status-im/nimbus-eth2 v23.1.1

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Notes

Nimbus v23.1.1 is a high-urgency hotfix for users who have already enabled block
history pruning after upgrading to v23.1.0. It fixes an issue where the client may
fail to start after the database has been pruned.

Fixes:

• A crash on start-up after running the client with --history:prune option - "backfill block must have a summary".
  #4554

• The validator-monitor-details option was accidentally enabled by default in v23.1.0,
  which lead to significant increase in resource usage.

Nimbus v23.1.0 was a low-urgency upgrade, introducing support for on-the-fly database pruning making the storage requirements of Nimbus much more predictable on long-term time scales. When pruning is enabled, a typical beacon node expected to consume around 60 to 70 GB of storage. To take advantage of the new functionality without facing any downtime, users are advised to sync a fresh node through trusted node sync which now features a quicker history backfilling implementation.

Improvements (v23.1.0)

• After a trusted node sync, Nimbus requires less time to complete the block
  backfilling process by downloading the minimum number of historical blocks
  mandated by the spec:

  #4421

• Nimbus is able to sync in optimistic mode with the network even when not
  paired with an execution layer client. Please note that this mode is not
  suitable for validating:

  #4458

• A new --history=<archive|prune> configuration parameter controls the
  retention of old historic blocks in the database of the client. Enabling
  pruning on an existing installation will introduce a significant delay
  on the first run, while history pruning is taking place, so we recommend
  starting with a fresh database by executing a trusted node sync:

  https://nimbus.guide/history.html
  #4445

• The validator monitor is now considered out of BETA and enabled by default.
  To keep the number of created metrics to a reasonable level on installations
  with large number of validators, the default implies the previous behavior
  of the validator-monitor-totals flag:

  #4468

• Full support for the latest Capella/Shanghai devnets:

  https://notes.ethereum.org/@bbusa/Zhejiang#Nimbus

Fixes (v23.1.0)

• Out of date metadata for the Gnosis network bootstrap nodes:

  #4460

• Potential hanging of the client caused by inappropriate activation
  of the TTD block detection on beacon nodes created after the merge:

  #4486

• Inappropriate case-sensitivity in the --log-level parameter, accidentally introduced in the 22.12.0 release.

  #4523

Urgency guidelines

low-urgency: update at your own convenience, sometime within our normal update cycle of two weeks

medium-urgency: may contain an important stability fix, it is better to update sooner rather than later

high-urgency: update as soon as you can, this is a critical update required for Nimbus to function correctly

SHA512 checksums

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