@lodestar/beacon-node 1.51.0-dev.6afc3c19f6 → 1.51.0-dev.6dcef7bd1b

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

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ import {
 import {validateGossipProposerPreferences} from "../../../chain/validation/proposerPreferences.js";
 import {validateSyncCommitteeGossipContributionAndProof} from "../../../chain/validation/syncCommitteeContributionAndProof.js";
 import {ZERO_HASH} from "../../../constants/index.js";
-import {BUILDER_BID_DEADLINE_MS, BuilderApiBid, decodeBuilderUrl} from "../../../execution/builder/apiClient.js";
+import {BuilderApiBid, decodeBuilderUrl} from "../../../execution/builder/apiClient.js";
 import {BuilderStatus, NoBidReceived} from "../../../execution/builder/http.js";
 import {getBuilderBidTotalGwei, validateBuilderApiExecutionPayloadBid} from "../../../execution/builder/validateBid.js";
 import {validateGossipFnRetryUnknownRoot} from "../../../network/processor/gossipHandlers.js";
@@ -123,10 +123,14 @@ import {
  * A cutoff of 1667 BPS (2 seconds for 12s slots) gives enough time and if there are unexpected delays
  * it ensures we publish in time as proposals after the attestation deadline will likely be orphaned
  * due to proposer boost reorg.
- *
- * TODO GLOAS: re-evaluate cutoff timing due to attestation deadline changes in gloas
  */
 const BLOCK_PRODUCTION_RACE_CUTOFF_BPS = 1667;
+/**
+ * Post-gloas cutoff, kept at 1667 BPS (2 seconds for 12s slots) for now.
+ *
+ * TODO GLOAS: revisit, the block propagates faster as it only commits to a bid and the attestation deadline changed
+ */
+export const BLOCK_PRODUCTION_RACE_CUTOFF_GLOAS_BPS = 1667;
 /** Rejection message of the bid block branch when there is no viable bid to commit to */
 const NO_BID_AVAILABLE = "No builder bid available";
 
@@ -1005,33 +1009,50 @@ export function getValidatorApi(
         (!circuitBreakerActive &&
           chain.executionPayloadBidPool.getBestBid(slot, bidParentBlockHash, parentBlockRootHex) !== null);
 
-      // Select the p2p bid once builders had time to bid up, matching the deadline advertised
-      // on builder API bid requests, unless the circuit breaker is active
-      const p2pBidPromise: Promise<PooledExecutionPayloadBid | null> = circuitBreakerActive
-        ? Promise.resolve(null)
-        : sleep(Math.max(0, BUILDER_BID_DEADLINE_MS - chain.clock.msFromSlot(slot))).then(() => {
-            const p2pBid = chain.executionPayloadBidPool.getBestBid(slot, bidParentBlockHash, parentBlockRootHex);
-            // Discard p2p bids below the proposer's configured floor on the total payment.
-            // A p2p bid's total is just its value since gossip validation enforces executionPayment=0.
-            if (p2pBid !== null && BigInt(p2pBid.signedBid.message.value) < builderConfig.minBid) {
-              logger.info("Best p2p bid below configured minimum", {
-                slot,
-                bidValue: prettyGweiToEth(p2pBid.signedBid.message.value),
-                minBid: prettyGweiToEth(builderConfig.minBid),
-              });
-              return null;
-            }
-            return p2pBid;
-          });
+      // Calculate cutoff time based on start of the slot, ensures a slow local payload build does
+      // not delay the proposal when a builder bid block is available (and vice versa)
+      const cutoffMs = Math.max(
+        0,
+        config.getSlotComponentDurationMs(fork, BLOCK_PRODUCTION_RACE_CUTOFF_GLOAS_BPS) - chain.clock.msFromSlot(slot)
+      );
+
+      // Give p2p bids the same time to bid up as granted to builder API bid requests via the advertised
+      // deadline, the pool is read once the deadline passed and the bid requests settled. A late request
+      // does not wait past the race cutoff, a pooled bid is still the fastest fallback if the local block fails
+      const bidDeadlinePromise = circuitBreakerActive
+        ? Promise.resolve()
+        : sleep(Math.min(chain.builderApiClient.bidDeadline, cutoffMs));
 
