From 182f39db67438bc23df753582df5dd39bf083187 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stevencartavia <112043913+stevencartavia@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 22:08:55 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] perf(engine): clone block body instead of full block for tx
 root task (#23147)

---
 crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_validator.rs | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_validator.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_validator.rs
index d246d2c149..2824fe0936 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_validator.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_validator.rs
@@ -563,14 +563,14 @@ where
 
         let block = convert_to_block(input)?;
         let transaction_root = is_payload.then(|| {
-            let block = block.clone();
+            let body = block.body().clone();
             let parent_span = Span::current();
             let num_hash = block.num_hash();
             self.payload_processor.executor().spawn_blocking_named("payload-tx-root", move || {
                 let _span =
                     debug_span!(target: "engine::tree::payload_validator", parent: parent_span, "payload_tx_root", block = ?num_hash)
                         .entered();
-                block.body().calculate_tx_root()
+                body.calculate_tx_root()
             })
         });
         let block = block.with_senders(senders);