perf(engine): release cache lock before waiting for state root validation

Move valid_block_rx.recv() out from under the execution cache write lock
in save_cache(). The original code held the lock across the blocking recv,
which stalled concurrent readers (get_cache_for) for ~100ms+ during state
root validation.

The usage guard (Arc<()> strong_count) still prevents concurrent access
to the shared ExecutionCache while the lock is released: is_available()
returns false as long as the SavedCache is alive, so get_cache_for()
returns None. split() is called inside update_with_guard to release the
guard and publish the new cache atomically under the write lock.

.changelog/cool-owls-rest.md

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-trie-sparse: patch
----
-
-Fixed a bug in `merge_subtrie_updates` where source insertions did not cancel destination removals (and vice versa), causing inconsistent trie updates accumulated across multiple `root()` calls without intermediate `take_updates()`. Added a test covering the cross-cancellation behavior.

.changelog/cool-suns-rest.md

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-transaction-pool: minor
----
-
-Added support for optional custom stateless and stateful validation hooks in `EthTransactionValidator` via `set_additional_stateless_validation` and `set_additional_stateful_validation` methods. Also implemented a manual `Debug` impl to handle the non-`Debug` function pointer fields.

.changelog/dark-ants-write.md

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-tasks: patch
----
-
-Added panic handler to all rayon thread pools that logs panics via `tracing::error` instead of aborting the process.

.changelog/dry-koalas-wink.md

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-network-types: patch
----
-
-Increased default maximum concurrent outbound dials from 15 to 30.

.changelog/dry-lakes-sleep.md

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-trie-common: minor
-reth-trie: minor
----
-
-Added `contains_range` method to `PrefixSet` for checking if any key falls within a half-open range. Added prefix set support to `ProofCalculator` via `with_prefix_set`, enabling stale cached hash invalidation and branch collapse detection when keys are inserted or removed; propagated storage prefix sets through `SyncAccountValueEncoder`.

.changelog/dull-clams-pack.md

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-trie-sparse: patch
----
-
-Refactored arena trie internals by adding a `BranchChildIdx::sibling()` helper, deduplicating `Index`/`NodeArena` type aliases, and replacing `is_empty()` with a `drop_root()` method. Fixed a bug where `cursor.pop()` was called before checking if the leaf was the root node, which could cause incorrect dirty-state propagation.

.changelog/dull-seals-laugh.md

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-trie-sparse: minor
----
-
-Fixed a bug in `ArenaParallelSparseTrie` where subtrie updates that would completely empty a subtrie were incorrectly dispatched to parallel workers instead of being processed inline, preventing correct branch collapse detection when blinded siblings are present. Refactored the `SparseTrie` test suite to accept a `fn() -> T` factory instead of requiring `T: Default`, enabling a new `arena_parallel_sparse_trie_always_parallel` test variant that exercises all tests with parallelism thresholds set to 1. Added `test_branch_collapse_multi_empty_subtries_blinded_remaining` to cover the case where removing multiple revealed leaves empties their subtries and leaves a single blinded sibling requiring a proof.

.changelog/fair-wolves-smile.md

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-payload-builder: minor
----
-
-Added observability metrics for payload resolve latency and new payload job creation latency to the payload builder service.

.changelog/fine-horses-whisper.md

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-trie-sparse: patch
----
-
-Fixed another branch collapse edge case where `check_subtrie_collapse_needs_proof` incorrectly compared removal count against total update count (including `Touched` entries), causing it to skip proof requests for blinded siblings and panic when the subtrie emptied. Added a regression test covering the removals + `Touched` + blinded sibling scenario.

.changelog/fine-koalas-shout.md

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-chain-state: minor
-reth-engine-primitives: minor
-reth-engine-tree: minor
-reth-node-core: minor
-reth-node-events: minor
-reth: patch
----
-
-Added configurable slow block logging (`--engine.slow-block-threshold`) that emits a structured `warn!` log with detailed timing, state-operation counts, and cache hit-rate metrics for blocks whose total processing time exceeds the threshold. Introduced `ExecutionTimingStats`, `CacheStats`, `StateProviderStats`, and `SlowBlockInfo` types to carry execution statistics from block validation through persistence, and refactored `PersistenceResult` to carry commit duration alongside the last persisted block.

.changelog/icy-tigers-buzz.md

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-trie-db: minor
-reth-engine-tree: minor
----
-
-Added `PendingChangeset` and `PendingChangesetGuard` to `ChangesetCache` so concurrent readers wait for an in-progress computation instead of falling back to the expensive DB-based path. The guard automatically cancels the pending entry on drop (e.g. task panic), ensuring waiters always make progress.

.changelog/merry-bees-break.md

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-engine-primitives: minor
-reth-engine-tree: minor
-reth-node-core: minor
-reth-trie-parallel: minor
----
-
-Added `--engine.proof-jitter` CLI option behind the `trie-debug` feature flag. When set, each proof worker sleeps for a random duration up to the specified value before starting proof computation, useful for stress-testing timing-sensitive proof logic.

.changelog/mild-foxes-cook.md

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-rpc-convert: patch
----
-
-Updated `alloy-evm` dependency to git revision `9bc2dba` and adapted `TxEnvConverter` impl to the updated `TryIntoTxEnv` trait signature that now includes a `Spec` generic parameter.

.changelog/neat-ducks-whisper.md

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-trie: patch
-reth-trie-sparse: patch
----
-
-Refactored test harness for sparse trie tests by extracting `TrieTestHarness` into a shared `reth-trie` test utility, replacing duplicated inline harness code across multiple test modules. Updated `proof_v2` return type to include an optional root hash, and converted `original_root` and `storage` from public fields to accessor methods.

.changelog/nice-bears-cook.md

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-trie: patch
----
-
-Removed the local `increment_and_strip_trailing_zeros` function and `PATH_ALL_ZEROS` static in `proof_v2`, replacing them with the equivalent `Nibbles::next_without_prefix` and `Nibbles::is_zeroes` builtins. Also replaced manual `.get()` calls on `state_mask`/`hash_mask` with direct field access and switched to `Nibbles::unpack_array` over the unsafe `unpack_unchecked`.

.changelog/nice-whales-buzz.md

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-engine-tree: patch
----
-
-Added idle-time pre-computation of account trie upper hashes in the sparse trie payload processor when no pending proof results are available.

.changelog/odd-frogs-break.md

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-cli-commands: minor
-reth-node-core: minor
-reth: patch
----
-
-Made v2 storage the default for all new databases, deprecating the `--storage.v2` flag to a hidden no-op kept for backwards compatibility. Updated CLI reference docs to remove the now-hidden flag from all command help pages.

.changelog/proud-slugs-fly.md

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-engine-tree: patch
-reth-trie-sparse: patch
-reth-tasks: patch
----
-
-Offloaded deallocation of expensive proof node buffers to a persistent background thread (`Runtime::spawn_drop`) to avoid blocking state root computation or lock-holding code.

.changelog/rare-tigers-nod.md

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-trie-sparse: patch
-reth-engine-tree: patch
----
-
-Removed the `skip_proof_node_filtering` flag, `revealed_account_paths`/`revealed_paths` tracking, and the `filter_revealed_v2_proof_nodes` function from the sparse trie implementation. Also removed the corresponding skipped-nodes metrics, simplifying the proof node reveal path to always pass nodes directly to the sparse trie without pre-filtering.

.changelog/rare-whales-pack.md

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-trie-sparse: minor
----
-
-Added a comprehensive generic `SparseTrie` test suite covering `set_root`, `reveal_nodes`, `update_leaves`, `root`, `take_updates`, `commit_updates`, `prune`, `wipe`/`clear`, `get_leaf_value`, `find_leaf`, `size_hint`, and integration lifecycle scenarios. Tests are stamped out for all concrete `SparseTrie` implementations via a macro.

.changelog/safe-waves-cook.md

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-engine-tree: patch
----
-
-Downgraded per-transaction prewarm span from `debug_span!` to `trace_span!` to reduce noise in debug-level logging.

.changelog/safe-waves-read.md

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-network-types: minor
-reth-network: minor
-reth-node-core: patch
----
-
-Added `PersistedPeerInfo` struct to persist richer peer metadata (kind, fork ID, reputation) to disk. Updated `PeersConfig::with_basic_nodes_from_file` to support both the new `PersistedPeerInfo` format and the legacy `Vec<NodeRecord>` format with automatic conversion, and updated `write_peers_to_file` to exclude backed-off and banned peers.

.changelog/tall-fish-climb.md

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-cli-commands: minor
----
-
-Added `reth_version` field to `SnapshotManifest` to record the Reth version that produced a snapshot. The field is optional and populated automatically during manifest generation.

.changelog/tall-stars-shout.md

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-network: minor
----
-
-Added `fork_id` as a tiebreaker in peer selection when reputations are equal, preferring peers with a discovered `fork_id` as it indicates fork compatibility. Added a test to verify the tiebreaker behavior.

.changelog/tidy-stars-cry.md

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-trie-sparse: patch
----
-
-Fixed a bug where trie nodes could appear in both `updated_nodes` and `removed_nodes` simultaneously by removing entries from `removed_nodes` when a node is inserted as updated.

.changelog/vain-bats-bark.md

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-trie-common: minor
-reth-trie: minor
-reth-trie-parallel: minor
-reth-engine-tree: patch
----
-
-Moved `ProofV2Target`, `MultiProofTargetsV2`, and `ChunkedMultiProofTargetsV2` from `reth-trie-parallel::targets_v2` into a new `reth-trie-common::target_v2` module, making these types available at a lower level without pulling in the full parallel trie crate. Added a `multiproof_v2` method to `Proof` in `reth-trie` that generates a state multiproof using the V2 proof calculator with synchronous account value encoding.

.changelog/vain-birds-laugh.md

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-engine-tree: patch
-reth-evm-ethereum: patch
-reth-evm: patch
-reth-primitives-traits: patch
-reth-revm: patch
-reth-rpc-eth-api: patch
-reth-rpc-eth-types: patch
-reth-provider: patch
-example-custom-evm: patch
-example-precompile-cache: patch
----
-
-Bumped revm to v35.0.0, revm-inspectors to 0.35.0, and alloy-evm to 0.29.0. Updated call sites throughout the codebase to align with the new APIs, including `ExecutionResult` field changes (`gas_used` → `gas.used()`/`gas.final_refunded()`), removal of `.without_state_clear()`, updated `EthPrecompiles::new(spec)` constructor, and updated `block_hashes.lowest()` access.

.changelog/vain-goats-cook.md

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-trie-sparse: minor
-reth-engine-primitives: minor
-reth-engine-tree: minor
-reth-node-core: minor
-reth-trie-common: patch
----
-
-Added an arena-based sparse trie implementation (`ArenaParallelSparseTrie`) using `slotmap` arena allocation for node storage, enabling parallel subtrie mutation without per-node hashing overhead. Added `ConfigurableSparseTrie` enum to switch between the arena and hash-map implementations, and a `--engine.enable-arena-sparse-trie` CLI flag to opt in at runtime.

.changelog/warm-trees-grow.md

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-engine-primitives: patch
-reth-engine-tree: patch
-reth-node-core: patch
----
-
-Removed `--engine.enable-arena-sparse-trie` CLI flag and made the arena-based sparse trie the default implementation. The hash-map-based `ParallelSparseTrie` variant is no longer selectable.

.changelog/young-horses-play.md

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-trie: major
-reth-trie-db: major
-reth-provider: minor
----
-
-Added `MaskedTrieCursorFactory` and `MaskedTrieCursor` to handle prefix-set-based hash invalidation at the cursor layer, replacing the `DatabaseTrieWitness` trait abstraction. Removed `with_prefix_sets_mut` from `TrieWitness` and deleted `DatabaseTrieWitness` — callers should now wrap their cursor factory with `MaskedTrieCursorFactory` to apply prefix sets during witness/proof computation.

.changelog/zesty-clouds-wave.md

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-reth-trie: patch
----
-
-Fixed a potential panic in `ProofCalculator` by clearing internal computation state (`branch_stack`, `child_stack`, `branch_path`, etc.) after errors, preventing stale state from causing `usize` underflow panics when the calculator is reused. Added a test verifying correct behavior after simulated mid-computation errors.

.dockerignore

@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@
 # include dist directory, where the reth binary is located after compilation
 !/dist
 
-# include PGO build helper used by Dockerfile.depot
-!/.github
-!/.github/scripts
-!/.github/scripts/build_pgo_bolt.sh
-
 # include licenses
 !LICENSE-*
 

.github/CODEOWNERS

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 *                           @gakonst
 crates/chain-state/         @fgimenez @mattsse
 crates/chainspec/           @Rjected @joshieDo @mattsse
-crates/cli/                 @mattsse @Rjected
+crates/cli/                 @mattsse
 crates/config/              @shekhirin @mattsse @Rjected 
 crates/consensus/           @mattsse @Rjected
 crates/e2e-test-utils/      @mattsse @Rjected @klkvr @fgimenez

.github/actionlint.yaml

@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ self-hosted-runner:
     - depot-ubuntu-latest-4
     - depot-ubuntu-latest-8
     - depot-ubuntu-latest-16
-    - available

.github/scripts/bench-job-summary.js

@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-// Generates a rich GitHub Actions job summary for reth-bench results.
-//
-// Reads from environment:
-//   BENCH_WORK_DIR       – Directory containing summary.json
-//   BENCH_PR             – PR number (may be empty)
-//   BENCH_ACTOR          – GitHub user who triggered the bench
-//   BENCH_CORES          – CPU core limit (0 = all)
-//   BENCH_WARMUP_BLOCKS  – Number of warmup blocks
-//   BENCH_SAMPLY         – 'true' if samply profiling was enabled
-//   BENCH_ABBA           – 'true' if ABBA interleaved order was used
-//
-// Usage from actions/github-script:
-//   const jobSummary = require('./.github/scripts/bench-job-summary.js');
-//   await jobSummary({ core, context, chartSha, grafanaUrl, runId });
-
-const fs = require('fs');
-const { verdict, loadSamplyUrls, blocksLabel, metricRows, waitTimeRows } = require('./bench-utils');
-
-module.exports = async function ({ core, context, chartSha, grafanaUrl, runId }) {
-  let summary;
-  try {
-    summary = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(process.env.BENCH_WORK_DIR + '/summary.json', 'utf8'));
-  } catch (e) {
-    await core.summary.addRaw('⚠️ Benchmark completed but failed to load summary.').write();
-    return;
-  }
-
-  const repo = `${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}`;
-  const prNumber = process.env.BENCH_PR;
-  const actor = process.env.BENCH_ACTOR;
-  const commitUrl = `https://github.com/${repo}/commit`;
-
-  const { emoji, label } = verdict(summary.changes);
-  const baselineLink = `[\`${summary.baseline.name}\`](${commitUrl}/${summary.baseline.ref})`;
-  const featureLink = `[\`${summary.feature.name}\`](${commitUrl}/${summary.feature.ref})`;
-  const diffUrl = `https://github.com/${repo}/compare/${summary.baseline.ref}...${summary.feature.ref}`;
-
-  // Header & metadata
-  const metaParts = [];
-  if (prNumber) metaParts.push(`**[PR #${prNumber}](https://github.com/${repo}/pull/${prNumber})**`);
-  metaParts.push(`triggered by @${actor}`);
-
-  let md = `# ${emoji} ${label}\n\n`;
-  md += metaParts.join(' · ') + '\n\n';
-  md += `**Baseline:** ${baselineLink}\n`;
-  md += `**Feature:** ${featureLink} ([diff](${diffUrl}))\n`;
-  md += blocksLabel(summary).map(p => `**${p.key}:** ${p.value}`).join(' · ') + '\n\n';
-
-  // Main comparison table
-  const rows = metricRows(summary);
-  md += `| Metric | Baseline | Feature | Change |\n`;
-  md += `|--------|----------|---------|--------|\n`;
-  for (const r of rows) {
-    md += `| ${r.label} | ${r.baseline} | ${r.feature} | ${r.change} |\n`;
-  }
-  md += '\n';
-
-  // Wait time breakdown
-  const wtRows = waitTimeRows(summary);
-  if (wtRows.length > 0) {
-    md += `### Wait Time Breakdown\n\n`;
-    md += `| Metric | Baseline | Feature |\n`;
-    md += `|--------|----------|--------|\n`;
-    for (const r of wtRows) {
-      md += `| ${r.title} | ${r.baseline} | ${r.feature} |\n`;
-    }
-    md += '\n';
-  }
-
-  // Charts
-  if (chartSha) {
-    const prNum = prNumber || '0';
-    const baseUrl = `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/decofe/reth-bench-charts/${chartSha}/pr/${prNum}/${runId}`;
-    const charts = [
-      { file: 'latency_throughput.png', label: 'Latency, Throughput & Diff' },
-      { file: 'wait_breakdown.png', label: 'Wait Time Breakdown' },
-      { file: 'gas_vs_latency.png', label: 'Gas vs Latency' },
-    ];
-    md += `### Charts\n\n`;
-    for (const chart of charts) {
-      md += `<details><summary>${chart.label}</summary>\n\n`;
-      md += `![${chart.label}](${baseUrl}/${chart.file})\n\n`;
-      md += `</details>\n\n`;
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Samply profiles
-  const samplyUrls = loadSamplyUrls(process.env.BENCH_WORK_DIR);
-  const samplyLinks = Object.entries(samplyUrls).map(([run, url]) => `- **${run}**: [Firefox Profiler](${url})`);
-  if (samplyLinks.length > 0) {
-    md += `### Samply Profiles\n\n${samplyLinks.join('\n')}\n\n`;
-  }
-
-  // Grafana
-  if (grafanaUrl) {
-    md += `### Grafana Dashboard\n\n[View real-time metrics](${grafanaUrl})\n\n`;
-  }
-
-  // Node errors
-  try {
-    const errors = fs.readFileSync(process.env.BENCH_WORK_DIR + '/errors.md', 'utf8');
-    if (errors.trim()) md += '\n' + errors + '\n';
-  } catch {}
-
-  await core.summary.addRaw(md).write();
-};

.github/scripts/bench-metrics-proxy.py

@@ -1,276 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""
-Prometheus metrics proxy that fetches from a local reth node and
-re-exposes with additional benchmark labels.
-
-Reads labels from a JSON file (updated by local-reth-bench.sh between runs)
-and injects them into every Prometheus metric line.
-
-Returns empty 200 when reth is not running (clean Grafana gaps).
-"""
-import argparse
-import ipaddress
-import json
-import subprocess
-import sys
-import time
-from http.server import HTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler
-from urllib.request import urlopen
-from urllib.error import URLError
-
-
-def read_labels(path):
-    try:
-        with open(path) as f:
-            return json.load(f)
-    except (FileNotFoundError, json.JSONDecodeError):
-        return {}
-
-
-def inject_labels(metrics_bytes, label_str, label_names):
-    """Inject labels into Prometheus text format.
-
-    Operates on bytes and uses simple string ops instead of regex
-    for speed on large payloads (reth exposes thousands of metrics).
-
-    Skips injecting into lines that already contain any of the label names
-    to avoid duplicate labels (which Prometheus rejects).
-    """
-    if not label_str:
-        return metrics_bytes
-
-    label_bytes = label_str.encode("utf-8")
-    # Pre-encode label names for fast duplicate detection
-    label_name_bytes = [n.encode("utf-8") for n in label_names]
-    out = []
-    for line in metrics_bytes.split(b"\n"):
-        # Skip comments and blank lines
-        if line.startswith(b"#") or not line:
-            out.append(line)
-            continue
-
-        brace = line.find(b"{")
-        space = line.find(b" ")
-
-        if space == -1:
-            # Malformed, pass through
-            out.append(line)
-        elif brace != -1 and brace < space:
-            # Has labels: metric{existing="val"} 123
-            close = line.find(b"}", brace)
-            if close == -1:
-                out.append(line)
-                continue
-
-            # Filter out labels that already exist in this line
-            existing = line[brace + 1:close]
-            inject = label_bytes
-            if existing:
-                for name in label_name_bytes:
-                    if name + b"=" in existing:
-                        # Rebuild inject string excluding this label
-                        inject = _remove_label(inject, name)
-                if not inject:
-                    out.append(line)
-                    continue
-
-            if close == brace + 1:
-                # Empty braces: metric{} 123
-                out.append(line[:close] + inject + line[close:])
-            else:
-                out.append(line[:close] + b"," + inject + line[close:])
-        else:
-            # No labels: metric 123
-            out.append(line[:space] + b"{" + label_bytes + b"}" + line[space:])
-
-    return b"\n".join(out)
-
-
-def _remove_label(label_bytes, name):
-    """Remove a single label (name=\"...\") from a comma-separated label string."""
-    parts = []
-    for part in label_bytes.split(b","):
-        if not part.startswith(name + b"="):
-            parts.append(part)
-    return b",".join(parts)
-
-
-def build_label_str(labels):
-    """Pre-format the label injection string: key1="val1",key2="val2" """
-    if not labels:
-        return ""
-    return ",".join(f'{k}="{v}"' for k, v in sorted(labels.items()))
-
-
-def build_elapsed_gauge(labels):
-    """Build a bench_elapsed_seconds gauge from run_start_epoch in labels."""
-    start = labels.get("run_start_epoch")
-    if not start:
-        return b""
-    try:
-        elapsed = time.time() - float(start)
-    except (ValueError, TypeError):
-        return b""
-    # Build labels excluding internal keys
-    display = {k: v for k, v in labels.items()
-               if k not in ("run_start_epoch", "reference_epoch")}
-    lstr = build_label_str(display)
-    return (
-        f"# HELP bench_elapsed_seconds Seconds since benchmark run started\n"
-        f"# TYPE bench_elapsed_seconds gauge\n"
-        f"bench_elapsed_seconds{{{lstr}}} {elapsed:.1f}\n"
-    ).encode("utf-8")
-
-
-def compute_timestamp_ms(labels):
-    """Compute a synthetic timestamp so all runs share a common time origin.
-
-    Returns the timestamp in milliseconds, or None if not enough info.
-    Uses: reference_epoch + (now - run_start_epoch) → all runs overlay at
-    the same Grafana time range.
-    """
-    ref = labels.get("reference_epoch")
-    start = labels.get("run_start_epoch")
-    if not ref or not start:
-        return None
-    try:
-        elapsed = time.time() - float(start)
-        return int((float(ref) + elapsed) * 1000)
-    except (ValueError, TypeError):
-        return None
-
-
-def inject_timestamps(metrics_bytes, timestamp_ms):
-    """Append a Prometheus timestamp (ms) to every data line.
-
-    Prometheus text format: metric{labels} value [timestamp_ms]
-    Adding timestamps causes Prometheus to store all runs' samples
-    at the same relative time, enabling natural overlay in Grafana.
-    """
-    if timestamp_ms is None:
-        return metrics_bytes
-
-    ts = str(timestamp_ms).encode("utf-8")
-    out = []
-    for line in metrics_bytes.split(b"\n"):
-        if line.startswith(b"#") or not line:
-            out.append(line)
-        else:
-            out.append(line + b" " + ts)
-    return b"\n".join(out)
-
-
-class MetricsHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
-    # Use HTTP/1.1 so Content-Length is respected and Prometheus
-    # doesn't have to rely on connection close to detect end of body.
-    protocol_version = "HTTP/1.1"
-
-    def do_GET(self):
-        src = self.client_address[0]
-        try:
-            resp = urlopen(self.server.upstream, timeout=2)
-            metrics = resp.read()
-        except (URLError, ConnectionError, OSError):
-            # reth not running — return empty 200
-            self._send(b"")
-            #print(f"  scrape from {src}: empty (reth not running)", flush=True)
-            return
-
-        all_labels = read_labels(self.server.labels_file)
-        # Internal keys — not injected as Prometheus labels
-        internal = ("run_start_epoch", "reference_epoch")
-        labels = {k: v for k, v in all_labels.items() if k not in internal}
-        label_str = build_label_str(labels)
-        label_names = sorted(labels.keys())
-
-        t0 = time.monotonic()
-        result = inject_labels(metrics, label_str, label_names)
-        result += build_elapsed_gauge(all_labels)
-        ts_ms = compute_timestamp_ms(all_labels)
-        result = inject_timestamps(result, ts_ms)
-        dt = time.monotonic() - t0
-
-        self._send(result)
-        print(f"  scrape from {src}: {len(metrics)} -> {len(result)} bytes, "
-              f"inject {dt*1000:.1f}ms", flush=True)
-
-    def _send(self, body):
-        self.send_response(200)
-        self.send_header("Content-Type", "text/plain; version=0.0.4")
-        self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(body)))
-        self.send_header("Connection", "close")
-        self.end_headers()
-        if body:
-            self.wfile.write(body)
-
-    def log_message(self, format, *args):
-        pass  # suppress per-request logging
-
-
-def resolve_bind_address(subnet_cidr):
-    """Find the local IP address that belongs to the given subnet.
-
-    Uses ``ip -j addr show`` to enumerate interfaces and returns the first
-    address that falls within *subnet_cidr* (e.g. ``10.10.0.0/24``).
-    """
-    network = ipaddress.ip_network(subnet_cidr, strict=False)
-    try:
-        result = subprocess.run(
-            ["ip", "-j", "addr", "show"],
-            capture_output=True, text=True, check=True,
-        )
-        interfaces = json.loads(result.stdout)
-    except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, FileNotFoundError, json.JSONDecodeError) as exc:
-        print(f"Error: cannot enumerate interfaces: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-    for iface in interfaces:
-        for addr_info in iface.get("addr_info", []):
-            try:
-                addr = ipaddress.ip_address(addr_info["local"])
-            except (KeyError, ValueError):
-                continue
-            if addr in network:
-                return str(addr)
-
-    print(f"Error: no interface address found in subnet {subnet_cidr}", file=sys.stderr)
-    sys.exit(1)
-
-
-def main():
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Prometheus metrics proxy with label injection")
-    parser.add_argument("--labels", default="/tmp/bench-metrics-labels.json",
-                        help="Path to JSON file with labels to inject (default: /tmp/bench-metrics-labels.json)")
-    parser.add_argument("--upstream", default="http://127.0.0.1:9100/",
-                        help="Upstream reth metrics URL (default: http://127.0.0.1:9100/)")
-
-    bind_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
-    bind_group.add_argument("--bind", default=None,
-                            help="Address to bind the proxy (default: 0.0.0.0)")
-    bind_group.add_argument("--subnet", default=None,
-                            help="Auto-detect bind address from a local interface in this subnet (e.g. 10.10.0.0/24)")
-
-    parser.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=9090,
-                        help="Port to bind the proxy (default: 9090)")
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-
-    if args.subnet:
-        bind_addr = resolve_bind_address(args.subnet)
-    elif args.bind:
-        bind_addr = args.bind
-    else:
-        bind_addr = "0.0.0.0"
-
-    server = HTTPServer((bind_addr, args.port), MetricsHandler)
-    server.upstream = args.upstream
-    server.labels_file = args.labels
-
-    print(f"bench-metrics-proxy listening on {bind_addr}:{args.port}")
-    print(f"  upstream: {args.upstream}")
-    print(f"  labels:   {args.labels}")
-    sys.stdout.flush()
-    server.serve_forever()
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()

.github/scripts/bench-reth-build.sh

@@ -14,30 +14,14 @@
 #   baseline: <source-dir>/target/profiling/reth
 #   feature:  <source-dir>/target/profiling/reth, reth-bench installed to cargo bin
 #
-# Required: mc (MinIO client) with a configured alias
+# Required: mc (MinIO client) configured at /home/ubuntu/.mc
 set -euo pipefail
 
-MC="mc"
+MC="mc --config-dir /home/ubuntu/.mc"
 MODE="$1"
 SOURCE_DIR="$2"
 COMMIT="$3"
 
-# Tracy support: when BENCH_TRACY is "on" or "full", add Tracy cargo features
-# and frame pointers for accurate stack traces.
-EXTRA_FEATURES=""
-EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS=""
-if [ "${BENCH_TRACY:-off}" != "off" ]; then
-  EXTRA_FEATURES="tracy,tracy-client/ondemand"
-  EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS=" -C force-frame-pointers=yes"
-fi
-
-# Cache suffix: hash of features+rustflags so different build configs get separate cache entries
-if [ -n "$EXTRA_FEATURES" ] || [ -n "$EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS" ]; then
-  BUILD_SUFFIX="-$(echo "${EXTRA_FEATURES}${EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS}" | sha256sum | cut -c1-12)"
-else
-  BUILD_SUFFIX=""
-fi
-
 # Verify a cached reth binary was built from the expected commit.
 # `reth --version` outputs "Commit SHA: <full-sha>" on its own line.
 verify_binary() {
@@ -58,7 +42,7 @@ verify_binary() {
 
 case "$MODE" in
   baseline|main)
-    BUCKET="minio/reth-binaries/${COMMIT}${BUILD_SUFFIX}"
+    BUCKET="minio/reth-binaries/${COMMIT}"
     mkdir -p "${SOURCE_DIR}/target/profiling"
 
     CACHE_VALID=false
@@ -75,23 +59,14 @@ case "$MODE" in
     if [ "$CACHE_VALID" = false ]; then
       echo "Building baseline (${COMMIT}) from source..."
       cd "${SOURCE_DIR}"
-      FEATURES_ARG=""
-      WORKSPACE_ARG=""
-      if [ -n "$EXTRA_FEATURES" ]; then
-        # --workspace is needed for cross-package feature syntax (tracy-client/ondemand)
-        FEATURES_ARG="--features ${EXTRA_FEATURES}"
-        WORKSPACE_ARG="--workspace"
-      fi
-      # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-      RUSTFLAGS="-C target-cpu=native${EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS}" \
-        cargo build --profile profiling --bin reth $WORKSPACE_ARG $FEATURES_ARG
+      cargo build --profile profiling --bin reth
       $MC cp target/profiling/reth "${BUCKET}/reth"
     fi
     ;;
 
   feature|branch)
     BRANCH_SHA="${4:-$COMMIT}"
-    BUCKET="minio/reth-binaries/${BRANCH_SHA}${BUILD_SUFFIX}"
+    BUCKET="minio/reth-binaries/${BRANCH_SHA}"
 
     CACHE_VALID=false
     if $MC stat "${BUCKET}/reth" &>/dev/null && $MC stat "${BUCKET}/reth-bench" &>/dev/null; then
@@ -110,14 +85,7 @@ case "$MODE" in
       echo "Building feature (${COMMIT}) from source..."
       cd "${SOURCE_DIR}"
       rustup show active-toolchain || rustup default stable
-      if [ -n "$EXTRA_FEATURES" ]; then
-        # Can't use `make profiling` when adding features; build explicitly
-        # --workspace is needed for cross-package feature syntax (tracy-client/ondemand)
-        RUSTFLAGS="-C target-cpu=native${EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS}" \
-          cargo build --profile profiling --workspace --bin reth --features "${EXTRA_FEATURES}"
-      else
-        make profiling
-      fi
+      make profiling
       make install-reth-bench
       $MC cp target/profiling/reth "${BUCKET}/reth"
       $MC cp "$(which reth-bench)" "${BUCKET}/reth-bench"

.github/scripts/bench-reth-charts.py

@@ -73,24 +73,22 @@ def plot_latency_and_throughput(
         for r in baseline:
             lat_s = r["new_payload_latency_us"] / 1_000_000
             base_ggas.append(r["gas_used"] / lat_s / GIGAGAS if lat_s > 0 else 0)
-        l, = ax1.plot(base_x, base_lat, linewidth=0.8, label=baseline_name, alpha=0.7)
-        ax1.axhline(np.median(base_lat), color=l.get_color(), linestyle="--", linewidth=1, alpha=0.7, label=f"{baseline_name} median")
-        l, = ax2.plot(base_x, base_ggas, linewidth=0.8, label=baseline_name, alpha=0.7)
-        ax2.axhline(np.median(base_ggas), color=l.get_color(), linestyle="--", linewidth=1, alpha=0.7, label=f"{baseline_name} median")
+        ax1.plot(base_x, base_lat, linewidth=0.8, label=baseline_name, alpha=0.7)
+        ax2.plot(base_x, base_ggas, linewidth=0.8, label=baseline_name, alpha=0.7)
 
-    l, = ax1.plot(feat_x, feat_lat, linewidth=0.8, label=feature_name)
-    ax1.axhline(np.median(feat_lat), color=l.get_color(), linestyle="--", linewidth=1, label=f"{feature_name} median")
+    ax1.plot(feat_x, feat_lat, linewidth=0.8, label=feature_name)
     ax1.set_ylabel("Latency (ms)")
     ax1.set_title("newPayload Latency per Block")
     ax1.grid(True, alpha=0.3)
-    ax1.legend()
+    if baseline:
+        ax1.legend()
 
-    l, = ax2.plot(feat_x, feat_ggas, linewidth=0.8, label=feature_name)
-    ax2.axhline(np.median(feat_ggas), color=l.get_color(), linestyle="--", linewidth=1, label=f"{feature_name} median")
+    ax2.plot(feat_x, feat_ggas, linewidth=0.8, label=feature_name)
     ax2.set_ylabel("Ggas/s")
     ax2.set_title("Execution Throughput per Block")
     ax2.grid(True, alpha=0.3)
-    ax2.legend()
+    if baseline:
+        ax2.legend()
 
     if baseline:
         ax3 = axes[2]

.github/scripts/bench-reth-local.sh

@@ -1,581 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# local-reth-bench.sh — Run the reth Engine API benchmark locally.
-#
-# Replicates the CI bench.yml workflow (build, snapshot, system tuning,
-# interleaved B-F-F-B execution, summary, charts) without any GitHub
-# Actions glue (no PR comments, no artifact upload, no Slack).
-#
-# Usage:
-#   local-reth-bench.sh <baseline-ref> <feature-ref> [options]
-#
-# Options:
-#   --blocks N      Number of blocks to benchmark (default: 500)
-#   --warmup N      Number of warmup blocks (default: 100)
-#   --cores N       Limit reth to N CPU cores, 0 = all available (default: 0)
-#   --samply        Enable samply profiling
-#   --tracy MODE    Tracy profiling: off, on, full (default: off)
-#   --tracy-filter F Tracy tracing filter (default: debug)
-#   --no-tune       Skip system tuning (useful on dev machines / macOS)
-#
-# Requires: the reth repo at RETH_REPO (default: ~/reth)
-#
-# Dependencies (install before first run):
-#   mc (MinIO client), schelk, cpupower, taskset, stdbuf, python3, curl,
-#   make, uv, pzstd, jq, Rust toolchain (cargo/rustup)
-#
-# The script delegates to the existing bench-reth-*.sh scripts in the reth
-# repo for the actual build, snapshot, and run steps.
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# ── PATH ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# Ensure cargo and user-local bins (mc, uv) are visible
-export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"
-
-# ── Defaults ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-RETH_REPO="${RETH_REPO:-$HOME/reth}"
-BLOCKS=500
-WARMUP=100
-CORES=0
-SAMPLY=false
-TRACY="off"
-TRACY_FILTER="debug"
-TUNE=true
-BASELINE_REF=""
-FEATURE_REF=""
-
-# ── Parse arguments ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
-usage() {
-  cat <<EOF
-Usage: $(basename "$0") <baseline-ref> <feature-ref> [options]
-
-Options:
-  --blocks N         Number of blocks to benchmark (default: 500)
-  --warmup N         Number of warmup blocks (default: 100)
-  --cores N          Limit reth to N CPU cores (default: 0 = all)
-  --samply           Enable samply profiling
-  --tracy MODE       Tracy profiling: off, on, full (default: off)
-                       on   = tracing only (lower overhead)
-                       full = tracing + CPU sampling (higher overhead)
-  --tracy-filter F   Tracy tracing filter (default: debug)
-  --no-tune          Skip system tuning
-EOF
-  exit 1
-}
-
-while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
-  case "$1" in
-    --blocks)       BLOCKS="$2"; shift 2 ;;
-    --warmup)       WARMUP="$2"; shift 2 ;;
-    --cores)        CORES="$2"; shift 2 ;;
-    --samply)       SAMPLY=true; shift ;;
-    --tracy)        TRACY="$2"; shift 2 ;;
-    --tracy-filter) TRACY_FILTER="$2"; shift 2 ;;
-    --no-tune)      TUNE=false; shift ;;
-    --help|-h)  usage ;;
-    -*)         echo "Unknown option: $1"; usage ;;
-    *)
-      if [ -z "$BASELINE_REF" ]; then
-        BASELINE_REF="$1"
-      elif [ -z "$FEATURE_REF" ]; then
-        FEATURE_REF="$1"
-      else
-        echo "Unexpected argument: $1"; usage
-      fi
-      shift
-      ;;
-  esac
-done
-
-if [ -z "$BASELINE_REF" ] || [ -z "$FEATURE_REF" ]; then
-  echo "Error: both <baseline-ref> and <feature-ref> are required."
-  usage
-fi
-
-# Validate --tracy value
-case "$TRACY" in
-  off|on|full) ;;
-  *) echo "Error: --tracy must be off, on, or full (got: $TRACY)"; usage ;;
-esac
-
-# Samply + tracy=full are mutually exclusive (both use perf sampling)
-if [ "$SAMPLY" = "true" ] && [ "$TRACY" = "full" ]; then
-  echo "Warning: samply and tracy=full both use perf sampling; downgrading tracy to 'on'."
-  TRACY="on"
-fi
-
-# ── Check dependencies ───────────────────────────────────────────────
-missing=()
-for cmd in mc schelk cpupower taskset stdbuf python3 curl make uv pzstd jq cargo; do
-  command -v "$cmd" &>/dev/null || missing+=("$cmd")
-done
-if [ ${#missing[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
-  echo "Error: missing required tools: ${missing[*]}"
-  echo "See the CI 'Install dependencies' step in .github/workflows/bench.yml for install instructions."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ "$TRACY" != "off" ]; then
-  if ! command -v tracy-capture &>/dev/null; then
-    echo "Error: tracy-capture is required for --tracy $TRACY"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-fi
-
-# Ensure tools that run via sudo are in a sudo-visible path.
-# The bench scripts use `sudo schelk` / `sudo samply` but cargo installs
-# them to ~/.cargo/bin which sudo's secure_path doesn't include.
-for cmd in schelk samply; do
-  if command -v "$cmd" &>/dev/null && ! sudo sh -c "command -v $cmd" &>/dev/null; then
-    echo "Installing $cmd to /usr/local/bin (needed for sudo)..."
-    sudo install "$(command -v "$cmd")" /usr/local/bin/
-  fi
-done
-
-if [ ! -d "$RETH_REPO/.git" ]; then
-  echo "Error: RETH_REPO=$RETH_REPO is not a git repository."
-  echo "Set RETH_REPO or clone reth to ~/reth"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# ── Resolve paths ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-SELF_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
-SCRIPTS_DIR="${RETH_REPO}/.github/scripts"
-BENCH_WORK_DIR="${RETH_REPO}/../bench-work-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
-BASELINE_SRC="${RETH_REPO}/../reth-baseline"
-FEATURE_SRC="${RETH_REPO}/../reth-feature"
-
-mkdir -p "$BENCH_WORK_DIR"
-BENCH_WORK_DIR="$(cd "$BENCH_WORK_DIR" && pwd)"
-
-# ── Global cleanup trap (restores system tuning on any exit) ─────────
-TUNING_APPLIED=false
-CSTATE_PID=
-METRICS_PROXY_PID=
-cleanup_global() {
-  [ -n "$METRICS_PROXY_PID" ] && kill "$METRICS_PROXY_PID" 2>/dev/null || true
-  if [ "$TUNING_APPLIED" = true ]; then
-    echo
-    echo "▸ Restoring system settings..."
-    [ -n "$CSTATE_PID" ] && kill "$CSTATE_PID" 2>/dev/null || true
-    sudo systemctl start irqbalance cron atd 2>/dev/null || true
-    echo "  System settings restored."
-  fi
-}
-trap cleanup_global EXIT
-
-echo "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
-echo "  reth local benchmark"
-echo "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
-echo "  Baseline ref : $BASELINE_REF"
-echo "  Feature ref  : $FEATURE_REF"
-echo "  Blocks       : $BLOCKS"
-echo "  Warmup       : $WARMUP"
-echo "  Cores        : $CORES"
-echo "  Samply       : $SAMPLY"
-echo "  Tracy        : $TRACY"
-echo "  Tracy filter : $TRACY_FILTER"
-echo "  System tune  : $TUNE"
-echo "  Work dir     : $BENCH_WORK_DIR"
-echo "  Reth repo    : $RETH_REPO"
-echo "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
-echo
-
-# Enable sccache if available (matches CI's RUSTC_WRAPPER=sccache)
-if command -v sccache &>/dev/null; then
-  export RUSTC_WRAPPER="sccache"
-fi
-
-# Export env vars expected by the bench-reth-*.sh scripts
-export BENCH_BLOCKS="$BLOCKS"
-export BENCH_WARMUP_BLOCKS="$WARMUP"
-export BENCH_CORES="$CORES"
-export BENCH_SAMPLY="$SAMPLY"
-export BENCH_TRACY="$TRACY"
-export BENCH_TRACY_FILTER="$TRACY_FILTER"
-export BENCH_WORK_DIR
-export SCHELK_MOUNT="${SCHELK_MOUNT:-/reth-bench}"
-export BENCH_RPC_URL="${BENCH_RPC_URL:-https://ethereum.reth.rs/rpc}"
-export BENCH_METRICS_ADDR="127.0.0.1:9100"
-
-# ── Step 1: Resolve refs to full SHAs ────────────────────────────────
-echo "▸ Resolving git refs..."
-cd "$RETH_REPO"
-
-resolve_ref() {
-  local ref="$1"
-  git fetch origin "$ref" --quiet 2>/dev/null || true
-  git rev-parse "$ref" 2>/dev/null \
-    || git rev-parse "origin/$ref" 2>/dev/null \
-    || { echo "Error: cannot resolve ref '$ref'"; exit 1; }
-}
-
-BASELINE_SHA="$(resolve_ref "$BASELINE_REF")"
-FEATURE_SHA="$(resolve_ref "$FEATURE_REF")"
-echo "  Baseline SHA : $BASELINE_SHA"
-echo "  Feature SHA  : $FEATURE_SHA"
-echo
-
-# ── Step 2: Prepare source directories ───────────────────────────────
-echo "▸ Preparing source directories..."
-
-prepare_source() {
-  local src_dir="$1" ref="$2"
-  if [ -d "$src_dir" ]; then
-    git -C "$src_dir" fetch origin "$ref" 2>/dev/null || true
-  else
-    git clone --recurse-submodules "$RETH_REPO" "$src_dir"
-  fi
-  git -C "$src_dir" checkout "$ref" --force
-  git -C "$src_dir" submodule update --init --recursive
-}
-
-prepare_source "$BASELINE_SRC" "$BASELINE_SHA"
-prepare_source "$FEATURE_SRC" "$FEATURE_SHA"
-BASELINE_SRC="$(cd "$BASELINE_SRC" && pwd)"
-FEATURE_SRC="$(cd "$FEATURE_SRC" && pwd)"
-echo "  Baseline src : $BASELINE_SRC"
-echo "  Feature src  : $FEATURE_SRC"
-echo
-
-# ── Step 3: Check / download snapshot ────────────────────────────────
-echo "▸ Checking snapshot..."
-cd "$RETH_REPO"
-SNAPSHOT_NEEDED=false
-if ! "${SCRIPTS_DIR}/bench-reth-snapshot.sh" --check; then
-  SNAPSHOT_NEEDED=true
-  echo "  Snapshot needs update."
-else
-  echo "  Snapshot is up-to-date."
-fi
-echo
-
-# ── Step 4: Build binaries (+ snapshot download) in parallel ─────────
-echo "▸ Building binaries (parallel)..."
-cd "$RETH_REPO"
-
-FAIL=0
-
-"${SCRIPTS_DIR}/bench-reth-build.sh" baseline "$BASELINE_SRC" "$BASELINE_SHA" &
-PID_BASELINE=$!
-
-"${SCRIPTS_DIR}/bench-reth-build.sh" feature "$FEATURE_SRC" "$FEATURE_SHA" &
-PID_FEATURE=$!
-
-PID_SNAPSHOT=
-if [ "$SNAPSHOT_NEEDED" = "true" ]; then
-  echo "  Also downloading snapshot in parallel..."
-  "${SCRIPTS_DIR}/bench-reth-snapshot.sh" &
-  PID_SNAPSHOT=$!
-fi
-
-wait $PID_BASELINE || FAIL=1
-wait $PID_FEATURE  || FAIL=1
-[ -n "$PID_SNAPSHOT" ] && { wait $PID_SNAPSHOT || FAIL=1; }
-
-if [ $FAIL -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "Error: one or more parallel tasks failed (builds / snapshot)"
-  exit 1
-fi
-echo "  Binaries built successfully."
-echo
-
-# ── Step 5: System tuning (optional) ────────────────────────────────
-if [ "$TUNE" = "true" ]; then
-  echo "▸ Applying system tuning..."
-
-  sudo cpupower frequency-set -g performance 2>/dev/null || true
-
-  # Disable turbo boost (Intel + AMD)
-  echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo 2>/dev/null || true
-  echo 0 | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost 2>/dev/null || true
-
-  sudo swapoff -a 2>/dev/null || true
-  echo 0 | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space 2>/dev/null || true
-
-  # Disable SMT (hyperthreading)
-  for cpu in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/topology/thread_siblings_list; do
-    [ -f "$cpu" ] || continue
-    first=$(cut -d, -f1 < "$cpu" | cut -d- -f1)
-    current=$(echo "$cpu" | grep -o 'cpu[0-9]*' | grep -o '[0-9]*')
-    if [ "$current" != "$first" ]; then
-      echo 0 | sudo tee "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu${current}/online" 2>/dev/null || true
-    fi
-  done
-  echo "  Online CPUs: $(nproc)"
-
-  # Disable transparent huge pages
-  for p in /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepages; do
-    if [ -d "$p" ]; then
-      echo never | sudo tee "$p/enabled" 2>/dev/null || true
-      echo never | sudo tee "$p/defrag" 2>/dev/null || true
-      break
-    fi
-  done
-
-  # Prevent deep C-states
-  sudo sh -c 'exec 3<>/dev/cpu_dma_latency; echo -ne "\x00\x00\x00\x00" >&3; sleep infinity' &
-  CSTATE_PID=$!
-
-  # Pin IRQs to core 0
-  for irq in /proc/irq/*/smp_affinity_list; do
-    echo 0 | sudo tee "$irq" 2>/dev/null || true
-  done
-
-  # Stop noisy background services
-  sudo systemctl stop irqbalance cron atd unattended-upgrades snapd 2>/dev/null || true
-
-  TUNING_APPLIED=true
-
-  # Log environment for reproducibility (matches CI)
-  echo "  === Benchmark environment ==="
-  echo "  Kernel : $(uname -r)"
-  lscpu | grep -E 'Model name|CPU\(s\)|MHz|NUMA' | sed 's/^/  /'
-  echo "  Governor : $(cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)"
-  echo "  Freq     : $(cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)"
-  echo "  THP      : $(cat /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled 2>/dev/null || cat /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepages/enabled 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)"
-  free -h | sed 's/^/  /'
-  echo "  System tuning applied."
-  echo
-fi
-
-# ── Step 5b: Tracefs mount (tracy=full only) ─────────────────────────
-if [ "$TRACY" = "full" ] && [ "$(uname)" = "Linux" ]; then
-  echo "▸ Mounting tracefs for Tracy full mode..."
-  sudo mount -t tracefs tracefs /sys/kernel/tracing -o mode=755 2>/dev/null || true
-fi
-
-# ── Tracy upload & viewer helpers ────────────────────────────────────
-TRACY_VIEWER_BASE="${TRACY_VIEWER_BASE:-}"
-
-tracy_viewer_url() {
-  local profile_url="$1"
-  if [ -z "$TRACY_VIEWER_BASE" ]; then
-    echo ""
-    return
-  fi
-  local encoded
-  encoded=$(python3 -c "import urllib.parse, sys; print(urllib.parse.quote(sys.argv[1], safe=''))" "$profile_url")
-  echo "${TRACY_VIEWER_BASE}?profile_url=${encoded}"
-}
-
-upload_tracy() {
-  local label="$1" output_dir="$2" sha="$3"
-  local tracy_file="$output_dir/tracy-profile.tracy"
-
-  if [ ! -f "$tracy_file" ]; then
-    echo "  Tracy: no profile found, skipping upload."
-    return
-  fi
-
-  local timestamp short_sha remote_name bucket mc_alias
-  timestamp=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)
-  short_sha="${sha:0:7}"
-  remote_name="${label}-${short_sha}-${timestamp}.tracy"
-  bucket="${TRACY_BUCKET:-tracy-profiles}"
-  mc_alias="${MC_ALIAS:-minio}"
-  local minio_base="${TRACY_MINIO_URL:-http://minio.minio.svc.cluster.local:9000}"
-
-  echo "  Tracy: uploading profile..."
-  if mc cp "$tracy_file" "${mc_alias}/${bucket}/${remote_name}"; then
-    local url="${minio_base}/${bucket}/${remote_name}"
-    echo "$url" > "$output_dir/tracy_url.txt"
-    local viewer
-    viewer=$(tracy_viewer_url "$url")
-    if [ -n "$viewer" ]; then
-      echo "$viewer" > "$output_dir/tracy_viewer_url.txt"
-      echo "  Tracy: uploaded → $viewer"
-    else
-      echo "  Tracy: uploaded → $url"
-    fi
-  else
-    echo "  Tracy: upload failed (non-fatal)."
-  fi
-
-  # Delete large profile to free disk
-  rm -f "$tracy_file"
-}
-
-# ── Step 6: Pre-flight cleanup ───────────────────────────────────────
-echo "▸ Pre-flight cleanup..."
-pkill -f bench-metrics-proxy 2>/dev/null || true
-sudo pkill -9 reth 2>/dev/null || true
-sleep 1
-if mountpoint -q "$SCHELK_MOUNT" 2>/dev/null; then
-  sudo umount -l "$SCHELK_MOUNT" 2>/dev/null || true
-  sudo schelk recover -y 2>/dev/null || true
-fi
-echo
-
-# ── Step 7: Interleaved benchmark runs (B-F-F-B) ────────────────────
-# This ordering reduces systematic bias from thermal drift and cache warming.
-BASELINE_BIN="${BASELINE_SRC}/target/profiling/reth"
-FEATURE_BIN="${FEATURE_SRC}/target/profiling/reth"
-
-# Start metrics proxy (reth → label injection → Prometheus)
-LABELS_FILE="/tmp/bench-metrics-labels.json"
-echo '{}' > "$LABELS_FILE"
-METRICS_SUBNET="${METRICS_SUBNET:-10.10.0.0/24}"
-METRICS_PORT="${METRICS_PORT:-9090}"
-python3 "${SELF_DIR}/bench-metrics-proxy.py" \
-  --labels "$LABELS_FILE" \
-  --upstream "http://${BENCH_METRICS_ADDR}/" \
-  --subnet "$METRICS_SUBNET" \
-  --port "$METRICS_PORT" &
-METRICS_PROXY_PID=$!
-echo "▸ Metrics proxy started (PID $METRICS_PROXY_PID) on subnet ${METRICS_SUBNET}, port ${METRICS_PORT}"
-
-# Unique benchmark ID: local-<timestamp> for local runs, ci-<run_id> for CI
-BENCH_ID="local-$(basename "$BENCH_WORK_DIR" | sed 's/bench-work-//')"
-# Reference epoch: shared time origin so all runs overlay in Grafana.
-# The proxy maps each run's elapsed time onto this common origin.
-BENCH_REFERENCE_EPOCH=$(date +%s)
-
-write_labels() {
-  local run_label="$1" run_type="$2" ref="$3" sha="$4"
-  LAST_RUN_START=$(date +%s)
-  cat > "$LABELS_FILE" <<-EOF
-	{"benchmark_run":"${run_label}","run_type":"${run_type}","git_ref":"${ref}","bench_sha":"${sha}","benchmark_id":"${BENCH_ID}","run_start_epoch":"${LAST_RUN_START}","reference_epoch":"${BENCH_REFERENCE_EPOCH}"}
-	EOF
-}
-
-run_bench() {
-  local label="$1" binary="$2" output_dir="$3"
-  echo "▸ Running benchmark: ${label}..."
-  cd "$RETH_REPO"
-  if command -v taskset &>/dev/null; then
-    taskset -c 0 "${SCRIPTS_DIR}/bench-reth-run.sh" "$label" "$binary" "$output_dir"
-  else
-    "${SCRIPTS_DIR}/bench-reth-run.sh" "$label" "$binary" "$output_dir"
-  fi
-  echo "  ✓ ${label} complete."
-  echo
-}
-
-write_labels "baseline-1" "baseline" "$BASELINE_REF" "$BASELINE_SHA"
-run_bench "baseline-1" "$BASELINE_BIN" "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/baseline-1"
-
-write_labels "feature-1" "feature" "$FEATURE_REF" "$FEATURE_SHA"
-run_bench "feature-1"  "$FEATURE_BIN"  "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/feature-1"
-
-write_labels "feature-2" "feature" "$FEATURE_REF" "$FEATURE_SHA"
-run_bench "feature-2"  "$FEATURE_BIN"  "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/feature-2"
-
-write_labels "baseline-2" "baseline" "$BASELINE_REF" "$BASELINE_SHA"
-run_bench "baseline-2" "$BASELINE_BIN" "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/baseline-2"
-
-# ── Compute Grafana URL ──────────────────────────────────────────────
-GRAFANA_BASE_URL="https://tempoxyz.grafana.net/d/reth-bench-ghr/reth-bench-ghr"
-GRAFANA_DATASOURCE="ef57fux92e9z4e"
-LAST_RUN_DURATION=$(( $(date +%s) - LAST_RUN_START ))
-FROM_MS=$(( BENCH_REFERENCE_EPOCH * 1000 ))
-TO_MS=$(( (BENCH_REFERENCE_EPOCH + LAST_RUN_DURATION) * 1000 ))
-GRAFANA_URL="${GRAFANA_BASE_URL}?orgId=1&from=${FROM_MS}&to=${TO_MS}&timezone=browser&var-datasource=${GRAFANA_DATASOURCE}&var-job=reth-bench&var-benchmark_id=${BENCH_ID}&var-benchmark_run=\$__all"
-
-# ── Step 8: Scan logs for errors ─────────────────────────────────────
-echo "▸ Scanning logs for errors..."
-ERRORS_FILE="$BENCH_WORK_DIR/errors.md"
-found_errors=false
-for run_dir in baseline-1 feature-1 feature-2 baseline-2; do
-  LOG="$BENCH_WORK_DIR/$run_dir/node.log"
-  [ -f "$LOG" ] || continue
-  panics=$(grep -c -E 'panicked at' "$LOG" 2>/dev/null || true)
-  errors=$(grep -c ' ERROR ' "$LOG" 2>/dev/null || true)
-  if [ "$panics" -gt 0 ] || [ "$errors" -gt 0 ]; then
-    if [ "$found_errors" = false ]; then
-      printf '### ⚠️ Node Errors\n\n' >> "$ERRORS_FILE"
-      found_errors=true
-    fi
-    printf '<details><summary><b>%s</b>: %d panic(s), %d error(s)</summary>\n\n' \
-      "$run_dir" "$panics" "$errors" >> "$ERRORS_FILE"
-    if [ "$panics" -gt 0 ]; then
-      printf '**Panics:**\n```\n' >> "$ERRORS_FILE"
-      grep -E 'panicked at' "$LOG" | head -10 >> "$ERRORS_FILE"
-      printf '```\n' >> "$ERRORS_FILE"
-    fi
-    if [ "$errors" -gt 0 ]; then
-      printf '**Errors (first 20):**\n```\n' >> "$ERRORS_FILE"
-      grep ' ERROR ' "$LOG" | head -20 >> "$ERRORS_FILE"
-      printf '```\n' >> "$ERRORS_FILE"
-    fi
-    printf '\n</details>\n\n' >> "$ERRORS_FILE"
-  fi
-done
-if [ "$found_errors" = true ]; then
-  echo "  ⚠ Errors found — see $ERRORS_FILE"
-else
-  echo "  No errors found."
-fi
-echo
-
-# ── Step 9: Parse results ───────────────────────────────────────────
-echo "▸ Parsing results..."
-cd "$RETH_REPO"
-
-SUMMARY_ARGS=(
-  --output-summary "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/summary.json"
-  --output-markdown "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/comment.md"
-  --repo "paradigmxyz/reth"
-  --baseline-ref "$BASELINE_SHA"
-  --baseline-name "$BASELINE_REF"
-  --feature-name "$FEATURE_REF"
-  --feature-ref "$FEATURE_SHA"
-  --baseline-csv "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/baseline-1/combined_latency.csv" "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/baseline-2/combined_latency.csv"
-  --feature-csv "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/feature-1/combined_latency.csv" "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/feature-2/combined_latency.csv"
-  --gas-csv "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/feature-1/total_gas.csv"
-  --grafana-url "$GRAFANA_URL"
-)
-
-python3 "${SCRIPTS_DIR}/bench-reth-summary.py" "${SUMMARY_ARGS[@]}"
-echo
-
-# ── Step 10: Generate charts ─────────────────────────────────────────
-echo "▸ Generating charts..."
-CHART_ARGS=(
-  --output-dir "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/charts"
-  --feature "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/feature-1/combined_latency.csv" "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/feature-2/combined_latency.csv"
-  --baseline "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/baseline-1/combined_latency.csv" "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/baseline-2/combined_latency.csv"
-  --baseline-name "$BASELINE_REF"
-  --feature-name "$FEATURE_REF"
-)
-
-if python3 -c "import matplotlib" 2>/dev/null; then
-  python3 "${SCRIPTS_DIR}/bench-reth-charts.py" "${CHART_ARGS[@]}"
-elif command -v uv &>/dev/null; then
-  uv run --with matplotlib python3 "${SCRIPTS_DIR}/bench-reth-charts.py" "${CHART_ARGS[@]}"
-else
-  echo "  Warning: matplotlib not available, skipping chart generation."
-fi
-echo
-
-# ── Step 11: Upload Tracy profiles ────────────────────────────────────
-if [ "$TRACY" != "off" ]; then
-  echo "▸ Uploading Tracy profiles..."
-  upload_tracy "baseline-1" "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/baseline-1" "$BASELINE_SHA"
-  upload_tracy "feature-1"  "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/feature-1"  "$FEATURE_SHA"
-  upload_tracy "feature-2"  "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/feature-2"  "$FEATURE_SHA"
-  upload_tracy "baseline-2" "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/baseline-2" "$BASELINE_SHA"
-  echo
-fi
-
-# ── Done (system restore happens via EXIT trap) ─────────────────────
-echo "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
-echo "  Benchmark complete!"
-echo "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════"
-echo "  Results  : $BENCH_WORK_DIR/summary.json"
-echo "  Markdown : $BENCH_WORK_DIR/comment.md"
-echo "  Charts   : $BENCH_WORK_DIR/charts/"
-if [ -f "$ERRORS_FILE" ]; then
-  echo "  Errors   : $ERRORS_FILE"
-fi
-echo "  Grafana  : $GRAFANA_URL"
-if [ "$TRACY" != "off" ]; then
-  echo "  ─── Tracy Profiles ───"
-  for run_dir in baseline-1 feature-1 feature-2 baseline-2; do
-    url_file="$BENCH_WORK_DIR/$run_dir/tracy_viewer_url.txt"
-    if [ -f "$url_file" ]; then
-      echo "  $run_dir : $(cat "$url_file")"
-    fi
-  done
-fi
-echo "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════"

