fix: strengthen batch invariants and prevent blinded node starvation

- Change debug_assert to assert for multi_added_removed_keys Arc equality check in BatchedStorageProof::merge, ensuring incorrect proofs are caught in release builds, not just debug - Change BatchedAccountProof::merge to try_merge returning Result, properly handling incompatible caches by processing as separate batches instead of panicking - Add MAX_DEFERRED_BLINDED_NODES (16) limit to prevent starvation of blinded node requests under high proof load - stops batching early when limit reached - Pre-allocate deferred_blinded_nodes vectors with capacity - Remove unnecessary clone of storage_work_tx by taking reference
perf(trie): use Arc for proof sharing and add batch validation
2026-04-30 03:01:58 -04:00 · 2025-12-09 11:32:31 +00:00 · 2025-12-09 11:32:31 +00:00 · 2025-12-09 11:32:31 +00:00 · 2025-12-09 11:32:31 +00:00 · 2025-12-09 11:32:31 +00:00
331 changed files with 3267 additions and 12543 deletions
--- a/.config/zepter.yaml
+++ b/.config/zepter.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ workflows:
        # Check that `A` activates the features of `B`.
        "propagate-feature",
        # These are the features to check:
-        "--features=std,op,dev,asm-keccak,jemalloc,jemalloc-prof,tracy-allocator,serde-bincode-compat,serde,test-utils,arbitrary,bench,alloy-compat,min-error-logs,min-warn-logs,min-info-logs,min-debug-logs,min-trace-logs,otlp,js-tracer,portable,keccak-cache-global",
+        "--features=std,op,dev,asm-keccak,jemalloc,jemalloc-prof,tracy-allocator,serde-bincode-compat,serde,test-utils,arbitrary,bench,alloy-compat,min-error-logs,min-warn-logs,min-info-logs,min-debug-logs,min-trace-logs,otlp,js-tracer,portable",
        # Do not try to add a new section to `[features]` of `A` only because `B` exposes that feature. There are edge-cases where this is still needed, but we can add them manually.
        "--left-side-feature-missing=ignore",
        # Ignore the case that `A` it outside of the workspace. Otherwise it will report errors in external dependencies that we have no influence on.
--- a/.github/actionlint.yaml
+++ b/.github/actionlint.yaml
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-self-hosted-runner:
-  labels:
-    - depot-ubuntu-latest
-    - depot-ubuntu-latest-2
-    - depot-ubuntu-latest-4
-    - depot-ubuntu-latest-8
-    - depot-ubuntu-latest-16
--- a/.github/assets/hive/run_simulator.sh
+++ b/.github/assets/hive/run_simulator.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ sim="${1}"
 limit="${2}"

 run_hive() {
-    hive --sim "${sim}" --sim.limit "${limit}" --sim.parallelism 16 --client reth 2>&1 | tee /tmp/log || true
+    hive --sim "${sim}" --sim.limit "${limit}" --sim.parallelism 8 --client reth 2>&1 | tee /tmp/log || true
 }

 check_log() {
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -11,19 +11,17 @@ env:
  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
  BASELINE: base
  SEED: reth
-  RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"

 name: bench
 jobs:
  codspeed:
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          submodules: true
      - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
--- a/.github/workflows/book.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/book.yml
@@ -10,12 +10,9 @@ on:
    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize, closed]
  merge_group:

-env:
-  RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"
-
 jobs:
  build:
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest-8
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 90
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
@@ -36,8 +33,6 @@ jobs:
      - name: Install Rust nightly
        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@nightly

-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
-
      - name: Build docs
        run: cd docs/vocs && bash scripts/build-cargo-docs.sh

--- a/.github/workflows/compact.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compact.yml
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@ on:

 env:
  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
-  RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"

 name: compact-codec
 jobs:
  compact-codec:
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        bin:
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ on:
 env:
  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
  SEED: rustethereumethereumrust
-  RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"

 concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
@@ -20,14 +19,13 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
  test:
    name: e2e-testsuite
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest-4
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
    timeout-minutes: 90
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: taiki-e/install-action@nextest
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
--- a/.github/workflows/hive.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hive.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
  prepare-hive:
    if: github.repository == 'paradigmxyz/reth'
    timeout-minutes: 45
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest-16
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - name: Checkout hive tests
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:

      - name: Restore hive assets cache
        id: cache-hive
-        uses: actions/cache@v5
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
        with:
          path: ./hive_assets
          key: hive-assets-${{ steps.hive-commit.outputs.hash }}-${{ hashFiles('.github/assets/hive/build_simulators.sh') }}
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
          chmod +x hive

      - name: Upload hive assets
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
        with:
          name: hive_assets
          path: ./hive_assets
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ jobs:
      - prepare-reth
      - prepare-hive
    name: run ${{ matrix.scenario.sim }}${{ matrix.scenario.limit && format(' - {0}', matrix.scenario.limit) }}
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest-16
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      issues: write
    steps:
@@ -187,13 +187,13 @@ jobs:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Download hive assets
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
        with:
          name: hive_assets
          path: /tmp

      - name: Download reth image
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
        with:
          name: artifacts
          path: /tmp
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ on:
 env:
  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
  SEED: rustethereumethereumrust
-  RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"

 concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
  test:
    name: test / ${{ matrix.network }}
    if: github.event_name != 'schedule'
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest-4
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
    strategy:
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ jobs:
      - name: Install Geth
        run: .github/assets/install_geth.sh
      - uses: taiki-e/install-action@nextest
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
@@ -76,7 +74,6 @@ jobs:
      - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
      - uses: taiki-e/install-action@nextest
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
--- a/.github/workflows/kurtosis-op.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kurtosis-op.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
    name: run kurtosis
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs:
      - prepare-reth
    steps:
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Download reth image
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
        with:
          name: artifacts
          path: /tmp
--- a/.github/workflows/kurtosis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kurtosis.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
    name: run kurtosis
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs:
      - prepare-reth
    steps:
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Download reth image
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
        with:
          name: artifacts
          path: /tmp
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -8,12 +8,11 @@ on:

 env:
  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
-  RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"

 jobs:
  clippy-binaries:
    name: clippy binaries / ${{ matrix.type }}
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 30
    strategy:
      matrix:
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ jobs:
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@clippy
        with:
          components: clippy
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:

  clippy:
    name: clippy
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 30
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -50,7 +48,6 @@ jobs:
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@nightly
        with:
          components: clippy
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
@@ -59,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
          RUSTFLAGS: -D warnings

  wasm:
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 30
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -68,7 +65,6 @@ jobs:
        with:
          target: wasm32-wasip1
      - uses: taiki-e/install-action@cargo-hack
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
@@ -79,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
          .github/assets/check_wasm.sh

  riscv:
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 60
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -88,7 +84,6 @@ jobs:
        with:
          target: riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf
      - uses: taiki-e/install-action@cargo-hack
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
@@ -98,18 +93,17 @@ jobs:

  crate-checks:
    name: crate-checks (${{ matrix.partition }}/${{ matrix.total_partitions }})
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest-4
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
-        partition: [1, 2, 3]
-        total_partitions: [3]
+        partition: [1, 2]
+        total_partitions: [2]
    timeout-minutes: 60
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
      - uses: taiki-e/install-action@cargo-hack
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
@@ -117,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:

  msrv:
    name: MSRV
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 30
    strategy:
      matrix:
@@ -130,7 +124,6 @@ jobs:
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
        with:
          toolchain: "1.88" # MSRV
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
@@ -140,13 +133,12 @@ jobs:

  docs:
    name: docs
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest-4
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 30
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@nightly
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
@@ -158,7 +150,7 @@ jobs:

  fmt:
    name: fmt
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 30
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -166,19 +158,17 @@ jobs:
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@nightly
        with:
          components: rustfmt
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - name: Run fmt
        run: cargo fmt --all --check

  udeps:
    name: udeps
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 30
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@nightly
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
@@ -187,13 +177,12 @@ jobs:

  book:
    name: book
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 30
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@nightly
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
@@ -243,39 +232,31 @@ jobs:
      - name: Ensure no arbitrary or proptest dependency on default build
        run: cargo tree --package reth -e=features,no-dev | grep -Eq "arbitrary|proptest" && exit 1 || exit 0

-  # Checks that selected crates can compile with power set of features
+  # Checks that selected rates can compile with power set of features
  features:
    name: features
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 30
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@clippy
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
      - name: cargo install cargo-hack
        uses: taiki-e/install-action@cargo-hack
-      - run: |
-          cargo hack check \
-            --package reth-codecs \
-            --package reth-primitives-traits \
-            --package reth-primitives \
-            --feature-powerset \
-            --depth 2
+      - run: make check-features
        env:
          RUSTFLAGS: -D warnings

  # Check crates correctly propagate features
  feature-propagation:
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 20
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
      - uses: taiki-e/cache-cargo-install-action@v2
        with:
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-reth.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-reth.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
  prepare-reth:
    if: github.repository == 'paradigmxyz/reth'
    timeout-minutes: 45
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - run: mkdir artifacts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:

      - name: Upload reth image
        id: upload
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
        with:
          name: artifacts
          path: ./artifacts
--- a/.github/workflows/release-dist.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-dist.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Update Homebrew formula
-        uses: dawidd6/action-homebrew-bump-formula@v7
+        uses: dawidd6/action-homebrew-bump-formula@v6
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.HOMEBREW }}
          no_fork: true
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ env:
  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
  DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME_URL: https://ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/reth
  DOCKER_OP_IMAGE_NAME_URL: https://ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/op-reth
-  RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"

 jobs:
  dry-run:
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - name: Verify crate version matches tag
        # Check that the Cargo version starts with the tag,
        # so that Cargo version 1.4.8 can be matched against both v1.4.8 and v1.4.8-rc.1
@@ -106,7 +104,6 @@ jobs:
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
        with:
          target: ${{ matrix.configs.target }}
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - name: Install cross main
        id: cross_main
        run: |
@@ -144,14 +141,14 @@ jobs:

