@lodestar/beacon-node 1.43.0-dev.aef3645690 → 1.43.0-dev.b0e1143d06

package/src/chain/blocks/importBlock.ts

@@ -8,16 +8,8 @@ import {
   ForkChoiceErrorCode,
   NotReorgedReason,
   getSafeExecutionBlockHash,
-  isGloasBlock,
 } from "@lodestar/fork-choice";
-import {
-  ForkPostAltair,
-  ForkPostElectra,
-  ForkPostGloas,
-  ForkSeq,
-  MAX_SEED_LOOKAHEAD,
-  SLOTS_PER_EPOCH,
-} from "@lodestar/params";
+import {ForkPostAltair, ForkPostElectra, ForkSeq, MAX_SEED_LOOKAHEAD, SLOTS_PER_EPOCH} from "@lodestar/params";
 import {
   IBeaconStateView,
   RootCache,
@@ -28,17 +20,7 @@ import {
   isStatePostAltair,
   isStatePostBellatrix,
 } from "@lodestar/state-transition";
-import {
-  Attestation,
-  BeaconBlock,
-  SignedBeaconBlock,
-  altair,
-  capella,
-  electra,
-  isGloasBeaconBlock,
-  phase0,
-  ssz,
-} from "@lodestar/types";
+import {Attestation, BeaconBlock, altair, capella, electra, isGloasBeaconBlock, phase0, ssz} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {isErrorAborted, toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {ZERO_HASH_HEX} from "../../constants/index.js";
 import {callInNextEventLoop} from "../../util/eventLoop.js";
@@ -48,7 +30,7 @@ import type {BeaconChain} from "../chain.js";
 import {ChainEvent, ReorgEventData} from "../emitter.js";
 import {ForkchoiceCaller} from "../forkChoice/index.js";
 import {REPROCESS_MIN_TIME_TO_NEXT_SLOT_SEC} from "../reprocess.js";
-import {toCheckpointHexPayload} from "../stateCache/persistentCheckpointsCache.js";
+import {toCheckpointHex} from "../stateCache/persistentCheckpointsCache.js";
 import {isBlockInputBlobs, isBlockInputColumns} from "./blockInput/blockInput.js";
 import {AttestationImportOpt, FullyVerifiedBlock, ImportBlockOpts} from "./types.js";
 import {getCheckpointFromState} from "./utils/checkpoint.js";
@@ -87,8 +69,8 @@ export async function importBlock(
   fullyVerifiedBlock: FullyVerifiedBlock,
   opts: ImportBlockOpts
 ): Promise<void> {
-  const {blockInput, postBlockState, parentBlockSlot, executionStatus, dataAvailabilityStatus, indexedAttestations} =
-    fullyVerifiedBlock;
+  const {blockInput, postState, parentBlockSlot, dataAvailabilityStatus, indexedAttestations} = fullyVerifiedBlock;
+  let {executionStatus} = fullyVerifiedBlock;
   const block = blockInput.getBlock();
   const source = blockInput.getBlockSource();
   const {slot: blockSlot} = block.message;
@@ -99,7 +81,7 @@ export async function importBlock(
   const blockEpoch = computeEpochAtSlot(blockSlot);
   const prevFinalizedEpoch = this.forkChoice.getFinalizedCheckpoint().epoch;
   const blockDelaySec =
-    fullyVerifiedBlock.seenTimestampSec - computeTimeAtSlot(this.config, blockSlot, postBlockState.genesisTime);
+    fullyVerifiedBlock.seenTimestampSec - computeTimeAtSlot(this.config, blockSlot, postState.genesisTime);
   const recvToValLatency = Date.now() / 1000 - (opts.seenTimestampSec ?? Date.now() / 1000);
   const fork = this.config.getForkSeq(blockSlot);
 
@@ -122,57 +104,30 @@ export async function importBlock(
   // 2. Import block to fork choice
 
   // Should compute checkpoint balances before forkchoice.onBlock
-  this.checkpointBalancesCache.processState(blockRootHex, postBlockState);
+  this.checkpointBalancesCache.processState(blockRootHex, postState);
+  if (fork >= ForkSeq.gloas) {
+    const parentRootHex = toRootHex(block.message.parentRoot);
+    const parentBlock = this.forkChoice.getBlockHexDefaultStatus(parentRootHex);
+    if (parentBlock === null) {
+      throw Error(`Parent block not found in forkChoice, parentRoot=${parentRootHex}`);
+    }
+    if (parentBlock.executionStatus === ExecutionStatus.Invalid) {
+      throw Error(`Parent block has invalid execution status, parentRoot=${parentRootHex}`);
+    }
+    executionStatus = parentBlock.executionStatus;
+  }
   const blockSummary = this.forkChoice.onBlock(
     block.message,
-    postBlockState,
+    postState,
     blockDelaySec,
     currentSlot,
-    fork >= ForkSeq.gloas ? ExecutionStatus.PayloadSeparated : executionStatus,
+    executionStatus,
     dataAvailabilityStatus
   );
 
