@ export enum ChainEvent {
    * Post-gloas, missing parent could be a SignedBeaconBlock and/or a SignedExecutionPayloadEnvelope
    */
   blockUnknownParent = "blockUnknownParent",
-  /**
-   * Trigger BlockInputSync to find a SignedBeaconBlock given a SignedExecutionPayloadEnvelop received
-   */
-  envelopeUnknownBlock = "envelopeUnknownBlock",
   /**
    * Trigger BlockInputSync to find a SignedBeaconBlock with specified block root.
    */
@@ -92,11 +87,6 @@ type ApiEvents = {[K in routes.events.EventType]: (data: routes.events.EventData
 
 export type ChainEventData = {
   [ChainEvent.blockUnknownParent]: {blockInput: IBlockInput; peer: PeerIdStr; source: BlockInputSource};
-  [ChainEvent.envelopeUnknownBlock]: {
-    envelope: SignedExecutionPayloadEnvelope;
-    peer?: PeerIdStr;
-    source: BlockInputSource;
-  };
   [ChainEvent.unknownBlockRoot]: {rootHex: RootHex; peer?: PeerIdStr; source: BlockInputSource};
   [ChainEvent.incompleteBlockInput]: {blockInput: IBlockInput; peer: PeerIdStr; source: BlockInputSource};
   [ChainEvent.incompletePayloadEnvelope]: {
@@ -124,7 +114,6 @@ export type IChainEvents = ApiEvents & {
   // Sync events that are chain->chain. Initiated from network requests but do not cross the network
   // barrier so are considered ChainEvent(s).
   [ChainEvent.blockUnknownParent]: (data: ChainEventData[ChainEvent.blockUnknownParent]) => void;
-  [ChainEvent.envelopeUnknownBlock]: (data: ChainEventData[ChainEvent.envelopeUnknownBlock]) => void;
   [ChainEvent.unknownBlockRoot]: (data: ChainEventData[ChainEvent.unknownBlockRoot]) => void;
   [ChainEvent.incompleteBlockInput]: (data: ChainEventData[ChainEvent.incompleteBlockInput]) => void;
   [ChainEvent.incompletePayloadEnvelope]: (data: ChainEventData[ChainEvent.incompletePayloadEnvelope]) => void;

package/src/chain/errors/index.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export * from "./executionPayloadBid.js";
 export * from "./executionPayloadEnvelope.js";
 export * from "./gossipValidation.js";
 export * from "./payloadAttestation.js";
+export * from "./proposerPreferences.js";
 export * from "./proposerSlashingError.js";
 export * from "./syncCommitteeError.js";
 export * from "./voluntaryExitError.js";

package/src/chain/errors/proposerPreferences.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import {RootHex, Slot, ValidatorIndex} from "@lodestar/types";
+import {GossipActionError} from "./gossipValidation.js";
+
+export enum ProposerPreferencesErrorCode {
+  INVALID_EPOCH = "PROPOSER_PREFERENCES_ERROR_INVALID_EPOCH",
+  PROPOSAL_SLOT_PASSED = "PROPOSER_PREFERENCES_ERROR_PROPOSAL_SLOT_PASSED",
+  UNKNOWN_DEPENDENT_ROOT = "PROPOSER_PREFERENCES_ERROR_UNKNOWN_DEPENDENT_ROOT",
+  INVALID_PROPOSER = "PROPOSER_PREFERENCES_ERROR_INVALID_PROPOSER",
+  ALREADY_KNOWN = "PROPOSER_PREFERENCES_ERROR_ALREADY_KNOWN",
+  INVALID_SIGNATURE = "PROPOSER_PREFERENCES_ERROR_INVALID_SIGNATURE",
+}
+
+export type ProposerPreferencesErrorType =
+  | {
+      code: ProposerPreferencesErrorCode.INVALID_EPOCH;
+      proposalSlot: Slot;
+      currentEpoch: number;
+    }
+  | {
+      code: ProposerPreferencesErrorCode.PROPOSAL_SLOT_PASSED;
+      proposalSlot: Slot;
+      currentSlot: Slot;
+    }
+  | {
+      code: ProposerPreferencesErrorCode.UNKNOWN_DEPENDENT_ROOT;
+      proposalSlot: Slot;
+      dependentRoot: RootHex;
+    }
+  | {
+      code: ProposerPreferencesErrorCode.INVALID_PROPOSER;
+      proposalSlot: Slot;
+      validatorIndex: ValidatorIndex;
+      dependentRoot: RootHex;
+    }
+  | {
+      code: ProposerPreferencesErrorCode.ALREADY_KNOWN;
+      proposalSlot: Slot;
+      validatorIndex: ValidatorIndex;
+      dependentRoot: RootHex;
+    }
+  | {
+      code: ProposerPreferencesErrorCode.INVALID_SIGNATURE;
+      proposalSlot: Slot;
+      validatorIndex: ValidatorIndex;
+    };
+
+export class ProposerPreferencesError extends GossipActionError<ProposerPreferencesErrorType> {}