      - name: Upload artifact
        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.dry_run != 'true' }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
        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@v6
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
        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
@@ -173,7 +170,7 @@ jobs:
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - name: Download artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
      - name: Generate full changelog
        id: changelog
        run: |
--- a/.github/workflows/reproducible-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reproducible-build.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
          echo "Binaries SHA256 on ${{ matrix.machine }}: $(cat checksum.sha256)"

      - name: Upload the hash
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
        with:
          name: checksum-${{ matrix.machine }}
          path: |
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Download artifacts from machine-1
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: checksum-machine-1
          path: machine-1/
      - name: Download artifacts from machine-2
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: checksum-machine-2
          path: machine-2/
--- a/.github/workflows/stage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stage.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ env:
  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
  FROM_BLOCK: 0
  TO_BLOCK: 50000
-  RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"

 concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
    name: stage-run-test
    # Only run stage commands test in merge groups
    if: github.event_name == 'merge_group'
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      RUST_LOG: info,sync=error
      RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ jobs:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-era.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-era.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ on:

 env:
  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
-  RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"

 concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
  sync:
    name: sync (${{ matrix.chain.bin }})
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      RUST_LOG: info,sync=error
      RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ jobs:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
--- a/.github/workflows/sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ on:

 env:
  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
-  RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"

 concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
  sync:
    name: sync (${{ matrix.chain.bin }})
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      RUST_LOG: info,sync=error
      RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ jobs:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
--- a/.github/workflows/unit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ on:
 env:
  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
  SEED: rustethereumethereumrust
-  RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"

 concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
  test:
    name: test / ${{ matrix.type }} (${{ matrix.partition }}/${{ matrix.total_partitions }})
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest-4
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
    strategy:
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ jobs:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
@@ -66,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:

  state:
    name: Ethereum state tests
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest-4
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      RUST_LOG: info,sync=error
      RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
@@ -93,7 +91,6 @@ jobs:
      - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
      - uses: taiki-e/install-action@nextest
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
@@ -101,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:

  doc:
    name: doc tests
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
    timeout-minutes: 30
@@ -109,7 +106,6 @@ jobs:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
--- a/.github/workflows/update-superchain.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-superchain.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
          ./fetch_superchain_config.sh

      - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
        with:
          commit-message: "chore: update superchain config"
          title: "chore: update superchain config"
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -9,12 +9,9 @@ on:
    branches: [main]
  merge_group:

-env:
-  RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"
-
 jobs:
  check-reth:
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
    timeout-minutes: 60

    steps:
@@ -24,7 +21,6 @@ jobs:
        with:
          target: x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
      - uses: taiki-e/install-action@cross
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
@@ -34,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
        run: cargo check --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu

  check-op-reth:
-    runs-on: depot-ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
    timeout-minutes: 60

    steps:
@@ -44,7 +40,6 @@ jobs:
        with:
          target: x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
      - uses: taiki-e/install-action@cross
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.9
      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
        with:
          cache-on-failure: true
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ checksum = "683d7910e743518b0e34f1186f92494becacb047c7b6bf616c96772180fef923"

 [[package]]
 name = "alloy-chains"
-version = "0.2.23"
+version = "0.2.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "35d744058a9daa51a8cf22a3009607498fcf82d3cf4c5444dd8056cdf651f471"
+checksum = "1b9ebac8ff9c2f07667e1803dc777304337e160ce5153335beb45e8ec0751808"
 dependencies = [
 "alloy-primitives",
 "alloy-rlp",
@@ -238,18 +238,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "thiserror 2.0.17",
 ]

-[[package]]
-name = "alloy-eip7928"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "926b2c0d34e641cf8b17bf54ce50fda16715b9f68ad878fa6128bae410c6f890"
-dependencies = [
- "alloy-primitives",
- "alloy-rlp",
- "borsh",
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "alloy-eips"
 version = "1.1.3"
@@ -278,9 +266,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "alloy-evm"
-version = "0.25.2"
+version = "0.24.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e6ccc4c702c840148af1ce784cc5c6ed9274a020ef32417c5b1dbeab8c317673"
+checksum = "01be36ba6f5e6e62563b369e03ca529eac46aea50677f84655084b4750816574"
 dependencies = [
 "alloy-consensus",
 "alloy-eips",
@@ -329,9 +317,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "alloy-json-abi"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6bfca3dbbcb7498f0f60e67aff2ad6aff57032e22eb2fd03189854be11a22c03"
+checksum = "5513d5e6bd1cba6bdcf5373470f559f320c05c8c59493b6e98912fbe6733943f"
 dependencies = [
 "alloy-primitives",
 "alloy-sol-type-parser",
@@ -395,9 +383,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "alloy-op-evm"
-version = "0.25.2"
+version = "0.24.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0f640da852f93ddaa3b9a602b7ca41d80e0023f77a67b68aaaf511c32f1fe0ce"
+checksum = "231262d7e06000f3fb642d32d38ca75e09e78e04977c10be0a07a5ee2c869cfd"
 dependencies = [
 "alloy-consensus",
 "alloy-eips",
@@ -426,9 +414,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "alloy-primitives"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5c850e6ccbd34b8a463a1e934ffc8fc00e1efc5e5489f2ad82d7797949f3bd4e"
+checksum = "355bf68a433e0fd7f7d33d5a9fc2583fde70bf5c530f63b80845f8da5505cf28"
 dependencies = [
 "alloy-rlp",
 "arbitrary",
@@ -447,7 +435,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "proptest",
 "proptest-derive 0.6.0",
 "rand 0.9.2",
- "rapidhash",
 "ruint",
 "rustc-hash",
 "serde",
@@ -782,9 +769,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "alloy-sol-macro"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b2218e3aeb3ee665d117fdf188db0d5acfdc3f7b7502c827421cb78f26a2aec0"
+checksum = "f3ce480400051b5217f19d6e9a82d9010cdde20f1ae9c00d53591e4a1afbb312"
 dependencies = [
 "alloy-sol-macro-expander",
 "alloy-sol-macro-input",
@@ -796,9 +783,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "alloy-sol-macro-expander"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b231cb8cc48e66dd1c6e11a1402f3ac86c3667cbc13a6969a0ac030ba7bb8c88"
+checksum = "6d792e205ed3b72f795a8044c52877d2e6b6e9b1d13f431478121d8d4eaa9028"
 dependencies = [
 "alloy-sol-macro-input",
 "const-hex",
@@ -814,9 +801,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "alloy-sol-macro-input"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "49a522d79929c1bf0152b07567a38f7eaed3ab149e53e7528afa78ff11994668"
+checksum = "0bd1247a8f90b465ef3f1207627547ec16940c35597875cdc09c49d58b19693c"
 dependencies = [
 "const-hex",
 "dunce",
@@ -830,9 +817,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "alloy-sol-type-parser"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0475c459859c8d9428af6ff3736614655a57efda8cc435a3b8b4796fa5ac1dd0"
+checksum = "954d1b2533b9b2c7959652df3076954ecb1122a28cc740aa84e7b0a49f6ac0a9"
 dependencies = [
 "serde",
 "winnow",
@@ -840,9 +827,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "alloy-sol-types"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "35287d9d821d5f26011bcd8d9101340898f761c9933cf50fca689bb7ed62fdeb"
+checksum = "70319350969a3af119da6fb3e9bddb1bce66c9ea933600cb297c8b1850ad2a3c"
 dependencies = [
 "alloy-json-abi",
 "alloy-primitives",
@@ -1382,9 +1369,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "async-compression"
-version = "0.4.36"
+version = "0.4.34"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "98ec5f6c2f8bc326c994cb9e241cc257ddaba9afa8555a43cffbb5dd86efaa37"
+checksum = "0e86f6d3dc9dc4352edeea6b8e499e13e3f5dc3b964d7ca5fd411415a3498473"
 dependencies = [
 "compression-codecs",
 "compression-core",
@@ -1542,9 +1529,9 @@ checksum = "72b3254f16251a8381aa12e40e3c4d2f0199f8c6508fbecb9d91f575e0fbb8c6"

 [[package]]
 name = "base64ct"
-version = "1.8.1"
+version = "1.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0e050f626429857a27ddccb31e0aca21356bfa709c04041aefddac081a8f068a"
+checksum = "55248b47b0caf0546f7988906588779981c43bb1bc9d0c44087278f80cdb44ba"

 [[package]]
 name = "bech32"
@@ -2390,9 +2377,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "compression-codecs"
-version = "0.4.35"
+version = "0.4.33"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b0f7ac3e5b97fdce45e8922fb05cae2c37f7bbd63d30dd94821dacfd8f3f2bf2"
+checksum = "302266479cb963552d11bd042013a58ef1adc56768016c8b82b4199488f2d4ad"
 dependencies = [
 "brotli",
 "compression-core",
@@ -3684,17 +3671,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "tracing",
 ]

-[[package]]
-name = "example-custom-rpc-middleware"
-version = "0.0.0"
-dependencies = [
- "clap",
- "jsonrpsee",
- "reth-ethereum",
- "tower",
- "tracing",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "example-db-access"
 version = "0.0.0"
@@ -4006,9 +3982,9 @@ checksum = "1d674e81391d1e1ab681a28d99df07927c6d4aa5b027d7da16ba32d1d21ecd99"