       // Candidates are ranked by their boosted counted total payment, the p2p bid is governed
       // by the top-level factors and each builder API bid by its own entry. Ties prefer the
       // earliest received builder API bid, so the signed block can be routed back to its
       // builder directly.
       const bestBidPromise: Promise<BidCandidate | null> = (async () => {
-        const [builderApiBids, p2pBid] = await Promise.all([builderApiBidsPromise, p2pBidPromise]);
+        // Past the race cutoff a pooled p2p bid is used right away rather than waiting for pending
+        // builder API requests, the local block is selected at the cutoff anyway if it is ready
+        let [builderApiBids] = await Promise.all([
+          Promise.race([builderApiBidsPromise, sleep(cutoffMs).then(() => null)]),
+          bidDeadlinePromise,
+        ]);
         let parentExecutionRequestsPromise: Promise<gloas.ExecutionRequests> | null = null;
 
+        let p2pBid: PooledExecutionPayloadBid | null = circuitBreakerActive
+          ? null
+          : chain.executionPayloadBidPool.getBestBid(slot, bidParentBlockHash, parentBlockRootHex);
+        // Discard p2p bids below the proposer's configured floor on the total payment.
+        // A p2p bid's total is just its value since gossip validation enforces executionPayment=0.
+        if (p2pBid !== null && BigInt(p2pBid.signedBid.message.value) < builderConfig.minBid) {
+          logger.info("Best p2p bid below configured minimum", {
+            slot,
+            bidValue: prettyGweiToEth(p2pBid.signedBid.message.value),
+            minBid: prettyGweiToEth(builderConfig.minBid),
+          });
+          p2pBid = null;
+        }
+        if (builderApiBids === null) {
+          builderApiBids = p2pBid !== null ? [] : await builderApiBidsPromise;
+        }
+
         const candidates = (
           await Promise.all(
             builderApiBids.map(async ({url, entry, signedBid, receivedMs}): Promise<BidCandidate | null> => {
@@ -1118,13 +1139,6 @@ export function getValidatorApi(
         return fn().finally(() => t?.({source}));
       };
 
-      // Calculate cutoff time based on start of the slot, ensures a slow local payload build does
-      // not delay the proposal when a builder bid block is available (and vice versa)
-      const cutoffMs = Math.max(
-        0,
-        config.getSlotComponentDurationMs(fork, BLOCK_PRODUCTION_RACE_CUTOFF_BPS) - chain.clock.msFromSlot(slot)
-      );
-
       // use abort controller to stop waiting for the bid block if the engine block will be selected
       const controller = new AbortController();
 

package/src/chain/blocks/importExecutionPayload.ts

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import {
   verifyExecutionPayloadEnvelope,
   verifyExecutionPayloadEnvelopeSignature,
 } from "./verifyExecutionPayloadEnvelope.js";
-import {verifyPayloadsDataAvailability} from "./verifyPayloadsDataAvailability.js";
 
 const EVENTSTREAM_EMIT_RECENT_EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_SLOTS = 64;
 
@@ -99,7 +98,8 @@ function toForkChoiceExecutionStatus(status: ExecutionPayloadStatus): PayloadExe
  * 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).
+ * whole segment; the gossip / API / unknown-payload sync path waits in `PayloadEnvelopeProcessor`
+ * before the import is queued).
  *
  * Steps:
  * 1. Emit `execution_payload_available` event for payload attestation
@@ -378,21 +378,3 @@ export async function importExecutionPayload(
     delaySec,
   });
 }
-
-/**
- * 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(this.config, [payloadInput], signal);
-  await importExecutionPayload.call(this, payloadInput, dataAvailabilityStatuses[0], opts);
-}

