@lodestar/beacon-node 1.50.0-dev.c04a499311 → 1.50.0-dev.c3aaeedc3b

package/src/api/impl/debug/index.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {ExecutionStatus, PayloadStatus} from "@lodestar/fork-choice";
 import {ForkPostDeneb, ZERO_HASH_HEX, isForkPostDeneb, isForkPostFulu} from "@lodestar/params";
 import {computeTimeAtSlot} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
 import {BeaconState, DataColumnSidecar, DataColumnSidecars, type SignedBeaconBlock, sszTypesFor} from "@lodestar/types";
-import {toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
+import {fromHex, toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {getBlobKzgCommitments} from "../../../util/dataColumns.js";
 import {isOptimisticBlock} from "../../../util/forkChoice.js";
 import {getStateSlotFromBytes} from "../../../util/multifork.js";
@@ -74,46 +74,55 @@ export function getDebugApi({
 
     async getDebugForkChoiceV2() {
       const {forkChoice} = chain;
+      const nodes = forkChoice.getAllNodes();
+      const head = forkChoice.getHead();
       return {
         data: {
           justifiedCheckpoint: forkChoice.getJustifiedCheckpoint(),
           finalizedCheckpoint: forkChoice.getFinalizedCheckpoint(),
-          forkChoiceNodes: forkChoice.getAllNodes().map((node) => {
-            // Payload-specific fields apply only to a revealed Gloas payload = the FULL variant of a
-            // Gloas block
-            const ptc = node.payloadStatus === PayloadStatus.FULL ? forkChoice.getPTCVoteCounts(node.blockRoot) : null;
+          forkChoiceNodes: nodes.map((node) => {
+            const parent = node.parent === undefined ? undefined : nodes[node.parent];
+            const ptc = forkChoice.getPTCVoteCounts(node.blockRoot);
             return {
-              payloadStatus: toPayloadStatusName(node.payloadStatus),
               slot: node.slot,
               blockRoot: node.blockRoot,
-              parentRoot: node.parentRoot,
+              payloadStatus: toPayloadStatusName(node.payloadStatus),
+              parentRoot:
+                node.parentBlockHash !== null && node.payloadStatus !== PayloadStatus.PENDING
+                  ? node.blockRoot
+                  : node.parentRoot,
+              parentPayloadStatus: parent === undefined ? null : toPayloadStatusName(parent.payloadStatus),
+              justifiedCheckpoint: {epoch: node.justifiedEpoch, root: fromHex(node.justifiedRoot)},
+              finalizedCheckpoint: {epoch: node.finalizedEpoch, root: fromHex(node.finalizedRoot)},
               weight: node.weight,
               validity: toForkChoiceValidity(node.executionStatus),
               executionBlockHash: node.executionPayloadBlockHash ?? ZERO_HASH_HEX,
+              payloadAttesterCount: ptc?.attesterCount ?? 0,
+              payloadAvailabilityYesCount: ptc?.payloadPresentCount ?? 0,
+              payloadDataAvailabilityYesCount: ptc?.dataAvailableCount ?? 0,
               extraData: {
+                attestationScore: node.attestationScore,
                 executionOptimistic: isOptimisticBlock(node),
+                gasLimit:
+                  node.payloadStatus === PayloadStatus.FULL && node.executionStatus !== ExecutionStatus.PreMerge
+                    ? node.executionPayloadGasLimit
+                    : null,
                 timestamp: computeTimeAtSlot(config, node.slot, chain.genesisTime),
+                stateRoot: node.stateRoot,
                 target: node.targetRoot,
-                justifiedEpoch: node.justifiedEpoch,
-                finalizedEpoch: node.finalizedEpoch,
                 unrealizedJustifiedEpoch: node.unrealizedJustifiedEpoch,
+                unrealizedJustifiedRoot: node.unrealizedJustifiedRoot,
                 unrealizedFinalizedEpoch: node.unrealizedFinalizedEpoch,
-                payloadAttesterCount: ptc?.attesterCount ?? null,
-                payloadAvailabilityYesCount: ptc?.payloadPresentCount ?? null,
-                payloadDataAvailabilityYesCount: ptc?.dataAvailableCount ?? null,
-                gasLimit:
-                  node.payloadStatus === PayloadStatus.FULL && "executionPayloadGasLimit" in node
-                    ? node.executionPayloadGasLimit
-                    : null,
+                unrealizedFinalizedRoot: node.unrealizedFinalizedRoot,
               },
             };
           }),
           extraData: {
-            unrealizedJustifiedCheckpoint: forkChoice.getUnrealizedJustifiedCheckpoint(),
-            unrealizedFinalizedCheckpoint: forkChoice.getUnrealizedFinalizedCheckpoint(),
+            head: {blockRoot: head.blockRoot, payloadStatus: toPayloadStatusName(head.payloadStatus)},
             proposerBoostRoot: forkChoice.getProposerBoostRoot(),
             previousProposerBoostRoot: forkChoice.getPreviousProposerBoostRoot(),
-            headRoot: forkChoice.getHeadRoot(),
+            unrealizedJustifiedCheckpoint: forkChoice.getUnrealizedJustifiedCheckpoint(),
+            unrealizedFinalizedCheckpoint: forkChoice.getUnrealizedFinalizedCheckpoint(),
           },
         },
       };