 [[package]]
 name = "flate2"
-version = "1.1.5"
+version = "1.1.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bfe33edd8e85a12a67454e37f8c75e730830d83e313556ab9ebf9ee7fbeb3bfb"
+checksum = "a2152dbcb980c05735e2a651d96011320a949eb31a0c8b38b72645ce97dec676"
 dependencies = [
 "crc32fast",
 "miniz_oxide",
@@ -5475,9 +5451,9 @@ checksum = "f9fbbcab51052fe104eb5e5d351cf728d30a5be1fe14d9be8a3b097481fb97de"

 [[package]]
 name = "libp2p-identity"
-version = "0.2.13"
+version = "0.2.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f0c7892c221730ba55f7196e98b0b8ba5e04b4155651736036628e9f73ed6fc3"
+checksum = "3104e13b51e4711ff5738caa1fb54467c8604c2e94d607e27745bcf709068774"
 dependencies = [
 "asn1_der",
 "bs58",
@@ -6212,9 +6188,9 @@ checksum = "d6790f58c7ff633d8771f42965289203411a5e5c68388703c06e14f24770b41e"

 [[package]]
 name = "op-alloy"
-version = "0.23.1"
+version = "0.22.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e9b8fee21003dd4f076563de9b9d26f8c97840157ef78593cd7f262c5ca99848"
+checksum = "c3b13412d297c1f9341f678b763750b120a73ffe998fa54a94d6eda98449e7ca"
 dependencies = [
 "op-alloy-consensus",
 "op-alloy-network",
@@ -6225,9 +6201,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "op-alloy-consensus"
-version = "0.23.1"
+version = "0.22.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "736381a95471d23e267263cfcee9e1d96d30b9754a94a2819148f83379de8a86"
+checksum = "726da827358a547be9f1e37c2a756b9e3729cb0350f43408164794b370cad8ae"
 dependencies = [
 "alloy-consensus",
 "alloy-eips",
@@ -6251,9 +6227,9 @@ checksum = "a79f352fc3893dcd670172e615afef993a41798a1d3fc0db88a3e60ef2e70ecc"

 [[package]]
 name = "op-alloy-network"
-version = "0.23.1"
+version = "0.22.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4034183dca6bff6632e7c24c92e75ff5f0eabb58144edb4d8241814851334d47"
+checksum = "f63f27e65be273ec8fcb0b6af0fd850b550979465ab93423705ceb3dfddbd2ab"
 dependencies = [
 "alloy-consensus",
 "alloy-network",
@@ -6267,9 +6243,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "op-alloy-provider"
-version = "0.23.1"
+version = "0.22.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6753d90efbaa8ea8bcb89c1737408ca85fa60d7adb875049d3f382c063666f86"
+checksum = "a71456699aa256dc20119736422ad9a44da8b9585036117afb936778122093b9"
 dependencies = [
 "alloy-network",
 "alloy-primitives",
@@ -6282,9 +6258,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "op-alloy-rpc-jsonrpsee"
-version = "0.23.1"
+version = "0.22.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c1c820ef9c802ebc732281a940bfb6ac2345af4d9fff041cbb64b4b546676686"
+checksum = "8ef9114426b16172254555aad34a8ea96c01895e40da92f5d12ea680a1baeaa7"
 dependencies = [
 "alloy-primitives",
 "jsonrpsee",
@@ -6292,9 +6268,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "op-alloy-rpc-types"
-version = "0.23.1"
+version = "0.22.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ddd87c6b9e5b6eee8d6b76f41b04368dca0e9f38d83338e5b00e730c282098a4"
+checksum = "562dd4462562c41f9fdc4d860858c40e14a25df7f983ae82047f15f08fce4d19"
 dependencies = [
 "alloy-consensus",
 "alloy-eips",
@@ -6312,9 +6288,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "op-alloy-rpc-types-engine"
-version = "0.23.1"
+version = "0.22.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "77727699310a18cdeed32da3928c709e2704043b6584ed416397d5da65694efc"
+checksum = "d8f24b8cb66e4b33e6c9e508bf46b8ecafc92eadd0b93fedd306c0accb477657"
 dependencies = [
 "alloy-consensus",
 "alloy-eips",
@@ -6328,7 +6304,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "ethereum_ssz_derive",
 "op-alloy-consensus",
 "serde",
- "sha2",
 "snap",
 "thiserror 2.0.17",
 ]
@@ -7210,16 +7185,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "rand_core 0.9.3",
 ]

-[[package]]
-name = "rapidhash"
-version = "4.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d8e65c75143ce5d47c55b510297eeb1182f3c739b6043c537670e9fc18612dae"
-dependencies = [
- "rand 0.9.2",
- "rustversion",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ratatui"
 version = "0.29.0"
@@ -7374,9 +7339,9 @@ checksum = "ba39f3699c378cd8970968dcbff9c43159ea4cfbd88d43c00b22f2ef10a435d2"

 [[package]]
 name = "reqwest"
-version = "0.12.25"
+version = "0.12.24"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b6eff9328d40131d43bd911d42d79eb6a47312002a4daefc9e37f17e74a7701a"
+checksum = "9d0946410b9f7b082a427e4ef5c8ff541a88b357bc6c637c40db3a68ac70a36f"
 dependencies = [
 "base64 0.22.1",
 "bytes",
@@ -8231,7 +8196,6 @@ name = "reth-engine-tree"
 version = "1.9.3"
 dependencies = [
 "alloy-consensus",
- "alloy-eip7928",
 "alloy-eips",
 "alloy-evm",
 "alloy-primitives",
@@ -8247,7 +8211,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "metrics",
 "metrics-util",
 "mini-moka",
- "moka",
 "parking_lot",
 "proptest",
 "rand 0.8.5",
@@ -8281,7 +8244,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "reth-stages",
 "reth-stages-api",
 "reth-static-file",
- "reth-storage-errors",
 "reth-tasks",
 "reth-testing-utils",
 "reth-tracing",
@@ -8652,7 +8614,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "derive_more",
 "futures-util",
 "metrics",
- "rayon",
 "reth-ethereum-forks",
 "reth-ethereum-primitives",
 "reth-execution-errors",
@@ -8958,7 +8919,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "pin-project",
 "rand 0.8.5",
 "rand 0.9.2",
- "rayon",
 "reth-chainspec",
 "reth-consensus",
 "reth-discv4",
@@ -9129,7 +9089,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "fdlimit",
 "futures",
 "jsonrpsee",
- "parking_lot",
 "rayon",
 "reth-basic-payload-builder",
 "reth-chain-state",
@@ -9261,7 +9220,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "alloy-sol-types",
 "eyre",
 "futures",
- "jsonrpsee-core",
 "rand 0.9.2",
 "reth-chainspec",
 "reth-db",
@@ -9289,7 +9247,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "reth-rpc-eth-api",
 "reth-rpc-eth-types",
 "reth-rpc-server-types",
- "reth-stages-types",
 "reth-tasks",
 "reth-testing-utils",
 "reth-tracing",
@@ -9298,7 +9255,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "serde",
 "serde_json",
 "similar-asserts",
- "tempfile",
 "tokio",
 ]

@@ -9653,7 +9609,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "reth-rpc-engine-api",
 "reth-rpc-eth-types",
 "reth-rpc-server-types",
- "reth-stages-types",
 "reth-tasks",
 "reth-tracing",
 "reth-transaction-pool",
@@ -10190,7 +10145,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "reth-db-api",
 "reth-engine-primitives",
 "reth-errors",
- "reth-ethereum-engine-primitives",
 "reth-ethereum-primitives",
 "reth-evm",
 "reth-evm-ethereum",
@@ -10253,9 +10207,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "reth-network-peers",
 "reth-rpc-eth-api",
 "reth-trie-common",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "tokio",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -10320,7 +10271,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "reth-rpc-server-types",
 "reth-storage-api",
 "reth-tasks",
- "reth-tokio-util",
 "reth-tracing",
 "reth-transaction-pool",
 "serde",
@@ -10397,7 +10347,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "reth-ethereum-engine-primitives",
 "reth-ethereum-primitives",
 "reth-metrics",
- "reth-network-api",
 "reth-node-ethereum",
 "reth-payload-builder",
 "reth-payload-builder-primitives",
@@ -10584,7 +10533,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "reth-stages-api",
 "reth-static-file",
 "reth-static-file-types",
- "reth-storage-api",
 "reth-storage-errors",
 "reth-testing-utils",
 "reth-trie",
@@ -10914,7 +10862,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "pretty_assertions",
 "proptest",
 "proptest-arbitrary-interop",
- "rand 0.9.2",
 "reth-ethereum-primitives",
 "reth-execution-errors",
 "reth-metrics",
@@ -11217,9 +11164,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "revm-inspectors"
-version = "0.33.2"
+version = "0.33.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "01def7351cd9af844150b8e88980bcd11304f33ce23c3d7c25f2a8dab87c1345"
+checksum = "6c93974333e7acc4b2dc024b10def99707f7375a4d53db7a7f8351722d25673f"
 dependencies = [
 "alloy-primitives",
 "alloy-rpc-types-eth",
@@ -12101,9 +12048,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "simd-adler32"
-version = "0.3.8"
+version = "0.3.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e320a6c5ad31d271ad523dcf3ad13e2767ad8b1cb8f047f75a8aeaf8da139da2"
+checksum = "d66dc143e6b11c1eddc06d5c423cfc97062865baf299914ab64caa38182078fe"