.github/scripts/bench-reth-run.sh

@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@
 # Usage: bench-reth-run.sh <label> <binary> <output-dir>
 #
 # Required env: SCHELK_MOUNT, BENCH_RPC_URL, BENCH_BLOCKS, BENCH_WARMUP_BLOCKS
-# Optional env: BENCH_BIG_BLOCKS (true/false), BENCH_WORK_DIR (for big blocks path)
-#               BENCH_RETH_NEW_PAYLOAD (true/false, default true)
-#               BENCH_WAIT_TIME (duration like 500ms, default empty)
-#               BENCH_BASELINE_ARGS (extra reth node args for baseline runs)
-#               BENCH_FEATURE_ARGS (extra reth node args for feature runs)
-#               BENCH_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT (OTLP HTTP endpoint for traces, e.g. https://host/insert/opentelemetry/v1/traces)
-#               BENCH_OTLP_LOGS_ENDPOINT (OTLP HTTP endpoint for logs, e.g. https://host/insert/opentelemetry/v1/logs)
 set -euo pipefail
 
 LABEL="$1"
@@ -24,68 +17,23 @@ LOG="${OUTPUT_DIR}/node.log"
 
 cleanup() {
   kill "$TAIL_PID" 2>/dev/null || true
-  # Stop tracy-capture first (SIGINT makes it disconnect and flush to disk)
-  # Must happen before killing reth, otherwise reth keeps streaming data.
-  if [ -n "${TRACY_PID:-}" ] && kill -0 "$TRACY_PID" 2>/dev/null; then
-    echo "Stopping tracy-capture..."
-    kill -INT "$TRACY_PID" 2>/dev/null || true
+  if [ -n "${RETH_PID:-}" ] && sudo kill -0 "$RETH_PID" 2>/dev/null; then
+    sudo kill "$RETH_PID"
     for i in $(seq 1 30); do
-      kill -0 "$TRACY_PID" 2>/dev/null || break
-      if [ $((i % 10)) -eq 0 ]; then
-        echo "Waiting for tracy-capture to finish writing... (${i}s)"
-      fi
+      sudo kill -0 "$RETH_PID" 2>/dev/null || break
       sleep 1
     done
-    if kill -0 "$TRACY_PID" 2>/dev/null; then
-      echo "tracy-capture still running after 30s, killing..."
-      kill -9 "$TRACY_PID" 2>/dev/null || true
-    fi
-    wait "$TRACY_PID" 2>/dev/null || true
-  fi
-  if [ -n "${RETH_PID:-}" ] && sudo kill -0 "$RETH_PID" 2>/dev/null; then
-    if [ "${BENCH_SAMPLY:-false}" = "true" ]; then
-      # Send SIGINT to the inner reth process by exact name (not -f which
-      # would also match samply's cmdline containing "reth"). Samply will
-      # capture reth's exit and save the profile.
-      sudo pkill -INT -x reth 2>/dev/null || true
-      # Wait for samply to finish writing the profile and exit
-      for i in $(seq 1 120); do
-        sudo pgrep -x samply > /dev/null 2>&1 || break
-        if [ $((i % 10)) -eq 0 ]; then
-          echo "Waiting for samply to finish writing profile... (${i}s)"
-        fi
-        sleep 1
-      done
-      if sudo pgrep -x samply > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-        echo "Samply still running after 120s, sending SIGTERM..."
-        sudo pkill -x samply 2>/dev/null || true
-      fi
-    else
-      sudo kill "$RETH_PID"
-      for i in $(seq 1 30); do
-        sudo kill -0 "$RETH_PID" 2>/dev/null || break
-        sleep 1
-      done
-    fi
     sudo kill -9 "$RETH_PID" 2>/dev/null || true
     sleep 1
   fi
-  # Fix ownership of reth-created files (reth runs as root)
-  sudo chown -R "$(id -un):$(id -gn)" "$OUTPUT_DIR" 2>/dev/null || true
   if mountpoint -q "$SCHELK_MOUNT"; then
     sudo umount -l "$SCHELK_MOUNT" || true
     sudo schelk recover -y || true
   fi
 }
 TAIL_PID=
-TRACY_PID=
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
-# Clean up stale schelk state from a previous cancelled run.
-# If schelk thinks it's still mounted (e.g. a cancelled run skipped cleanup),
-# recover first to reset state.
-sudo schelk recover -y -k || true
-
 # Mount
 sudo schelk mount -y
 sync
@@ -98,101 +46,18 @@ grep Cached /proc/meminfo
 # CPU layout: core 0 = OS/IRQs/reth-bench/aux, cores 1+ = reth node
 RETH_BENCH="$(which reth-bench)"
 ONLINE=$(nproc --all)
-MAX_RETH=$(( ONLINE - 1 ))
-if [ "${BENCH_CORES:-0}" -gt 0 ] && [ "$BENCH_CORES" -lt "$MAX_RETH" ]; then
-  MAX_RETH=$BENCH_CORES
-fi
-RETH_CPUS="1-${MAX_RETH}"
-
-BIG_BLOCKS="${BENCH_BIG_BLOCKS:-false}"
-
-RETH_ARGS=(
-  node
-  --datadir "$DATADIR"
-  --log.file.directory "$OUTPUT_DIR/reth-logs"
-  --engine.accept-execution-requests-hash
-  --http
-  --http.port 8545
-  --ws
-  --ws.api all
-  --authrpc.port 8551
-  --disable-discovery
-  --no-persist-peers
-)
-
-# Gate flag on binary support (older baselines may not have it).
-# Uses --help which exits immediately via clap without node init.
-SYNC_STATE_IDLE=false
-if "$BINARY" node --help 2>/dev/null | grep -qF -- '--debug.startup-sync-state-idle'; then
-  RETH_ARGS+=(--debug.startup-sync-state-idle)
-  SYNC_STATE_IDLE=true
-fi
-
-# Big blocks mode requires the testing API, skip-invalid-transactions, and
-# skip-gas-limit-ramp-check + gas-limit override to avoid the 6800-block ramp.
-if [ "$BIG_BLOCKS" = "true" ]; then
-  RETH_ARGS+=(--http.api eth,net,web3,reth,testing --rpc.max-request-size max --testing.skip-invalid-transactions --testing.skip-gas-limit-ramp-check --testing.gas-limit 1000000000)
-fi
-
-# Append per-label extra node args (baseline or feature)
-EXTRA_NODE_ARGS=""
-case "$LABEL" in
-  baseline*) EXTRA_NODE_ARGS="${BENCH_BASELINE_ARGS:-}" ;;
-  feature*)  EXTRA_NODE_ARGS="${BENCH_FEATURE_ARGS:-}" ;;
-esac
-if [ -n "$EXTRA_NODE_ARGS" ]; then
-  # Word-split the string into individual args
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2206
-  RETH_ARGS+=($EXTRA_NODE_ARGS)
-fi
-
-if [ -n "${BENCH_METRICS_ADDR:-}" ]; then
-  RETH_ARGS+=(--metrics "$BENCH_METRICS_ADDR")
-fi
-
-# OTLP traces and logs export
-if [ -n "${BENCH_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT:-}" ]; then
-  RETH_ARGS+=(--tracing-otlp="${BENCH_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT}" --tracing-otlp.service-name=reth-bench)
-fi
-if [ -n "${BENCH_OTLP_LOGS_ENDPOINT:-}" ]; then
-  RETH_ARGS+=(--logs-otlp="${BENCH_OTLP_LOGS_ENDPOINT}" --logs-otlp.filter=debug)
-fi
-
-# Tracy profiling: add --log.tracy flags and set environment
-if [ "${BENCH_TRACY:-off}" != "off" ]; then
-  RETH_ARGS+=(--log.tracy --log.tracy.filter "${BENCH_TRACY_FILTER:-debug}")
-  if [ "${BENCH_TRACY}" = "on" ]; then
-    export TRACY_NO_SYS_TRACE=1
-  elif [ "${BENCH_TRACY}" = "full" ]; then
-    export TRACY_SAMPLING_HZ="${BENCH_TRACY_SAMPLING_HZ:-1}"
-  fi
-fi
-
-SUDO_ENV=()
-if [ -n "${OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES:-}" ]; then
-  SUDO_ENV+=("OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES=${OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES}")
-  SUDO_ENV+=("OTEL_BSP_MAX_QUEUE_SIZE=65536" "OTEL_BLRP_MAX_QUEUE_SIZE=65536")
-fi
-
-# Limit reth memory to 95% of available RAM to prevent OOM kills
-TOTAL_MEM_KB=$(awk '/^MemTotal:/ {print $2}' /proc/meminfo)
-MEM_LIMIT=$(( TOTAL_MEM_KB * 95 / 100 * 1024 ))
-echo "Memory limit: $(( MEM_LIMIT / 1024 / 1024 ))MB (95% of $(( TOTAL_MEM_KB / 1024 ))MB)"
-
-if [ "${BENCH_SAMPLY:-false}" = "true" ]; then
-  RETH_ARGS+=(--log.samply)
-  SAMPLY="$(which samply)"
-  sudo systemd-run --scope -p MemoryMax="$MEM_LIMIT" -p AllowedCPUs="$RETH_CPUS" \
-    env "${SUDO_ENV[@]}" nice -n -20 \
-    "$SAMPLY" record --save-only --presymbolicate --rate 10000 \
-    --output "$OUTPUT_DIR/samply-profile.json.gz" \
-    -- "$BINARY" "${RETH_ARGS[@]}" \
-    > "$LOG" 2>&1 &
-else
-  sudo systemd-run --scope -p MemoryMax="$MEM_LIMIT" -p AllowedCPUs="$RETH_CPUS" \
-    env "${SUDO_ENV[@]}" nice -n -20 "$BINARY" "${RETH_ARGS[@]}" \
-    > "$LOG" 2>&1 &
-fi
+RETH_CPUS="1-$(( ONLINE - 1 ))"
+sudo taskset -c "$RETH_CPUS" nice -n -20 "$BINARY" node \
+  --datadir "$DATADIR" \
+  --engine.accept-execution-requests-hash \
+  --http \
+  --http.port 8545 \
+  --ws \
+  --ws.api all \
+  --authrpc.port 8551 \
+  --disable-discovery \
+  --no-persist-peers \
+  > "$LOG" 2>&1 &
 
 RETH_PID=$!
 stdbuf -oL tail -f "$LOG" | sed -u "s/^/[reth] /" &
@@ -203,7 +68,7 @@ for i in $(seq 1 60); do
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":1}' \
     > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-    echo "reth (${LABEL}) RPC is up after ${i}s"
+    echo "reth (${LABEL}) is ready after ${i}s"
     break
   fi
   if [ "$i" -eq 60 ]; then
@@ -214,87 +79,25 @@ for i in $(seq 1 60); do
   sleep 1
 done
 
-# Wait for the pipeline to finish (eth_syncing returns false) so the
-# engine is in live mode and can accept newPayload calls.
-# Only possible when --debug.startup-sync-state-idle is supported.
-if [ "$SYNC_STATE_IDLE" = "true" ]; then
-  for i in $(seq 1 300); do
-    SYNC_RESULT=$(curl -sf http://127.0.0.1:8545 -X POST \
-      -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-      -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_syncing","params":[],"id":1}' 2>/dev/null || true)
-    if [ -n "$SYNC_RESULT" ] && jq -e '.result == false' <<< "$SYNC_RESULT" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-      echo "reth (${LABEL}) pipeline finished after ${i}s, engine is live"
-      break
-    fi
-    if [ "$i" -eq 300 ]; then
-      echo "::error::reth (${LABEL}) pipeline did not finish within 300s"
-      cat "$LOG"
-      exit 1
-    fi
-    sleep 1
-  done
-else
-  echo "reth (${LABEL}) binary does not support --debug.startup-sync-state-idle, skipping sync wait"
-fi
-
 # Run reth-bench with high priority but as the current user so output
 # files are not root-owned (avoids EACCES on next checkout).
 BENCH_NICE="sudo nice -n -20 sudo -u $(id -un)"
 
-# Build optional flags
-EXTRA_BENCH_ARGS=()
-if [ "${BENCH_RETH_NEW_PAYLOAD:-true}" != "false" ]; then
-  EXTRA_BENCH_ARGS+=(--reth-new-payload)
-fi
-if [ -n "${BENCH_WAIT_TIME:-}" ]; then
-  EXTRA_BENCH_ARGS+=(--wait-time "$BENCH_WAIT_TIME")
-fi
+# Warmup
+$BENCH_NICE "$RETH_BENCH" new-payload-fcu \
+  --rpc-url "$BENCH_RPC_URL" \
+  --engine-rpc-url http://127.0.0.1:8551 \
+  --jwt-secret "$DATADIR/jwt.hex" \
+  --advance "${BENCH_WARMUP_BLOCKS:-50}" \
+  --reth-new-payload 2>&1 | sed -u "s/^/[bench] /"
 
-if [ "$BIG_BLOCKS" = "true" ]; then
-  # Big blocks mode: replay pre-generated payloads
-  BIG_BLOCKS_DIR="${BENCH_WORK_DIR}/big-blocks"
-
-  # Start tracy-capture so profile only covers the benchmark
-  if [ "${BENCH_TRACY:-off}" != "off" ]; then
-    echo "Starting tracy-capture..."
-    tracy-capture -f -o "$OUTPUT_DIR/tracy-profile.tracy" &
-    TRACY_PID=$!
-    sleep 0.5  # give tracy-capture time to connect
-  fi
-
-  echo "Running big blocks benchmark (replay-payloads)..."
-  $BENCH_NICE "$RETH_BENCH" replay-payloads \
-    "${EXTRA_BENCH_ARGS[@]}" \
-    --payload-dir "$BIG_BLOCKS_DIR/payloads" \
-    --engine-rpc-url http://127.0.0.1:8551 \
-    --jwt-secret "$DATADIR/jwt.hex" \
-    --output "$OUTPUT_DIR" 2>&1 | sed -u "s/^/[bench] /"
-else
-  # Standard mode: warmup + new-payload-fcu
-  # Warmup
-  $BENCH_NICE "$RETH_BENCH" new-payload-fcu \
-    --rpc-url "$BENCH_RPC_URL" \
-    --engine-rpc-url http://127.0.0.1:8551 \
-    --jwt-secret "$DATADIR/jwt.hex" \
-    --advance "${BENCH_WARMUP_BLOCKS:-50}" \
-    "${EXTRA_BENCH_ARGS[@]}" 2>&1 | sed -u "s/^/[bench] /"
-
-  # Start tracy-capture after warmup so profile only covers the benchmark
-  if [ "${BENCH_TRACY:-off}" != "off" ]; then
-    echo "Starting tracy-capture..."
-    tracy-capture -f -o "$OUTPUT_DIR/tracy-profile.tracy" &
-    TRACY_PID=$!
-    sleep 0.5  # give tracy-capture time to connect
-  fi
-
-  # Benchmark
-  $BENCH_NICE "$RETH_BENCH" new-payload-fcu \
-    --rpc-url "$BENCH_RPC_URL" \
-    --engine-rpc-url http://127.0.0.1:8551 \
-    --jwt-secret "$DATADIR/jwt.hex" \
-    --advance "$BENCH_BLOCKS" \
-    "${EXTRA_BENCH_ARGS[@]}" \
-    --output "$OUTPUT_DIR" 2>&1 | sed -u "s/^/[bench] /"
-fi
+# Benchmark
+$BENCH_NICE "$RETH_BENCH" new-payload-fcu \
+  --rpc-url "$BENCH_RPC_URL" \
+  --engine-rpc-url http://127.0.0.1:8551 \
+  --jwt-secret "$DATADIR/jwt.hex" \
+  --advance "$BENCH_BLOCKS" \
+  --reth-new-payload \
+  --output "$OUTPUT_DIR" 2>&1 | sed -u "s/^/[bench] /"
 
 # cleanup runs via trap

.github/scripts/bench-reth-snapshot.sh

@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# Downloads the latest snapshot into the schelk volume using
-# `reth download` with progress reporting to the GitHub PR comment.
+# Downloads the latest nightly snapshot into the schelk volume with
+# progress reporting to the GitHub PR comment.
 #
-# Skips the download if the manifest content hasn't changed since
-# the last successful download (checked via SHA-256 of the manifest).
+# Skips the download if the local ETag marker matches the remote one.
 #
 # Usage: bench-reth-snapshot.sh [--check]
-#   --check   Only check if a download is needed; exits 0 if up-to-date, 10 if not.
+#   --check   Only check if a download is needed; exits 0 if up-to-date, 1 if not.
 #
 # Required env:
 #   SCHELK_MOUNT       – schelk mount point (e.g. /reth-bench)
-#   BENCH_RETH_BINARY  – path to the reth binary
 #   GITHUB_TOKEN       – token for GitHub API calls (only for download)
 #   BENCH_COMMENT_ID   – PR comment ID to update (optional)
 #   BENCH_REPO         – owner/repo (e.g. paradigmxyz/reth)
@@ -20,65 +18,52 @@
 #   BENCH_CONFIG       – config summary line
 set -euo pipefail
 
-MC="mc"
-BUCKET="minio/reth-snapshots"
-MANIFEST_PATH="reth-1-minimal-stable/manifest.json"
+BUCKET="minio/reth-snapshots/reth-1-minimal-nightly-previous.tar.zst"
 DATADIR="$SCHELK_MOUNT/datadir"
-HASH_FILE="$HOME/.reth-bench-snapshot-hash"
+ETAG_FILE="$HOME/.reth-bench-snapshot-etag"
 
-# Fetch manifest and compute content hash for reliable freshness check
-MANIFEST_CONTENT=$($MC cat "${BUCKET}/${MANIFEST_PATH}" 2>/dev/null) || {
-  echo "::error::Failed to fetch snapshot manifest from ${BUCKET}/${MANIFEST_PATH}"
-  exit 2
-}
-REMOTE_HASH=$(echo "$MANIFEST_CONTENT" | sha256sum | awk '{print $1}')
+# Get remote metadata via JSON for reliable parsing
+MC_STAT=$(mc stat --json "$BUCKET" 2>/dev/null || true)
+REMOTE_ETAG=$(echo "$MC_STAT" | jq -r '.etag // empty')
+if [ -z "$REMOTE_ETAG" ]; then
+  echo "::warning::Failed to get ETag from mc stat, will re-download"
+  REMOTE_ETAG="unknown-$(date +%s)"
+fi
 
-LOCAL_HASH=""
-[ -f "$HASH_FILE" ] && LOCAL_HASH=$(cat "$HASH_FILE")
+LOCAL_ETAG=""
+[ -f "$ETAG_FILE" ] && LOCAL_ETAG=$(cat "$ETAG_FILE")
 
-if [ "$REMOTE_HASH" = "$LOCAL_HASH" ]; then
-  echo "Snapshot is up-to-date (manifest hash: ${REMOTE_HASH:0:16}…)"
+if [ "$REMOTE_ETAG" = "$LOCAL_ETAG" ]; then
+  echo "Snapshot is up-to-date (ETag: ${REMOTE_ETAG})"
+  if [ "${1:-}" = "--check" ]; then
+    exit 0
+  fi
   exit 0
 fi
 
-echo "Snapshot needs update (local: ${LOCAL_HASH:+${LOCAL_HASH:0:16}…}${LOCAL_HASH:-<none>}, remote: ${REMOTE_HASH:0:16}…)"
+echo "Snapshot needs update (local: ${LOCAL_ETAG:-<none>}, remote: ${REMOTE_ETAG})"
 if [ "${1:-}" = "--check" ]; then
-  exit 10
-fi
-
-RETH="${BENCH_RETH_BINARY:?BENCH_RETH_BINARY must be set}"
-if [ ! -x "$RETH" ]; then
-  echo "::error::reth binary not found or not executable at $RETH"
   exit 1
 fi
 
-# Resolve the MinIO HTTP endpoint from the mc alias so reth can
-# fetch archives over HTTP (the manifest's embedded base_url points
-# to the cluster-internal address which is unreachable from runners).
-MINIO_ENDPOINT=$($MC alias list minio --json 2>/dev/null | jq -r '.URL // empty') || true
-if [ -z "$MINIO_ENDPOINT" ]; then
-  echo "::error::Failed to resolve MinIO endpoint from mc alias 'minio'"
+# Get compressed size for progress tracking
+TOTAL_BYTES=$(echo "$MC_STAT" | jq -r '.size // empty')
+if [ -z "$TOTAL_BYTES" ] || [ "$TOTAL_BYTES" = "0" ]; then
+  echo "::error::Failed to get snapshot size from mc stat"
   exit 1
 fi
-BASE_URL="${MINIO_ENDPOINT}/reth-snapshots/reth-1-minimal-stable"
-
-# Rewrite manifest's base_url with the runner-reachable endpoint
-MANIFEST_TMP=$(mktemp --suffix=.json)
-trap 'rm -f -- "$MANIFEST_TMP"' EXIT
-echo "$MANIFEST_CONTENT" \
-  | jq --arg base "$BASE_URL" '.base_url = $base' > "$MANIFEST_TMP"
+echo "Snapshot size: $TOTAL_BYTES bytes ($(numfmt --to=iec "$TOTAL_BYTES"))"
 
 # Prepare mount
 mountpoint -q "$SCHELK_MOUNT" && sudo schelk recover -y || true
 sudo schelk mount -y
 sudo rm -rf "$DATADIR"
 sudo mkdir -p "$DATADIR"
-# reth download runs as current user (not root), needs write access
-sudo chown -R "$(id -u):$(id -g)" "$DATADIR"
 
 update_comment() {
-  local status="$1"
+  local pct="$1"
   [ -z "${BENCH_COMMENT_ID:-}" ] && return 0
+  local status="Building binaries & downloading snapshot… ${pct}%"
   local body
   body="$(printf 'cc @%s\n\n🚀 Benchmark started! [View job](%s)\n\n⏳ **Status:** %s\n\n%s' \
     "$BENCH_ACTOR" "$BENCH_JOB_URL" "$status" "$BENCH_CONFIG")"
@@ -90,31 +75,53 @@ update_comment() {
     > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
 }
 
-update_comment "Downloading snapshot…"
+# Track compressed bytes flowing through the pipe
+DL_BYTES_FILE=$(mktemp)
+echo 0 > "$DL_BYTES_FILE"
 
-# Download using reth download (manifest-path with rewritten base_url)
-"$RETH" download \
-  --manifest-path "$MANIFEST_TMP" \
-  -y \
-  --minimal \
-  --datadir "$DATADIR"
+# Start progress reporter in background
+(
+  while true; do
+    sleep 10
+    CURRENT=$(cat "$DL_BYTES_FILE" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+    if [ "$TOTAL_BYTES" -gt 0 ]; then
+      PCT=$(( CURRENT * 100 / TOTAL_BYTES ))
+      [ "$PCT" -gt 100 ] && PCT=100
+      echo "Snapshot download: $(numfmt --to=iec "$CURRENT") / $(numfmt --to=iec "$TOTAL_BYTES") (${PCT}%)"
+      update_comment "$PCT"
+    fi
+  done
+) &
+PROGRESS_PID=$!
+trap 'kill $PROGRESS_PID 2>/dev/null || true; rm -f "$DL_BYTES_FILE"' EXIT
 
-update_comment "Downloading snapshot… done"
+# Download and extract; python byte counter tracks compressed bytes received
+mc cat "$BUCKET" | python3 -c "
+import sys
+count = 0
+while True:
+    data = sys.stdin.buffer.read(1048576)
+    if not data:
+        break
+    count += len(data)
+    sys.stdout.buffer.write(data)
+    with open('$DL_BYTES_FILE', 'w') as f:
+        f.write(str(count))
+" | pzstd -d -p 6 | sudo tar -xf - -C "$DATADIR"
+
+# Stop progress reporter
+kill $PROGRESS_PID 2>/dev/null || true
+wait $PROGRESS_PID 2>/dev/null || true
+
+update_comment "100"
 echo "Snapshot download complete"
 
-# Sanity check: verify expected directories exist
-if [ ! -d "$DATADIR/db" ] || [ ! -d "$DATADIR/static_files" ]; then
-  echo "::error::Snapshot download did not produce expected directory layout (missing db/ or static_files/)"
-  ls -la "$DATADIR" || true
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 # Promote the new snapshot to become the schelk baseline (virgin volume).
 # This copies changed blocks from scratch → virgin so that future
 # `schelk recover` calls restore to this new state.
 sync
 sudo schelk promote -y
 
-# Save manifest hash
-echo "$REMOTE_HASH" > "$HASH_FILE"
-echo "Snapshot promoted to schelk baseline (manifest hash: ${REMOTE_HASH:0:16}…)"
+# Save ETag marker
+echo "$REMOTE_ETAG" > "$ETAG_FILE"
+echo "Snapshot promoted to schelk baseline (ETag: ${REMOTE_ETAG})"

.github/scripts/bench-reth-summary.py

@@ -107,10 +107,6 @@ def compute_stats(combined: list[dict]) -> dict:
             mgas_s_values.append(r["gas_used"] / lat_s / 1_000_000)
     mean_mgas_s = sum(mgas_s_values) / len(mgas_s_values) if mgas_s_values else 0
 
-    total_latencies_ms = [r["total_latency_us"] / 1_000 for r in combined]
-    wall_clock_s = sum(total_latencies_ms) / 1_000
-    mean_total_lat_ms = sum(total_latencies_ms) / n
-
     return {
         "n": n,
         "mean_ms": mean_lat,
@@ -119,8 +115,6 @@ def compute_stats(combined: list[dict]) -> dict:
         "p90_ms": percentile(sorted_lat, 90),
         "p99_ms": percentile(sorted_lat, 99),
         "mean_mgas_s": mean_mgas_s,
-        "wall_clock_s": wall_clock_s,
-        "mean_total_lat_ms": mean_total_lat_ms,
     }
 
 
@@ -145,14 +139,13 @@ def compute_wait_stats(combined: list[dict], field: str) -> dict:
 
 def _paired_data(
     baseline: list[dict], feature: list[dict]
-) -> tuple[list[tuple[float, float]], list[float], list[float], list[float]]:
+) -> tuple[list[tuple[float, float]], list[float], list[float]]:
     """Match blocks and return paired latencies and per-block diffs.
 
     Returns:
         pairs: list of (baseline_ms, feature_ms) tuples
         lat_diffs_ms: list of feature − baseline latency diffs in ms
         mgas_diffs: list of feature − baseline Mgas/s diffs
-        total_lat_diffs_ms: list of feature − baseline total latency diffs in ms
     """
     baseline_by_block = {r["block_number"]: r for r in baseline}
     feature_by_block = {r["block_number"]: r for r in feature}
@@ -161,7 +154,6 @@ def _paired_data(
     pairs = []
     lat_diffs_ms = []
     mgas_diffs = []
-    total_lat_diffs_ms = []
     for bn in common_blocks:
         b = baseline_by_block[bn]
         f = feature_by_block[bn]
@@ -176,10 +168,7 @@ def _paired_data(
                 f["gas_used"] / f_lat_s / 1_000_000
                 - b["gas_used"] / b_lat_s / 1_000_000
             )
-        total_lat_diffs_ms.append(
-            f["total_latency_us"] / 1_000 - b["total_latency_us"] / 1_000
-        )
-    return pairs, lat_diffs_ms, mgas_diffs, total_lat_diffs_ms
+    return pairs, lat_diffs_ms, mgas_diffs
 
 
 def compute_paired_stats(
@@ -194,14 +183,12 @@ def compute_paired_stats(
     all_pairs = []
     all_lat_diffs = []
     all_mgas_diffs = []
-    all_total_lat_diffs = []
     blocks_per_pair = []
     for baseline, feature in zip(baseline_runs, feature_runs):
-        pairs, lat_diffs, mgas_diffs, total_lat_diffs = _paired_data(baseline, feature)
+        pairs, lat_diffs, mgas_diffs = _paired_data(baseline, feature)
         all_pairs.extend(pairs)
         all_lat_diffs.extend(lat_diffs)
         all_mgas_diffs.extend(mgas_diffs)
-        all_total_lat_diffs.extend(total_lat_diffs)
         blocks_per_pair.append(len(pairs))
 
     if not all_lat_diffs:
@@ -240,11 +227,6 @@ def compute_paired_stats(
     mgas_se = std_mgas_diff / math.sqrt(len(all_mgas_diffs)) if all_mgas_diffs else 0.0
     mgas_ci = T_CRITICAL * mgas_se
 
-    mean_total_diff = sum(all_total_lat_diffs) / len(all_total_lat_diffs) if all_total_lat_diffs else 0.0
-    std_total_diff = stddev(all_total_lat_diffs, mean_total_diff) if len(all_total_lat_diffs) > 1 else 0.0
-    total_se = std_total_diff / math.sqrt(len(all_total_lat_diffs)) if all_total_lat_diffs else 0.0
-    wall_clock_ci_ms = T_CRITICAL * total_se
-
     return {
         "n": n,
         "mean_diff_ms": mean_diff,
@@ -257,11 +239,17 @@ def compute_paired_stats(
         "p99_ci_ms": (p99_boot[hi] - p99_boot[lo]) / 2,
         "mean_mgas_diff": mean_mgas_diff,
         "mgas_ci": mgas_ci,
-        "wall_clock_ci_ms": wall_clock_ci_ms,
         "blocks": max(blocks_per_pair),
     }
 
 
+def compute_summary(combined: list[dict], gas: list[dict]) -> dict:
+    """Compute aggregate metrics from parsed CSV data."""
+    blocks = len(combined)
+    return {
+        "blocks": blocks,
+    }
+
 
 def format_duration(seconds: float) -> str:
     if seconds >= 60:
@@ -286,61 +274,22 @@ def fmt_mgas(v: float) -> str:
     return f"{v:.2f}"
 
 
-def fmt_s(v: float) -> str:
-    return f"{v:.2f}s"
-
-
-def significance(pct: float, ci_pct: float, lower_is_better: bool) -> str:
-    """Return significance label: 'good', 'bad', or 'neutral'."""
-    significant = abs(pct) > ci_pct
-    if not significant:
-        return "neutral"
-    elif (pct < 0) == lower_is_better:
-        return "good"
-    else:
-        return "bad"
-
-
 def change_str(pct: float, ci_pct: float, lower_is_better: bool) -> str:
     """Format change% with paired CI significance.
 
     Significant if the CI doesn't cross zero (i.e. |pct| > ci_pct).
     """
-    sig = significance(pct, ci_pct, lower_is_better)
-    emoji = {"good": "✅", "bad": "❌", "neutral": "⚪"}[sig]
+    significant = abs(pct) > ci_pct
+    if not significant:
+        emoji = "⚪"
+    elif (pct < 0) == lower_is_better:
+        emoji = "✅"
+    else:
+        emoji = "❌"
+
     return f"{pct:+.2f}% {emoji} (±{ci_pct:.2f}%)"
 
 
-def compute_changes(
-    baseline_stats: dict, feature_stats: dict, paired_stats: dict
-) -> dict:
-    """Pre-compute change percentages and significance for each metric."""
-    def pct(base: float, feat: float) -> float:
-        return (feat - base) / base * 100.0 if base > 0 else 0.0
-
-    def ci_pct(ci_ms: float, base_ms: float) -> float:
-        return ci_ms / base_ms * 100.0 if base_ms > 0 else 0.0
-
-    metrics = [
-        ("mean", "mean_ms", "ci_ms", "mean_ms", True),
-        ("p50", "p50_ms", "p50_ci_ms", "p50_ms", True),
-        ("p90", "p90_ms", "p90_ci_ms", "p90_ms", True),
-        ("p99", "p99_ms", "p99_ci_ms", "p99_ms", True),
-        ("mgas_s", "mean_mgas_s", "mgas_ci", "mean_mgas_s", False),
-        ("wall_clock", "wall_clock_s", "wall_clock_ci_ms", "mean_total_lat_ms", True),
-    ]
-    changes = {}
-    for name, stat_key, ci_key, base_key, lower_is_better in metrics:
-        p = pct(baseline_stats[stat_key], feature_stats[stat_key])
-        c = ci_pct(paired_stats[ci_key], baseline_stats[base_key])
-        changes[name] = {
-            "pct": round(p, 4),
-            "ci_pct": round(c, 4),
-            "sig": significance(p, c, lower_is_better),
-        }
-    return changes
-
-
 def generate_comparison_table(
     run1: dict,
     run2: dict,
@@ -350,7 +299,6 @@ def generate_comparison_table(
     baseline_name: str,
     feature_name: str,
     feature_sha: str,
-    big_blocks: bool = False,
 ) -> str:
     """Generate a markdown comparison table between baseline and feature."""
     n = paired["blocks"]
@@ -360,7 +308,6 @@ def generate_comparison_table(
 
     mean_pct = pct(run1["mean_ms"], run2["mean_ms"])
     gas_pct = pct(run1["mean_mgas_s"], run2["mean_mgas_s"])
-    wall_pct = pct(run1["wall_clock_s"], run2["wall_clock_s"])
 
     p50_pct = pct(run1["p50_ms"], run2["p50_ms"])
     p90_pct = pct(run1["p90_ms"], run2["p90_ms"])
@@ -374,7 +321,6 @@ def generate_comparison_table(
     # CI as a percentage of baseline mean
     lat_ci_pct = paired["ci_ms"] / run1["mean_ms"] * 100.0 if run1["mean_ms"] > 0 else 0.0
     mgas_ci_pct = paired["mgas_ci"] / run1["mean_mgas_s"] * 100.0 if run1["mean_mgas_s"] > 0 else 0.0
-    wall_ci_pct = paired["wall_clock_ci_ms"] / run1["mean_total_lat_ms"] * 100.0 if run1["mean_total_lat_ms"] > 0 else 0.0
 
     base_url = f"https://github.com/{repo}/commit"
     baseline_label = f"[`{baseline_name}`]({base_url}/{baseline_ref})"
@@ -389,9 +335,8 @@ def generate_comparison_table(
         f"| P90 | {fmt_ms(run1['p90_ms'])} | {fmt_ms(run2['p90_ms'])} | {change_str(p90_pct, p90_ci_pct, lower_is_better=True)} |",
         f"| P99 | {fmt_ms(run1['p99_ms'])} | {fmt_ms(run2['p99_ms'])} | {change_str(p99_pct, p99_ci_pct, lower_is_better=True)} |",
         f"| Mgas/s | {fmt_mgas(run1['mean_mgas_s'])} | {fmt_mgas(run2['mean_mgas_s'])} | {change_str(gas_pct, mgas_ci_pct, lower_is_better=False)} |",
-        f"| Wall Clock | {fmt_s(run1['wall_clock_s'])} | {fmt_s(run2['wall_clock_s'])} | {change_str(wall_pct, wall_ci_pct, lower_is_better=True)} |",
         "",
-        f"*{n} {'big blocks' if big_blocks else 'blocks'}*",
+        f"*{n} blocks*",
     ]
     return "\n".join(lines)
 
@@ -422,7 +367,6 @@ def generate_markdown(
     summary: dict, comparison_table: str,
     wait_time_tables: list[str] | None = None,
     behind_baseline: int = 0, repo: str = "", baseline_ref: str = "", baseline_name: str = "",
-    grafana_url: str | None = None,
 ) -> str:
     """Generate a markdown comment body."""
     lines = ["## Benchmark Results", ""]
@@ -442,9 +386,6 @@ def generate_markdown(
                 lines.append(table)
                 lines.append("")
         lines.append("</details>")
-    if grafana_url:
-        lines.append("")
-        lines.append(f"**[Grafana Dashboard]({grafana_url})**")
     return "\n".join(lines)
 
 
@@ -471,8 +412,6 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument("--feature-name", "--branch-name", default=None, help="Feature branch name")
     parser.add_argument("--feature-ref", "--branch-sha", "--feature-sha", default=None, help="Feature commit SHA")
     parser.add_argument("--behind-baseline", "--behind-main", type=int, default=0, help="Commits behind baseline")
-    parser.add_argument("--big-blocks", action="store_true", default=False, help="Big blocks mode")
-    parser.add_argument("--grafana-url", default=None, help="Grafana dashboard URL for this benchmark run")
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     if len(args.baseline_csv) != len(args.feature_csv):
@@ -499,6 +438,11 @@ def main():
     all_baseline = [r for run in baseline_runs for r in run]
     all_feature = [r for run in feature_runs for r in run]
 
+    summary = compute_summary(all_feature, gas)
+    with open(args.output_summary, "w") as f:
+        json.dump(summary, f, indent=2)
+    print(f"Summary written to {args.output_summary}")
+
     baseline_stats = compute_stats(all_baseline)
     feature_stats = compute_stats(all_feature)
     paired_stats = compute_paired_stats(baseline_runs, feature_runs)
@@ -521,7 +465,6 @@ def main():
         baseline_name=baseline_name,
         feature_name=feature_name,
         feature_sha=feature_sha,
-        big_blocks=args.big_blocks,
     )
     print(f"Generated comparison ({paired_stats['n']} paired blocks, "
           f"mean diff {paired_stats['mean_diff_ms']:+.3f}ms ± {paired_stats['ci_ms']:.3f}ms)")
@@ -536,41 +479,13 @@ def main():
         ("execution_cache_wait_us", "Execution Cache Update Wait"),
     ]
     wait_time_tables = []
-    wait_time_data = {}
     for field, title in wait_fields:
         b_stats = compute_wait_stats(all_baseline, field)
         f_stats = compute_wait_stats(all_feature, field)
-        if b_stats and f_stats:
-            wait_time_data[field] = {
-                "title": title,
-                "baseline": b_stats,
-                "feature": f_stats,
-            }
         table = generate_wait_time_table(title, b_stats, f_stats, baseline_label, feature_label)
         if table:
             wait_time_tables.append(table)
 
-    summary = {
-        "blocks": paired_stats["blocks"],
-        "big_blocks": args.big_blocks,
-        "baseline": {
-            "name": baseline_name,
-            "ref": baseline_ref,
-            "stats": baseline_stats,
-        },
-        "feature": {
-            "name": feature_name,
-            "ref": feature_sha,
-            "stats": feature_stats,
-        },
-        "paired": paired_stats,
-        "changes": compute_changes(baseline_stats, feature_stats, paired_stats),
-        "wait_times": wait_time_data,
-    }
-    with open(args.output_summary, "w") as f:
-        json.dump(summary, f, indent=2)
-    print(f"Summary written to {args.output_summary}")
-
     markdown = generate_markdown(
         summary, comparison_table,
         wait_time_tables=wait_time_tables,
@@ -578,7 +493,6 @@ def main():
         repo=args.repo,
         baseline_ref=baseline_ref,
         baseline_name=baseline_name,
-        grafana_url=args.grafana_url,
     )
 
     with open(args.output_markdown, "w") as f:

.github/scripts/bench-scheduled-refs.sh

@@ -1,132 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# Resolves baseline and feature refs for nightly regression benchmark runs.
-#
-# Queries the latest successful scheduled docker.yml run via GitHub API
-# to find the commit that built the nightly Docker image. Compares with
-# the last successful feature ref (from GH Actions cache) to determine
-# baseline, detect staleness, and decide whether to skip.
-#
-# Usage: bench-nightly-refs.sh [--force]
-#
-# Outputs (via GITHUB_OUTPUT):
-#   baseline-ref    — commit SHA for baseline
-#   feature-ref     — commit SHA for feature (current nightly)
-#   should-skip     — "true" if no new nightly since last run
-#   is-stale        — "true" if latest nightly build is >24h old
-#   stale-age-hours — age of the nightly build in hours (only if stale)
-#   nightly-created — ISO timestamp of the nightly build
-#
-# Reads:
-#   .nightly-state/last-feature-ref (from GH Actions cache, may not exist)
-#
-# Requires: gh (GitHub CLI), jq, date
-set -euo pipefail
-
-FORCE="${1:-false}"
-REPO="${GITHUB_REPOSITORY:-paradigmxyz/reth}"
-
-# --- Step 1: Query latest successful scheduled docker.yml run ---
-echo "::group::Querying latest nightly docker build"
-
-RUNS_JSON=$(gh run list \
-  -R "$REPO" \
-  --workflow=docker.yml \
-  --event=schedule \
-  --status=completed \
-  --limit 5 \
-  --json headSha,createdAt,conclusion)
-
-# Find the most recent successful run
-LATEST=$(echo "$RUNS_JSON" | jq -r '[.[] | select(.conclusion == "success")] | first // empty')
-
-if [ -z "$LATEST" ]; then
-  echo "::error::No successful scheduled docker.yml run found in the last 5 runs"
-  echo "Runs found: $RUNS_JSON"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-FEATURE_REF=$(echo "$LATEST" | jq -r '.headSha')
-CREATED_AT=$(echo "$LATEST" | jq -r '.createdAt')
-echo "Latest nightly commit: $FEATURE_REF"
-echo "Built at: $CREATED_AT"
-echo "::endgroup::"
-
-# --- Step 2: Staleness check ---
-echo "::group::Checking staleness"
-NOW_EPOCH=$(date +%s)
-# Handle both GNU date (-d) and BSD date (-j -f) for cross-platform compat
-CREATED_EPOCH=$(date -d "$CREATED_AT" +%s 2>/dev/null || \
-  date -j -f "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ" "$CREATED_AT" +%s 2>/dev/null || \
-  date -j -f "%Y-%m-%dT%T%z" "$CREATED_AT" +%s 2>/dev/null || \
-  { echo "::error::Cannot parse date: $CREATED_AT"; exit 1; })
-
-AGE_SECONDS=$(( NOW_EPOCH - CREATED_EPOCH ))
-AGE_HOURS=$(( AGE_SECONDS / 3600 ))
-IS_STALE="false"
-
-if [ "$AGE_HOURS" -gt 24 ]; then
-  IS_STALE="true"
-  echo "::warning::STALE NIGHTLY: Build is ${AGE_HOURS}h old (>24h threshold)"
-  echo "This indicates the nightly docker build failed — no new image was produced"
-else
-  echo "Nightly build age: ${AGE_HOURS}h (within 24h threshold)"
-fi
-echo "::endgroup::"
-
-# --- Step 3: Read last successful feature ref from cache ---
-echo "::group::Reading cached state"
-LAST_FEATURE_REF=""
-STATE_FILE=".nightly-state/last-feature-ref"
-if [ -f "$STATE_FILE" ]; then
-  LAST_FEATURE_REF=$(tr -d '[:space:]' < "$STATE_FILE")
-  echo "Previous feature ref: $LAST_FEATURE_REF"
-else
-  echo "No cached state found (first run)"
-fi
-echo "::endgroup::"
-
-# --- Step 4: Determine baseline and skip logic ---
-echo "::group::Resolving refs"
-SHOULD_SKIP="false"
-BASELINE_REF="$FEATURE_REF"  # default for first run
-
-if [ "$IS_STALE" = "true" ]; then
-  # Stale = error path, don't skip (will alert and fail downstream)
-  SHOULD_SKIP="false"
-  BASELINE_REF="${LAST_FEATURE_REF:-$FEATURE_REF}"
-  echo "Stale nightly detected — will alert and fail"
-elif [ -z "$LAST_FEATURE_REF" ]; then
-  # First run: baseline = feature (self-comparison to establish baseline)
-  BASELINE_REF="$FEATURE_REF"
-  echo "First run — will benchmark nightly against itself to establish baseline"
-elif [ "$LAST_FEATURE_REF" = "$FEATURE_REF" ]; then
-  # No new nightly since last successful run
-  if [ "$FORCE" = "true" ] || [ "$FORCE" = "--force" ]; then
-    echo "No new nightly, but force=true — running anyway"
-    BASELINE_REF="$LAST_FEATURE_REF"
-  else
-    SHOULD_SKIP="true"
-    echo "No new nightly since last run — will skip"
-  fi
-else
-  # Normal case: new nightly available
-  BASELINE_REF="$LAST_FEATURE_REF"
-  echo "New nightly detected"
-fi
-
-echo "Baseline: $BASELINE_REF"
-echo "Feature:  $FEATURE_REF"
-echo "Skip:     $SHOULD_SKIP"
-echo "Stale:    $IS_STALE"
-echo "::endgroup::"
-
-# --- Step 5: Write outputs ---
-{
-  echo "baseline-ref=$BASELINE_REF"
-  echo "feature-ref=$FEATURE_REF"
-  echo "should-skip=$SHOULD_SKIP"
-  echo "is-stale=$IS_STALE"
-  echo "stale-age-hours=$AGE_HOURS"
-  echo "nightly-created=$CREATED_AT"
-} >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