package/src/api/impl/validator/index.ts

@@ -1300,6 +1300,10 @@ export function getValidatorApi(
           blobs: blobsBundle.blobs,
         };
 
+        if (chain.opts.persistProducedPayloadEnvelopes) {
+          chain.persistExecutionPayloadEnvelope(blockContents.executionPayloadEnvelope);
+        }
+
         return {
           data: blockContents,
           meta: {version: fork, consensusBlockValue, executionPayloadValue, executionPayloadIncluded: true},
@@ -2187,6 +2191,10 @@ export function getValidatorApi(
         blockHash: toRootHex(executionPayload.blockHash),
       });
 
+      if (chain.opts.persistProducedPayloadEnvelopes) {
+        chain.persistExecutionPayloadEnvelope(envelope);
+      }
+
       return {
         data: envelope,
         meta: {

package/src/chain/archiveStore/archiveStore.ts

@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ export class ArchiveStore {
           this.logger,
           this.metrics,
           this.opts.anchorState.finalizedCheckpoint.epoch,
-          this.chain.clock.currentEpoch
+          this.chain.clock.currentEpoch,
+          this.statePruneFromSlot,
+          this.advanceEarliestAvailableSlot
         ),
         () => this.logger.info("Still pruning historical data, please wait..."),
         30_000,
@@ -122,26 +124,6 @@ export class ArchiveStore {
       this.statePruneFromSlot = stateCutoffSlot;
     }
 
-    // Initialize earliestAvailableSlot from the earliest block actually retained (after any pruning
-    // above), rather than the anchor state slot set in the constructor. On an in-place restart the DB
-    // still holds finalized history below the anchor; leaving the value at the anchor makes the node
-    // reject by_range requests (beacon_blocks, execution_payload_envelopes and data_column_sidecars
-    // all gate on this slot) for data it still retains. An empty archive (e.g. a fresh checkpoint
-    // sync with nothing below the anchor) leaves the constructor's anchor slot in place.
-    const earliestArchivedBlockSlot = await this.db.blockArchive.firstKey();
-    if (earliestArchivedBlockSlot != null) {
-      const oldEarliestAvailableSlot = this.chain.earliestAvailableSlot;
-      this.chain.earliestAvailableSlot = earliestArchivedBlockSlot;
-      this.logger.verbose("Initialized earliestAvailableSlot from retained block archive", {
-        oldEarliestAvailableSlot,
-        newEarliestAvailableSlot: earliestArchivedBlockSlot,
-      });
-    } else {
-      this.logger.verbose("Empty block archive on init, keeping anchor earliestAvailableSlot", {
-        earliestAvailableSlot: this.chain.earliestAvailableSlot,
-      });
-    }
-
     if (this.opts.serveHistoricalState) {
       this.historicalStateRegen = await HistoricalStateRegen.init({
         opts: {
@@ -158,6 +140,18 @@ export class ArchiveStore {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * The CLI owns the initial value; this only advances it during pruneHistory.
+   * Persisted before any deletion so a crash mid-prune never leaves the floor below deleted data.
+   */
+  private advanceEarliestAvailableSlot = async (blockCutoffSlot: Slot): Promise<void> => {
+    const earliestAvailableSlot = Math.max(this.chain.earliestAvailableSlot, blockCutoffSlot);
+    if (earliestAvailableSlot !== this.chain.earliestAvailableSlot) {
+      await this.db.earliestAvailableSlot.set(earliestAvailableSlot);
+      this.chain.earliestAvailableSlot = earliestAvailableSlot;
+    }
+  };
+
   async close(): Promise<void> {
     await this.historicalStateRegen?.close();
   }
@@ -259,17 +253,17 @@ export class ArchiveStore {
 