 [[package]]
 name = "similar"
@@ -12358,9 +12305,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "syn-solidity"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "60ceeb7c95a4536de0c0e1649bd98d1a72a4bb9590b1f3e45a8a0bfdb7c188c0"
+checksum = "ff790eb176cc81bb8936aed0f7b9f14fc4670069a2d371b3e3b0ecce908b2cb3"
 dependencies = [
 "paste",
 "proc-macro2",
@@ -12925,9 +12872,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "tower-http"
-version = "0.6.8"
+version = "0.6.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d4e6559d53cc268e5031cd8429d05415bc4cb4aefc4aa5d6cc35fbf5b924a1f8"
+checksum = "9cf146f99d442e8e68e585f5d798ccd3cad9a7835b917e09728880a862706456"
 dependencies = [
 "async-compression",
 "base64 0.22.1",
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ members = [
    "examples/custom-node-components/",
    "examples/custom-payload-builder/",
    "examples/custom-rlpx-subprotocol",
-    "examples/custom-rpc-middleware",
    "examples/custom-node",
    "examples/db-access",
    "examples/engine-api-access",
@@ -376,11 +375,11 @@ reth-era-utils = { path = "crates/era-utils" }
 reth-errors = { path = "crates/errors" }
 reth-eth-wire = { path = "crates/net/eth-wire" }
 reth-eth-wire-types = { path = "crates/net/eth-wire-types" }
-reth-ethereum-payload-builder = { path = "crates/ethereum/payload" }
 reth-ethereum-cli = { path = "crates/ethereum/cli", default-features = false }
 reth-ethereum-consensus = { path = "crates/ethereum/consensus", default-features = false }
 reth-ethereum-engine-primitives = { path = "crates/ethereum/engine-primitives", default-features = false }
 reth-ethereum-forks = { path = "crates/ethereum/hardforks", default-features = false }
+reth-ethereum-payload-builder = { path = "crates/ethereum/payload" }
 reth-ethereum-primitives = { path = "crates/ethereum/primitives", default-features = false }
 reth-ethereum = { path = "crates/ethereum/reth" }
 reth-etl = { path = "crates/etl" }
@@ -481,18 +480,17 @@ revm-primitives = { version = "21.0.2", default-features = false }
 revm-interpreter = { version = "31.1.0", default-features = false }
 revm-database-interface = { version = "8.0.5", default-features = false }
 op-revm = { version = "14.1.0", default-features = false }
-revm-inspectors = "0.33.2"
+revm-inspectors = "0.33.1"

 # eth
 alloy-chains = { version = "0.2.5", default-features = false }
 alloy-dyn-abi = "1.4.1"
 alloy-eip2124 = { version = "0.2.0", default-features = false }
-alloy-eip7928 = { version = "0.1.0" }
-alloy-evm = { version = "0.25.1", default-features = false }
-alloy-primitives = { version = "1.5.0", default-features = false, features = ["map-foldhash"] }
+alloy-evm = { version = "0.24.1", default-features = false }
+alloy-primitives = { version = "1.4.1", default-features = false, features = ["map-foldhash"] }
 alloy-rlp = { version = "0.3.10", default-features = false, features = ["core-net"] }
-alloy-sol-macro = "1.5.0"
-alloy-sol-types = { version = "1.5.0", default-features = false }
+alloy-sol-macro = "1.4.1"
+alloy-sol-types = { version = "1.4.1", default-features = false }
 alloy-trie = { version = "0.9.1", default-features = false }

 alloy-hardforks = "0.4.5"
@@ -526,13 +524,13 @@ alloy-transport-ipc = { version = "1.1.3", default-features = false }
 alloy-transport-ws = { version = "1.1.3", default-features = false }

 # op
-alloy-op-evm = { version = "0.25.0", default-features = false }
+alloy-op-evm = { version = "0.24.1", 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 }
-op-alloy-network = { version = "0.23.1", default-features = false }
-op-alloy-consensus = { version = "0.23.1", default-features = false }
-op-alloy-rpc-jsonrpsee = { version = "0.23.1", default-features = false }
+op-alloy-rpc-types = { version = "0.22.4", default-features = false }
+op-alloy-rpc-types-engine = { version = "0.22.4", default-features = false }
+op-alloy-network = { version = "0.22.4", default-features = false }
+op-alloy-consensus = { version = "0.22.4", default-features = false }
+op-alloy-rpc-jsonrpsee = { version = "0.22.4", default-features = false }
 op-alloy-flz = { version = "0.13.1", default-features = false }

 # misc
@@ -587,7 +585,6 @@ url = { version = "2.3", default-features = false }
 zstd = "0.13"
 byteorder = "1"
 mini-moka = "0.10"
-moka = "0.12"
 tar-no-std = { version = "0.3.2", default-features = false }
 miniz_oxide = { version = "0.8.4", default-features = false }
 chrono = "0.4.41"
--- a/2
+++ b/2
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ FROM chef AS builder
 COPY --from=planner /app/recipe.json recipe.json

 # Build profile, release by default
-ARG BUILD_PROFILE=maxperf
+ARG BUILD_PROFILE=release
 ENV BUILD_PROFILE=$BUILD_PROFILE

 # Extra Cargo flags
--- a/2
+++ b/2
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ RUN cargo chef prepare --recipe-path recipe.json
 FROM chef AS builder
 COPY --from=planner /app/recipe.json recipe.json

-ARG BUILD_PROFILE=maxperf
+ARG BUILD_PROFILE=release
 ENV BUILD_PROFILE=$BUILD_PROFILE

 ARG RUSTFLAGS=""
--- a/7
+++ b/7
@@ -521,3 +521,10 @@ pr:
 	make update-book-cli && \
 	cargo docs --document-private-items && \
 	make test
+
+check-features:
+	cargo hack check \
+		--package reth-codecs \
+		--package reth-primitives-traits \
+		--package reth-primitives \
+		--feature-powerset
--- a/bin/reth-bench-compare/src/cli.rs
+++ b/bin/reth-bench-compare/src/cli.rs
@@ -506,8 +506,8 @@ async fn run_warmup_phase(
    // Build additional args with conditional --debug.startup-sync-state-idle flag
    let additional_args = args.build_additional_args("warmup", args.baseline_args.as_ref());

-    // Start reth node for warmup (command is not stored for warmup phase)
-    let (mut node_process, _warmup_command) =
+    // Start reth node for warmup
+    let mut node_process =
        node_manager.start_node(&binary_path, warmup_ref, "warmup", &additional_args).await?;

    // Wait for node to be ready and get its current tip
@@ -607,8 +607,8 @@ async fn run_benchmark_workflow(
        // Build additional args with conditional --debug.startup-sync-state-idle flag
        let additional_args = args.build_additional_args(ref_type, base_args_str);

-        // Start reth node and capture the command for reporting
-        let (mut node_process, reth_command) =
+        // Start reth node
+        let mut node_process =
            node_manager.start_node(&binary_path, git_ref, ref_type, &additional_args).await?;

        // Wait for node to be ready and get its current tip (wherever it is)
@@ -645,9 +645,8 @@ async fn run_benchmark_workflow(
        // Store results for comparison
        comparison_generator.add_ref_results(ref_type, &output_dir)?;

-        // Set the benchmark run timestamps and reth command
+        // Set the benchmark run timestamps
        comparison_generator.set_ref_timestamps(ref_type, benchmark_start, benchmark_end)?;
-        comparison_generator.set_ref_command(ref_type, reth_command)?;

        info!("Completed {} reference benchmark", ref_type);
    }
--- a/bin/reth-bench-compare/src/comparison.rs
+++ b/bin/reth-bench-compare/src/comparison.rs
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ pub(crate) struct ComparisonGenerator {
    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
@@ -59,6 +57,7 @@ pub(crate) struct TotalGasRow {
 /// - `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.
+/// - `std_dev_new_payload_latency_ms`: standard deviation of latency across blocks.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
 pub(crate) struct BenchmarkSummary {
    pub total_blocks: u64,
@@ -68,6 +67,7 @@ pub(crate) struct BenchmarkSummary {
    pub median_new_payload_latency_ms: f64,
    pub p90_new_payload_latency_ms: f64,
    pub p99_new_payload_latency_ms: f64,
+    pub std_dev_new_payload_latency_ms: f64,
    pub gas_per_second: f64,
    pub blocks_per_second: f64,
    pub min_block_number: u64,
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ pub(crate) struct RefInfo {
    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.
@@ -99,6 +98,7 @@ pub(crate) struct RefInfo {
 /// Percent deltas are `(feature - baseline) / baseline * 100`:
 /// - `new_payload_latency_p50_change_percent` / p90 / p99: percent changes of the respective
 ///   per-block percentiles.
+/// - `std_dev_change_percent`: percent change in standard deviation of newPayload latency.
 /// - `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.
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ pub(crate) struct ComparisonSummary {
    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 std_dev_change_percent: f64,
    pub gas_per_second_change_percent: f64,
    pub blocks_per_second_change_percent: f64,
 }
@@ -145,8 +146,6 @@ impl ComparisonGenerator {
            feature_ref_name: args.feature_ref.clone(),
            baseline_results: None,
            feature_results: None,
-            baseline_command: None,
-            feature_command: None,
        }
    }

@@ -211,21 +210,6 @@ impl ComparisonGenerator {
        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...");
@@ -250,14 +234,12 @@ impl ComparisonGenerator {
                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,
@@ -357,6 +339,9 @@ impl ComparisonGenerator {
        let mean_new_payload_latency_ms: f64 =
            latencies_ms.iter().sum::<f64>() / total_blocks as f64;