.github/scripts/bench-slack-notify.js

@@ -1,308 +0,0 @@
-// Sends Slack notifications for reth-bench results.
-//
-// Reads from environment:
-//   SLACK_BENCH_BOT_TOKEN  – Slack Bot User OAuth Token (xoxb-...)
-//   SLACK_BENCH_CHANNEL    – Public channel ID for significant improvements
-//   BENCH_WORK_DIR         – Directory containing summary.json
-//   BENCH_PR               – PR number (may be empty)
-//   BENCH_ACTOR            – GitHub user who triggered the bench
-//   BENCH_JOB_URL          – URL to the Actions job page
-//   BENCH_BASELINE_ARGS    – Extra CLI args for the baseline reth node
-//   BENCH_FEATURE_ARGS     – Extra CLI args for the feature reth node
-//   BENCH_SAMPLY           – 'true' if samply profiling was enabled
-//
-// Usage from actions/github-script:
-//   const notify = require('./.github/scripts/bench-slack-notify.js');
-//   await notify.success({ core, context });
-//   await notify.failure({ core, context, failedStep: '...' });
-
-const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
-const { fmtChange, fmtMs, verdict, loadSamplyUrls, blocksLabel, metricRows, waitTimeRows } = require('./bench-utils');
-
-const SLACK_API = 'https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage';
-
-function loadSlackUsers(repoRoot) {
-  try {
-    const raw = fs.readFileSync(path.join(repoRoot, '.github', 'scripts', 'bench-slack-users.json'), 'utf8');
-    const data = JSON.parse(raw);
-    // Filter out non-user-ID entries (like _comment)
-    const users = {};
-    for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(data)) {
-      if (!k.startsWith('_') && typeof v === 'string' && v.startsWith('U')) {
-        users[k] = v;
-      }
-    }
-    return users;
-  } catch {
-    return {};
-  }
-}
-
-async function postToSlack(token, channel, blocks, text, core, threadTs) {
-  const payload = { channel, blocks, text, unfurl_links: false };
-  if (threadTs) payload.thread_ts = threadTs;
-  const resp = await fetch(SLACK_API, {
-    method: 'POST',
-    headers: {
-      'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}`,
-      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-    },
-    body: JSON.stringify(payload),
-  });
-  const data = await resp.json();
-  if (!data.ok) {
-    core.warning(`Slack API error (channel ${channel}): ${JSON.stringify(data)}`);
-  }
-  return data;
-}
-
-function cell(text) {
-  const s = String(text);
-  return { type: 'raw_text', text: s || ' ' };
-}
-
-// Slack shortcodes for verdict (Block Kit header doesn't support unicode emoji)
-const SLACK_VERDICT = {
-  '⚠️': ':warning:',
-  '❌': ':x:',
-  '✅': ':white_check_mark:',
-  '⚪': ':white_circle:',
-};
-
-function buildSuccessBlocks({ summary, prNumber, actor, actorSlackId, jobUrl, repo, samplyUrls }) {
-  const { emoji, label } = verdict(summary.changes);
-  const headerEmoji = SLACK_VERDICT[emoji] || emoji;
-
-  const prUrl = prNumber ? `https://github.com/${repo}/pull/${prNumber}` : '';
-  const commitUrl = `https://github.com/${repo}/commit`;
-  const baselineLink = `<${commitUrl}/${summary.baseline.ref}|${summary.baseline.name}>`;
-  const featureLink = `<${commitUrl}/${summary.feature.ref}|${summary.feature.name}>`;
-
-  // Meta line
-  const metaParts = [];
-  if (prNumber) metaParts.push(`*<${prUrl}|PR #${prNumber}>*`);
-  metaParts.push(`triggered by ${actorSlackId ? `<@${actorSlackId}>` : `@${actor}`}`);
-
-  // Baseline/feature lines with samply profile links
-  let baselineLine = `*Baseline:* ${baselineLink}`;
-  const bl1 = samplyUrls['baseline-1'];
-  const bl2 = samplyUrls['baseline-2'];
-  if (bl1) baselineLine += ` | <${bl1}|Samply 1>`;
-  if (bl2) baselineLine += ` | <${bl2}|Samply 2>`;
-
-  let featureLine = `*Feature:* ${featureLink}`;
-  const fl1 = samplyUrls['feature-1'];
-  const fl2 = samplyUrls['feature-2'];
-  if (fl1) featureLine += ` | <${fl1}|Samply 1>`;
-  if (fl2) featureLine += ` | <${fl2}|Samply 2>`;
-
-  const countsLine = blocksLabel(summary).map(p => `*${p.key}:* ${p.value}`).join(' | ');
-
-  const baselineArgs = process.env.BENCH_BASELINE_ARGS || '';
-  const featureArgs = process.env.BENCH_FEATURE_ARGS || '';
-  const argsLines = [];
-  if (baselineArgs) argsLines.push(`*Baseline Args:* \`${baselineArgs}\``);
-  if (featureArgs) argsLines.push(`*Feature Args:* \`${featureArgs}\``);
-
-  const sectionText = [metaParts.join(' | '), '', baselineLine, featureLine, ...argsLines, countsLine].join('\n');
-
-  // Action buttons
-  const diffUrl = `https://github.com/${repo}/compare/${summary.baseline.ref}...${summary.feature.ref}`;
-  const buttons = [
-    {
-      type: 'button',
-      text: { type: 'plain_text', text: 'CI :github:', emoji: true },
-      url: jobUrl,
-      action_id: 'ci_button',
-    },
-    {
-      type: 'button',
-      text: { type: 'plain_text', text: 'Diff :github:', emoji: true },
-      url: diffUrl,
-      action_id: 'diff_button',
-    },
-  ];
-
-  // Build table rows from shared metricRows
-  const rows = metricRows(summary);
-  const tableRows = [
-    [cell('Metric'), cell('Baseline'), cell('Feature'), cell('Change')],
-    ...rows.map(r => [cell(r.label), cell(r.baseline), cell(r.feature), cell(r.change || ' ')]),
-  ];
-
-  const blocks = [
-    {
-      type: 'header',
-      text: { type: 'plain_text', text: `${headerEmoji} ${label}`, emoji: true },
-    },
-    {
-      type: 'section',
-      text: { type: 'mrkdwn', text: sectionText },
-    },
-    {
-      type: 'table',
-      column_settings: [
-        { align: 'left' },
-        { align: 'right' },
-        { align: 'right' },
-        { align: 'right' },
-      ],
-      rows: tableRows,
-    },
-    {
-      type: 'actions',
-      elements: buttons,
-    },
-  ];
-
-  // Wait times as a separate table block (sent as threaded reply due to Slack one-table limit)
-  const threadBlocks = [];
-  const wtRows = waitTimeRows(summary);
-  if (wtRows.length > 0) {
-    const waitTableRows = [
-      [cell('Wait Time'), cell('Baseline'), cell('Feature')],
-      ...wtRows.map(r => [cell(r.title), cell(r.baseline), cell(r.feature)]),
-    ];
-    threadBlocks.push({
-      type: 'table',
-      column_settings: [
-        { align: 'left' },
-        { align: 'right' },
-        { align: 'right' },
-      ],
-      rows: waitTableRows,
-    });
-  }
-
-  return { blocks, threadBlocks };
-}
-
-function buildFailureBlocks({ prNumber, actor, actorSlackId, jobUrl, repo, failedStep }) {
-  const prUrl = prNumber ? `https://github.com/${repo}/pull/${prNumber}` : '';
-  const actorMention = actorSlackId ? `<@${actorSlackId}>` : `@${actor}`;
-  const parts = [
-    prNumber ? `*<${prUrl}|PR #${prNumber}>*` : '',
-    `by ${actorMention}`,
-    `failed while *${failedStep}*`,
-  ].filter(Boolean);
-
-  const buttons = [
-    {
-      type: 'button',
-      text: { type: 'plain_text', text: 'CI :github:', emoji: true },
-      url: jobUrl,
-      action_id: 'ci_button',
-    },
-  ];
-
-  return [
-    {
-      type: 'header',
-      text: { type: 'plain_text', text: ':rotating_light: Bench Failed', emoji: true },
-    },
-    {
-      type: 'section',
-      text: { type: 'mrkdwn', text: parts.join(' | ') },
-    },
-    {
-      type: 'actions',
-      elements: buttons,
-    },
-  ];
-}
-
-async function success({ core, context }) {
-  const token = process.env.SLACK_BENCH_BOT_TOKEN;
-  if (!token) {
-    core.info('SLACK_BENCH_BOT_TOKEN not set, skipping Slack notification');
-    return;
-  }
-
-  let summary;
-  try {
-    summary = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(process.env.BENCH_WORK_DIR + '/summary.json', 'utf8'));
-  } catch (e) {
-    core.warning('Could not read summary.json for Slack notification');
-    return;
-  }
-
-  const repo = `${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}`;
-  const prNumber = process.env.BENCH_PR;
-  const actor = process.env.BENCH_ACTOR;
-  const jobUrl = process.env.BENCH_JOB_URL ||
-    `${context.serverUrl}/${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}/actions/runs/${context.runId}`;
-
-  const samplyUrls = loadSamplyUrls(process.env.BENCH_WORK_DIR);
-
-  const slackUsers = loadSlackUsers(process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE || '.');
-  const actorSlackId = slackUsers[actor];
-
-  const { blocks, threadBlocks } = buildSuccessBlocks({ summary, prNumber, actor, actorSlackId, jobUrl, repo, samplyUrls });
-  const text = `Bench: ${summary.baseline.name} vs ${summary.feature.name}`;
-
-  async function sendWithThread(ch) {
-    const res = await postToSlack(token, ch, blocks, text, core);
-    if (res.ok && res.ts && threadBlocks.length > 0) {
-      for (const tb of threadBlocks) {
-        await postToSlack(token, ch, [tb], 'Wait time breakdown', core, res.ts);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Post to public channel if any metric shows significant improvement or regression
-  const channel = process.env.SLACK_BENCH_CHANNEL;
-  let postedToChannel = false;
-  if (channel) {
-    const changes = summary.changes || {};
-    const hasImprovement = Object.values(changes).some(c => c.sig === 'good');
-    if (hasImprovement) {
-      await sendWithThread(channel);
-      postedToChannel = true;
-    } else {
-      core.info('No significant improvement, skipping public channel notification');
-    }
-  }
-
-  // DM the actor only when results were not posted to the public channel
-  if (!postedToChannel) {
-    if (actorSlackId) {
-      await sendWithThread(actorSlackId);
-    } else {
-      core.info(`No Slack user mapping for GitHub user '${actor}', skipping DM`);
-    }
-  } else {
-    core.info(`Results posted to channel, skipping DM to ${actor}`);
-  }
-}
-
-async function failure({ core, context, failedStep }) {
-  const token = process.env.SLACK_BENCH_BOT_TOKEN;
-  if (!token) {
-    core.info('SLACK_BENCH_BOT_TOKEN not set, skipping Slack notification');
-    return;
-  }
-
-  const repo = `${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}`;
-  const prNumber = process.env.BENCH_PR;
-  const actor = process.env.BENCH_ACTOR;
-  const jobUrl = process.env.BENCH_JOB_URL ||
-    `${context.serverUrl}/${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}/actions/runs/${context.runId}`;
-
-  const slackUsers = loadSlackUsers(process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE || '.');
-  const actorSlackId = slackUsers[actor];
-
-  const blocks = buildFailureBlocks({ prNumber, actor, actorSlackId, jobUrl, repo, failedStep });
-  const text = `Bench failed while ${failedStep}`;
-
-  // Always DM the actor
-  if (actorSlackId) {
-    await postToSlack(token, actorSlackId, blocks, text, core);
-  } else {
-    core.info(`No Slack user mapping for GitHub user '${actor}', skipping DM`);
-  }
-
-  // Only DM for failures, don't post to public channel
-}
-
-module.exports = { success, failure };

.github/scripts/bench-slack-users.json

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "_comment": "Maps GitHub usernames to Slack user IDs. Find yours: Slack profile > ··· > Copy member ID.",
-  "shekhirin": "U09FAL2UMLJ",
-  "mattsse": "U09FQNPMRT3",
-  "klkvr": "U09FAK95FC2",
-  "joshieDo": "U09LHN6GYAU",
-  "mediocregopher": "U09FF75KMQU",
-  "yongkangc": "U09FB0ECTD4",
-  "gakonst": "U092SEPDM40",
-  "Rjected": "U09F6SCKRGT",
-  "DaniPopes": "U09FAT8EK2A",
-  "emmajam": "U0A34UN92HW",
-  "onbjerg": "U09FB0UK5AA",
-  "fgimenez": "U09G3GP7CSU",
-  "rakita": "U09FB3Z2M7Y",
-  "jxom": "U09F72MG083",
-  "tmm": "U0AD0U8E88N",
-  "pepyakin": "U0A7HKMGEHJ",
-  "grandizzy": "U09F8DBDDRT",
-  "SuperFluffy": "U095BKHB2Q4",
-  "kamsz": "U0A2563UBRD",
-  "zerosnacks": "U09FARPMN74",
-  "samczsun": "U096R14E4H3"
-}

.github/scripts/bench-utils.js

@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-// Shared utilities for reth-bench result rendering.
-//
-// Used by bench-job-summary.js and bench-slack-notify.js.
-
-const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
-
-const SIG_EMOJI = { good: '✅', bad: '❌', neutral: '⚪' };
-
-function fmtMs(v) { return v.toFixed(2) + 'ms'; }
-function fmtMgas(v) { return v.toFixed(2); }
-function fmtS(v) { return v.toFixed(2) + 's'; }
-
-function fmtChange(ch) {
-  if (!ch || (!ch.pct && !ch.ci_pct)) return '';
-  const pctStr = `${ch.pct >= 0 ? '+' : ''}${ch.pct.toFixed(2)}%`;
-  const ciStr = ch.ci_pct ? ` (±${ch.ci_pct.toFixed(2)}%)` : '';
-  return `${pctStr}${ciStr} ${SIG_EMOJI[ch.sig]}`;
-}
-
-function verdict(changes) {
-  const vals = Object.values(changes);
-  const hasBad = vals.some(v => v.sig === 'bad');
-  const hasGood = vals.some(v => v.sig === 'good');
-  if (hasBad && hasGood) return { emoji: '⚠️', label: 'Mixed Results' };
-  if (hasBad) return { emoji: '❌', label: 'Regression' };
-  if (hasGood) return { emoji: '✅', label: 'Improvement' };
-  return { emoji: '⚪', label: 'No Difference' };
-}
-
-function loadSamplyUrls(workDir) {
-  const urls = {};
-  for (const run of ['baseline-1', 'baseline-2', 'feature-1', 'feature-2']) {
-    try {
-      const url = fs.readFileSync(path.join(workDir, run, 'samply-profile-url.txt'), 'utf8').trim();
-      if (url) urls[run] = url;
-    } catch {}
-  }
-  return urls;
-}
-
-function blocksLabel(summary) {
-  const parts = [];
-  if (summary.big_blocks) {
-    parts.push({ key: 'Big Blocks', value: summary.blocks });
-  } else {
-    const warmup = summary.warmup_blocks || process.env.BENCH_WARMUP_BLOCKS || '';
-    if (warmup) parts.push({ key: 'Warmup', value: warmup });
-    parts.push({ key: 'Blocks', value: summary.blocks });
-  }
-  const cores = process.env.BENCH_CORES || '0';
-  if (cores !== '0') parts.push({ key: 'Cores', value: cores });
-  return parts;
-}
-
-// The 7 metric rows shared by all renderers.
-// Returns an array of { label, baseline, feature, change } objects.
-function metricRows(summary) {
-  const b = summary.baseline.stats;
-  const f = summary.feature.stats;
-  const c = summary.changes;
-  return [
-    { label: 'Mean',       baseline: fmtMs(b.mean_ms),       feature: fmtMs(f.mean_ms),       change: fmtChange(c.mean) },
-    { label: 'StdDev',     baseline: fmtMs(b.stddev_ms),     feature: fmtMs(f.stddev_ms),     change: '' },
-    { label: 'P50',        baseline: fmtMs(b.p50_ms),        feature: fmtMs(f.p50_ms),        change: fmtChange(c.p50) },
-    { label: 'P90',        baseline: fmtMs(b.p90_ms),        feature: fmtMs(f.p90_ms),        change: fmtChange(c.p90) },
-    { label: 'P99',        baseline: fmtMs(b.p99_ms),        feature: fmtMs(f.p99_ms),        change: fmtChange(c.p99) },
-    { label: 'Mgas/s',     baseline: fmtMgas(b.mean_mgas_s), feature: fmtMgas(f.mean_mgas_s), change: fmtChange(c.mgas_s) },
-    { label: 'Wall Clock', baseline: fmtS(b.wall_clock_s),   feature: fmtS(f.wall_clock_s),   change: fmtChange(c.wall_clock) },
-  ];
-}
-
-// Wait time rows: one row per metric showing mean values.
-function waitTimeRows(summary) {
-  const waitTimes = summary.wait_times || {};
-  const rows = [];
-  for (const key of Object.keys(waitTimes)) {
-    const wt = waitTimes[key];
-    rows.push({ title: wt.title, baseline: fmtMs(wt.baseline.mean_ms), feature: fmtMs(wt.feature.mean_ms) });
-  }
-  return rows;
-}
-
-module.exports = {
-  SIG_EMOJI,
-  fmtMs,
-  fmtMgas,
-  fmtS,
-  fmtChange,
-  verdict,
-  loadSamplyUrls,
-  blocksLabel,
-  metricRows,
-  waitTimeRows,
-};

.github/scripts/build_pgo_bolt.sh

@@ -1,414 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# Full PGO+BOLT optimized build for reth using real reth-bench workloads.
-#
-# Phases:
-#   1. Build PGO-instrumented reth, run reth-bench → collect PGO profiles
-#   2. Build BOLT-instrumented reth (with PGO), run reth-bench → collect BOLT profiles
-#   3. Build final PGO+BOLT optimized binary
-#
-# Required environment variables:
-#   DATADIR    - Path to reth datadir (must already contain chain data)
-#   RPC_URL    - Source RPC URL for reth-bench to fetch payloads from
-#
-# Optional environment variables:
-#   PGO_BLOCKS      - Number of blocks for PGO profiling (default: 20)
-#   BOLT_BLOCKS     - Number of blocks for BOLT profiling (default: 20)
-#   SKIP_BOLT       - Temporarily skip BOLT phases (default: false)
-#   STRIP_SYMBOLS   - Strip debug symbols from output binary (default: true)
-#   COLLECT_PGO_ONLY - Stop after producing merged.profdata (default: false)
-#   PGO_PROFDATA    - Path to pre-collected merged.profdata (optional)
-#   PROFILE         - Cargo profile (default: maxperf-symbols)
-#   FEATURES        - Cargo features (default: jemalloc,asm-keccak,min-debug-logs)
-#   TARGET          - Target triple (default: auto-detected)
-#   EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS - Additional RUSTFLAGS (e.g. -C target-cpu=x86-64-v3)
-#
-# Output:
-#   target/$PROFILE_DIR/reth  — final optimized binary
-set -euo pipefail
-
-gha_section_start() {
-    local title="$1"
-    if [ -n "${GITHUB_ACTIONS:-}" ]; then
-        echo "::group::$title"
-    else
-        echo ""
-        echo "=== $title ==="
-    fi
-}
-
-gha_section_end() {
-    if [ -n "${GITHUB_ACTIONS:-}" ]; then
-        echo "::endgroup::"
-    fi
-}
-
-cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.."
-
-# ── Configuration ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-PGO_BLOCKS="${PGO_BLOCKS:-20}"
-BOLT_BLOCKS="${BOLT_BLOCKS:-20}"
-SKIP_BOLT="${SKIP_BOLT:-false}"
-STRIP_SYMBOLS="${STRIP_SYMBOLS:-true}"
-COLLECT_PGO_ONLY="${COLLECT_PGO_ONLY:-false}"
-PROFILE="${PROFILE:-maxperf-symbols}"
-FEATURES="${FEATURES:-jemalloc,asm-keccak,min-debug-logs}"
-TARGET="${TARGET:-$(rustc -Vv | grep host | cut -d' ' -f2)}"
-BASE_RUSTFLAGS="${RUSTFLAGS:-}"
-EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS="${EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS:-}"
-COMBINED_RUSTFLAGS="$BASE_RUSTFLAGS $EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS"
-PGO_PROFDATA="${PGO_PROFDATA:-}"
-DATADIR="${DATADIR:-}"
-RPC_URL="${RPC_URL:-}"
-
-SKIP_BOLT_BOOL=false
-if [[ "${SKIP_BOLT,,}" == "true" || "$SKIP_BOLT" == "1" ]]; then
-    SKIP_BOLT_BOOL=true
-fi
-
-STRIP_SYMBOLS_BOOL=false
-if [[ "${STRIP_SYMBOLS,,}" == "true" || "$STRIP_SYMBOLS" == "1" ]]; then
-    STRIP_SYMBOLS_BOOL=true
-fi
-
-COLLECT_PGO_ONLY_BOOL=false
-if [[ "${COLLECT_PGO_ONLY,,}" == "true" || "$COLLECT_PGO_ONLY" == "1" ]]; then
-    COLLECT_PGO_ONLY_BOOL=true
-fi
-
-USE_PRECOLLECTED_PGO=false
-if [ -n "$PGO_PROFDATA" ]; then
-    if [ ! -f "$PGO_PROFDATA" ]; then
-        echo "error: PGO_PROFDATA points to a missing file: $PGO_PROFDATA"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-    USE_PRECOLLECTED_PGO=true
-fi
-
-NEEDS_BENCH_WORKLOAD=true
-if [ "$USE_PRECOLLECTED_PGO" = true ] && [ "$SKIP_BOLT_BOOL" = true ]; then
-    NEEDS_BENCH_WORKLOAD=false
-fi
-
-if [ "$NEEDS_BENCH_WORKLOAD" = true ]; then
-    : "${DATADIR:?DATADIR must be set to the reth data directory}"
-    : "${RPC_URL:?RPC_URL must be set}"
-fi
-
-if [[ "$PROFILE" == dev ]]; then
-    PROFILE_DIR=debug
-else
-    PROFILE_DIR=$PROFILE
-fi
-
-MANIFEST_PATH="bin/reth"
-
-LLVM_VERSION=$(rustc -Vv | grep -oP 'LLVM version: \K\d+')
-PGO_DIR="$PWD/target/pgo-profiles"
-BOLT_DIR="$PWD/target/bolt-profiles"
-CARGO_ARGS=(--profile "$PROFILE" --features "$FEATURES" --manifest-path "$MANIFEST_PATH/Cargo.toml" --bin "reth" --locked)
-
-# Enable debug symbols for BOLT (requires symbols to reorder code).
-# Strip them at the end.
-PROFILE_UPPER=$(echo "$PROFILE" | tr '[:lower:]-' '[:upper:]_')
-export "CARGO_PROFILE_${PROFILE_UPPER}_STRIP=debuginfo"
-
-gha_section_start "Full PGO+BOLT Build"
-echo "Binary:      reth"
-echo "Manifest:    $MANIFEST_PATH"
-echo "Target:      $TARGET"
-echo "Profile:     $PROFILE"
-echo "Features:    $FEATURES"
-echo "LLVM:        $LLVM_VERSION"
-echo "PGO blocks:  $PGO_BLOCKS"
-echo "BOLT blocks: $BOLT_BLOCKS"
-echo "Skip BOLT:   $SKIP_BOLT"
-echo "Strip symbols: $STRIP_SYMBOLS"
-echo "Collect only: $COLLECT_PGO_ONLY"
-echo "PGO profdata: ${PGO_PROFDATA:-<collect with reth-bench>}"
-echo "RUSTFLAGS:   ${BASE_RUSTFLAGS:-<unset>}"
-echo "EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS: ${EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS:-<unset>}"
-if [ "$NEEDS_BENCH_WORKLOAD" = true ]; then
-    echo "Datadir:     $DATADIR"
-    echo "RPC URL:     $RPC_URL"
-else
-    echo "Datadir:     <not required>"
-    echo "RPC URL:     <not required>"
-fi
-gha_section_end
-
-# ── Prerequisites ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-gha_section_start "Installing prerequisites"
-rustup component add llvm-tools-preview
-
-LLVM_PROFDATA=$(find "$(rustc --print sysroot)" -name llvm-profdata -type f | head -1)
-if [ -z "$LLVM_PROFDATA" ]; then
-    echo "error: llvm-profdata not found"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-install_bolt() {
-    if command -v llvm-bolt &>/dev/null; then
-        echo "BOLT already installed"
-        return
-    fi
-    echo "Installing BOLT from apt.llvm.org..."
-    wget -qO- https://apt.llvm.org/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/apt.llvm.org.asc >/dev/null
-    CODENAME=$(lsb_release -cs)
-    echo "deb http://apt.llvm.org/$CODENAME/ llvm-toolchain-$CODENAME-$LLVM_VERSION main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/llvm.list >/dev/null
-    sudo apt-get update -qq
-    sudo apt-get install -y -qq "bolt-$LLVM_VERSION"
-    sudo ln -sf "/usr/bin/llvm-bolt-$LLVM_VERSION" /usr/local/bin/llvm-bolt
-    sudo ln -sf "/usr/bin/merge-fdata-$LLVM_VERSION" /usr/local/bin/merge-fdata
-}
-if [ "$SKIP_BOLT_BOOL" = true ]; then
-    echo "Skipping BOLT installation (SKIP_BOLT=$SKIP_BOLT)"
-else
-    install_bolt
-fi
-gha_section_end
-
-if [ "$NEEDS_BENCH_WORKLOAD" = true ]; then
-    # Build reth-bench once (non-instrumented) — reused for both phases.
-    gha_section_start "Building reth-bench"
-    RUSTFLAGS="$COMBINED_RUSTFLAGS" \
-        cargo build --profile "$PROFILE" --features "$FEATURES" \
-        --manifest-path bin/reth-bench/Cargo.toml --bin reth-bench --locked
-    RETH_BENCH_BIN="$(find target -name reth-bench -type f -executable | head -1)"
-    echo "reth-bench: $RETH_BENCH_BIN"
-    gha_section_end
-else
-    gha_section_start "Building reth-bench"
-    echo "Skipping reth-bench build (pre-collected PGO with SKIP_BOLT=true)"
-    gha_section_end
-fi
-
-# ── Helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-RETH_PID=
-cleanup() {
-    if [ -n "${RETH_PID:-}" ] && kill -0 "$RETH_PID" 2>/dev/null; then
-        echo "Stopping reth (pid $RETH_PID)..."
-        sudo kill "$RETH_PID" 2>/dev/null || true
-        for i in $(seq 1 60); do
-            sudo kill -0 "$RETH_PID" 2>/dev/null || break
-            if [ $((i % 10)) -eq 0 ]; then
-                echo "  waiting... (${i}s)"
-            fi
-            sleep 1
-        done
-        sudo kill -9 "$RETH_PID" 2>/dev/null || true
-    fi
-}
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-# Start reth, wait for RPC, run reth-bench, then stop reth.
-# Arguments: $1 = reth binary path, $2 = number of blocks, $3 = log label
-run_bench_workload() {
-    local reth_bin="$1" blocks="$2" label="$3"
-    local http_port=8545 authrpc_port=8551
-
-    echo "--- Starting reth ($label) ---"
-    sudo "$reth_bin" node \
-        --datadir "$DATADIR" \
-        --log.file.directory "/tmp/reth-${label}-logs" \
-        --engine.accept-execution-requests-hash \
-        --http --http.port "$http_port" \
-        --authrpc.port "$authrpc_port" \
-        --disable-discovery --no-persist-peers \
-        > "/tmp/reth-${label}.log" 2>&1 &
-    RETH_PID=$!
-
-    echo "Waiting for reth RPC..."
-    for i in $(seq 1 120); do
-        if curl -sf "http://127.0.0.1:$http_port" -X POST \
-            -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-            -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":1}' \
-            > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-            echo "reth is ready after ${i}s"
-            break
-        fi
-        if [ "$i" -eq 120 ]; then
-            echo "error: reth failed to start within 120s"
-            cat "/tmp/reth-${label}.log"
-            exit 1
-        fi
-        sleep 1
-    done
-
-    echo "Running reth-bench ($blocks blocks)..."
-    "$RETH_BENCH_BIN" new-payload-fcu \
-        --rpc-url "$RPC_URL" \
-        --engine-rpc-url "http://127.0.0.1:$authrpc_port" \
-        --jwt-secret "$DATADIR/jwt.hex" \
-        --advance "$blocks" \
-        --reth-new-payload 2>&1 | sed -u "s/^/[$label] /"
-
-    echo "Stopping reth ($label)..."
-    sudo kill "$RETH_PID" 2>/dev/null || true
-    for i in $(seq 1 60); do
-        sudo kill -0 "$RETH_PID" 2>/dev/null || break
-        sleep 1
-    done
-    sudo kill -9 "$RETH_PID" 2>/dev/null || true
-    RETH_PID=
-}
-
-publish_binary() {
-    local source_bin="$1"
-    for out in "target/$TARGET/$PROFILE_DIR" "target/$PROFILE_DIR"; do
-        local destination="$out/reth"
-        mkdir -p "$out"
-        # Skip copying when source and destination resolve to the same inode.
-        if [ -e "$destination" ] && [ "$source_bin" -ef "$destination" ]; then
-            continue
-        fi
-        cp "$source_bin" "$destination"
-    done
-}
-
-if [ "$USE_PRECOLLECTED_PGO" = true ]; then
-    gha_section_start "Phase 1: Using Pre-Collected PGO Profile"
-    rm -rf "$PGO_DIR"
-    mkdir -p "$PGO_DIR"
-    cp "$PGO_PROFDATA" "$PGO_DIR/merged.profdata"
-    echo "Using pre-collected profile: $PGO_PROFDATA"
-    echo "PGO profile: $PGO_DIR/merged.profdata ($(ls -lh "$PGO_DIR/merged.profdata" | awk '{print $5}'))"
-    gha_section_end
-else
-    # ── Phase 1: PGO profile collection ───────────────────────────────────────
-    gha_section_start "Phase 1: PGO Profile Collection"
-
-    rm -rf "$PGO_DIR"
-    mkdir -p "$PGO_DIR"
-
-    echo "Building PGO-instrumented binary..."
-    RUSTFLAGS="-Cprofile-generate=$PGO_DIR -Crelocation-model=pic $COMBINED_RUSTFLAGS" \
-        cargo build "${CARGO_ARGS[@]}" --target "$TARGET"
-
-    PGO_RETH_BIN="$PWD/target/$TARGET/$PROFILE_DIR/reth"
-    echo "Instrumented binary: $PGO_RETH_BIN ($(ls -lh "$PGO_RETH_BIN" | awk '{print $5}'))"
-
-    run_bench_workload "$PGO_RETH_BIN" "$PGO_BLOCKS" "pgo"
-
-    # Fix ownership if reth ran as root.
-    sudo chown -R "$(id -un):$(id -gn)" "$PGO_DIR" 2>/dev/null || true
-
-    # Merge PGO profiles.
-    echo "Merging PGO profiles..."
-    PROFRAW_COUNT=$(find "$PGO_DIR" -name '*.profraw' | wc -l)
-    echo "Found $PROFRAW_COUNT .profraw files"
-    if [ "$PROFRAW_COUNT" -eq 0 ]; then
-        echo "error: no .profraw files — instrumented binary did not produce profiles"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-    "$LLVM_PROFDATA" merge -o "$PGO_DIR/merged.profdata" "$PGO_DIR"/*.profraw
-    echo "PGO profile: $PGO_DIR/merged.profdata ($(ls -lh "$PGO_DIR/merged.profdata" | awk '{print $5}'))"
-    gha_section_end
-fi
-
-if [ "$COLLECT_PGO_ONLY_BOOL" = true ]; then
-    gha_section_start "PGO Collection Complete"
-    echo "COLLECT_PGO_ONLY=true, skipping PGO/BOLT optimized binary build"
-    echo "Profile: $PGO_DIR/merged.profdata"
-    gha_section_end
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-if [ "$SKIP_BOLT_BOOL" = true ]; then
-    gha_section_start "BOLT Phase Skipped"
-    echo "SKIP_BOLT=$SKIP_BOLT, building PGO-only binary"
-    echo "Building PGO-optimized binary..."
-    RUSTFLAGS="-Cprofile-use=$PGO_DIR/merged.profdata $COMBINED_RUSTFLAGS" \
-        cargo build "${CARGO_ARGS[@]}" --target "$TARGET"
-
-    BUILT_BIN="$PWD/target/$TARGET/$PROFILE_DIR/reth"
-    if [ "$STRIP_SYMBOLS_BOOL" = true ]; then
-        echo "Stripping debug symbols..."
-        strip "$BUILT_BIN"
-    else
-        echo "Skipping strip (STRIP_SYMBOLS=$STRIP_SYMBOLS)"
-    fi
-    publish_binary "$BUILT_BIN"
-    gha_section_end
-else
-    # ── Phase 2: BOLT profile collection (with PGO) ──────────────────────────
-    gha_section_start "Phase 2: BOLT Profile Collection (with PGO)"
-
-    rm -rf "$BOLT_DIR"
-    mkdir -p "$BOLT_DIR"
-
-    echo "Building BOLT-instrumented binary with PGO..."
-    # --emit-relocs preserves relocation entries in the binary, required by llvm-bolt -instrument
-    RUSTFLAGS="-Cprofile-use=$PGO_DIR/merged.profdata -Clink-arg=-Wl,--emit-relocs $COMBINED_RUSTFLAGS" \
-        cargo build "${CARGO_ARGS[@]}" --target "$TARGET"
-
-    # Instrument with BOLT
-    BUILT_BIN="$PWD/target/$TARGET/$PROFILE_DIR/reth"
-    BOLT_INSTRUMENTED_BIN="$BUILT_BIN-bolt-instrumented"
-
-    echo "Instrumenting binary with BOLT..."
-    # --skip-funcs: skip compiler-generated drop_in_place functions that BOLT can't handle
-    # as split functions in relocation mode (triggered by --emit-relocs)
-    llvm-bolt "$BUILT_BIN" \
-        -instrument \
-        --instrumentation-file-append-pid \
-        --instrumentation-file="$BOLT_DIR/prof" \
-        --skip-funcs='.*drop_in_place.*' \
-        -o "$BOLT_INSTRUMENTED_BIN"
-    echo "BOLT-instrumented binary: $BOLT_INSTRUMENTED_BIN ($(ls -lh "$BOLT_INSTRUMENTED_BIN" | awk '{print $5}'))"
-
-    run_bench_workload "$BOLT_INSTRUMENTED_BIN" "$BOLT_BLOCKS" "bolt"
-
-    # Fix ownership for BOLT profiles
-    sudo chown -R "$(id -un):$(id -gn)" "$BOLT_DIR" 2>/dev/null || true
-
-    # Merge BOLT profiles
-    echo "Merging BOLT profiles..."
-    FDATA_COUNT=$(find "$BOLT_DIR" -name '*.fdata' | wc -l)
-    echo "Found $FDATA_COUNT .fdata files"
-    if [ "$FDATA_COUNT" -eq 0 ]; then
-        echo "error: no .fdata files — BOLT-instrumented binary did not produce profiles"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-    merge-fdata "$BOLT_DIR"/*.fdata > "$BOLT_DIR/merged.fdata"
-    echo "BOLT profile: $BOLT_DIR/merged.fdata ($(ls -lh "$BOLT_DIR/merged.fdata" | awk '{print $5}'))"
-    gha_section_end
-
-    # ── Phase 3: Final optimized build ───────────────────────────────────────
-    gha_section_start "Phase 3: Final PGO+BOLT Optimized Build"
-
-    echo "Building PGO-optimized binary..."
-    # --emit-relocs preserves relocation entries in the binary, required by llvm-bolt for code reordering
-    RUSTFLAGS="-Cprofile-use=$PGO_DIR/merged.profdata -Clink-arg=-Wl,--emit-relocs $COMBINED_RUSTFLAGS" \
-        cargo build "${CARGO_ARGS[@]}" --target "$TARGET"
-
-    BUILT_BIN="$PWD/target/$TARGET/$PROFILE_DIR/reth"
-    OPTIMIZED_BIN="$BUILT_BIN-bolt-optimized"
-
-    echo "Optimizing with BOLT..."
-    llvm-bolt "$BUILT_BIN" \
-        -o "$OPTIMIZED_BIN" \
-        --data "$BOLT_DIR/merged.fdata" \
-        -reorder-blocks=ext-tsp \
-        -reorder-functions=cdsort \
-        -split-functions \
-        -split-all-cold \
-        -dyno-stats \
-        -icf=1 \
-        -use-gnu-stack \
-        --skip-funcs='.*drop_in_place.*'
-
-    if [ "$STRIP_SYMBOLS_BOOL" = true ]; then
-        echo "Stripping debug symbols..."
-        strip "$OPTIMIZED_BIN"
-    else
-        echo "Skipping strip (STRIP_SYMBOLS=$STRIP_SYMBOLS)"
-    fi
-    publish_binary "$OPTIMIZED_BIN"
-    gha_section_end
-fi
-
-gha_section_start "Build Complete"
-ls -lh "target/$PROFILE_DIR/reth"
-echo "Output: target/$PROFILE_DIR/reth"
-gha_section_end

.github/scripts/hive/Dockerfile

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # 
 # We'll use cargo-chef to speed up the build
 # 
-FROM lukemathwalker/cargo-chef:latest-rust-1.94.0-trixie AS chef
+FROM lukemathwalker/cargo-chef:latest-rust-1 AS chef
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # Install system dependencies

.github/scripts/hive/build_simulators.sh

@@ -9,17 +9,10 @@ go build .
 
 ./hive -client reth # first builds and caches the client
 
-# Run each hive command in the background for each simulator and wait 
+# Run each hive command in the background for each simulator and wait
 echo "Building images"
 # TODO: test code has been moved from https://github.com/ethereum/execution-spec-tests to https://github.com/ethereum/execution-specs  we need to pin eels branch with `--sim.buildarg branch=<release-branch-name>` once we have the fusaka release tagged on the new repo
-./hive -client reth --sim "ethereum/eels/consume-engine" \
-    --sim.buildarg fixtures=https://github.com/ethereum/execution-spec-tests/releases/download/bal@v5.1.0/fixtures_bal.tar.gz \
-    --sim.buildarg branch=err-map-3 \
-    --sim.timelimit 1s || true &
-./hive -client reth --sim "ethereum/eels/consume-rlp" \
-    --sim.buildarg fixtures=https://github.com/ethereum/execution-spec-tests/releases/download/bal@v5.1.0/fixtures_bal.tar.gz \
-    --sim.buildarg branch=err-map-3 \
-    --sim.timelimit 1s || true &
+./hive -client reth --sim "ethereum/eels" --sim.buildarg fixtures=https://github.com/ethereum/execution-spec-tests/releases/download/v5.3.0/fixtures_develop.tar.gz -sim.timelimit 1s || true &
 ./hive -client reth --sim "ethereum/engine" -sim.timelimit 1s || true &
 ./hive -client reth --sim "devp2p" -sim.timelimit 1s || true &
 ./hive -client reth --sim "ethereum/rpc-compat" -sim.timelimit 1s || true &

.github/scripts/hive/expected_failures.yaml

@@ -16,19 +16,32 @@ rpc-compat:
   # syncing mode, the test expects syncing to be false on start
   - eth_syncing/check-syncing (reth)
 
-engine-withdrawals: []
+# no fix due to https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/issues/8732
+engine-withdrawals:
+  - Withdrawals Fork On Genesis (Paris) (reth)
+  - Withdrawals Fork on Block 1 (Paris) (reth)
+  - Withdrawals Fork on Block 2 (Paris) (reth)
+  - Withdrawals Fork on Block 3 (Paris) (reth)
+  - Withdraw to a single account (Paris) (reth)
+  - Withdraw to two accounts (Paris) (reth)
+  - Withdraw many accounts (Paris) (reth)
+  - Withdraw zero amount (Paris) (reth)
+  - Empty Withdrawals (Paris) (reth)
+  - Corrupted Block Hash Payload (INVALID) (Paris) (reth)
+  - Withdrawals Fork on Canonical Block 8 / Side Block 7 - 10 Block Re-Org (Paris) (reth)
 
-engine-api: []
+engine-api: [ ]
 
+# no fix due to https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/issues/8732
 engine-cancun:
   - Invalid PayloadAttributes, Missing BeaconRoot, Syncing=True (Cancun) (reth)
   # the test fails with older versions of the code for which it passed before, probably related to changes
   # in hive or its dependencies
   - Blob Transaction Ordering, Multiple Clients (Cancun) (reth)
 
-sync: []
+sync: [ ]
 
-engine-auth: []
+engine-auth: [ ]
 
 # EIP-7610 related tests (Revert creation in case of non-empty storage):
 #
@@ -36,7 +49,7 @@ engine-auth: []
 #   The test artificially creates an empty account with storage, then tests EIP-7610's behavior.
 #   On mainnet, ~25 such accounts exist as contract addresses (derived from keccak(prefix, caller,
 #   nonce/salt), not from public keys). No private key exists for contract addresses. To trigger
-#   this with EIP-7702, you'd need to recover a private key from one of the already deployed contract addresses - mathematically impossible.
+#   this with EIP-7702, you'd need to recover a private key from one of the already deployed contract addresses - mathematically impossible. 
 #
 # tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_*
 #   Requires hash collision on create2 address to target already deployed accounts with storage.
@@ -46,10 +59,6 @@ engine-auth: []
 #
 # System contract tests (already fixed and deployed):
 #
-# tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout and test_invalid_log_length
-#   System contract is already fixed and deployed; tests cover scenarios where contract is
-#   malformed which can't happen retroactively. No point in adding checks.
-#
 # tests/prague/eip7002_el_triggerable_withdrawals/test_contract_deployment.py::test_system_contract_deployment
 # tests/prague/eip7251_consolidations/test_contract_deployment.py::test_system_contract_deployment
 #   Post-fork system contract deployment tests. Should fix for spec compliance but not realistic
@@ -58,44 +67,8 @@ eels/consume-engine:
   - tests/prague/eip7702_set_code_tx/test_set_code_txs.py::test_set_code_to_non_empty_storage[fork_Prague-blockchain_test_engine-zero_nonce]-reth
   - tests/prague/eip7251_consolidations/test_contract_deployment.py::test_system_contract_deployment[fork_CancunToPragueAtTime15k-blockchain_test_engine-deploy_after_fork-nonzero_balance]-reth
   - tests/prague/eip7251_consolidations/test_contract_deployment.py::test_system_contract_deployment[fork_CancunToPragueAtTime15k-blockchain_test_engine-deploy_after_fork-zero_balance]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Prague-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_amount_offset-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Prague-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_amount_size-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Prague-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_index_offset-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Prague-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_index_size-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Prague-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_pubkey_offset-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Prague-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_pubkey_size-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Prague-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_signature_offset-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Prague-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_signature_size-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Prague-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_withdrawal_credentials_offset-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Prague-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_withdrawal_credentials_size-value_zero]-reth
   - tests/prague/eip7002_el_triggerable_withdrawals/test_contract_deployment.py::test_system_contract_deployment[fork_CancunToPragueAtTime15k-blockchain_test_engine-deploy_after_fork-nonzero_balance]-reth
   - tests/prague/eip7002_el_triggerable_withdrawals/test_contract_deployment.py::test_system_contract_deployment[fork_CancunToPragueAtTime15k-blockchain_test_engine-deploy_after_fork-zero_balance]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_log_length[fork_Prague-blockchain_test_engine-slice_bytes_False]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_log_length[fork_Prague-blockchain_test_engine-slice_bytes_True]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Osaka-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_amount_offset-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Osaka-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_amount_size-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Osaka-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_index_offset-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Osaka-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_index_size-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Osaka-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_pubkey_offset-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Osaka-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_pubkey_size-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Osaka-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_signature_offset-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Osaka-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_signature_size-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Osaka-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_withdrawal_credentials_offset-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Osaka-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_withdrawal_credentials_size-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_log_length[fork_Osaka-blockchain_test_engine-slice_bytes_False]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_log_length[fork_Osaka-blockchain_test_engine-slice_bytes_True]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_index_size-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_index_offset-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_log_length[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_engine-slice_bytes_True]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_log_length[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_engine-slice_bytes_False]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_pubkey_size-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_pubkey_offset-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_withdrawal_credentials_size-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_withdrawal_credentials_offset-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_amount_size-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_amount_offset-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_signature_size-value_zero]-reth
-  - tests/prague/eip6110_deposits/test_modified_contract.py::test_invalid_layout[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_engine-log_argument_signature_offset-value_zero]-reth
   - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_tx[fork_Osaka-tx_type_0-blockchain_test_engine_from_state_test-non-empty-balance-revert-initcode]-reth
   - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_tx[fork_Prague-tx_type_0-blockchain_test_engine_from_state_test-non-empty-balance-correct-initcode]-reth
   - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_tx[fork_Paris-tx_type_1-blockchain_test_engine_from_state_test-non-empty-balance-correct-initcode]-reth
@@ -146,20 +119,6 @@ eels/consume-engine:
   - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_tx[fork_Prague-tx_type_1-blockchain_test_engine_from_state_test-non-empty-balance-revert-initcode]-reth
   - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_tx[fork_Prague-tx_type_2-blockchain_test_engine_from_state_test-non-empty-balance-revert-initcode]-reth
   - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_tx[fork_Shanghai-tx_type_0-blockchain_test_engine_from_state_test-non-empty-balance-correct-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_opcode[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_engine_from_state_test-opcode_CREATE2-non-empty-balance-correct-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_revert_in_create.py::test_collision_with_create2_revert_in_initcode[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_engine_from_state_test]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_revert_in_create.py::test_create2_collision_storage[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_engine_from_state_test-initcode-with-deploy]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_opcode[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_engine_from_state_test-opcode_CREATE2-non-empty-balance-revert-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_revert_in_create.py::test_create2_collision_storage[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_engine_from_state_test-empty-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_revert_in_create.py::test_create2_collision_storage[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_engine_from_state_test-sstore-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_tx[fork_Amsterdam-tx_type_2-blockchain_test_engine_from_state_test-non-empty-balance-revert-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_tx[fork_Amsterdam-tx_type_2-blockchain_test_engine_from_state_test-non-empty-balance-correct-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_tx[fork_Amsterdam-tx_type_1-blockchain_test_engine_from_state_test-non-empty-balance-correct-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_tx[fork_Amsterdam-tx_type_1-blockchain_test_engine_from_state_test-non-empty-balance-revert-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_opcode[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_engine_from_state_test-opcode_CREATE-non-empty-balance-correct-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_tx[fork_Amsterdam-tx_type_0-blockchain_test_engine_from_state_test-non-empty-balance-correct-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_tx[fork_Amsterdam-tx_type_0-blockchain_test_engine_from_state_test-non-empty-balance-revert-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_opcode[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_engine_from_state_test-opcode_CREATE-non-empty-balance-revert-initcode]-reth
 
 # Blob limit tests:
 #
@@ -254,17 +213,3 @@ eels/consume-rlp:
   - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_tx[fork_Prague-tx_type_1-blockchain_test_from_state_test-non-empty-balance-revert-initcode]-reth
   - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_tx[fork_Prague-tx_type_2-blockchain_test_from_state_test-non-empty-balance-revert-initcode]-reth
   - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_tx[fork_Shanghai-tx_type_0-blockchain_test_from_state_test-non-empty-balance-correct-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_revert_in_create.py::test_create2_collision_storage[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_from_state_test-initcode-with-deploy]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_revert_in_create.py::test_create2_collision_storage[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_from_state_test-sstore-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_tx[fork_Amsterdam-tx_type_2-blockchain_test_from_state_test-non-empty-balance-correct-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_tx[fork_Amsterdam-tx_type_2-blockchain_test_from_state_test-non-empty-balance-revert-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_tx[fork_Amsterdam-tx_type_1-blockchain_test_from_state_test-non-empty-balance-revert-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_revert_in_create.py::test_collision_with_create2_revert_in_initcode[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_from_state_test]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_tx[fork_Amsterdam-tx_type_1-blockchain_test_from_state_test-non-empty-balance-correct-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_tx[fork_Amsterdam-tx_type_0-blockchain_test_from_state_test-non-empty-balance-correct-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_tx[fork_Amsterdam-tx_type_0-blockchain_test_from_state_test-non-empty-balance-revert-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_opcode[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_from_state_test-opcode_CREATE-non-empty-balance-revert-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_opcode[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_from_state_test-opcode_CREATE-non-empty-balance-correct-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_opcode[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_from_state_test-opcode_CREATE2-non-empty-balance-correct-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_initcollision.py::test_init_collision_create_opcode[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_from_state_test-opcode_CREATE2-non-empty-balance-revert-initcode]-reth
-  - tests/paris/eip7610_create_collision/test_revert_in_create.py::test_create2_collision_storage[fork_Amsterdam-blockchain_test_from_state_test-empty-initcode]-reth

.github/scripts/hive/ignored_tests.yaml

@@ -11,14 +11,19 @@
 #
 # When a test should no longer be ignored, remove it from this list.
 