       if (this.opts.pruneHistory) {
         timer = this.metrics?.processFinalizedCheckpoint.durationByTask.startTimer();
-        const {blockCutoffSlot, stateCutoffSlot} = await pruneHistory(
+        const {stateCutoffSlot} = await pruneHistory(
           this.chain.config,
           this.db,
           this.logger,
           this.metrics,
           finalizedEpoch,
           this.chain.clock.currentEpoch,
-          this.statePruneFromSlot
+          this.statePruneFromSlot,
+          this.advanceEarliestAvailableSlot
         );
         this.statePruneFromSlot = stateCutoffSlot;
-        this.chain.earliestAvailableSlot = Math.max(this.chain.earliestAvailableSlot, blockCutoffSlot);
         timer?.({source: ArchiveStoreTask.PruneHistory});
       }
 

package/src/chain/archiveStore/utils/pruneHistory.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ export async function pruneHistory(
   metrics: Metrics | null | undefined,
   finalizedEpoch: Epoch,
   currentEpoch: Epoch,
-  statePruneFromSlot: Slot = 0
+  statePruneFromSlot: Slot,
+  beforePrune: (blockCutoffSlot: Slot) => Promise<void>
 ): Promise<{blockCutoffSlot: Slot; stateCutoffSlot: Slot}> {
   const blockCutoffEpoch = Math.min(
     // set by config, with underflow protection
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ export async function pruneHistory(
     stateSlots: prettyPrintIndices(states),
   });
 
+  await beforePrune(blockCutoffSlot);
+
   const step1 = metrics?.pruneHistory.pruneKeys.startTimer();
   await Promise.all([
     // ->

package/src/chain/chain.ts

@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ export class BeaconChain implements IBeaconChain {
   protected readonly blockProcessor: BlockProcessor;
   protected readonly payloadEnvelopeProcessor: PayloadEnvelopeProcessor;
   protected readonly db: IBeaconDb;
+  private genesisStateRoot?: RootHex | null;
   // this is only available if nHistoricalStates is enabled
   private readonly cpStateDatastore?: CPStateDatastore;
   private abortController = new AbortController();
@@ -278,6 +279,7 @@ export class BeaconChain implements IBeaconChain {
       validatorMonitor,
       anchorState,
       isAnchorStateFinalized,
+      earliestAvailableSlot,
       executionEngine,
       executionBuilder,
       builderApiClientOpts,
@@ -297,6 +299,7 @@ export class BeaconChain implements IBeaconChain {
       validatorMonitor: ValidatorMonitor | null;
       anchorState: IBeaconStateView;
       isAnchorStateFinalized: boolean;
+      earliestAvailableSlot: Slot;
       executionEngine: IExecutionEngine;
       executionBuilder?: IExecutionBuilder;
       builderApiClientOpts?: BuilderApiClientOpts;
@@ -325,7 +328,7 @@ export class BeaconChain implements IBeaconChain {
 
     this.blacklistedBlocks = new Map((opts.blacklistedBlocks ?? []).map((hex) => [hex, null]));
     this.attestationPool = new AttestationPool(config, clock, this.opts?.preaggregateSlotDistance, metrics);
-    this.aggregatedAttestationPool = new AggregatedAttestationPool(this.config, metrics);
+    this.aggregatedAttestationPool = new AggregatedAttestationPool(this.config, metrics, logger);
     this.syncCommitteeMessagePool = new SyncCommitteeMessagePool(config, clock, this.opts?.preaggregateSlotDistance);
     this.syncContributionAndProofPool = new SyncContributionAndProofPool(config, clock, metrics, logger);
     this.executionPayloadBidPool = new ExecutionPayloadBidPool();
@@ -362,7 +365,7 @@ export class BeaconChain implements IBeaconChain {
       logger,
     });
 
