Ethereum consensus client in Rust
This high-priority hot-fix address high CPU usage experienced after the Capella upgrade (April 12 UTC).
We recommend all mainnet users update to this release to prevent high CPU usage from interfering with normal node operations (e.g., staking).
This hot-fix only applies to the Beacon Node. There is no need to upgrade the Validator Client from v4.0.1 (or v4.0.1-rc.0) to this release.
This hot-fix is not yet applied to the unstable
or stable
branches. To build from source, use the hotfix-exit-verification
branch (or checkout the v4.0.2-rc.0
tag).
There are no breaking changes in this release.
This table provides priorities for which classes of users should update particular components.
User Class | Beacon Node | Validator Client |
---|---|---|
Staking Users | High | Low |
Non-Staking Users | High | --- |
See Update Priorities more information about this table.
See pre-built binaries documentation.
The binaries are signed with Sigma Prime's PGP key: 15E66D941F697E28F49381F426416DC3F30674B0
System | Architecture | Binary | PGP Signature |
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x86_64 | lighthouse-v4.0.2-rc.0-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v4.0.2-rc.0-x86_64-apple-darwin-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v4.0.2-rc.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v4.0.2-rc.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
aarch64 | lighthouse-v4.0.2-rc.0-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
aarch64 | lighthouse-v4.0.2-rc.0-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v4.0.2-rc.0-x86_64-windows.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v4.0.2-rc.0-x86_64-windows-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
System | Option | - | Resource |
Docker | v4.0.2-rc.0 | sigp/lighthouse |
This release is mandatory for all mainnet users (except for those running v4.0.1-rc.0). It enables the Capella/Shanghai ("Shapella") upgrade (#4111), which will occur at April 12, 2023, 10:27:35pm UTC. Any node which is not updated to Lighthouse a v4.x.x release before 10:27pm on April 12th (UTC) will stop following the chain and will need to be resynced. For stakers, this would result in missed rewards and penalties.
For clarity, all mainnet Lighthouse users must be running a v4.x.x release on their BNs and VCs by April 12, 2023, 10:27:35pm UTC.
This release also contains various bug-fixes, optimisations and new features:
ERRO Dialing an already dialing peer
log (#4056)This release replaces the v4.0.0 release which was retracted due to the discovery of a bug. A v4.0.1-rc.0 hot-fix was published to patch that bug. That bug fix is also included in this release.
This release (v4.0.1) replaces both v4.0.0 and v4.0.1-rc.0.
We have the following advice for users:
These release notes have been written with respect to v3.5.1 rather than the previous retracted release of v4.0.0.
The Capella/Shanghai ("Shapella") upgrade will occur on mainnet at:
All Lighthouse Beacon Nodes and Validator Clients must be upgraded to a reliable v4.x.x release to ensure they follow the correct chain. The following table demonstrates which releases are reliable, Shapella-ready releases:
Release | Is Reliable, Shapella-Ready v4.x.x Release |
---|---|
v3.5.1 | ❌ No |
v4.0.0 | ❌ No |
v4.0.1-rc.0 | ✅ Yes |
v4.0.1 | ✅ Yes |
Any release after v4.0.1 | ✅ Yes |
Preparation for the Shapella upgrade is much simpler than the preparation required for "The Merge" (Bellatrix). To be Shapella ready, users just need to:
If your execution engine does not yet have a Shanghai-ready release then it is safe to upgrade Lighthouse to v4.x.x without also upgrading the execution engine. An up-to-date execution engine will be required before April 12th, though.
There are no new flags to be added or removed for the Shapella upgrade, simply upgrade and wait.
Lighthouse will start periodically emitting the following logs two weeks before the Shapella upgrade (29th of March):
Not ready for Capella
if Lighthouse has detected that the execution engine is too outdated to support Shanghai.Ready for Capella
if Lighthouse has detected a modern execution engine release.Just because Lighthouse is logging Ready for Capella
does not indicate that your execution engine is on the correct version. There is no way for Lighthouse to determine this exactly and users are responsible for ensuring that their execution engine is using the latest release.
Fixed as of Erigon v2.42.0
There was a bug in Erigon v2.41.0 and earlier which caused Erigon to time out when paired with Lighthouse v4.0.1. This was reflected in the Lighthouse logs as an error log containing the phrase TimedOut
, like this:
ERRO Error during execution engine upcheck error: Reqwest(reqwest::Error { kind: Request, url: Url { scheme: "http", cannot_be_a_base: false, username: "", password: None, host: Some(Ipv4(127.0.0.1)), port: Some(8551), path: "/", query: None, fragment: None }, source: TimedOut }), service: exec
The issue is resolved in Erigon v2.42.0 and later, see this issue for details: https://github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/issues/7172.
