@lodestar/beacon-node 1.51.0-dev.b41e3a7363 → 1.51.0-dev.b889ef5768

package/src/chain/blocks/blockInput/types.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 import {ForkName} from "@lodestar/params";
-import {ColumnIndex, DataColumnSidecar, RootHex, SignedBeaconBlock, Slot, deneb, fulu} from "@lodestar/types";
+import {ColumnIndex, DataColumnSidecar, RootHex, SignedBeaconBlock, Slot, fulu} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {VersionedHashes} from "../../../execution/index.js";
 
 export enum DAType {
   PreData = "pre-data",
-  Blobs = "blobs",
   Columns = "columns",
   NoData = "no-data",
 }
 
-export type DAData = null | deneb.BlobSidecars | fulu.DataColumnSidecar[];
+export type DAData = null | fulu.DataColumnSidecar[];
 
 /**
  * Represents were input originated. Blocks and Data can come from different
@@ -37,11 +36,6 @@ export type LogMetaBasic = {
   timeCreatedSec: number;
 };
 
-export type LogMetaBlobs = LogMetaBasic & {
-  expectedBlobs: number | string;
-  receivedBlobs: number;
-};
-
 export type LogMetaColumns = LogMetaBasic & {
   expectedColumns: number;
   receivedColumns: number;
@@ -55,8 +49,6 @@ export type SourceMeta = {
 
 export type BlockWithSource = SourceMeta & {block: SignedBeaconBlock; blockRootHex: RootHex};
 
-export type BlobWithSource = SourceMeta & {blobSidecar: deneb.BlobSidecar};
-
 export type ColumnWithSource = SourceMeta & {columnSidecar: fulu.DataColumnSidecar};
 
 export type BlockHeaderMeta = {
@@ -82,20 +74,10 @@ export type AddBlock<F extends ForkName = ForkName> = SourceMeta & {
   blockRootHex: string;
 };
 
-export type AddBlob = BlobWithSource & {
-  blockRootHex: RootHex;
-};
-
 export type AddColumn = ColumnWithSource & {
   blockRootHex: RootHex;
 };
 
-export type BlobMeta = {
-  index: number;
-  blockRoot: Uint8Array;
-  versionedHash: Uint8Array;
-};
-
 export type MissingColumnMeta = {
   missing: ColumnIndex[];
   versionedHashes: VersionedHashes;

package/src/chain/blocks/importBlock.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import {BitArray} from "@chainsafe/ssz";
 import {routes} from "@lodestar/api";
 import {
-  AncestorStatus,
-  ExecutionStatus,
   ForkChoiceError,
   ForkChoiceErrorCode,
+  InvalidBlockCode,
   NotReorgedReason,
+  ProtoBlock,
   getFinalizedExecutionBlockHash,
   getSafeExecutionBlockHash,
 } from "@lodestar/fork-choice";
@@ -43,11 +43,13 @@ import {callInNextEventLoop} from "../../util/eventLoop.js";
 import {isOptimisticBlock} from "../../util/forkChoice.js";
 import {isQueueErrorAborted} from "../../util/queue/index.js";
 import type {BeaconChain} from "../chain.js";
-import {ChainEvent, ReorgEventData} from "../emitter.js";
+import {ChainEvent} from "../emitter.js";
+import {BlockError, BlockErrorCode} from "../errors/index.js";
 import {ForkchoiceCaller} from "../forkChoice/index.js";
+import {IncludedAttesters} from "../opPools/singleAttestationPool.js";
 import {REPROCESS_MIN_TIME_TO_NEXT_SLOT_BPS} from "../reprocess.js";
 import {toCheckpointHex} from "../stateCache/persistentCheckpointsCache.js";
-import {isBlockInputBlobs, isBlockInputColumns} from "./blockInput/blockInput.js";
+import {isBlockInputColumns} from "./blockInput/blockInput.js";
 import {AttestationImportOpt, FullyVerifiedBlock, ImportBlockOpts} from "./types.js";
 import {getCheckpointFromState} from "./utils/checkpoint.js";
 
@@ -94,8 +96,8 @@ export async function importBlock(
   fullyVerifiedBlock: FullyVerifiedBlock,
   opts: ImportBlockOpts
 ): Promise<void> {
-  const {blockInput, postState, parentBlockSlot, dataAvailabilityStatus, indexedAttestations} = fullyVerifiedBlock;
-  let {executionStatus} = fullyVerifiedBlock;
+  const {blockInput, postState, parentBlockSlot, executionStatus, dataAvailabilityStatus, indexedAttestations} =
+    fullyVerifiedBlock;
   const block = blockInput.getBlock();
   const source = blockInput.getBlockSource();
   const {slot: blockSlot} = block.message;
@@ -131,35 +133,30 @@ export async function importBlock(
 
