hyperledger/besu 24.4.0 on GitHub

24.4.0

RocksDB database metadata format has changed to be more expressive, the migration of an existing metadata file to the new format is automatic at startup. Before performing a downgrade to a previous version it is mandatory to revert to the original format using the subcommand besu --data-path=/path/to/besu/datadir storage revert-metadata v2-to-v1.
BFT networks won't start with SNAP or CHECKPOINT sync (previously Besu would start with this config but quietly fail to sync, so it's now more obvious that it won't work) #6625, #6667
Forest pruning has been removed, it was deprecated since 24.1.0. In case you are still using it you must now remove any of the following options: pruning-enabled, pruning-blocks-retained and pruning-block-confirmations, from your configuration, and you may want to consider switching to Bonsai.

Receipt compaction will be enabled by default in a future version of Besu. After this change it will not be possible to downgrade to the previous Besu version.

txpool_besuPendingTransactionschange parameter numResults to optional parameter #6708
Extend Blockchain service #6592
Add bft-style blockperiodseconds transitions to Clique #6596
Add createemptyblocks transitions to Clique #6608
RocksDB database metadata refactoring #6555
Make layered txpool aware of minGasPrice and minPriorityFeePerGas dynamic options #6611
Update commons-compress to 1.26.0 #6648
Update Vert.x to 4.5.4 #6666
Refactor and extend TransactionPoolValidatorService #6636
Introduce TransactionSimulationService #6686
Transaction call object to accept both input and data field simultaneously if they are set to equal values #6702
eth_call for blob tx allows for empty maxFeePerBlobGas #6731
Extend error handling of plugin RPC methods #6759
Added engine_newPayloadV4 and engine_getPayloadV4 methods #6783
Reduce storage size of receipts #6602
Dedicated log marker for invalid txs removed from the txpool #6826
Prevent startup with BONSAI and privacy enabled #6809
Remove deprecated Forest pruning #6810
Experimental Snap Sync Server #6640

Fix txpool dump/restore race condition #6665
Make block transaction selection max time aware of PoA transitions #6676
Don't enable the BFT mining coordinator when running sub commands such as blocks export #6675
In JSON-RPC return optional v fields for type 1 and type 2 transactions #6762
Fix Shanghai/QBFT block import bug when syncing new nodes #6765
Fix to avoid broadcasting full blob txs, instead of only the tx announcement, to a subset of nodes #6835
Snap client fixes discovered during snap server testing #6847