package/src/chain/interface.ts

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ import {
   SeenContributionAndProof,
   SeenExecutionPayloadBids,
   SeenPayloadAttesters,
+  SeenProposerPreferences,
   SeenSyncCommitteeMessages,
 } from "./seenCache/index.js";
 import {SeenAggregatedAttestations} from "./seenCache/seenAggregateAndProof.js";
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ export interface IBeaconChain {
   readonly seenPayloadAttesters: SeenPayloadAttesters;
   readonly seenAggregatedAttestations: SeenAggregatedAttestations;
   readonly seenExecutionPayloadBids: SeenExecutionPayloadBids;
+  readonly seenProposerPreferences: SeenProposerPreferences;
   readonly seenBlockProposers: SeenBlockProposers;
   readonly seenSyncCommitteeMessages: SeenSyncCommitteeMessages;
   readonly seenContributionAndProof: SeenContributionAndProof;

package/src/chain/opPools/payloadAttestationPool.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {Signature, aggregateSignatures} from "@chainsafe/blst";
 import {BitArray} from "@chainsafe/ssz";
 import {ChainForkConfig} from "@lodestar/config";
-import {MAX_COMMITTEES_PER_SLOT, PTC_SIZE} from "@lodestar/params";
+import {MAX_COMMITTEES_PER_SLOT, MAX_PAYLOAD_ATTESTATIONS, PTC_SIZE} from "@lodestar/params";
 import {RootHex, Slot, gloas} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {MapDef, toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {Metrics} from "../../metrics/metrics.js";
@@ -95,13 +95,9 @@ export class PayloadAttestationPool {
 
   /**
    * Get payload attestations to be included in a block.
-   * Pick the top `maxAttestation` number of attestations with the most votes
+   * Pick the top `MAX_PAYLOAD_ATTESTATIONS` aggregates with the most votes.
    */
-  getPayloadAttestationsForBlock(
-    beaconBlockRoot: BlockRootHex,
-    slot: Slot,
-    maxAttestation: number
-  ): gloas.PayloadAttestation[] {
+  getPayloadAttestationsForBlock(beaconBlockRoot: BlockRootHex, slot: Slot): gloas.PayloadAttestation[] {
     const aggregateByDataRootByBlockRoot = this.aggregateByDataRootByBlockRootBySlot.get(slot);
 
     if (!aggregateByDataRootByBlockRoot) {
@@ -119,7 +115,32 @@ export class PayloadAttestationPool {
     return Array.from(aggregateByDataRoot.values())
       .slice()
       .sort((a, b) => b.aggregationBits.getTrueBitIndexes().length - a.aggregationBits.getTrueBitIndexes().length)
-      .slice(0, maxAttestation)
+      .slice(0, MAX_PAYLOAD_ATTESTATIONS)
+      .map(fastToPayloadAttestation);
+  }
+
+  getAll(slot?: Slot): gloas.PayloadAttestation[] {
+    const aggregates: AggregateFast[] = [];
+
+    const addAggregates = (aggregateByDataRootByBlockRoot: Map<BlockRootHex, Map<DataRootHex, AggregateFast>>) => {
+      for (const aggregateByDataRoot of aggregateByDataRootByBlockRoot.values()) {
+        aggregates.push(...aggregateByDataRoot.values());
+      }
+    };
+
+    if (slot !== undefined) {
+      const aggregateByDataRootByBlockRoot = this.aggregateByDataRootByBlockRootBySlot.get(slot);
+      if (aggregateByDataRootByBlockRoot) {
+        addAggregates(aggregateByDataRootByBlockRoot);
+      }
+    } else {
+      for (const aggregateByDataRootByBlockRoot of this.aggregateByDataRootByBlockRootBySlot.values()) {
+        addAggregates(aggregateByDataRootByBlockRoot);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return aggregates
+      .sort((a, b) => b.aggregationBits.getTrueBitIndexes().length - a.aggregationBits.getTrueBitIndexes().length)
       .map(fastToPayloadAttestation);
   }
 

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});
         }