@lodestar/beacon-node 1.48.0-dev.27e5bfcdb6 → 1.48.0-dev.2948e4a2af

package/src/chain/chain.ts

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ import {IBlockInput, isBlockInputBlobs, isBlockInputColumns} from "./blocks/bloc
 import {BlockProcessor, ImportBlockOpts} from "./blocks/index.js";
 import {PayloadEnvelopeInputSource} from "./blocks/payloadEnvelopeInput/index.js";
 import {PayloadEnvelopeProcessor} from "./blocks/payloadEnvelopeProcessor.js";
-import {ImportPayloadOpts} from "./blocks/types.js";
+import {ImportPayloadOpts, ProcessBlocksResult} from "./blocks/types.js";
 import {persistBlockInput} from "./blocks/writeBlockInputToDb.js";
 import {persistPayloadEnvelopeInput} from "./blocks/writePayloadEnvelopeInputToDb.js";
 import {BlsMultiThreadWorkerPool, BlsSingleThreadVerifier, IBlsVerifier} from "./bls/index.js";
@@ -1167,15 +1167,15 @@ export class BeaconChain implements IBeaconChain {
   }
 
   async processBlock(block: IBlockInput, opts?: ImportBlockOpts): Promise<void> {
-    return this.blockProcessor.processBlocksJob([block], null, opts);
+    await this.blockProcessor.processBlocksJob([block], null, opts);
   }
 
   async processChainSegment(
     blocks: IBlockInput[],
     payloadEnvelopes: Map<Slot, PayloadEnvelopeInput> | null,
     opts?: ImportBlockOpts
-  ): Promise<void> {
-    await this.blockProcessor.processBlocksJob(blocks, payloadEnvelopes, opts);
+  ): Promise<ProcessBlocksResult> {
+    return this.blockProcessor.processBlocksJob(blocks, payloadEnvelopes, opts);
   }
 
   async processExecutionPayload(payloadInput: PayloadEnvelopeInput, opts?: ImportPayloadOpts): Promise<void> {
@@ -1271,59 +1271,65 @@ export class BeaconChain implements IBeaconChain {
     try {
       const prevHead = this.forkChoice.getHead();
       const head = this.forkChoice.updateAndGetHead({mode: UpdateHeadOpt.GetCanonicalHead}).head;
+      this.emitHeadEvents(prevHead, head);
+      return head;
+    } catch (e) {
+      this.metrics?.forkChoice.errors.inc({entrypoint: UpdateHeadOpt.GetCanonicalHead});
+      throw e;
+    } finally {
+      timer?.();
+    }
+  }
 
-      const headRootChanged = head.blockRoot !== prevHead.blockRoot;
-
-      if (!headRootChanged && prevHead.payloadStatus === head.payloadStatus) {
-        return head;
-      }
+  /**
+   * Emit `head` and `head_v2` when the fork choice head differs between two observations. Every caller that
+   * can move the head, `updateAndGetHead()` and `updateTime()`, must capture the head before and pass both.
+   */
+  private emitHeadEvents(prevHead: ProtoBlock, head: ProtoBlock): void {
+    const headRootChanged = head.blockRoot !== prevHead.blockRoot;
 
-      try {
-        const previousDutyDependentRoot = this.forkChoice.getDependentRoot(head, EpochDifference.previous);
-        const currentDutyDependentRoot = this.forkChoice.getDependentRoot(head, EpochDifference.current);
-        const epochTransition = computeStartSlotAtEpoch(computeEpochAtSlot(head.slot)) === head.slot;
-        const executionOptimistic = isOptimisticBlock(head);
-
-        if (headRootChanged) {
-          this.emitter.emit(routes.events.EventType.head, {
-            block: head.blockRoot,
-            epochTransition,
-            slot: head.slot,
-            state: head.stateRoot,
-            previousDutyDependentRoot,
-            currentDutyDependentRoot,
-            executionOptimistic,
-          });
-        }
+    if (!headRootChanged && prevHead.payloadStatus === head.payloadStatus) {
+      return;
+    }
 