   // Should compute checkpoint balances before forkchoice.onBlock
   this.checkpointBalancesCache.processState(blockRootHex, postState);
-  if (isGloasBeaconBlock(block.message)) {
-    // A gloas block has no payload of its own, it inherits the status of the payload it builds on,
-    // i.e. the parent variant matching the bid's parent block hash. The parent's default (PENDING)
-    // variant does not reflect a SYNCING parent payload, and onBlock would then mark that payload VALID.
-    const parentRootHex = toRootHex(block.message.parentRoot);
-    const parentBlockHashHex = toRootHex(block.message.body.signedExecutionPayloadBid.message.parentBlockHash);
-    const parentBlock = this.forkChoice.getBlockHexAndBlockHash(parentRootHex, parentBlockHashHex);
-    if (parentBlock === null) {
-      throw Error(
-        `Parent block not found in forkChoice, parentRoot=${parentRootHex} parentBlockHash=${parentBlockHashHex}`
-      );
-    }
-    if (parentBlock.executionStatus === ExecutionStatus.Invalid) {
-      throw Error(`Parent block has invalid execution status, parentRoot=${parentRootHex}`);
+  const importDelayMs = this.clock.msFromSlot(blockSlot);
+  let blockSummary: ProtoBlock;
+  try {
+    blockSummary = this.forkChoice.onBlock(
+      block.message,
+      postState,
+      receiveDelayMs,
+      importDelayMs,
+      currentSlot,
+      executionStatus,
+      dataAvailabilityStatus
+    );
+  } catch (e) {
+    // The parent can be invalidated by a forkchoiceUpdated verdict after verifyBlocksSanityChecks passed
+    if (
+      e instanceof ForkChoiceError &&
+      e.type.code === ForkChoiceErrorCode.INVALID_BLOCK &&
+      e.type.err.code === InvalidBlockCode.PARENT_EXECUTION_INVALID
+    ) {
+      throw new BlockError(block, {code: BlockErrorCode.PARENT_EXECUTION_INVALID, parentRoot: e.type.err.root});
     }
-    executionStatus = parentBlock.executionStatus;
+    throw e;
   }
 
-  const importDelayMs = this.clock.msFromSlot(blockSlot);
-  const blockSummary = this.forkChoice.onBlock(
-    block.message,
-    postState,
-    receiveDelayMs,
-    importDelayMs,
-    currentSlot,
-    executionStatus,
-    dataAvailabilityStatus
-  );
-
   // This adds the state necessary to process the next block
   // Some block event handlers require state being in state cache so need to do this before emitting EventType.block
   this.regen.processState(blockRootHex, postState);
@@ -176,6 +173,9 @@ export async function importBlock(
   // Only process attestations of blocks with relevant attestations for the fork-choice:
   // If current epoch is N, and block is epoch X, block may include attestations for epoch X or X - 1.
   // The latest block that is useful is at epoch N - 1 which may include attestations for epoch N - 1 or N - 2.
+  // the pool is empty outside the slots before a local block proposal, nothing to prune then
+  const pruneSingleAttestations = fork >= ForkSeq.electra && !this.singleAttestationPool.isEmpty();
+  const includedAttesters: IncludedAttesters[] = [];
   if (importsBlockAttestations(opts, blockEpoch, currentEpoch)) {
     const attestations = block.message.body.attestations;
     const rootCache = new RootCache(postState);
@@ -190,6 +190,14 @@ export async function importBlock(
         const {target, beaconBlockRoot} = attestation.data;
 
         const attDataRoot = toRootHex(ssz.phase0.AttestationData.hashTreeRoot(indexedAttestation.data));
+        // the block includes these attesters even if fork choice below rejects the vote
+        if (pruneSingleAttestations) {
+          includedAttesters.push({
+            slot: attestation.data.slot,
+            attDataRootHex: attDataRoot,
+            attestingIndices: indexedAttestation.attestingIndices,
+          });
+        }
         addAttestation.call(
           this,
           postState,
@@ -321,19 +329,19 @@ export async function importBlock(
     });
   }
 