-    this._earliestAvailableSlot = anchorState.slot;
+    this._earliestAvailableSlot = earliestAvailableSlot;
 
     this.shufflingCache = new ShufflingCache(metrics, logger, this.opts, [
       {
@@ -573,7 +576,11 @@ export class BeaconChain implements IBeaconChain {
   }
 
   seenBlock(blockRoot: RootHex): boolean {
-    return this.seenBlockInputCache.hasBlock(blockRoot) || this.forkChoice.hasBlockHexUnsafe(blockRoot);
+    return (
+      this.seenBlockInputCache.hasBlock(blockRoot) ||
+      this.seenBlockInputCache.isValidatingBlock(blockRoot) ||
+      this.forkChoice.hasBlockHexUnsafe(blockRoot)
+    );
   }
 
   seenPayloadEnvelope(blockRoot: RootHex): boolean {
@@ -723,6 +730,17 @@ export class BeaconChain implements IBeaconChain {
       }
     }
 
+    if (this.genesisStateRoot === undefined) {
+      const genesisBlock = await this.db.blockArchive.get(GENESIS_SLOT);
+      this.genesisStateRoot = genesisBlock ? toRootHex(genesisBlock.message.stateRoot) : null;
+    }
+    if (this.genesisStateRoot === stateRoot) {
+      const state = await this.db.stateArchive.getBinary(GENESIS_SLOT);
+      if (state) {
+        return {state, executionOptimistic: false, finalized: finalizedCheckpoint.epoch !== GENESIS_EPOCH};
+      }
+    }
+
     if (opts?.allowRegen) {
       const state = await this.regen.getState(stateRoot, RegenCaller.restApi);
       const block = this.forkChoice.getBlockDefaultStatus(
@@ -1524,6 +1542,22 @@ export class BeaconChain implements IBeaconChain {
     }
   }
 
+  persistExecutionPayloadEnvelope(envelope: gloas.ExecutionPayloadEnvelope): void {
+    const blockRoot = toRootHex(envelope.beaconBlockRoot);
+    void this.persistSszObject(
+      "ExecutionPayloadEnvelope",
+      ssz.gloas.ExecutionPayloadEnvelope.serialize(envelope),
+      blockRoot,
+      "produced_execution_payload_envelope"
+    ).catch((e) => {
+      this.logger.error(
+        "Error persisting produced execution payload envelope",
+        {slot: envelope.payload.slotNumber, blockRoot},
+        e as Error
+      );
+    });
+  }
+
   /**
    * Invalid state root error is critical and it causes the node to stale most of the time so we want to always
    * persist preState, postState and block for further investigation.
@@ -1719,7 +1753,7 @@ export class BeaconChain implements IBeaconChain {
     // remove date suffixes in file name, and check duplicate to avoid redundant persistence
     await writeIfNotExist(filepath, bytes);
 
-    this.logger.debug("Persisted invalid ssz object", {id: logStr, filepath});
+    this.logger.debug("Persisted SSZ object", {id: logStr, filepath});
   }
 
   private onScrapeMetrics(metrics: Metrics): void {

package/src/chain/interface.ts

@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ export interface IBeaconChain {
   updateBeaconProposerData(epoch: Epoch, proposers: ProposerPreparationData[]): Promise<void>;
 
   persistBlock(data: BeaconBlock | BlindedBeaconBlock, suffix?: string): void;
+  persistExecutionPayloadEnvelope(envelope: gloas.ExecutionPayloadEnvelope): void;
   persistInvalidStateRoot(
     preState: IBeaconStateView,
     postState: IBeaconStateView,

package/src/chain/opPools/aggregatedAttestationPool.ts

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import {
   isStatePostGloas,
 } from "@lodestar/state-transition";
 import {Attestation, Epoch, RootHex, Slot, electra, isElectraAttestation, phase0, ssz} from "@lodestar/types";
-import {MapDef, assert, toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
+import {Logger, MapDef, assert, toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {Metrics} from "../../metrics/metrics.js";
 import {IntersectResult, intersectUint8Arrays} from "../../util/bitArray.js";
 import {getShufflingDependentRoot} from "../../util/dependentRoot.js";
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export type AttestationsConsolidation = {
 
 /**
  * This function returns not seen participation for a given epoch and slot and committee index.
- * Return null if all validators are seen or no info to check.
+ * Return an empty set if all validators are seen, or null if the committee cannot be computed (e.g. missing shuffling).
  */
 type GetNotSeenValidatorsFn = (epoch: Epoch, slot: Slot, committeeIndex: number) => Set<number> | null;
 