+# flaky
+engine-withdrawals:
+  - Withdrawals Fork on Block 1 - 8 Block Re-Org NewPayload (Paris) (reth)
+  - Withdrawals Fork on Block 8 - 10 Block Re-Org NewPayload (Paris) (reth)
+  - Withdrawals Fork on Canonical Block 8 / Side Block 7 - 10 Block Re-Org (Paris) (reth)
+  - Sync after 2 blocks - Withdrawals on Block 2 - Multiple Withdrawal Accounts (Paris) (reth)
+  - Sync after 2 blocks - Withdrawals on Block 2 - Multiple Withdrawal Accounts - No Transactions (Paris) (reth)
+  - Sync after 128 blocks - Withdrawals on Block 2 - Multiple Withdrawal Accounts (Paris) (reth)
 engine-cancun:
   - Transaction Re-Org, New Payload on Revert Back (Cancun) (reth)
   - Transaction Re-Org, Re-Org to Different Block (Cancun) (reth)
   - Transaction Re-Org, Re-Org Out (Cancun) (reth)
   - Invalid Missing Ancestor ReOrg, StateRoot, EmptyTxs=False, Invalid P9 (Cancun) (reth)
-  # Hive test infra bug: geth sidecar switched to PathScheme for state storage, which has
-  # strict trie integrity requirements incompatible with inserting intentionally invalid blocks.
-  # Affects all clients, not just reth. Tracked: https://github.com/ethereum/hive/issues/1382
   - Invalid Missing Ancestor Syncing ReOrg, Timestamp, EmptyTxs=False, CanonicalReOrg=False, Invalid P8 (Cancun) (reth)
   - Invalid Missing Ancestor Syncing ReOrg, Timestamp, EmptyTxs=False, CanonicalReOrg=True, Invalid P8 (Cancun) (reth)
   - Multiple New Payloads Extending Canonical Chain, Wait for Canonical Payload (Cancun) (reth)

.github/scripts/hive/run_simulator.sh

@@ -13,13 +13,7 @@ if [[ "${sim}" == *"eels"* ]]; then
 fi
 
 run_hive() {
-    hive \
-  --sim "${sim}" \
-  --sim.limit "${limit}" \
-  --sim.limit.exact=false \
-  --sim.parallelism "${parallelism}" \
-  --client reth \
-  2>&1 | tee /tmp/log || true
+    hive --sim "${sim}" --sim.limit "${limit}" --sim.parallelism "${parallelism}" --client reth 2>&1 | tee /tmp/log || true
 }
 
 check_log() {

.github/workflows/bench-scheduled.yml

@@ -1,872 +0,0 @@
-# Nightly regression benchmark.
-#
-# Compares the previous nightly build against the current nightly build to
-# detect performance regressions. Runs daily after docker.yml produces a new
-# nightly image at 01:00 UTC.
-#
-# State is persisted between runs via GitHub Actions cache: each successful
-# run saves the feature commit SHA so the next run knows what to compare against.
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "30 5 * * *" # 06:30 UTC daily
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      force:
-        description: "Force run even if no new nightly (bypass skip logic)"
-        required: false
-        default: false
-        type: boolean
-      no_slack:
-        description: "Suppress Slack notifications"
-        required: false
-        default: true
-        type: boolean
-
-env:
-  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
-  RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"
-
-name: bench-scheduled
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  actions: read
-
-jobs:
-  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  # Job 1: Resolve nightly refs, check staleness, manage state
-  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  resolve-refs:
-    name: resolve-refs
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      baseline-ref: ${{ steps.refs.outputs.baseline-ref }}
-      feature-ref: ${{ steps.refs.outputs.feature-ref }}
-      should-skip: ${{ steps.refs.outputs.should-skip }}
-      is-stale: ${{ steps.refs.outputs.is-stale }}
-      stale-age-hours: ${{ steps.refs.outputs.stale-age-hours }}
-      nightly-created: ${{ steps.refs.outputs.nightly-created }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          sparse-checkout: .github/scripts
-          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: true
-
-      - name: Restore nightly state
-        id: state-cache
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
-        with:
-          path: .nightly-state
-          key: bench-scheduled-state-dummy
-          restore-keys: |
-            bench-scheduled-state-
-
-      - name: Resolve nightly refs
-        id: refs
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-          GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
-        run: |
-          FORCE="${{ inputs.force || 'false' }}"
-          .github/scripts/bench-scheduled-refs.sh "$FORCE"
-
-      - name: Alert on stale nightly
-        if: steps.refs.outputs.is-stale == 'true'
-        uses: actions/github-script@v8
-        env:
-          SLACK_BENCH_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BENCH_BOT_TOKEN }}
-          SLACK_BENCH_CHANNEL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BENCH_CHANNEL }}
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const token = process.env.SLACK_BENCH_BOT_TOKEN;
-            const channel = process.env.SLACK_BENCH_CHANNEL;
-            if (!token || !channel) {
-              core.warning('Slack credentials not set, skipping stale nightly alert');
-              return;
-            }
-
-            const ageHours = '${{ steps.refs.outputs.stale-age-hours }}';
-            const created = '${{ steps.refs.outputs.nightly-created }}';
-            const featureRef = '${{ steps.refs.outputs.feature-ref }}';
-            const shortSha = featureRef.slice(0, 8);
-            const repo = '${{ github.repository }}';
-            const runUrl = `${context.serverUrl}/${repo}/actions/runs/${context.runId}`;
-
-            const blocks = [
-              {
-                type: 'header',
-                text: { type: 'plain_text', text: ':rotating_light: Nightly Regression: nightly build is stale', emoji: true },
-              },
-              {
-                type: 'section',
-                text: {
-                  type: 'mrkdwn',
-                  text: [
-                    '*Nightly regression did not run* — nightly build is stale',
-                    '',
-                    `The latest nightly image was built from a commit that is *${ageHours}h old* (threshold: 24h).`,
-                    `This means today's nightly docker build likely failed and no new image was produced.`,
-                    '',
-                    `Stale commit: \`${shortSha}\` (built at ${created})`,
-                    '',
-                    '*Action required:* Check the <https://github.com/' + repo + '/actions/workflows/docker.yml|docker.yml> workflow for failures.',
-                  ].join('\n'),
-                },
-              },
-              {
-                type: 'actions',
-                elements: [
-                  {
-                    type: 'button',
-                    text: { type: 'plain_text', text: 'View Run :github:', emoji: true },
-                    url: runUrl,
-                    action_id: 'ci_button',
-                  },
-                ],
-              },
-            ];
-
-            const resp = await fetch('https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage', {
-              method: 'POST',
-              headers: {
-                'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}`,
-                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-              },
-              body: JSON.stringify({
-                channel,
-                blocks,
-                text: 'Nightly regression: nightly build is stale',
-                unfurl_links: false,
-              }),
-            });
-            const data = await resp.json();
-            if (!data.ok) {
-              core.warning(`Slack API error: ${JSON.stringify(data)}`);
-            }
-
-      - name: Fail on stale nightly
-        if: steps.refs.outputs.is-stale == 'true'
-        run: |
-          echo "::error::Nightly build is stale (>24h old). Aborting."
-          exit 1
-
-  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  # Job 2: Run the benchmark
-  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  bench-scheduled:
-    needs: resolve-refs
-    if: |
-      needs.resolve-refs.outputs.should-skip != 'true' &&
-      needs.resolve-refs.outputs.is-stale != 'true'
-    name: bench-scheduled
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64, available]
-    timeout-minutes: 120
-    env:
-      BENCH_RPC_URL: https://ethereum.reth.rs/rpc
-      SCHELK_MOUNT: /reth-bench
-      BENCH_WORK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/bench-work
-      BENCH_PR: ""
-      BENCH_ACTOR: "nightly-regression"
-      BENCH_BLOCKS: "2000"
-      BENCH_WARMUP_BLOCKS: "500"
-      BENCH_SAMPLY: "false"
-      BENCH_CORES: "0"
-      BENCH_BIG_BLOCKS: "false"
-      BENCH_RETH_NEW_PAYLOAD: "true"
-      BENCH_WAIT_TIME: ""
-      BENCH_BASELINE_ARGS: ""
-      BENCH_FEATURE_ARGS: ""
-      BENCH_ABBA: "true"
-      BENCH_COMMENT_ID: ""
-      BENCH_NO_SLACK: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.no_slack == true && 'true' || 'false' }}
-      BENCH_METRICS_ADDR: "127.0.0.1:9100"
-      BENCH_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.BENCH_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT }}
-      BENCH_OTLP_LOGS_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.BENCH_OTLP_LOGS_ENDPOINT }}
-      BASELINE_REF: ${{ needs.resolve-refs.outputs.baseline-ref }}
-      FEATURE_REF: ${{ needs.resolve-refs.outputs.feature-ref }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Clean up previous bench-work
-        run: sudo rm -rf "$BENCH_WORK_DIR" 2>/dev/null || true
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          submodules: true
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          ref: ${{ needs.resolve-refs.outputs.feature-ref }}
-
-      - name: Resolve job URL
-        id: job-url
-        uses: actions/github-script@v8
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const { data: jobs } = await github.rest.actions.listJobsForWorkflowRun({
-              owner: context.repo.owner,
-              repo: context.repo.repo,
-              run_id: context.runId,
-            });
-            const job = jobs.jobs.find(j => j.name === 'bench-scheduled');
-            const jobUrl = job ? job.html_url : `${context.serverUrl}/${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}/actions/runs/${context.runId}`;
-            core.exportVariable('BENCH_JOB_URL', jobUrl);
-
-      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
-        continue-on-error: true
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        env:
-          DEREK_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DEREK_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/bin"
-
-          # apt packages
-          sudo apt-get update -qq
-          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-            python3 make jq zstd curl dmsetup \
-            linux-tools-"$(uname -r)" || \
-            sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends linux-tools-generic
-
-          # mc (MinIO client)
-          if ! command -v mc &>/dev/null; then
-            curl -sSfL https://dl.min.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/mc -o "$HOME/.local/bin/mc"
-            chmod +x "$HOME/.local/bin/mc"
-          fi
-
-          # uv (Python package manager)
-          if ! command -v uv &>/dev/null; then
-            curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | env UV_INSTALL_DIR="$HOME/.local/bin" sh
-          fi
-
-          # Configure git auth for private repos
-          git config --global url."https://x-access-token:${DEREK_TOKEN}@github.com/".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
-
-          # thin-provisioning-tools (era_invalidate, required by schelk)
-          if ! command -v era_invalidate &>/dev/null; then
-            git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jthornber/thin-provisioning-tools /tmp/tpt
-            sudo make -C /tmp/tpt install
-            rm -rf /tmp/tpt
-          fi
-
-          # schelk (snapshot rollback tool, invoked via sudo)
-          if ! sudo sh -c 'command -v schelk' &>/dev/null; then
-            cargo install --git https://github.com/tempoxyz/schelk --locked
-            sudo install "$HOME/.cargo/bin/schelk" /usr/local/bin/
-          fi
-
-      - name: Check dependencies
-        run: |
-          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"
-          echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
-          echo "$HOME/.cargo/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
-          missing=()
-          for cmd in mc schelk cpupower taskset stdbuf python3 curl make uv pzstd jq; do
-            command -v "$cmd" &>/dev/null || missing+=("$cmd")
-          done
-          if [ ${#missing[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
-            echo "::error::Missing required tools: ${missing[*]}"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "All dependencies found"
-
-      - name: Resolve display names
-        id: refs
-        run: |
-          BASELINE_SHORT=$(echo "$BASELINE_REF" | cut -c1-8)
-          FEATURE_SHORT=$(echo "$FEATURE_REF" | cut -c1-8)
-          echo "baseline-name=nightly-${BASELINE_SHORT}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "feature-name=nightly-${FEATURE_SHORT}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "baseline-ref=$BASELINE_REF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "feature-ref=$FEATURE_REF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: Check if snapshot needs update
-        id: snapshot-check
-        run: |
-          set +e
-          .github/scripts/bench-reth-snapshot.sh --check
-          rc=$?
-          set -e
-          case "$rc" in
-            0)  echo "needed=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT" ;;
-            10) echo "needed=true"  >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT" ;;
-            *)  echo "::error::Snapshot check failed (exit $rc)"
-                exit "$rc" ;;
-          esac
-
-      - name: Prepare source dirs
-        run: |
-          if [ -d ../reth-baseline ]; then
-            git -C ../reth-baseline fetch origin "$BASELINE_REF"
-          else
-            git clone . ../reth-baseline
-          fi
-          git -C ../reth-baseline checkout "$BASELINE_REF"
-
-          if [ -d ../reth-feature ]; then
-            git -C ../reth-feature fetch origin "$FEATURE_REF"
-          else
-            git clone . ../reth-feature
-          fi
-          git -C ../reth-feature checkout "$FEATURE_REF"
-
-      - name: Build binaries
-        id: build
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          BENCH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-        run: |
-          BASELINE_DIR="$(cd ../reth-baseline && pwd)"
-          FEATURE_DIR="$(cd ../reth-feature && pwd)"
-
-          .github/scripts/bench-reth-build.sh baseline "${BASELINE_DIR}" "$BASELINE_REF" &
-          PID_BASELINE=$!
-          .github/scripts/bench-reth-build.sh feature "${FEATURE_DIR}" "$FEATURE_REF" &
-          PID_FEATURE=$!
-
-          FAIL=0
-          wait $PID_BASELINE || FAIL=1
-          wait $PID_FEATURE || FAIL=1
-          if [ $FAIL -ne 0 ]; then
-            echo "::error::One or more build tasks failed"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-      - name: Download snapshot
-        id: snapshot-download
-        if: steps.snapshot-check.outputs.needed == 'true'
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          BENCH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-          BENCH_RETH_BINARY: ${{ github.workspace }}/../reth-feature/target/profiling/reth
-        run: .github/scripts/bench-reth-snapshot.sh
-
-      # System tuning for reproducible benchmarks
-      - name: System setup
-        run: |
-          sudo cpupower frequency-set -g performance || true
-          # Disable turbo boost (Intel and AMD paths)
-          echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo 2>/dev/null || true
-          echo 0 | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost 2>/dev/null || true
-          sudo swapoff -a || true
-          echo 0 | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space || true
-          # Disable SMT (hyperthreading)
-          for cpu in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/topology/thread_siblings_list; do
-            first=$(cut -d, -f1 < "$cpu" | cut -d- -f1)
-            current=$(echo "$cpu" | grep -o 'cpu[0-9]*' | grep -o '[0-9]*')
-            if [ "$current" != "$first" ]; then
-              echo 0 | sudo tee "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu${current}/online" || true
-            fi
-          done
-          echo "Online CPUs: $(nproc)"
-          # Disable transparent huge pages
-          for p in /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepages; do
-            [ -d "$p" ] && echo never | sudo tee "$p/enabled" && echo never | sudo tee "$p/defrag" && break
-          done || true
-          # Prevent deep C-states
-          sudo sh -c 'exec 3<>/dev/cpu_dma_latency; echo -ne "\x00\x00\x00\x00" >&3; sleep infinity' &
-          # Move all IRQs to core 0
-          for irq in /proc/irq/*/smp_affinity_list; do
-            echo 0 | sudo tee "$irq" 2>/dev/null || true
-          done
-          # Stop noisy background services
-          sudo systemctl stop irqbalance cron atd unattended-upgrades snapd 2>/dev/null || true
-          echo "=== Benchmark environment ==="
-          uname -r
-          lscpu | grep -E 'Model name|CPU\(s\)|MHz|NUMA'
-          cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
-          cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq
-          cat /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled 2>/dev/null || cat /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepages/enabled 2>/dev/null || echo "THP: unknown"
-          free -h
-
-      - name: Pre-flight cleanup
-        run: |
-          sudo pkill -9 reth || true
-          sleep 1
-          if mountpoint -q "$SCHELK_MOUNT"; then
-            sudo umount -l "$SCHELK_MOUNT" || true
-            sudo schelk recover -y || true
-          fi
-          rm -rf "$BENCH_WORK_DIR"
-          mkdir -p "$BENCH_WORK_DIR"
-
-      - name: Start metrics proxy
-        run: |
-          BENCH_ID="nightly-${{ github.run_id }}"
-          BENCH_REFERENCE_EPOCH=$(date +%s)
-          echo "BENCH_ID=${BENCH_ID}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "BENCH_REFERENCE_EPOCH=${BENCH_REFERENCE_EPOCH}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-          LABELS_FILE="/tmp/bench-metrics-labels.json"
-          echo '{}' > "$LABELS_FILE"
-          echo "BENCH_LABELS_FILE=${LABELS_FILE}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-          python3 .github/scripts/bench-metrics-proxy.py \
-            --labels "$LABELS_FILE" \
-            --upstream "http://${BENCH_METRICS_ADDR}/" \
-            --subnet 10.10.0.0/24 \
-            --port 9090 &
-          PROXY_PID=$!
-          echo "BENCH_METRICS_PROXY_PID=${PROXY_PID}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "Metrics proxy started (PID $PROXY_PID)"
-
-      # Interleaved run order (B-F-F-B) to reduce systematic bias
-      - name: "Run benchmark: baseline (1/2)"
-        id: run-baseline-1
-        run: |
-          cat > "$BENCH_LABELS_FILE" <<LABELS
-          {"benchmark_run":"baseline-1","run_type":"baseline","git_ref":"${BASELINE_REF}","bench_sha":"${BASELINE_REF}","benchmark_id":"${BENCH_ID}","run_start_epoch":"$(date +%s)","reference_epoch":"${BENCH_REFERENCE_EPOCH}"}
-          LABELS
-          taskset -c 0 .github/scripts/bench-reth-run.sh baseline ../reth-baseline/target/profiling/reth "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/baseline-1"
-
-      - name: "Run benchmark: feature (1/2)"
-        id: run-feature-1
-        run: |
-          cat > "$BENCH_LABELS_FILE" <<LABELS
-          {"benchmark_run":"feature-1","run_type":"feature","git_ref":"${FEATURE_REF}","bench_sha":"${FEATURE_REF}","benchmark_id":"${BENCH_ID}","run_start_epoch":"$(date +%s)","reference_epoch":"${BENCH_REFERENCE_EPOCH}"}
-          LABELS
-          taskset -c 0 .github/scripts/bench-reth-run.sh feature ../reth-feature/target/profiling/reth "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/feature-1"
-
-      - name: "Run benchmark: feature (2/2)"
-        id: run-feature-2
-        run: |
-          cat > "$BENCH_LABELS_FILE" <<LABELS
-          {"benchmark_run":"feature-2","run_type":"feature","git_ref":"${FEATURE_REF}","bench_sha":"${FEATURE_REF}","benchmark_id":"${BENCH_ID}","run_start_epoch":"$(date +%s)","reference_epoch":"${BENCH_REFERENCE_EPOCH}"}
-          LABELS
-          taskset -c 0 .github/scripts/bench-reth-run.sh feature ../reth-feature/target/profiling/reth "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/feature-2"
-
-      - name: "Run benchmark: baseline (2/2)"
-        id: run-baseline-2
-        run: |
-          LAST_RUN_START=$(date +%s)
-          echo "BENCH_LAST_RUN_START=${LAST_RUN_START}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          cat > "$BENCH_LABELS_FILE" <<LABELS
-          {"benchmark_run":"baseline-2","run_type":"baseline","git_ref":"${BASELINE_REF}","bench_sha":"${BASELINE_REF}","benchmark_id":"${BENCH_ID}","run_start_epoch":"${LAST_RUN_START}","reference_epoch":"${BENCH_REFERENCE_EPOCH}"}
-          LABELS
-          taskset -c 0 .github/scripts/bench-reth-run.sh baseline ../reth-baseline/target/profiling/reth "$BENCH_WORK_DIR/baseline-2"
-
-      - name: Stop metrics proxy & generate Grafana URL
-        id: metrics
-        if: "!cancelled()"
-        run: |
-          kill "$BENCH_METRICS_PROXY_PID" 2>/dev/null || true
-
-          LAST_RUN_DURATION=$(( $(date +%s) - BENCH_LAST_RUN_START ))
-          FROM_MS=$(( BENCH_REFERENCE_EPOCH * 1000 ))
-          TO_MS=$(( (BENCH_REFERENCE_EPOCH + LAST_RUN_DURATION) * 1000 ))
-          GRAFANA_URL="https://tempoxyz.grafana.net/d/reth-bench-ghr/reth-bench-ghr?orgId=1&from=${FROM_MS}&to=${TO_MS}&timezone=browser&var-datasource=ef57fux92e9z4e&var-job=reth-bench&var-benchmark_id=${BENCH_ID}&var-benchmark_run=\$__all"
-          echo "grafana-url=${GRAFANA_URL}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "Grafana URL: ${GRAFANA_URL}"
-
-      - name: Scan logs for errors
-        if: "!cancelled()"
-        run: |
-          ERRORS_FILE="$BENCH_WORK_DIR/errors.md"
-          found=false
-          for run_dir in baseline-1 feature-1 feature-2 baseline-2; do
-            LOG="$BENCH_WORK_DIR/$run_dir/node.log"
-            if [ ! -f "$LOG" ]; then continue; fi
-
-            panics=$(grep -c -E 'panicked at' "$LOG" || true)
-            errors=$(grep -c ' ERROR ' "$LOG" || true)
-
-            if [ "$panics" -gt 0 ] || [ "$errors" -gt 0 ]; then
-              if [ "$found" = false ]; then
-                printf '### ⚠️ Node Errors\n\n' >> "$ERRORS_FILE"
-                found=true
-              fi
-              printf '<details><summary><b>%s</b>: %d panic(s), %d error(s)</summary>\n\n' "$run_dir" "$panics" "$errors" >> "$ERRORS_FILE"
-              if [ "$panics" -gt 0 ]; then
-                printf '**Panics:**\n```\n' >> "$ERRORS_FILE"
-                grep -E 'panicked at' "$LOG" | head -10 >> "$ERRORS_FILE"
-                printf '```\n' >> "$ERRORS_FILE"
-              fi
-              if [ "$errors" -gt 0 ]; then
-                printf '**Errors (first 20):**\n```\n' >> "$ERRORS_FILE"
-                grep ' ERROR ' "$LOG" | head -20 >> "$ERRORS_FILE"
-                printf '```\n' >> "$ERRORS_FILE"
-              fi
-              printf '\n</details>\n\n' >> "$ERRORS_FILE"
-            fi
-          done
-
-      - name: Parse results
-        id: results
-        if: success()
-        env:
-          BASELINE_NAME: ${{ steps.refs.outputs.baseline-name }}
-          FEATURE_NAME: ${{ steps.refs.outputs.feature-name }}
-        run: |
-          SUMMARY_ARGS="--output-summary $BENCH_WORK_DIR/summary.json"
-          SUMMARY_ARGS="$SUMMARY_ARGS --output-markdown $BENCH_WORK_DIR/comment.md"
-          SUMMARY_ARGS="$SUMMARY_ARGS --repo ${{ github.repository }}"
-          SUMMARY_ARGS="$SUMMARY_ARGS --baseline-ref ${BASELINE_REF}"
-          SUMMARY_ARGS="$SUMMARY_ARGS --baseline-name ${BASELINE_NAME}"
-          SUMMARY_ARGS="$SUMMARY_ARGS --feature-name ${FEATURE_NAME}"
-          SUMMARY_ARGS="$SUMMARY_ARGS --feature-ref ${FEATURE_REF}"
-
-          BASELINE_CSVS="$BENCH_WORK_DIR/baseline-1/combined_latency.csv"
-          FEATURE_CSVS="$BENCH_WORK_DIR/feature-1/combined_latency.csv"
-          BASELINE_CSVS="$BASELINE_CSVS $BENCH_WORK_DIR/baseline-2/combined_latency.csv"
-          FEATURE_CSVS="$FEATURE_CSVS $BENCH_WORK_DIR/feature-2/combined_latency.csv"
-          SUMMARY_ARGS="$SUMMARY_ARGS --baseline-csv $BASELINE_CSVS"
-          SUMMARY_ARGS="$SUMMARY_ARGS --feature-csv $FEATURE_CSVS"
-          SUMMARY_ARGS="$SUMMARY_ARGS --gas-csv $BENCH_WORK_DIR/feature-1/total_gas.csv"
-
-          GRAFANA_URL='${{ steps.metrics.outputs.grafana-url }}'
-          if [ -n "$GRAFANA_URL" ]; then
-            SUMMARY_ARGS="$SUMMARY_ARGS --grafana-url $GRAFANA_URL"
-          fi
-          # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-          python3 .github/scripts/bench-reth-summary.py $SUMMARY_ARGS
-
-      - name: Generate charts
-        if: success()
-        env:
-          BASELINE_NAME: ${{ steps.refs.outputs.baseline-name }}
-          FEATURE_NAME: ${{ steps.refs.outputs.feature-name }}
-        run: |
-          CHART_ARGS="--output-dir $BENCH_WORK_DIR/charts"
-          FEATURE_CSVS="$BENCH_WORK_DIR/feature-1/combined_latency.csv"
-          BASELINE_CSVS="$BENCH_WORK_DIR/baseline-1/combined_latency.csv"
-          FEATURE_CSVS="$FEATURE_CSVS $BENCH_WORK_DIR/feature-2/combined_latency.csv"
-          BASELINE_CSVS="$BASELINE_CSVS $BENCH_WORK_DIR/baseline-2/combined_latency.csv"
-          CHART_ARGS="$CHART_ARGS --feature $FEATURE_CSVS"
-          CHART_ARGS="$CHART_ARGS --baseline $BASELINE_CSVS"
-          CHART_ARGS="$CHART_ARGS --baseline-name ${BASELINE_NAME}"
-          CHART_ARGS="$CHART_ARGS --feature-name ${FEATURE_NAME}"
-          # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-          uv run --with matplotlib python3 .github/scripts/bench-reth-charts.py $CHART_ARGS
-
-      - name: Upload results
-        if: "!cancelled()"
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-        with:
-          name: bench-scheduled-results
-          path: ${{ env.BENCH_WORK_DIR }}
-
-      - name: Push charts
-        id: push-charts
-        if: success()
-        run: |
-          RUN_ID=${{ github.run_id }}
-          CHART_DIR="nightly/${RUN_ID}"
-          CHARTS_REPO="https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.DEREK_TOKEN }}@github.com/decofe/reth-bench-charts.git"
-
-          TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
-          if git clone --depth 1 "${CHARTS_REPO}" "${TMP_DIR}" 2>/dev/null; then
-            true
-          else
-            git init "${TMP_DIR}"
-            git -C "${TMP_DIR}" remote add origin "${CHARTS_REPO}"
-          fi
-
-          mkdir -p "${TMP_DIR}/${CHART_DIR}"
-          cp "$BENCH_WORK_DIR"/charts/*.png "${TMP_DIR}/${CHART_DIR}/"
-          git -C "${TMP_DIR}" add "${CHART_DIR}"
-          git -C "${TMP_DIR}" -c user.name="github-actions" -c user.email="github-actions@github.com" \
-            commit -m "nightly bench charts for run ${RUN_ID}"
-          git -C "${TMP_DIR}" push origin HEAD:main
-          echo "sha=$(git -C "${TMP_DIR}" rev-parse HEAD)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          rm -rf "${TMP_DIR}"
-
-      - name: Write job summary
-        if: success()
-        uses: actions/github-script@v8
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const fs = require('fs');
-            const { verdict, metricRows, waitTimeRows, blocksLabel } = require('./.github/scripts/bench-utils');
-
-            let summary;
-            try {
-              summary = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(process.env.BENCH_WORK_DIR + '/summary.json', 'utf8'));
-            } catch (e) {
-              await core.summary.addRaw('⚠️ Benchmark completed but failed to load summary.').write();
-              return;
-            }
-
-            const repo = `${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}`;
-            const commitUrl = `https://github.com/${repo}/commit`;
-            const { emoji, label } = verdict(summary.changes);
-            const baselineLink = `[\`${summary.baseline.name}\`](${commitUrl}/${summary.baseline.ref})`;
-            const featureLink = `[\`${summary.feature.name}\`](${commitUrl}/${summary.feature.ref})`;
-            const diffUrl = `https://github.com/${repo}/compare/${summary.baseline.ref}...${summary.feature.ref}`;
-
-            let md = `# ${emoji} Nightly Regression: ${label}\n\n`;
-            md += `**Baseline:** ${baselineLink}\n`;
-            md += `**Feature:** ${featureLink} ([diff](${diffUrl}))\n`;
-            md += blocksLabel(summary).map(p => `**${p.key}:** ${p.value}`).join(' · ') + '\n\n';
-
-            const rows = metricRows(summary);
-            md += `| Metric | Baseline | Feature | Change |\n`;
-            md += `|--------|----------|---------|--------|\n`;
-            for (const r of rows) {
-              md += `| ${r.label} | ${r.baseline} | ${r.feature} | ${r.change} |\n`;
-            }
-            md += '\n';
-
-            const wtRows = waitTimeRows(summary);
-            if (wtRows.length > 0) {
-              md += `### Wait Time Breakdown\n\n`;
-              md += `| Metric | Baseline | Feature |\n`;
-              md += `|--------|----------|--------|\n`;
-              for (const r of wtRows) {
-                md += `| ${r.title} | ${r.baseline} | ${r.feature} |\n`;
-              }
-              md += '\n';
-            }
-
-            // Charts
-            const chartSha = '${{ steps.push-charts.outputs.sha }}';
-            if (chartSha) {
-              const runId = '${{ github.run_id }}';
-              const baseUrl = `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/decofe/reth-bench-charts/${chartSha}/nightly/${runId}`;
-              const charts = [
-                { file: 'latency_throughput.png', label: 'Latency, Throughput & Diff' },
-                { file: 'wait_breakdown.png', label: 'Wait Time Breakdown' },
-                { file: 'gas_vs_latency.png', label: 'Gas vs Latency' },
-              ];
-              md += `### Charts\n\n`;
-              for (const chart of charts) {
-                md += `<details><summary>${chart.label}</summary>\n\n`;
-                md += `![${chart.label}](${baseUrl}/${chart.file})\n\n`;
-                md += `</details>\n\n`;
-              }
-            }
-
-            const grafanaUrl = '${{ steps.metrics.outputs.grafana-url }}';
-            if (grafanaUrl) {
-              md += `### Grafana Dashboard\n\n[View real-time metrics](${grafanaUrl})\n\n`;
-            }
-
-            try {
-              const errors = fs.readFileSync(process.env.BENCH_WORK_DIR + '/errors.md', 'utf8');
-              if (errors.trim()) md += '\n' + errors + '\n';
-            } catch {}
-
-            await core.summary.addRaw(md).write();
-
-      - name: Send Slack notification (success)
-        if: success() && env.BENCH_NO_SLACK != 'true'
-        uses: actions/github-script@v8
-        env:
-          SLACK_BENCH_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BENCH_BOT_TOKEN }}
-          SLACK_BENCH_CHANNEL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BENCH_CHANNEL }}
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const fs = require('fs');
-            const { verdict, fmtChange, fmtMs, metricRows, waitTimeRows, blocksLabel } = require('./.github/scripts/bench-utils');
-
-            const token = process.env.SLACK_BENCH_BOT_TOKEN;
-            const channel = process.env.SLACK_BENCH_CHANNEL;
-            if (!token || !channel) {
-              core.info('Slack credentials not set, skipping notification');
-              return;
-            }
-
-            let summary;
-            try {
-              summary = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(process.env.BENCH_WORK_DIR + '/summary.json', 'utf8'));
-            } catch (e) {
-              core.warning('Could not read summary.json for Slack notification');
-              return;
-            }
-
-            // Only notify on significant changes (regression OR improvement)
-            const changes = summary.changes || {};
-            const hasSignificant = Object.values(changes).some(c => c.sig === 'good' || c.sig === 'bad');
-            if (!hasSignificant) {
-              core.info('No significant changes detected, skipping nightly Slack notification');
-              return;
-            }
-
-            const SLACK_VERDICT = {
-              '⚠️': ':warning:',
-              '❌': ':x:',
-              '✅': ':white_check_mark:',
-              '⚪': ':white_circle:',
-            };
-
-            const repo = `${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}`;
-            const { emoji, label } = verdict(changes);
-            const headerEmoji = SLACK_VERDICT[emoji] || emoji;
-            const commitUrl = `https://github.com/${repo}/commit`;
-            const baselineLink = `<${commitUrl}/${summary.baseline.ref}|${summary.baseline.name}>`;
-            const featureLink = `<${commitUrl}/${summary.feature.ref}|${summary.feature.name}>`;
-            const diffUrl = `https://github.com/${repo}/compare/${summary.baseline.ref}...${summary.feature.ref}`;
-            const jobUrl = process.env.BENCH_JOB_URL || `${context.serverUrl}/${repo}/actions/runs/${context.runId}`;
-
-            function cell(text) { return { type: 'raw_text', text: String(text) || ' ' }; }
-
-            const sectionText = [
-              '*Nightly Regression*',
-              '',
-              `*Baseline:* ${baselineLink}`,
-              `*Feature:* ${featureLink}`,
-              blocksLabel(summary).map(p => `*${p.key}:* ${p.value}`).join(' | '),
-            ].join('\n');
-
-            const rows = metricRows(summary);
-            const tableRows = [
-              [cell('Metric'), cell('Baseline'), cell('Feature'), cell('Change')],
-              ...rows.map(r => [cell(r.label), cell(r.baseline), cell(r.feature), cell(r.change || ' ')]),
-            ];
-
-            const blocks = [
-              {
-                type: 'header',
-                text: { type: 'plain_text', text: `${headerEmoji} Nightly: ${label}`, emoji: true },
-              },
-              {
-                type: 'section',
-                text: { type: 'mrkdwn', text: sectionText },
-              },
-              {
-                type: 'table',
-                column_settings: [{ align: 'left' }, { align: 'right' }, { align: 'right' }, { align: 'right' }],
-                rows: tableRows,
-              },
-              {
-                type: 'actions',
-                elements: [
-                  {
-                    type: 'button',
-                    text: { type: 'plain_text', text: 'CI :github:', emoji: true },
-                    url: jobUrl,
-                    action_id: 'ci_button',
-                  },
-                  {
-                    type: 'button',
-                    text: { type: 'plain_text', text: 'Diff :github:', emoji: true },
-                    url: diffUrl,
-                    action_id: 'diff_button',
-                  },
-                ],
-              },
-            ];
-
-            const text = `Nightly Regression: ${summary.baseline.name} vs ${summary.feature.name}`;
-            const resp = await fetch('https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage', {
-              method: 'POST',
-              headers: {
-                'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}`,
-                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-              },
-              body: JSON.stringify({ channel, blocks, text, unfurl_links: false }),
-            });
-            const data = await resp.json();
-            if (!data.ok) {
-              core.warning(`Slack API error: ${JSON.stringify(data)}`);
-              return;
-            }
-
-            // Post wait time breakdown as threaded reply
-            const wtRows = waitTimeRows(summary);
-            if (data.ts && wtRows.length > 0) {
-              const waitTableRows = [
-                [cell('Wait Time'), cell('Baseline'), cell('Feature')],
-                ...wtRows.map(r => [cell(r.title), cell(r.baseline), cell(r.feature)]),
-              ];
-              await fetch('https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage', {
-                method: 'POST',
-                headers: {
-                  'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}`,
-                  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-                },
-                body: JSON.stringify({
-                  channel,
-                  thread_ts: data.ts,
-                  blocks: [{
-                    type: 'table',
-                    column_settings: [{ align: 'left' }, { align: 'right' }, { align: 'right' }],
-                    rows: waitTableRows,
-                  }],
-                  text: 'Wait time breakdown',
-                  unfurl_links: false,
-                }),
-              });
-            }
-
-      - name: Send Slack notification (failure)
-        if: failure()
-        uses: actions/github-script@v8
-        env:
-          SLACK_BENCH_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BENCH_BOT_TOKEN }}
-          SLACK_BENCH_CHANNEL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BENCH_CHANNEL }}
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const token = process.env.SLACK_BENCH_BOT_TOKEN;
-            const channel = process.env.SLACK_BENCH_CHANNEL;
-            if (!token || !channel) return;
-
-            const steps_status = [
-              ['building binaries', '${{ steps.build.outcome }}'],
-              ['downloading snapshot', '${{ steps.snapshot-download.outcome }}'],
-              ['running baseline benchmark (1/2)', '${{ steps.run-baseline-1.outcome }}'],
-              ['running feature benchmark (1/2)', '${{ steps.run-feature-1.outcome }}'],
-              ['running feature benchmark (2/2)', '${{ steps.run-feature-2.outcome }}'],
-              ['running baseline benchmark (2/2)', '${{ steps.run-baseline-2.outcome }}'],
-            ];
-            const failed = steps_status.find(([, o]) => o === 'failure');
-            const failedStep = failed ? failed[0] : 'unknown step';
-
-            const repo = `${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}`;
-            const jobUrl = process.env.BENCH_JOB_URL || `${context.serverUrl}/${repo}/actions/runs/${context.runId}`;
-
-            const blocks = [
-              {
-                type: 'header',
-                text: { type: 'plain_text', text: ':rotating_light: Nightly Bench Failed', emoji: true },
-              },
-              {
-                type: 'section',
-                text: { type: 'mrkdwn', text: `*Nightly regression* failed while *${failedStep}*` },
-              },
-              {
-                type: 'actions',
-                elements: [{
-                  type: 'button',
-                  text: { type: 'plain_text', text: 'View Logs :github:', emoji: true },
-                  url: jobUrl,
-                  action_id: 'ci_button',
-                }],
-              },
-            ];
-
-            await fetch('https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage', {
-              method: 'POST',
-              headers: {
-                'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}`,
-                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-              },
-              body: JSON.stringify({
-                channel,
-                blocks,
-                text: `Nightly bench failed while ${failedStep}`,
-                unfurl_links: false,
-              }),
-            });
-
-      - name: Restore system settings
-        if: always()
-        run: |
-          sudo systemctl start irqbalance cron atd 2>/dev/null || true
-
-  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  # Job 3: Save state on success
-  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  save-state:
-    needs: [resolve-refs, bench-scheduled]
-    if: success()
-    name: save-state
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Write state file
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p .nightly-state
-          echo "${{ needs.resolve-refs.outputs.feature-ref }}" > .nightly-state/last-feature-ref
-
-      - name: Save nightly state
-        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
-        with:
-          path: .nightly-state
-          key: bench-scheduled-state-${{ needs.resolve-refs.outputs.feature-ref }}

.github/workflows/docker-test.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
       hive_target:
         required: true
         type: string
-        description: "Docker bake target to build (e.g. hive)"
+        description: "Docker bake target to build (e.g. hive-stable, hive-edge)"
       artifact_name:
         required: false
         type: string
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
             *.dockerfile=Dockerfile
 
       - name: Upload reth image
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.artifact_name }}
-          path: ./artifacts
+          path: ./artifacts

.github/workflows/docker.yml

@@ -28,30 +28,12 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: boolean
         default: false
-      pgo:
-        description: "Enable PGO profiling"
-        required: false
-        type: boolean
-        default: false
-      pgo_blocks:
-        description: "Number of blocks to execute for PGO profiling"
-        required: false
-        type: string
-        default: "20"
 
 jobs:
-  collect-pgo-profile:
-    if: github.repository == 'paradigmxyz/reth' && github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.pgo
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/pgo-profile.yml
-    with:
-      pgo_blocks: ${{ inputs.pgo_blocks || '20' }}
-    secrets: inherit
-
   build:
-    if: github.repository == 'paradigmxyz/reth' && !failure() && !cancelled()
+    if: github.repository == 'paradigmxyz/reth'
     name: Build Docker images
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    needs: collect-pgo-profile
     permissions:
       packages: write
       contents: read
@@ -63,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: depot/setup-action@v1
 
       - name: Log in to GHCR
-        uses: docker/login-action@v4
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
@@ -76,30 +58,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "describe=$(git describe --always --tags)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "dirty=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
-      - name: Download pre-collected PGO profile
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.pgo }}
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
-        with:
-          name: pgo-profdata
-          path: dist
-
-      - name: Configure PGO build args
-        id: pgo
-        run: |
-          if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "workflow_dispatch" ]] && [[ "${{ inputs.pgo }}" == "true" ]]; then
-            if [ ! -f dist/merged.profdata ]; then
-              echo "::error::Expected dist/merged.profdata from collect-pgo-profile job"
-              exit 1
-            fi
-            echo "use_pgo_bolt=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "pgo_profdata=dist/merged.profdata" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "Using pre-collected PGO profile from collect-pgo-profile job"
-          else
-            echo "use_pgo_bolt=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "pgo_profdata=" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "PGO disabled"
-          fi
-
       - name: Determine build parameters
         id: params
         run: |
@@ -149,9 +107,6 @@ jobs:
           push: ${{ !(github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.dry_run) }}
           set: |
             ${{ steps.params.outputs.ethereum_set }}
-            *.args.USE_PGO_BOLT=${{ steps.pgo.outputs.use_pgo_bolt }}
-            *.args.PGO_PROFDATA=${{ steps.pgo.outputs.pgo_profdata }}
-            *.args.STRIP_SYMBOLS=false
 
       - name: Verify image architectures
         env:

.github/workflows/e2e.yml

@@ -63,6 +63,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cargo nextest run \
             --no-fail-fast \
-            --locked \
+            --locked --features "edge" \
             -p reth-e2e-test-utils \
             -E 'binary(rocksdb)'

.github/workflows/hive.yml

@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@ name: hive
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   schedule:
-    - cron: "0 */6 * * *"
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - "**"
+    - cron: "0 0 * * *"
 
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
@@ -18,26 +15,30 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  prepare-reth-stable:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/prepare-reth.yml
+  build-reth-stable:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/docker-test.yml
     with:
-      image_tag: ghcr.io/paradigmxyz/reth:latest
-      binary_name: reth
-      cargo_features: "asm-keccak"
+      hive_target: hive-stable
       artifact_name: "reth-stable"
+    secrets: inherit
+
+  build-reth-edge:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/docker-test.yml
+    with:
+      hive_target: hive-edge
+      artifact_name: "reth-edge"
+    secrets: inherit
 
   prepare-hive:
     if: github.repository == 'paradigmxyz/reth'
     timeout-minutes: 45
-    runs-on:
-      group: Reth
+    runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'paradigmxyz/reth' && 'depot-ubuntu-latest-4' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Checkout hive tests
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
-          repository: Soubhik-10/hive # rm later and use ethereum/hive
-          ref: master
+          repository: ethereum/hive
           path: hivetests
 
       - name: Get hive commit hash
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
           chmod +x hive
 
       - name: Upload hive assets
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: hive_assets
           path: ./hive_assets
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        storage: [stable]
+        storage: [stable, edge]
         # ethereum/rpc to be deprecated:
         # https://github.com/ethereum/hive/pull/1117
         scenario:
@@ -124,28 +125,26 @@ jobs:
           - sim: ethereum/rpc-compat
             include:
               - eth_blockNumber
-              # - eth_call
-              # - eth_chainId
-              # - eth_createAccessList
-              # - eth_estimateGas
-              # - eth_feeHistory
-              # - eth_getBalance
-              # - eth_getBlockBy
-              # - eth_getBlockTransactionCountBy
-              # - eth_getCode
-              # - eth_getProof
-              # - eth_getStorage
-              # - eth_getTransactionBy
-              # - eth_getTransactionCount
-              # - eth_getTransactionReceipt
-              # - eth_sendRawTransaction
-              # - eth_syncing
-              # # debug_ rpc methods
-              # - debug_
+              - eth_call
+              - eth_chainId
+              - eth_createAccessList
+              - eth_estimateGas
+              - eth_feeHistory
+              - eth_getBalance
+              - eth_getBlockBy
+              - eth_getBlockTransactionCountBy
+              - eth_getCode
+              - eth_getProof
+              - eth_getStorage
+              - eth_getTransactionBy
+              - eth_getTransactionCount
+              - eth_getTransactionReceipt
+              - eth_sendRawTransaction
+              - eth_syncing
+              # debug_ rpc methods
+              - debug_
 
           # consume-engine
-          - sim: ethereum/eels/consume-engine
-            limit: .*tests/amsterdam.*
           - sim: ethereum/eels/consume-engine
             limit: .*tests/osaka.*
           - sim: ethereum/eels/consume-engine
@@ -166,8 +165,6 @@ jobs:
             limit: .*tests/paris.*
 
           # consume-rlp
-          - sim: ethereum/eels/consume-rlp
-            limit: .*tests/amsterdam.*
           - sim: ethereum/eels/consume-rlp
             limit: .*tests/osaka.*
           - sim: ethereum/eels/consume-rlp
@@ -187,7 +184,8 @@ jobs:
           - sim: ethereum/eels/consume-rlp
             limit: .*tests/paris.*
     needs:
-      - prepare-reth-stable
+      - build-reth-stable
+      - build-reth-edge
       - prepare-hive
     name: ${{ matrix.storage }} / ${{ matrix.scenario.sim }}${{ matrix.scenario.limit && format(' - {0}', matrix.scenario.limit) }}
     # Use larger runners for eels tests to avoid OOM runner crashes
@@ -200,13 +198,13 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Download hive assets
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: hive_assets
           path: /tmp
 
       - name: Download reth image
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: reth-${{ matrix.storage }}
           path: /tmp
@@ -222,7 +220,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout hive tests
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
-          repository: Soubhik-10/hive
+          repository: ethereum/hive
           ref: master
           path: hivetests
 

.github/workflows/integration.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    name: test / ${{ matrix.network }}
+    name: test / ${{ matrix.network }} / ${{ matrix.storage }}
     if: github.event_name != 'schedule'
     runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'paradigmxyz/reth' && 'depot-ubuntu-latest-4' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     env:
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         network: ["ethereum"]
+        storage: ["stable", "edge"]
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cargo nextest run \
             --no-fail-fast \
-            --locked --features "asm-keccak ${{ matrix.network }}" \
+            --locked --features "asm-keccak ${{ matrix.network }} ${{ matrix.storage == 'edge' && 'edge' || '' }}" \
             --workspace --exclude ef-tests \
             -E "kind(test) and not binary(e2e_testsuite)"
 

.github/workflows/kurtosis.yml

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Download reth image
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: artifacts
           path: /tmp

.github/workflows/pgo-profile.yml

@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-name: pgo-profile
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      pgo_blocks:
-        description: "Number of blocks to execute for PGO profiling"
-        required: false
-        type: string
-        default: "20"
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      pgo_blocks:
-        description: "Number of blocks to execute for PGO profiling"
-        required: false
-        type: string
-        default: "20"
-
-jobs:
-  collect:
-    name: collect PGO profiles
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64]
-    timeout-minutes: 180
-    env:
-      SCHELK_MOUNT: /reth-bench
-      BENCH_RPC_URL: https://ethereum.reth.rs/rpc
-      RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          submodules: true
-      - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
-      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-        with:
-          target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
-        continue-on-error: true
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          cache-on-failure: true
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update -qq
-          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-            dmsetup lsb-release wget linux-tools-"$(uname -r)" || \
-            sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends linux-tools-generic
-
-      - name: Download snapshot if needed
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          BENCH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-        run: |
-          if ! .github/scripts/bench-reth-snapshot.sh --check; then
-            echo "Snapshot outdated or missing, downloading..."
-            .github/scripts/bench-reth-snapshot.sh
-          fi
-
-      - name: Mount snapshot
-        run: |
-          sudo pkill -9 reth || true
-          sleep 1
-          if mountpoint -q "$SCHELK_MOUNT"; then
-            sudo umount -l "$SCHELK_MOUNT" || true
-            sudo schelk recover -y || true
-          fi
-          sudo schelk mount -y
-          sync
-          sudo sh -c 'echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches'
-
-      - name: Collect PGO profile
-        run: |
-          DATADIR="$SCHELK_MOUNT/datadir" \
-          RPC_URL="$BENCH_RPC_URL" \
-          PGO_BLOCKS="${{ inputs.pgo_blocks || '20' }}" \
-          BOLT_BLOCKS="${{ inputs.pgo_blocks || '20' }}" \
-          COLLECT_PGO_ONLY=true \
-          SKIP_BOLT=true \
-          PROFILE=maxperf-symbols \
-          FEATURES="jemalloc,asm-keccak,min-debug-logs" \
-          TARGET=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu \
-          EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS="-C target-cpu=x86-64-v3 -C target-feature=+pclmulqdq" \
-            .github/scripts/build_pgo_bolt.sh
-
-      - name: Show PGO profile stats
-        run: |
-          LLVM_PROFDATA=$(find "$(rustc --print sysroot)" -name llvm-profdata -type f | head -1)
-          if [ -z "$LLVM_PROFDATA" ]; then
-            echo "::error::llvm-profdata not found in rust toolchain"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          "$LLVM_PROFDATA" show --detailed-summary --topn=20 target/pgo-profiles/merged.profdata
-
-      - name: Upload PGO profile
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-        with:
-          name: pgo-profdata
-          path: target/pgo-profiles/merged.profdata
-          retention-days: 1
-
-      - name: Recover snapshot
-        if: always()
-        run: |
-          if mountpoint -q "$SCHELK_MOUNT"; then
-            sudo umount -l "$SCHELK_MOUNT" || true
-            sudo schelk recover -y || true
-          fi

