Release Notes

Features

• Implement a support for the new BN response BehindPublisher #22913 by @petreze
• 22756 Additional State API methods required for BlockNode #22782 #22924 by @imalygin
• Update Block Node configuration to support different streaming and service ports #22552 by @timfn-hg
• Implement Fee Collection Account (HIP-1259) #22521 by @Neeharika-Sompalli
• Populate state proofs with real Merkle paths #22253 by @mhess-swl
• Simple fees for File/Schedule service queries #22537 by @ibankov
• Add connection/client for BN service API #22483 by @timfn-hg
• Simple fees implementation for Airdrops #21970 by @ibankov
• Keep self node account id in memory #22487 by @JivkoKelchev
• Support multiple other parents in the event creator #22423 by @abies
• MOP GUI #22489 by @lpetrovic05
• 22485 Added workflow to build State Operator #22486 by @imalygin
• Query support for Simple Fees #22269 by @joshmarinacci
• Simple fees support for Token Create with custom fees #22275 by @joshmarinacci
• 21597 New state snapshot format #22327 by @imalygin
• Simple Fees: use new extras for topic custom fees #22252 by @joshmarinacci
• Simple Fees Token Services (common) #21980 by @joshmarinacci
• Implement Crypto Transfer simple fees calculator #22192 by @aderevets
• MOP ancestor search & DeGen #22316 by @lpetrovic05
• extend tests for HIP-1300 and support them in an AtomicBatch #22367 by @petreze
• Implement simple fees for crypto allowance approve and delete #22294 by @aderevets
• Create file on disk with node account ID on freeze prepare upgrade #22193 by @JivkoKelchev

Bug Fixes

• (0.70) Ensure HTS transfer gas cost reflects HBAR auto-creations #23180 by @tinker-michaelj
• Consensus optimization #23133 by @poulok
• Sidecars/trace data for REVERTED_SUCCESS inside batch #22840 by @tinker-michaelj
• Short-circuit on zero-into-empty slot hook store #22770 by @tinker-michaelj
• 22794 Fixed MutabilityException fail in diff testing #22844 by @imalygin
• Allow charging upto numHookInvocations * maxGasPerSec #22797 by @Neeharika-Sompalli
• Fix Misc & Misc Records XTS checks #22814 by @petreze
• Fix node fee refund when fee collector is enabled #22763 by @petreze
• 22755: Some timingSensitive tests fail because no ReconnectConfig data is provided #22757 by @artemananiev
• JMH consensus test #22729 by @lpetrovic05
• 21612: Export and SortedExport commands must be resilient to the corrupted state #22679 by @thenswan
• Use only last update for each unique key in WritableEvmHookStore #22641 by @tinker-michaelj
• Check previous balance for non-zero in wipe #22580 by @tinker-michaelj
• stabilized testConnectionWorker_sendMultipleBlocks() #22536 by @AlexKehayov
• stabilized testConnectionWorker_sendRequests() #22515 by @AlexKehayov
• XTS broken due to bad gradle/actions/setup-gradle version specifier #22620 by @rbarker-dev
• Set consistent handlers in deterministic model, do not swallow exceptions when using deterministic task schedulers #22527 by @mxtartaglia-sl
• 22553: Reconnect teacher may experience high virtual pipeline backpressure #22554 by @artemananiev
• Add additional verification strategy for schedule delete facade calls #22461 by @stoyanov-st
• Skip double finalisation if Contract Create exceptionally halted #21955 by @stoyanov-st
• add minimum value to transactionHandler data counter #22126 by @mxtartaglia-sl
• Incorrect token name #22450 by @rbarker-dev
• Use service component for handler-assessed fees #22392 by @tinker-michaelj
• Avoid sending empty requests to the block node #22380 by @timfn-hg
• update BlockNodeSuite#node0SupportsDynamicBlockNodeConnectionInfo #22406 by @timfn-hg
• stabilize flaky test in BlockNodeConnectionManagerTest #22320 by @petreze
• Reconnect process should wait until the gossip is fully paused before clearing the system state #22369 by @abies
• 21885: Implement AccountService for otter tests #22177 by @artemananiev
• Fix bug increasing network size from a single node network #22263 by @poulok
• CryptoDeleteSuite.deleteEcdsaKeyAliasWorked - covered 19 byte address length #22364 by @AlexKehayov
• Prevent multiple in memory log subscription in Turtle Environment #22330 by @poulok

Other Changes

Chores

• Disable hooks on release/0.70 #23084 by @tinker-michaelj
• Cherry-pick extend Schedule Delete admin key check to also keep track of delegatable contract ids #22834 #22914 by @stoyanov-st
• Enable hooks by default #23005 by @Neeharika-Sompalli
• (cherry-pick) Add extra validations for queries #23010 by @Neeharika-Sompalli
• Adopt HookStore and mirrored proto types #22701 by @tinker-michaelj
• Promote aggregated node sigs to block proof type #22677 by @mhess-swl
• fix canAutoCreateWithFungibleTokenTransfersToAlias XTS test #22846 by @Neeharika-Sompalli
• Update codeownership on gradle files #22848 by @rbarker-dev
• Fix XTS tests #22841 by @Neeharika-Sompalli
• Update XTS slack reporting. #22843 by @rbarker-dev
• Change all instances of hiero-citr- to hl-cn-citr- for self-hosted runner labels #22798 by @rbarker-dev
• Remove Platform JRS from XTS dry run workflow #22807 by @poulok
• Fix flaky insufficient fee in HapiCryptoTransfer #22773 by @joshmarinacci
• Update MN version #22758 by @rbarker-dev
• XTS Fixes #22732 by @mhess-swl
• (Simple fees) Update CryptoTransfer to prevent double charging #22590 by @aderevets
• split PlatformConfigurationExtension #22725 by @netopyr
• Add prefix variants of hashing methods #22714 by @mhess-swl
• consensus pces module #22721 by @netopyr
• Update citr-test-config.md #22726 by @rbarker-dev
• Move OrphanBuffer to consensus-utility #22708 by @netopyr
• Update which checks run on PRs coming from forks #22724 by @rbarker-dev
• Reduce Otter memory consumption by deduplicating in-memory consensus rounds #22646 by @mxtartaglia-sl
• Implement additional fee schedule file validations #22561 by @aderevets
• Remove PlatformContext #22711 by @netopyr
• move deduplicator #22640 by @netopyr
• Enable HIP-1259 by default #22672 by @Neeharika-Sompalli
• Prepare move of signature validator #22663 by @netopyr
• Remove unused threading classes #22660 by @poulok
• add additional logging for uploading artifacts on failed workflow #22544 by @andrewb1269
• Remove Browser #22538 by @timo0
• fix wiring diagram #22658 by @netopyr
• Simple fees calculators for crypto services queries #22467 by @aderevets
• move event validator #22634 by @netopyr
• Support override bootstrap properties; use in TxExecutors for simple fees #22643 by @tinker-michaelj
• move event hasher #22591 by @netopyr
• Refine HIP-991 sig requirement checks #22471 by @tinker-michaelj
• Simplify consensus constructor #22611 by @poulok
• FreezeCheckHolder no longer needed #22562 by @mxtartaglia-sl
• remove empty upload artifact step in XTS workflow #22606 by @andrewb1269
• Add ZERO_LATENCY configuration #22595 by @netopyr
• Remove HAPI dependency from base-utility #22588 by @netopyr
• EventIntakeModule API #22572 by @netopyr
• Create empty Hashgraph Implementation module #22566 by @poulok
• 22570: CryptoBench fails to save data in the end of the benchmark #22583 by @artemananiev
• reorder XTS state validator build step #22569 by @andrewb1269
• reorder XTS state validator build step #22568 by @andrewb1269
• Migrate EventCreatorModule #22488 by @netopyr
• Delete marker file writer #22517 by @poulok
• Refactors to prepare for adding the block node service client #22354 by @timfn-hg
• update CN -> BN dashboard #22428 by @timfn-hg
• Integrate PBJ lib prereq to tss.wrapsEnabled=true #22478 by @tinker-michaelj
• remove outdated cli commands #22535 by @lpetrovic05
• 19404 Delete FCQueue and related code #22518 by @imalygin
• remove abbreviated panel again #22526 by @poulok
• Cleanup unused code #22513 by @poulok
• Remove ReservedSignedStatePromise and its tests, address ReconnectControllerTest flakiness and enable #22091 by @mxtartaglia-sl
• 19316 Delete MerkleMap and FCHashMap #22468 by @imalygin
• Remove JTR reporting tool #22458 by @timo0
• Fix XTS failing test #22477 by @Neeharika-Sompalli
• 19307 Removed MerkleStateRoot and related classes #22451 by @imalygin
• Disable Hooks on main #22455 by @Neeharika-Sompalli
• Fix connections #22445 by @netopyr
• Remove demo apps #22443 by @timo0
• Unify regular and inner transaction flow for parsing #22404 by @petreze
• rework CryptoTransfer hapi test suite #22422 by @aderevets
• Restore throttles/props after cryptoGetAccountBalanceQueryAssociationThrottles() #22383 by @tinker-michaelj
• Add support for Helidon client HTTP/2 and gRPC config overrides #22293 by @timfn-hg
• Minor Version Roll to 0.70.0-SNAPSHOT
• Remove FlickeringIsolationExperiment from default chaos test #22359 by @netopyr

Continuous Integration

• Update runners & Improve XTS Dry Run Capabilities #23172 #23218 by @rbarker-dev
• Update build-release-artifact and associated workflows #23207 by @andrewb1269
• rename zxf to flow on MATS and XTS dry run workflows #23192 by @andrewb1269
• cherry pick various ci related changes to release 70 #23025 by @andrewb1269
• add not cancelled check to failure artifact publishing #22761 by @andrewb1269
• Major overhaul on CI/CD runners for MATS, PR Checks, XTS #22662 by @rbarker-dev
• Mitigate issue with deploy release artifact not publishing GCP artifacts. #22710 by @rbarker-dev
• add checkout in private to build release artifact #22416 by @andrewb1269
• update how gh releases are created, improve release notes #22268 by @andrewb1269

Refactoring

• MoveThreshold to base-utility #22699 by @poulok
• Move IntReference to base-utility #22697 by @poulok
• Extract Threading, Metrics, and Roster to Dedicated Consensus Modules #22681 by @poulok
• Move ThresholdLimitingHandler to base-utility #22652 by @poulok
• Move utility classes to base-utility #22618 by @poulok
• Extract array compare utility methods to base-utility #22604 by @poulok
• Move EventWindowUtils and RoundCalculationUtils to consensus-utility #22600 by @poulok
• Move old stats classes to swirlds-common #22481 by @poulok
• Create the Hashgraph API module #22452 by @poulok

Tests

• Implement Simple fees crypto service hapi tests #22366 by @Evdokia-Georgieva
• Enable All Non-MATS HAPI Test Checks in XTS #22386 by @derektriley
• 21694 sdtp sdlt with state validator #22004 by @alex-kuzmin-hg