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ export class AggregatedAttestationPool {
 
   constructor(
     private readonly config: BeaconConfig,
-    private readonly metrics: Metrics | null = null
+    private readonly metrics: Metrics | null = null,
+    private readonly logger: Logger | null = null
   ) {
     metrics?.opPool.aggregatedAttestationPool.attDataPerSlot.addCollect(() => this.onScrapeMetrics(metrics));
   }
@@ -244,6 +245,7 @@ export class AggregatedAttestationPool {
     const consolidations = new Map<AttestationsConsolidation, number>();
     let scannedSlots = 0;
     let stopReason: ScannedSlotsTerminationReason | null = null;
+    const missingShufflingCommitteesByEpoch = new Map<Epoch, number>();
     slot: for (const slot of slots) {
       const attestationGroupByIndexByDataHash = this.attestationGroupByIndexByDataHexBySlot.get(slot);
       // should not happen
@@ -295,7 +297,12 @@ export class AggregatedAttestationPool {
 
         for (const [committeeIndex, attestationGroup] of attestationGroupByIndex.entries()) {
           const notSeenCommitteeMembers = notSeenValidatorsFn(epoch, slot, committeeIndex);
-          if (notSeenCommitteeMembers === null || notSeenCommitteeMembers.size === 0) {
+          if (notSeenCommitteeMembers === null) {
+            // skip this committee instead of failing the whole block production, other epochs may still have shuffling
+            missingShufflingCommitteesByEpoch.set(epoch, (missingShufflingCommitteesByEpoch.get(epoch) ?? 0) + 1);
+            continue;
+          }
+          if (notSeenCommitteeMembers.size === 0) {
             this.metrics?.opPool.aggregatedAttestationPool.packedAttestations.seenCommittees.inc();
             continue;
           }
@@ -386,6 +393,18 @@ export class AggregatedAttestationPool {
       scannedSlots++;
     }
 
+    for (const [epoch, missingCommittees] of missingShufflingCommitteesByEpoch) {
+      this.metrics?.opPool.aggregatedAttestationPool.packedAttestations.missingShufflingCommittees.inc(
+        missingCommittees
+      );
+      this.logger?.debug("Missing shuffling when packing attestations, skipped committees", {
+        slot: stateSlot,
+        epoch,
+        decisionRoot: state.getShufflingDecisionRoot(epoch),
+        missingCommittees,
+      });
+    }
+
     this.metrics?.opPool.aggregatedAttestationPool.packedAttestations.totalConsolidations.set(consolidations.size);
 
     const sortedConsolidationsByScore = Array.from(consolidations.entries())
@@ -770,13 +789,18 @@ export function getNotSeenValidatorsFn(
     }
     const cacheKey = slot + "_" + committeeIndex;
     let notSeenCommitteeMembers = cachedNotSeenValidators.get(cacheKey);
-    if (notSeenCommitteeMembers != null) {
-      // if all validators are seen then return null, we don't need to check for any attestations of same committee again
-      return notSeenCommitteeMembers.size === 0 ? null : notSeenCommitteeMembers;
+    if (notSeenCommitteeMembers !== undefined) {
+      return notSeenCommitteeMembers;
     }
 
     const decisionRoot = state.getShufflingDecisionRoot(computeEpochAtSlot(slot));
-    const committee = shufflingCache.getBeaconCommittee(epoch, decisionRoot, slot, committeeIndex);
+    const committee = shufflingCache.getBeaconCommitteeOrNull(epoch, decisionRoot, slot, committeeIndex);
+    if (committee === null) {
+      // attestations in the pool were validated against a cached shuffling of the previous or current epoch,
+      // so a miss is a ShufflingCache bug. Return null so the caller tracks it via metrics/logs without failing
+      // block production. Don't fall back to the state's shuffling, that would hide the bug
+      return null;
+    }
     notSeenCommitteeMembers = new Set<number>();
     for (const [i, validatorIndex] of committee.entries()) {
       // no need to check flagIsTimelySource as if validator is not seen, it's participation status is 0
@@ -786,8 +810,8 @@ export function getNotSeenValidatorsFn(
       }
     }
     cachedNotSeenValidators.set(cacheKey, notSeenCommitteeMembers);
-    // if all validators are seen then return null, we don't need to check for any attestations of same committee again
-    return notSeenCommitteeMembers.size === 0 ? null : notSeenCommitteeMembers;
+    // an empty set means all validators are seen, we don't need to check for any attestations of same committee again
+    return notSeenCommitteeMembers;
   };
 }
 