.github/workflows/pr-audit.yml

@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-name: Pull request audit
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [labeled]
-
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.event.label.name == 'cyclops'
-    steps:
-      - name: Publish event
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-
-          echo "${{ secrets.EVENTS_KEY }}" > ${{ runner.temp }}/key
-          echo "${{ secrets.EVENTS_CERT }}" > ${{ runner.temp }}/cert
-
-          curl -sf -o /dev/null -X POST ${{ secrets.EVENTS_ARGS }} \
-            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            --key ${{ runner.temp }}/key \
-            --cert ${{ runner.temp }}/cert \
-            -d '{
-              "repository": "${{ github.repository }}",
-              "event": "pr_audit",
-              "data": {
-                "pr_number": ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }},
-                "sha": "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}"
-              }
-            }'

.github/workflows/prepare-reth.yml

@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-name: Prepare Reth Image
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      image_tag:
-        required: true
-        type: string
-        description: "Docker image tag to use"
-      binary_name:
-        required: false
-        type: string
-        default: "reth"
-        description: "Binary name to build (reth or op-reth)"
-      cargo_features:
-        required: false
-        type: string
-        default: "asm-keccak"
-        description: "Cargo features to enable"
-      cargo_package:
-        required: false
-        type: string
-        description: "Optional cargo package path"
-      artifact_name:
-        required: false
-        type: string
-        default: "artifacts"
-        description: "Name for the uploaded artifact"
-
-jobs:
-  prepare-reth:
-    if: github.repository == 'paradigmxyz/reth'
-    timeout-minutes: 45
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest-4
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - run: mkdir artifacts
-
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-
-      - name: Build and export reth image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
-        with:
-          context: .
-          file: .github/scripts/hive/Dockerfile
-          tags: ${{ inputs.image_tag }}
-          outputs: type=docker,dest=./artifacts/reth_image.tar
-          build-args: |
-            CARGO_BIN=${{ inputs.binary_name }}
-            MANIFEST_PATH=${{ inputs.cargo_package }}
-            FEATURES=${{ inputs.cargo_features }}
-          cache-from: type=gha
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
-
-      - name: Upload reth image
-        id: upload
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          name: ${{ inputs.artifact_name }}
-          path: ./artifacts

.github/workflows/release-reproducible.yml

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
 
       - name: Log in to GitHub Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@v4
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.actor }}

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -13,14 +13,6 @@ on:
         description: "Enable dry run mode (builds artifacts but skips uploads and release creation)"
         type: boolean
         default: false
-      pgo:
-        description: "Enable PGO profiling"
-        type: boolean
-        default: false
-      pgo_blocks:
-        description: "Number of blocks to execute for PGO profiling on self-hosted runner"
-        type: string
-        default: "20"
 
 env:
   REPO_NAME: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/reth
@@ -45,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Extract version
-        run: echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF_NAME//\//-}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        run: echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         id: extract_version
     outputs:
       VERSION: ${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.VERSION }}
@@ -77,22 +69,26 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         configs:
-          - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
-            os: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+          - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            os: ubuntu-24.04
+            profile: maxperf
+            allow_fail: false
+          - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            os: ubuntu-24.04
             profile: maxperf
             allow_fail: false
-            rustflags: ""
-            native: true
           - target: x86_64-apple-darwin
             os: macos-14
             profile: maxperf
             allow_fail: false
-            rustflags: "-C target-cpu=x86-64-v3 -C target-feature=+pclmulqdq"
           - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
             os: macos-14
             profile: maxperf
             allow_fail: false
-            rustflags: ""
+          - target: riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu
+            os: ubuntu-24.04
+            profile: maxperf
+            allow_fail: true
         build:
           - command: build
             binary: reth
@@ -104,7 +100,6 @@ jobs:
           target: ${{ matrix.configs.target }}
       - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
       - name: Install cross main
-        if: ${{ !matrix.configs.native }}
         id: cross_main
         run: |
           cargo install cross --locked --git https://github.com/cross-rs/cross
@@ -119,12 +114,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=$(xcrun -sdk macosx --show-sdk-platform-version)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Build Reth
-        run: |
-          if [ "${{ matrix.configs.native }}" = "true" ]; then
-            make PROFILE=${{ matrix.configs.profile }} EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS="${{ matrix.configs.rustflags }}" ${{ matrix.build.command }}-native-${{ matrix.configs.target }}
-          else
-            make PROFILE=${{ matrix.configs.profile }} EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS="${{ matrix.configs.rustflags }}" ${{ matrix.build.command }}-${{ matrix.configs.target }}
-          fi
+        run: make PROFILE=${{ matrix.configs.profile }} ${{ matrix.build.command }}-${{ matrix.configs.target }}
       - name: Move binary
         run: |
           mkdir artifacts
@@ -145,105 +135,23 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload artifact
         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.dry_run != 'true' }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: ${{ matrix.build.binary }}-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-${{ matrix.configs.target }}.tar.gz
           path: ${{ matrix.build.binary }}-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-${{ matrix.configs.target }}.tar.gz
 
       - name: Upload signature
         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.dry_run != 'true' }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: ${{ matrix.build.binary }}-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-${{ matrix.configs.target }}.tar.gz.asc
           path: ${{ matrix.build.binary }}-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-${{ matrix.configs.target }}.tar.gz.asc
 
-  collect-pgo-profile:
-    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.pgo
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/pgo-profile.yml
-    with:
-      pgo_blocks: ${{ inputs.pgo_blocks || '20' }}
-    secrets: inherit
-
-  build-pgo:
-    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.pgo
-    name: build release (x86_64-linux PGO+BOLT)
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64]
-    needs: [extract-version, collect-pgo-profile]
-    timeout-minutes: 120
-    env:
-      RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          submodules: true
-      - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
-      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-        with:
-          target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
-        continue-on-error: true
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          cache-on-failure: true
-
-      - name: Download pre-collected PGO profile
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
-        with:
-          name: pgo-profdata
-          path: dist
-
-      - name: Verify PGO profile artifact
-        run: |
-          test -f dist/merged.profdata
-          ls -lh dist/merged.profdata
-
-      - name: Build Reth with PGO+BOLT
-        run: |
-          SKIP_BOLT=true \
-          PGO_PROFDATA="$PWD/dist/merged.profdata" \
-          PROFILE=maxperf-symbols \
-          FEATURES="jemalloc,asm-keccak,min-debug-logs" \
-          TARGET=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu \
-          EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS="-C target-cpu=x86-64-v3 -C target-feature=+pclmulqdq" \
-            .github/scripts/build_pgo_bolt.sh
-
-      - name: Move binary
-        run: |
-          mkdir artifacts
-          mv target/maxperf-symbols/reth ./artifacts
-
-      - name: Configure GPG and create artifacts
-        env:
-          GPG_SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }}
-          GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
-        run: |
-          export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
-          echo -n "$GPG_SIGNING_KEY" | base64 --decode | gpg --batch --import
-          cd artifacts
-          tar -czf reth-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz reth*
-          echo "$GPG_PASSPHRASE" | gpg --passphrase-fd 0 --pinentry-mode loopback --batch -ab reth-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
-          mv *tar.gz* ..
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Upload artifact
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.dry_run != 'true' }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-        with:
-          name: reth-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
-          path: reth-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
-
-      - name: Upload signature
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.dry_run != 'true' }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-        with:
-          name: reth-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz.asc
-          path: reth-${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz.asc
-
   draft-release:
     name: draft release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [build, build-pgo, extract-version]
-    if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() && github.event.inputs.dry_run != 'true' }}
+    needs: [build, extract-version]
+    if: ${{ github.event.inputs.dry_run != 'true' }}
     env:
       VERSION: ${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}
     permissions:
@@ -256,7 +164,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Download artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
       - name: Generate full changelog
         id: changelog
         run: |

.github/workflows/reproducible-build.yml

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "Binaries SHA256 on ${{ matrix.machine }}: $(cat checksum.sha256)"
 
       - name: Upload the hash
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: checksum-${{ matrix.machine }}
           path: |
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Download artifacts from machine-1
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: checksum-machine-1
           path: machine-1/
       - name: Download artifacts from machine-2
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: checksum-machine-2
           path: machine-2/

.github/workflows/stage.yml

@@ -51,12 +51,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run execution stage
         run: |
           reth stage run execution --from ${{ env.FROM_BLOCK }} --to ${{ env.TO_BLOCK }} --commit --checkpoints
-      # NOTE: account-hashing, storage-hashing, and hashing stages are omitted.
-      # With storage v2 (now default), these stages are no-ops because the
-      # execution stage writes directly to HashedAccounts/HashedStorages.
-      # Running them here is harmful: `stage run` unwinds before executing,
-      # and the unwind reverts the hashed state that execution wrote, but
-      # the no-op execute never restores it — causing merkle to fail.
+      - name: Run account-hashing stage
+        run: |
+          reth stage run account-hashing --from ${{ env.FROM_BLOCK }} --to ${{ env.TO_BLOCK }} --commit --checkpoints
+      - name: Run storage hashing stage
+        run: |
+          reth stage run storage-hashing --from ${{ env.FROM_BLOCK }} --to ${{ env.TO_BLOCK }} --commit --checkpoints
+      - name: Run hashing stage
+        run: |
+          reth stage run hashing --from ${{ env.FROM_BLOCK }} --to ${{ env.TO_BLOCK }} --commit --checkpoints
       - name: Run merkle stage
         run: |
           reth stage run merkle --from ${{ env.FROM_BLOCK }} --to ${{ env.TO_BLOCK }} --commit --checkpoints

.github/workflows/unit.yml

@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    name: test / ${{ matrix.type }}
+    name: test / ${{ matrix.type }} / ${{ matrix.storage }}
     runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'paradigmxyz/reth' && 'depot-ubuntu-latest-4' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     env:
       RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
+      EDGE_FEATURES: ${{ matrix.storage == 'edge' && 'edge' || '' }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         type: [ethereum]
+        storage: [stable, edge]
         include:
           - type: ethereum
             features: asm-keccak ethereum
@@ -48,14 +50,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cargo nextest run \
             --no-fail-fast \
-            --features "${{ matrix.features }}" --locked \
+            --features "${{ matrix.features }} $EDGE_FEATURES" --locked \
             ${{ matrix.exclude_args }} --workspace \
             --exclude ef-tests --no-tests=warn \
             -E "!kind(test) and not binary(e2e_testsuite)"
 
   state:
     name: Ethereum state tests
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'paradigmxyz/reth' && 'depot-ubuntu-latest-8' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'paradigmxyz/reth' && 'depot-ubuntu-latest-4' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     env:
       RUST_LOG: info,sync=error
       RUST_BACKTRACE: 1

CLAUDE.md

@@ -172,97 +172,10 @@ Before submitting changes, ensure:
 2. **Clippy**: No warnings
 3. **Tests Pass**: All unit and integration tests
 4. **Documentation**: Update relevant docs and add doc comments with `cargo docs --document-private-items`
-5. **CLI Docs** (if CLI changed): Run `make update-book-cli` (see below)
-6. **Commit Messages**: Follow conventional format (feat:, fix:, chore:, etc.)
-
-### CLI Reference Docs (`book` CI Job)
-
-The CLI reference pages under `docs/vocs/docs/pages/cli/` are **auto-generated** from the `reth` binary's `--help` output. **Do not edit these files manually** — any hand edits will be overwritten and CI will fail regardless.
-
-When you add, remove, or modify CLI commands, subcommands, or flags, regenerate the CLI docs by running:
-
-```bash
-make update-book-cli
-```
-
-This builds `reth` in debug mode and runs `docs/cli/update.sh` to regenerate all CLI pages. Commit the resulting changes.
-
-The `book` CI job (`.github/workflows/lint.yml`) enforces this by regenerating the docs and running `git diff --exit-code`. If the committed docs don't match the generated output, CI fails. Manually editing these pages is never productive — always use `make update-book-cli`.
+5. **Commit Messages**: Follow conventional format (feat:, fix:, chore:, etc.)
 
 ### Opening PRs against <https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth>
 
-#### Titles
-
-Use [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) with an optional scope:
-
-```
-<type>(<scope>): <short description>
-```
-
-**Types**: `feat`, `fix`, `perf`, `refactor`, `docs`, `test`, `chore`
-
-**Scope** (optional): crate or area, e.g. `evm`, `trie`, `rpc`, `engine`, `net`
-
-Examples:
-- `fix(rpc): correct gas estimation for ERC-20 transfers`
-- `perf: batch trie updates to reduce cursor overhead`
-- `feat(engine): add new_payload_interval metric`
-
-#### Descriptions
-
-Keep it short. Say what changed and why — nothing more.
-
-**Do:**
-- Write 1–3 sentences summarizing the change
-- Explain _why_ if the diff doesn't make it obvious
-- Link related issues or EIPs
-- Include benchmark numbers for perf changes
-
-**Don't:**
-- List every file changed — that's what the diff is for
-- Repeat the title in the body
-- Add "Files changed" or "Changes" sections
-- Write walls of text that go stale when the diff is updated
-- Use filler like "This PR introduces...", "comprehensive", "robust", "enhance", "leverage"
-
-**Template:**
-
-```
-Closes #<issue>
-
-<what changed, 1-3 sentences>
-
-<why, if not obvious from the diff>
-```
-
-**Good example:**
-
-```
-Closes #16800
-
-Adds fallback for external IP resolution so node startup doesn't fail
-when STUN is unreachable. Falls back to the configured default.
-```
-
-**Bad example:**
-
-```
-## Summary
-This PR introduces comprehensive improvements to the IP resolution system.
-
-## Changes
-- Modified `crates/net/discv4/src/lib.rs` to add fallback
-- Modified `crates/net/discv4/src/config.rs` to add default IP
-- Added tests in `crates/net/discv4/src/tests/ip.rs`
-
-## Files Changed
-- crates/net/discv4/src/lib.rs
-- crates/net/discv4/src/config.rs
-- crates/net/discv4/src/tests/ip.rs
-```
-
-#### Labels and CI
-
 Label PRs appropriately, first check the available labels and then apply the relevant ones:
 * when changes are RPC related, add A-rpc label
 * when changes are docs related, add C-docs label
@@ -542,8 +455,5 @@ cargo build --release
 cargo check --workspace --all-features
 