+  // only a block that becomes head prunes, not a side-branch import
+  if (pruneSingleAttestations && newHead.blockRoot === blockRootHex) {
+    callInNextEventLoop(() => {
+      const deleted = this.singleAttestationPool.onHead(blockRootHex, newHead.parentRoot, includedAttesters);
+      this.metrics?.opPool.singleAttestationPool.deletedByBlock.inc(deleted);
+    });
+  }
+
   if (newHead.blockRoot !== oldHead.blockRoot) {
-    // Set head state as strong reference
-    this.regen.updateHeadState(newHead, postState);
+    this.onHeadChanged(oldHead, newHead, postState);
 
     const delaySec = this.clock.secFromSlot(newHead.slot);
-    this.logger.verbose("New chain head", {
-      slot: newHead.slot,
-      root: newHead.blockRoot,
-      delaySec,
-    });
-
     if (this.metrics) {
-      this.metrics.headSlot.set(newHead.slot);
       // Only track "recent" blocks. Otherwise sync can distort this metrics heavily.
       // We want to track recent blocks coming from gossip, unknown block sync, and API.
       const headFork = this.config.getForkName(newHead.slot);
@@ -346,32 +354,6 @@ export async function importBlock(
       }
     }
 
-    this.onNewHead(newHead);
-
-    this.metrics?.forkChoice.changedHead.inc();
-
-    const ancestorResult = this.forkChoice.getCommonAncestorDepth(oldHead, newHead);
-    if (ancestorResult.code === AncestorStatus.CommonAncestor) {
-      // CommonAncestor = chain reorg, old head and new head not direct descendants
-
-      const forkChoiceReorgEventData: ReorgEventData = {
-        depth: ancestorResult.depth,
-        epoch: computeEpochAtSlot(newHead.slot),
-        slot: newHead.slot,
-        newHeadBlock: newHead.blockRoot,
-        oldHeadBlock: oldHead.blockRoot,
-        newHeadState: newHead.stateRoot,
-        oldHeadState: oldHead.stateRoot,
-        executionOptimistic: isOptimisticBlock(newHead),
-      };
-
-      this.emitter.emit(routes.events.EventType.chainReorg, forkChoiceReorgEventData);
-      this.logger.verbose("Chain reorg", forkChoiceReorgEventData);
-
-      this.metrics?.forkChoice.reorg.inc();
-      this.metrics?.forkChoice.reorgDistance.observe(ancestorResult.depth);
-    }
-
     // Lightclient server support (only after altair)
     // - Persist state witness
     // - Use block's syncAggregate
@@ -470,7 +452,13 @@ export async function importBlock(
     const finalizedBlockHash = getFinalizedExecutionBlockHash(this.forkChoice);
     if (headBlockHash !== ZERO_HASH_HEX) {
       this.executionEngine
-        .notifyForkchoiceUpdate(this.config.getForkName(fcuHead.slot), headBlockHash, safeBlockHash, finalizedBlockHash)
+        .notifyForkchoiceUpdate(
+          this.config.getForkName(fcuHead.slot),
+          fcuHead.blockRoot,
+          headBlockHash,
+          safeBlockHash,
+          finalizedBlockHash
+        )
         .catch((e) => {
           if (!isErrorAborted(e) && !isQueueErrorAborted(e)) {
             this.logger.error("Error pushing notifyForkchoiceUpdate()", {headBlockHash, finalizedBlockHash}, e);
@@ -592,10 +580,6 @@ export async function importBlock(
     for (const {source} of blockInput.getSampledColumnsWithSource()) {
       this.metrics?.dataColumns.bySource.inc({source});
     }
-  } else if (isBlockInputBlobs(blockInput)) {
-    for (const {source} of blockInput.getAllBlobsWithSource()) {
-      this.metrics?.importBlock.blobsBySource.inc({blobsSource: source});
-    }
   }
 
   const reprocessGuardSec =

package/src/chain/blocks/importExecutionPayload.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ import {SerializedList} from "@chainsafe/ssz";
 import {routes} from "@lodestar/api";
 import {
   ExecutionStatus,
+  ForkChoiceError,
+  ForkChoiceErrorCode,
+  InvalidBlockCode,
   PayloadExecutionStatus,
   getFinalizedExecutionBlockHash,
   getSafeExecutionBlockHash,
@@ -26,7 +29,6 @@ import {
   verifyExecutionPayloadEnvelope,
   verifyExecutionPayloadEnvelopeSignature,
 } from "./verifyExecutionPayloadEnvelope.js";
-import {verifyPayloadsDataAvailability} from "./verifyPayloadsDataAvailability.js";
 
 const EVENTSTREAM_EMIT_RECENT_EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_SLOTS = 64;
 