-        this.emitter.emit(routes.events.EventType.headV2, {
-          version: this.config.getForkName(head.slot),
-          data: {
-            slot: head.slot,
-            block: head.blockRoot,
-            state: head.stateRoot,
-            payloadStatus: head.payloadStatus === PayloadStatus.FULL ? "full" : "empty",
-            epochTransition,
-            currentEpochDependentRoot: previousDutyDependentRoot,
-            nextEpochDependentRoot: currentDutyDependentRoot,
-            executionOptimistic,
-          },
+    try {
+      const previousDutyDependentRoot = this.forkChoice.getDependentRoot(head, EpochDifference.previous);
+      const currentDutyDependentRoot = this.forkChoice.getDependentRoot(head, EpochDifference.current);
+      const epochTransition = computeStartSlotAtEpoch(computeEpochAtSlot(head.slot)) === head.slot;
+      const executionOptimistic = isOptimisticBlock(head);
+
+      if (headRootChanged) {
+        this.emitter.emit(routes.events.EventType.head, {
+          block: head.blockRoot,
+          epochTransition,
+          slot: head.slot,
+          state: head.stateRoot,
+          previousDutyDependentRoot,
+          currentDutyDependentRoot,
+          executionOptimistic,
         });
-      } catch (e) {
-        // getDependentRoot() may fail with error: "No block for root" as we can see in holesky non-finality issue
-        this.logger.debug(
-          "Error emitting head/head_v2 event",
-          {slot: head.slot, root: head.blockRoot, headRootChanged},
-          e as Error
-        );
       }
 
-      return head;
+      this.emitter.emit(routes.events.EventType.headV2, {
+        version: this.config.getForkName(head.slot),
+        data: {
+          slot: head.slot,
+          block: head.blockRoot,
+          state: head.stateRoot,
+          payloadStatus: head.payloadStatus === PayloadStatus.FULL ? "full" : "empty",
+          epochTransition,
+          currentEpochDependentRoot: previousDutyDependentRoot,
+          nextEpochDependentRoot: currentDutyDependentRoot,
+          executionOptimistic,
+        },
+      });
     } catch (e) {
-      this.metrics?.forkChoice.errors.inc({entrypoint: UpdateHeadOpt.GetCanonicalHead});
-      throw e;
-    } finally {
-      timer?.();
+      // getDependentRoot() may fail with error: "No block for root" as we can see in holesky non-finality issue
+      this.logger.debug(
+        "Error emitting head/head_v2 event",
+        {slot: head.slot, root: head.blockRoot, headRootChanged},
+        e as Error
+      );
     }
   }
 
@@ -1612,7 +1618,10 @@ export class BeaconChain implements IBeaconChain {
       this.processShutdownCallback(this.forkChoice.irrecoverableError);
     }
 
+    // updateTime() recomputes the head on epoch-boundary checkpoint pull-up and under fast confirmation
+    const prevHead = this.forkChoice.getHead();
     this.forkChoice.updateTime(slot);
+    this.emitHeadEvents(prevHead, this.forkChoice.getHead());
     this.metrics?.clockSlot.set(slot);
 
     this.attestationPool.prune(slot);
@@ -1670,6 +1679,25 @@ export class BeaconChain implements IBeaconChain {
 