package/src/chain/opPools/proposerPreferencesPool.ts

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import {toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
  *
  * The primary consumer is `validateExecutionPayloadBid`, which looks up the matching
  * preferences via `get(bid.slot, dependent_root)` to enforce the IGNORE-existence and
- * REJECT-equality rules from the gloas spec. The beacon API `/pool/proposer_preferences`
- * GET endpoint reads from the same pool via `getAll`.
+ * REJECT-equality rules from the gloas spec. The beacon API `getProposerPreferences`
+ * endpoint reads from the same pool via `getAll`.
  *
  * `validator_index` is intentionally not part of the key: gossip validation enforces
  * `proposers[proposalSlot % SLOTS_PER_EPOCH] === validatorIndex` against the shuffling
@@ -37,15 +37,19 @@ export class ProposerPreferencesPool {
     byRoot.set(rootHex, signed);
   }
 
-  /** API read-out: flatten across branches, optionally filtered by slot. */
-  getAll(slot?: Slot): gloas.SignedProposerPreferences[] {
-    if (slot !== undefined) {
-      const byRoot = this.bySlot.get(slot);
-      return byRoot ? Array.from(byRoot.values()) : [];
-    }
+  /** API read-out: flatten across branches, optionally filtered by slot and dependent root. */
+  getAll(slot?: Slot, dependentRootHex?: RootHex): gloas.SignedProposerPreferences[] {
     const out: gloas.SignedProposerPreferences[] = [];
-    for (const byRoot of this.bySlot.values()) {
-      for (const v of byRoot.values()) out.push(v);
+    for (const [s, byRoot] of this.bySlot) {
+      if (slot !== undefined && s !== slot) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      for (const [root, signed] of byRoot) {
+        if (dependentRootHex !== undefined && root !== dependentRootHex) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        out.push(signed);
+      }
     }
     return out;
   }

package/src/chain/options.ts

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ export type IChainOptions = BlockProcessOpts &
     blsVerifyAllMainThread?: boolean;
     blsVerifyAllMultiThread?: boolean;
     blacklistedBlocks?: string[];
-    // TODO GLOAS: add similar option for execution payload envelopes?
     persistProducedBlocks?: boolean;
+    persistProducedPayloadEnvelopes?: boolean;
     /** Archive finalized Gloas payload envelopes as headers (bodies reconstructed from the EL on read) */
     dedupePayloads?: boolean;
     persistInvalidSszObjects?: boolean;

package/src/chain/seenCache/seenGossipBlockInput.ts

@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ export class SeenBlockInput {
   // there should only 1 block root per slot but we need to always compare against rootHex
   // and the signature to ensure we only skip verification if both match
   private verifiedProposerSignatures = new Map<Slot, Map<RootHex, BLSSignature>>();
+  // Roots of gossip blocks under validation, counted because blocks with the same root but different signatures
+  // can be validated concurrently
+  private validatingBlockRoots = new Map<RootHex, number>();
 
   constructor({
     config,
@@ -153,6 +156,26 @@ export class SeenBlockInput {
     return this.blockInputs.get(rootHex)?.hasBlock() ?? false;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Mark a gossip block root as under validation, every call MUST be paired with `unmarkValidatingBlock()`
+   */
+  markValidatingBlock(rootHex: RootHex): void {
+    this.validatingBlockRoots.set(rootHex, (this.validatingBlockRoots.get(rootHex) ?? 0) + 1);
+  }
+
+  unmarkValidatingBlock(rootHex: RootHex): void {
+    const count = this.validatingBlockRoots.get(rootHex) ?? 0;
+    if (count <= 1) {
+      this.validatingBlockRoots.delete(rootHex);
+    } else {
+      this.validatingBlockRoots.set(rootHex, count - 1);
+    }
+  }
+
+  isValidatingBlock(rootHex: RootHex): boolean {
+    return this.validatingBlockRoots.has(rootHex);
+  }
+
   get(rootHex: RootHex): IBlockInput | undefined {
     return this.blockInputs.get(rootHex);
   }

package/src/chain/shufflingCache.ts

@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ export class ShufflingCache {
     return this.getBeaconCommittees(epoch, decisionRoot, slot, [index])[0];
   }
 