There are no breaking changes between this release and v4.0.0 and v4.0.1-rc.0. The following changes are with reference to v3.5.1.
To support changes to the fork choice algorithm, the database schema has been upgraded to v16. The schema upgrade will be applied automatically upon upgrading and should not take more than a few seconds.
To downgrade, follow the instructions in the book for Database Migrations.
Users may downgrade anytime before the Capella upgrade. Prior Lighthouse releases are not compatible with Capella, so downgrading is fundamentally impossible after the upgrade occurs.
The minimum supported Rust version has been set to 1.66. Users who compile from source (i.e., not Docker or pre-built binary users) will receive the following error if they are using an earlier version of Rust:
lighthouse v4.0.0 (/home/karlm/lighthouse/lighthouse)` cannot be built because it requires rustc 1.66 or newer
Users can typically obtain the latest version of Rust by running rustup update
.
This table provides priorities for which classes of users should update particular components.
User Class | Beacon Node | Validator Client |
---|---|---|
Staking Users | High | High |
Non-Staking Users | High | --- |
See Update Priorities more information about this table.
has_context_bytes
(#3972)http_api
(#4068)See pre-built binaries documentation.
The binaries are signed with Sigma Prime's PGP key: 15E66D941F697E28F49381F426416DC3F30674B0
System | Architecture | Binary | PGP Signature |
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x86_64 | lighthouse-v4.0.1-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v4.0.1-x86_64-apple-darwin-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v4.0.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v4.0.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
aarch64 | lighthouse-v4.0.1-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
aarch64 | lighthouse-v4.0.1-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v4.0.1-x86_64-windows.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v4.0.1-x86_64-windows-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
System | Option | - | Resource |
Docker | v4.0.1 | sigp/lighthouse |
This release is a hot-fix to patch a bug introduced in v4.0.0, which was published Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:56:00 PM UTC. The v4.0.0 release has been removed from the Github releases page.
The bug was found by our fuzzers and has not been triggered on any networks. If triggered, it would result in temporary periods of effective downtime of several slots.
It is unlikely that this bug will present itself on mainnet, however we recommend the following actions for all networks (Mainnet, Goerli, Prater, Sepolia, Gnosis, etc):
We are not recommending v4.0.0 users downgrade to v3.5.1 since a manual database migration is required. Users familiar with database migrations are safe to downgrade.
If you are not sure if you've updated, you can run lighthouse --version
to find out.
The Docker stable
flag has been updated to point to the patched version. If you have updated your stable
Docker containers after Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:04:00 PM UTC, we recommend updating again to obtain the patch.
See pre-built binaries documentation.
The binaries are signed with Sigma Prime's PGP key: 15E66D941F697E28F49381F426416DC3F30674B0
System | Architecture | Binary | PGP Signature |
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x86_64 | lighthouse-v4.0.1-rc.0-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v4.0.1-rc.0-x86_64-apple-darwin-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v4.0.1-rc.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v4.0.1-rc.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
aarch64 | lighthouse-v4.0.1-rc.0-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
aarch64 | lighthouse-v4.0.1-rc.0-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v4.0.1-rc.0-x86_64-windows.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v4.0.1-rc.0-x86_64-windows-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
System | Option | - | Resource |
Docker | v4.0.1-rc.0 | sigp/lighthouse |
This release is a low-priority release for all users except for those using the Goerli test network.
For Goerli (aka Prater) users, this release includes the Capella fork parameters (#4044). Goerli will undergo the Capella upgrade (a.k.a "hardfork") on 14/03/2023 at 10:25:36 pm UTC. Goerli users must update to this version or later before the Capella upgrade. Users that fail to upgrade will cease to follow the chain and will be required to resync.
Users of Ethereum Mainnet or other networks/testnets (e.g., Sepolia, Gnosis Chain) may choose to update to this release to take advantage of various optimisations and bug fixes.
Notable changes in this release include:
There are no breaking changes that affect Mainnet users.
The --network kiln
and --network ropsten
flags are no longer supported. Kiln was deprecated Q3 2022 and Ropsten was deprecated in Q4 2022. Removing these networks has reduced the size of the Lighthouse binary by approximately 30MiB.