   private async onForkChoiceFinalized(this: BeaconChain, cp: CheckpointWithHex): Promise<void> {
     this.logger.verbose("Fork choice finalized", {epoch: cp.epoch, root: cp.rootHex});
+    this.metrics?.finalizedEpoch.set(cp.epoch);
+    const finalizedBlock = this.forkChoice.getBlockHexDefaultStatus(cp.rootHex);
+    if (finalizedBlock) {
+      // The callback runs synchronously inside fork choice checkpoint updates, defer writing to subscribers
+      callInNextEventLoop(() => {
+        this.emitter.emit(routes.events.EventType.finalizedCheckpoint, {
+          block: cp.rootHex,
+          epoch: cp.epoch,
+          state: finalizedBlock.stateRoot,
+          executionOptimistic: isOptimisticBlock(finalizedBlock),
+        });
+      });
+    } else {
+      this.logger.debug("Finalized block not found in fork choice, skip finalized_checkpoint event", {
+        epoch: cp.epoch,
+        root: cp.rootHex,
+      });
+    }
+
     const finalizedSlot = computeStartSlotAtEpoch(cp.epoch);
     this.seenBlockProposers.prune(finalizedSlot);
 

package/src/chain/emitter.ts

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export enum ChainEvent {
   /**
    * This event signals that the fork choice store has been updated.
    *
-   * This event is guaranteed to be triggered whenever the fork choice justified checkpoint is updated. This is in response to a newly processed block.
+   * This event is guaranteed to be triggered whenever the fork choice finalized checkpoint is updated. This is either in response to a newly processed block or a new clock tick.
    */
   forkChoiceFinalized = "forkChoice:finalized",
   /**

package/src/chain/errors/executionPayloadBid.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export enum ExecutionPayloadBidErrorCode {
   BUILDER_NOT_ELIGIBLE = "EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_BID_ERROR_BUILDER_NOT_ELIGIBLE",
   INVALID_BUILDER_VERSION = "EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_BID_ERROR_INVALID_BUILDER_VERSION",
   NON_ZERO_EXECUTION_PAYMENT = "EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_BID_ERROR_NON_ZERO_EXECUTION_PAYMENT",
+  BLOCK_HASH_EQUALS_PARENT_BLOCK_HASH = "EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_BID_ERROR_BLOCK_HASH_EQUALS_PARENT_BLOCK_HASH",
   INCOMPATIBLE_WITH_HEAD = "EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_BID_ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_WITH_HEAD",
   BID_ALREADY_KNOWN = "EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_BID_ERROR_BID_ALREADY_KNOWN",
   BID_TOO_LOW = "EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_BID_ERROR_BID_TOO_LOW",
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ export type ExecutionPayloadBidErrorType =
     }
   | {code: ExecutionPayloadBidErrorCode.UNKNOWN_BLOCK_ROOT; parentBlockRoot: RootHex}
   | {code: ExecutionPayloadBidErrorCode.UNKNOWN_PARENT_BLOCK_HASH; parentBlockHash: RootHex}
+  | {code: ExecutionPayloadBidErrorCode.BLOCK_HASH_EQUALS_PARENT_BLOCK_HASH; blockHash: RootHex}
   | {code: ExecutionPayloadBidErrorCode.INVALID_SLOT; builderIndex: BuilderIndex; slot: Slot}
   | {code: ExecutionPayloadBidErrorCode.NOT_LATER_THAN_PARENT; parentSlot: Slot; slot: Slot}
   | {

package/src/chain/errors/gossipValidation.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export enum GossipAction {
 export enum GossipErrorCode {
   INVALID_SERIALIZED_BYTES_ERROR_CODE = "GOSSIP_ERROR_INVALID_SERIALIZED_BYTES",
   PAST_SLOT = "GOSSIP_ERROR_PAST_SLOT",
+  FUTURE_SLOT = "GOSSIP_ERROR_FUTURE_SLOT",
 }
 
 export class GossipActionError<T extends {code: string}> extends LodestarError<T> {