package/src/chain/blocks/payloadEnvelopeProcessor.ts

@@ -1,32 +1,37 @@
+import {DataAvailabilityStatus} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
 import {Metrics} from "../../metrics/metrics.js";
 import {JobItemQueue} from "../../util/queue/index.js";
 import type {BeaconChain} from "../chain.js";
 import {PayloadEnvelopeInput} from "../seenCache/seenPayloadEnvelopeInput.js";
-import {processExecutionPayload} from "./importExecutionPayload.js";
+import {importExecutionPayload} from "./importExecutionPayload.js";
 import {ImportPayloadOpts} from "./types.js";
+import {verifyPayloadsDataAvailability} from "./verifyPayloadsDataAvailability.js";
 
 // TODO GLOAS: Set to be equal to DEFAULT_MAX_PENDING_UNFINALIZED_PAYLOAD_ENVELOPE_WRITES for now
 const QUEUE_MAX_LENGTH = 16;
 
 /**
- * PayloadEnvelopeProcessor processes payload envelope jobs in a queued fashion, one after the other.
+ * PayloadEnvelopeProcessor imports payload envelopes in a queued fashion, one after the other.
  *
- * Jobs are enqueued only on envelope arrival (gossip or API). The envelope may reach us before
- * the sampled data columns; importExecutionPayload awaits `verifyPayloadsDataAvailability`
- * internally, so a queued job can pend for up to one slot while waiting for columns. Duplicate
- * triggers for the same payloadInput are deduped by sharing the in-flight import promise: every
- * caller observes the real import outcome. Resolving duplicates early instead would let
+ * Jobs are triggered only on envelope arrival (gossip or API). The envelope may reach us before the
+ * sampled data columns, the data availability wait runs before the job is queued. Duplicate
+ * triggers for the same payloadInput are deduped by sharing the in-flight promise: every caller
+ * observes the real import outcome. Resolving duplicates early instead would let
  * BlockInputSync mark a still-pending payload as processed, re-queue it, and spin re-processing
  * the same root until OOM while the import is blocked (e.g. EL syncing).
  */
 export class PayloadEnvelopeProcessor {
-  readonly jobQueue: JobItemQueue<[PayloadEnvelopeInput, ImportPayloadOpts], void>;
+  readonly jobQueue: JobItemQueue<[PayloadEnvelopeInput, DataAvailabilityStatus, ImportPayloadOpts], void>;
   private readonly imports = new WeakMap<PayloadEnvelopeInput, Promise<void>>();
 
-  constructor(chain: BeaconChain, metrics: Metrics | null, signal: AbortSignal) {
-    this.jobQueue = new JobItemQueue<[PayloadEnvelopeInput, ImportPayloadOpts], void>(
-      (payloadInput, opts) => {
-        return processExecutionPayload.call(chain, payloadInput, signal, opts);
+  constructor(
+    private readonly chain: BeaconChain,
+    metrics: Metrics | null,
+    private readonly signal: AbortSignal
+  ) {
+    this.jobQueue = new JobItemQueue<[PayloadEnvelopeInput, DataAvailabilityStatus, ImportPayloadOpts], void>(
+      (payloadInput, dataAvailabilityStatus, opts) => {
+        return importExecutionPayload.call(chain, payloadInput, dataAvailabilityStatus, opts);
       },
       {maxLength: QUEUE_MAX_LENGTH, noYieldIfOneItem: true, signal},
       metrics?.payloadEnvelopeProcessorQueue ?? undefined
@@ -39,15 +44,7 @@ export class PayloadEnvelopeProcessor {
       return existing;
     }
 