Dedicated Ropsten and Kiln users can still use these networks by manually obtaining the testnet configuration directories and using the --testnet-dir
flag.
Goerli is upgrading to Capella on 14/03/2023 at 10:25:36 pm UTC! :tada:
Goerli users must update both the Lighthouse beacon node and validator client before March 14. Failure to update will result in missed validator duties and a corrupt beacon node database (requiring a re-sync).
Goerli users must also ensure they are running a compatible execution engine. The Ethereum Foundation will publish a "Goerli Shapella Announcement" in the coming days which will contain more information and a list of compatible execution layer releases.
Lighthouse will emit INFO Ready for Capella
logs when both itself and the execution engine are ready for the Capella upgrade. Conversely, Lighthouse will emit WARN Not ready for Capella
logs when it detects a misconfiguration.
In #4024 and #4051 we added new Prometheus metrics for monitoring the round-trip latency between a VC and the BN. The latency measurement is the time it takes the VC to send, receive and parse a call to the BN's eth/v1/node/version
endpoint.
There are two new metrics exposed by the VC:
vc_beacon_node_latency_primary_endpoint
: shows the latency for the primary BN.vc_beacon_node_latency
: shows the latency for all BNs, with the endpoint URL as the endpoint
label.Producing a block requires two HTTP calls between the VC and the BN. Therefore, latency on this connection can contribute significantly to block publishing delays. Blocks which are published late are more likely to be orphaned.
Those using Grafana+Prometheus can use the following query to view the 99th percentile latency for their primary BN:
histogram_quantile(0.99, rate(vc_beacon_node_latency_primary_endpoint_bucket[$__rate_interval]))
The optimised maxperf
profile is currently not working on Windows due to a suspected regression in the Rust compiler. The pre-compiled Windows binaries have been built with the release
profile instead and may exhibit slightly reduced performance compared to previous versions. See https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/issues/3964 for details.
This table provides priorities for which classes of users should update particular components.
User Class | Beacon Node | Validator Client |
---|---|---|
Staking Users | Low Priority | Low Priority |
Non-Staking Users | Low Priority | --- |
The Beacon Node may be updated without the Validator Client, however we recommend updating both components for completeness.
Goerli users must update both the beacon node and the validator client.
See Update Priorities for more information about this table.
WARN
in the VC for a mismatched Capella fork epoch (#4050)null
LVH from an INVALID
response to newPayload
(#4037)v1.3.0-rc.3
(#4021)See pre-built binaries documentation.
The binaries are signed with Sigma Prime's PGP key: 15E66D941F697E28F49381F426416DC3F30674B0
System | Architecture | Binary | PGP Signature |
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x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.5.1-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.5.1-x86_64-apple-darwin-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.5.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.5.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
aarch64 | lighthouse-v3.5.1-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
aarch64 | lighthouse-v3.5.1-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.5.1-x86_64-windows.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.5.1-x86_64-windows-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
System | Option | - | Resource |
Docker | v3.5.1 | sigp/lighthouse |
This release is a low-priority release for all users (including mainnet), except for those using the Sepolia test network
For Sepolia users, this release includes the Capella fork parameters. Sepolia will undergo the Capella upgrade (a.k.a "hardfork") on 2023/2/28 at 4:04:48 AM UTC. Sepolia users must update to this version or later before the Capella upgrade. Users that fail to upgrade will cease to follow the chain and will be required to resync.
Ethereum mainnet, Ethereum testnet (e.g., Goerli, Ropsten) and Gnosis users may choose to update to this release, but it is low-priority.
Alongside the Sepolia changes, this release includes:
To support Capella the database schema has been upgraded to v15. The schema upgrade will be applied automatically upon upgrading and should not take more than a few seconds.
To downgrade, follow the instructions in the book for Database Migrations.
Users may downgrade anytime before the Capella upgrade. Prior Lighthouse releases are not compatible with Capella, so downgrading is fundamentally impossible after the upgrade occurs.
Users building from source will have to update their Rust compiler version to at least 1.65.0 using a command like:
rustup update stable
Newer versions of the compiler including the latest (v1.67.1 at time of writing) will also work.
Older versions will log an error during compilation.
Previously, the Beacon Node HTTP would return 405
(method not allowed) for an unknown route (e.g. http://localhost:5052/not_a_real_route
). Lighthouse will now return a 404
(not found) error.
