@lodestar/beacon-node 1.43.0-dev.bc569affb9 → 1.43.0-dev.c98da75ec7

package/src/chain/validation/payloadAttestationMessage.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {IBeaconChain} from "../index.js";
 
 export type PayloadAttestationValidationResult = {
   attDataRootHex: RootHex;
-  validatorCommitteeIndex: number;
+  validatorCommitteeIndices: number[];
 };
 
 export async function validateApiPayloadAttestationMessage(
@@ -80,9 +80,11 @@ async function validatePayloadAttestationMessage(
   // [REJECT] The message's validator index is within the payload committee in
   // `get_ptc(state, data.slot)`. The `state` is the head state corresponding to
   // processing the block up to the current slot as determined by the fork choice.
-  const validatorCommitteeIndex = state.getIndexInPayloadTimelinessCommittee(validatorIndex, data.slot);
+  // The validator may occupy multiple PTC positions because `compute_ptc` samples
+  // by effective balance — collect all of them so duplicate votes are counted.
+  const validatorCommitteeIndices = state.getIndicesInPayloadTimelinessCommittee(validatorIndex, data.slot);
 
-  if (validatorCommitteeIndex === -1) {
+  if (validatorCommitteeIndices.length === 0) {
     throw new PayloadAttestationError(GossipAction.REJECT, {
       code: PayloadAttestationErrorCode.INVALID_ATTESTER,
       attesterIndex: validatorIndex,
@@ -115,6 +117,6 @@ async function validatePayloadAttestationMessage(
 
   return {
     attDataRootHex: toRootHex(ssz.gloas.PayloadAttestationData.hashTreeRoot(data)),
-    validatorCommitteeIndex,
+    validatorCommitteeIndices,
   };
 }

package/src/chain/validation/proposerPreferences.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+import {SLOTS_PER_EPOCH} from "@lodestar/params";
+import {
+  computeEpochAtSlot,
+  createSingleSignatureSetFromComponents,
+  getProposerPreferencesSigningRoot,
+} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
+import {ValidatorIndex, gloas} from "@lodestar/types";
+import {toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
+import {GossipAction, ProposerPreferencesError, ProposerPreferencesErrorCode} from "../errors/index.js";
+import {IBeaconChain} from "../index.js";
+
+/**
+ * Validates a gossiped `SignedProposerPreferences` per
+ * https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/blob/master/specs/gloas/p2p-interface.md#proposer_preferences
+ */
+export async function validateGossipProposerPreferences(
+  chain: IBeaconChain,
+  signedProposerPreferences: gloas.SignedProposerPreferences
+): Promise<void> {
+  const preferences = signedProposerPreferences.message;
+  const {proposalSlot, validatorIndex, dependentRoot} = preferences;
+  const dependentRootHex = toRootHex(dependentRoot);
+  const proposalEpoch = computeEpochAtSlot(proposalSlot);
+
+  // [IGNORE] `preferences.proposal_slot` is in the current or next epoch.
+  const currentEpoch = chain.clock.currentEpoch;
+  if (proposalEpoch < currentEpoch || proposalEpoch > currentEpoch + 1) {
+    throw new ProposerPreferencesError(GossipAction.IGNORE, {
+      code: ProposerPreferencesErrorCode.INVALID_EPOCH,
+      proposalSlot,
+      currentEpoch,
+    });
+  }
+
+  // [IGNORE] `preferences.proposal_slot` has not already passed.
+  const currentSlot = chain.clock.currentSlot;
+  if (proposalSlot <= currentSlot) {
+    throw new ProposerPreferencesError(GossipAction.IGNORE, {
+      code: ProposerPreferencesErrorCode.PROPOSAL_SLOT_PASSED,
+      proposalSlot,
+      currentSlot,
+    });
+  }
+
+  // [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] `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] 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,
+    });
+  }
+
+  // [REJECT] `signed_proposer_preferences.signature` is valid with respect to the validator's public key.
+  const signatureSet = createSingleSignatureSetFromComponents(
+    chain.pubkeyCache.getOrThrow(validatorIndex),
+    getProposerPreferencesSigningRoot(chain.config, preferences),
+    signedProposerPreferences.signature
+  );
+
+  if (!(await chain.bls.verifySignatureSets([signatureSet], {batchable: true}))) {
+    throw new ProposerPreferencesError(GossipAction.REJECT, {
+      code: ProposerPreferencesErrorCode.INVALID_SIGNATURE,
+      proposalSlot,
+      validatorIndex,
+    });
+  }
+
+  // Valid
+  chain.seenProposerPreferences.add(dependentRootHex, proposalSlot, validatorIndex);
+}