+        let std_dev_new_payload_latency_ms =
+            calculate_std_dev(&latencies_ms, mean_new_payload_latency_ms);
+
        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);
@@ -387,6 +372,7 @@ impl ComparisonGenerator {
            median_new_payload_latency_ms,
            p90_new_payload_latency_ms,
            p99_new_payload_latency_ms,
+            std_dev_new_payload_latency_ms,
            gas_per_second,
            blocks_per_second,
            min_block_number,
@@ -454,6 +440,10 @@ impl ComparisonGenerator {
                baseline.p99_new_payload_latency_ms,
                feature.p99_new_payload_latency_ms,
            ),
+            std_dev_change_percent: calc_percent_change(
+                baseline.std_dev_new_payload_latency_ms,
+                feature.std_dev_new_payload_latency_ms,
+            ),
            gas_per_second_change_percent: calc_percent_change(
                baseline.gas_per_second,
                feature.gas_per_second,
@@ -584,6 +574,7 @@ impl ComparisonGenerator {
            "  NewPayload Latency p99:           {:+.2}%",
            summary.new_payload_latency_p99_change_percent
        );
+        println!("  NewPayload Latency std dev:       {:+.2}%", summary.std_dev_change_percent);
        println!(
            "  Gas/Second:                      {:+.2}%",
            summary.gas_per_second_change_percent
@@ -606,11 +597,12 @@ impl ComparisonGenerator {
        );
        println!("  NewPayload latency (ms):");
        println!(
-            "    mean: {:.2}, p50: {:.2}, p90: {:.2}, p99: {:.2}",
+            "    mean: {:.2}, p50: {:.2}, p90: {:.2}, p99: {:.2}, std dev: {:.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
+            baseline.p99_new_payload_latency_ms,
+            baseline.std_dev_new_payload_latency_ms
        );
        if let (Some(start), Some(end)) =
            (&report.baseline.start_timestamp, &report.baseline.end_timestamp)
@@ -621,9 +613,6 @@ impl ComparisonGenerator {
                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:");
@@ -638,11 +627,12 @@ impl ComparisonGenerator {
        );
        println!("  NewPayload latency (ms):");
        println!(
-            "    mean: {:.2}, p50: {:.2}, p90: {:.2}, p99: {:.2}",
+            "    mean: {:.2}, p50: {:.2}, p90: {:.2}, p99: {:.2}, std dev: {:.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
+            feature.p99_new_payload_latency_ms,
+            feature.std_dev_new_payload_latency_ms
        );
        if let (Some(start), Some(end)) =
            (&report.feature.start_timestamp, &report.feature.end_timestamp)
@@ -653,9 +643,6 @@ impl ComparisonGenerator {
                end.format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC")
            );
        }
-        if let Some(ref cmd) = report.feature.reth_command {
-            println!("  Command: {}", cmd);
-        }
        println!();
    }
 }
--- a/bin/reth-bench-compare/src/node.rs
+++ b/bin/reth-bench-compare/src/node.rs
@@ -240,24 +240,19 @@ impl NodeManager {
    }

    /// 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)> {
+    ) -> Result<tokio::process::Child> {
        // 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);
@@ -351,7 +346,7 @@ impl NodeManager {
        // Give the node a moment to start up
        sleep(Duration::from_secs(5)).await;