-    await this.jobQueue.waitForSpace();
-
-    // Re-check after await, as another call may have queued this payload.
-    const queued = this.imports.get(payloadInput);
-    if (queued !== undefined) {
-      return queued;
-    }
-
-    const importPromise = this.jobQueue.push(payloadInput, opts);
+    const importPromise = this.waitForDataAndImport(payloadInput, opts);
     this.imports.set(payloadInput, importPromise);
 
     try {
@@ -59,4 +56,18 @@ export class PayloadEnvelopeProcessor {
       throw e;
     }
   }
+
+  private async waitForDataAndImport(payloadInput: PayloadEnvelopeInput, opts: ImportPayloadOpts): Promise<void> {
+    const {dataAvailabilityStatuses} = await verifyPayloadsDataAvailability(
+      this.chain.config,
+      [payloadInput],
+      this.signal
+    );
+
+    while (this.jobQueue.jobLen >= QUEUE_MAX_LENGTH) {
+      await this.jobQueue.waitForSpace();
+    }
+
+    return this.jobQueue.push(payloadInput, dataAvailabilityStatuses[0], opts);
+  }
 }

package/src/chain/blocks/types.ts

@@ -109,7 +109,10 @@ export type FullyVerifiedBlock = {
   parentBlockSlot: Slot;
   proposerBalanceDelta: number;
   dataAvailabilityStatus: DataAvailabilityStatus;
-  /** Pre-computed indexed attestations from signature verification to avoid duplicate work */
+  /**
+   * Pre-computed indexed attestations from signature verification to avoid duplicate work.
+   * Their `attestingIndices` are in committee order, not sorted, so they are not spec-valid `IndexedAttestation`s.
+   */
   indexedAttestations: IndexedAttestation[];
   /** Seen timestamp seconds */
   seenTimestampSec: number;

package/src/chain/blocks/verifyBlock.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {
   DataAvailabilityStatus,
   IBeaconStateView,
   computeEpochAtSlot,
-  getIndexedAttestation,
+  getAttestingIndices,
   signedBlockToSignedHeader,
 } from "@lodestar/state-transition";
 import {IndexedAttestation, Slot, deneb} from "@lodestar/types";
@@ -119,7 +119,13 @@ export async function verifyBlocksInEpoch(
         const shuffling =
           this.shufflingCache.getSync(attEpoch, preState0.getShufflingDecisionRoot(attEpoch)) ??
           preState0.getShufflingAtEpoch(attEpoch);
-        return getIndexedAttestation(shuffling, fork, attestation);
+        // Unlike getIndexedAttestation, keep attestingIndices in committee order: sorting them dominates building
+        // these on mainnet blocks. See FullyVerifiedBlock.indexedAttestations.
+        return {
+          attestingIndices: getAttestingIndices(shuffling, fork, attestation),
+          data: attestation.data,
+          signature: attestation.signature,
+        };
       });
     }
 
@@ -175,16 +181,29 @@ export async function verifyBlocksInEpoch(
     const [
       segmentExecStatus,
       {blockDAStatuses, payloadDAStatuses, availableTime},
-      {postStates, proposerBalanceDeltas, verifyStateTime},
       {verifySignaturesTime},
+      {postStates, proposerBalanceDeltas, verifyStateTime},
     ] = await Promise.all([
       verifyExecutionPayloadsPromise,
 
       // data availability (fork-specific; see daAvailabilityPromise above)
       daAvailabilityPromise,
 
+      // All signatures at once. Must be called before verifyBlocksStateTransitionOnly()
+      // so we hand the BLS job to the worker pool before the main thread
+      // is busy with the state transition.
+      verifyBlocksSignatures(
+        this.config,
+        this.bls,
+        this.logger,
+        this.metrics,
+        preState0,
+        blocks,
+        indexedAttestationsByBlock,
+        opts
+      ),
+
       // Run state transition only
-      // TODO: Ensure it yields to allow flushing to workers and engine API
       verifyBlocksStateTransitionOnly(
         preState0,
         blockInputs,
@@ -198,22 +217,17 @@ export async function verifyBlocksInEpoch(
         opts
       ),
 