Sepolia is upgrading to Capella on 2023/2/28 at 4:04:48 AM UTC! :tada:
Sepolia users must update both the Lighthouse beacon node and validator client before February 28. Failure to update will result in missed validator duties and a corrupt beacon node database (requiring a re-sync).
Sepolia users must also ensure they are running a compatible execution engine. The Ethereum Foundation Sepolia Shapella Annoucement contains more information and a list of compatible execution layer releases.
Lighthouse will emit INFO Ready for Capella
logs when both itself and the execution engine are ready for the Capella upgrade. Conversely, Lighthouse will emit WARN Not ready for Capella
logs when it detects a misconfiguration.
The optimised maxperf
profile is currently not working on Windows due to a suspected regression in the Rust compiler. The pre-compiled Windows binaries have been built with the release
profile instead and may exhibit slightly reduced performance compared to previous versions. See https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/issues/3964 for details.
This table provides priorities for which classes of mainnet users should update particular components.
User Class | Beacon Node | Validator Client |
---|---|---|
Staking Users | Low Priority | Low Priority |
Non-Staking Users | Low Priority | --- |
Note: this update is high-priority for Sepolia users.
The Beacon Node may be updated without the Validator Client, however we recommend updating both components for completeness. Sepolia users must update both the beacon node and the validator client.
See Update Priorities for more information about this table.
This release contains the Capella functionality (#3763), which has been the result of several months of work. To ensure rightful attribution to its contributors, we have elected to perform a merge commit rather than our usual squash-merge. This has created an unusually complex history on the stable
branch, so we have omitted the full list of changes in this release.
The full list of commits between this version (v3.5.0) and the previous version (v3.4.0) can be viewed on Github.
See pre-built binaries documentation.
The binaries are signed with Sigma Prime's PGP key: 15E66D941F697E28F49381F426416DC3F30674B0
System | Architecture | Binary | PGP Signature |
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x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.5.0-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.5.0-x86_64-apple-darwin-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.5.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.5.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
aarch64 | lighthouse-v3.5.0-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
aarch64 | lighthouse-v3.5.0-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.5.0-x86_64-windows.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.5.0-x86_64-windows-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
System | Option | - | Resource |
Docker | v3.5.0 | sigp/lighthouse |
:warning: You should not run this alpha release supporting mainnet validators :warning:
If you are looking for the latest Lighthouse release please go to https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/releases/latest.
This is an alpha release of upcoming changes to Lighthouse which improve disk usage and state management.
For more information about the -tree.X
family of releases, please see the v3.4.0-tree.1
release notes.
Compared to the previous release the main changes are:
unstable
, including new rewards APIs.Note that there is no v3.4.0-tree.2
release due to a build failure.
This release is not backwards compatible with stable Lighthouse. It uses a different database schema (v20) for which no automatic upgrade or downgrade is implemented. We intend to implement an automatic upgrade process once the new schema is finalized. A re-sync will be required to run future versions of tree-states
.
This release is backwards compatible with the prior tree-states
release (v3.4.0-tree.1
).
Please only run this release if you are willing to re-sync now, and again in several weeks/months.
Expect a few sharp edges. Some things you may run into:
WARN Parent state is not advanced
is logged excessively during sync. This is harmless, albeit annoying.maxperf
profile (use release
).Build the v3.4.0-tree.3
tag.
See pre-built binaries documentation.
The binaries are signed with Sigma Prime's PGP key: 15E66D941F697E28F49381F426416DC3F30674B0
System | Architecture | Binary | PGP Signature |
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x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-tree.3-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-tree.3-x86_64-apple-darwin-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-tree.3-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-tree.3-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
aarch64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-tree.3-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
aarch64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-tree.3-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-tree.3-x86_64-windows.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-tree.3-x86_64-windows-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
System | Option | - | Resource |
Docker | v3.4.0-tree.3 | sigp/lighthouse |
:warning: You should not run this alpha release supporting mainnet validators :warning:
If you are looking for the latest Lighthouse release please go to https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/releases/latest.
This is an alpha release of upcoming changes to Lighthouse which improve disk usage and state management.
We are making this alpha release so that expert users may help us test these improvements. It is not backwards-compatible and not recommended for mainnet validators.
For the adventurous, the main benefits are:
--slots-per-restore-point=32
and --reconstruct-historic-states
.We hope that this is useful for running block explorers and supporting other beacon chain analytics. We are using it internally at SigP to run some of our analytics.