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ export enum PayloadErrorCode {
   EXECUTION_ENGINE_INVALID = "PAYLOAD_ERROR_EXECUTION_ENGINE_INVALID",
   EXECUTION_ENGINE_ERROR = "PAYLOAD_ERROR_EXECUTION_ENGINE_ERROR",
   BLOCK_NOT_IN_FORK_CHOICE = "PAYLOAD_ERROR_BLOCK_NOT_IN_FORK_CHOICE",
+  BLOCK_EXECUTION_INVALID = "PAYLOAD_ERROR_BLOCK_EXECUTION_INVALID",
   MISS_BLOCK_STATE = "PAYLOAD_ERROR_MISS_BLOCK_STATE",
   ENVELOPE_VERIFICATION_ERROR = "PAYLOAD_ERROR_ENVELOPE_VERIFICATION_ERROR",
   INVALID_SIGNATURE = "PAYLOAD_ERROR_INVALID_SIGNATURE",
@@ -55,6 +58,10 @@ export type PayloadErrorType =
       code: PayloadErrorCode.BLOCK_NOT_IN_FORK_CHOICE;
       blockRootHex: string;
     }
+  | {
+      code: PayloadErrorCode.BLOCK_EXECUTION_INVALID;
+      blockRootHex: string;
+    }
   | {
       code: PayloadErrorCode.MISS_BLOCK_STATE;
       blockRootHex: string;
@@ -99,7 +106,8 @@ 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
@@ -144,6 +152,13 @@ export async function importExecutionPayload(
       blockRootHex,
     });
   }
+  // The payload chain this block builds on was invalidated, a VALID verdict here would contradict it
+  if (protoBlock.executionStatus === ExecutionStatus.Invalid) {
+    throw new PayloadError(payloadInput, {
+      code: PayloadErrorCode.BLOCK_EXECUTION_INVALID,
+      blockRootHex,
+    });
+  }
 
   // 3. Regenerate state for envelope verification
   const blockState = await this.regen
@@ -322,14 +337,26 @@ export async function importExecutionPayload(
 
   // 6. Update fork choice, transitions the block's PENDING variant to FULL
   const execStatus = toForkChoiceExecutionStatus(execResult.status);
-  this.forkChoice.onExecutionPayload(
-    blockRootHex,
-    blockHashHex,
-    envelope.payload.blockNumber,
-    envelope.payload.gasLimit,
-    execStatus,
-    dataAvailabilityStatus
-  );
+  try {
+    this.forkChoice.onExecutionPayload(
+      blockRootHex,
+      blockHashHex,
+      envelope.payload.blockNumber,
+      envelope.payload.gasLimit,
+      execStatus,
+      dataAvailabilityStatus
+    );
+  } catch (e) {
+    // The payload chain can be invalidated by a forkchoiceUpdated verdict while the engine was awaited
+    if (
+      e instanceof ForkChoiceError &&
+      e.type.code === ForkChoiceErrorCode.INVALID_BLOCK &&
+      e.type.err.code === InvalidBlockCode.PARENT_EXECUTION_INVALID
+    ) {
+      throw new PayloadError(payloadInput, {code: PayloadErrorCode.BLOCK_EXECUTION_INVALID, blockRootHex});
+    }
+    throw e;
+  }
 
   // 7. Queue notifyForkchoiceUpdate to engine api
   const head = this.forkChoice.getHead();
@@ -342,11 +369,13 @@ export async function importExecutionPayload(
   ) {
     const safeBlockHash = getSafeExecutionBlockHash(this.forkChoice, this.logger);
     const finalizedBlockHash = getFinalizedExecutionBlockHash(this.forkChoice);
-    this.executionEngine.notifyForkchoiceUpdate(fork, blockHashHex, safeBlockHash, finalizedBlockHash).catch((e) => {
-      if (!isErrorAborted(e) && !isQueueErrorAborted(e)) {
-        this.logger.error("Error pushing notifyForkchoiceUpdate()", {blockHashHex, finalizedBlockHash}, e);
-      }
-    });
+    this.executionEngine
+      .notifyForkchoiceUpdate(fork, blockRootHex, blockHashHex, safeBlockHash, finalizedBlockHash)
+      .catch((e) => {
+        if (!isErrorAborted(e) && !isQueueErrorAborted(e)) {
+          this.logger.error("Error pushing notifyForkchoiceUpdate()", {blockHashHex, finalizedBlockHash}, e);
+        }
+      });
   }
 
