From d4613aee0cc1aeff06e057640fe497d6efd3dd99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: james-prysm <90280386+james-prysm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:00:34 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] skipping slot 1 sync committee check e2e (#16145)

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**What type of PR is this?**

Tests

**What does this PR do? Why is it needed?**

```

--- PASS: TestEndToEnd_MinimalConfig/chain_started (0.50s)
--
--- PASS: TestEndToEnd_MinimalConfig/finished_syncing_0 (0.00s)
--- PASS: TestEndToEnd_MinimalConfig/all_nodes_have_same_head_0 (0.00s)
--- PASS: TestEndToEnd_MinimalConfig/validators_active_epoch_0 (0.00s)
--- FAIL: TestEndToEnd_MinimalConfig/validator_sync_participation_0 (0.01s)
--- PASS: TestEndToEnd_MinimalConfig/peers_connect_epoch_0 (0.11s)


```
This PR attempts to reduce flakes on validator sync participation
failures by skipping the first slot of the block after startup

**Which issues(s) does this PR fix?**

Fixes #

**Other notes for review**

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---
 changelog/james-prysm_skip-e2e-slot1-check.md | 3 +++
 testing/endtoend/evaluators/validator.go      | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 changelog/james-prysm_skip-e2e-slot1-check.md

diff --git a/changelog/james-prysm_skip-e2e-slot1-check.md b/changelog/james-prysm_skip-e2e-slot1-check.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c40b16a7dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/james-prysm_skip-e2e-slot1-check.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### Changed
+
+- e2e sync committee evaluator now skips the first slot after startup, we already skip the fork epoch for checks here, this skip only applies on startup, due to altair always from 0 and validators need to warm up.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testing/endtoend/evaluators/validator.go b/testing/endtoend/evaluators/validator.go
index aed605ba59..8f782c11d3 100644
--- a/testing/endtoend/evaluators/validator.go
+++ b/testing/endtoend/evaluators/validator.go
@@ -262,6 +262,11 @@ func validatorsSyncParticipation(_ *types.EvaluationContext, conns ...*grpc.Clie
 			// Skip fork slot.
 			continue
 		}
+		// Skip slot 1 at genesis - validators need time to ramp up after chain start.
+		// This is a startup timing issue, not a fork transition issue.
+		if b.Block().Slot() == 1 {
+			continue
+		}
 		expectedParticipation := expectedSyncParticipation
 		switch slots.ToEpoch(b.Block().Slot()) {
 		case params.BeaconConfig().AltairForkEpoch: