ethstaker/eth-docker v26.11.0

Version 26.11.0

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v26.11.0 2026-11-01

This is an optional release

Manual intervention needed if coming from v26.7.2-dev through v26.9.0-dev

If you are updating from an Eth Docker version (check with ./ethd version) of v26.7.2-dev up to v26.9.0-dev, and you use grafana.yml or grafana-cloud.yml, you may have a directory that was incorrectly created with root ownership. In this case, ./ethd update would fail with an unsubtle error
To fix this manually, cd ~/eth-docker or into the directory where you have Eth Docker installed, then sudo rm -rf ./prometheus/node-exporter-text
After that you can safely run ./ethd update

Deprecations

• The legacy validator-exit service for Lighthouse, Lodestar, Nimbus, Prysm and Teku is deprecated and support will be removed after Hegotá hardfork. Please switch your tooling to use ./ethd keys sign-exit and ./ethd keys send-exit instead
• Nethermind's legacy Patricia/HalfPath DB is deprecated, support will be removed when Nethermind removes support for it. ./ethd update will warn you; you can switch to a Flat DB via ./ethd migrate-nethermind
• Nethermind's legacy nm-eth1-data volume is deprecated, support will be removed when Nethermind removes support for its Patricia/HalfPath DB. ./ethd update will warn you; you can switch to a supported volume and Flat DB via ./ethd resync-execution
• The consensus layer client TCP transport port is deprecated. Make sure to port-forward its UDP QUIC transport port and UDP discovery port. Use ./ethd port-check to get an overview. Support will be removed when the clients remove it, expected sometime Q1 2027
• mev-boost.yml and commit-boost-pbs.yml will be removed from your configuration after Glamsterdam hardfork on mainnet, expected December 2026. You can seek them manually if you still want them post-Glamsterdam. Clients are implementing ePBS support, which Eth Docker will support as they do. ./ethd update will warn you

Changes

• Work around a Nimbus Hoodi sync issue
• Caplin gains consensus, eth2 and CL_ALIAS network aliases
• Drop the warnings for multiple ePBS URLs when using Nimbus
• Configure ePBS URLs pre-Glamsterdam when using nimbus-allin1.yml
• Add Ephemery testnet support to Erigon, Nethermind, Reth and Ethrex.
• Adjust Besu aggressive expiry to its new minimum
• Reth EraE import will import receipts

Bug fixes

• Fix Erigon metrics by explicitly setting the port
• Geth Ephemery reset handles ANCIENT_DIR
• .ethd update will no longer delete its own lock file when run concurrently
• When switching back from an ethd pinned version tag- to unpinned main, running ethd update as sudo will no longer create files with incorrect ownership
• ./ethd install will delete an old left-over docker.list so it doesn't conflict with docker.sources during sudo apt update
• Stop Grafana from loop-restarting because it cannot find bash