-      // All signatures at once
-      verifyBlocksSignatures(
-        this.config,
-        this.bls,
-        this.logger,
-        this.metrics,
-        preState0,
-        blocks,
-        indexedAttestationsByBlock,
-        opts
-      ),
-
       // TODO GLOAS: can verify payload signatures in batch too
       // maybe chain with the above verifyBlocksSignatures()
     ]);
 
+    if (blockInputs.length === 1 && opts.seenTimestampSec !== undefined) {
+      const consensusVerifiedTime = Math.max(verifyStateTime, verifySignaturesTime);
+      this.metrics?.gossipBlock.receivedToConsensusVerifiedTime.observe(
+        consensusVerifiedTime / 1000 - opts.seenTimestampSec
+      );
+    }
+
     for (const blockInput of blockInputs) {
       const block = blockInput.getBlock();
       const {slot, proposerIndex} = block.message;

package/src/chain/blocks/verifyBlocksSignatures.ts

@@ -36,10 +36,9 @@ export async function verifyBlocksSignatures(
     ? preState0.currentSyncCommitteeIndexed
     : new SyncCommitteeCacheEmpty();
 
-  // Verifies signatures after running state transition, so all SyncCommittee signed roots are known at this point.
-  // We must ensure block.slot <= state.slot before running getAllBlockSignatureSets().
-  // NOTE: If in the future multiple blocks signatures are verified at once, all blocks must be in the same epoch
-  // so the attester and proposer shufflings are correct.
+  // Runs concurrently with the state transition. Signature sets are built from preState0, which
+  // verifyBlocksInEpoch() guarantees is in the same epoch as every block, so the proposer and attester shufflings
+  // and the sync committee are the ones the blocks were signed under.
   for (const [i, block] of blocks.entries()) {
     // Use [i] to make clear that the index has to be correct to blame the right block below on BlockError()
     isValidPromises[i] = opts.validSignatures
@@ -50,7 +49,10 @@ export async function verifyBlocksSignatures(
         bls.verifySignatureSets(
           getBlockSignatureSets(config, currentSyncCommitteeIndexed, preState0, block, indexedAttestationsByBlock[i], {
             skipProposerSignature: opts.validProposerSignature,
-          })
+          }),
+          // Prioritize block verification over attestations, since
+          // attestations already buffer up to `MAX_BUFFER_WAIT_MS`
+          {priority: true}
         );
 
     // getBlockSignatureSets() takes 45ms in benchmarks for 2022Q2 mainnet blocks (100 sigs). When syncing a 32 blocks

package/src/chain/blocks/verifyPayloadsDataAvailability.ts

@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ export async function verifyPayloadsDataAvailability(
   const promises: Promise<gloas.DataColumnSidecar[]>[] = [];
   for (const payloadInput of payloadInputs) {
     if (!payloadInput.hasAllData()) {
-      // Sync and reconstruction keep pulling the data columns from the network while we wait. The wait is
-      // capped at one slot because the payload queue is serial: a longer wait lets consecutive unavailable
-      // payloads push every later payload import further behind with each slot.
+      // Sync and reconstruction keep pulling the data columns from the network while we wait
       promises.push(
         payloadInput.waitForAllData(config.getSlotDurationMs(payloadInput.forkName), signal).catch((e) => {
           if (e instanceof TimeoutError) {

package/src/chain/bls/interface.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ export type VerifySignatureOpts = {
   verifyOnMainThread?: boolean;
   /**
    * Some signature sets are more important than others, and should be verified first.
+   * Non-batchable priority jobs are posted to an idle worker before this call returns, so the caller
+   * can run synchronous work right after without delaying the verification.
    */
   priority?: boolean;
 };

package/src/chain/bls/multithread/index.ts

@@ -333,15 +333,19 @@ export class BlsMultiThreadWorkerPool implements IBlsVerifier {
       }
     }
 
