Notes
Nimbus v24.8.0 is a low-urgency release with performance and spec compliance robustness fixes.
Improvements
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Increase speed of processing blocks with deposits by 25%:
#6469 -
Avoid running light client sync in background when node is synced:
#6505 -
Add additional Sepolia bootnode:
#6490
Fixes
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Add timeouts to failed execution layer requests:
#6441 -
Use correct fork digest when broadcasting blob sidecars, sync committee, and sync contribution messages:
#6440 -
Fix Holesky genesis state being downloaded multiple times:
#6452 -
Check blob versioned hashes when optimistic syncing:
#6501 -
Increase trusted node sync state downloading timeout to 120 seconds:
#6487
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
# Linux AMD64
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# Linux ARM64
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# Linux ARM
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# Windows AMD64
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# macOS AMD64
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# macOS ARM64
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