package/src/metrics/metrics/lodestar.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {NotReorgedReason} from "@lodestar/fork-choice";
 import {ArchiveStoreTask} from "../../chain/archiveStore/archiveStore.js";
 import {FrequencyStateArchiveStep} from "../../chain/archiveStore/strategies/frequencyStateArchiveStrategy.js";
 import {BlockInputSource} from "../../chain/blocks/blockInput/index.js";
+import {PayloadErrorCode} from "../../chain/blocks/importExecutionPayload.js";
 import {PayloadEnvelopeInputSource} from "../../chain/blocks/payloadEnvelopeInput/index.js";
 import {JobQueueItemType} from "../../chain/bls/index.js";
 import {AttestationErrorCode, BlockErrorCode} from "../../chain/errors/index.js";
@@ -613,6 +614,10 @@ 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",
@@ -886,6 +891,11 @@ export function createLodestarMetrics(
         labelNames: ["source"],
         buckets: [0.5, 1, 2, 4, 6, 12],
       }),
+      processPayloadErrors: register.gauge<{error: PayloadErrorCode | "NOT_PAYLOAD_ERROR"}>({
+        name: "lodestar_gossip_execution_payload_envelope_process_payload_errors",
+        help: "Count of errors, by error type, while processing execution payload envelopes",
+        labelNames: ["error"],
+      }),
     },
     // recovery in the case of specific blob rows required
     recoverBlobSidecars: {

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

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ export interface INetwork extends INetworkCorePublic {
   // ReqResp
   sendBeaconBlocksByRange(peerId: PeerIdStr, request: phase0.BeaconBlocksByRangeRequest): Promise<SignedBeaconBlock[]>;
   sendBeaconBlocksByRoot(peerId: PeerIdStr, request: BeaconBlocksByRootRequest): Promise<SignedBeaconBlock[]>;
+  sendBeaconBlocksByHead(peerId: PeerIdStr, request: fulu.BeaconBlocksByHeadRequest): Promise<SignedBeaconBlock[]>;
   sendBlobSidecarsByRange(peerId: PeerIdStr, request: deneb.BlobSidecarsByRangeRequest): Promise<deneb.BlobSidecar[]>;
   sendBlobSidecarsByRoot(peerId: PeerIdStr, request: BlobSidecarsByRootRequest): Promise<deneb.BlobSidecar[]>;
   sendDataColumnSidecarsByRange(
@@ -112,6 +113,8 @@ 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>;
+  publishProposerPreferences(signedProposerPreferences: gloas.SignedProposerPreferences): Promise<number>;
 
   // Debug
   dumpGossipQueue(gossipType: GossipType): Promise<PendingGossipsubMessage[]>;

package/src/network/network.ts

@@ -515,6 +515,28 @@ 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}
+    );
+  }
+
+  async publishProposerPreferences(signedProposerPreferences: gloas.SignedProposerPreferences): Promise<number> {
+    const epoch = computeEpochAtSlot(signedProposerPreferences.message.proposalSlot);
+    const boundary = this.config.getForkBoundaryAtEpoch(epoch);
+
+    return this.publishGossip<GossipType.proposer_preferences>(
+      {type: GossipType.proposer_preferences, boundary},
+      signedProposerPreferences,
+      {ignoreDuplicatePublishError: true}
+    );
+  }
+
   private async publishGossip<K extends GossipType>(
     topic: GossipTopicMap[K],
     object: GossipTypeMap[K],
@@ -567,6 +589,18 @@ export class Network implements INetwork {
     );
   }
 
+  async sendBeaconBlocksByHead(
+    peerId: PeerIdStr,
+    request: fulu.BeaconBlocksByHeadRequest
+  ): Promise<SignedBeaconBlock[]> {
+    return collectMaxResponseTypedWithBytes(
+      this.sendReqRespRequest(peerId, ReqRespMethod.BeaconBlocksByHead, [Version.V1], request),
+      Math.min(request.count, this.config.MAX_REQUEST_BLOCKS_DENEB),
+      responseSszTypeByMethod[ReqRespMethod.BeaconBlocksByHead],
+      this.chain.serializedCache
+    );
+  }
+
   async sendLightClientBootstrap(peerId: PeerIdStr, request: Root): Promise<LightClientBootstrap> {
     return collectExactOneTyped(
       this.sendReqRespRequest(peerId, ReqRespMethod.LightClientBootstrap, [Version.V1], request),