package/src/chain/interface.ts

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import {IArchiveStore} from "./archiveStore/interface.js";
 import {CheckpointBalancesCache} from "./balancesCache.js";
 import {BeaconProposerCache, ProposerPreparationData} from "./beaconProposerCache.js";
 import {IBlockInput} from "./blocks/blockInput/index.js";
-import {ImportBlockOpts, ImportPayloadOpts} from "./blocks/types.js";
+import {ImportBlockOpts, ImportPayloadOpts, ProcessBlocksResult} from "./blocks/types.js";
 import {IBlsVerifier} from "./bls/index.js";
 import {BuilderCircuitBreaker} from "./builderCircuitBreaker.js";
 import {ColumnReconstructionTracker} from "./ColumnReconstructionTracker.js";
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ export interface IBeaconChain {
     blocks: IBlockInput[],
     payloadEnvelopes: Map<Slot, PayloadEnvelopeInput> | null,
     opts?: ImportBlockOpts
-  ): Promise<void>;
+  ): Promise<ProcessBlocksResult>;
 
   /** Process execution payload envelope: verify, import to fork choice, and persist to DB */
   processExecutionPayload(payloadInput: PayloadEnvelopeInput, opts?: ImportPayloadOpts): Promise<void>;

package/src/chain/opPools/aggregatedAttestationPool.ts

@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ export class AggregatedAttestationPool {
             stateEpoch,
             rootCache,
             gloasState?.executionPayloadAvailability ?? null,
-            gloasState?.latestExecutionPayloadBid.slot ?? null
+            gloasState?.latestBlockHeader.slot ?? null
           );
 
           const weight =

package/src/chain/produceBlock/produceBlockBody.ts

@@ -528,23 +528,18 @@ export async function produceBlockBody<T extends BlockType>(
         }
       }
 
-      if (ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.deneb) {
-        const {blobKzgCommitments} = builderRes;
-        if (blobKzgCommitments === undefined) {
-          throw Error(`Invalid builder getHeader response for fork=${fork}, missing blobKzgCommitments`);
-        }
-
-        (blockBody as deneb.BlindedBeaconBlockBody).blobKzgCommitments = blobKzgCommitments;
-        Object.assign(logMeta, {blobs: blobKzgCommitments.length});
+      const {blobKzgCommitments, executionRequests} = builderRes;
+      if (blobKzgCommitments === undefined) {
+        throw Error(`Invalid builder getHeader response for fork=${fork}, missing blobKzgCommitments`);
       }
 
-      if (ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.electra) {
-        const {executionRequests} = builderRes;
-        if (executionRequests === undefined) {
-          throw Error(`Invalid builder getHeader response for fork=${fork}, missing executionRequests`);
-        }
-        (blockBody as electra.BlindedBeaconBlockBody).executionRequests = executionRequests;
+      (blockBody as BlindedBeaconBlockBody<ForkName.fulu>).blobKzgCommitments = blobKzgCommitments;
+      Object.assign(logMeta, {blobs: blobKzgCommitments.length});
+
+      if (executionRequests === undefined) {
+        throw Error(`Invalid builder getHeader response for fork=${fork}, missing executionRequests`);
       }
+      (blockBody as BlindedBeaconBlockBody<ForkName.fulu>).executionRequests = executionRequests;
     }
 
     // blockType === BlockType.Full
@@ -899,45 +894,38 @@ function preparePayloadAttributes(
 ): SSEPayloadAttributes["payloadAttributes"] {
   const timestamp = computeTimeAtSlot(chain.config, prepareSlot, prepareState.genesisTime);
   const prevRandao = prepareState.getRandaoMix(prepareState.epoch);
-  const payloadAttributes = {
-    timestamp,
-    prevRandao,
-    suggestedFeeRecipient: feeRecipient,
-  };
-
-  if (ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.capella) {
-    if (!isStatePostCapella(prepareState)) {
-      throw new Error("Expected Capella state for withdrawals");
-    }
+  if (!isStatePostCapella(prepareState)) {
+    throw new Error("Expected Capella state for withdrawals");
+  }
 