+    // First hand work to an idle worker before returning to the caller.
+    // Deferring the post to the next macrotask would make the worker
+    // sit idle while waiting for the next synchronous work
+    else if (job.opts.priority) {
+      this.jobs.unshift(job);
+      void this.runJob();
+    }
+
     // Push job and schedule to call `runJob` in the next macro event loop cycle.
     // This is useful to allow batching job submitted from a synchronous for loop,
     // and to prevent large stacks since runJob may be called recursively.
     else {
-      if (job.opts.priority) {
-        this.jobs.unshift(job);
-      } else {
-        this.jobs.push(job);
-      }
+      this.jobs.push(job);
       callInNextEventLoop(() => void this.runJob());
     }
   }

package/src/db/flatFileStore/flatFileStore.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import fs from "node:fs";
+import {type FileHandle, open, readFile, rm} from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import {ChainForkConfig} from "@lodestar/config";
 import {ForkPostFulu} from "@lodestar/params";
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ export class FlatFileStore implements IFlatFileStore {
       for (const slot of slotsToPrune) {
         const release = await this.acquireMutationLock(slot);
         try {
-          await fs.promises.rm(path.join(this.dataColumnDir, padSlot(slot)), {recursive: true, force: true});
+          await rm(path.join(this.dataColumnDir, padSlot(slot)), {recursive: true, force: true});
           this.slotIndex.remove(slot);
           this.metrics?.prunedDirectories.inc();
         } finally {
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ export class FlatFileStore implements IFlatFileStore {
 
   private async readFile(slot: Slot, rootHex: RootHex): Promise<Uint8Array | null> {
     try {
-      return await fs.promises.readFile(this.filePath(slot, rootHex));
+      return await readFile(this.filePath(slot, rootHex));
     } catch (e) {
       if (!isFsNotFoundError(e)) throw e;
       return null;
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ export class FlatFileStore implements IFlatFileStore {
     rootHex: RootHex,
     indices: number[]
   ): Promise<(Uint8Array | undefined)[] | null> {
-    let fd: fs.promises.FileHandle;
+    let fd: FileHandle;
     try {
-      fd = await fs.promises.open(this.filePath(slot, rootHex), "r");
+      fd = await open(this.filePath(slot, rootHex), "r");
     } catch (e) {
       if (!isFsNotFoundError(e)) throw e;
       return null;
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ export class FlatFileStore implements IFlatFileStore {
     await observeFlatFileStoreOperation(this.metrics, FlatFileStoreOperation.delete, async () => {
       const release = await this.acquireMutationLock(slot);
       try {
-        await fs.promises.rm(this.filePath(slot, rootHex), {force: true});
+        await rm(this.filePath(slot, rootHex), {force: true});
       } finally {
         release();
       }
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ function validateDcolHeader(header: DcolHeader, slot: Slot, rootHex: RootHex): v
   }
 }
 
-async function readExactly(fd: fs.promises.FileHandle, buffer: Uint8Array, position: number): Promise<void> {
+async function readExactly(fd: FileHandle, buffer: Uint8Array, position: number): Promise<void> {
   let totalRead = 0;
   while (totalRead < buffer.length) {
     const {bytesRead} = await fd.read(buffer, totalRead, buffer.length - totalRead, position + totalRead);

package/src/db/flatFileStore/slotIndex.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import fs from "node:fs";
+import type {Dirent} from "node:fs";
+import {readdir} from "node:fs/promises";
 import {Slot} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {isFsNotFoundError} from "./errors.js";
 import {padSlot} from "./path.js";
@@ -33,9 +34,9 @@ export class SlotIndex {
 
   async rebuildFromDisk(columnsDir: string): Promise<SlotIndexRebuildStats> {
     this.slots.clear();
-    let entries: fs.Dirent[];
+    let entries: Dirent[];
     try {
-      entries = await fs.promises.readdir(columnsDir, {withFileTypes: true});
+      entries = await readdir(columnsDir, {withFileTypes: true});
     } catch (e) {
       if (!isFsNotFoundError(e)) throw e;
       return {slots: 0, ignoredEntries: 0};

package/src/execution/builder/apiClient.ts

@@ -19,21 +19,20 @@ import {IClock} from "../../util/clock.js";
  * Additional duration to account for potential event loop lag which causes
  * builder bids to be rejected even though the response was sent in time.
  */
-const EVENT_LOOP_LAG_BUFFER = 250;
+export const BUILDER_BID_LAG_BUFFER_MS = 250;
 
