Pectra testing call #9, 14 October 2024

Summary

Update by @bbusa (from Eth R&D Discord)

Pectra

  • pectra-devnet-3
    • shutdown timeline by mid week. - Aim to shut it off by wednesday if there are no objections
  • pectra-devnet-4
    • alpha 8 release last week
    • no more blocking open issues to launch
    • possibly working teku image - was unable to confirm
    • prysm has a couple more PRs to merge in
    • nethermind will be ready very soon ™️
    • ethereumjs - bugs in engine API - working on it - ready in 1-2 days
    • erigon - will take a few days to get ready
    • besu - will take a few days - working on execution spec tests
    • geth passing all devnet 4 tests - engine API PR still open
    • lodestar - try to get it ready as soon as possible
    • reth - most changes in open PRs
    • Lightclient checking how to test 7702 transactions. Mario No support t9n in tests. Proposal for tx test - use the json instead of rlp. - Might need to impl new test format to support this new tx type. Mario gonna look into it. Blockchain test currently has support for 7702 transactions. - t9n tx type would be a nice to have but not a blocker.
    • launch target by end of the week

Peerdas

  • peerdas-devnet-3
    • been unfinalized for a while (7d)
    • lodestar issues - data doesn’t seem to be syncing
    • possibly do a relaunch with only validating supernodes

EOF - Fusaka

  • eof-devnet-0 - fusaka-devnet-0
    • rebased on alpha 8 - built on top of devnet 4 spec
    • osakaTime as the fork activation
    • launch in ~ 2 weeks time

SSZ devnets