Aside from the experimental tree-states
changes this release is up-to-date with Lighthouse v3.4.0 and includes the same features.
This release is not backwards compatible with stable Lighthouse. It uses a different database schema (v20) for which no automatic upgrade or downgrade is implemented. We intend to implement an automatic upgrade process once the new schema is finalized. A re-sync will be required to run future versions of tree-states
.
Please only run this release if you are willing to re-sync now, and again in several weeks/months.
Expect a few sharp edges. Some things you may run into:
WARN Parent state is not advanced
is logged excessively during sync. This is harmless, albeit annoying.BeaconState
does not quote integers for some fields. This will be fixed shortly, but SSZ can be used as a workaround.The fundamental change supporting these improvements is a change to the in-memory representation of the BeaconState
from flat vectors to copy-on-write trees. This enables many more BeaconState
s to be stored in memory, but comes at the cost of increased iteration time. As a result, block and epoch processing times are slower. To mitigate this we are working on new caches and optimisations which bring block processing times back in line with stable Lighthouse. This puts the tree-states
branch in a slightly awkward spot, because we cannot responsibly merge it until it is better than stable Lighthouse on every possible metric (a Pareto improvement).
Seeing as tree-states
alters the database schema quite drastically, we also decided to roll in a few other improvements. The plan is to get the new schema as close to perfect as possible so that in a future release everyone can upgrade once with minimal fuss.
Build the v3.4.0-tree.1
tag.
See pre-built binaries documentation.
The binaries are signed with Sigma Prime's PGP key: 15E66D941F697E28F49381F426416DC3F30674B0
System | Architecture | Binary | PGP Signature |
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x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-tree.1-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-tree.1-x86_64-apple-darwin-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-tree.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-tree.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
aarch64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-tree.1-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
aarch64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-tree.1-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-tree.1-x86_64-windows.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-tree.1-x86_64-windows-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
System | Option | - | Resource |
Docker | v3.4.0-tree.1 | sigp/lighthouse |
This high-priority release contains important bug fixes, optimizations and a notable change to fork choice which incentivizes the timely production of blocks.
Other interesting changes include:
Lighthouse nodes running this version (or later) will attempt to re-org blocks which arrive late and subsequently receive very few votes from other validators. Lighthouse will not attempt a re-org unless it is confident that its own block will become the head and the action is in the best interests of the Ethereum network.
It is expected that re-orging a late block will be significantly profitable for the entity which performs the re-org. The loss induced by the validator which produced the late block will incentivize performance improvements.
See Late Block Re-orgs in the Lighthouse Book for more information.
This release contains two breaking changes regarding the validator monitor on the BN.
A new flag has been added to the Beacon Node: --validator-monitor-individual-tracking-threshold
. The default value is 64
, which means that when the validator monitor is tracking more than 64 validators then it will stop tracking per-validator metrics and only track values via the new total
label. It will also stop logging per-validator logs and only emit aggregated logs (the exception being that exit and slashing logs are always emitted).
The new total
label tracks the aggregated metrics of all validators in the validator monitor (as opposed to each validator being tracking individually using its pubkey as the label). It only tracks values which are easily aggregated (e.g. total count of attestations seen) and omits values which are not easily aggregated (e.g. most recent inclusion distance).
These changes were introduced in #3728 to address issues with untenable Prometheus cardinality and log volume when using the validator monitor with high validator counts (e.g., 1000s of validators). Users with less than 65 validators will see no change in behavior (apart from the added total
metric). Users with more than 65 validators who wish to maintain the previous behavior can set something like --validator-monitor-individual-tracking-threshold 999999
.
The validator monitor will no longer emit WARN
and ERRO
logs for sub-optimal attestation performance. The logs will now be emitted at INFO
level. This change was introduced to avoid cluttering the WARN
and ERRO
logs with alerts that are frequently triggered by the actions of other network participants (e.g., a missed block) and require no action from the user.
This table provides priorities for which classes of users should update particular components.
User Class | Beacon Node | Validator Client |
---|---|---|
Staking Users | High Priority | Medium Priority |
Non-Staking Users | High Priority | --- |
The Beacon Node may be updated without the Validator Client, however we recommend updating both components for completeness.
See Update Priorities more information about this table.
INFO
(#3727)validator_monitor
metrics to the HTTP API (#3760)See pre-built binaries documentation.