-        Ok((child, reth_command))
+        Ok(child)
    }

    /// Wait for the node to be ready and return its current tip
--- a/bin/reth-bench/README.md
+++ b/bin/reth-bench/README.md
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ RUSTFLAGS="-C target-cpu=native" cargo build --profile profiling --no-default-fe
 ### Run the Benchmark:
 First, start the reth node. Here is an example that runs `reth` compiled with the `profiling` profile, runs `samply`, and configures `reth` to run with metrics enabled:
 ```bash
-samply record -p 3001 target/profiling/reth node --metrics localhost:9001 --authrpc.jwtsecret <jwt_file_path>
+samply record -p 3001 target/profiling/reth node --metrics localhost:9001 --authrpc.jwt-secret <jwt_file_path>
 ```

 ```bash
@@ -143,5 +143,5 @@ To reproduce the benchmark, first re-set the node to the block that the benchmar
 - **RPC Configuration**: The RPC endpoints should be accessible and configured correctly, specifically the RPC endpoint must support `eth_getBlockByNumber` and support fetching full transactions. The benchmark will make one RPC query per block as fast as possible, so ensure the RPC endpoint does not rate limit or block requests after a certain volume.
 - **Reproducibility**: Ensure that the node is at the same state before attempting to retry a benchmark. The `new-payload-fcu` command specifically will commit to the database, so the node must be rolled back using `reth stage unwind` to reproducibly retry benchmarks.
 - **Profiling tools**: If you are collecting CPU profiles, tools like [`samply`](https://github.com/mstange/samply) and [`perf`](https://perf.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page) can be useful for analyzing node performance.
- **Benchmark Data**: `reth-bench` additionally contains a `--output` flag, which will output gas used benchmarks across the benchmark range in CSV format. This may be useful for further data analysis.
+- **Benchmark Data**: `reth-bench` additionally contains a `--benchmark.output` flag, which will output gas used benchmarks across the benchmark range in CSV format. This may be useful for further data analysis.
 - **Platform Information**: To ensure accurate and reproducible benchmarking, document the platform details, including hardware specifications, OS version, and any other relevant information before publishing any benchmarks.
--- a/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ backon.workspace = true
 tempfile.workspace = true

 [features]
-default = ["jemalloc", "otlp", "reth-revm/portable", "js-tracer", "keccak-cache-global", "asm-keccak"]
+default = ["jemalloc", "otlp", "reth-revm/portable", "js-tracer"]

 otlp = [
    "reth-ethereum-cli/otlp",
@@ -102,9 +102,7 @@ asm-keccak = [
    "reth-ethereum-cli/asm-keccak",
    "reth-node-ethereum/asm-keccak",
 ]
-keccak-cache-global = [
-    "reth-node-ethereum/keccak-cache-global",
-]
+
 jemalloc = [
    "reth-cli-util/jemalloc",
    "reth-node-core/jemalloc",
--- a/crates/chain-state/src/in_memory.rs
+++ b/crates/chain-state/src/in_memory.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use reth_primitives_traits::{
 };
 use reth_storage_api::StateProviderBox;
 use reth_trie::{updates::TrieUpdatesSorted, HashedPostStateSorted, TrieInputSorted};
-use std::{collections::BTreeMap, ops::Deref, sync::Arc, time::Instant};
+use std::{collections::BTreeMap, sync::Arc, time::Instant};
 use tokio::sync::{broadcast, watch};

 /// Size of the broadcast channel used to notify canonical state events.
@@ -634,8 +634,6 @@ impl<N: NodePrimitives> BlockState<N> {
    /// We assume that the `Receipts` in the executed block `ExecutionOutcome`
    /// has only one element corresponding to the executed block associated to
    /// the state.
-    ///
-    /// This clones the vector of receipts. To avoid it, use [`Self::executed_block_receipts_ref`].
    pub fn executed_block_receipts(&self) -> Vec<N::Receipt> {
        let receipts = self.receipts();

@@ -648,22 +646,6 @@ impl<N: NodePrimitives> BlockState<N> {
        receipts.first().cloned().unwrap_or_default()
    }

-    /// Returns a slice of `Receipt` of executed block that determines the state.
-    /// We assume that the `Receipts` in the executed block `ExecutionOutcome`
-    /// has only one element corresponding to the executed block associated to
-    /// the state.
-    pub fn executed_block_receipts_ref(&self) -> &[N::Receipt] {
-        let receipts = self.receipts();
-
-        debug_assert!(
-            receipts.len() <= 1,
-            "Expected at most one block's worth of receipts, found {}",
-            receipts.len()
-        );
-
-        receipts.first().map(|receipts| receipts.deref()).unwrap_or_default()
-    }
-
    /// Returns a vector of __parent__ `BlockStates`.
    ///
    /// The block state order in the output vector is newest to oldest (highest to lowest):
--- a/crates/chainspec/src/spec.rs
+++ b/crates/chainspec/src/spec.rs
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ pub fn make_genesis_header(genesis: &Genesis, hardforks: &ChainHardforks) -> Hea
        .then_some(EMPTY_REQUESTS_HASH);

    Header {
-        number: genesis.number.unwrap_or_default(),
-        parent_hash: genesis.parent_hash.unwrap_or_default(),
        gas_limit: genesis.gas_limit,
        difficulty: genesis.difficulty,
        nonce: genesis.nonce.into(),
--- a/crates/cli/commands/src/common.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/commands/src/common.rs
@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@ use reth_node_core::{
    dirs::{ChainPath, DataDirPath},
 };
 use reth_provider::{
-    providers::{
-        BlockchainProvider, NodeTypesForProvider, RocksDBProvider, StaticFileProvider,
-        StaticFileProviderBuilder,
-    },
+    providers::{BlockchainProvider, NodeTypesForProvider, StaticFileProvider},
    ProviderFactory, StaticFileProviderFactory,
 };
 use reth_stages::{sets::DefaultStages, Pipeline, PipelineTarget};
@@ -78,12 +75,10 @@ impl<C: ChainSpecParser> EnvironmentArgs<C> {
        let data_dir = self.datadir.clone().resolve_datadir(self.chain.chain());
        let db_path = data_dir.db();
        let sf_path = data_dir.static_files();
-        let rocksdb_path = data_dir.rocksdb();

        if access.is_read_write() {
            reth_fs_util::create_dir_all(&db_path)?;
            reth_fs_util::create_dir_all(&sf_path)?;
-            reth_fs_util::create_dir_all(&rocksdb_path)?;
        }

        let config_path = self.config.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| data_dir.config());
@@ -103,32 +98,18 @@ impl<C: ChainSpecParser> EnvironmentArgs<C> {
        }

        info!(target: "reth::cli", ?db_path, ?sf_path, "Opening storage");
-        let genesis_block_number = self.chain.genesis().number.unwrap_or_default();
        let (db, sfp) = match access {
            AccessRights::RW => (
                Arc::new(init_db(db_path, self.db.database_args())?),
-                StaticFileProviderBuilder::read_write(sf_path)?
-                    .with_genesis_block_number(genesis_block_number)
-                    .build()?,
+                StaticFileProvider::read_write(sf_path)?,
+            ),
+            AccessRights::RO | AccessRights::RoInconsistent => (
+                Arc::new(open_db_read_only(&db_path, self.db.database_args())?),
+                StaticFileProvider::read_only(sf_path, false)?,
            ),
-            AccessRights::RO | AccessRights::RoInconsistent => {
-                (Arc::new(open_db_read_only(&db_path, self.db.database_args())?), {
-                    let provider = StaticFileProviderBuilder::read_only(sf_path)?
-                        .with_genesis_block_number(genesis_block_number)
-                        .build()?;
-                    provider.watch_directory();
-                    provider
-                })
-            }
        };
-        // TransactionDB only support read-write mode
-        let rocksdb_provider = RocksDBProvider::builder(data_dir.rocksdb())
-            .with_default_tables()
-            .with_database_log_level(self.db.log_level)
-            .build()?;

-        let provider_factory =
-            self.create_provider_factory(&config, db, sfp, rocksdb_provider, access)?;
+        let provider_factory = self.create_provider_factory(&config, db, sfp, access)?;
        if access.is_read_write() {
            debug!(target: "reth::cli", chain=%self.chain.chain(), genesis=?self.chain.genesis_hash(), "Initializing genesis");
            init_genesis_with_settings(&provider_factory, self.static_files.to_settings())?;
@@ -147,7 +128,6 @@ impl<C: ChainSpecParser> EnvironmentArgs<C> {
        config: &Config,
        db: Arc<DatabaseEnv>,
        static_file_provider: StaticFileProvider<N::Primitives>,
-        rocksdb_provider: RocksDBProvider,
        access: AccessRights,
    ) -> eyre::Result<ProviderFactory<NodeTypesWithDBAdapter<N, Arc<DatabaseEnv>>>>
    where
@@ -158,7 +138,6 @@ impl<C: ChainSpecParser> EnvironmentArgs<C> {
            db,
            self.chain.clone(),
            static_file_provider,
-            rocksdb_provider,
        )?
        .with_prune_modes(prune_modes.clone());

--- a/crates/cli/commands/src/db/get.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/commands/src/db/get.rs
@@ -8,17 +8,12 @@ use reth_db::{
    RawDupSort,
 };
 use reth_db_api::{
-    cursor::{DbCursorRO, DbDupCursorRO},
-    database::Database,
-    table::{Compress, Decompress, DupSort, Table},
-    tables,
-    transaction::DbTx,
-    RawKey, RawTable, Receipts, TableViewer, Transactions,
+    table::{Decompress, DupSort, Table},
+    tables, RawKey, RawTable, Receipts, TableViewer, Transactions,
 };
 use reth_db_common::DbTool;
 use reth_node_api::{HeaderTy, ReceiptTy, TxTy};
 use reth_node_builder::NodeTypesWithDB;
-use reth_primitives_traits::ValueWithSubKey;
 use reth_provider::{providers::ProviderNodeTypes, StaticFileProviderFactory};
 use reth_static_file_types::StaticFileSegment;
 use tracing::error;
@@ -44,14 +39,6 @@ enum Subcommand {
        #[arg(value_parser = maybe_json_value_parser)]
        subkey: Option<String>,

-        /// Optional end key for range query (exclusive upper bound)
-        #[arg(value_parser = maybe_json_value_parser)]
-        end_key: Option<String>,
-
-        /// Optional end subkey for range query (exclusive upper bound)
-        #[arg(value_parser = maybe_json_value_parser)]
-        end_subkey: Option<String>,
-
        /// Output bytes instead of human-readable decoded value
        #[arg(long)]
        raw: bool,
@@ -74,8 +61,8 @@ impl Command {
    /// Execute `db get` command
    pub fn execute<N: ProviderNodeTypes>(self, tool: &DbTool<N>) -> eyre::Result<()> {
        match self.subcommand {
-            Subcommand::Mdbx { table, key, subkey, end_key, end_subkey, raw } => {
-                table.view(&GetValueViewer { tool, key, subkey, end_key, end_subkey, raw })?
+            Subcommand::Mdbx { table, key, subkey, raw } => {
+                table.view(&GetValueViewer { tool, key, subkey, raw })?
            }
            Subcommand::StaticFile { segment, key, raw } => {
                let (key, mask): (u64, _) = match segment {
@@ -167,8 +154,6 @@ struct GetValueViewer<'a, N: NodeTypesWithDB> {
    tool: &'a DbTool<N>,
    key: String,
    subkey: Option<String>,
-    end_key: Option<String>,
-    end_subkey: Option<String>,
    raw: bool,
 }

@@ -178,158 +163,53 @@ impl<N: ProviderNodeTypes> TableViewer<()> for GetValueViewer<'_, N> {
    fn view<T: Table>(&self) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
        let key = table_key::<T>(&self.key)?;

-        // A non-dupsort table cannot have subkeys. The `subkey` arg becomes the `end_key`. First we
-        // check that `end_key` and `end_subkey` weren't previously given, as that wouldn't be
-        // valid.
-        if self.end_key.is_some() || self.end_subkey.is_some() {
-            return Err(eyre::eyre!("Only END_KEY can be given for non-DUPSORT tables"));
-        }
-
-        let end_key = self.subkey.clone();
-
-        // Check if we're doing a range query
-        if let Some(ref end_key_str) = end_key {
-            let end_key = table_key::<T>(end_key_str)?;
-
-            // Use walk_range to iterate over the range
-            self.tool.provider_factory.db_ref().view(|tx| {
-                let mut cursor = tx.cursor_read::<T>()?;
-                let walker = cursor.walk_range(key..end_key)?;
-
-                for result in walker {
-                    let (k, v) = result?;
-                    let json_val = if self.raw {
-                        let raw_key = RawKey::from(k);
-                        serde_json::json!({
-                            "key": hex::encode_prefixed(raw_key.raw_key()),