   // 8. Record metrics for payload envelope and column sources
@@ -378,21 +407,3 @@ 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/index.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {nextEventLoop} from "../../util/eventLoop.js";
 import {JobItemQueue, isQueueErrorAborted} from "../../util/queue/index.js";
 import type {BeaconChain} from "../chain.js";
 import {BlockError, BlockErrorCode, isBlockErrorAborted} from "../errors/index.js";
-import {ForkchoiceCaller} from "../forkChoice/index.js";
+import {ExecutionInvalidSource, ForkchoiceCaller} from "../forkChoice/index.js";
 import {BlockProcessOpts} from "../options.js";
 import {IBlockInput} from "./blockInput/types.js";
 import {importBlock, importsBlockAttestations} from "./importBlock.js";
@@ -123,7 +123,10 @@ export async function processBlocks(
     // and we need to further propagate
     if (segmentExecStatus.execAborted !== null) {
       if (segmentExecStatus.invalidSegmentLVH !== undefined) {
-        this.forkChoice.validateLatestHash(segmentExecStatus.invalidSegmentLVH);
+        this.executionEngine.invalidateExecutionPayloads(
+          segmentExecStatus.invalidSegmentLVH,
+          ExecutionInvalidSource.blockSegment
+        );
       }
       throw segmentExecStatus.execAborted.execError;
     }

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
@@ -35,19 +40,11 @@ export class PayloadEnvelopeProcessor {
 
   async processPayloadEnvelopeJob(payloadInput: PayloadEnvelopeInput, opts: ImportPayloadOpts = {}): Promise<void> {
     const existing = this.imports.get(payloadInput);
-    if (existing) {
+    if (existing !== undefined) {
       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) {
-      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

@@ -1,17 +1,9 @@
-import type {ChainForkConfig} from "@lodestar/config";
 import type {BlockExecutionStatus, PayloadExecutionStatus} from "@lodestar/fork-choice";
-import {ForkSeq} from "@lodestar/params";
-import {DataAvailabilityStatus, IBeaconStateView, computeEpochAtSlot} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
+import {DataAvailabilityStatus, IBeaconStateView} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
 import type {IndexedAttestation, Slot, fulu} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {IBlockInput} from "./blockInput/types.js";
 import {OrphanedPayloadEnvelope} from "./utils/chainSegment.js";
 
-export enum GossipedInputType {
-  block = "block",
-  blob = "blob",
-  dataColumn = "data_column",
-}
-
 export enum InclusionListSource {
   gossip = "gossip",
   api = "api",
@@ -23,30 +15,11 @@ type DataColumnData = {
 };
 export type DataColumnsCacheMap = Map<number, DataColumnData>;
 
-export function blockRequiresBlobs(config: ChainForkConfig, blockSlot: Slot, clockSlot: Slot): boolean {
-  return (
-    config.getForkSeq(blockSlot) >= ForkSeq.deneb &&
-    // Only request blobs if they are recent enough
-    computeEpochAtSlot(blockSlot) >= computeEpochAtSlot(clockSlot) - config.MIN_EPOCHS_FOR_BLOB_SIDECARS_REQUESTS
-  );
-}
-
 export enum AttestationImportOpt {
   Skip,
   Force,
 }
 
-export enum BlobSidecarValidation {
-  /** When recieved in gossip the blobs are individually verified before import */
-  Individual,
-  /**
-   * Blobs when recieved in req/resp can be fully verified before import
-   * but currently used in spec tests where blobs come without proofs and assumed
-   * to be valid
-   */
-  Full,
-}
-
 export type ImportPayloadOpts = {
   /**
    * Set to true when the envelope was already validated upstream (e.g., gossip/API validation):
@@ -89,8 +62,6 @@ export type ImportBlockOpts = {
    * Metadata: `true` if all the signatures including the proposer signature have been verified
    */
   validSignatures?: boolean;
-  /** Set to true if already run `validateBlobSidecars()` sucessfully on the blobs */
-  validBlobSidecars?: BlobSidecarValidation;
   /** Seen timestamp seconds */
   seenTimestampSec?: number;
 };
@@ -109,7 +80,10 @@ 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;