 /**
- * Duration given to a builder to provide a `SignedExecutionPayloadBid` before the deadline
- * is reached, advertised on each bid request via the `X-Timeout-Ms` header. The p2p bid is
- * selected after the same duration, only considering bids received up to that point.
+ * Default duration given to a builder to provide a `SignedExecutionPayloadBid` before the deadline
+ * is reached, advertised on each bid request via the `X-Timeout-Ms` header. Bids received via
+ * p2p are given the same time to bid up.
  */
-export const BUILDER_BID_DEADLINE_MS = 500;
-
-/** Local timeout for bid requests, event loop lag must not discard bids that arrived in time */
-export const BUILDER_BID_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS = BUILDER_BID_DEADLINE_MS + EVENT_LOOP_LAG_BUFFER;
+export const DEFAULT_BUILDER_BID_DEADLINE_MS = 500;
 
 export type BuilderApiClientOpts = {
-  /** Timeout for builder api requests, bid requests always use `BUILDER_BID_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS` */
+  /** Timeout for builder api requests, bid requests are bounded by `bidDeadline` instead */
   timeout?: number;
+  /** Time builders are given to provide a bid once block production starts, in milliseconds */
+  bidDeadline?: number;
   // Add User-Agent header to all requests
   userAgent?: string;
 };
@@ -69,6 +68,7 @@ export type BuilderApiBid = {
  * each block production request, clients are dialed on demand based on the entry `url`.
  */
 export class BuilderApiClient {
+  readonly bidDeadline: number;
   private readonly clients = new Map<BuilderUrl, BuilderApi>();
 
   constructor(
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ export class BuilderApiClient {
     private readonly bls: IBlsVerifier,
     private readonly metrics: Metrics | null = null,
     private readonly logger?: Logger
-  ) {}
+  ) {
+    this.bidDeadline = opts.bidDeadline ?? DEFAULT_BUILDER_BID_DEADLINE_MS;
+  }
 
   /**
    * Fan out bid requests to the builders named by the entries, one request per unique
@@ -139,9 +141,10 @@ export class BuilderApiClient {
               proposerPubkey,
               requestAuth: entry.auth,
               dateMilliseconds: Date.now(),
-              timeoutMs: BUILDER_BID_DEADLINE_MS,
+              timeoutMs: this.bidDeadline,
             },
-            {timeoutMs: BUILDER_BID_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS}
+            // Event loop lag must not discard bids that arrived in time
+            {timeoutMs: this.bidDeadline + BUILDER_BID_LAG_BUFFER_MS}
           );
           const signedBid = res.value();
           if (signedBid === undefined) {
@@ -203,7 +206,7 @@ export class BuilderApiClient {
 
   /**
    * Establish the connection to every known builder outside the bid deadline, a cold TCP/TLS handshake
-   * to a distant builder can exhaust `BUILDER_BID_DEADLINE_MS` on its own, and a long idle connection
+   * to a distant builder can exhaust the bid deadline on its own, and a long idle connection
    * may be half-open and only fail once written to.
    */
   async checkStatus(): Promise<void> {

package/src/execution/builder/http.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
 } from "@lodestar/types";
 import {toPrintableUrl} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {Metrics} from "../../metrics/metrics.js";
+import {DEFAULT_BUILDER_BID_DEADLINE_MS} from "./apiClient.js";
 import {ValidatorRegistration, ValidatorRegistrationCache} from "./cache.js";
 import {IExecutionBuilder} from "./interface.js";
 
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ export type ExecutionBuilderHttpOpts = {
   timeout?: number;
   faultInspectionWindow?: number;
   allowedFaults?: number;
+  /** Post-gloas only, time builders are given to provide a bid once block production starts, in milliseconds */
+  bidDeadline?: number;
 