-    if (isStatePostGloas(prepareState)) {
-      const isExtendingPayload = byteArrayEquals(parentBlockHash, prepareState.latestExecutionPayloadBid.blockHash);
-      if (isExtendingPayload) {
-        // 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.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
-        // was not delivered). The next payload must carry those same withdrawals to
-        // restore CL/EL consistency, otherwise validators permanently lose that balance.
-        (payloadAttributes as capella.SSEPayloadAttributes["payloadAttributes"]).withdrawals =
-          prepareState.payloadExpectedWithdrawals;
+  let withdrawals: capella.Withdrawal[];
+  if (isStatePostGloas(prepareState)) {
+    const isExtendingPayload = byteArrayEquals(parentBlockHash, prepareState.latestExecutionPayloadBid.blockHash);
+    if (isExtendingPayload) {
+      // 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");
       }
+      withdrawals = prepareState.getExpectedWithdrawals().expectedWithdrawals;
     } else {
-      // withdrawals logic is now fork aware as it changes on electra fork post capella
-      (payloadAttributes as capella.SSEPayloadAttributes["payloadAttributes"]).withdrawals =
-        prepareState.getExpectedWithdrawals().expectedWithdrawals;
+      // When the parent block is empty, state.payloadExpectedWithdrawals holds a batch
+      // already deducted from CL balances but never credited on the EL (the envelope
+      // was not delivered). The next payload must carry those same withdrawals to
+      // restore CL/EL consistency, otherwise validators permanently lose that balance.
+      withdrawals = prepareState.payloadExpectedWithdrawals;
     }
+  } else {
+    withdrawals = prepareState.getExpectedWithdrawals().expectedWithdrawals;
   }
 
-  if (ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.deneb) {
-    (payloadAttributes as deneb.SSEPayloadAttributes["payloadAttributes"]).parentBeaconBlockRoot = parentBlockRoot;
-  }
+  const payloadAttributes: deneb.SSEPayloadAttributes["payloadAttributes"] = {
+    timestamp,
+    prevRandao,
+    suggestedFeeRecipient: feeRecipient,
+    withdrawals,
+    parentBeaconBlockRoot: parentBlockRoot,
+  };
 
   if (ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.gloas) {
     if (!isStatePostGloas(prepareState)) {
@@ -1050,37 +1038,28 @@ export async function produceCommonBlockBody<T extends BlockType>(
     step: BlockProductionStep.attestations,
   });
 
-  const blockBody: Omit<CommonBlockBody, "blsToExecutionChanges" | "syncAggregate"> = {
+  const endSyncAggregate = stepsMetrics?.startTimer();
+  const parentBlockRoot = fromHex(parentBlock.blockRoot);
+  const previousSlot = slot - 1;
+  const syncAggregate = this.syncContributionAndProofPool.getAggregate(previousSlot, parentBlockRoot);
+  this.metrics?.production.producedSyncAggregateParticipants.observe(
+    syncAggregate.syncCommitteeBits.getTrueBitIndexes().length
+  );
+  endSyncAggregate?.({
+    step: BlockProductionStep.syncAggregate,
+  });
+
+  // Live proposal production is supported from Fulu onward.
+  return {
     randaoReveal,
     graffiti,
-    // Eth1 data voting is no longer required since electra
     eth1Data: currentState.eth1Data,
     proposerSlashings: this.opts.disableProposerSlashings === true ? [] : proposerSlashings,
     attesterSlashings,
     attestations,
-    // Since electra, deposits are processed by the execution layer,
-    // we no longer support handling deposits from earlier forks.
     deposits: [],
     voluntaryExits,
+    blsToExecutionChanges,
+    syncAggregate,
   };
-
-  if (ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.capella) {
-    (blockBody as CommonBlockBody).blsToExecutionChanges = blsToExecutionChanges;
-  }
-
-  const endSyncAggregate = stepsMetrics?.startTimer();
-  if (ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.altair) {
-    const parentBlockRoot = fromHex(parentBlock.blockRoot);
-    const previousSlot = slot - 1;
-    const syncAggregate = this.syncContributionAndProofPool.getAggregate(previousSlot, parentBlockRoot);
-    this.metrics?.production.producedSyncAggregateParticipants.observe(
-      syncAggregate.syncCommitteeBits.getTrueBitIndexes().length
-    );
-    (blockBody as CommonBlockBody).syncAggregate = syncAggregate;
-  }
-  endSyncAggregate?.({
-    step: BlockProductionStep.syncAggregate,
-  });
-
-  return blockBody as CommonBlockBody;
 }