   // This adds the state necessary to process the next block
   // Some block event handlers require state being in state cache so need to do this before emitting EventType.block
-  // Pre-Gloas: blockSummary.payloadStatus is always FULL, payloadPresent = true
-  // Post-Gloas: blockSummary.payloadStatus is always PENDING, so payloadPresent = false (block state only, no payload processing yet)
-  const payloadPresent = !isGloasBlock(blockSummary);
-  // processState manages both block state and payload state variants together for memory/disk management
-  this.regen.processBlockState(blockRootHex, postBlockState);
-
-  // For Gloas blocks, create PayloadEnvelopeInput so it's available for later payload import
-  if (fork >= ForkSeq.gloas) {
-    const payloadInput = this.seenPayloadEnvelopeInputCache.add({
-      blockRootHex,
-      block: block as SignedBeaconBlock<ForkPostGloas>,
-      forkName: blockInput.forkName,
-      sampledColumns: this.custodyConfig.sampledColumns,
-      custodyColumns: this.custodyConfig.custodyColumns,
-      timeCreatedSec: fullyVerifiedBlock.seenTimestampSec,
-    });
-    this.logger.debug("Created PayloadEnvelopeInput for block", {
-      slot: blockSlot,
-      root: blockRootHex,
-      source: source.source,
-      ...(opts.seenTimestampSec !== undefined ? {recvToImport: Date.now() / 1000 - opts.seenTimestampSec} : {}),
-    });
-
-    // 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.
-    this.getBlobsTracker.triggerGetBlobs(payloadInput, () => {
-      // TODO GLOAS: come up with a better mechanism to trigger processExecutionPayload after data becomes available,
-      // similar to how pre-gloas uses waitForBlockAndAllData with a cutoff timeout and incompleteBlockInput event
-      this.processExecutionPayload(payloadInput, {validSignature: true}).catch((e) => {
-        this.logger.debug(
-          "Error processing execution payload after getBlobs",
-          {slot: blockSlot, root: blockRootHex},
-          e as Error
-        );
-      });
-    });
-  }
+  this.regen.processState(blockRootHex, postState);
 
   this.metrics?.importBlock.bySource.inc({source: source.source});
   this.logger.verbose("Added block to forkchoice and state cache", {slot: blockSlot, root: blockRootHex});
@@ -191,7 +146,7 @@ export async function importBlock(
     (opts.importAttestations !== AttestationImportOpt.Skip && blockEpoch >= currentEpoch - FORK_CHOICE_ATT_EPOCH_LIMIT)
   ) {
     const attestations = block.message.body.attestations;
-    const rootCache = new RootCache(postBlockState);
+    const rootCache = new RootCache(postState);
     const invalidAttestationErrorsByCode = new Map<string, {error: Error; count: number}>();
 
     const addAttestation = fork >= ForkSeq.electra ? addAttestationPostElectra : addAttestationPreElectra;
@@ -205,7 +160,7 @@ export async function importBlock(
         const attDataRoot = toRootHex(ssz.phase0.AttestationData.hashTreeRoot(indexedAttestation.data));
         addAttestation.call(
           this,
-          postBlockState,
+          postState,
           target,
           attDataRoot,
           attestation as Attestation<ForkPostElectra>,
@@ -320,7 +275,7 @@ export async function importBlock(
 
   if (newHead.blockRoot !== oldHead.blockRoot) {
     // Set head state as strong reference
-    this.regen.updateHeadState(newHead, postBlockState);
+    this.regen.updateHeadState(newHead, postState);
 
     try {
       this.emitter.emit(routes.events.EventType.head, {
@@ -390,10 +345,10 @@ export async function importBlock(
       // we want to import block asap so do this in the next event loop
       callInNextEventLoop(() => {
         try {
-          if (isStatePostAltair(postBlockState)) {
+          if (isStatePostAltair(postState)) {
             this.lightClientServer?.onImportBlockHead(
               block.message as BeaconBlock<ForkPostAltair>,
-              postBlockState,
+              postState,
               parentBlockSlot
             );
           }
@@ -415,11 +370,11 @@ export async function importBlock(
   // and the block is weak and can potentially be reorged out.
   let shouldOverrideFcu = false;
 