-                            "val": hex::encode_prefixed(v.compress().as_ref()),
-                        })
-                    } else {
-                        serde_json::json!({
-                            "key": &k,
-                            "val": &v,
-                        })
-                    };
-
-                    println!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&json_val)?);
-                }
-
-                Ok::<_, eyre::Report>(())
-            })??;
+        let content = if self.raw {
+            self.tool
+                .get::<RawTable<T>>(RawKey::from(key))?
+                .map(|content| hex::encode_prefixed(content.raw_value()))
        } else {
-            // Single key lookup
-            let content = if self.raw {
-                self.tool
-                    .get::<RawTable<T>>(RawKey::from(key))?
-                    .map(|content| hex::encode_prefixed(content.raw_value()))
-            } else {
-                self.tool.get::<T>(key)?.as_ref().map(serde_json::to_string_pretty).transpose()?
-            };
+            self.tool.get::<T>(key)?.as_ref().map(serde_json::to_string_pretty).transpose()?
+        };

-            match content {
-                Some(content) => {
-                    println!("{content}");
-                }
-                None => {
-                    error!(target: "reth::cli", "No content for the given table key.");
-                }
-            };
-        }
+        match content {
+            Some(content) => {
+                println!("{content}");
+            }
+            None => {
+                error!(target: "reth::cli", "No content for the given table key.");
+            }
+        };

        Ok(())
    }

-    fn view_dupsort<T: DupSort>(&self) -> Result<(), Self::Error>
-    where
-        T::Value: reth_primitives_traits::ValueWithSubKey<SubKey = T::SubKey>,
-    {
+    fn view_dupsort<T: DupSort>(&self) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
        // get a key for given table
        let key = table_key::<T>(&self.key)?;

-        // Check if we're doing a range query
-        if let Some(ref end_key_str) = self.end_key {
-            let end_key = table_key::<T>(end_key_str)?;
-            let start_subkey = table_subkey::<T>(Some(
-                self.subkey.as_ref().expect("must have been given if end_key is given").as_str(),
-            ))?;
-            let end_subkey_parsed = self
-                .end_subkey
-                .as_ref()
-                .map(|s| table_subkey::<T>(Some(s.as_str())))
-                .transpose()?;
+        // process dupsort table
+        let subkey = table_subkey::<T>(self.subkey.as_deref())?;

-            self.tool.provider_factory.db_ref().view(|tx| {
-                let mut cursor = tx.cursor_dup_read::<T>()?;
-
-                // Seek to the starting key. If there is actually a key at the starting key then
-                // seek to the subkey within it.
-                if let Some((decoded_key, _)) = cursor.seek(key.clone())? &&
-                    decoded_key == key
-                {
-                    cursor.seek_by_key_subkey(key.clone(), start_subkey.clone())?;
-                }
-
-                // Get the current position to start iteration
-                let mut current = cursor.current()?;
-
-                while let Some((decoded_key, decoded_value)) = current {
-                    // Extract the subkey using the ValueWithSubKey trait
-                    let decoded_subkey = decoded_value.get_subkey();
-
-                    // Check if we've reached the end (exclusive)
-                    if (&decoded_key, Some(&decoded_subkey)) >=
-                        (&end_key, end_subkey_parsed.as_ref())
-                    {
-                        break;
-                    }
-
-                    // Output the entry with both key and subkey
-                    let json_val = if self.raw {
-                        let raw_key = RawKey::from(decoded_key.clone());
-                        serde_json::json!({
-                            "key": hex::encode_prefixed(raw_key.raw_key()),
-                            "val": hex::encode_prefixed(decoded_value.compress().as_ref()),
-                        })
-                    } else {
-                        serde_json::json!({
-                            "key": &decoded_key,
-                            "val": &decoded_value,
-                        })
-                    };
-
-                    println!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&json_val)?);
-
-                    // Move to next entry
-                    current = cursor.next()?;
-                }
-
-                Ok::<_, eyre::Report>(())
-            })??;
+        let content = if self.raw {
+            self.tool
+                .get_dup::<RawDupSort<T>>(RawKey::from(key), RawKey::from(subkey))?
+                .map(|content| hex::encode_prefixed(content.raw_value()))
        } else {
-            // Single key/subkey lookup
-            let subkey = table_subkey::<T>(self.subkey.as_deref())?;
+            self.tool
+                .get_dup::<T>(key, subkey)?
+                .as_ref()
+                .map(serde_json::to_string_pretty)
+                .transpose()?
+        };

-            let content = if self.raw {
-                self.tool
-                    .get_dup::<RawDupSort<T>>(RawKey::from(key), RawKey::from(subkey))?
-                    .map(|content| hex::encode_prefixed(content.raw_value()))
-            } else {
-                self.tool
-                    .get_dup::<T>(key, subkey)?
-                    .as_ref()
-                    .map(serde_json::to_string_pretty)
-                    .transpose()?
-            };
-
-            match content {
-                Some(content) => {
-                    println!("{content}");
-                }
-                None => {
-                    error!(target: "reth::cli", "No content for the given table subkey.");
-                }
-            };
-        }
+        match content {
+            Some(content) => {
+                println!("{content}");
+            }
+            None => {
+                error!(target: "reth::cli", "No content for the given table subkey.");
+            }
+        };
        Ok(())
    }
 }
--- a/crates/cli/commands/src/db/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/commands/src/db/mod.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use crate::common::{AccessRights, CliNodeTypes, Environment, EnvironmentArgs};
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use reth_chainspec::{EthChainSpec, EthereumHardforks};
 use reth_cli::chainspec::ChainSpecParser;
-use reth_cli_runner::CliContext;
 use reth_db::version::{get_db_version, DatabaseVersionError, DB_VERSION};
 use reth_db_common::DbTool;
 use std::{
@@ -80,10 +79,7 @@ macro_rules! db_exec {

 impl<C: ChainSpecParser<ChainSpec: EthChainSpec + EthereumHardforks>> Command<C> {
    /// Execute `db` command
-    pub async fn execute<N: CliNodeTypes<ChainSpec = C::ChainSpec>>(
-        self,
-        ctx: CliContext,
-    ) -> eyre::Result<()> {
+    pub async fn execute<N: CliNodeTypes<ChainSpec = C::ChainSpec>>(self) -> eyre::Result<()> {
        let data_dir = self.env.datadir.clone().resolve_datadir(self.env.chain.chain());
        let db_path = data_dir.db();
        let static_files_path = data_dir.static_files();
@@ -162,7 +158,7 @@ impl<C: ChainSpecParser<ChainSpec: EthChainSpec + EthereumHardforks>> Command<C>
                let access_rights =
                    if command.dry_run { AccessRights::RO } else { AccessRights::RW };
                db_exec!(self.env, tool, N, access_rights, {
-                    command.execute(&tool, ctx.task_executor.clone())?;
+                    command.execute(&tool)?;
                });
            }
            Subcommands::StaticFileHeader(command) => {
--- a/crates/cli/commands/src/db/repair_trie.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/commands/src/db/repair_trie.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use reth_node_metrics::{
 };
 use reth_provider::{providers::ProviderNodeTypes, ChainSpecProvider, StageCheckpointReader};
 use reth_stages::StageId;
-use reth_tasks::TaskExecutor;
 use reth_trie::{
    verify::{Output, Verifier},
    Nibbles,
@@ -49,37 +48,52 @@ pub struct Command {

 impl Command {
    /// Execute `db repair-trie` command
-    pub fn execute<N: ProviderNodeTypes>(
-        self,
-        tool: &DbTool<N>,
-        task_executor: TaskExecutor,
-    ) -> eyre::Result<()> {
+    pub fn execute<N: ProviderNodeTypes>(self, tool: &DbTool<N>) -> eyre::Result<()> {
        // Set up metrics server if requested
        let _metrics_handle = if let Some(listen_addr) = self.metrics {
+            // Spawn an OS thread with a single-threaded tokio runtime for the metrics server
            let chain_name = tool.provider_factory.chain_spec().chain().to_string();
-            let executor = task_executor.clone();

-            let handle = task_executor.spawn_critical("metrics server", async move {
-                let config = MetricServerConfig::new(
-                    listen_addr,
-                    VersionInfo {
-                        version: version_metadata().cargo_pkg_version.as_ref(),
-                        build_timestamp: version_metadata().vergen_build_timestamp.as_ref(),
-                        cargo_features: version_metadata().vergen_cargo_features.as_ref(),
-                        git_sha: version_metadata().vergen_git_sha.as_ref(),
-                        target_triple: version_metadata().vergen_cargo_target_triple.as_ref(),
-                        build_profile: version_metadata().build_profile_name.as_ref(),
-                    },
-                    ChainSpecInfo { name: chain_name },
-                    executor,
-                    Hooks::builder().build(),
-                );
+            let handle = std::thread::Builder::new().name("metrics-server".to_string()).spawn(
+                move || {
+                    // Create a single-threaded tokio runtime
+                    let runtime = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+                        .enable_all()
+                        .build()
+                        .expect("Failed to create tokio runtime for metrics server");

-                // Spawn the metrics server
-                if let Err(e) = MetricServer::new(config).serve().await {
-                    tracing::error!("Metrics server error: {}", e);
-                }
-            });
+                    let handle = runtime.handle().clone();
+                    runtime.block_on(async move {
+                        let task_manager = reth_tasks::TaskManager::new(handle.clone());
+                        let task_executor = task_manager.executor();
+
+                        let config = MetricServerConfig::new(
+                            listen_addr,
+                            VersionInfo {
+                                version: version_metadata().cargo_pkg_version.as_ref(),
+                                build_timestamp: version_metadata().vergen_build_timestamp.as_ref(),
+                                cargo_features: version_metadata().vergen_cargo_features.as_ref(),
+                                git_sha: version_metadata().vergen_git_sha.as_ref(),
+                                target_triple: version_metadata()
+                                    .vergen_cargo_target_triple
+                                    .as_ref(),
+                                build_profile: version_metadata().build_profile_name.as_ref(),
+                            },
+                            ChainSpecInfo { name: chain_name },
+                            task_executor,
+                            Hooks::builder().build(),
+                        );
+
+                        // Spawn the metrics server
+                        if let Err(e) = MetricServer::new(config).serve().await {
+                            tracing::error!("Metrics server error: {}", e);
+                        }
+
+                        // Block forever to keep the runtime alive
+                        std::future::pending::<()>().await
+                    });
+                },
+            )?;

            Some(handle)
        } else {
--- a/crates/cli/commands/src/db/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/commands/src/db/settings.rs
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ impl Command {
            receipts_in_static_files: _,
            transaction_senders_in_static_files: _,
            storages_history_in_rocksdb: _,
-            transaction_hash_numbers_in_rocksdb: _,
-            account_history_in_rocksdb: _,