   // Only required for merge-mock runs, no need to expose it to cli
   issueLocalFcUWithFeeRecipient?: string;
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ export const defaultExecutionBuilderHttpOpts: ExecutionBuilderHttpOpts = {
   enabled: false,
   url: "http://localhost:8661",
   timeout: 12000,
+  bidDeadline: DEFAULT_BUILDER_BID_DEADLINE_MS,
 };
 
 export enum BuilderStatus {

package/src/metrics/metrics/lodestar.ts

@@ -1013,6 +1013,11 @@ export function createLodestarMetrics(
         help: "Time elapsed between block received and fully verified state, signatures and payload",
         buckets: [0.05, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1, 1.3, 1.6, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4],
       }),
+      receivedToConsensusVerifiedTime: register.histogram({
+        name: "lodestar_gossip_block_received_to_consensus_verified_seconds",
+        help: "Time from gossip block arrival until both the state transition and all block signature verifications are complete, excluding execution payload verification",
+        buckets: [0.01, 0.015, 0.02, 0.025, 0.03, 0.04, 0.5, 1],
+      }),
       verifiedToBlobsAvailabiltyTime: register.histogram<{numBlobs: number}>({
         name: "lodestar_gossip_block_verified_to_blobs_availability_time",
         help: "Time elapsed between block verified and blobs became available",

package/src/network/libp2p/index.ts

@@ -150,7 +150,11 @@ export async function createNodeJsLibp2p(
     nodeInfo: {
       name: "lodestar",
       version: networkOpts.version ?? "unknown",
-      userAgent: networkOpts.private ? "" : networkOpts.version ? `lodestar/${networkOpts.version}` : "lodestar",
+      userAgent: networkOpts.private
+        ? ""
+        : networkOpts.advertiseVersion && networkOpts.version
+          ? `lodestar/${networkOpts.version}`
+          : "lodestar",
     },
     addresses: {
       listen: localMultiaddrs,

package/src/network/options.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ export interface NetworkOptions
   mdns?: boolean;
   connectToDiscv5Bootnodes?: boolean;
   version?: string;
+  /** Include the version in libp2p Identify. Private mode takes precedence. */
+  advertiseVersion?: boolean;
   private?: boolean;
   useWorker?: boolean;
   maxYoungGenerationSizeMb?: number;

package/src/network/processor/gossipHandlers.ts

@@ -705,8 +705,8 @@ function getSequentialHandlers(modules: ValidatorFnsModules, options: GossipHand
 
           // 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
-          // Columns fetched here feed payloadInput.addColumn, which resolves waitForAllData for any
-          // in-flight importExecutionPayload. No processExecutionPayload trigger needed from this path.
+          // Columns fetched here feed payloadInput.addColumn, which resolves the waitForAllData of a
+          // pending payload import. No processExecutionPayload trigger needed from this path.
           chain.getBlobsTracker.triggerGetBlobs(payloadInput);
         }
       })
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ function getSequentialHandlers(modules: ValidatorFnsModules, options: GossipHand
             }
 
             // NOTE: we do NOT call chain.processExecutionPayload here. That is triggered only by
-            // envelope arrival (gossip or API). An in-flight importExecutionPayload is awaiting
+            // envelope arrival (gossip or API). A pending payload import is awaiting
             // payloadInput.waitForAllData(); addColumn above will resolve it once hasAllData flips.
 
             scheduleIncompletePayloadEnvelope(payloadInput, peerIdStr);

package/src/node/nodejs.ts

@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ export class BeaconNode {
         : undefined,
       builderApiClientOpts: {
         timeout: opts.executionBuilder.timeout,
+        bidDeadline: opts.executionBuilder.bidDeadline,
         // Sent with all builder api requests, unless the node runs in private mode
         userAgent: opts.executionBuilder.userAgent,
       },