v5.0.4

[prestonvanloon]

This release has many wonderful bug fixes and improvements. Some highlights include p2p peer fix for windows users, beacon API fix for retrieving blobs older than the minimum blob retention period, and improvements to initial sync by avoiding redundant blob downloads.

Updating to this release is recommended at your earliest convenience, especially for windows users.

Review the full diff here: v5.0.3...v5.0.4

Added

• Beacon-api: broadcast blobs in the event of seen block Beacon-api: broadcast blobs in the event of seen block #13830
• P2P: Add QUIC support P2P: Add QUIC support #13786 Revert Peer Log Changes #13872

Changed

• Use slices package for various slice operations using slices.IndexFunc #13834 using slices.Contains #13837 using slices.ContainsFunc #13838 using slices.Contains #13835 using slices.IndexFunc #13839 using slices.Index #13836
• Initsync skip local blobs Initsync skip local blobs #13827 Fix bug from PR 13827 #13871
• Use read only validators in Beacon API Use read only validators in Beacon API #13873
• Return syncing status when node is optimistic Return syncing status when node is optimistic #13875
• Upgrade the Beacon API e2e evaluator Upgrade the Beacon API e2e evaluator #13868
• Don't return error that can be internally handled Don't return error that can be internally handled #13887
• Allow consistent auth token for validator apis consistent auth token for validator apis #13747
• Change example.org DNS record Change example.org DNS record #13904
• Simplify prune invalid by reusing existing fork choice store call Simplify prune invalid by reusing existing fork choice store call #13878
• use [32]byte keys in the filesystem cache use [32]byte keys in the filesystem cache #13885
• Update Libp2p Dependencies Update Libp2p Dependencies #13960
• Parallelize Broadcasting And Processing Each Blob Parallelize Broadcasting And Processing Each Blob #13959
• Substantial VC cleanup Substantial VC cleanup #13593 WebFix develop  #14040
• Only log error when aggregator check fails Only log error when aggregator check fails #14046
• Update Libp2p Dependencies Update Libp2p Dependencies #14060
• Change Attestation Log To Debug Change Attestation Log To Debug #14072
• update codegen dep and cleanup organization update codegen dep and cleanup organization #14127

Deprecated

• Remove eip4881 flag (--disable-eip-4881) Remove EnableEIP4881 flag #13826

Removed

• Remove the Goerli/Prater support Remove the Goerli/Prater support. #13846
• Remove unused IsViableForCheckpoint Remove unused IsViableForCheckpoint #13879
• Remove unused validator map copy method Remove unused validator map copy method #13954

Fixed

• Various typos and other cosmetic fixes Fixed spelling mistakes in comments #13833 chore: fix some comments #13843
• Send correct state root with finalized event stream Send correct state root with finalization event #13842
• Extend Broadcast Window For Attestations Extend Broadcast Window For Attestations #13858
• Beacon API: Use retention period when fetching blobs Use retention period when fetching blobs #13869 Handle overflow in retention period calculation #13874
• Backfill throttling Backfill throttling #13855
• Use correct port for health check in Beacon API e2e evaluator Use correct port for health check in Beacon API e2e evaluator #13892
• Do not remove blobs DB in slasher. Do not remove blobs DB in slasher. #13881
• use time.NewTimer() to avoid possible memory leaks use time.NewTimer() to avoid possible memory leaks #13800
• paranoid underflow protection without error handling paranoid underflow protection without error handling #14044
• Fix CommitteeAssignments to not return every validator Fix CommitteeAssignments to not return every validator #14039
• Fix dependent root retrival genesis case Fix dependent root retrival genesis case #14053
• Restrict Dials From Discovery Restrict Dials From Discovery #14052
• Always close cache warm chan to prevent blocking always close cache warm chan to prevent blocking #14080
• Keep only the latest value in the health channel Keep only the latest value in the health channel #14087

Security

• Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.21.0 to 0.23.0 Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.21.0 to 0.23.0 #13895

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