❗ This is a mandatory release for node operators on Sepolia. It includes the following protocol upgrade activation:
- Ecotone activates on Sepolia at Wed Feb 21 17:00:00 UTC 2024
✨ The Ecotone upgrade brings 4844 and Cancun extensions to the L2.
🐛 This release also contains a fix for a tx receipt cache bug which would sometimes result in finalized/safe head stall
Config changes:
With the Ecotone upgrade, op-node needs to connect to an L1 beacon client in order to be able to fetch blobs, whose endpoint is specified with the --l1.beacon flag (or OP_NODE_L1_BEACON env var). If you are using a Lighthouse CL client, you must update to at least the v4.6.0 finalized release.
Versions:
Full changelog:
ethereum-optimism/optimism@v1.5.0...v1.5.1