 # Check documentation
-cargo docs --document-private-items
-
-# Regenerate CLI reference docs (after CLI changes)
-make update-book-cli
+cargo docs --document-private-items 
 ```

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [workspace.package]
-version = "1.11.3"
+version = "1.11.0"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.93"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ exclude = [".github/"]
 [workspace]
 members = [
     "bin/reth-bench/",
+    "bin/reth-bench-compare/",
     "bin/reth/",
     "crates/storage/rpc-provider/",
     "crates/chain-state/",
@@ -168,7 +169,6 @@ rust.rust_2018_idioms = { level = "deny", priority = -1 }
 rust.unreachable_pub = "warn"
 rust.unused_must_use = "deny"
 rust.rust_2024_incompatible_pat = "warn"
-rust.unexpected_cfgs = { level = "warn", check-cfg = ['cfg(tokio_unstable)'] }
 rustdoc.all = "warn"
 # rust.unnameable-types = "warn"
 
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ reth = { path = "bin/reth" }
 reth-storage-rpc-provider = { path = "crates/storage/rpc-provider" }
 reth-basic-payload-builder = { path = "crates/payload/basic" }
 reth-bench = { path = "bin/reth-bench" }
+reth-bench-compare = { path = "bin/reth-bench-compare" }
 reth-chain-state = { path = "crates/chain-state" }
 reth-chainspec = { path = "crates/chainspec", default-features = false }
 reth-cli = { path = "crates/cli/cli" }
@@ -396,7 +397,7 @@ reth-payload-builder-primitives = { path = "crates/payload/builder-primitives" }
 reth-payload-primitives = { path = "crates/payload/primitives" }
 reth-payload-validator = { path = "crates/payload/validator" }
 reth-payload-util = { path = "crates/payload/util" }
-reth-primitives = { path = "crates/primitives", default-features = false, features = ["__internal"] }
+reth-primitives = { path = "crates/primitives", default-features = false }
 reth-primitives-traits = { path = "crates/primitives-traits", default-features = false }
 reth-provider = { path = "crates/storage/provider" }
 reth-prune = { path = "crates/prune/prune" }
@@ -434,24 +435,25 @@ reth-trie-sparse = { path = "crates/trie/sparse", default-features = false }
 reth-zstd-compressors = { path = "crates/storage/zstd-compressors", default-features = false }
 
 # revm
-revm = { version = "36.0.0", default-features = false }
-revm-bytecode = { version = "9.0.0", default-features = false }
-revm-database = { version = "12.0.0", default-features = false }
-revm-state = { version = "10.0.0", default-features = false }
-revm-primitives = { version = "22.1.0", default-features = false }
-revm-interpreter = { version = "34.0.0", default-features = false }
-revm-database-interface = { version = "10.0.0", default-features = false }
-revm-inspectors = "0.36.0"
+revm = { version = "34.0.0", default-features = false }
+revm-bytecode = { version = "8.0.0", default-features = false }
+revm-database = { version = "10.0.0", default-features = false }
+revm-state = { version = "9.0.0", default-features = false }
+revm-primitives = { version = "22.0.0", default-features = false }
+revm-interpreter = { version = "32.0.0", default-features = false }
+revm-database-interface = { version = "9.0.0", default-features = false }
+op-revm = { version = "15.0.0", default-features = false }
+revm-inspectors = "0.34.2"
 
 # eth
-alloy-dyn-abi = "1.5.0"
-alloy-primitives = { version = "1.5.0", default-features = false, features = ["map-foldhash"] }
-alloy-sol-types = { version = "1.5.0", default-features = false }
+alloy-dyn-abi = "1.5.6"
+alloy-primitives = { version = "1.5.6", default-features = false, features = ["map-foldhash"] }
+alloy-sol-types = { version = "1.5.6", default-features = false }
 
 alloy-chains = { version = "0.2.5", default-features = false }
 alloy-eip2124 = { version = "0.2.0", default-features = false }
-alloy-eip7928 = { version = "0.3.3", default-features = false, features = ["rlp"] }
-alloy-evm = { version = "0.29.2", default-features = false }
+alloy-eip7928 = { version = "0.3.0", default-features = false }
+alloy-evm = { version = "0.27.2", default-features = false }
 alloy-rlp = { version = "0.3.13", default-features = false, features = ["core-net"] }
 alloy-trie = { version = "0.9.4", default-features = false }
 
@@ -486,6 +488,7 @@ alloy-transport-ipc = { version = "1.7.3", default-features = false }
 alloy-transport-ws = { version = "1.7.3", default-features = false }
 
 # op
+alloy-op-evm = { version = "0.27.2", default-features = false }
 alloy-op-hardforks = "0.4.4"
 op-alloy-rpc-types = { version = "0.23.1", default-features = false }
 op-alloy-rpc-types-engine = { version = "0.23.1", default-features = false }
@@ -504,7 +507,6 @@ bincode = "1.3"
 bitflags = "2.4"
 boyer-moore-magiclen = "0.2.16"
 bytes = { version = "1.11.1", default-features = false }
-blake3 = "1.8"
 brotli = "8"
 cfg-if = "1.0"
 clap = "4"
@@ -520,7 +522,6 @@ humantime = "2.1"
 humantime-serde = "1.1"
 itertools = { version = "0.14", default-features = false }
 linked_hash_set = "0.1"
-libc = "0.2"
 lz4 = "1.28.1"
 modular-bitfield = "0.13.1"
 notify = { version = "8.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["macos_fsevent"] }
@@ -539,13 +540,11 @@ serde_with = { version = "3", default-features = false, features = ["macros"] }
 sha2 = { version = "0.10", default-features = false }
 shellexpand = "3.0.0"
 shlex = "1.3"
-slotmap = "1"
 smallvec = "1"
 strum = { version = "0.27", default-features = false }
 strum_macros = "0.27"
 syn = "2.0"
 thiserror = { version = "2.0.0", default-features = false }
-thread-priority = "3.0.0"
 tar = "0.4.44"
 tracing = { version = "0.1.0", default-features = false, features = ["attributes"] }
 tracing-appender = "0.2"
@@ -665,7 +664,6 @@ cipher = "0.4.3"
 comfy-table = "7.0"
 concat-kdf = "0.1.0"
 crossbeam-channel = "0.5.13"
-crossbeam-queue = "0.3"
 crossbeam-utils = "0.8"
 crossterm = "0.29.0"
 csv = "1.3.0"
@@ -742,8 +740,10 @@ ipnet = "2.11"
 # alloy-transport-ws = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", rev = "3049f232fbb44d1909883e154eb38ec5962f53a3" }
 
 # op-alloy-consensus = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/op-alloy", rev = "a79d6fc" }
+# op-alloy-network = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/op-alloy", rev = "a79d6fc" }
 # op-alloy-rpc-types = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/op-alloy", rev = "a79d6fc" }
 # op-alloy-rpc-types-engine = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/op-alloy", rev = "a79d6fc" }
+# op-alloy-rpc-jsonrpsee = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/op-alloy", rev = "a79d6fc" }
 #
 # revm-inspectors = { git = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/revm-inspectors", rev = "1207e33" }
 #
@@ -753,71 +753,10 @@ ipnet = "2.11"
 # jsonrpsee-http-client = { git = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/jsonrpsee", branch = "matt/make-rpc-service-pub" }
 # jsonrpsee-types = { git = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/jsonrpsee", branch = "matt/make-rpc-service-pub" }
 
-# alloy-evm = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/evm", rev = "9bc2dba" }
+# alloy-evm = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/evm", rev = "df124c0" }
+# alloy-op-evm = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/evm", rev = "df124c0" }
 
 # revm-inspectors = { git = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/revm-inspectors", rev = "3020ea8" }
 
 # alloy-evm = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/evm", rev = "072c248" }
 # alloy-op-evm = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/evm", rev = "072c248" }
-
-# =============================================================================
-# BAL devnet patches (EIP-7778, EIP-7928 block access lists)
-# =============================================================================
-
-# revm staging patches
-revm = { git = "https://github.com/bluealloy/revm", rev = "fa5a6914398c9b178422efc1edd1d2ab33dad923" }
-revm-bytecode = { git = "https://github.com/bluealloy/revm", rev = "fa5a6914398c9b178422efc1edd1d2ab33dad923" }
-revm-database = { git = "https://github.com/bluealloy/revm", rev = "fa5a6914398c9b178422efc1edd1d2ab33dad923" }
-revm-database-interface = { git = "https://github.com/bluealloy/revm", rev = "fa5a6914398c9b178422efc1edd1d2ab33dad923" }
-revm-state = { git = "https://github.com/bluealloy/revm", rev = "fa5a6914398c9b178422efc1edd1d2ab33dad923" }
-revm-primitives = { git = "https://github.com/bluealloy/revm", rev = "fa5a6914398c9b178422efc1edd1d2ab33dad923" }
-revm-interpreter = { git = "https://github.com/bluealloy/revm", rev = "fa5a6914398c9b178422efc1edd1d2ab33dad923" }
-revm-precompile = { git = "https://github.com/bluealloy/revm", rev = "fa5a6914398c9b178422efc1edd1d2ab33dad923" }
-revm-context = { git = "https://github.com/bluealloy/revm", rev = "fa5a6914398c9b178422efc1edd1d2ab33dad923" }
-revm-context-interface = { git = "https://github.com/bluealloy/revm", rev = "fa5a6914398c9b178422efc1edd1d2ab33dad923" }
-revm-handler = { git = "https://github.com/bluealloy/revm", rev = "fa5a6914398c9b178422efc1edd1d2ab33dad923" }
-revm-inspector = { git = "https://github.com/bluealloy/revm", rev = "fa5a6914398c9b178422efc1edd1d2ab33dad923" }
-op-revm = { git = "https://github.com/bluealloy/revm", rev = "fa5a6914398c9b178422efc1edd1d2ab33dad923" }
-# revm-inspectors = { git = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/revm-inspectors", branch = "staging" }
-
-# alloy-evm bal-devnet2 patches
-alloy-evm = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/evm", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-
-# alloy bal-devnet2 patches
-alloy-consensus = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-consensus-any = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-contract = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-eips = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-genesis = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-json-rpc = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-network = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-node-bindings = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-network-primitives = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-provider = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-pubsub = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-rpc-client = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-rpc-types = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-rpc-types-admin = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-rpc-types-anvil = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-rpc-types-beacon = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-rpc-types-debug = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-rpc-types-engine = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-rpc-types-any = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-rpc-types-eth = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-rpc-types-mev = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-rpc-types-trace = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-rpc-types-txpool = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-serde = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-signer = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-signer-local = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-transport = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-transport-http = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-transport-ipc = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-transport-ws = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-alloy-tx-macros = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-
-# op-alloy bal-devnet2 patches
-op-alloy-consensus = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/op-alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-op-alloy-network = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/op-alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-op-alloy-rpc-types = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/op-alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }
-op-alloy-rpc-types-engine = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/op-alloy", branch = "bal-devnet2" }

Dockerfile.depot

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 
 # Dockerfile for reth, optimized for Depot builds
-# Supports PGO+BOLT optimization for maximum performance
 # Usage:
 #   reth: --build-arg BINARY=reth
-#   PGO+BOLT: --build-arg USE_PGO_BOLT=true (Linux x86_64/aarch64 only)
 
 FROM rust:1.93 AS builder
 WORKDIR /app
@@ -45,18 +43,6 @@ ENV VERGEN_GIT_SHA=$VERGEN_GIT_SHA
 ENV VERGEN_GIT_DESCRIBE=$VERGEN_GIT_DESCRIBE
 ENV VERGEN_GIT_DIRTY=$VERGEN_GIT_DIRTY
 
-# Enable PGO+BOLT optimization (Linux only)
-ARG USE_PGO_BOLT=false
-ENV USE_PGO_BOLT=$USE_PGO_BOLT
-
-# Optional path to a pre-collected merged.profdata file in build context.
-ARG PGO_PROFDATA=""
-ENV PGO_PROFDATA=$PGO_PROFDATA
-
-# Whether to strip debug symbols from PGO-built binaries.
-ARG STRIP_SYMBOLS=true
-ENV STRIP_SYMBOLS=$STRIP_SYMBOLS
-
 # Build application
 # Platform-specific RUSTFLAGS: amd64 uses x86-64-v3 (Haswell+) with pclmulqdq for rocksdb
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
@@ -67,21 +53,12 @@ RUN --mount=type=secret,id=DEPOT_TOKEN,env=SCCACHE_WEBDAV_TOKEN \
     --mount=type=cache,target=$SCCACHE_DIR,sharing=shared \
     export RUSTC_WRAPPER=sccache SCCACHE_WEBDAV_ENDPOINT=https://cache.depot.dev SCCACHE_DIR=/sccache && \
     sccache --start-server && \
-    if [ "$USE_PGO_BOLT" = "true" ] && [ "$TARGETPLATFORM" = "linux/amd64" ] && [ -n "$PGO_PROFDATA" ] && [ -f "$PGO_PROFDATA" ]; then \
-        apt-get update && apt-get install -y -qq lsb-release wget sudo && \
-        BINARY="$BINARY" PROFILE="$BUILD_PROFILE" FEATURES="$FEATURES" SKIP_BOLT=true STRIP_SYMBOLS="$STRIP_SYMBOLS" PGO_PROFDATA="$PGO_PROFDATA" \
-            ./.github/scripts/build_pgo_bolt.sh; \
-    else \
-        if [ "$USE_PGO_BOLT" = "true" ]; then \
-            echo "PGO requested but pre-collected profile missing at '${PGO_PROFDATA:-<unset>}' - falling back to non-PGO build"; \
-        fi; \
-        if [ -n "$RUSTFLAGS" ]; then \
-            export RUSTFLAGS="$RUSTFLAGS"; \
-        elif [ "$TARGETPLATFORM" = "linux/amd64" ]; then \
-            export RUSTFLAGS="-C target-cpu=x86-64-v3 -C target-feature=+pclmulqdq"; \
-        fi && \
-        cargo build --profile $BUILD_PROFILE --features "$FEATURES" --locked --bin $BINARY --manifest-path $MANIFEST_PATH/Cargo.toml; \
+    if [ -n "$RUSTFLAGS" ]; then \
+        export RUSTFLAGS="$RUSTFLAGS"; \
+    elif [ "$TARGETPLATFORM" = "linux/amd64" ]; then \
+        export RUSTFLAGS="-C target-cpu=x86-64-v3 -C target-feature=+pclmulqdq"; \
     fi && \
+    cargo build --profile $BUILD_PROFILE --features "$FEATURES" --locked --bin $BINARY --manifest-path $MANIFEST_PATH/Cargo.toml && \
     sccache --show-stats
 
 # Copy binary to a known location (ARG not resolved in COPY)

Makefile

@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ FEATURES ?=
 # Cargo profile for builds. Default is for local builds, CI uses an override.
 PROFILE ?= release
 
-# Extra RUSTFLAGS to append to build targets (e.g., "-C target-cpu=x86-64-v3")
-EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS ?=
-
 # Extra flags for Cargo
 CARGO_INSTALL_EXTRA_FLAGS ?=
 
@@ -29,7 +26,7 @@ EF_TESTS_URL := https://github.com/ethereum/tests/archive/refs/tags/$(EF_TESTS_T
 EF_TESTS_DIR := ./testing/ef-tests/ethereum-tests
 
 # The release tag of https://github.com/ethereum/execution-spec-tests to use for EEST tests
-EEST_TESTS_TAG := bal@v5.0.0
+EEST_TESTS_TAG := v4.5.0
 EEST_TESTS_URL := https://github.com/ethereum/execution-spec-tests/releases/download/$(EEST_TESTS_TAG)/fixtures_stable.tar.gz
 EEST_TESTS_DIR := ./testing/ef-tests/execution-spec-tests
 
@@ -77,7 +74,7 @@ build-debug: ## Build the reth binary into `target/debug` directory.
 	cargo build --bin reth --features "$(FEATURES)"
 # Builds the reth binary natively.
 build-native-%:
-	$(if $(EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS),RUSTFLAGS="$(EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS)") cargo build --bin reth --target $* --features "$(FEATURES)" --profile "$(PROFILE)"
+	cargo build --bin reth --target $* --features "$(FEATURES)" --profile "$(PROFILE)"
 
 # The following commands use `cross` to build a cross-compile.
 #
@@ -95,12 +92,11 @@ build-native-%:
 # on other systems. JEMALLOC_SYS_WITH_LG_PAGE=16 tells jemalloc to use 64-KiB
 # pages. See: https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/issues/6742
 build-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu: export JEMALLOC_SYS_WITH_LG_PAGE=16
-build-native-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu: export JEMALLOC_SYS_WITH_LG_PAGE=16
 
 # Note: The additional rustc compiler flags are for intrinsics needed by MDBX.
 # See: https://github.com/cross-rs/cross/wiki/FAQ#undefined-reference-with-build-std
 build-%:
-	RUSTFLAGS="-C link-arg=-lgcc -Clink-arg=-static-libgcc $(EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS)" \
+	RUSTFLAGS="-C link-arg=-lgcc -Clink-arg=-static-libgcc" \
 		cross build --bin reth --target $* --features "$(FEATURES)" --profile "$(PROFILE)"
 
 # Unfortunately we can't easily use cross to build for Darwin because of licensing issues.

bin/reth-bench-compare/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+[package]
+name = "reth-bench-compare"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+description = "Automated reth benchmark comparison between git references"
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "reth-bench-compare"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+# reth
+reth-cli-runner.workspace = true
+reth-cli-util.workspace = true
+reth-node-core.workspace = true
+reth-tracing.workspace = true
+reth-chainspec.workspace = true
+
+# alloy
+alloy-provider = { workspace = true, features = ["reqwest-rustls-tls"], default-features = false }
+alloy-rpc-client = { workspace = true, features = ["pubsub"] }
+alloy-rpc-types-eth.workspace = true
+alloy-transport-ws.workspace = true
+alloy-primitives.workspace = true
+
+# CLI and argument parsing
+clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive", "env"] }
+eyre.workspace = true
+
+# Async runtime
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
+tracing.workspace = true
+
+# Serialization
+serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json.workspace = true
+
+# Time handling
+chrono = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
+
+# Path manipulation
+shellexpand.workspace = true
+
+# CSV handling
+csv.workspace = true
+
+# Process management
+ctrlc.workspace = true
+shlex.workspace = true
+
+[target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
+nix = { version = "0.31", features = ["signal", "process"] }
+
+[features]
+default = ["jemalloc"]
+
+asm-keccak = [
+    "reth-node-core/asm-keccak",
+    "alloy-primitives/asm-keccak",
+]
+
+jemalloc = [
+    "reth-cli-util/jemalloc",
+    "reth-node-core/jemalloc",
+]
+jemalloc-prof = ["reth-cli-util/jemalloc-prof"]
+tracy-allocator = ["reth-cli-util/tracy-allocator", "tracy"]
+tracy = [
+    "reth-node-core/tracy",
+    "reth-tracing/tracy",
+]
+
+min-error-logs = [
+    "tracing/release_max_level_error",
+    "reth-node-core/min-error-logs",
+]
+min-warn-logs = [
+    "tracing/release_max_level_warn",
+    "reth-node-core/min-warn-logs",
+]
+min-info-logs = [
+    "tracing/release_max_level_info",
+    "reth-node-core/min-info-logs",
+]
+min-debug-logs = [
+    "tracing/release_max_level_debug",
+    "reth-node-core/min-debug-logs",
+]
+min-trace-logs = [
+    "tracing/release_max_level_trace",
+    "reth-node-core/min-trace-logs",
+]
+
+# no-op feature flag for CI matrices
+ethereum = []

bin/reth-bench-compare/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# reth-bench-compare
+
+Compare reth performance between two git references.
+
+## Usage
+
+```bash
+reth-bench-compare \
+  --baseline-ref main \
+  --feature-ref my-feature \
+  --blocks 100 \
+  --wait-for-persistence
+```
+
+## Arguments
+
+| Argument | Description | Default | Required |
+|----------|-------------|---------|----------|
+| `--baseline-ref <REF>` | Git reference for baseline | - | Yes |
+| `--feature-ref <REF>` | Git reference to compare | - | Yes |
+| `--blocks <N>` | Number of blocks to benchmark | `100` | No |
+| `--chain <CHAIN>` | Chain to benchmark | `mainnet` | No |
+| `--datadir <PATH>` | Data directory path | OS-specific | No |
+| `--rpc-url <URL>` | RPC endpoint for block data | Chain default | No |
+| `--output-dir <PATH>` | Output directory | `./reth-bench-compare` | No |
+| `--wait-for-persistence` | Wait for block persistence | `false` | No |
+| `--persistence-threshold <N>` | Wait after every N+1 blocks | `2` | No |
+| `--wait-time <DURATION>` | Fixed delay (legacy) | - | No |
+| `--warmup-blocks <N>` | Cache warmup blocks | Same as `--blocks` | No |
+| `--draw` | Generate charts (needs Python/uv) | `false` | No |
+| `--profile` | Enable CPU profiling (needs samply) | `false` | No |
+| `-vvvv` | Debug logging | Info | No |
+| `--features <FEATURES>` | Extra Rust features for both builds | - | No |
+| `--rustflags <FLAGS>` | RUSTFLAGS for both builds | `-C target-cpu=native` | No |
+| `--baseline-features <FEATURES>` | Features for baseline only | Inherits `--features` | No |
+| `--feature-features <FEATURES>` | Features for feature only | Inherits `--features` | No |
+| `--baseline-rustflags <FLAGS>` | RUSTFLAGS for baseline only | Inherits `--rustflags` | No |
+| `--feature-rustflags <FLAGS>` | RUSTFLAGS for feature only | Inherits `--rustflags` | No |
+| `--baseline-args <ARGS>` | Extra args for baseline node | - | No |
+| `--feature-args <ARGS>` | Extra args for feature node | - | No |
+| `--metrics-port <PORT>` | Metrics endpoint port | `5005` | No |
+| `--sudo` | Run with elevated privileges | `false` | No |
+
+## Output
+
+Results in `./reth-bench-compare/results/<timestamp>/`:
+- `comparison_report.json` - Metrics comparison
+- `per_block_comparison.csv` - Per-block statistics
+- `baseline/` and `feature/` - Individual run results
+- `latency_comparison.png` - Chart (if `--draw` used)

bin/reth-bench-compare/src/benchmark.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,307 @@
+//! Benchmark execution using reth-bench.
+
+use crate::cli::Args;
+use eyre::{eyre, Result, WrapErr};
+use std::{
+    path::Path,
+    sync::{Arc, Mutex},
+};
+use tokio::{
+    fs::File as AsyncFile,
+    io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, BufReader},
+    process::Command,
+};
+use tracing::{debug, error, info, warn};
+
+/// Manages benchmark execution using reth-bench
+pub(crate) struct BenchmarkRunner {
+    rpc_url: String,
+    jwt_secret: String,
+    wait_time: Option<String>,
+    wait_for_persistence: bool,
+    persistence_threshold: Option<u64>,
+    warmup_blocks: u64,
+}
+
+impl BenchmarkRunner {
+    /// Create a new `BenchmarkRunner` from CLI arguments
+    pub(crate) fn new(args: &Args) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            rpc_url: args.get_rpc_url(),
+            jwt_secret: args.jwt_secret_path().to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+            wait_time: args.wait_time.clone(),
+            wait_for_persistence: args.wait_for_persistence,
+            persistence_threshold: args.persistence_threshold,
+            warmup_blocks: args.get_warmup_blocks(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Clear filesystem caches (page cache, dentries, and inodes)
+    pub(crate) async fn clear_fs_caches() -> Result<()> {
+        info!("Clearing filesystem caches...");
+
+        // First sync to ensure all pending writes are flushed
+        let sync_output =
+            Command::new("sync").output().await.wrap_err("Failed to execute sync command")?;
+
+        if !sync_output.status.success() {
+            return Err(eyre!("sync command failed"));
+        }
+
+        // Drop caches - requires sudo/root permissions
+        // 3 = drop pagecache, dentries, and inodes
+        let drop_caches_cmd = Command::new("sudo")
+            .args(["-n", "sh", "-c", "echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches"])
+            .output()
+            .await;
+
+        match drop_caches_cmd {
+            Ok(output) if output.status.success() => {
+                info!("Successfully cleared filesystem caches");
+                Ok(())
+            }
+            Ok(output) => {
+                let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);
+                if stderr.contains("sudo: a password is required") {
+                    warn!("Unable to clear filesystem caches: sudo password required");
+                    warn!(
+                        "For optimal benchmarking, configure passwordless sudo for cache clearing:"
+                    );
+                    warn!("  echo '$USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /bin/sh -c echo\\\\ [0-9]\\\\ \\\\>\\\\ /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches' | sudo tee /etc/sudoers.d/drop_caches");
+                    Ok(())
+                } else {
+                    Err(eyre!("Failed to clear filesystem caches: {}", stderr))
+                }
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                warn!("Unable to clear filesystem caches: {}", e);
+                Ok(())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Run a warmup benchmark for cache warming
+    pub(crate) async fn run_warmup(&self, from_block: u64) -> Result<()> {
+        let to_block = from_block + self.warmup_blocks;
+        info!(
+            "Running warmup benchmark from block {} to {} ({} blocks)",
+            from_block, to_block, self.warmup_blocks
+        );
+
+        // Build the reth-bench command for warmup (no output flag)
+        let mut cmd = Command::new("reth-bench");
+        cmd.args([
+            "new-payload-fcu",
+            "--rpc-url",
+            &self.rpc_url,
+            "--jwt-secret",
+            &self.jwt_secret,
+            "--from",
+            &from_block.to_string(),
+            "--to",
+            &to_block.to_string(),
+            "--wait-time=0ms", // Warmup should avoid persistence waits.
+        ]);
+
+        cmd.env("RUST_LOG_STYLE", "never")
+            .stdout(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+            .stderr(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+            .kill_on_drop(true);
+
+        // Set process group for consistent signal handling
+        #[cfg(unix)]
+        {
+            cmd.process_group(0);
+        }
+
+        debug!("Executing warmup reth-bench command: {:?}", cmd);
+
+        // Execute the warmup benchmark
+        let mut child = cmd.spawn().wrap_err("Failed to start warmup reth-bench process")?;
+
+        // Stream output at debug level
+        if let Some(stdout) = child.stdout.take() {
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                let reader = BufReader::new(stdout);
+                let mut lines = reader.lines();
+                while let Ok(Some(line)) = lines.next_line().await {
+                    debug!("[WARMUP] {}", line);
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
+        if let Some(stderr) = child.stderr.take() {
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                let reader = BufReader::new(stderr);
+                let mut lines = reader.lines();
+                while let Ok(Some(line)) = lines.next_line().await {
+                    debug!("[WARMUP] {}", line);
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
+        let status = child.wait().await.wrap_err("Failed to wait for warmup reth-bench")?;
+
+        if !status.success() {
+            return Err(eyre!("Warmup reth-bench failed with exit code: {:?}", status.code()));
+        }
+
+        info!("Warmup completed successfully");
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Run a benchmark for the specified block range
+    pub(crate) async fn run_benchmark(
+        &self,
+        from_block: u64,
+        to_block: u64,
+        output_dir: &Path,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
+        info!(
+            "Running benchmark from block {} to {} (output: {:?})",
+            from_block, to_block, output_dir
+        );
+
+        // Ensure output directory exists
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(output_dir)
+            .wrap_err_with(|| format!("Failed to create output directory: {output_dir:?}"))?;
+
+        // Create log file path for reth-bench output
+        let log_file_path = output_dir.join("reth_bench.log");
+        info!("reth-bench logs will be saved to: {:?}", log_file_path);
+
+        // Build the reth-bench command
+        let mut cmd = Command::new("reth-bench");
+        cmd.args([
+            "new-payload-fcu",
+            "--rpc-url",
+            &self.rpc_url,
+            "--jwt-secret",
+            &self.jwt_secret,
+            "--from",
+            &from_block.to_string(),
+            "--to",
+            &to_block.to_string(),
+            "--output",
+            &output_dir.to_string_lossy(),
+        ]);
+
+        // Configure wait mode: both can be used together
+        // When both are set: wait at least wait_time, and also wait for persistence if needed
+        if let Some(ref wait_time) = self.wait_time {
+            cmd.args(["--wait-time", wait_time]);
+        }
+        if self.wait_for_persistence {
+            cmd.arg("--wait-for-persistence");
+
+            // Add persistence threshold if specified
+            if let Some(threshold) = self.persistence_threshold {
+                cmd.args(["--persistence-threshold", &threshold.to_string()]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        cmd.env("RUST_LOG_STYLE", "never")
+            .stdout(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+            .stderr(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+            .kill_on_drop(true);
+
+        // Set process group for consistent signal handling
+        #[cfg(unix)]
+        {
+            cmd.process_group(0);
+        }
+
+        // Debug log the command
+        debug!("Executing reth-bench command: {:?}", cmd);
+
+        // Execute the benchmark
+        let mut child = cmd.spawn().wrap_err("Failed to start reth-bench process")?;
+
+        // Capture stdout and stderr for error reporting
+        let stdout_lines = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new()));
+        let stderr_lines = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new()));
+
+        // Stream stdout with prefix at debug level, capture for error reporting, and write to log
+        // file
+        if let Some(stdout) = child.stdout.take() {
+            let stdout_lines_clone = stdout_lines.clone();
+            let log_file = AsyncFile::create(&log_file_path)
+                .await
+                .wrap_err(format!("Failed to create log file: {:?}", log_file_path))?;
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                let reader = BufReader::new(stdout);
+                let mut lines = reader.lines();
+                let mut log_file = log_file;
+                while let Ok(Some(line)) = lines.next_line().await {
+                    debug!("[RETH-BENCH] {}", line);
+                    if let Ok(mut captured) = stdout_lines_clone.lock() {
+                        captured.push(line.clone());
+                    }
+                    // Write to log file (reth-bench output already has timestamps if needed)
+                    let log_line = format!("{}\n", line);
+                    if let Err(e) = log_file.write_all(log_line.as_bytes()).await {
+                        debug!("Failed to write to log file: {}", e);
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
+        // Stream stderr with prefix at debug level, capture for error reporting, and write to log
+        // file
+        if let Some(stderr) = child.stderr.take() {
+            let stderr_lines_clone = stderr_lines.clone();
+            let log_file = AsyncFile::options()
+                .create(true)
+                .append(true)
+                .open(&log_file_path)
+                .await
+                .wrap_err(format!("Failed to open log file for stderr: {:?}", log_file_path))?;
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                let reader = BufReader::new(stderr);
+                let mut lines = reader.lines();
+                let mut log_file = log_file;
+                while let Ok(Some(line)) = lines.next_line().await {
+                    debug!("[RETH-BENCH] {}", line);
+                    if let Ok(mut captured) = stderr_lines_clone.lock() {
+                        captured.push(line.clone());
+                    }
+                    // Write to log file (reth-bench output already has timestamps if needed)
+                    let log_line = format!("{}\n", line);
+                    if let Err(e) = log_file.write_all(log_line.as_bytes()).await {
+                        debug!("Failed to write to log file: {}", e);
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
+        let status = child.wait().await.wrap_err("Failed to wait for reth-bench")?;
+
+        if !status.success() {
+            // Print all captured output when command fails
+            error!("reth-bench failed with exit code: {:?}", status.code());
+
+            if let Ok(stdout) = stdout_lines.lock() &&
+                !stdout.is_empty()
+            {
+                error!("reth-bench stdout:");
+                for line in stdout.iter() {
+                    error!("  {}", line);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if let Ok(stderr) = stderr_lines.lock() &&
+                !stderr.is_empty()
+            {
+                error!("reth-bench stderr:");
+                for line in stderr.iter() {
+                    error!("  {}", line);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return Err(eyre!("reth-bench failed with exit code: {:?}", status.code()));
+        }
+
+        info!("Benchmark completed");
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}

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+//! Results comparison and report generation.
+
+use crate::cli::Args;
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
+use csv::Reader;
+use eyre::{eyre, Result, WrapErr};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::{
+    cmp::Ordering,
+    collections::HashMap,
+    fs,
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
+};
+use tracing::{info, warn};
+
+/// Manages comparison between baseline and feature reference results
+pub(crate) struct ComparisonGenerator {
+    output_dir: PathBuf,
+    timestamp: String,
+    baseline_ref_name: String,
+    feature_ref_name: String,
+    baseline_results: Option<BenchmarkResults>,
+    feature_results: Option<BenchmarkResults>,
+    baseline_command: Option<String>,
+    feature_command: Option<String>,
+}
+
+/// Represents the results from a single benchmark run
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub(crate) struct BenchmarkResults {
+    pub ref_name: String,
+    pub combined_latency_data: Vec<CombinedLatencyRow>,
+    pub summary: BenchmarkSummary,
+    pub start_timestamp: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
+    pub end_timestamp: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
+}
+
+/// Combined latency CSV row structure
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub(crate) struct CombinedLatencyRow {
+    pub block_number: u64,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub transaction_count: Option<u64>,
+    pub gas_used: u64,
+    pub new_payload_latency: u128,
+}
+
+/// Total gas CSV row structure
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub(crate) struct TotalGasRow {
+    pub block_number: u64,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub transaction_count: Option<u64>,
+    pub gas_used: u64,
+    pub time: u128,
+}
+
+/// Summary statistics for a benchmark run.
+///
+/// Latencies are derived from per-block `engine_newPayload` timings (converted from µs to ms):
+/// - `mean_new_payload_latency_ms`: arithmetic mean latency across blocks.
+/// - `median_new_payload_latency_ms`: p50 latency across blocks.
+/// - `p90_new_payload_latency_ms` / `p99_new_payload_latency_ms`: tail latencies across blocks.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
+pub(crate) struct BenchmarkSummary {
+    pub total_blocks: u64,
+    pub total_gas_used: u64,
+    pub total_duration_ms: u128,
+    pub mean_new_payload_latency_ms: f64,
+    pub median_new_payload_latency_ms: f64,
+    pub p90_new_payload_latency_ms: f64,
+    pub p99_new_payload_latency_ms: f64,
+    pub gas_per_second: f64,
+    pub blocks_per_second: f64,
+    pub min_block_number: u64,
+    pub max_block_number: u64,
+}
+
+/// Comparison report between two benchmark runs
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+pub(crate) struct ComparisonReport {
+    pub timestamp: String,
+    pub baseline: RefInfo,
+    pub feature: RefInfo,
+    pub comparison_summary: ComparisonSummary,
+    pub per_block_comparisons: Vec<BlockComparison>,
+}
+
+/// Information about a reference in the comparison
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+pub(crate) struct RefInfo {
+    pub ref_name: String,
+    pub summary: BenchmarkSummary,
+    pub start_timestamp: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
+    pub end_timestamp: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
+    pub reth_command: Option<String>,
+}
+
+/// Summary of the comparison between references.
+///
+/// Percent deltas are `(feature - baseline) / baseline * 100`:
+/// - `new_payload_latency_mean_change_percent`: percent changes of the per-block means.
+/// - `new_payload_latency_p50_change_percent` / p90 / p99: percent changes of the respective
+///   per-block percentiles.
+/// - `per_block_latency_change_mean_percent` / `per_block_latency_change_median_percent` are the
+///   mean and median of per-block percent deltas (feature vs baseline), capturing block-level
+///   drift.
+/// - `per_block_latency_change_std_dev_percent`: standard deviation of per-block percent changes,
+///   measuring consistency of performance changes across blocks.
+/// - `new_payload_total_latency_change_percent` is the percent change of the total newPayload time
+///   across the run.
+///
+/// Positive means slower/higher; negative means faster/lower.
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+pub(crate) struct ComparisonSummary {
+    pub per_block_latency_change_mean_percent: f64,
+    pub per_block_latency_change_median_percent: f64,
+    pub per_block_latency_change_std_dev_percent: f64,
+    pub new_payload_total_latency_change_percent: f64,
+    pub new_payload_latency_mean_change_percent: f64,
+    pub new_payload_latency_p50_change_percent: f64,
+    pub new_payload_latency_p90_change_percent: f64,
+    pub new_payload_latency_p99_change_percent: f64,
+    pub gas_per_second_change_percent: f64,
+    pub blocks_per_second_change_percent: f64,
+}
+
+/// Per-block comparison data
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+pub(crate) struct BlockComparison {
+    pub block_number: u64,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub transaction_count: Option<u64>,
+    pub gas_used: u64,
+    pub baseline_new_payload_latency: u128,
+    pub feature_new_payload_latency: u128,
+    pub new_payload_latency_change_percent: f64,
+}
+
+impl ComparisonGenerator {
+    /// Create a new comparison generator
+    pub(crate) fn new(args: &Args) -> Self {
+        let now: DateTime<Utc> = Utc::now();
+        let timestamp = now.format("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S").to_string();
+
+        Self {
+            output_dir: args.output_dir_path(),
+            timestamp,
+            baseline_ref_name: args.baseline_ref.clone(),
+            feature_ref_name: args.feature_ref.clone(),
+            baseline_results: None,
+            feature_results: None,
+            baseline_command: None,
+            feature_command: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Get the output directory for a specific reference
+    pub(crate) fn get_ref_output_dir(&self, ref_type: &str) -> PathBuf {
+        self.output_dir.join("results").join(&self.timestamp).join(ref_type)
+    }
+
+    /// Get the main output directory for this comparison run
+    pub(crate) fn get_output_dir(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.output_dir.join("results").join(&self.timestamp)
+    }
+
+    /// Add benchmark results for a reference
+    pub(crate) fn add_ref_results(&mut self, ref_type: &str, output_path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
+        let ref_name = match ref_type {
+            "baseline" => &self.baseline_ref_name,
+            "feature" => &self.feature_ref_name,
+            _ => return Err(eyre!("Unknown reference type: {}", ref_type)),
+        };
+
+        let results = self.load_benchmark_results(ref_name, output_path)?;
+
+        match ref_type {
+            "baseline" => self.baseline_results = Some(results),
+            "feature" => self.feature_results = Some(results),
+            _ => return Err(eyre!("Unknown reference type: {}", ref_type)),
+        }
+
+        info!("Loaded benchmark results for {} reference", ref_type);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Set the benchmark run timestamps for a reference
+    pub(crate) fn set_ref_timestamps(
+        &mut self,
+        ref_type: &str,
+        start: DateTime<Utc>,
+        end: DateTime<Utc>,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
+        match ref_type {
+            "baseline" => {
+                if let Some(ref mut results) = self.baseline_results {
+                    results.start_timestamp = Some(start);
+                    results.end_timestamp = Some(end);
+                } else {
+                    return Err(eyre!("Baseline results not loaded yet"));
+                }
+            }
+            "feature" => {
+                if let Some(ref mut results) = self.feature_results {
+                    results.start_timestamp = Some(start);
+                    results.end_timestamp = Some(end);
+                } else {
+                    return Err(eyre!("Feature results not loaded yet"));
+                }
+            }
+            _ => return Err(eyre!("Unknown reference type: {}", ref_type)),
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Set the reth command for a reference
+    pub(crate) fn set_ref_command(&mut self, ref_type: &str, command: String) -> Result<()> {
+        match ref_type {
+            "baseline" => {
+                self.baseline_command = Some(command);
+            }
+            "feature" => {
+                self.feature_command = Some(command);
+            }
+            _ => return Err(eyre!("Unknown reference type: {}", ref_type)),
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Generate the final comparison report
+    pub(crate) async fn generate_comparison_report(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        info!("Generating comparison report...");
+
+        let baseline =
+            self.baseline_results.as_ref().ok_or_else(|| eyre!("Baseline results not loaded"))?;
+
+        let feature =
+            self.feature_results.as_ref().ok_or_else(|| eyre!("Feature results not loaded"))?;
+
+        let per_block_comparisons = self.calculate_per_block_comparisons(baseline, feature)?;
+        let comparison_summary = self.calculate_comparison_summary(
+            &baseline.summary,
+            &feature.summary,
+            &per_block_comparisons,
+        )?;
+
+        let report = ComparisonReport {
+            timestamp: self.timestamp.clone(),
+            baseline: RefInfo {
+                ref_name: baseline.ref_name.clone(),
+                summary: baseline.summary.clone(),
+                start_timestamp: baseline.start_timestamp,
+                end_timestamp: baseline.end_timestamp,
+                reth_command: self.baseline_command.clone(),
+            },
+            feature: RefInfo {
+                ref_name: feature.ref_name.clone(),
+                summary: feature.summary.clone(),
+                start_timestamp: feature.start_timestamp,
+                end_timestamp: feature.end_timestamp,
+                reth_command: self.feature_command.clone(),
+            },
+            comparison_summary,
+            per_block_comparisons,
+        };
+
+        // Write reports
+        self.write_comparison_reports(&report).await?;
+
+        // Print summary to console
+        self.print_comparison_summary(&report);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Load benchmark results from CSV files
+    fn load_benchmark_results(
+        &self,
+        ref_name: &str,
+        output_path: &Path,
+    ) -> Result<BenchmarkResults> {
+        let combined_latency_path = output_path.join("combined_latency.csv");
+        let total_gas_path = output_path.join("total_gas.csv");
+
+        let combined_latency_data = self.load_combined_latency_csv(&combined_latency_path)?;
+        let total_gas_data = self.load_total_gas_csv(&total_gas_path)?;
+
+        let summary = self.calculate_summary(&combined_latency_data, &total_gas_data)?;
+
+        Ok(BenchmarkResults {
+            ref_name: ref_name.to_string(),
+            combined_latency_data,
+            summary,
+            start_timestamp: None,
+            end_timestamp: None,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Load combined latency CSV data
+    fn load_combined_latency_csv(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<Vec<CombinedLatencyRow>> {
+        let mut reader = Reader::from_path(path)
+            .wrap_err_with(|| format!("Failed to open combined latency CSV: {path:?}"))?;
+
+        let mut rows = Vec::new();
+        for result in reader.deserialize() {
+            let row: CombinedLatencyRow = result
+                .wrap_err_with(|| format!("Failed to parse combined latency row in {path:?}"))?;
+            rows.push(row);
+        }
+
+        if rows.is_empty() {
+            return Err(eyre!("No data found in combined latency CSV: {:?}", path));
+        }
+
+        Ok(rows)
+    }
+
+    /// Load total gas CSV data
+    fn load_total_gas_csv(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<Vec<TotalGasRow>> {
+        let mut reader = Reader::from_path(path)
+            .wrap_err_with(|| format!("Failed to open total gas CSV: {path:?}"))?;
+
+        let mut rows = Vec::new();
+        for result in reader.deserialize() {
+            let row: TotalGasRow =
+                result.wrap_err_with(|| format!("Failed to parse total gas row in {path:?}"))?;
+            rows.push(row);
+        }
+
+        if rows.is_empty() {
+            return Err(eyre!("No data found in total gas CSV: {:?}", path));
+        }
+
+        Ok(rows)
+    }
+
+    /// Calculate summary statistics for a benchmark run.
+    ///
+    /// Computes latency statistics from per-block `new_payload_latency` values in `combined_data`
+    /// (converting from µs to ms), and throughput metrics using the total run duration from
+    /// `total_gas_data`. Percentiles (p50/p90/p99) use linear interpolation on sorted latencies.
+    fn calculate_summary(
+        &self,
+        combined_data: &[CombinedLatencyRow],
+        total_gas_data: &[TotalGasRow],
+    ) -> Result<BenchmarkSummary> {
+        if combined_data.is_empty() || total_gas_data.is_empty() {
+            return Err(eyre!("Cannot calculate summary for empty data"));
+        }
+
+        let total_blocks = combined_data.len() as u64;
+        let total_gas_used: u64 = combined_data.iter().map(|r| r.gas_used).sum();
+
+        let total_duration_ms = total_gas_data.last().unwrap().time / 1000; // Convert microseconds to milliseconds
+
+        let latencies_ms: Vec<f64> =
+            combined_data.iter().map(|r| r.new_payload_latency as f64 / 1000.0).collect();
+        let mean_new_payload_latency_ms: f64 =
+            latencies_ms.iter().sum::<f64>() / total_blocks as f64;
+
+        let mut sorted_latencies_ms = latencies_ms;
+        sorted_latencies_ms.sort_by(|a, b| a.partial_cmp(b).unwrap_or(Ordering::Equal));
+        let median_new_payload_latency_ms = percentile(&sorted_latencies_ms, 0.5);
+        let p90_new_payload_latency_ms = percentile(&sorted_latencies_ms, 0.9);
+        let p99_new_payload_latency_ms = percentile(&sorted_latencies_ms, 0.99);
+
+        let total_duration_seconds = total_duration_ms as f64 / 1000.0;
+        let gas_per_second = if total_duration_seconds > f64::EPSILON {
+            total_gas_used as f64 / total_duration_seconds
+        } else {
+            0.0
+        };
+
+        let blocks_per_second = if total_duration_seconds > f64::EPSILON {
+            total_blocks as f64 / total_duration_seconds
+        } else {
+            0.0
+        };
+
+        let min_block_number = combined_data.first().unwrap().block_number;
+        let max_block_number = combined_data.last().unwrap().block_number;
+
+        Ok(BenchmarkSummary {
+            total_blocks,
+            total_gas_used,
+            total_duration_ms,
+            mean_new_payload_latency_ms,
+            median_new_payload_latency_ms,
+            p90_new_payload_latency_ms,
+            p99_new_payload_latency_ms,
+            gas_per_second,
+            blocks_per_second,
+            min_block_number,
+            max_block_number,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Calculate comparison summary between baseline and feature
+    fn calculate_comparison_summary(
+        &self,
+        baseline: &BenchmarkSummary,
+        feature: &BenchmarkSummary,
+        per_block_comparisons: &[BlockComparison],
+    ) -> Result<ComparisonSummary> {
+        let calc_percent_change = |baseline: f64, feature: f64| -> f64 {
+            if baseline.abs() > f64::EPSILON {
+                ((feature - baseline) / baseline) * 100.0
+            } else {
+                0.0
+            }
+        };
+
+        // Calculate per-block statistics. "Per-block" means: for each block, compute the percent
+        // change (feature - baseline) / baseline * 100, then calculate statistics across those
+        // per-block percent changes. This captures how consistently the feature performs relative
+        // to baseline across all blocks.
+        let per_block_percent_changes: Vec<f64> =
+            per_block_comparisons.iter().map(|c| c.new_payload_latency_change_percent).collect();
+        let per_block_latency_change_mean_percent = if per_block_percent_changes.is_empty() {
+            0.0
+        } else {
+            per_block_percent_changes.iter().sum::<f64>() / per_block_percent_changes.len() as f64
+        };
+        let per_block_latency_change_median_percent = if per_block_percent_changes.is_empty() {
+            0.0
+        } else {
+            let mut sorted = per_block_percent_changes.clone();
+            sorted.sort_by(|a, b| a.partial_cmp(b).unwrap_or(Ordering::Equal));
+            percentile(&sorted, 0.5)
+        };
+        let per_block_latency_change_std_dev_percent =
+            calculate_std_dev(&per_block_percent_changes, per_block_latency_change_mean_percent);
+
+        let baseline_total_latency_ms =
+            baseline.mean_new_payload_latency_ms * baseline.total_blocks as f64;
+        let feature_total_latency_ms =
+            feature.mean_new_payload_latency_ms * feature.total_blocks as f64;
+        let new_payload_total_latency_change_percent =
+            calc_percent_change(baseline_total_latency_ms, feature_total_latency_ms);
+
+        Ok(ComparisonSummary {
+            per_block_latency_change_mean_percent,
+            per_block_latency_change_median_percent,
+            per_block_latency_change_std_dev_percent,
+            new_payload_total_latency_change_percent,
+            new_payload_latency_mean_change_percent: calc_percent_change(
+                baseline.mean_new_payload_latency_ms,
+                feature.mean_new_payload_latency_ms,
+            ),
+            new_payload_latency_p50_change_percent: calc_percent_change(
+                baseline.median_new_payload_latency_ms,
+                feature.median_new_payload_latency_ms,
+            ),
+            new_payload_latency_p90_change_percent: calc_percent_change(
+                baseline.p90_new_payload_latency_ms,
+                feature.p90_new_payload_latency_ms,
+            ),
+            new_payload_latency_p99_change_percent: calc_percent_change(
+                baseline.p99_new_payload_latency_ms,
+                feature.p99_new_payload_latency_ms,
+            ),
+            gas_per_second_change_percent: calc_percent_change(
+                baseline.gas_per_second,
+                feature.gas_per_second,
+            ),
+            blocks_per_second_change_percent: calc_percent_change(
+                baseline.blocks_per_second,
+                feature.blocks_per_second,
+            ),
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Calculate per-block comparisons
+    fn calculate_per_block_comparisons(
+        &self,
+        baseline: &BenchmarkResults,
+        feature: &BenchmarkResults,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<BlockComparison>> {
+        let mut baseline_map: HashMap<u64, &CombinedLatencyRow> = HashMap::new();
+        for row in &baseline.combined_latency_data {
+            baseline_map.insert(row.block_number, row);
+        }
+
+        let mut comparisons = Vec::new();
+        for feature_row in &feature.combined_latency_data {
+            if let Some(baseline_row) = baseline_map.get(&feature_row.block_number) {
+                let calc_percent_change = |baseline: u128, feature: u128| -> f64 {
+                    if baseline > 0 {
+                        ((feature as f64 - baseline as f64) / baseline as f64) * 100.0
+                    } else {
+                        0.0
+                    }
+                };
+
+                let comparison = BlockComparison {
+                    block_number: feature_row.block_number,
+                    transaction_count: feature_row.transaction_count,
+                    gas_used: feature_row.gas_used,
+                    baseline_new_payload_latency: baseline_row.new_payload_latency,
+                    feature_new_payload_latency: feature_row.new_payload_latency,
+                    new_payload_latency_change_percent: calc_percent_change(
+                        baseline_row.new_payload_latency,
+                        feature_row.new_payload_latency,
+                    ),
+                };
+                comparisons.push(comparison);
+            } else {
+                warn!("Block {} not found in baseline data", feature_row.block_number);
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(comparisons)
+    }
+
+    /// Write comparison reports to files
+    async fn write_comparison_reports(&self, report: &ComparisonReport) -> Result<()> {
+        let report_dir = self.output_dir.join("results").join(&self.timestamp);
+        fs::create_dir_all(&report_dir)
+            .wrap_err_with(|| format!("Failed to create report directory: {report_dir:?}"))?;
+
+        // Write JSON report
+        let json_path = report_dir.join("comparison_report.json");
+        let json_content = serde_json::to_string_pretty(report)
+            .wrap_err("Failed to serialize comparison report to JSON")?;
+        fs::write(&json_path, json_content)
+            .wrap_err_with(|| format!("Failed to write JSON report: {json_path:?}"))?;
+
+        // Write CSV report for per-block comparisons
+        let csv_path = report_dir.join("per_block_comparison.csv");
+        let mut writer = csv::Writer::from_path(&csv_path)
+            .wrap_err_with(|| format!("Failed to create CSV writer: {csv_path:?}"))?;
+
+        for comparison in &report.per_block_comparisons {
+            writer.serialize(comparison).wrap_err("Failed to write comparison row to CSV")?;
+        }
+        writer.flush().wrap_err("Failed to flush CSV writer")?;
+
+        info!("Comparison reports written to: {:?}", report_dir);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Print comparison summary to console
+    fn print_comparison_summary(&self, report: &ComparisonReport) {
+        // Parse and format timestamp nicely
+        let formatted_timestamp = if let Ok(dt) = chrono::DateTime::parse_from_str(
+            &format!("{} +0000", report.timestamp.replace('_', " ")),
+            "%Y%m%d %H%M%S %z",
+        ) {
+            dt.format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC").to_string()
+        } else {
+            // Fallback to original if parsing fails
+            report.timestamp.clone()
+        };
+
+        println!("\n=== BENCHMARK COMPARISON SUMMARY ===");
+        println!("Timestamp: {formatted_timestamp}");
+        println!("Baseline: {}", report.baseline.ref_name);
+        println!("Feature:  {}", report.feature.ref_name);
+        println!();
+
+        let summary = &report.comparison_summary;
+
+        println!("Performance Changes:");
+        println!(
+            "  NewPayload Latency per-block mean change:   {:+.2}%",
+            summary.per_block_latency_change_mean_percent
+        );
+        println!(
+            "  NewPayload Latency per-block median change: {:+.2}%",
+            summary.per_block_latency_change_median_percent
+        );
+        println!(
+            "  NewPayload Latency per-block std dev:       {:.2}%",
+            summary.per_block_latency_change_std_dev_percent
+        );
+        println!(
+            "  Total newPayload time change:                {:+.2}%",
+            summary.new_payload_total_latency_change_percent
+        );
+        println!(
+            "  NewPayload Latency mean:           {:+.2}%",
+            summary.new_payload_latency_mean_change_percent
+        );
+        println!(
+            "  NewPayload Latency p50:           {:+.2}%",
+            summary.new_payload_latency_p50_change_percent
+        );
+        println!(
+            "  NewPayload Latency p90:           {:+.2}%",
+            summary.new_payload_latency_p90_change_percent
+        );
+        println!(
+            "  NewPayload Latency p99:           {:+.2}%",
+            summary.new_payload_latency_p99_change_percent
+        );
+        println!(
+            "  Gas/Second:                      {:+.2}%",
+            summary.gas_per_second_change_percent
+        );
+        println!(
+            "  Blocks/Second:                   {:+.2}%",
+            summary.blocks_per_second_change_percent
+        );
+        println!();
+
+        println!("Baseline Summary:");
+        let baseline = &report.baseline.summary;
+        println!(
+            "  Blocks: {} (blocks {} to {}), Gas: {}, Duration: {:.2}s",
+            baseline.total_blocks,
+            baseline.min_block_number,
+            baseline.max_block_number,
+            baseline.total_gas_used,
+            baseline.total_duration_ms as f64 / 1000.0
+        );
+        println!("  NewPayload latency (ms):");
+        println!(
+            "    mean: {:.2}, p50: {:.2}, p90: {:.2}, p99: {:.2}",
+            baseline.mean_new_payload_latency_ms,
+            baseline.median_new_payload_latency_ms,
+            baseline.p90_new_payload_latency_ms,
+            baseline.p99_new_payload_latency_ms
+        );
+        if let (Some(start), Some(end)) =
+            (&report.baseline.start_timestamp, &report.baseline.end_timestamp)
+        {
+            println!(
+                "  Started: {}, Ended: {}",
+                start.format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC"),
+                end.format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC")
+            );
+        }
+        if let Some(ref cmd) = report.baseline.reth_command {
+            println!("  Command: {}", cmd);
+        }
+        println!();
+
+        println!("Feature Summary:");
+        let feature = &report.feature.summary;
+        println!(
+            "  Blocks: {} (blocks {} to {}), Gas: {}, Duration: {:.2}s",
+            feature.total_blocks,
+            feature.min_block_number,
+            feature.max_block_number,
+            feature.total_gas_used,
+            feature.total_duration_ms as f64 / 1000.0
+        );
+        println!("  NewPayload latency (ms):");
+        println!(
+            "    mean: {:.2}, p50: {:.2}, p90: {:.2}, p99: {:.2}",
+            feature.mean_new_payload_latency_ms,
+            feature.median_new_payload_latency_ms,
+            feature.p90_new_payload_latency_ms,
+            feature.p99_new_payload_latency_ms
+        );
+        if let (Some(start), Some(end)) =
+            (&report.feature.start_timestamp, &report.feature.end_timestamp)
+        {
+            println!(
+                "  Started: {}, Ended: {}",
+                start.format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC"),
+                end.format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC")
+            );
+        }
+        if let Some(ref cmd) = report.feature.reth_command {
+            println!("  Command: {}", cmd);
+        }
+        println!();
+    }
+}
+
+/// Calculate standard deviation from a set of values and their mean.
+///
+/// Computes the population standard deviation using the formula:
+/// `sqrt(sum((x - mean)²) / n)`
+///
+/// Returns 0.0 for empty input.
+fn calculate_std_dev(values: &[f64], mean: f64) -> f64 {
+    if values.is_empty() {
+        return 0.0;
+    }
+
+    let variance = values
+        .iter()
+        .map(|x| {
+            let diff = x - mean;
+            diff * diff
+        })
+        .sum::<f64>() /
+        values.len() as f64;
+
+    variance.sqrt()
+}
+
+/// Calculate percentile using linear interpolation on a sorted slice.
+///
+/// Computes `rank = percentile × (n - 1)` where n is the array length. If the rank falls
+/// between two indices, linearly interpolates between those values. For example, with 100 values,
+/// p90 computes rank = 0.9 × 99 = 89.1, then returns `values[89] × 0.9 + values[90] × 0.1`.
+///
+/// Returns 0.0 for empty input.
+fn percentile(sorted_values: &[f64], percentile: f64) -> f64 {
+    if sorted_values.is_empty() {
+        return 0.0;
+    }
+
+    let clamped = percentile.clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+    let max_index = sorted_values.len() - 1;
+    let rank = clamped * max_index as f64;
+    let lower = rank.floor() as usize;
+    let upper = rank.ceil() as usize;
+
+    if lower == upper {
+        sorted_values[lower]
+    } else {
+        let weight = rank - lower as f64;
+        sorted_values[lower].mul_add(1.0 - weight, sorted_values[upper] * weight)
+    }
+}

bin/reth-bench-compare/src/compilation.rs

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+//! Compilation operations for reth and reth-bench.
+
+use crate::git::GitManager;
+use eyre::{eyre, Result, WrapErr};
+use std::{fs, path::PathBuf, process::Command};
+use tracing::{debug, error, info, warn};
+
+/// Manages compilation operations for reth components
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub(crate) struct CompilationManager {
+    repo_root: String,
+    output_dir: PathBuf,
+    git_manager: GitManager,
+}
+
+impl CompilationManager {
+    /// Create a new `CompilationManager`
+    pub(crate) const fn new(
+        repo_root: String,
+        output_dir: PathBuf,
+        git_manager: GitManager,
+    ) -> Result<Self> {
+        Ok(Self { repo_root, output_dir, git_manager })
+    }
+
+    /// Get the path to the cached binary using explicit commit hash
+    pub(crate) fn get_cached_binary_path_for_commit(&self, commit: &str) -> PathBuf {
+        let identifier = &commit[..8]; // Use first 8 chars of commit
+        self.output_dir.join("bin").join(format!("reth_{identifier}"))
+    }
+
+    /// Compile reth using cargo build and cache the binary
+    pub(crate) fn compile_reth(&self, commit: &str, features: &str, rustflags: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        // Validate that current git commit matches the expected commit
+        let current_commit = self.git_manager.get_current_commit()?;
+        if current_commit != commit {
+            return Err(eyre!(
+                "Git commit mismatch! Expected: {}, but currently at: {}",
+                &commit[..8],
+                &current_commit[..8]
+            ));
+        }
+
+        let cached_path = self.get_cached_binary_path_for_commit(commit);
+
+        // Check if cached binary already exists (since path contains commit hash, it's valid)
+        if cached_path.exists() {
+            info!("Using cached binary (commit: {})", &commit[..8]);
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
+        info!("No cached binary found, compiling (commit: {})...", &commit[..8]);
+
+        let binary_name = "reth";
+
+        info!(
+            "Compiling {} with profiling configuration (commit: {})...",
+            binary_name,
+            &commit[..8]
+        );
+
+        let mut cmd = Command::new("cargo");
+        cmd.arg("build").arg("--profile").arg("profiling");
+
+        cmd.arg("--features").arg(features);
+        info!("Using features: {features}");
+
+        cmd.current_dir(&self.repo_root);
+
+        // Set RUSTFLAGS
+        cmd.env("RUSTFLAGS", rustflags);
+        info!("Using RUSTFLAGS: {rustflags}");
+
+        info!("Compiling {binary_name} with {cmd:?}");
+
+        let output = cmd.output().wrap_err("Failed to execute cargo build command")?;
+
+        // Print stdout and stderr with prefixes at debug level
+        let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+        let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);
+
+        for line in stdout.lines() {
+            if !line.trim().is_empty() {
+                debug!("[CARGO] {}", line);
+            }
+        }
+
+        for line in stderr.lines() {
+            if !line.trim().is_empty() {
+                debug!("[CARGO] {}", line);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if !output.status.success() {
+            // Print all output when compilation fails
+            error!("Cargo build failed with exit code: {:?}", output.status.code());
+
+            if !stdout.trim().is_empty() {
+                error!("Cargo stdout:");
+                for line in stdout.lines() {
+                    error!("  {}", line);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if !stderr.trim().is_empty() {
+                error!("Cargo stderr:");
+                for line in stderr.lines() {
+                    error!("  {}", line);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return Err(eyre!("Compilation failed with exit code: {:?}", output.status.code()));
+        }
+
+        info!("{} compilation completed", binary_name);
+
+        // Copy the compiled binary to cache
+        let source_path =
+            PathBuf::from(&self.repo_root).join(format!("target/profiling/{}", binary_name));
+        if !source_path.exists() {
+            return Err(eyre!("Compiled binary not found at {:?}", source_path));
+        }
+
+        // Create bin directory if it doesn't exist
+        let bin_dir = self.output_dir.join("bin");
+        fs::create_dir_all(&bin_dir).wrap_err("Failed to create bin directory")?;
+
+        // Copy binary to cache
+        fs::copy(&source_path, &cached_path).wrap_err("Failed to copy binary to cache")?;
+
+        // Make the cached binary executable
+        #[cfg(unix)]
+        {
+            use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+            let mut perms = fs::metadata(&cached_path)?.permissions();
+            perms.set_mode(0o755);
+            fs::set_permissions(&cached_path, perms)?;
+        }
+
+        info!("Cached compiled binary at: {:?}", cached_path);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Check if reth-bench is available in PATH
+    pub(crate) fn is_reth_bench_available(&self) -> bool {
+        match Command::new("which").arg("reth-bench").output() {
+            Ok(output) => {
+                if output.status.success() {
+                    let path = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+                    info!("Found reth-bench: {}", path.trim());
+                    true
+                } else {
+                    false
+                }
+            }
+            Err(_) => false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Check if samply is available in PATH
+    pub(crate) fn is_samply_available(&self) -> bool {
+        match Command::new("which").arg("samply").output() {
+            Ok(output) => {
+                if output.status.success() {
+                    let path = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+                    info!("Found samply: {}", path.trim());
+                    true
+                } else {
+                    false
+                }
+            }
+            Err(_) => false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Install samply using cargo
+    pub(crate) fn install_samply(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        info!("Installing samply via cargo...");
+
+        let mut cmd = Command::new("cargo");