The binaries are signed with Sigma Prime's PGP key: 15E66D941F697E28F49381F426416DC3F30674B0
System | Architecture | Binary | PGP Signature |
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x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-x86_64-apple-darwin-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
aarch64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
aarch64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-x86_64-windows.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.4.0-x86_64-windows-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
System | Option | - | Resource |
Docker | v3.4.0 | sigp/lighthouse |
This release is a low-priority release for all users, except those using the Gnosis Chain.
For Gnosis users, this release includes the Gnosis Merge parameters. Gnosis users will need to update to this release before November 30th or they will fail to go through the merge transition and will be left following the wrong chain. Therefore, this release is high-priority for Gnosis users.
Ethereum mainnet and Ethereum testnet (e.g., Goerli, Sepolia) users may choose to update to this release, but it is low-priority.
Alongside the Gnosis changes, this release includes:
--checkpoint-sync-url-timeout
flag (#3710)To support new features the database schema has been upgraded to v13. The schema upgrade will be applied automatically upon upgrading and should not take more than a few seconds.
To downgrade, follow the instructions in the book for Database Migrations.
The signing of sync committee messages by the validator client has been improved in a way that is incompatible with old versions of the Lighthouse beacon node. We do not expect many users to be affected because only versions prior to v3.0.0 are incompatible.
For details please see: https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/pull/3624
Gnosis chain is merging! :tada:
The expected timeline is:
You must update both the Lighthouse beacon node and validator client before November 30. Failure to update will result in missed validator rewards and a corrupt beacon node database (requiring a re-sync).
You must also ensure you're running a compatible verison of Nethermind (v1.14.6 or newer) and that it is correctly connected to your Lighthouse beacon node. For further instructions please see:
We are pleased to announce the readiness of deposit snapshot sync, which enables nodes to quickly sync the deposit contract.
When setting up a new Lighthouse node using checkpoint sync, a snapshot of the deposit contract will be downloaded from the checkpoint sync provider. Initially the only supported provider is Lighthouse v3.3.0, although we expect checkpointz
and the other clients soon will roll out support soon.
If the checkpoint sync provider does not support the feature you'll see a pair of warning logs:
WARN Remote BN does not support EIP-4881 fast deposit sync
WARN Failed to finalize deposit cache
These warnings are harmless, and Lighthouse will gracefully fallback to syncing the deposit contract cache from the execution node.
Depsosit snapshot support is the result of many months of work by @ethDreamer, who not only implemented the feature in Lighthouse but also wrote the spec for it, EIP-4811.
For further details on the implementation see: https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/pull/2915
This table provides priorities for which classes of mainnet users should update particular components.
User Class | Beacon Node | Validator Client |
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Staking Users | Low Priority | Low Priority |
Non-Staking Users | Low Priority | --- |
Note: this update is high-priority for Gnosis chain users.
The Beacon Node may be updated without the Validator Client, however we recommend updating both components for completeness. Gnosis users must update both the beacon node and the validator client.
See Update Priorities for more information about this table.
mut
(#3736)This medium-priority release is a patch release for the recently released v3.2.0, fixing a performance regression.
Please see the release notes for v3.2.0 for a summary of included features and breaking changes:
https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/releases/tag/v3.2.0
This table provides priorities for which classes of users should update particular components.
User Class | Beacon Node | Validator Client |
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Staking Users | Medium Priority | Medium Priority |
Non-Staking Users | Low Priority | --- |
The Beacon Node may be updated without the Validator Client and vice versa, as long as both BN and VC are running a v3.x release.
Beacon nodes and validator clients on pre-v3.0.0 versions have been unable to follow the chain since September 6 2022 when the Bellatrix hard fork was activated.
See Update Priorities for more information about this table.
See pre-built binaries documentation.
The binaries are signed with Sigma Prime's PGP key: 15E66D941F697E28F49381F426416DC3F30674B0
System | Architecture | Binary | PGP Signature |
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x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.2.1-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.2.1-x86_64-apple-darwin-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.2.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.2.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
aarch64 | lighthouse-v3.2.1-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
aarch64 | lighthouse-v3.2.1-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.2.1-x86_64-windows.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
x86_64 | lighthouse-v3.2.1-x86_64-windows-portable.tar.gz | PGP Signature | |
System | Option | - | Resource |
Docker | v3.2.1 | sigp/lighthouse |