Notes The Nimbus consensus client v26.7.0 is a medium-urgency release which optimizes CPU and memory usage. Improvements Implements backfilled column reconstruction: #8533 Reply with correct error message in block req/resp for unavailable blocks: #8719 Reassemble only custodied columns from execution client mempool: #8672 Fixes Prevents libp2p pubsub peer leakage: #8699 #8701 Prune colunm…
Notes The Nimbus consensus client v26.6.2 is a medium-urgency release which mitigates regressions in attestation performance and bandwidth usage in v26.6.0 . Fixes Don't redistribute columns outside custody set from execution client mempool: #8648 Don't redistribute already-broadcast columns from execution client mempool: #8668 Urgency guidelines low-urgency : update at your own convenience,…
Notes The Nimbus consensus client v26.6.0 is a medium-urgency release which improves performance and resilience. Improvements Add column index to light client database to improve pruning performance: #8626 Initiate execution client processing of block payloads while waiting for columns: #8561 Avoid redundant KZG column verification: #8542 Require at most 64 columns for block data availability…
Notes The Nimbus consensus client v26.5.0 is a medium-urgency release which improves performance and execution client compatibility. Improvements Batch-verify KZG columns for increased performance: #8302 Increase KZG recovery and verification performance by 60%: #8405 Increase data column storage performance by 40%: #8336 Avoid unnecessary work on epoch transitions: #8214 Provides standalone light…
Notes The Nimbus consensus client v26.3.1 is a medium-urgency release for Ethereum which improves column-handling performance and increases validator client robustness. It is high-urgency for Gnosis due to the imminent Fulu fork. Improvements Schedule Fulu fork for Gnosis: #8144 Implement the fast confirmation rule: #8072 #8121 #8129 #8130 #8132 #8137 Verify block signatures only once rather than…
Notes The Nimbus consensus client v26.3.0 is a low-urgency release which improves blob and column-handling performance. Improvements Improve blob and column-handling performance: 1a4774a Urgency guidelines low-urgency : update at your own convenience, sometime within our normal monthly update cycle medium-urgency : may contain an important stability fix, it is better to update sooner rather than…
Notes The Nimbus consensus client v26.2.1 is a low-urgency , packaging-fix-only release for ARM and multiarch Docker images for anyone running v26.2.0 and otherwise medium-urgency due to addressing the cause of the Nimbus outage on mainnet present in v26.1.0 and earlier. Those still running v26.1.0 or previous versions on mainnet should verify they're still on the canonical chain, restart Nimbus…