+        cmd.args(["install", "--locked", "samply"]);
+
+        info!("Installing samply with {cmd:?}");
+
+        let output = cmd.output().wrap_err("Failed to execute cargo install samply command")?;
+
+        // Print stdout and stderr with prefixes at debug level
+        let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+        let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);
+
+        for line in stdout.lines() {
+            if !line.trim().is_empty() {
+                debug!("[CARGO-SAMPLY] {}", line);
+            }
+        }
+
+        for line in stderr.lines() {
+            if !line.trim().is_empty() {
+                debug!("[CARGO-SAMPLY] {}", line);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if !output.status.success() {
+            // Print all output when installation fails
+            error!("Cargo install samply failed with exit code: {:?}", output.status.code());
+
+            if !stdout.trim().is_empty() {
+                error!("Cargo stdout:");
+                for line in stdout.lines() {
+                    error!("  {}", line);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if !stderr.trim().is_empty() {
+                error!("Cargo stderr:");
+                for line in stderr.lines() {
+                    error!("  {}", line);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return Err(eyre!(
+                "samply installation failed with exit code: {:?}",
+                output.status.code()
+            ));
+        }
+
+        info!("Samply installation completed");
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Ensure samply is available, installing if necessary
+    pub(crate) fn ensure_samply_available(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        if self.is_samply_available() {
+            Ok(())
+        } else {
+            warn!("samply not found in PATH, installing...");
+            self.install_samply()
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Ensure reth-bench is available, compiling if necessary
+    pub(crate) fn ensure_reth_bench_available(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        if self.is_reth_bench_available() {
+            Ok(())
+        } else {
+            warn!("reth-bench not found in PATH, compiling and installing...");
+            self.compile_reth_bench()
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Compile and install reth-bench using `make install-reth-bench`
+    pub(crate) fn compile_reth_bench(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        info!("Compiling and installing reth-bench...");
+
+        let mut cmd = Command::new("make");
+        cmd.arg("install-reth-bench").current_dir(&self.repo_root);
+
+        info!("Compiling reth-bench with {cmd:?}");
+
+        let output = cmd.output().wrap_err("Failed to execute make install-reth-bench command")?;
+
+        // Print stdout and stderr with prefixes at debug level
+        let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+        let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);
+
+        for line in stdout.lines() {
+            if !line.trim().is_empty() {
+                debug!("[MAKE-BENCH] {}", line);
+            }
+        }
+
+        for line in stderr.lines() {
+            if !line.trim().is_empty() {
+                debug!("[MAKE-BENCH] {}", line);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if !output.status.success() {
+            // Print all output when compilation fails
+            error!("Make install-reth-bench failed with exit code: {:?}", output.status.code());
+
+            if !stdout.trim().is_empty() {
+                error!("Make stdout:");
+                for line in stdout.lines() {
+                    error!("  {}", line);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if !stderr.trim().is_empty() {
+                error!("Make stderr:");
+                for line in stderr.lines() {
+                    error!("  {}", line);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return Err(eyre!(
+                "reth-bench compilation failed with exit code: {:?}",
+                output.status.code()
+            ));
+        }
+
+        info!("Reth-bench compilation completed");
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}

bin/reth-bench-compare/src/git.rs

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+//! Git operations for branch management.
+
+use eyre::{eyre, Result, WrapErr};
+use std::process::Command;
+use tracing::{info, warn};
+
+/// Manages git operations for branch switching
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub(crate) struct GitManager {
+    repo_root: String,
+}
+
+impl GitManager {
+    /// Create a new `GitManager`, detecting the repository root
+    pub(crate) fn new() -> Result<Self> {
+        let output = Command::new("git")
+            .args(["rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"])
+            .output()
+            .wrap_err("Failed to execute git command - is git installed?")?;
+
+        if !output.status.success() {
+            return Err(eyre!("Not in a git repository or git command failed"));
+        }
+
+        let repo_root = String::from_utf8(output.stdout)
+            .wrap_err("Git output is not valid UTF-8")?
+            .trim()
+            .to_string();
+
+        let manager = Self { repo_root };
+        info!(
+            "Detected git repository at: {}, current reference: {}",
+            manager.repo_root(),
+            manager.get_current_ref()?
+        );
+
+        Ok(manager)
+    }
+
+    /// Get the current git branch name
+    pub(crate) fn get_current_branch(&self) -> Result<String> {
+        let output = Command::new("git")
+            .args(["branch", "--show-current"])
+            .current_dir(&self.repo_root)
+            .output()
+            .wrap_err("Failed to get current branch")?;
+
+        if !output.status.success() {
+            return Err(eyre!("Failed to determine current branch"));
+        }
+
+        let branch = String::from_utf8(output.stdout)
+            .wrap_err("Branch name is not valid UTF-8")?
+            .trim()
+            .to_string();
+
+        if branch.is_empty() {
+            return Err(eyre!("Not on a named branch (detached HEAD?)"));
+        }
+
+        Ok(branch)
+    }
+
+    /// Get the current git reference (branch name, tag, or commit hash)
+    pub(crate) fn get_current_ref(&self) -> Result<String> {
+        // First try to get branch name
+        if let Ok(branch) = self.get_current_branch() {
+            return Ok(branch);
+        }
+
+        // If not on a branch, check if we're on a tag
+        let tag_output = Command::new("git")
+            .args(["describe", "--exact-match", "--tags", "HEAD"])
+            .current_dir(&self.repo_root)
+            .output()
+            .wrap_err("Failed to check for tag")?;
+
+        if tag_output.status.success() {
+            let tag = String::from_utf8(tag_output.stdout)
+                .wrap_err("Tag name is not valid UTF-8")?
+                .trim()
+                .to_string();
+            return Ok(tag);
+        }
+
+        // If not on a branch or tag, return the commit hash
+        let commit_output = Command::new("git")
+            .args(["rev-parse", "HEAD"])
+            .current_dir(&self.repo_root)
+            .output()
+            .wrap_err("Failed to get current commit")?;
+
+        if !commit_output.status.success() {
+            return Err(eyre!("Failed to get current commit hash"));
+        }
+
+        let commit_hash = String::from_utf8(commit_output.stdout)
+            .wrap_err("Commit hash is not valid UTF-8")?
+            .trim()
+            .to_string();
+
+        Ok(commit_hash)
+    }
+
+    /// Check if the git working directory has uncommitted changes to tracked files
+    pub(crate) fn validate_clean_state(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        let output = Command::new("git")
+            .args(["status", "--porcelain"])
+            .current_dir(&self.repo_root)
+            .output()
+            .wrap_err("Failed to check git status")?;
+
+        if !output.status.success() {
+            return Err(eyre!("Git status command failed"));
+        }
+
+        let status_output =
+            String::from_utf8(output.stdout).wrap_err("Git status output is not valid UTF-8")?;
+
+        // Check for uncommitted changes to tracked files
+        // Status codes: M = modified, A = added, D = deleted, R = renamed, C = copied, U = updated
+        // ?? = untracked files (we want to ignore these)
+        let has_uncommitted_changes = status_output.lines().any(|line| {
+            if line.len() >= 2 {
+                let status = &line[0..2];
+                // Ignore untracked files (??) and ignored files (!!)
+                !matches!(status, "??" | "!!")
+            } else {
+                false
+            }
+        });
+
+        if has_uncommitted_changes {
+            warn!("Git working directory has uncommitted changes to tracked files:");
+            for line in status_output.lines() {
+                if line.len() >= 2 && !matches!(&line[0..2], "??" | "!!") {
+                    warn!("  {}", line);
+                }
+            }
+            return Err(eyre!(
+                "Git working directory has uncommitted changes to tracked files. Please commit or stash changes before running benchmark comparison."
+            ));
+        }
+
+        // Check if there are untracked files and log them as info
+        let untracked_files: Vec<&str> =
+            status_output.lines().filter(|line| line.starts_with("??")).collect();
+
+        if !untracked_files.is_empty() {
+            info!(
+                "Git working directory has {} untracked files (this is OK)",
+                untracked_files.len()
+            );
+        }
+
+        info!("Git working directory is clean (no uncommitted changes to tracked files)");
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Fetch all refs from remote to ensure we have latest branches and tags
+    pub(crate) fn fetch_all(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        let output = Command::new("git")
+            .args(["fetch", "--all", "--tags", "--quiet", "--force"])
+            .current_dir(&self.repo_root)
+            .output()
+            .wrap_err("Failed to fetch latest refs")?;
+
+        if output.status.success() {
+            info!("Fetched latest refs");
+        } else {
+            let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);
+            // Only warn if there's actual error content, not just fetch progress
+            if !stderr.trim().is_empty() && !stderr.contains("-> origin/") {
+                warn!("Git fetch encountered issues (continuing anyway): {}", stderr);
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Validate that the specified git references exist (branches, tags, or commits)
+    pub(crate) fn validate_refs(&self, refs: &[&str]) -> Result<()> {
+        for &git_ref in refs {
+            // Try to resolve the ref similar to `git checkout` by peeling to a commit.
+            // First try the ref as-is with ^{commit}, then fall back to origin/{ref}^{commit}.
+            let as_is = format!("{git_ref}^{{commit}}");
+            let ref_check = Command::new("git")
+                .args(["rev-parse", "--verify", &as_is])
+                .current_dir(&self.repo_root)
+                .output();
+
+            let found = if let Ok(output) = ref_check &&
+                output.status.success()
+            {
+                info!("Validated reference exists: {}", git_ref);
+                true
+            } else {
+                // Try remote-only branches via origin/{ref}
+                let origin_ref = format!("origin/{git_ref}^{{commit}}");
+                let origin_check = Command::new("git")
+                    .args(["rev-parse", "--verify", &origin_ref])
+                    .current_dir(&self.repo_root)
+                    .output();
+
+                if let Ok(output) = origin_check &&
+                    output.status.success()
+                {
+                    info!("Validated remote reference exists: origin/{}", git_ref);
+                    true
+                } else {
+                    false
+                }
+            };
+
+            if !found {
+                return Err(eyre!(
+                    "Git reference '{}' does not exist as branch, tag, or commit (tried '{}' and 'origin/{}^{{commit}}')",
+                    git_ref,
+                    format!("{git_ref}^{{commit}}"),
+                    git_ref,
+                ));
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Switch to the specified git reference (branch, tag, or commit)
+    pub(crate) fn switch_ref(&self, git_ref: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        // First checkout the reference
+        let output = Command::new("git")
+            .args(["checkout", git_ref])
+            .current_dir(&self.repo_root)
+            .output()
+            .wrap_err_with(|| format!("Failed to switch to reference '{git_ref}'"))?;
+
+        if !output.status.success() {
+            let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);
+            return Err(eyre!("Failed to switch to reference '{}': {}", git_ref, stderr));
+        }
+
+        // Check if this is a branch that tracks a remote and pull latest changes
+        let is_branch = Command::new("git")
+            .args(["show-ref", "--verify", "--quiet", &format!("refs/heads/{git_ref}")])
+            .current_dir(&self.repo_root)
+            .status()
+            .map(|s| s.success())
+            .unwrap_or(false);
+
+        if is_branch {
+            // Check if the branch tracks a remote
+            let tracking_output = Command::new("git")
+                .args([
+                    "rev-parse",
+                    "--abbrev-ref",
+                    "--symbolic-full-name",
+                    &format!("{git_ref}@{{upstream}}"),
+                ])
+                .current_dir(&self.repo_root)
+                .output();
+
+            if let Ok(output) = tracking_output &&
+                output.status.success()
+            {
+                let upstream = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).trim().to_string();
+                if !upstream.is_empty() && upstream != format!("{git_ref}@{{upstream}}") {
+                    // Branch tracks a remote, pull latest changes
+                    info!("Pulling latest changes for branch: {}", git_ref);
+
+                    let pull_output = Command::new("git")
+                        .args(["pull", "--ff-only"])
+                        .current_dir(&self.repo_root)
+                        .output()
+                        .wrap_err_with(|| {
+                            format!("Failed to pull latest changes for branch '{git_ref}'")
+                        })?;
+
+                    if pull_output.status.success() {
+                        info!("Successfully pulled latest changes for branch: {}", git_ref);
+                    } else {
+                        let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&pull_output.stderr);
+                        warn!("Failed to pull latest changes for branch '{}': {}", git_ref, stderr);
+                        // Continue anyway, we'll use whatever version we have
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Verify the checkout succeeded by checking the current commit
+        let current_commit_output = Command::new("git")
+            .args(["rev-parse", "HEAD"])
+            .current_dir(&self.repo_root)
+            .output()
+            .wrap_err("Failed to get current commit")?;
+
+        if !current_commit_output.status.success() {
+            return Err(eyre!("Failed to verify git checkout"));
+        }
+
+        info!("Switched to reference: {}", git_ref);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Get the current commit hash
+    pub(crate) fn get_current_commit(&self) -> Result<String> {
+        let output = Command::new("git")
+            .args(["rev-parse", "HEAD"])
+            .current_dir(&self.repo_root)
+            .output()
+            .wrap_err("Failed to get current commit")?;
+
+        if !output.status.success() {
+            return Err(eyre!("Failed to get current commit hash"));
+        }
+
+        let commit_hash = String::from_utf8(output.stdout)
+            .wrap_err("Commit hash is not valid UTF-8")?
+            .trim()
+            .to_string();
+
+        Ok(commit_hash)
+    }
+
+    /// Get the repository root path
+    pub(crate) fn repo_root(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.repo_root
+    }
+}

bin/reth-bench-compare/src/main.rs

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+//! # reth-bench-compare
+//!
+//! Automated tool for comparing reth performance between two git branches.
+//! This tool automates the complete workflow of compiling, running, and benchmarking
+//! reth on different branches to provide meaningful performance comparisons.
+
+#![doc(
+    html_logo_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paradigmxyz/reth/main/assets/reth-docs.png",
+    html_favicon_url = "https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/97369466?s=256",
+    issue_tracker_base_url = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/issues/"
+)]
+#![cfg_attr(not(test), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
+
+#[global_allocator]
+static ALLOC: reth_cli_util::allocator::Allocator = reth_cli_util::allocator::new_allocator();
+
+use alloy_primitives as _;
+
+mod benchmark;
+mod cli;
+mod comparison;
+mod compilation;
+mod git;
+mod node;
+
+use clap::Parser;
+use cli::{run_comparison, Args};
+use eyre::Result;
+use reth_cli_runner::CliRunner;
+
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    // Enable backtraces unless a RUST_BACKTRACE value has already been explicitly provided.
+    if std::env::var_os("RUST_BACKTRACE").is_none() {
+        unsafe {
+            std::env::set_var("RUST_BACKTRACE", "1");
+        }
+    }
+
+    let args = Args::parse();
+
+    // Initialize tracing
+    let _guard = args.init_tracing()?;
+
+    // Run until either exit or sigint or sigterm
+    let runner = CliRunner::try_default_runtime()?;
+    runner.run_command_until_exit(|ctx| run_comparison(args, ctx))
+}

bin/reth-bench-compare/src/node.rs

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+//! Node management for starting, stopping, and controlling reth instances.
+
+use crate::cli::Args;
+use alloy_provider::{Provider, ProviderBuilder};
+use alloy_rpc_client::RpcClient;
+use alloy_rpc_types_eth::SyncStatus;
+use alloy_transport_ws::WsConnect;
+use eyre::{eyre, OptionExt, Result, WrapErr};
+#[cfg(unix)]
+use nix::sys::signal::{killpg, Signal};
+#[cfg(unix)]
+use nix::unistd::Pid;
+use reth_chainspec::Chain;
+use std::{fs, path::PathBuf, time::Duration};
+use tokio::{
+    fs::File as AsyncFile,
+    io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, BufReader as AsyncBufReader},
+    process::Command,
+    time::{sleep, timeout},
+};
+use tracing::{debug, info, warn};
+
+/// Default websocket RPC port used by reth
+const DEFAULT_WS_RPC_PORT: u16 = 8546;
+
+/// Manages reth node lifecycle and operations
+pub(crate) struct NodeManager {
+    datadir: Option<String>,
+    metrics_port: u16,
+    chain: Chain,
+    use_sudo: bool,
+    binary_path: Option<std::path::PathBuf>,
+    enable_profiling: bool,
+    output_dir: PathBuf,
+    additional_reth_args: Vec<String>,
+    comparison_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
+    tracing_endpoint: Option<String>,
+    otlp_max_queue_size: usize,
+}
+
+impl NodeManager {
+    /// Create a new `NodeManager` with configuration from CLI args
+    pub(crate) fn new(args: &Args) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            datadir: Some(args.datadir_path().to_string_lossy().to_string()),
+            metrics_port: args.metrics_port,
+            chain: args.chain,
+            use_sudo: args.sudo,
+            binary_path: None,
+            enable_profiling: args.profile,
+            output_dir: args.output_dir_path(),
+            // Filter out empty strings to prevent invalid arguments being passed to reth node
+            additional_reth_args: args
+                .reth_args
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+                .cloned()
+                .collect(),
+            comparison_dir: None,
+            tracing_endpoint: args.traces.otlp.as_ref().map(|u| u.to_string()),
+            otlp_max_queue_size: args.otlp_max_queue_size,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Set the comparison directory path for logging
+    pub(crate) fn set_comparison_dir(&mut self, dir: PathBuf) {
+        self.comparison_dir = Some(dir);
+    }
+
+    /// Get the log file path for a given reference type
+    fn get_log_file_path(&self, ref_type: &str) -> Result<PathBuf> {
+        let comparison_dir = self
+            .comparison_dir
+            .as_ref()
+            .ok_or_eyre("Comparison directory not set. Call set_comparison_dir first.")?;
+
+        // The comparison directory already contains the full path to results/<timestamp>
+        let log_dir = comparison_dir.join(ref_type);
+
+        // Create the directory if it doesn't exist
+        fs::create_dir_all(&log_dir)
+            .wrap_err(format!("Failed to create log directory: {:?}", log_dir))?;
+
+        let log_file = log_dir.join("reth_node.log");
+        Ok(log_file)
+    }
+
+    /// Get the perf event max sample rate from the system, capped at 10000
+    fn get_perf_sample_rate(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        let perf_rate_file = "/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate";
+        if let Ok(content) = fs::read_to_string(perf_rate_file) {
+            let rate_str = content.trim();
+            if !rate_str.is_empty() {
+                if let Ok(system_rate) = rate_str.parse::<u32>() {
+                    let capped_rate = std::cmp::min(system_rate, 10000);
+                    info!(
+                        "Detected perf_event_max_sample_rate: {}, using: {}",
+                        system_rate, capped_rate
+                    );
+                    return Some(capped_rate.to_string());
+                }
+                warn!("Failed to parse perf_event_max_sample_rate: {}", rate_str);
+            }
+        }
+        None
+    }
+
+    /// Get the absolute path to samply using 'which' command
+    async fn get_samply_path(&self) -> Result<String> {
+        let output = Command::new("which")
+            .arg("samply")
+            .output()
+            .await
+            .wrap_err("Failed to execute 'which samply' command")?;
+
+        if !output.status.success() {
+            return Err(eyre!("samply not found in PATH"));
+        }
+
+        let samply_path = String::from_utf8(output.stdout)
+            .wrap_err("samply path is not valid UTF-8")?
+            .trim()
+            .to_string();
+
+        if samply_path.is_empty() {
+            return Err(eyre!("which samply returned empty path"));
+        }
+
+        Ok(samply_path)
+    }
+
+    /// Build reth arguments as a vector of strings
+    fn build_reth_args(
+        &self,
+        binary_path_str: &str,
+        additional_args: &[String],
+        ref_type: &str,
+    ) -> (Vec<String>, String) {
+        let mut reth_args = vec![binary_path_str.to_string(), "node".to_string()];
+
+        // Add chain argument (skip for mainnet as it's the default)
+        let chain_str = self.chain.to_string();
+        if chain_str != "mainnet" {
+            reth_args.extend_from_slice(&["--chain".to_string(), chain_str.clone()]);
+        }
+
+        // Add datadir if specified
+        if let Some(ref datadir) = self.datadir {
+            reth_args.extend_from_slice(&["--datadir".to_string(), datadir.clone()]);
+        }
+
+        // Add reth-specific arguments
+        let metrics_arg = format!("0.0.0.0:{}", self.metrics_port);
+        reth_args.extend_from_slice(&[
+            "--engine.accept-execution-requests-hash".to_string(),
+            "--metrics".to_string(),
+            metrics_arg,
+            "--http".to_string(),
+            "--http.api".to_string(),
+            "eth,reth".to_string(),
+            "--ws".to_string(),
+            "--ws.api".to_string(),
+            "eth,reth".to_string(),
+            "--disable-discovery".to_string(),
+            "--trusted-only".to_string(),
+            "--disable-tx-gossip".to_string(),
+        ]);
+
+        // Add tracing arguments if OTLP endpoint is configured
+        if let Some(ref endpoint) = self.tracing_endpoint {
+            info!("Enabling OTLP tracing export to: {} (service: reth-{})", endpoint, ref_type);
+            // Endpoint requires equals per clap settings in reth
+            reth_args.push(format!("--tracing-otlp={}", endpoint));
+        }
+
+        // Add any additional arguments passed via command line (common to both baseline and
+        // feature)
+        reth_args.extend_from_slice(&self.additional_reth_args);
+
+        // Add reference-specific additional arguments
+        reth_args.extend_from_slice(additional_args);
+
+        (reth_args, chain_str)
+    }
+
+    /// Create a command for profiling mode
+    async fn create_profiling_command(
+        &self,
+        ref_type: &str,
+        reth_args: &[String],
+    ) -> Result<Command> {
+        // Create profiles directory if it doesn't exist
+        let profile_dir = self.output_dir.join("profiles");
+        fs::create_dir_all(&profile_dir).wrap_err("Failed to create profiles directory")?;
+
+        let profile_path = profile_dir.join(format!("{}.json.gz", ref_type));
+        info!("Starting reth node with samply profiling...");
+        info!("Profile output: {:?}", profile_path);
+
+        // Get absolute path to samply
+        let samply_path = self.get_samply_path().await?;
+
+        let mut cmd = if self.use_sudo {
+            let mut sudo_cmd = Command::new("sudo");
+            sudo_cmd.arg(&samply_path);
+            sudo_cmd
+        } else {
+            Command::new(&samply_path)
+        };
+
+        // Add samply arguments
+        cmd.args(["record", "--save-only", "-o", &profile_path.to_string_lossy()]);
+
+        // Add rate argument if available
+        if let Some(rate) = self.get_perf_sample_rate() {
+            cmd.args(["--rate", &rate]);
+        }
+
+        // Add separator and complete reth command
+        cmd.arg("--");
+        cmd.args(reth_args);
+
+        // Enable tracing-samply
+        if supports_samply_flags(&reth_args[0]) {
+            cmd.arg("--log.samply");
+        }
+
+        // Set environment variable to disable log styling
+        cmd.env("RUST_LOG_STYLE", "never");
+
+        Ok(cmd)
+    }
+
+    /// Create a command for direct reth execution
+    fn create_direct_command(&self, reth_args: &[String]) -> Command {
+        let binary_path = &reth_args[0];
+
+        let mut cmd = if self.use_sudo {
+            info!("Starting reth node with sudo...");
+            let mut sudo_cmd = Command::new("sudo");
+            sudo_cmd.args(reth_args);
+            sudo_cmd
+        } else {
+            info!("Starting reth node...");
+            let mut reth_cmd = Command::new(binary_path);
+            reth_cmd.args(&reth_args[1..]); // Skip the binary path since it's the command
+            reth_cmd
+        };
+
+        // Set environment variable to disable log styling
+        cmd.env("RUST_LOG_STYLE", "never");
+
+        cmd
+    }
+
+    /// Start a reth node using the specified binary path and return the process handle
+    /// along with the formatted reth command string for reporting.
+    pub(crate) async fn start_node(
+        &mut self,
+        binary_path: &std::path::Path,
+        _git_ref: &str,
+        ref_type: &str,
+        additional_args: &[String],
+    ) -> Result<(tokio::process::Child, String)> {
+        // Store the binary path for later use (e.g., in unwind_to_block)
+        self.binary_path = Some(binary_path.to_path_buf());
+
+        let binary_path_str = binary_path.to_string_lossy();
+        let (reth_args, _) = self.build_reth_args(&binary_path_str, additional_args, ref_type);
+
+        // Format the reth command string for reporting
+        let reth_command = shlex::try_join(reth_args.iter().map(|s| s.as_str()))
+            .wrap_err("Failed to format reth command string")?;
+
+        // Log additional arguments if any
+        if !self.additional_reth_args.is_empty() {
+            info!("Using common additional reth arguments: {:?}", self.additional_reth_args);
+        }
+        if !additional_args.is_empty() {
+            info!("Using reference-specific additional reth arguments: {:?}", additional_args);
+        }
+
+        let mut cmd = if self.enable_profiling {
+            self.create_profiling_command(ref_type, &reth_args).await?
+        } else {
+            self.create_direct_command(&reth_args)
+        };
+
+        // Set process group for better signal handling
+        #[cfg(unix)]
+        {
+            cmd.process_group(0);
+        }
+
+        // Set high queue size to prevent trace dropping during benchmarks
+        if self.tracing_endpoint.is_some() {
+            cmd.env("OTEL_BSP_MAX_QUEUE_SIZE", self.otlp_max_queue_size.to_string()); // Traces
+            cmd.env("OTEL_BLRP_MAX_QUEUE_SIZE", "10000"); // Logs
+
+            // Set service name to differentiate baseline vs feature runs in Jaeger
+            cmd.env("OTEL_SERVICE_NAME", format!("reth-{}", ref_type));
+        }
+
+        debug!("Executing reth command: {cmd:?}");
+
+        let mut child = cmd
+            .stdout(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+            .stderr(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+            .kill_on_drop(true) // Kill on drop so that on Ctrl-C for parent process we stop all child processes
+            .spawn()
+            .wrap_err("Failed to start reth node")?;
+
+        info!(
+            "Reth node started with PID: {:?} (binary: {})",
+            child.id().ok_or_eyre("Reth node is not running")?,
+            binary_path_str
+        );
+
+        // Prepare log file path
+        let log_file_path = self.get_log_file_path(ref_type)?;
+        info!("Reth node logs will be saved to: {:?}", log_file_path);
+
+        // Stream stdout and stderr with prefixes at debug level and to log file
+        if let Some(stdout) = child.stdout.take() {
+            let log_file = AsyncFile::create(&log_file_path)
+                .await
+                .wrap_err(format!("Failed to create log file: {:?}", log_file_path))?;
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                let reader = AsyncBufReader::new(stdout);
+                let mut lines = reader.lines();
+                let mut log_file = log_file;
+                while let Ok(Some(line)) = lines.next_line().await {
+                    debug!("[RETH] {}", line);
+                    // Write to log file (reth already includes timestamps)
+                    let log_line = format!("{}\n", line);
+                    if let Err(e) = log_file.write_all(log_line.as_bytes()).await {
+                        debug!("Failed to write to log file: {}", e);
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
+        if let Some(stderr) = child.stderr.take() {
+            let log_file = AsyncFile::options()
+                .create(true)
+                .append(true)
+                .open(&log_file_path)
+                .await
+                .wrap_err(format!("Failed to open log file for stderr: {:?}", log_file_path))?;
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                let reader = AsyncBufReader::new(stderr);
+                let mut lines = reader.lines();
+                let mut log_file = log_file;
+                while let Ok(Some(line)) = lines.next_line().await {
+                    debug!("[RETH] {}", line);
+                    // Write to log file (reth already includes timestamps)
+                    let log_line = format!("{}\n", line);
+                    if let Err(e) = log_file.write_all(log_line.as_bytes()).await {
+                        debug!("Failed to write to log file: {}", e);
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
+        // Give the node a moment to start up
+        sleep(Duration::from_secs(5)).await;
+
+        Ok((child, reth_command))
+    }
+
+    /// Wait for the node to be ready and return its current tip.
+    ///
+    /// Fails early if the node process exits before becoming ready.
+    pub(crate) async fn wait_for_node_ready_and_get_tip(
+        &self,
+        child: &mut tokio::process::Child,
+    ) -> Result<u64> {
+        info!("Waiting for node to be ready and synced...");
+
+        let max_wait = Duration::from_secs(120); // 2 minutes to allow for sync
+        let check_interval = Duration::from_secs(2);
+        let rpc_url = "http://localhost:8545";
+
+        // Create Alloy provider
+        let url = rpc_url.parse().map_err(|e| eyre!("Invalid RPC URL '{}': {}", rpc_url, e))?;
+        let provider = ProviderBuilder::new().connect_http(url);
+
+        let start_time = tokio::time::Instant::now();
+        let mut iteration = 0;
+
+        timeout(max_wait, async {
+            loop {
+                iteration += 1;
+                debug!(
+                    "Readiness check iteration {} (elapsed: {:?})",
+                    iteration,
+                    start_time.elapsed()
+                );
+
+                // Check if the node process has exited.
+                if let Some(status) = child.try_wait()? {
+                    return Err(eyre!("Node process exited unexpectedly with {status}"));
+                }
+
+                // First check if RPC is up and node is not syncing
+                match provider.syncing().await {
+                    Ok(sync_result) => {
+                        match sync_result {
+                            SyncStatus::Info(sync_info) => {
+                                debug!("Node is still syncing {sync_info:?}, waiting...");
+                            }
+                            _ => {
+                                debug!("HTTP RPC is up and node is not syncing, checking block number...");
+                                // Node is not syncing, now get the tip
+                                match provider.get_block_number().await {
+                                    Ok(tip) => {
+                                        debug!("HTTP RPC ready at block: {}, checking WebSocket...", tip);
+
+                                        // Verify WebSocket RPC is ready (public endpoint, no JWT required)
+                                        let ws_url = format!("ws://localhost:{}", DEFAULT_WS_RPC_PORT);
+                                        debug!("Attempting WebSocket connection to {} (public endpoint)", ws_url);
+                                        let ws_connect = WsConnect::new(&ws_url);
+
+                                        match RpcClient::connect_pubsub(ws_connect).await
+                                        {
+                                            Ok(_) => {
+                                                info!(
+                                                    "Node is ready (HTTP and WebSocket) at block: {} (took {:?}, {} iterations)",
+                                                    tip, start_time.elapsed(), iteration
+                                                );
+                                                return Ok(tip);
+                                            }
+                                            Err(e) => {
+                                                debug!(
+                                                    "HTTP RPC ready but WebSocket not ready yet (iteration {}): {:?}",
+                                                    iteration, e
+                                                );
+                                                debug!("WebSocket error details: {}", e);
+                                            }
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                    Err(e) => {
+                                        debug!("Failed to get block number (iteration {}): {:?}", iteration, e);
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        debug!("Node RPC not ready yet or failed to check sync status (iteration {}): {:?}", iteration, e);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                debug!("Sleeping for {:?} before next check", check_interval);
+                sleep(check_interval).await;
+            }
+        })
+        .await
+        .wrap_err("Timed out waiting for node to be ready and synced")?
+    }
+
+    /// Wait for the node RPC to be ready and return its current tip, without waiting for sync.
+    ///
+    /// This is faster than `wait_for_node_ready_and_get_tip` but may return a tip while
+    /// the node is still syncing.
+    pub(crate) async fn wait_for_rpc_and_get_tip(
+        &self,
+        child: &mut tokio::process::Child,
+    ) -> Result<u64> {
+        info!("Waiting for node RPC to be ready (skipping sync wait)...");
+
+        let max_wait = Duration::from_secs(60);
+        let check_interval = Duration::from_secs(2);
+        let rpc_url = "http://localhost:8545";
+
+        let url = rpc_url.parse().map_err(|e| eyre!("Invalid RPC URL '{}': {}", rpc_url, e))?;
+        let provider = ProviderBuilder::new().connect_http(url);
+
+        let start_time = tokio::time::Instant::now();
+        let mut iteration = 0;
+
+        timeout(max_wait, async {
+            loop {
+                iteration += 1;
+                debug!(
+                    "RPC readiness check iteration {} (elapsed: {:?})",
+                    iteration,
+                    start_time.elapsed()
+                );
+
+                if let Some(status) = child.try_wait()? {
+                    return Err(eyre!("Node process exited unexpectedly with {status}"));
+                }
+
+                match provider.get_block_number().await {
+                    Ok(tip) => {
+                        debug!("HTTP RPC ready at block: {}, checking WebSocket...", tip);
+
+                        let ws_url = format!("ws://localhost:{}", DEFAULT_WS_RPC_PORT);
+                        let ws_connect = WsConnect::new(&ws_url);
+
+                        match RpcClient::connect_pubsub(ws_connect).await {
+                            Ok(_) => {
+                                info!(
+                                    "Node RPC is ready at block: {} (took {:?}, {} iterations)",
+                                    tip,
+                                    start_time.elapsed(),
+                                    iteration
+                                );
+                                return Ok(tip);
+                            }
+                            Err(e) => {
+                                debug!(
+                                    "HTTP RPC ready but WebSocket not ready yet (iteration {}): {:?}",
+                                    iteration, e
+                                );
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        debug!("RPC not ready yet (iteration {}): {:?}", iteration, e);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                sleep(check_interval).await;
+            }
+        })
+        .await
+        .wrap_err("Timed out waiting for node RPC to be ready")?
+    }
+
+    /// Stop the reth node gracefully
+    pub(crate) async fn stop_node(&self, child: &mut tokio::process::Child) -> Result<()> {
+        let pid = child.id().ok_or_eyre("Child process ID should be available")?;
+
+        // Check if the process has already exited
+        match child.try_wait() {
+            Ok(Some(status)) => {
+                info!("Reth node (PID: {}) has already exited with status: {:?}", pid, status);
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+            Ok(None) => {
+                // Process is still running, proceed to stop it
+                info!("Stopping process gracefully with SIGINT (PID: {})...", pid);
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                return Err(eyre!("Failed to check process status: {}", e));
+            }
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(unix)]
+        {
+            // Send SIGINT to process group to mimic Ctrl-C behavior
+            let nix_pgid = Pid::from_raw(pid as i32);
+
+            match killpg(nix_pgid, Signal::SIGINT) {
+                Ok(()) => {}
+                Err(nix::errno::Errno::ESRCH) => {
+                    info!("Process group {} has already exited", pid);
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    return Err(eyre!("Failed to send SIGINT to process group {}: {}", pid, e));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(not(unix))]
+        {
+            // On non-Unix systems, fall back to using external kill command
+            let output = Command::new("taskkill")
+                .args(["/PID", &pid.to_string(), "/F"])
+                .output()
+                .await
+                .wrap_err("Failed to execute taskkill command")?;
+
+            if !output.status.success() {
+                let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);
+                // Check if the error is because the process doesn't exist
+                if stderr.contains("not found") || stderr.contains("not exist") {
+                    info!("Process {} has already exited", pid);
+                } else {
+                    return Err(eyre!("Failed to kill process {}: {}", pid, stderr));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Wait for the process to exit
+        match child.wait().await {
+            Ok(status) => {
+                info!("Reth node (PID: {}) exited with status: {:?}", pid, status);
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                // If we get an error here, it might be because the process already exited
+                debug!("Error waiting for process exit (may have already exited): {}", e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Unwind the node to a specific block
+    pub(crate) async fn unwind_to_block(&self, block_number: u64) -> Result<()> {
+        if self.use_sudo {
+            info!("Unwinding node to block: {} (with sudo)", block_number);
+        } else {
+            info!("Unwinding node to block: {}", block_number);
+        }
+
+        // Use the binary path from the last start_node call, or fallback to default
+        let binary_path = self
+            .binary_path
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().to_string())
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| "./target/profiling/reth".to_string());
+
+        let mut cmd = if self.use_sudo {
+            let mut sudo_cmd = Command::new("sudo");
+            sudo_cmd.args([&binary_path, "stage", "unwind"]);
+            sudo_cmd
+        } else {
+            let mut reth_cmd = Command::new(&binary_path);
+            reth_cmd.args(["stage", "unwind"]);
+            reth_cmd
+        };
+
+        // Add chain argument (skip for mainnet as it's the default)
+        let chain_str = self.chain.to_string();
+        if chain_str != "mainnet" {
+            cmd.args(["--chain", &chain_str]);
+        }
+
+        // Add datadir if specified
+        if let Some(ref datadir) = self.datadir {
+            cmd.args(["--datadir", datadir]);
+        }
+
+        cmd.args(["to-block", &block_number.to_string()]);
+
+        // Set environment variable to disable log styling
+        cmd.env("RUST_LOG_STYLE", "never");
+
+        // Debug log the command
+        debug!("Executing reth unwind command: {:?}", cmd);
+
+        let mut child = cmd
+            .stdout(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+            .stderr(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+            .spawn()
+            .wrap_err("Failed to start unwind command")?;
+
+        // Stream stdout and stderr with prefixes in real-time
+        if let Some(stdout) = child.stdout.take() {
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                let reader = AsyncBufReader::new(stdout);
+                let mut lines = reader.lines();
+                while let Ok(Some(line)) = lines.next_line().await {
+                    debug!("[RETH-UNWIND] {}", line);
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
+        if let Some(stderr) = child.stderr.take() {
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                let reader = AsyncBufReader::new(stderr);
+                let mut lines = reader.lines();
+                while let Ok(Some(line)) = lines.next_line().await {
+                    debug!("[RETH-UNWIND] {}", line);
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
+        // Wait for the command to complete
+        let status = child.wait().await.wrap_err("Failed to wait for unwind command")?;
+
+        if !status.success() {
+            return Err(eyre!("Unwind command failed with exit code: {:?}", status.code()));
+        }
+
+        info!("Unwound to block: {}", block_number);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+fn supports_samply_flags(bin: &str) -> bool {
+    let mut cmd = std::process::Command::new(bin);
+    // NOTE: The flag to check must come before --help.
+    // We pass --help as a shortcut to not execute any command.
+    cmd.args(["--log.samply", "--help"]);
+    debug!(?cmd, "Checking samply flags support");
+    let Ok(output) = cmd.output() else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    debug!(?output, "Samply flags support check");
+    output.status.success()
+}

bin/reth-bench/Cargo.toml

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ workspace = true
 reth-cli-runner.workspace = true
 reth-cli-util.workspace = true
 reth-engine-primitives.workspace = true
+reth-ethereum-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-fs-util.workspace = true
 reth-node-api.workspace = true
 reth-node-core.workspace = true
@@ -24,11 +25,13 @@ reth-primitives-traits.workspace = true
 reth-rpc-api.workspace = true
 
 reth-tracing.workspace = true
+reth-chainspec.workspace = true
 
 # alloy
 alloy-eips.workspace = true
 alloy-json-rpc.workspace = true
-
+alloy-consensus.workspace = true
+alloy-network.workspace = true
 alloy-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["rand"] }
 alloy-provider = { workspace = true, features = ["engine-api", "pubsub", "reqwest-rustls-tls"], default-features = false }
 alloy-pubsub.workspace = true

bin/reth-bench/README.md

@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ The `new-payload-fcu` command supports two optional waiting modes that can be us
 - `--wait-time <duration>`: Fixed sleep interval between blocks (e.g., `--wait-time 100ms` or `--wait-time 400` for 400ms)
 - `--wait-for-persistence`: Waits for blocks to be persisted using the `reth_subscribePersistedBlock` subscription
 
-Both `new-payload-fcu` and `new-payload-only` support `--rpc-block-fetch-retries <RETRIES>`
-to control how many times block fetches are retried after an RPC failure. The default is `10`.
-Use `--rpc-block-fetch-retries forever` to keep retrying indefinitely.
-
 When using `--wait-for-persistence`, the benchmark waits after every `(threshold + 1)` blocks, where the threshold defaults to the engine's persistence threshold (2). This can be customized with `--persistence-threshold <N>`.
 
 By default, the WebSocket URL for persistence subscriptions is derived from `--engine-rpc-url` (converting to ws:// on port 8546). Use `--ws-rpc-url` to override this.

bin/reth-bench/src/bench/context.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use alloy_primitives::address;
 use alloy_provider::{network::AnyNetwork, Provider, RootProvider};
 use alloy_rpc_client::ClientBuilder;
 use alloy_rpc_types_engine::JwtSecret;
-use alloy_transport::layers::{RateLimitRetryPolicy, RetryBackoffLayer};
+use alloy_transport::layers::RetryBackoffLayer;
 use reqwest::Url;
 use reth_node_core::args::BenchmarkArgs;
 use tracing::info;
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ pub(crate) struct BenchContext {
     pub(crate) is_optimism: bool,
     /// Whether to use `reth_newPayload` endpoint instead of `engine_newPayload*`.
     pub(crate) use_reth_namespace: bool,
-    /// Whether to fetch and replay RLP-encoded blocks.
-    pub(crate) rlp_blocks: bool,
-    /// Whether to skip waiting for persistence (pass `wait_for_persistence: false`).
-    pub(crate) no_wait_for_persistence: bool,
-    /// Whether to skip waiting for caches (pass `wait_for_caches: false`).
-    pub(crate) no_wait_for_caches: bool,
 }
 
 impl BenchContext {
@@ -57,16 +51,9 @@ impl BenchContext {
             }
         }
 
-        // set up alloy client for blocks, retrying on 429/503 (default) and 502
-        let retry_policy =
-            RateLimitRetryPolicy::default().or(|err: &alloy_transport::TransportError| -> bool {
-                err.as_transport_err()
-                    .and_then(|t| t.as_http_error())
-                    .is_some_and(|e| e.status == 502)
-            });
-        let max_retries = bench_args.rpc_block_fetch_retries.as_max_retries();
+        // set up alloy client for blocks
         let client = ClientBuilder::default()
-            .layer(RetryBackoffLayer::new_with_policy(max_retries, 800, u64::MAX, retry_policy))
+            .layer(RetryBackoffLayer::new(10, 800, u64::MAX))
             .http(rpc_url.parse()?);
         let block_provider = RootProvider::<AnyNetwork>::new(client);
 
@@ -99,11 +86,9 @@ impl BenchContext {
 
         // Computes the block range for the benchmark.
         //
-        // - If `--advance` is provided, fetches the latest block from the engine and sets:
+        // - If `--advance` is provided, fetches the latest block and sets:
         //     - `from = head + 1`
         //     - `to = head + advance`
-        // - If only `--to` is provided, fetches the latest block from the engine and sets:
-        //     - `from = head`
         // - Otherwise, uses the values from `--from` and `--to`.
         let (from, to) = if let Some(advance) = bench_args.advance {
             if advance == 0 {
@@ -116,14 +101,6 @@ impl BenchContext {
                 .ok_or_else(|| eyre::eyre!("Failed to fetch latest block for --advance"))?;
             let head_number = head_block.header.number;
             (Some(head_number), Some(head_number + advance))
-        } else if bench_args.from.is_none() && bench_args.to.is_some() {
-            let head_block = auth_provider
-                .get_block_by_number(BlockNumberOrTag::Latest)
-                .await?
-                .ok_or_else(|| eyre::eyre!("Failed to fetch latest block from engine"))?;
-            let head_number = head_block.header.number;
-            info!(target: "reth-bench", "No --from provided, derived from engine head: {}", head_number);
-            (Some(head_number), bench_args.to)
         } else {
             (bench_args.from, bench_args.to)
         };
@@ -135,7 +112,7 @@ impl BenchContext {
             .full()
             .await?
             .ok_or_else(|| eyre::eyre!("Failed to fetch latest block from RPC"))?;
-        let mut benchmark_mode = BenchMode::new(from, to, latest_block.into_inner().number());
+        let mut benchmark_mode = BenchMode::new(from, to, latest_block.into_inner().number())?;
 
         let first_block = match benchmark_mode {
             BenchMode::Continuous(start) => {
@@ -165,10 +142,7 @@ impl BenchContext {
         };
 
         let next_block = first_block.header.number + 1;
-        let rlp_blocks = bench_args.rlp_blocks;
-        let use_reth_namespace = bench_args.reth_new_payload || rlp_blocks;
-        let no_wait_for_persistence = bench_args.no_wait_for_persistence;
-        let no_wait_for_caches = bench_args.no_wait_for_caches;
+        let use_reth_namespace = bench_args.reth_new_payload;
         Ok(Self {
             auth_provider,
             block_provider,
@@ -176,9 +150,6 @@ impl BenchContext {
             next_block,
             is_optimism,
             use_reth_namespace,
-            rlp_blocks,
-            no_wait_for_persistence,
-            no_wait_for_caches,
         })
     }
 }

bin/reth-bench/src/bench/gas_limit_ramp.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+//! Benchmarks empty block processing by ramping the block gas limit.
+
+use crate::{
+    authenticated_transport::AuthenticatedTransportConnect,
+    bench::{
+        helpers::{build_payload, parse_gas_limit, prepare_payload_request, rpc_block_to_header},
+        output::GasRampPayloadFile,
+    },
+    valid_payload::{call_forkchoice_updated, call_new_payload_with_reth, payload_to_new_payload},
+};
+use alloy_eips::BlockNumberOrTag;
+use alloy_provider::{network::AnyNetwork, Provider, RootProvider};
+use alloy_rpc_client::ClientBuilder;
+use alloy_rpc_types_engine::{ExecutionPayload, ForkchoiceState, JwtSecret};
+
+use clap::Parser;
+use reqwest::Url;
+use reth_chainspec::ChainSpec;
+use reth_cli_runner::CliContext;
+use reth_ethereum_primitives::TransactionSigned;
+use reth_primitives_traits::constants::{GAS_LIMIT_BOUND_DIVISOR, MAXIMUM_GAS_LIMIT_BLOCK};
+use std::{path::PathBuf, time::Instant};
+use tracing::info;
+
+/// `reth benchmark gas-limit-ramp` command.
+#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
+pub struct Command {
+    /// Number of blocks to generate. Mutually exclusive with --target-gas-limit.
+    #[arg(long, value_name = "BLOCKS", conflicts_with = "target_gas_limit")]
+    blocks: Option<u64>,
+
+    /// Target gas limit to ramp up to. The benchmark will generate blocks until the gas limit
+    /// reaches or exceeds this value. Mutually exclusive with --blocks.
+    /// Accepts short notation: K for thousand, M for million, G for billion (e.g., 2G = 2
+    /// billion).
+    #[arg(long, value_name = "TARGET_GAS_LIMIT", conflicts_with = "blocks", value_parser = parse_gas_limit)]
+    target_gas_limit: Option<u64>,
+
+    /// The Engine API RPC URL.
+    #[arg(long = "engine-rpc-url", value_name = "ENGINE_RPC_URL")]
+    engine_rpc_url: String,
+
+    /// Path to the JWT secret for Engine API authentication.
+    #[arg(long = "jwt-secret", value_name = "JWT_SECRET")]
+    jwt_secret: PathBuf,
+
+    /// Output directory for benchmark results and generated payloads.
+    #[arg(long, value_name = "OUTPUT")]
+    output: PathBuf,
+
+    /// Use `reth_newPayload` endpoint instead of `engine_newPayload*`.
+    ///
+    /// The `reth_newPayload` endpoint is a reth-specific extension that takes `ExecutionData`
+    /// directly, waits for persistence and cache updates to complete before processing,
+    /// and returns server-side timing breakdowns (latency, persistence wait, cache wait).
+    #[arg(long, default_value = "false", verbatim_doc_comment)]
+    reth_new_payload: bool,
+}
+
+/// Mode for determining when to stop ramping.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+enum RampMode {
+    /// Ramp for a fixed number of blocks.
+    Blocks(u64),
+    /// Ramp until reaching or exceeding target gas limit.
+    TargetGasLimit(u64),
+}
+
+impl Command {
+    /// Execute `benchmark gas-limit-ramp` command.
+    pub async fn execute(self, _ctx: CliContext) -> eyre::Result<()> {
+        let mode = match (self.blocks, self.target_gas_limit) {
+            (Some(blocks), None) => {
+                if blocks == 0 {
+                    return Err(eyre::eyre!("--blocks must be greater than 0"));
+                }
+                RampMode::Blocks(blocks)
+            }
+            (None, Some(target)) => {
+                if target == 0 {
+                    return Err(eyre::eyre!("--target-gas-limit must be greater than 0"));
+                }
+                RampMode::TargetGasLimit(target)
+            }
+            _ => {
+                return Err(eyre::eyre!(
+                    "Exactly one of --blocks or --target-gas-limit must be specified"
+                ));
+            }
+        };
+
+        // Ensure output directory exists
+        if self.output.is_file() {
+            return Err(eyre::eyre!("Output path must be a directory"));
+        }
+        if !self.output.exists() {
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(&self.output)?;
+            info!(target: "reth-bench", "Created output directory: {:?}", self.output);
+        }
+
+        // Set up authenticated provider (used for both Engine API and eth_ methods)
+        let jwt = std::fs::read_to_string(&self.jwt_secret)?;
+        let jwt = JwtSecret::from_hex(jwt)?;
+        let auth_url = Url::parse(&self.engine_rpc_url)?;
+
+        info!(target: "reth-bench", "Connecting to Engine RPC at {}", auth_url);
+        let auth_transport = AuthenticatedTransportConnect::new(auth_url, jwt);
+        let client = ClientBuilder::default().connect_with(auth_transport).await?;
+        let provider = RootProvider::<AnyNetwork>::new(client);
+
+        // Get chain spec - required for fork detection
+        let chain_id = provider.get_chain_id().await?;
+        let chain_spec = ChainSpec::from_chain_id(chain_id)
+            .ok_or_else(|| eyre::eyre!("Unsupported chain id: {chain_id}"))?;
+
+        // Fetch the current head block as parent
+        let parent_block = provider
+            .get_block_by_number(BlockNumberOrTag::Latest)
+            .full()
+            .await?
+            .ok_or_else(|| eyre::eyre!("Failed to fetch latest block"))?;
+
+        let (mut parent_header, mut parent_hash) = rpc_block_to_header(parent_block);
+
+        let canonical_parent = parent_header.number;
+        let start_block = canonical_parent + 1;
+
+        match mode {
+            RampMode::Blocks(blocks) => {
+                info!(
+                    target: "reth-bench",
+                    canonical_parent,
+                    start_block,
+                    end_block = start_block + blocks - 1,
+                    "Starting gas limit ramp benchmark (block count mode)"
+                );
+            }
+            RampMode::TargetGasLimit(target) => {
+                info!(
+                    target: "reth-bench",
+                    canonical_parent,
+                    start_block,
+                    current_gas_limit = parent_header.gas_limit,
+                    target_gas_limit = target,
+                    "Starting gas limit ramp benchmark (target gas limit mode)"
+                );
+            }
+        }
+        if self.reth_new_payload {
+            info!("Using reth_newPayload endpoint");
+        }
+
+        let mut blocks_processed = 0u64;
+        let total_benchmark_duration = Instant::now();
+
+        while !should_stop(mode, blocks_processed, parent_header.gas_limit) {
+            let timestamp = parent_header.timestamp.saturating_add(1);
+
+            let request = prepare_payload_request(&chain_spec, timestamp, parent_hash);
+            let new_payload_version = request.new_payload_version;
+
+            let (payload, sidecar) = build_payload(&provider, request).await?;
+
+            let mut block =
+                payload.clone().try_into_block_with_sidecar::<TransactionSigned>(&sidecar)?;
+
+            let max_increase = max_gas_limit_increase(parent_header.gas_limit);
+            let gas_limit =
+                parent_header.gas_limit.saturating_add(max_increase).min(MAXIMUM_GAS_LIMIT_BLOCK);
+
+            block.header.gas_limit = gas_limit;
+
+            let block_hash = block.header.hash_slow();
+            // Regenerate the payload from the modified block, but keep the original sidecar
+            // which contains the actual execution requests data (not just the hash)
+            let (payload, _) = ExecutionPayload::from_block_unchecked(block_hash, &block);
+            let (version, params, execution_data) = payload_to_new_payload(
+                payload,
+                sidecar,
+                false,
+                block.header.withdrawals_root,
+                Some(new_payload_version),
+            )?;
+
+            // Save payload to file with version info for replay
+            let payload_path =
+                self.output.join(format!("payload_block_{}.json", block.header.number));
+            let file = GasRampPayloadFile {
+                version: version as u8,
+                block_hash,
+                params: params.clone(),
+                execution_data: Some(execution_data.clone()),
+            };
+            let payload_json = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&file)?;
+            std::fs::write(&payload_path, &payload_json)?;
+            info!(target: "reth-bench", block_number = block.header.number, path = %payload_path.display(), "Saved payload");
+
+            let reth_data = self.reth_new_payload.then_some(execution_data);
+            let _ = call_new_payload_with_reth(&provider, version, params, reth_data).await?;
+
+            let forkchoice_state = ForkchoiceState {
+                head_block_hash: block_hash,
+                safe_block_hash: block_hash,
+                finalized_block_hash: block_hash,
+            };
+            call_forkchoice_updated(&provider, version, forkchoice_state, None).await?;
+
+            parent_header = block.header;
+            parent_hash = block_hash;
+            blocks_processed += 1;
+
+            let progress = match mode {
+                RampMode::Blocks(total) => format!("{blocks_processed}/{total}"),
+                RampMode::TargetGasLimit(target) => {
+                    let pct = (parent_header.gas_limit as f64 / target as f64 * 100.0).min(100.0);
+                    format!("{pct:.1}%")
+                }
+            };
+            info!(target: "reth-bench", progress, block_number = parent_header.number, gas_limit = parent_header.gas_limit, "Block processed");
+        }
+
+        let final_gas_limit = parent_header.gas_limit;
+        info!(
+            target: "reth-bench",
+            total_duration=?total_benchmark_duration.elapsed(),
+            blocks_processed,
+            final_gas_limit,
+            "Benchmark complete"
+        );
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+const fn max_gas_limit_increase(parent_gas_limit: u64) -> u64 {
+    (parent_gas_limit / GAS_LIMIT_BOUND_DIVISOR).saturating_sub(1)
+}
+
+const fn should_stop(mode: RampMode, blocks_processed: u64, current_gas_limit: u64) -> bool {
+    match mode {
+        RampMode::Blocks(target_blocks) => blocks_processed >= target_blocks,
+        RampMode::TargetGasLimit(target) => current_gas_limit >= target,
+    }
+}

bin/reth-bench/src/bench/generate_big_block.rs

@@ -773,7 +773,6 @@ impl Command {
                 suggested_fee_recipient: alloy_primitives::Address::ZERO,
                 withdrawals: Some(vec![]),
                 parent_beacon_block_root: Some(B256::ZERO),
-                slot_number: None,
             },
             transactions: transactions.to_vec(),
             extra_data: None,

bin/reth-bench/src/bench/helpers.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! Common helpers for reth-bench commands.
 
+use crate::valid_payload::call_forkchoice_updated;
 use eyre::Result;
 use std::{
     io::{BufReader, Read},
@@ -69,6 +70,180 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_duration(s: &str) -> eyre::Result<Duration> {
     }
 }
 
+use alloy_consensus::Header;
+use alloy_eips::eip4844::kzg_to_versioned_hash;
+use alloy_primitives::{Address, B256};
+use alloy_provider::{ext::EngineApi, network::AnyNetwork, RootProvider};
+use alloy_rpc_types_engine::{
+    CancunPayloadFields, ExecutionPayload, ExecutionPayloadSidecar, ForkchoiceState,
+    PayloadAttributes, PayloadId,
+};
+use eyre::OptionExt;
+use reth_chainspec::{ChainSpec, EthereumHardforks};
+use reth_node_api::EngineApiMessageVersion;
+use tracing::debug;
+
+/// Prepared payload request data for triggering block building.
+pub(crate) struct PayloadRequest {
+    /// The payload attributes for the new block.
+    pub(crate) attributes: PayloadAttributes,
+    /// The forkchoice state pointing to the parent block.
+    pub(crate) forkchoice_state: ForkchoiceState,
+    /// The engine API version for FCU calls.
+    pub(crate) fcu_version: EngineApiMessageVersion,
+    /// The getPayload version to use (1-5).
+    pub(crate) get_payload_version: u8,
+    /// The newPayload version to use.
+    pub(crate) new_payload_version: EngineApiMessageVersion,
+}
+
+/// Prepare payload attributes and forkchoice state for a new block.
+pub(crate) fn prepare_payload_request(
+    chain_spec: &ChainSpec,
+    timestamp: u64,
+    parent_hash: B256,
+) -> PayloadRequest {
+    let shanghai_active = chain_spec.is_shanghai_active_at_timestamp(timestamp);
+    let cancun_active = chain_spec.is_cancun_active_at_timestamp(timestamp);
+    let prague_active = chain_spec.is_prague_active_at_timestamp(timestamp);
+    let osaka_active = chain_spec.is_osaka_active_at_timestamp(timestamp);
+
+    // FCU version: V3 for Cancun+Prague+Osaka, V2 for Shanghai, V1 otherwise
+    let fcu_version = if cancun_active {
+        EngineApiMessageVersion::V3
+    } else if shanghai_active {
+        EngineApiMessageVersion::V2
+    } else {
+        EngineApiMessageVersion::V1
+    };
+
+    // getPayload version: 5 for Osaka, 4 for Prague, 3 for Cancun, 2 for Shanghai, 1 otherwise
+    // newPayload version: 4 for Prague+Osaka (no V5), 3 for Cancun, 2 for Shanghai, 1 otherwise
+    let (get_payload_version, new_payload_version) = if osaka_active {
+        (5, EngineApiMessageVersion::V4) // Osaka uses getPayloadV5 but newPayloadV4
+    } else if prague_active {
+        (4, EngineApiMessageVersion::V4)
+    } else if cancun_active {
+        (3, EngineApiMessageVersion::V3)
+    } else if shanghai_active {
+        (2, EngineApiMessageVersion::V2)
+    } else {
+        (1, EngineApiMessageVersion::V1)
+    };
+
+    PayloadRequest {
+        attributes: PayloadAttributes {
+            timestamp,
+            prev_randao: B256::ZERO,
+            suggested_fee_recipient: Address::ZERO,
+            withdrawals: shanghai_active.then(Vec::new),
+            parent_beacon_block_root: cancun_active.then_some(B256::ZERO),
+        },
+        forkchoice_state: ForkchoiceState {
+            head_block_hash: parent_hash,
+            safe_block_hash: parent_hash,
+            finalized_block_hash: parent_hash,
+        },
+        fcu_version,
+        get_payload_version,
+        new_payload_version,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Trigger payload building via FCU and retrieve the built payload.
+///
+/// This sends a forkchoiceUpdated with payload attributes to start building,
+/// then calls getPayload to retrieve the result.
+pub(crate) async fn build_payload(
+    provider: &RootProvider<AnyNetwork>,
+    request: PayloadRequest,
+) -> eyre::Result<(ExecutionPayload, ExecutionPayloadSidecar)> {
+    let fcu_result = call_forkchoice_updated(
+        provider,
+        request.fcu_version,
+        request.forkchoice_state,
+        Some(request.attributes.clone()),
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    let payload_id =
+        fcu_result.payload_id.ok_or_eyre("Payload builder did not return a payload id")?;
+
+    get_payload_with_sidecar(
+        provider,
+        request.get_payload_version,
+        payload_id,
+        request.attributes.parent_beacon_block_root,
+    )
+    .await
+}
+
+/// Convert an RPC block to a consensus header and block hash.
+pub(crate) fn rpc_block_to_header(block: alloy_provider::network::AnyRpcBlock) -> (Header, B256) {
+    let block_hash = block.header.hash;
+    let header = block.header.inner.clone().into_header_with_defaults();
+    (header, block_hash)
+}
+
+/// Compute versioned hashes from KZG commitments.
+fn versioned_hashes_from_commitments(
+    commitments: &[alloy_primitives::FixedBytes<48>],
+) -> Vec<B256> {
+    commitments.iter().map(|c| kzg_to_versioned_hash(c.as_ref())).collect()
+}
+
+/// Fetch an execution payload using the appropriate engine API version.
+pub(crate) async fn get_payload_with_sidecar(
+    provider: &RootProvider<AnyNetwork>,
+    version: u8,
+    payload_id: PayloadId,
+    parent_beacon_block_root: Option<B256>,
+) -> eyre::Result<(ExecutionPayload, ExecutionPayloadSidecar)> {
+    debug!(target: "reth-bench", get_payload_version = ?version, ?payload_id, "Sending getPayload");
+
+    match version {
+        1 => {
+            let payload = provider.get_payload_v1(payload_id).await?;
+            Ok((ExecutionPayload::V1(payload), ExecutionPayloadSidecar::none()))
+        }
+        2 => {
+            let envelope = provider.get_payload_v2(payload_id).await?;
+            let payload = match envelope.execution_payload {
+                alloy_rpc_types_engine::ExecutionPayloadFieldV2::V1(p) => ExecutionPayload::V1(p),
+                alloy_rpc_types_engine::ExecutionPayloadFieldV2::V2(p) => ExecutionPayload::V2(p),
+            };
+            Ok((payload, ExecutionPayloadSidecar::none()))
+        }
+        3 => {
+            let envelope = provider.get_payload_v3(payload_id).await?;
+            let versioned_hashes =