package/src/chain/validation/executionPayloadBid.ts

@@ -113,6 +113,15 @@ export async function validateApiExecutionPayloadBid(
     });
   }
 
+  // [REJECT] The bid's block hash is not equal to its parent block hash -- i.e.
+  // `bid.block_hash != bid.parent_block_hash`.
+  if (byteArrayEquals(bid.blockHash, bid.parentBlockHash)) {
+    throw new ExecutionPayloadBidError(GossipAction.REJECT, {
+      code: ExecutionPayloadBidErrorCode.BLOCK_HASH_EQUALS_PARENT_BLOCK_HASH,
+      blockHash: toRootHex(bid.blockHash),
+    });
+  }
+
   // [REJECT] The length of KZG commitments is less than or equal to the limitation defined in the
   // consensus layer -- i.e. validate that
   // `len(bid.blob_kzg_commitments) <= get_blob_parameters(compute_epoch_at_slot(bid.slot)).max_blobs_per_block`.
@@ -266,6 +275,15 @@ async function validateExecutionPayloadBid(
     });
   }
 
+  // [REJECT] The bid's block hash is not equal to its parent block hash -- i.e.
+  // `bid.block_hash != bid.parent_block_hash`.
+  if (byteArrayEquals(bid.blockHash, bid.parentBlockHash)) {
+    throw new ExecutionPayloadBidError(GossipAction.REJECT, {
+      code: ExecutionPayloadBidErrorCode.BLOCK_HASH_EQUALS_PARENT_BLOCK_HASH,
+      blockHash: toRootHex(bid.blockHash),
+    });
+  }
+
   // [REJECT] The length of KZG commitments is less than or equal to the limitation defined in the
   // consensus layer -- i.e. validate that
   // `len(bid.blob_kzg_commitments) <= get_blob_parameters(compute_epoch_at_slot(bid.slot)).max_blobs_per_block`.

package/src/chain/validatorMonitor.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {ChainForkConfig} from "@lodestar/config";
-import {MIN_ATTESTATION_INCLUSION_DELAY, SLOTS_PER_EPOCH} from "@lodestar/params";
+import {MIN_ATTESTATION_INCLUSION_DELAY, SLOTS_PER_EPOCH, SLOTS_PER_HISTORICAL_ROOT} from "@lodestar/params";
 import {
   IBeaconStateView,
   ParticipationFlags,
@@ -1117,7 +1117,11 @@ function isCanonical(rootCache: RootHexCache, block: AttestationBlockInclusion):
 
 /** Returns true if root at slot is the same at slot - 1 == there was no new block at slot */
 function isMissedSlot(rootCache: RootHexCache, slot: Slot): boolean {
-  return slot > 0 && rootCache.getBlockRootAtSlot(slot) === rootCache.getBlockRootAtSlot(slot - 1);
+  if (slot <= 0) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const root = rootCache.getBlockRootAtSlot(slot);
+  return root !== null && root === rootCache.getBlockRootAtSlot(slot - 1);
 }
 
 function renderBlockProposalSummary(
@@ -1131,7 +1135,11 @@ function renderBlockProposalSummary(
     return "not_submitted";
   }
 