-  if (blockSlot >= currentSlot && isStatePostBellatrix(postBlockState) && postBlockState.isExecutionStateType) {
+  if (blockSlot >= currentSlot && isStatePostBellatrix(postState) && postState.isExecutionStateType) {
     let notOverrideFcuReason = NotReorgedReason.Unknown;
     const proposalSlot = blockSlot + 1;
     try {
-      const proposerIndex = postBlockState.getBeaconProposer(proposalSlot);
+      const proposerIndex = postState.getBeaconProposer(proposalSlot);
       const feeRecipient = this.beaconProposerCache.get(proposerIndex);
 
       if (feeRecipient) {
@@ -499,27 +454,27 @@ export async function importBlock(
     }
   }
 
-  if (!postBlockState.isStateValidatorsNodesPopulated()) {
-    this.logger.verbose("After importBlock caching postState without SSZ cache", {slot: postBlockState.slot});
+  if (!postState.isStateValidatorsNodesPopulated()) {
+    this.logger.verbose("After importBlock caching postState without SSZ cache", {slot: postState.slot});
   }
 
   // Cache shufflings when crossing an epoch boundary
   const parentEpoch = computeEpochAtSlot(parentBlockSlot);
   if (parentEpoch < blockEpoch) {
-    this.shufflingCache.processState(postBlockState);
+    this.shufflingCache.processState(postState);
     this.logger.verbose("Processed shuffling for next epoch", {parentEpoch, blockEpoch, slot: blockSlot});
   }
 
   if (blockSlot % SLOTS_PER_EPOCH === 0) {
     // Cache state to preserve epoch transition work
-    const checkpointState = postBlockState;
+    const checkpointState = postState;
     const cp = getCheckpointFromState(checkpointState);
-    this.regen.addCheckpointState(cp, checkpointState, payloadPresent);
+    this.regen.addCheckpointState(cp, checkpointState);
     // consumers should not mutate state ever
     this.emitter.emit(ChainEvent.checkpoint, cp, checkpointState);
 
     // Note: in-lined code from previos handler of ChainEvent.checkpoint
-    this.logger.verbose("Checkpoint processed", toCheckpointHexPayload(cp, payloadPresent));
+    this.logger.verbose("Checkpoint processed", toCheckpointHex(cp));
 
     const activeValidatorsCount = checkpointState.activeValidatorCount;
     this.metrics?.currentActiveValidators.set(activeValidatorsCount);
@@ -537,7 +492,7 @@ export async function importBlock(
       const justifiedEpoch = justifiedCheckpoint.epoch;
       const preJustifiedEpoch = parentBlockSummary.justifiedEpoch;
       if (justifiedEpoch > preJustifiedEpoch) {
-        this.logger.verbose("Checkpoint justified", toCheckpointHexPayload(justifiedCheckpoint, payloadPresent));
+        this.logger.verbose("Checkpoint justified", toCheckpointHex(justifiedCheckpoint));
         this.metrics?.previousJustifiedEpoch.set(checkpointState.previousJustifiedCheckpoint.epoch);
         this.metrics?.currentJustifiedEpoch.set(justifiedCheckpoint.epoch);
       }
@@ -551,7 +506,7 @@ export async function importBlock(
           state: toRootHex(checkpointState.hashTreeRoot()),
           executionOptimistic: false,
         });
-        this.logger.verbose("Checkpoint finalized", toCheckpointHexPayload(finalizedCheckpoint, payloadPresent));
+        this.logger.verbose("Checkpoint finalized", toCheckpointHex(finalizedCheckpoint));
         this.metrics?.finalizedEpoch.set(finalizedCheckpoint.epoch);
       }
     }
@@ -602,11 +557,11 @@ export async function importBlock(
   this.metrics?.parentBlockDistance.observe(blockSlot - parentBlockSlot);
   this.metrics?.proposerBalanceDeltaAny.observe(fullyVerifiedBlock.proposerBalanceDelta);
   this.validatorMonitor?.registerImportedBlock(block.message, fullyVerifiedBlock);
-  if (isStatePostAltair(fullyVerifiedBlock.postBlockState)) {
+  if (isStatePostAltair(fullyVerifiedBlock.postState)) {
     this.validatorMonitor?.registerSyncAggregateInBlock(
       blockEpoch,
       (block as altair.SignedBeaconBlock).message.body.syncAggregate,
-      fullyVerifiedBlock.postBlockState.currentSyncCommitteeIndexed.validatorIndices
+      fullyVerifiedBlock.postState.currentSyncCommitteeIndexed.validatorIndices
     );
   }
 