+  getBeaconCommitteeOrNull(epoch: number, decisionRoot: string, slot: Slot, index: CommitteeIndex): Uint32Array | null {
+    const shuffling = this.getSync(epoch, decisionRoot);
+    return shuffling === null ? null : getBeaconCommittees(shuffling, slot, [index])[0];
+  }
+
   getBeaconCommittees(epoch: number, decisionRoot: string, slot: Slot, indices: CommitteeIndex[]): Uint32Array[] {
     const shuffling = this.getShufflingOrThrow(epoch, decisionRoot);
     return getBeaconCommittees(shuffling, slot, indices);

package/src/db/beacon.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {FlatFileStore} from "./flatFileStore/flatFileStore.js";
 import type {FlatFileStoreMetrics} from "./flatFileStore/metrics.js";
 import {IBeaconDb} from "./interface.js";
 import {CheckpointStateRepository} from "./repositories/checkpointState.js";
+import {EarliestAvailableSlotRepository} from "./repositories/earliestAvailableSlot.js";
 import {
   AttesterSlashingRepository,
   BLSToExecutionChangeRepository,
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ export class BeaconDb implements IBeaconDb {
 
   stateArchive: StateArchiveRepository;
   checkpointState: CheckpointStateRepository;
+  earliestAvailableSlot: EarliestAvailableSlotRepository;
 
   voluntaryExit: VoluntaryExitRepository;
   proposerSlashing: ProposerSlashingRepository;
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ export class BeaconDb implements IBeaconDb {
 
     this.stateArchive = new StateArchiveRepository(config, db);
     this.checkpointState = new CheckpointStateRepository(config, db);
+    this.earliestAvailableSlot = new EarliestAvailableSlotRepository(db);
     this.voluntaryExit = new VoluntaryExitRepository(config, db);
     this.blsToExecutionChange = new BLSToExecutionChangeRepository(config, db);
     this.proposerSlashing = new ProposerSlashingRepository(config, db);

package/src/db/buckets.ts

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ export enum Bucket {
 
   gloas_executionPayloadEnvelope = 59, // GLOAS BeaconBlockRoot -> SignedExecutionPayloadEnvelope
   gloas_executionPayloadEnvelopeArchive = 60, // GLOAS Slot -> SignedExecutionPayloadEnvelope, or 0x00 + SignedExecutionPayloadHeaderEnvelope
+  earliestAvailableSlot = 61, // singleton -> Slot
 }
 
 export function getBucketNameByValue<T extends Bucket>(enumValue: T): keyof typeof Bucket {

package/src/db/interface.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {Slot} from "@lodestar/types";
 import type {IDataColumnStore} from "./dataColumnStore.js";
 import type {FlatFileStoreMetrics} from "./flatFileStore/metrics.js";
 import {CheckpointStateRepository} from "./repositories/checkpointState.js";
+import {EarliestAvailableSlotRepository} from "./repositories/earliestAvailableSlot.js";
 import {
   AttesterSlashingRepository,
   BLSToExecutionChangeRepository,
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ export interface IBeaconDb {
   stateArchive: StateArchiveRepository;
   // checkpoint states
   checkpointState: CheckpointStateRepository;
+  earliestAvailableSlot: EarliestAvailableSlotRepository;
 
   // op pool
   voluntaryExit: VoluntaryExitRepository;

package/src/db/repositories/earliestAvailableSlot.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import {Db, encodeKey} from "@lodestar/db";
+import {Slot, ssz} from "@lodestar/types";
+import {Bucket, getBucketNameByValue} from "../buckets.js";
+
+export class EarliestAvailableSlotRepository {
+  private readonly key = encodeKey(Bucket.earliestAvailableSlot, 0);
+  private readonly opts = {bucketId: getBucketNameByValue(Bucket.earliestAvailableSlot)};
+
+  constructor(private readonly db: Db) {}
+
+  async get(): Promise<Slot | null> {
+    const bytes = await this.db.get(this.key, this.opts);
+    return bytes === null ? null : ssz.Slot.deserialize(bytes);
+  }
+
+  async set(slot: Slot): Promise<void> {
+    await this.db.put(this.key, ssz.Slot.serialize(slot), this.opts);
+  }
+}

package/src/metrics/metrics/lodestar.ts

@@ -1281,6 +1281,10 @@ export function createLodestarMetrics(
             name: "lodestar_oppool_aggregated_attestation_pool_packed_attestations_seen_committees_total",
             help: "Total number of committees for which all members are seen when producing packed attestations",
           }),
+          missingShufflingCommittees: register.gauge({
+            name: "lodestar_oppool_aggregated_attestation_pool_packed_attestations_missing_shuffling_committees_total",
+            help: "Total number of committees skipped due to missing shuffling when producing packed attestations",
+          }),
         },
       },
       attestationPool: {