+                versioned_hashes_from_commitments(&envelope.blobs_bundle.commitments);
+            let cancun_fields = CancunPayloadFields {
+                parent_beacon_block_root: parent_beacon_block_root
+                    .ok_or_eyre("parent_beacon_block_root required for V3")?,
+                versioned_hashes,
+            };
+            Ok((
+                ExecutionPayload::V3(envelope.execution_payload),
+                ExecutionPayloadSidecar::v3(cancun_fields),
+            ))
+        }
+        4 => {
+            let envelope = provider.get_payload_v4(payload_id).await?;
+            Ok(envelope.into_payload_and_sidecar(
+                parent_beacon_block_root.ok_or_eyre("parent_beacon_block_root required for V4")?,
+            ))
+        }
+        5 => {
+            let envelope = provider.get_payload_v5(payload_id).await?;
+            Ok(envelope.into_payload_and_sidecar(
+                parent_beacon_block_root.ok_or_eyre("parent_beacon_block_root required for V5")?,
+            ))
+        }
+        _ => panic!("This tool does not support getPayload versions past v5"),
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;

bin/reth-bench/src/bench/mod.rs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use reth_node_core::args::LogArgs;
 use reth_tracing::FileWorkerGuard;
 
 mod context;
+mod gas_limit_ramp;
 mod generate_big_block;
 pub(crate) mod helpers;
 pub use generate_big_block::{
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ pub(crate) mod metrics_scraper;
 mod new_payload_fcu;
 mod new_payload_only;
 mod output;
+mod persistence_waiter;
 mod replay_payloads;
 mod send_invalid_payload;
 mod send_payload;
@@ -35,6 +37,9 @@ pub enum Subcommands {
     /// Benchmark which calls `newPayload`, then `forkchoiceUpdated`.
     NewPayloadFcu(new_payload_fcu::Command),
 
+    /// Benchmark which builds empty blocks with a ramped gas limit.
+    GasLimitRamp(gas_limit_ramp::Command),
+
     /// Benchmark which only calls subsequent `newPayload` calls.
     NewPayloadOnly(new_payload_only::Command),
 
@@ -94,6 +99,7 @@ impl BenchmarkCommand {
 
         match self.command {
             Subcommands::NewPayloadFcu(command) => command.execute(ctx).await,
+            Subcommands::GasLimitRamp(command) => command.execute(ctx).await,
             Subcommands::NewPayloadOnly(command) => command.execute(ctx).await,
             Subcommands::SendPayload(command) => command.execute(ctx).await,
             Subcommands::GenerateBigBlock(command) => command.execute(ctx).await,

bin/reth-bench/src/bench/new_payload_fcu.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 //! Runs the `reth bench` command, calling first newPayload for each block, then calling
 //! forkchoiceUpdated.
+//!
+//! Supports configurable waiting behavior:
+//! - **`--wait-time`**: Fixed sleep interval between blocks.
+//! - **`--wait-for-persistence`**: Waits for every Nth block to be persisted using the
+//!   `reth_subscribePersistedBlock` subscription, where N matches the engine's persistence
+//!   threshold. This ensures the benchmark doesn't outpace persistence.
+//!
+//! Both options can be used together or independently.
 
 use crate::{
     bench::{
@@ -9,16 +17,16 @@ use crate::{
         output::{
             write_benchmark_results, CombinedResult, NewPayloadResult, TotalGasOutput, TotalGasRow,
         },
+        persistence_waiter::{
+            derive_ws_rpc_url, setup_persistence_subscription, PersistenceWaiter,
+        },
     },
-    valid_payload::{
-        block_to_new_payload, call_forkchoice_updated_with_reth, call_new_payload_with_reth,
-    },
+    valid_payload::{block_to_new_payload, call_forkchoice_updated, call_new_payload_with_reth},
 };
-use alloy_provider::{ext::DebugApi, Provider};
+use alloy_provider::Provider;
 use alloy_rpc_types_engine::ForkchoiceState;
 use clap::Parser;
 use eyre::{Context, OptionExt};
-use futures::{stream, StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
 use reth_cli_runner::CliContext;
 use reth_engine_primitives::config::DEFAULT_PERSISTENCE_THRESHOLD;
 use reth_node_core::args::BenchmarkArgs;
@@ -39,6 +47,16 @@ pub struct Command {
     #[arg(long, value_name = "WAIT_TIME", value_parser = parse_duration, verbatim_doc_comment)]
     wait_time: Option<Duration>,
 
+    /// Wait for blocks to be persisted before sending the next batch.
+    ///
+    /// When enabled, waits for every Nth block to be persisted using the
+    /// `reth_subscribePersistedBlock` subscription. This ensures the benchmark
+    /// doesn't outpace persistence.
+    ///
+    /// The subscription uses the regular RPC websocket endpoint (no JWT required).
+    #[arg(long, default_value = "false", verbatim_doc_comment)]
+    wait_for_persistence: bool,
+
     /// Engine persistence threshold used for deciding when to wait for persistence.
     ///
     /// The benchmark waits after every `(threshold + 1)` blocks. By default this
@@ -86,17 +104,54 @@ impl Command {
         if let Some(duration) = self.wait_time {
             info!(target: "reth-bench", "Using wait-time mode with {}ms delay between blocks", duration.as_millis());
         }
+        if self.wait_for_persistence {
+            info!(
+                target: "reth-bench",
+                "Persistence waiting enabled (waits after every {} blocks to match engine gap > {} behavior)",
+                self.persistence_threshold + 1,
+                self.persistence_threshold
+            );
+        }
+
+        // Set up waiter based on configured options
+        // When both are set: wait at least wait_time, and also wait for persistence if needed
+        let mut waiter = match (self.wait_time, self.wait_for_persistence) {
+            (Some(duration), true) => {
+                let ws_url = derive_ws_rpc_url(
+                    self.benchmark.ws_rpc_url.as_deref(),
+                    &self.benchmark.engine_rpc_url,
+                )?;
+                let sub = setup_persistence_subscription(ws_url, self.persistence_timeout).await?;
+                Some(PersistenceWaiter::with_duration_and_subscription(
+                    duration,
+                    sub,
+                    self.persistence_threshold,
+                    self.persistence_timeout,
+                ))
+            }
+            (Some(duration), false) => Some(PersistenceWaiter::with_duration(duration)),
+            (None, true) => {
+                let ws_url = derive_ws_rpc_url(
+                    self.benchmark.ws_rpc_url.as_deref(),
+                    &self.benchmark.engine_rpc_url,
+                )?;
+                let sub = setup_persistence_subscription(ws_url, self.persistence_timeout).await?;
+                Some(PersistenceWaiter::with_subscription(
+                    sub,
+                    self.persistence_threshold,
+                    self.persistence_timeout,
+                ))
+            }
+            (None, false) => None,
+        };
 
         let BenchContext {
             benchmark_mode,
             block_provider,
             auth_provider,
-            next_block,
+            mut next_block,
             is_optimism,
             use_reth_namespace,
-            rlp_blocks,
-            no_wait_for_persistence,
-            no_wait_for_caches,
         } = BenchContext::new(&self.benchmark, self.rpc_url).await?;
 
         let total_blocks = benchmark_mode.total_blocks();
@@ -104,85 +159,69 @@ impl Command {
         let mut metrics_scraper = MetricsScraper::maybe_new(self.benchmark.metrics_url.clone());
 
         if use_reth_namespace {
-            info!("Using reth_newPayload and reth_forkchoiceUpdated endpoints");
+            info!("Using reth_newPayload endpoint");
         }
 
         let buffer_size = self.rpc_block_buffer_size;
 
-        let mut blocks = Box::pin(
-            stream::iter((next_block..)
-                .take_while(|next_block| {
-                    benchmark_mode.contains(*next_block)
-                }))
-                .map(|next_block| {
-                    let block_provider = block_provider.clone();
-                    async move {
-                        let block_res = block_provider
-                            .get_block_by_number(next_block.into())
-                            .full()
-                            .await
-                            .wrap_err_with(|| {
-                                format!("Failed to fetch block by number {next_block}")
-                            });
-                        let block =
-                            match block_res.and_then(|opt| opt.ok_or_eyre("Block not found")) {
-                                Ok(block) => block,
-                                Err(e) => {
-                                    tracing::error!(target: "reth-bench", "Failed to fetch block {next_block}: {e}");
-                                    return Err(e)
-                                }
-                            };
+        // Use a oneshot channel to propagate errors from the spawned task
+        let (error_sender, mut error_receiver) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel();
+        let (sender, mut receiver) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(buffer_size);
 
-                        let rlp = if rlp_blocks {
-                            let rlp = match block_provider
-                                .debug_get_raw_block(next_block.into())
-                                .await
-                            {
-                                Ok(rlp) => rlp,
-                                Err(e) => {
-                                    tracing::error!(target: "reth-bench", "Failed to fetch raw block {next_block}: {e}");
-                                    return Err(e.into())
-                                }
-                            };
-                            Some(rlp)
-                        } else {
-                            None
-                        };
-
-                        let head_block_hash = block.header.hash;
-                        let safe_block_hash = block_provider
-                            .get_block_by_number(block.header.number.saturating_sub(32).into());
-
-                        let finalized_block_hash = block_provider
-                            .get_block_by_number(block.header.number.saturating_sub(64).into());
-
-                        let (safe, finalized) =
-                            tokio::join!(safe_block_hash, finalized_block_hash);
-
-                        let safe_block_hash = match safe {
-                            Ok(Some(block)) => block.header.hash,
-                            Ok(None) | Err(_) => head_block_hash,
-                        };
-
-                        let finalized_block_hash = match finalized {
-                            Ok(Some(block)) => block.header.hash,
-                            Ok(None) | Err(_) => head_block_hash,
-                        };
-
-                        Ok((block, head_block_hash, safe_block_hash, finalized_block_hash, rlp))
+        tokio::task::spawn(async move {
+            while benchmark_mode.contains(next_block) {
+                let block_res = block_provider
+                    .get_block_by_number(next_block.into())
+                    .full()
+                    .await
+                    .wrap_err_with(|| format!("Failed to fetch block by number {next_block}"));
+                let block = match block_res.and_then(|opt| opt.ok_or_eyre("Block not found")) {
+                    Ok(block) => block,
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        tracing::error!(target: "reth-bench", "Failed to fetch block {next_block}: {e}");
+                        let _ = error_sender.send(e);
+                        break;
                     }
-                })
-                .buffered(buffer_size),
-        );
+                };
+
+                let head_block_hash = block.header.hash;
+                let safe_block_hash = block_provider
+                    .get_block_by_number(block.header.number.saturating_sub(32).into());
+
+                let finalized_block_hash = block_provider
+                    .get_block_by_number(block.header.number.saturating_sub(64).into());
+
+                let (safe, finalized) = tokio::join!(safe_block_hash, finalized_block_hash,);
+
+                let safe_block_hash = match safe {
+                    Ok(Some(block)) => block.header.hash,
+                    Ok(None) | Err(_) => head_block_hash,
+                };
+
+                let finalized_block_hash = match finalized {
+                    Ok(Some(block)) => block.header.hash,
+                    Ok(None) | Err(_) => head_block_hash,
+                };
+
+                next_block += 1;
+                if let Err(e) = sender
+                    .send((block, head_block_hash, safe_block_hash, finalized_block_hash))
+                    .await
+                {
+                    tracing::error!(target: "reth-bench", "Failed to send block data: {e}");
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        });
 
         let mut results = Vec::new();
         let mut blocks_processed = 0u64;
         let total_benchmark_duration = Instant::now();
         let mut total_wait_time = Duration::ZERO;
 
-        while let Some((block, head, safe, finalized, rlp)) = {
+        while let Some((block, head, safe, finalized)) = {
             let wait_start = Instant::now();
-            let result = blocks.try_next().await?;
+            let result = receiver.recv().await;
             total_wait_time += wait_start.elapsed();
             result
         } {
@@ -199,17 +238,11 @@ impl Command {
                 finalized_block_hash: finalized,
             };
 
-            let (version, params) = block_to_new_payload(
-                block,
-                is_optimism,
-                rlp,
-                use_reth_namespace,
-                no_wait_for_persistence,
-                no_wait_for_caches,
-            )?;
+            let (version, params, execution_data) = block_to_new_payload(block, is_optimism)?;
             let start = Instant::now();
+            let reth_data = use_reth_namespace.then_some(execution_data);
             let server_timings =
-                call_new_payload_with_reth(&auth_provider, version, params).await?;
+                call_new_payload_with_reth(&auth_provider, version, params, reth_data).await?;
 
             let np_latency =
                 server_timings.as_ref().map(|t| t.latency).unwrap_or_else(|| start.elapsed());
@@ -228,7 +261,7 @@ impl Command {
             };
 
             let fcu_start = Instant::now();
-            call_forkchoice_updated_with_reth(&auth_provider, version, forkchoice_state).await?;
+            call_forkchoice_updated(&auth_provider, version, forkchoice_state, None).await?;
             let fcu_latency = fcu_start.elapsed();
 
             let total_latency = if server_timings.is_some() {
@@ -264,8 +297,8 @@ impl Command {
                 warn!(target: "reth-bench", %err, block_number, "Failed to scrape metrics");
             }
 
-            if let Some(wait_time) = self.wait_time {
-                tokio::time::sleep(wait_time).await;
+            if let Some(w) = &mut waiter {
+                w.on_block(block_number).await?;
             }
 
             let gas_row =
@@ -273,6 +306,15 @@ impl Command {
             results.push((gas_row, combined_result));
         }
 
+        // Check if the spawned task encountered an error
+        if let Ok(error) = error_receiver.try_recv() {
+            return Err(error);
+        }
+
+        // Drop waiter - we don't need to wait for final blocks to persist
+        // since the benchmark goal is measuring Ggas/s of newPayload/FCU, not persistence.
+        drop(waiter);
+
         let (gas_output_results, combined_results): (Vec<TotalGasRow>, Vec<CombinedResult>) =
             results.into_iter().unzip();
 

bin/reth-bench/src/bench/new_payload_only.rs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use crate::{
     },
     valid_payload::{block_to_new_payload, call_new_payload_with_reth},
 };
-use alloy_provider::{ext::DebugApi, Provider};
+use alloy_provider::Provider;
 use clap::Parser;
 use csv::Writer;
 use eyre::{Context, OptionExt};
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ impl Command {
             mut next_block,
             is_optimism,
             use_reth_namespace,
-            rlp_blocks,
-            no_wait_for_persistence,
-            no_wait_for_caches,
         } = BenchContext::new(&self.benchmark, self.rpc_url).await?;
 
         let total_blocks = benchmark_mode.total_blocks();
@@ -86,21 +83,8 @@ impl Command {
                     }
                 };
 
-                let rlp = if rlp_blocks {
-                    let Ok(rlp) = block_provider.debug_get_raw_block(next_block.into()).await
-                    else {
-                        tracing::error!(target: "reth-bench", "Failed to fetch raw block {next_block}");
-                        let _ = error_sender
-                            .send(eyre::eyre!("Failed to fetch raw block {next_block}"));
-                        break;
-                    };
-                    Some(rlp)
-                } else {
-                    None
-                };
-
                 next_block += 1;
-                if let Err(e) = sender.send((block, rlp)).await {
+                if let Err(e) = sender.send(block).await {
                     tracing::error!(target: "reth-bench", "Failed to send block data: {e}");
                     break;
                 }
@@ -112,7 +96,7 @@ impl Command {
         let total_benchmark_duration = Instant::now();
         let mut total_wait_time = Duration::ZERO;
 
-        while let Some((block, rlp)) = {
+        while let Some(block) = {
             let wait_start = Instant::now();
             let result = receiver.recv().await;
             total_wait_time += wait_start.elapsed();
@@ -124,18 +108,12 @@ impl Command {
 
             debug!(target: "reth-bench", number=?block.header.number, "Sending payload to engine");
 
-            let (version, params) = block_to_new_payload(
-                block,
-                is_optimism,
-                rlp,
-                use_reth_namespace,
-                no_wait_for_persistence,
-                no_wait_for_caches,
-            )?;
+            let (version, params, execution_data) = block_to_new_payload(block, is_optimism)?;
 
             let start = Instant::now();
+            let reth_data = use_reth_namespace.then_some(execution_data);
             let server_timings =
-                call_new_payload_with_reth(&auth_provider, version, params).await?;
+                call_new_payload_with_reth(&auth_provider, version, params, reth_data).await?;
 
             let latency =
                 server_timings.as_ref().map(|t| t.latency).unwrap_or_else(|| start.elapsed());

bin/reth-bench/src/bench/output.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 //! Contains various benchmark output formats, either for logging or for
 //! serialization to / from files.
 
+use alloy_primitives::B256;
 use csv::Writer;
 use eyre::OptionExt;
 use reth_primitives_traits::constants::GIGAGAS;
-use serde::{ser::SerializeStruct, Serialize};
+use serde::{ser::SerializeStruct, Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{fs, path::Path, time::Duration};
 use tracing::info;
 
@@ -17,6 +18,20 @@ pub(crate) const COMBINED_OUTPUT_SUFFIX: &str = "combined_latency.csv";
 /// This is the suffix for new payload output csv files.
 pub(crate) const NEW_PAYLOAD_OUTPUT_SUFFIX: &str = "new_payload_latency.csv";
 
+/// Serialized format for gas ramp payloads on disk.
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub(crate) struct GasRampPayloadFile {
+    /// Engine API version (1-5).
+    pub(crate) version: u8,
+    /// The block hash for FCU.
+    pub(crate) block_hash: B256,
+    /// The params to pass to newPayload.
+    pub(crate) params: serde_json::Value,
+    /// The execution data for `reth_newPayload`.
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", default)]
+    pub(crate) execution_data: Option<alloy_rpc_types_engine::ExecutionData>,
+}
+
 /// This represents the results of a single `newPayload` call in the benchmark, containing the gas
 /// used and the `newPayload` latency.
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -99,27 +114,16 @@ impl CombinedResult {
 
 impl std::fmt::Display for CombinedResult {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        let np = &self.new_payload_result;
         write!(
             f,
             "Block {} processed at {:.4} Ggas/s, used {} total gas. Combined: {:.4} Ggas/s. fcu: {:?}, newPayload: {:?}",
             self.block_number,
-            np.gas_per_second() / GIGAGAS as f64,
-            np.gas_used,
+            self.new_payload_result.gas_per_second() / GIGAGAS as f64,
+            self.new_payload_result.gas_used,
             self.combined_gas_per_second() / GIGAGAS as f64,
             self.fcu_latency,
-            np.latency,
-        )?;
-        if !np.execution_cache_wait.is_zero() {
-            write!(f, ", execution cache wait: {:?}", np.execution_cache_wait)?;
-        }
-        if !np.sparse_trie_wait.is_zero() {
-            write!(f, ", trie cache wait: {:?}", np.sparse_trie_wait)?;
-        }
-        if let Some(d) = np.persistence_wait {
-            write!(f, ", persistence wait: {d:?}")?;
-        }
-        Ok(())
+            self.new_payload_result.latency
+        )
     }
 }
 

bin/reth-bench/src/bench/persistence_waiter.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,334 @@
+//! Persistence waiting utilities for benchmarks.
+//!
+//! Provides waiting behavior to control benchmark pacing:
+//! - **Fixed duration waits**: Sleep for a fixed time between blocks
+//! - **Persistence-based waits**: Wait for blocks to be persisted using
+//!   `reth_subscribePersistedBlock` subscription
+//! - **Combined mode**: Wait at least the fixed duration, and also wait for persistence if the
+//!   block hasn't been persisted yet (whichever takes longer)
+
+use alloy_eips::BlockNumHash;
+use alloy_network::Ethereum;
+use alloy_provider::{Provider, RootProvider};
+use alloy_pubsub::SubscriptionStream;
+use alloy_rpc_client::RpcClient;
+use alloy_transport_ws::WsConnect;
+use eyre::Context;
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use tracing::{debug, info};
+
+/// Default `WebSocket` RPC port for reth.
+const DEFAULT_WS_RPC_PORT: u16 = 8546;
+use url::Url;
+
+/// Returns the websocket RPC URL used for the persistence subscription.
+///
+/// Preference:
+/// - If `ws_rpc_url` is provided, use it directly.
+/// - Otherwise, derive a WS RPC URL from `engine_rpc_url`.
+///
+/// The persistence subscription endpoint (`reth_subscribePersistedBlock`) is exposed on
+/// the regular RPC server (WS port, usually 8546), not on the engine API port (usually 8551).
+/// Since we may only have the engine URL by default, we convert the scheme
+/// (http→ws, https→wss) and force the port to 8546.
+pub(crate) fn derive_ws_rpc_url(
+    ws_rpc_url: Option<&str>,
+    engine_rpc_url: &str,
+) -> eyre::Result<Url> {
+    if let Some(ws_url) = ws_rpc_url {
+        let parsed: Url = ws_url
+            .parse()
+            .wrap_err_with(|| format!("Failed to parse WebSocket RPC URL: {ws_url}"))?;
+        info!(target: "reth-bench", ws_url = %parsed, "Using provided WebSocket RPC URL");
+        Ok(parsed)
+    } else {
+        let derived = engine_url_to_ws_url(engine_rpc_url)?;
+        debug!(
+            target: "reth-bench",
+            engine_url = %engine_rpc_url,
+            %derived,
+            "Derived WebSocket RPC URL from engine RPC URL"
+        );
+        Ok(derived)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Converts an engine API URL to the default RPC websocket URL.
+///
+/// Transformations:
+/// - `http`  → `ws`
+/// - `https` → `wss`
+/// - `ws` / `wss` keep their scheme
+/// - Port is always set to `8546`, reth's default RPC websocket port.
+///
+/// This is used when we only know the engine API URL (typically `:8551`) but
+/// need to connect to the node's WS RPC endpoint for persistence events.
+fn engine_url_to_ws_url(engine_url: &str) -> eyre::Result<Url> {
+    let url: Url = engine_url
+        .parse()
+        .wrap_err_with(|| format!("Failed to parse engine RPC URL: {engine_url}"))?;
+
+    let mut ws_url = url.clone();
+
+    match ws_url.scheme() {
+        "http" => ws_url
+            .set_scheme("ws")
+            .map_err(|_| eyre::eyre!("Failed to set WS scheme for URL: {url}"))?,
+        "https" => ws_url
+            .set_scheme("wss")
+            .map_err(|_| eyre::eyre!("Failed to set WSS scheme for URL: {url}"))?,
+        "ws" | "wss" => {}
+        scheme => {
+            return Err(eyre::eyre!(
+            "Unsupported URL scheme '{scheme}' for URL: {url}. Expected http, https, ws, or wss."
+        ))
+        }
+    }
+
+    ws_url
+        .set_port(Some(DEFAULT_WS_RPC_PORT))
+        .map_err(|_| eyre::eyre!("Failed to set port for URL: {url}"))?;
+
+    Ok(ws_url)
+}
+
+/// Waits until the persistence subscription reports that `target` has been persisted.
+///
+/// Consumes subscription events until `last_persisted >= target`, or returns an error if:
+/// - the subscription stream ends unexpectedly, or
+/// - `timeout` elapses before `target` is observed.
+async fn wait_for_persistence(
+    stream: &mut SubscriptionStream<BlockNumHash>,
+    target: u64,
+    last_persisted: &mut u64,
+    timeout: Duration,
+) -> eyre::Result<()> {
+    tokio::time::timeout(timeout, async {
+        while *last_persisted < target {
+            match stream.next().await {
+                Some(persisted) => {
+                    *last_persisted = persisted.number;
+                    debug!(
+                        target: "reth-bench",
+                        persisted_block = ?last_persisted,
+                        "Received persistence notification"
+                    );
+                }
+                None => {
+                    return Err(eyre::eyre!("Persistence subscription closed unexpectedly"));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    })
+    .await
+    .map_err(|_| {
+        eyre::eyre!(
+            "Persistence timeout: target block {} not persisted within {:?}. Last persisted: {}",
+            target,
+            timeout,
+            last_persisted
+        )
+    })?
+}
+
+/// Wrapper that keeps both the subscription stream and the underlying provider alive.
+/// The provider must be kept alive for the subscription to continue receiving events.
+pub(crate) struct PersistenceSubscription {
+    _provider: RootProvider<Ethereum>,
+    stream: SubscriptionStream<BlockNumHash>,
+}
+
+impl PersistenceSubscription {
+    const fn new(
+        provider: RootProvider<Ethereum>,
+        stream: SubscriptionStream<BlockNumHash>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self { _provider: provider, stream }
+    }
+
+    const fn stream_mut(&mut self) -> &mut SubscriptionStream<BlockNumHash> {
+        &mut self.stream
+    }
+}
+
+/// Establishes a websocket connection and subscribes to `reth_subscribePersistedBlock`.
+///
+/// The `keepalive_interval` is set to match `persistence_timeout` so that the `WebSocket`
+/// connection is not dropped during long MDBX commits that block the server from responding
+/// to pings.
+pub(crate) async fn setup_persistence_subscription(
+    ws_url: Url,
+    persistence_timeout: Duration,
+) -> eyre::Result<PersistenceSubscription> {
+    info!(target: "reth-bench", "Connecting to WebSocket at {} for persistence subscription", ws_url);
+
+    let ws_connect =
+        WsConnect::new(ws_url.to_string()).with_keepalive_interval(persistence_timeout);
+    let client = RpcClient::connect_pubsub(ws_connect)
+        .await
+        .wrap_err("Failed to connect to WebSocket RPC endpoint")?;
+    let provider: RootProvider<Ethereum> = RootProvider::new(client);
+
+    let subscription = provider
+        .subscribe_to::<BlockNumHash>("reth_subscribePersistedBlock")
+        .await
+        .wrap_err("Failed to subscribe to persistence notifications")?;
+
+    info!(target: "reth-bench", "Subscribed to persistence notifications");
+
+    Ok(PersistenceSubscription::new(provider, subscription.into_stream()))
+}
+
+/// Encapsulates the block waiting logic.
+///
+/// Provides a simple `on_block()` interface that handles both:
+/// - Fixed duration waits (when `wait_time` is set)
+/// - Persistence-based waits (when `subscription` is set)
+///
+/// For persistence mode, waits after every `(threshold + 1)` blocks.
+pub(crate) struct PersistenceWaiter {
+    wait_time: Option<Duration>,
+    subscription: Option<PersistenceSubscription>,
+    blocks_sent: u64,
+    last_persisted: u64,
+    threshold: u64,
+    timeout: Duration,
+}
+
+impl PersistenceWaiter {
+    pub(crate) const fn with_duration(wait_time: Duration) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            wait_time: Some(wait_time),
+            subscription: None,
+            blocks_sent: 0,
+            last_persisted: 0,
+            threshold: 0,
+            timeout: Duration::ZERO,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) const fn with_subscription(
+        subscription: PersistenceSubscription,
+        threshold: u64,
+        timeout: Duration,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            wait_time: None,
+            subscription: Some(subscription),
+            blocks_sent: 0,
+            last_persisted: 0,
+            threshold,
+            timeout,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a waiter that combines both duration and persistence waiting.
+    ///
+    /// Waits at least `wait_time` between blocks, and also waits for persistence
+    /// if the block hasn't been persisted yet (whichever takes longer).
+    pub(crate) const fn with_duration_and_subscription(
+        wait_time: Duration,
+        subscription: PersistenceSubscription,
+        threshold: u64,
+        timeout: Duration,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            wait_time: Some(wait_time),
+            subscription: Some(subscription),
+            blocks_sent: 0,
+            last_persisted: 0,
+            threshold,
+            timeout,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Called once per block. Waits based on the configured mode.
+    ///
+    /// When both `wait_time` and `subscription` are set (combined mode):
+    /// - Always waits at least `wait_time`
+    /// - Additionally waits for persistence if we're at a persistence checkpoint
+    #[allow(clippy::manual_is_multiple_of)]
+    pub(crate) async fn on_block(&mut self, block_number: u64) -> eyre::Result<()> {
+        // Always wait for the fixed duration if configured
+        if let Some(wait_time) = self.wait_time {
+            tokio::time::sleep(wait_time).await;
+        }
+
+        // Check persistence if subscription is configured
+        let Some(ref mut subscription) = self.subscription else {
+            return Ok(());
+        };
+
+        self.blocks_sent += 1;
+
+        if self.blocks_sent % (self.threshold + 1) == 0 {
+            debug!(
+                target: "reth-bench",
+                target_block = ?block_number,
+                last_persisted = self.last_persisted,
+                blocks_sent = self.blocks_sent,
+                "Waiting for persistence"
+            );
+
+            wait_for_persistence(
+                subscription.stream_mut(),
+                block_number,
+                &mut self.last_persisted,
+                self.timeout,
+            )
+            .await?;
+
+            debug!(
+                target: "reth-bench",
+                persisted = self.last_persisted,
+                "Persistence caught up"
+            );
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use std::time::Instant;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_engine_url_to_ws_url() {
+        // http -> ws, always uses port 8546
+        let result = engine_url_to_ws_url("http://localhost:8551").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(result.as_str(), "ws://localhost:8546/");
+
+        // https -> wss
+        let result = engine_url_to_ws_url("https://localhost:8551").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(result.as_str(), "wss://localhost:8546/");
+
+        // Custom engine port still maps to 8546
+        let result = engine_url_to_ws_url("http://localhost:9551").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(result.port(), Some(8546));
+
+        // Already ws passthrough
+        let result = engine_url_to_ws_url("ws://localhost:8546").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(result.scheme(), "ws");
+
+        // Invalid inputs
+        assert!(engine_url_to_ws_url("ftp://localhost:8551").is_err());
+        assert!(engine_url_to_ws_url("not a valid url").is_err());
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_waiter_with_duration() {
+        let mut waiter = PersistenceWaiter::with_duration(Duration::from_millis(1));
+
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        waiter.on_block(1).await.unwrap();
+        waiter.on_block(2).await.unwrap();
+        waiter.on_block(3).await.unwrap();
+
+        // Should have waited ~3ms total
+        assert!(start.elapsed() >= Duration::from_millis(3));
+    }
+}

bin/reth-bench/src/bench/replay_payloads.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 //! Command for replaying pre-generated payloads from disk.
+//!
+//! This command reads `ExecutionPayloadEnvelopeV4` files from a directory and replays them
+//! in sequence using `newPayload` followed by `forkchoiceUpdated`.
+//!
+//! Supports configurable waiting behavior:
+//! - **`--wait-time`**: Fixed sleep interval between blocks.
+//! - **`--wait-for-persistence`**: Waits for every Nth block to be persisted using the
+//!   `reth_subscribePersistedBlock` subscription, where N matches the engine's persistence
+//!   threshold. This ensures the benchmark doesn't outpace persistence.
+//!
+//! Both options can be used together or independently.
 
 use crate::{
     authenticated_transport::AuthenticatedTransportConnect,
@@ -6,13 +17,17 @@ use crate::{
         helpers::parse_duration,
         metrics_scraper::MetricsScraper,
         output::{
-            write_benchmark_results, CombinedResult, NewPayloadResult, TotalGasOutput, TotalGasRow,
+            write_benchmark_results, CombinedResult, GasRampPayloadFile, NewPayloadResult,
+            TotalGasOutput, TotalGasRow,
+        },
+        persistence_waiter::{
+            derive_ws_rpc_url, setup_persistence_subscription, PersistenceWaiter,
         },
     },
-    valid_payload::{call_forkchoice_updated_with_reth, call_new_payload_with_reth},
+    valid_payload::{call_forkchoice_updated, call_new_payload_with_reth},
 };
 use alloy_primitives::B256;
-use alloy_provider::{network::AnyNetwork, Provider, RootProvider};
+use alloy_provider::{ext::EngineApi, network::AnyNetwork, Provider, RootProvider};
 use alloy_rpc_client::ClientBuilder;
 use alloy_rpc_types_engine::{
     CancunPayloadFields, ExecutionData, ExecutionPayloadEnvelopeV4, ExecutionPayloadSidecar,
@@ -21,13 +36,13 @@ use alloy_rpc_types_engine::{
 use clap::Parser;
 use eyre::Context;
 use reth_cli_runner::CliContext;
+use reth_engine_primitives::config::DEFAULT_PERSISTENCE_THRESHOLD;
 use reth_node_api::EngineApiMessageVersion;
-use reth_rpc_api::RethNewPayloadInput;
 use std::{
     path::PathBuf,
     time::{Duration, Instant},
 };
-use tracing::{debug, info, warn};
+use tracing::{debug, info};
 use url::Url;
 
 /// `reth bench replay-payloads` command
@@ -57,9 +72,9 @@ pub struct Command {
     #[arg(long, value_name = "SKIP", default_value = "0")]
     skip: usize,
 
-    /// Deprecated: gas ramp is no longer needed. Use `--testing.skip-gas-limit-ramp-check`
-    /// and `--testing.gas-limit` on the reth node instead. This flag is accepted but ignored.
-    #[arg(long, value_name = "GAS_RAMP_DIR", hide = true)]
+    /// Optional directory containing gas ramp payloads to replay first.
+    /// These are replayed before the main payloads to warm up the gas limit.
+    #[arg(long, value_name = "GAS_RAMP_DIR")]
     gas_ramp_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
 
     /// Optional output directory for benchmark results (CSV files).
@@ -73,6 +88,47 @@ pub struct Command {
     #[arg(long, value_name = "WAIT_TIME", value_parser = parse_duration, verbatim_doc_comment)]
     wait_time: Option<Duration>,
 
+    /// Wait for blocks to be persisted before sending the next batch.
+    ///
+    /// When enabled, waits for every Nth block to be persisted using the
+    /// `reth_subscribePersistedBlock` subscription. This ensures the benchmark
+    /// doesn't outpace persistence.
+    ///
+    /// The subscription uses the regular RPC websocket endpoint (no JWT required).
+    #[arg(long, default_value = "false", verbatim_doc_comment)]
+    wait_for_persistence: bool,
+
+    /// Engine persistence threshold used for deciding when to wait for persistence.
+    ///
+    /// The benchmark waits after every `(threshold + 1)` blocks. By default this
+    /// matches the engine's `DEFAULT_PERSISTENCE_THRESHOLD` (2), so waits occur
+    /// at blocks 3, 6, 9, etc.
+    #[arg(
+        long = "persistence-threshold",
+        value_name = "PERSISTENCE_THRESHOLD",
+        default_value_t = DEFAULT_PERSISTENCE_THRESHOLD,
+        verbatim_doc_comment
+    )]
+    persistence_threshold: u64,
+
+    /// Timeout for waiting on persistence at each checkpoint.
+    ///
+    /// Must be long enough to account for the persistence thread being blocked
+    /// by pruning after the previous save.
+    #[arg(
+        long = "persistence-timeout",
+        value_name = "PERSISTENCE_TIMEOUT",
+        value_parser = parse_duration,
+        default_value = "120s",
+        verbatim_doc_comment
+    )]
+    persistence_timeout: Duration,
+
+    /// Optional `WebSocket` RPC URL for persistence subscription.
+    /// If not provided, derives from engine RPC URL by changing scheme to ws and port to 8546.
+    #[arg(long, value_name = "WS_RPC_URL", verbatim_doc_comment)]
+    ws_rpc_url: Option<String>,
+
     /// Use `reth_newPayload` endpoint instead of `engine_newPayload*`.
     ///
     /// The `reth_newPayload` endpoint is a reth-specific extension that takes `ExecutionData`
@@ -81,20 +137,6 @@ pub struct Command {
     #[arg(long, default_value = "false", verbatim_doc_comment)]
     reth_new_payload: bool,
 
-    /// Skip waiting for in-flight persistence before processing.
-    ///
-    /// Only works with `--reth-new-payload`. When set, passes `wait_for_persistence: false`
-    /// to the `reth_newPayload` endpoint.
-    #[arg(long, default_value = "false", verbatim_doc_comment, requires = "reth_new_payload")]
-    no_wait_for_persistence: bool,
-
-    /// Skip waiting for execution cache and sparse trie locks before processing.
-    ///
-    /// Only works with `--reth-new-payload`. When set, passes `wait_for_caches: false`
-    /// to the `reth_newPayload` endpoint.
-    #[arg(long, default_value = "false", verbatim_doc_comment, requires = "reth_new_payload")]
-    no_wait_for_caches: bool,
-
     /// Optional Prometheus metrics endpoint to scrape after each block.
     ///
     /// When provided, reth-bench will fetch metrics from this URL after each
@@ -114,6 +156,16 @@ struct LoadedPayload {
     block_hash: B256,
 }
 
+/// A gas ramp payload loaded from disk.
+struct GasRampPayload {
+    /// Block number from filename.
+    block_number: u64,
+    /// Engine API version for newPayload.
+    version: EngineApiMessageVersion,
+    /// The file contents.
+    file: GasRampPayloadFile,
+}
+
 impl Command {
     /// Execute the `replay-payloads` command.
     pub async fn execute(self, _ctx: CliContext) -> eyre::Result<()> {
@@ -123,9 +175,43 @@ impl Command {
         if let Some(duration) = self.wait_time {
             info!(target: "reth-bench", "Using wait-time mode with {}ms delay between blocks", duration.as_millis());
         }
-        if self.reth_new_payload {
-            info!("Using reth_newPayload and reth_forkchoiceUpdated endpoints");
+        if self.wait_for_persistence {
+            info!(
+                target: "reth-bench",
+                "Persistence waiting enabled (waits after every {} blocks to match engine gap > {} behavior)",
+                self.persistence_threshold + 1,
+                self.persistence_threshold
+            );
         }
+        if self.reth_new_payload {
+            info!("Using reth_newPayload endpoint");
+        }
+
+        // Set up waiter based on configured options
+        // When both are set: wait at least wait_time, and also wait for persistence if needed
+        let mut waiter = match (self.wait_time, self.wait_for_persistence) {
+            (Some(duration), true) => {
+                let ws_url = derive_ws_rpc_url(self.ws_rpc_url.as_deref(), &self.engine_rpc_url)?;
+                let sub = setup_persistence_subscription(ws_url, self.persistence_timeout).await?;
+                Some(PersistenceWaiter::with_duration_and_subscription(
+                    duration,
+                    sub,
+                    self.persistence_threshold,
+                    self.persistence_timeout,
+                ))
+            }
+            (Some(duration), false) => Some(PersistenceWaiter::with_duration(duration)),
+            (None, true) => {
+                let ws_url = derive_ws_rpc_url(self.ws_rpc_url.as_deref(), &self.engine_rpc_url)?;
+                let sub = setup_persistence_subscription(ws_url, self.persistence_timeout).await?;
+                Some(PersistenceWaiter::with_subscription(
+                    sub,
+                    self.persistence_threshold,
+                    self.persistence_timeout,
+                ))
+            }
+            (None, false) => None,
+        };
 
         let mut metrics_scraper = MetricsScraper::maybe_new(self.metrics_url.clone());
 
@@ -156,16 +242,18 @@ impl Command {
             "Using initial parent block"
         );
 
-        // Warn if deprecated --gas-ramp-dir is passed
-        if self.gas_ramp_dir.is_some() {
-            warn!(
-                target: "reth-bench",
-                "--gas-ramp-dir is deprecated and ignored. Use --testing.skip-gas-limit-ramp-check \
-                 and --testing.gas-limit on the reth node instead."
-            );
-        }
-
         // Load all payloads upfront to avoid I/O delays between phases
+        let gas_ramp_payloads = if let Some(ref gas_ramp_dir) = self.gas_ramp_dir {
+            let payloads = self.load_gas_ramp_payloads(gas_ramp_dir)?;
+            if payloads.is_empty() {
+                return Err(eyre::eyre!("No gas ramp payload files found in {:?}", gas_ramp_dir));
+            }
+            info!(target: "reth-bench", count = payloads.len(), "Loaded gas ramp payloads from disk");
+            payloads
+        } else {
+            Vec::new()
+        };
+
         let payloads = self.load_payloads()?;
         if payloads.is_empty() {
             return Err(eyre::eyre!("No payload files found in {:?}", self.payload_dir));
@@ -174,6 +262,47 @@ impl Command {
 
         let mut parent_hash = initial_parent_hash;
 
+        // Replay gas ramp payloads first
+        for (i, payload) in gas_ramp_payloads.iter().enumerate() {
+            info!(
+                target: "reth-bench",
+                gas_ramp_payload = i + 1,
+                total = gas_ramp_payloads.len(),
+                block_number = payload.block_number,
+                block_hash = %payload.file.block_hash,
+                "Executing gas ramp payload (newPayload + FCU)"
+            );
+
+            let reth_data =
+                if self.reth_new_payload { payload.file.execution_data.clone() } else { None };
+            let _ = call_new_payload_with_reth(
+                &auth_provider,
+                payload.version,
+                payload.file.params.clone(),
+                reth_data,
+            )
+            .await?;
+
+            let fcu_state = ForkchoiceState {
+                head_block_hash: payload.file.block_hash,
+                safe_block_hash: parent_hash,
+                finalized_block_hash: parent_hash,
+            };
+            call_forkchoice_updated(&auth_provider, payload.version, fcu_state, None).await?;
+
+            info!(target: "reth-bench", gas_ramp_payload = i + 1, "Gas ramp payload executed successfully");
+
+            if let Some(w) = &mut waiter {
+                w.on_block(payload.block_number).await?;
+            }
+
+            parent_hash = payload.file.block_hash;
+        }
+
+        if !gas_ramp_payloads.is_empty() {
+            info!(target: "reth-bench", count = gas_ramp_payloads.len(), "All gas ramp payloads replayed");
+        }
+
         let mut results = Vec::new();
         let total_benchmark_duration = Instant::now();
 
@@ -207,41 +336,31 @@ impl Command {
                 "Sending newPayload"
             );
 
-            let (version, params) = if self.reth_new_payload {
-                let reth_data = ExecutionData {
-                    payload: execution_payload.clone().into(),
-                    sidecar: ExecutionPayloadSidecar::v4(
-                        CancunPayloadFields {
-                            versioned_hashes: Vec::new(),
-                            parent_beacon_block_root: B256::ZERO,
-                        },
-                        PraguePayloadFields {
-                            requests: envelope.execution_requests.clone().into(),
-                        },
-                    ),
-                };
-                (
-                    None,
-                    serde_json::to_value((
-                        RethNewPayloadInput::ExecutionData(reth_data),
-                        self.no_wait_for_persistence.then_some(false),
-                        self.no_wait_for_caches.then_some(false),
-                    ))?,
-                )
-            } else {
-                (
-                    Some(EngineApiMessageVersion::V4),
-                    serde_json::to_value((
-                        execution_payload.clone(),
-                        Vec::<B256>::new(),
-                        B256::ZERO,
-                        envelope.execution_requests.to_vec(),
-                    ))?,
-                )
-            };
+            let params = serde_json::to_value((
+                execution_payload.clone(),
+                Vec::<B256>::new(),
+                B256::ZERO,
+                envelope.execution_requests.to_vec(),
+            ))?;
 
-            let server_timings =
-                call_new_payload_with_reth(&auth_provider, version, params).await?;
+            let reth_data = self.reth_new_payload.then(|| ExecutionData {
+                payload: execution_payload.clone().into(),
+                sidecar: ExecutionPayloadSidecar::v4(
+                    CancunPayloadFields {
+                        versioned_hashes: Vec::new(),
+                        parent_beacon_block_root: B256::ZERO,
+                    },
+                    PraguePayloadFields { requests: envelope.execution_requests.clone().into() },
+                ),
+            });
+
+            let server_timings = call_new_payload_with_reth(
+                &auth_provider,
+                EngineApiMessageVersion::V4,
+                params,
+                reth_data,
+            )
+            .await?;
 
             let np_latency =
                 server_timings.as_ref().map(|t| t.latency).unwrap_or_else(|| start.elapsed());
@@ -265,8 +384,10 @@ impl Command {
                 finalized_block_hash: parent_hash,
             };
 
+            debug!(target: "reth-bench", method = "engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV3", ?fcu_state, "Sending forkchoiceUpdated");
+
             let fcu_start = Instant::now();
-            call_forkchoice_updated_with_reth(&auth_provider, version, fcu_state).await?;
+            let fcu_result = auth_provider.fork_choice_updated_v3(fcu_state, None).await?;
             let fcu_latency = fcu_start.elapsed();
 
             let total_latency =
@@ -291,13 +412,22 @@ impl Command {
                 tracing::warn!(target: "reth-bench", %err, block_number, "Failed to scrape metrics");
             }
 
+            if let Some(w) = &mut waiter {
+                w.on_block(block_number).await?;
+            }
+
             let gas_row =
                 TotalGasRow { block_number, transaction_count, gas_used, time: current_duration };
             results.push((gas_row, combined_result));
 
+            debug!(target: "reth-bench", ?fcu_result, "Payload executed successfully");
             parent_hash = block_hash;
         }
 
+        // Drop waiter - we don't need to wait for final blocks to persist
+        // since the benchmark goal is measuring Ggas/s of newPayload/FCU, not persistence.
+        drop(waiter);
+
         let (gas_output_results, combined_results): (Vec<TotalGasRow>, Vec<CombinedResult>) =
             results.into_iter().unzip();
 
@@ -384,4 +514,60 @@ impl Command {
 
         Ok(payloads)
     }
+
+    /// Load and parse gas ramp payload files from a directory.
+    fn load_gas_ramp_payloads(&self, dir: &PathBuf) -> eyre::Result<Vec<GasRampPayload>> {
+        let mut payloads = Vec::new();
+
+        let entries: Vec<_> = std::fs::read_dir(dir)
+            .wrap_err_with(|| format!("Failed to read directory {:?}", dir))?
+            .filter_map(|e| e.ok())
+            .filter(|e| {
+                e.path().extension().and_then(|s| s.to_str()) == Some("json") &&
+                    e.file_name().to_string_lossy().starts_with("payload_block_")
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        // Parse filenames to get block numbers and sort
+        let mut indexed_paths: Vec<(u64, PathBuf)> = entries
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter_map(|e| {
+                let name = e.file_name();
+                let name_str = name.to_string_lossy();
+                // Extract block number from "payload_block_NNN.json"
+                let block_str = name_str.strip_prefix("payload_block_")?.strip_suffix(".json")?;
+                let block_number: u64 = block_str.parse().ok()?;
+                Some((block_number, e.path()))
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        indexed_paths.sort_by_key(|(num, _)| *num);
+
+        for (block_number, path) in indexed_paths {
+            let content = std::fs::read_to_string(&path)
+                .wrap_err_with(|| format!("Failed to read {:?}", path))?;
+            let file: GasRampPayloadFile = serde_json::from_str(&content)
+                .wrap_err_with(|| format!("Failed to parse {:?}", path))?;
+
+            let version = match file.version {
+                1 => EngineApiMessageVersion::V1,
+                2 => EngineApiMessageVersion::V2,
+                3 => EngineApiMessageVersion::V3,
+                4 => EngineApiMessageVersion::V4,
+                5 => EngineApiMessageVersion::V5,
+                v => return Err(eyre::eyre!("Invalid version {} in {:?}", v, path)),
+            };
+
+            info!(
+                block_number,
+                block_hash = %file.block_hash,
+                path = %path.display(),
+                "Loaded gas ramp payload"
+            );
+
+            payloads.push(GasRampPayload { block_number, version, file });
+        }
+
+        Ok(payloads)
+    }
 }

bin/reth-bench/src/bench/send_invalid_payload/mod.rs

@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ impl Command {
             ExecutionPayload::V1(p) => config.apply_to_payload_v1(p),
             ExecutionPayload::V2(p) => config.apply_to_payload_v2(p),
             ExecutionPayload::V3(p) => config.apply_to_payload_v3(p),
-            ExecutionPayload::V4(p) => config.apply_to_payload_v3(&mut p.payload_inner),
         };
 
         let skip_recalc = self.skip_hash_recalc || config.should_skip_hash_recalc();
@@ -255,9 +254,6 @@ impl Command {
                         ExecutionPayload::V1(p) => p.block_hash,
                         ExecutionPayload::V2(p) => p.payload_inner.block_hash,
                         ExecutionPayload::V3(p) => p.payload_inner.payload_inner.block_hash,
-                        ExecutionPayload::V4(p) => {
-                            p.payload_inner.payload_inner.payload_inner.block_hash
-                        }
                     }
                 }
             };
@@ -266,9 +262,6 @@ impl Command {
                 ExecutionPayload::V1(p) => p.block_hash = new_hash,
                 ExecutionPayload::V2(p) => p.payload_inner.block_hash = new_hash,
                 ExecutionPayload::V3(p) => p.payload_inner.payload_inner.block_hash = new_hash,
-                ExecutionPayload::V4(p) => {
-                    p.payload_inner.payload_inner.payload_inner.block_hash = new_hash
-                }
             }
         }
 

bin/reth-bench/src/bench_mode.rs

@@ -34,16 +34,17 @@ impl BenchMode {
     }
 
     /// Create a [`BenchMode`] from optional `from` and `to` fields.
-    ///
-    /// If only `--to` is provided, `from` is derived as `latest_block + 1`.
-    pub const fn new(from: Option<u64>, to: Option<u64>, latest_block: u64) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(from: Option<u64>, to: Option<u64>, latest_block: u64) -> Result<Self, eyre::Error> {
         // If neither `--from` nor `--to` are provided, we will run the benchmark continuously,
         // starting at the latest block.
         match (from, to) {
-            (Some(from), Some(to)) => Self::Range(from..=to),
-            (None, None) => Self::Continuous(latest_block),
-            (Some(start), None) => Self::Continuous(start),
-            (None, Some(to)) => Self::Range(latest_block + 1..=to),
+            (Some(from), Some(to)) => Ok(Self::Range(from..=to)),
+            (None, None) => Ok(Self::Continuous(latest_block)),
+            (Some(start), None) => Ok(Self::Continuous(start)),
+            _ => {
+                // both or neither are allowed, everything else is ambiguous
+                Err(eyre::eyre!("`from` and `to` must be provided together, or not at all."))
+            }
         }
     }
 }

bin/reth-bench/src/valid_payload.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! before sending additional calls.
 
 use alloy_eips::eip7685::Requests;
-use alloy_primitives::{Bytes, B256};
+use alloy_primitives::B256;
 use alloy_provider::{ext::EngineApi, network::AnyRpcBlock, Network, Provider};
 use alloy_rpc_types_engine::{
     ExecutionData, ExecutionPayload, ExecutionPayloadInputV2, ExecutionPayloadSidecar,
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use alloy_rpc_types_engine::{
 use alloy_transport::TransportResult;
 use op_alloy_rpc_types_engine::OpExecutionPayloadV4;
 use reth_node_api::EngineApiMessageVersion;
-use reth_rpc_api::RethNewPayloadInput;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use tracing::{debug, error};
@@ -167,27 +166,10 @@ where
 /// Converts an RPC block into versioned engine API params and an [`ExecutionData`].
 ///
 /// Returns `(version, versioned_params, execution_data)`.
-///
-/// When `no_wait_for_persistence` or `no_wait_for_caches` is `true` and using `reth_newPayload`,
-/// passes the corresponding `wait_for_*: false` to skip that wait.
 pub(crate) fn block_to_new_payload(
     block: AnyRpcBlock,
     is_optimism: bool,
-    rlp: Option<Bytes>,
-    reth_new_payload: bool,
-    no_wait_for_persistence: bool,
-    no_wait_for_caches: bool,
-) -> eyre::Result<(Option<EngineApiMessageVersion>, serde_json::Value)> {
-    if let Some(rlp) = rlp {
-        return Ok((
-            None,
-            serde_json::to_value((
-                RethNewPayloadInput::<ExecutionData>::BlockRlp(rlp),
-                no_wait_for_persistence.then_some(false),
-                no_wait_for_caches.then_some(false),
-            ))?,
-        ));
-    }
+) -> eyre::Result<(EngineApiMessageVersion, serde_json::Value, ExecutionData)> {
     let block = block
         .into_inner()
         .map_header(|header| header.map(|h| h.into_header_with_defaults()))
@@ -199,21 +181,7 @@ pub(crate) fn block_to_new_payload(
 
     // Convert to execution payload
     let (payload, sidecar) = ExecutionPayload::from_block_slow(&block);
-    let (version, params, execution_data) =
-        payload_to_new_payload(payload, sidecar, is_optimism, block.withdrawals_root, None)?;
-
-    if reth_new_payload {
-        Ok((
-            None,
-            serde_json::to_value((
-                RethNewPayloadInput::ExecutionData(execution_data),
-                no_wait_for_persistence.then_some(false),
-                no_wait_for_caches.then_some(false),
-            ))?,
-        ))
-    } else {
-        Ok((Some(version), params))
-    }
+    payload_to_new_payload(payload, sidecar, is_optimism, block.withdrawals_root, None)
 }
 
 /// Converts an execution payload and sidecar into versioned engine API params and an
@@ -230,20 +198,6 @@ pub(crate) fn payload_to_new_payload(
     let execution_data = ExecutionData { payload: payload.clone(), sidecar: sidecar.clone() };
 
     let (version, params) = match payload {
-        ExecutionPayload::V4(payload) => {
-            let cancun = sidecar.cancun().unwrap();
-            let prague = sidecar.prague().unwrap();
-            let requests = prague.requests.requests_hash();
-            (
-                EngineApiMessageVersion::V5,
-                serde_json::to_value((
-                    payload,
-                    cancun.versioned_hashes.clone(),
-                    cancun.parent_beacon_block_root,
-                    requests,
-                ))?,
-            )
-        }
         ExecutionPayload::V3(payload) => {
             let cancun = sidecar.cancun().unwrap();
 
@@ -265,8 +219,8 @@ pub(crate) fn payload_to_new_payload(
                         ))?,
                     )
                 } else {
-                    // Preserve the original RequestsOrHash payload for engine_newPayloadV4.
-                    let requests = prague.requests.clone();
+                    // Extract actual Requests from RequestsOrHash
+                    let requests = prague.requests.requests_hash();
                     (
                         version,
                         serde_json::to_value((
@@ -312,15 +266,17 @@ pub(crate) fn payload_to_new_payload(
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 pub(crate) async fn call_new_payload<N: Network, P: Provider<N>>(
     provider: P,
-    version: Option<EngineApiMessageVersion>,
+    version: EngineApiMessageVersion,
     params: serde_json::Value,
-) -> eyre::Result<Option<NewPayloadTimingBreakdown>> {
-    call_new_payload_with_reth(provider, version, params).await
+) -> TransportResult<Option<NewPayloadTimingBreakdown>> {
+    call_new_payload_with_reth(provider, version, params, None).await
 }
 
 /// Response from `reth_newPayload` endpoint, which includes server-measured latency.
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
 struct RethPayloadStatus {
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    status: PayloadStatus,
     latency_us: u64,
     #[serde(default)]
     persistence_wait_us: Option<u64>,
@@ -344,50 +300,72 @@ pub(crate) struct NewPayloadTimingBreakdown {
 }
 
 /// Calls either `engine_newPayload*` or `reth_newPayload` depending on whether
-/// `version` is provided.
+/// `reth_execution_data` is provided.
 ///
-/// When `version` is `None`, uses `reth_newPayload` endpoint with provided params.
+/// When `reth_execution_data` is `Some`, uses the `reth_newPayload` endpoint which takes
+/// `ExecutionData` directly and waits for persistence and cache updates to complete.
 ///
 /// Returns the server-reported timing breakdown when using the reth namespace, or `None` for
 /// the standard engine namespace.
 pub(crate) async fn call_new_payload_with_reth<N: Network, P: Provider<N>>(
     provider: P,
-    version: Option<EngineApiMessageVersion>,
+    version: EngineApiMessageVersion,
     params: serde_json::Value,
-) -> eyre::Result<Option<NewPayloadTimingBreakdown>> {
-    let method = version.map(|v| v.method_name()).unwrap_or("reth_newPayload");
+    reth_execution_data: Option<ExecutionData>,
+) -> TransportResult<Option<NewPayloadTimingBreakdown>> {
+    if let Some(execution_data) = reth_execution_data {
+        let method = "reth_newPayload";
+        let reth_params = serde_json::to_value((execution_data.clone(),))
+            .expect("ExecutionData serialization cannot fail");
 
-    debug!(target: "reth-bench", method, "Sending newPayload");
+        debug!(target: "reth-bench", method, "Sending newPayload");
 
-    let resp = loop {
-        let resp: serde_json::Value = provider.client().request(method, &params).await?;
-        let status = PayloadStatus::deserialize(&resp)?;
+        let mut resp: RethPayloadStatus = provider.client().request(method, &reth_params).await?;
 
-        if status.is_valid() {
-            break resp;
+        while !resp.status.is_valid() {
+            if resp.status.is_invalid() {
+                error!(target: "reth-bench", status=?resp.status, "Invalid {method}");
+                return Err(alloy_json_rpc::RpcError::LocalUsageError(Box::new(
+                    std::io::Error::other(format!("Invalid {method}: {:?}", resp.status)),
+                )))
+            }
+            if resp.status.is_syncing() {
+                return Err(alloy_json_rpc::RpcError::UnsupportedFeature(
+                    "invalid range: no canonical state found for parent of requested block",
+                ))
+            }
+            resp = provider.client().request(method, &reth_params).await?;
         }
-        if status.is_invalid() {
-            return Err(eyre::eyre!("Invalid {method}: {status:?}"));
-        }
-        if status.is_syncing() {
-            return Err(eyre::eyre!(
-                "invalid range: no canonical state found for parent of requested block"
-            ));
-        }
-    };
 
-    if version.is_some() {
-        return Ok(None);
+        Ok(Some(NewPayloadTimingBreakdown {
+            latency: Duration::from_micros(resp.latency_us),
+            persistence_wait: resp.persistence_wait_us.map(Duration::from_micros),
+            execution_cache_wait: Duration::from_micros(resp.execution_cache_wait_us),
+            sparse_trie_wait: Duration::from_micros(resp.sparse_trie_wait_us),
+        }))
+    } else {
+        let method = version.method_name();
+
+        debug!(target: "reth-bench", method, "Sending newPayload");
+
+        let mut status: PayloadStatus = provider.client().request(method, &params).await?;
+
+        while !status.is_valid() {
+            if status.is_invalid() {
+                error!(target: "reth-bench", ?status, ?params, "Invalid {method}",);
+                return Err(alloy_json_rpc::RpcError::LocalUsageError(Box::new(
+                    std::io::Error::other(format!("Invalid {method}: {status:?}")),
+                )))
+            }
+            if status.is_syncing() {
+                return Err(alloy_json_rpc::RpcError::UnsupportedFeature(
+                    "invalid range: no canonical state found for parent of requested block",
+                ))
+            }
+            status = provider.client().request(method, &params).await?;
+        }
+        Ok(None)
     }
-
-    let resp: RethPayloadStatus = serde_json::from_value(resp)?;
-
-    Ok(Some(NewPayloadTimingBreakdown {
-        latency: Duration::from_micros(resp.latency_us),
-        persistence_wait: resp.persistence_wait_us.map(Duration::from_micros),
-        execution_cache_wait: Duration::from_micros(resp.execution_cache_wait_us),
-        sparse_trie_wait: Duration::from_micros(resp.sparse_trie_wait_us),
-    }))
 }
 
 /// Calls the correct `engine_forkchoiceUpdated` method depending on the given
@@ -401,12 +379,9 @@ pub(crate) async fn call_forkchoice_updated<N, P: EngineApiValidWaitExt<N>>(
     forkchoice_state: ForkchoiceState,
     payload_attributes: Option<PayloadAttributes>,
 ) -> TransportResult<ForkchoiceUpdated> {
-    // FCU V3 is used for Cancun, Prague, and Amsterdam (there is no FCU V4-V6)
+    // FCU V3 is used for both Cancun and Prague (there is no FCU V4)
     match message_version {
-        EngineApiMessageVersion::V3 |
-        EngineApiMessageVersion::V4 |
-        EngineApiMessageVersion::V5 |
-        EngineApiMessageVersion::V6 => {
+        EngineApiMessageVersion::V3 | EngineApiMessageVersion::V4 | EngineApiMessageVersion::V5 => {
             provider.fork_choice_updated_v3_wait(forkchoice_state, payload_attributes).await
         }
         EngineApiMessageVersion::V2 => {
@@ -417,47 +392,3 @@ pub(crate) async fn call_forkchoice_updated<N, P: EngineApiValidWaitExt<N>>(
         }
     }
 }
-
-/// Calls either `reth_forkchoiceUpdated` or the standard `engine_forkchoiceUpdated*` depending
-/// on `use_reth`.
-///
-/// When `use_reth` is true, uses the `reth_forkchoiceUpdated` endpoint which sends a regular FCU
-/// with no payload attributes.
-pub(crate) async fn call_forkchoice_updated_with_reth<
-    N: Network,
-    P: Provider<N> + EngineApiValidWaitExt<N>,
->(
-    provider: P,
-    message_version: Option<EngineApiMessageVersion>,
-    forkchoice_state: ForkchoiceState,
-) -> TransportResult<ForkchoiceUpdated> {
-    if let Some(message_version) = message_version {
-        call_forkchoice_updated(provider, message_version, forkchoice_state, None).await
-    } else {
-        let method = "reth_forkchoiceUpdated";
-        let reth_params = serde_json::to_value((forkchoice_state,))
-            .expect("ForkchoiceState serialization cannot fail");
-
-        debug!(target: "reth-bench", method, "Sending forkchoiceUpdated");
-
-        loop {
-            let resp: ForkchoiceUpdated = provider.client().request(method, &reth_params).await?;
-
-            if resp.is_valid() {
-                break Ok(resp)
-            }
-
-            if resp.is_invalid() {
-                error!(target: "reth-bench", ?resp, "Invalid {method}");
-                return Err(alloy_json_rpc::RpcError::LocalUsageError(Box::new(
-                    std::io::Error::other(format!("Invalid {method}: {resp:?}")),
-                )))
-            }
-            if resp.is_syncing() {
-                return Err(alloy_json_rpc::RpcError::UnsupportedFeature(
-                    "invalid range: no canonical state found for parent of requested block",
-                ))
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}

bin/reth/Cargo.toml

@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ workspace = true
 # reth
 reth-ethereum-cli.workspace = true
 reth-chainspec.workspace = true
-reth-primitives-traits.workspace = true
-reth-ethereum-primitives.workspace = true
+reth-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-db = { workspace = true, features = ["mdbx"] }
 reth-provider.workspace = true
 reth-revm.workspace = true
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ aquamarine.workspace = true
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive", "env"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-alloy-node-bindings = "1.5.2"
+alloy-node-bindings = "1.6.3"
 alloy-provider = { workspace = true, features = ["reqwest"] }
 alloy-rpc-types-eth.workspace = true
 backon.workspace = true
@@ -89,6 +88,7 @@ default = [
     "keccak-cache-global",
     "asm-keccak",
     "min-debug-logs",
+    "rocksdb",
 ]
 
 otlp = [
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ dev = ["reth-ethereum-cli/dev"]
 
 asm-keccak = [
     "reth-node-core/asm-keccak",
+    "reth-primitives/asm-keccak",
     "reth-ethereum-cli/asm-keccak",
     "reth-node-ethereum/asm-keccak",
     "alloy-primitives/asm-keccak",
@@ -124,7 +125,6 @@ jemalloc = [
     "reth-node-core/jemalloc",
     "reth-node-metrics/jemalloc",
     "reth-ethereum-cli/jemalloc",
-    "reth-provider/jemalloc",
 ]
 jemalloc-prof = [
     "reth-cli-util/jemalloc",
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ min-trace-logs = [
 ]
 
 trie-debug = ["reth-node-builder/trie-debug", "reth-node-core/trie-debug"]
+rocksdb = ["reth-ethereum-cli/rocksdb", "reth-node-core/rocksdb"]
+edge = ["rocksdb"]
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "reth"

bin/reth/src/lib.rs

@@ -124,11 +124,9 @@ pub mod providers {
     pub use reth_provider::*;
 }
 
-/// Re-exported primitives.
-#[allow(ambiguous_glob_reexports)]
+/// Re-exported from `reth_primitives`.
 pub mod primitives {
-    pub use reth_ethereum_primitives::*;
-    pub use reth_primitives_traits::*;
+    pub use reth_primitives::*;
 }
 
 /// Re-exported from `reth_ethereum_consensus`.

crates/chain-state/Cargo.toml

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ alloy-signer.workspace = true
 alloy-signer-local.workspace = true
 rand.workspace = true
 revm-state.workspace = true
+criterion.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 serde = [
@@ -85,3 +86,8 @@ test-utils = [
     "reth-ethereum-primitives/test-utils",
 ]
 rayon = ["dep:rayon"]
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "canonical_hashes_range"
+harness = false
+required-features = ["test-utils"]