package/src/network/processor/gossipHandlers.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import {
   IBlockInput,
   isBlockInputColumns,
 } from "../../chain/blocks/blockInput/index.js";
+import {PayloadError, PayloadErrorCode} from "../../chain/blocks/importExecutionPayload.js";
 import {PayloadEnvelopeInput, PayloadEnvelopeInputSource} from "../../chain/blocks/payloadEnvelopeInput/index.js";
 import {BlobSidecarValidation} from "../../chain/blocks/types.js";
 import {ChainEvent} from "../../chain/emitter.js";
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ import {
   ExecutionPayloadEnvelopeErrorCode,
   GossipAction,
   GossipActionError,
+  PayloadAttestationError,
+  PayloadAttestationErrorCode,
   SyncCommitteeError,
 } from "../../chain/errors/index.js";
 import {IBeaconChain} from "../../chain/interface.js";
@@ -79,6 +82,7 @@ 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 +186,18 @@ 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 +214,10 @@ 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 +608,24 @@ 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
@@ -1057,10 +1094,8 @@ 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) {
@@ -1068,14 +1103,6 @@ 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) {
-            // 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(
@@ -1122,7 +1149,40 @@ function getSequentialHandlers(modules: ValidatorFnsModules, options: GossipHand
       });
 
       chain.processExecutionPayload(payloadInput, {validSignature: true}).catch((e) => {
-        chain.logger.debug("Error processing execution payload from gossip", {slot, root: blockRootHex}, e as Error);
+        // Adjust verbosity based on error type
+        let logLevel: LogLevel;
+
+        if (e instanceof PayloadError) {
+          switch (e.type.code) {
+            // BLOCK_NOT_IN_FORK_CHOICE should not happen, validateGossipExecutionPayloadEnvelope above
+            // already verified the block is in fork choice
+            case PayloadErrorCode.BLOCK_NOT_IN_FORK_CHOICE:
+            case PayloadErrorCode.MISS_BLOCK_STATE:
+            case PayloadErrorCode.EXECUTION_ENGINE_ERROR:
+              // Errors might indicate an issue with our node or the connected EL client
+              logLevel = LogLevel.error;
+              break;
+            // INVALID_SIGNATURE should not happen, signature is verified during gossip validation
+            case PayloadErrorCode.INVALID_SIGNATURE:
+            case PayloadErrorCode.ENVELOPE_VERIFICATION_ERROR:
+            case PayloadErrorCode.EXECUTION_ENGINE_INVALID:
+              core.reportPeer(peerIdStr, PeerAction.LowToleranceError, "BadGossipPayload");
+              // Misbehaving peer, but could highlight an issue in another client
+              logLevel = LogLevel.warn;
+              break;
+          }
+        } else {
+          // Any unexpected error
+          logLevel = LogLevel.error;
+        }
+        metrics?.gossipExecutionPayloadEnvelope.processPayloadErrors.inc({
+          error: e instanceof PayloadError ? e.type.code : "NOT_PAYLOAD_ERROR",
+        });
+        chain.logger[logLevel](
+          "Error processing execution payload from gossip",
+          {slot, peer: peerIdStr, root: blockRootHex},
+          e as Error
+        );
       });
     },
     [GossipType.payload_attestation_message]: async ({
@@ -1137,7 +1197,7 @@ function getSequentialHandlers(modules: ValidatorFnsModules, options: GossipHand
         const insertOutcome = chain.payloadAttestationPool.add(
           payloadAttestationMessage,
           validationResult.attDataRootHex,
-          validationResult.validatorCommitteeIndex
+          validationResult.validatorCommitteeIndices
         );
         metrics?.opPool.payloadAttestationPool.gossipInsertOutcome.inc({insertOutcome});
       } catch (e) {
@@ -1145,7 +1205,7 @@ function getSequentialHandlers(modules: ValidatorFnsModules, options: GossipHand
       }
       chain.forkChoice.notifyPtcMessages(
         toRootHex(payloadAttestationMessage.data.beaconBlockRoot),
-        [validationResult.validatorCommitteeIndex],
+        validationResult.validatorCommitteeIndices,
         payloadAttestationMessage.data.payloadPresent
       );
     },
@@ -1170,6 +1230,20 @@ 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);
+
+      chain.proposerPreferencesPool.add(signedProposerPreferences);
+      chain.emitter.emit(routes.events.EventType.proposerPreferences, {
+        version: ForkName.gloas,
+        data: signedProposerPreferences,
+      });
+    },
   };
 }
 
@@ -1292,10 +1366,12 @@ 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: {

package/src/network/reqresp/ReqRespBeaconNode.ts

@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ export class ReqRespBeaconNode extends ReqResp {
         // instead of protocol version. This is not easily fixable with our current architecture.
         // See https://github.com/ChainSafe/lodestar/pull/8168 for more details.
         [protocols.StatusV2(fork, this.config), this.onStatus.bind(this)],
+        [protocols.BeaconBlocksByHead(fork, this.config), this.getHandler(ReqRespMethod.BeaconBlocksByHead)],
         [
           protocols.DataColumnSidecarsByRoot(fork, this.config),
           this.getHandler(ReqRespMethod.DataColumnSidecarsByRoot),