v7.0.0-beta.1 - Istanbul Support

This is the first Ethereum tests release with broader Istanbul support, see the "Istanbul support" section for a list with relevant PRs.

This release also comes with some structural changes to the test folder layout, the most important ones being the introduction of a new separate LegacyTests test suite for state tests up to Constantinople, a new sub folder structure for BlockchainTests and a new separate suite GeneralStateTests/stTimeConsuming/ for time consuming tests. For further details please have a look at the "Test Format Changes" section.

Istanbul Support

EIP Test Support

• EIP-152: Blake2b F precompile, CALL and CALLCODE tests added for the standard unit test vectors for Blake2b F, PR #619
• EIP-1344: ChainID opcode, state tests added in PR #627
• EIP-1884: Repricing for trie-size-dependent opcodes, SELFBALANCE and SLOAD gas cost tests added in PR #627

Test Regeneration

• Regeneration of BlockchainTests/GeneralStateTests (hive tests), PR #632
• Updated TransactionTests/ to Istanbul, PR #633
• Updated state tests with latest lllc, PR #635
• Updated GeneralStateTests to Istanbul, PR #639

Constantinople/Petersburg Updates

The following tests touching Constantinople/Petersburg behavior have been added or updated since the last release:

• Added ConstantinopleFix (aka Petersburg) tests, PR #582
• Updated ByzantiumToConstantinople transition test to ByzantiumToConstantinopleFix
  (see BlockchainTests/TransitionTests), PR #583, PR #588
• New SAR, SHL, SHR combinations, PR #574

Test Format Changes

• New LegacyTests suite for BlockchainTests/GeneralStateTests and GeneralStateTests for HFs up to Constantinople (so not: ConstantinopleFix aka Petersburg), PR #623
• New subfolder structure for BlockchainTests with added folders for InvalidBlocks and ValidBlocks,
  PR #605
• New separate suite GeneralStateTests/stTimeConsuming/ for time consuming tests, PR #595
• Moved blockchain specific tests from GeneralStateTests to BlockchainTests, PR #590
• Old unmaintained RPC test scripts in RPCTests have been removed, PR #573

Retesteth / RPC

• Added Istanbul to Retesteth configuration, PR #638
• Updated Retesteth configurations, PR #634
• Default Retesteth genesis configurations, PR #625
• Added Retesteth configuration for Pantheon client, PR #622
• Autokill Geth threads in startGethThreads.sh, PR #613
• Added fork configurations to Geth config, PR #602
• Fixed BlockchainTests RPC issues, PR #594

General Test Additions

• More RLP invalid tests for non-optimal lengths (see RLPTests/), PR #612
• More tests on touching precompiles along REVERT usage (see GeneralStateTests/stRevertTest/*Touch*.json), PR #580, PR #610
• New sStore test with non-zero nonce on collision (see GeneralStateTests/stSStoreTest/InitCollisionNonZeroNonce.json), PR #578

Bug Fixes/Optimizations

• Corrected tests with a missing expect section, PR #624
• Refill of all BlockchainTests/GeneralStateTests/, PR #621
• Removed post sections with no post conditions, PR #618
• Corrected huge expect sections in state tests (see stAttackTest/, 'stQuadraticComplexity/'),
  PR #617
• Compressed huge state data in bcExploitTest tests, PR #616
• Removed ambiguous test in BlockchainTests/ValidBlocks/bcMultiChainTest/ChainAtoChainB_blockorder2.json, PR #615
• Fixed RevertPrecompiledTouch test, PR #609
• Converted blockchain specific state tests into BlockchainTests, PR #607
• Various test fixes, PR #603
• Fixes and updates to various state tests, PR #599
• Fixed 0x missing in transaction -> data in GeneralStateTests, PR #598
• Removed a test case from badOpcodes state tests (see GeneralStateTests/stBadOpcode/), PR #592
• Fixed gasLimit issue in GeneralStateTests, PR #590
• Consistently use 0x prefixes in RLPTests, PR #587
• Removed underspecified lotsOfBranches test (see BlockchainTests/bcTotalDifficultyTest/lotsOfBranches.json), PR #579
• Changed gasUsed to 0 in genesisBlockHeader for dataTx tests (see BlockchainTests/bcValidBlockTest/dataTx.json and dataTx2.json), PR #577