-  if (rootCache.getBlockRootAtSlot(proposalSlot) === proposal.blockRoot) {
+  const canonicalRoot = rootCache.getBlockRootAtSlot(proposalSlot);
+  if (canonicalRoot === null) {
+    return "unknown";
+  }
+  if (canonicalRoot === proposal.blockRoot) {
     // Canonical state includes our block
     return "canonical";
   }
@@ -1157,14 +1165,23 @@ function renderBlockProposalSummary(
  * In normal network conditions the same root is read multiple times, specially the target.
  */
 export class RootHexCache {
-  private readonly blockRootSlotCache = new Map<Slot, RootHex>();
+  private readonly blockRootSlotCache = new Map<Slot, RootHex | null>();
 
   constructor(private readonly state: IBeaconStateView) {}
 
-  getBlockRootAtSlot(slot: Slot): RootHex {
+  /**
+   * Block root at `slot`, null if the state does not cover it: slots at or after the state's own slot (an inclusion
+   * in a block the head state does not know yet, e.g. an orphaned block, or the slot after the last attestation of
+   * the epoch) or slots older than `SLOTS_PER_HISTORICAL_ROOT`. Callers treat null as unknown instead of throwing
+   * and aborting the summaries of all remaining validators.
+   */
+  getBlockRootAtSlot(slot: Slot): RootHex | null {
     let root = this.blockRootSlotCache.get(slot);
-    if (!root) {
-      root = toRootHex(this.state.getBlockRootAtSlot(slot));
+    if (root === undefined) {
+      root =
+        slot < this.state.slot && slot >= this.state.slot - SLOTS_PER_HISTORICAL_ROOT
+          ? toRootHex(this.state.getBlockRootAtSlot(slot))
+          : null;
       this.blockRootSlotCache.set(slot, root);
     }
     return root;

package/src/execution/builder/validateBid.ts

@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ export async function validateBuilderApiExecutionPayloadBid(
     );
   }
 
+  if (byteArrayEquals(bid.blockHash, bid.parentBlockHash)) {
+    throw Error(`Bid block hash ${toRootHex(bid.blockHash)} must not equal its parent block hash`);
+  }
+
   const blobKzgCommitmentsLen = bid.blobKzgCommitments.length;
   const maxBlobsPerBlock = chain.config.getMaxBlobsPerBlock(computeEpochAtSlot(bid.slot));
   if (blobKzgCommitmentsLen > maxBlobsPerBlock) {

package/src/execution/engine/mock.ts

@@ -296,7 +296,10 @@ export class ExecutionEngineMockBackend implements JsonRpcBackend {
 
     // 5. Client software MUST update its forkchoice state if payloads referenced by forkchoiceState.headBlockHash and
     //    forkchoiceState.finalizedBlockHash are VALID.
-    if (!this.validBlocks.has(finalizedBlockHash)) {
+    //
+    // A zero finalizedBlockHash means "no finalized execution block" (e.g. the finalized checkpoint has no execution
+    // payload, pre-merge/pre-TTD). Real EL clients accept this, so the mock must not treat it as an unknown block.
+    if (finalizedBlockHash !== ZERO_HASH_HEX && !this.validBlocks.has(finalizedBlockHash)) {
       throw Error(`Unknown finalizedBlockHash ${finalizedBlockHash}`);
     }
     this.headBlockHash = headBlockHash;

package/src/metrics/metrics/lodestar.ts

@@ -1358,11 +1358,6 @@ export function createLodestarMetrics(
           help: "Total number of InsertOutcome as a result of adding an execution payload bid from gossip to the pool",
           labelNames: ["insertOutcome"],
         }),
-        apiInsertOutcome: register.counter<{insertOutcome: InsertOutcome}>({
-          name: "lodestar_oppool_execution_payload_bid_pool_api_insert_outcome_total",
-          help: "Total number of InsertOutcome as a result of adding an execution payload bid from api to the pool",
-          labelNames: ["insertOutcome"],
-        }),
         apiValidationTime: register.histogram({
           name: "lodestar_api_execution_payload_bid_validation_time_seconds",
           help: "Time elapsed for signed execution payload bid validation - api path",