24.5.2

Additions and Improvements

• Remove deprecated Goerli testnet #7049
• Default bonsai to use full-flat db and code-storage-by-code-hash #6984
• New RPC methods miner_setExtraData and miner_getExtraData #7078
• Disconnect peers that have multiple discovery ports since they give us bad neighbours #7089

Upcoming Breaking Changes

• Version 24.5.x will be the last series to support Java 17. Next release after versions 24.5.x will require Java 21 to build and run.
• 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.
• PKI-backed QBFT will be removed in a future version of Besu. Other forms of QBFT will remain unchanged.
• In a future release, --Xbonsai-limit-trie-logs-enabled will be renamed to --bonsai-limit-trie-logs-enabled instead. Additionally, this limit will change to be enabled by default.
  • If you do not want the limit enabled (eg you have --bonsai-historical-block-limit set < 512), you need to explicitly disable it using --Xbonsai-limit-trie-logs-enabled=false or increase the limit.

Known Issues

• [Frequency: occasional < 10%] Chain download halt. Only affects new syncs (new nodes syncing from scratch). Symptom: Block import halts, despite having a full set of peers and world state downloading finishing. Generally restarting besu will resolve the issue. We are tracking this in #6884

Bug fixes

• Fix parsing gasLimit parameter when its value is > Long.MAX_VALUE #7116
• Skip validation of withdrawals when importing BFT blocks since withdrawals don't apply to BFT chains #7115

New Contributors

• @knowmost made their first contribution in #7005
• @seanyoung made their first contribution in #7054

Full Changelog: 24.5.1...24.5.2

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docker pull docker.io/hyperledger/besu:24.5.2