Live testing on bal-devnet-2 confirmed that computed roots DO diverge from
header roots. Block 75315 computed root 0xe909c7.. vs header root
0x9acbbe.. — untracked contracts' storage roots in the local trie are from
snap sync time and differ from the actual current roots, even when the
storage root resolver successfully queries peers.
This means subsequent blocks must chain off the computed root (via
partialState.Root()), not the header root (via parent.Root()). Restore
the stateRoot field using atomic.Pointer[common.Hash] instead of the
previous sync.RWMutex for lock-free concurrent access.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Apply review fixes: BAL iterator start (Fix 2), fatal root mismatch when
all storage resolved (Fix 3), WriteBlockWithoutState error handling (Fix 4),
contract filter construction order (Fix 5), canonical hash backfill (Fix 6),
underflow guard in gap processing (Fix 8), O(n²) prepend fix (Fix 9),
ReadBALHistory corruption detection (Fix 11), incomplete resolution error
(Fix 13), RLP encode panic (Fix 14), gap processing log level (Fix 16),
TriggerPartialResync message (Fix 18), and comment accuracy fixes.
Remove the stateRoot field and sync.RWMutex from PartialState entirely.
Since partial state maintains the full account trie, the computed root
always matches the header root (assuming storage root resolution succeeds).
ProcessBlockWithBAL now derives parent root from parent.Root() directly,
matching how full nodes derive state root from currentBlock headers.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Fix several interacting issues that prevented partial state nodes from
syncing and following the chain on bal-devnet-2:
1. Stale pivot deadlock: Replace unconditional pivot suppression with
rate-limited advances (2-minute cooldown). This prevents the restart
loop bug while allowing recovery when the initial pivot is too stale
for peers to serve.
2. Storage root resolution: Add snap-based resolver that queries peers
for untracked contracts' storage roots during BAL processing. This
lets the computed state root converge toward the header root.
3. SetCanonical for partial state: When the computed root differs from
the header root (expected when untracked contracts have unresolved
storage roots), check HasState(partialState.Root()) instead of only
HasState(block.Root()). Guard against zero root during snap sync.
4. Canonical hash backfill: AdvancePartialHead now writes canonical
hashes for all blocks between the pivot and snap head, fixing the
"final block not in canonical chain" error caused by
InsertReceiptChain skipping blocks whose bodies already exist.
5. Gap block processing: After snap sync completes, process accumulated
blocks between the sync head and chain tip using their persisted BALs
before entering steady-state chain following.
6. Computed root chaining: Use partialState.Root() (actual computed root)
as parentRoot for subsequent blocks, not the header root. This ensures
correct trie chaining when computed != header root.
Tested end-to-end on bal-devnet-2: snap sync completes, gap blocks
processed, canonical head advances at chain tip (~1 block/12s).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Fix the post-sync deadlock where blocks validated via BAL in newPayload
were never written to the database, causing ForkchoiceUpdated to fail
finding them and triggering infinite sync cycles.
Changes:
- Export WriteBlockWithoutState and call it after ProcessBlockWithBAL
in newPayload, so FCU can find blocks via GetBlockByHash
- Guard SetCanonical against recoverAncestors for partial state nodes
(they can't re-execute blocks, only apply BAL diffs)
- Auto-disable log indexing when partial state is enabled (no receipts)
- Fix BAL type field accesses to match upstream bal-devnet-2 types
(StorageChanges, CodeChanges, BalanceChanges, Validate signature)
- Update newPayload signature (BAL now comes from ExecutableData params)
- Add partial sync scripts and documentation
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add chain retention for partial state mode: only the most recent N blocks
(default 1024) retain bodies and receipts. During sync, older blocks are
skipped entirely. After sync, the freezer enforces a rolling window.
Add engine API support for Block Access Lists (EIP-7928): NewPayloadV5
accepts BAL data alongside execution payloads, enabling partial state
nodes to receive per-block storage access information from the CL.
Fix beacon backfilling failure caused by dynamic chain cutoff not
clearing the cutoff hash (which remained at the genesis hash).
Add partial state awareness to eth_call/eth_estimateGas to return clear
errors when accessing untracked contract storage.
Implement Block Access List (BAL) processing for partial statefulness
per EIP-7928. This enables nodes to update state without re-executing
transactions by applying BAL diffs directly to the trie.
Key additions:
- ApplyBALAndComputeRoot: Core BAL processing with correct commit ordering
(storage trie → account Root → account trie)
- ProcessBlockWithBAL: Blockchain-level entry point for BAL processing
- HandlePartialReorg: Chain reorganization support using BAL history
- Comprehensive test coverage (31 tests):
* Unit tests for edge cases (storage deletion, EIP-161, buildStateSet)
* Blockchain integration tests (ProcessBlockWithBAL, HandlePartialReorg)
* Both HashScheme and PathScheme coverage
Devnet Testing (2-node setup):
- Full node: dev mode with --dev.period 2, creates blocks
- Partial node: --partial-state mode, syncs via P2P
- Test results: Block sync verified, balance queries match between nodes,
state roots consistent. Database size reduction observed for partial node.