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 {DataAvailabilityStatus, isStatePostGloas} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
+import {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 +21,8 @@ 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",
+  MISS_BLOCK_STATE = "PAYLOAD_ERROR_MISS_BLOCK_STATE",
+  ENVELOPE_VERIFICATION_ERROR = "PAYLOAD_ERROR_ENVELOPE_VERIFICATION_ERROR",
   INVALID_SIGNATURE = "PAYLOAD_ERROR_INVALID_SIGNATURE",
 }
 
@@ -36,7 +42,11 @@ export type PayloadErrorType =
       blockRootHex: string;
     }
   | {
-      code: PayloadErrorCode.STATE_TRANSITION_ERROR;
+      code: PayloadErrorCode.MISS_BLOCK_STATE;
+      blockRootHex: string;
+    }
+  | {
+      code: PayloadErrorCode.ENVELOPE_VERIFICATION_ERROR;
       message: string;
     }
   | {
@@ -56,7 +66,6 @@ function toForkChoiceExecutionStatus(status: ExecutionPayloadStatus): PayloadExe
   switch (status) {
     case ExecutionPayloadStatus.VALID:
       return ExecutionStatus.Valid;
-    // TODO GLOAS: Handle optimistic import for payload
     case ExecutionPayloadStatus.SYNCING:
     case ExecutionPayloadStatus.ACCEPTED:
       return ExecutionStatus.Syncing;
@@ -68,37 +77,43 @@ 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,
   payloadInput: PayloadEnvelopeInput,
+  dataAvailabilityStatus: DataAvailabilityStatus,
   opts: ImportPayloadOpts = {}
 ): 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,
     });
   }
@@ -112,78 +127,72 @@ 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();
+  // 3. Regenerate state for envelope verification
+  const blockState = await this.regen
+    .getBlockSlotState(protoBlock, protoBlock.slot, {dontTransferCache: true}, RegenCaller.processBlock)
+    .catch(() =>
+      // only happen at the 1st batch of skipped slot checkpoint sync
+      this.regen.getClosestHeadState(protoBlock)
+    );
 
-  // 4. Get pre-state for processExecutionPayloadEnvelope
-  // We need the block state (post-block, pre-payload) to process the envelope
-  const blockState = await this.regen.getBlockSlotState(
-    protoBlock,
-    protoBlock.slot,
-    {dontTransferCache: true},
-    RegenCaller.processBlock
-  );
+  if (blockState == null) {
+    throw new PayloadError({
+      code: PayloadErrorCode.MISS_BLOCK_STATE,
+      blockRootHex: protoBlock.blockRoot,
+    });
+  }
   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}`,
+    });
+  }
+
+  // 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}`
+    );
   }
 
-  // 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([
+  // 4a. Run EL and signature verification in parallel
+  const [execResult, signatureValid] = await Promise.all([
     this.executionEngine.notifyNewPayload(
       fork,
       envelope.payload,
       payloadInput.getVersionedHashes(),
-      fromHex(protoBlock.parentRoot),
+      envelope.parentBeaconBlockRoot,
       envelope.executionRequests
     ),
 
     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 +218,80 @@ 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
+  // 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,
-    toRootHex(postPayloadStateRoot),
-    toForkChoiceExecutionStatus(execResult.status)
+    execStatus,
+    dataAvailabilityStatus
   );
 
-  // 8. Cache payload state
-  this.regen.processPayloadState(postPayloadState);
-  if (postPayloadState.slot % SLOTS_PER_EPOCH === 0) {
-    const {checkpoint} = postPayloadState.computeAnchorCheckpoint();
-    this.regen.addCheckpointState(checkpoint, postPayloadState, true);
+  // 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,
+      executionOptimistic: execStatus === ExecutionStatus.Syncing,
     });
   }
 
   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> {
+  const {dataAvailabilityStatuses} = await verifyPayloadsDataAvailability([payloadInput], signal);
+  await importExecutionPayload.call(this, payloadInput, dataAvailabilityStatuses[0], opts);
+}