        } = settings.unwrap_or_else(StorageSettings::legacy);

        // Update the setting based on the key
--- a/crates/cli/commands/src/init_cmd.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/commands/src/init_cmd.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 //! Command that initializes the node from a genesis file.

 use crate::common::{AccessRights, CliNodeTypes, Environment, EnvironmentArgs};
-use alloy_consensus::BlockHeader;
 use clap::Parser;
-use reth_chainspec::{ChainSpecProvider, EthChainSpec, EthereumHardforks};
+use reth_chainspec::{EthChainSpec, EthereumHardforks};
 use reth_cli::chainspec::ChainSpecParser;
 use reth_provider::BlockHashReader;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -23,9 +22,8 @@ impl<C: ChainSpecParser<ChainSpec: EthChainSpec + EthereumHardforks>> InitComman

        let Environment { provider_factory, .. } = self.env.init::<N>(AccessRights::RW)?;

-        let genesis_block_number = provider_factory.chain_spec().genesis_header().number();
        let hash = provider_factory
-            .block_hash(genesis_block_number)?
+            .block_hash(0)?
            .ok_or_else(|| eyre::eyre!("Genesis hash not found."))?;

        info!(target: "reth::cli", hash = ?hash, "Genesis block written");
--- a/crates/cli/commands/src/init_state/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/commands/src/init_state/mod.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ impl<C: ChainSpecParser<ChainSpec: EthChainSpec + EthereumHardforks>> InitStateC
                static_file_provider.commit()?;
            } else if last_block_number > 0 && last_block_number < header.number() {
                return Err(eyre::eyre!(
-                    "Data directory should be empty when calling init-state with --without-evm."
+                    "Data directory should be empty when calling init-state with --without-evm-history."
                ));
            }
        }
--- a/crates/cli/commands/src/p2p/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/commands/src/p2p/mod.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ impl<C: ChainSpecParser<ChainSpec: EthChainSpec + Hardforks + EthereumHardforks>
                .split();
                if result.len() != 1 {
                    eyre::bail!(
-                        "Invalid number of bodies received. Expected: 1. Received: {}",
+                        "Invalid number of headers received. Expected: 1. Received: {}",
                        result.len()
                    )
                }
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ impl<C: ChainSpecParser> DownloadArgs<C> {

        let net = NetworkConfigBuilder::<N::NetworkPrimitives>::new(p2p_secret_key)
            .peer_config(config.peers_config_with_basic_nodes_from_file(None))
-            .external_ip_resolver(self.network.nat.clone())
+            .external_ip_resolver(self.network.nat)
            .network_id(self.network.network_id)
            .boot_nodes(boot_nodes.clone())
            .apply(|builder| {
--- a/crates/cli/commands/src/stage/dump/execution.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/commands/src/stage/dump/execution.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use reth_evm::ConfigureEvm;
 use reth_node_builder::NodeTypesWithDB;
 use reth_node_core::dirs::{ChainPath, DataDirPath};
 use reth_provider::{
-    providers::{ProviderNodeTypes, RocksDBProvider, StaticFileProvider},
+    providers::{ProviderNodeTypes, StaticFileProvider},
    DatabaseProviderFactory, ProviderFactory,
 };
 use reth_stages::{stages::ExecutionStage, Stage, StageCheckpoint, UnwindInput};
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ where
                Arc::new(output_db),
                db_tool.chain(),
                StaticFileProvider::read_write(output_datadir.static_files())?,
-                RocksDBProvider::builder(output_datadir.rocksdb()).build()?,
            )?,
            to,
            from,
--- a/crates/cli/commands/src/stage/dump/hashing_account.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/commands/src/stage/dump/hashing_account.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use reth_db_api::{database::Database, table::TableImporter, tables};
 use reth_db_common::DbTool;
 use reth_node_core::dirs::{ChainPath, DataDirPath};
 use reth_provider::{
-    providers::{ProviderNodeTypes, RocksDBProvider, StaticFileProvider},
+    providers::{ProviderNodeTypes, StaticFileProvider},
    DatabaseProviderFactory, ProviderFactory,
 };
 use reth_stages::{stages::AccountHashingStage, Stage, StageCheckpoint, UnwindInput};
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ pub(crate) async fn dump_hashing_account_stage<N: ProviderNodeTypes<DB = Arc<Dat
                Arc::new(output_db),
                db_tool.chain(),
                StaticFileProvider::read_write(output_datadir.static_files())?,
-                RocksDBProvider::builder(output_datadir.rocksdb()).build()?,
            )?,
            to,
            from,
--- a/crates/cli/commands/src/stage/dump/hashing_storage.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/commands/src/stage/dump/hashing_storage.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use reth_db_api::{database::Database, table::TableImporter, tables};
 use reth_db_common::DbTool;
 use reth_node_core::dirs::{ChainPath, DataDirPath};
 use reth_provider::{
-    providers::{ProviderNodeTypes, RocksDBProvider, StaticFileProvider},
+    providers::{ProviderNodeTypes, StaticFileProvider},
    DatabaseProviderFactory, ProviderFactory,
 };
 use reth_stages::{stages::StorageHashingStage, Stage, StageCheckpoint, UnwindInput};
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ pub(crate) async fn dump_hashing_storage_stage<N: ProviderNodeTypes<DB = Arc<Dat
                Arc::new(output_db),
                db_tool.chain(),
                StaticFileProvider::read_write(output_datadir.static_files())?,
-                RocksDBProvider::builder(output_datadir.rocksdb()).build()?,
            )?,
            to,
            from,
--- a/crates/cli/commands/src/stage/dump/merkle.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/commands/src/stage/dump/merkle.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use reth_evm::ConfigureEvm;
 use reth_exex::ExExManagerHandle;
 use reth_node_core::dirs::{ChainPath, DataDirPath};
 use reth_provider::{
-    providers::{ProviderNodeTypes, RocksDBProvider, StaticFileProvider},
+    providers::{ProviderNodeTypes, StaticFileProvider},
    DatabaseProviderFactory, ProviderFactory,
 };
 use reth_stages::{
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ where
                Arc::new(output_db),
                db_tool.chain(),
                StaticFileProvider::read_write(output_datadir.static_files())?,
-                RocksDBProvider::builder(output_datadir.rocksdb()).build()?,
            )?,
            to,
            from,
--- a/crates/cli/runner/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/runner/src/lib.rs
@@ -97,57 +97,6 @@ impl CliRunner {
        command_res
    }

-    /// Executes a command in a blocking context with access to `CliContext`.
-    ///
-    /// See [`Runtime::spawn_blocking`](tokio::runtime::Runtime::spawn_blocking).
-    pub fn run_blocking_command_until_exit<F, E>(
-        self,
-        command: impl FnOnce(CliContext) -> F + Send + 'static,
-    ) -> Result<(), E>
-    where
-        F: Future<Output = Result<(), E>> + Send + 'static,
-        E: Send + Sync + From<std::io::Error> + From<reth_tasks::PanickedTaskError> + 'static,
-    {
-        let AsyncCliRunner { context, mut task_manager, tokio_runtime } =
-            AsyncCliRunner::new(self.tokio_runtime);
-
-        // Spawn the command on the blocking thread pool
-        let handle = tokio_runtime.handle().clone();
-        let command_handle =
-            tokio_runtime.handle().spawn_blocking(move || handle.block_on(command(context)));
-
-        // Wait for the command to complete or ctrl-c
-        let command_res = tokio_runtime.block_on(run_to_completion_or_panic(
-            &mut task_manager,
-            run_until_ctrl_c(
-                async move { command_handle.await.expect("Failed to join blocking task") },
-            ),
-        ));
-
-        if command_res.is_err() {
-            error!(target: "reth::cli", "shutting down due to error");
-        } else {
-            debug!(target: "reth::cli", "shutting down gracefully");
-            task_manager.graceful_shutdown_with_timeout(Duration::from_secs(5));
-        }
-
-        // Shutdown the runtime on a separate thread
-        let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
-        std::thread::Builder::new()
-            .name("tokio-runtime-shutdown".to_string())
-            .spawn(move || {
-                drop(tokio_runtime);
-                let _ = tx.send(());
-            })
-            .unwrap();
-
-        let _ = rx.recv_timeout(Duration::from_secs(5)).inspect_err(|err| {
-            debug!(target: "reth::cli", %err, "tokio runtime shutdown timed out");
-        });
-
-        command_res
-    }
-
    /// Executes a regular future until completion or until external signal received.
    pub fn run_until_ctrl_c<F, E>(self, fut: F) -> Result<(), E>
    where
--- a/crates/config/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/config/src/config.rs
@@ -531,12 +531,8 @@ impl PruneConfig {
        self.segments.receipts.is_some() || !self.segments.receipts_log_filter.is_empty()
    }

-    /// Merges values from `other` into `self`.
-    /// - `Option<PruneMode>` fields: set from `other` only if `self` is `None`.
-    /// - `block_interval`: set from `other` only if `self.block_interval ==
-    ///   DEFAULT_BLOCK_INTERVAL`.
-    /// - `merkle_changesets`: always set from `other`.
-    /// - `receipts_log_filter`: set from `other` only if `self` is empty and `other` is non-empty.
+    /// Merges another `PruneConfig` into this one, taking values from the other config if and only
+    /// if the corresponding value in this config is not set.
    pub fn merge(&mut self, other: Self) {
        let Self {
            block_interval,
@@ -565,7 +561,7 @@ impl PruneConfig {
        self.segments.account_history = self.segments.account_history.or(account_history);
        self.segments.storage_history = self.segments.storage_history.or(storage_history);
        self.segments.bodies_history = self.segments.bodies_history.or(bodies_history);
-        // Merkle changesets is not optional; always take the value from `other`
+        // Merkle changesets is not optional, so we just replace it if provided
        self.segments.merkle_changesets = merkle_changesets;

        if self.segments.receipts_log_filter.0.is_empty() && !receipts_log_filter.0.is_empty() {
--- a/crates/consensus/common/src/validation.rs
+++ b/crates/consensus/common/src/validation.rs
@@ -279,28 +279,20 @@ pub fn validate_against_parent_hash_number<H: BlockHeader>(
    header: &H,
    parent: &SealedHeader<H>,
 ) -> Result<(), ConsensusError> {
-    if parent.hash() != header.parent_hash() {
-        return Err(ConsensusError::ParentHashMismatch(
-            GotExpected { got: header.parent_hash(), expected: parent.hash() }.into(),
-        ))
-    }
-
-    let Some(parent_number) = parent.number().checked_add(1) else {
-        // parent block already reached the maximum
-        return Err(ConsensusError::ParentBlockNumberMismatch {
-            parent_block_number: parent.number(),
-            block_number: u64::MAX,
-        })
-    };
-
    // Parent number is consistent.
-    if parent_number != header.number() {
+    if parent.number() + 1 != header.number() {
        return Err(ConsensusError::ParentBlockNumberMismatch {
            parent_block_number: parent.number(),
            block_number: header.number(),
        })
    }

+    if parent.hash() != header.parent_hash() {
+        return Err(ConsensusError::ParentHashMismatch(
+            GotExpected { got: header.parent_hash(), expected: parent.hash() }.into(),
+        ))
+    }
+
    Ok(())
 }

@@ -335,7 +327,7 @@ pub fn validate_against_parent_eip1559_base_fee<ChainSpec: EthChainSpec + Ethere
    Ok(())
 }

-/// Validates that the block timestamp is greater than the parent block timestamp.
+/// Validates the timestamp against the parent to make sure it is in the past.
 #[inline]
 pub fn validate_against_parent_timestamp<H: BlockHeader>(
    header: &H,
--- a/crates/consensus/debug-client/src/providers/rpc.rs
+++ b/crates/consensus/debug-client/src/providers/rpc.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::BlockProvider;
-use alloy_provider::{ConnectionConfig, Network, Provider, ProviderBuilder, WebSocketConfig};
+use alloy_provider::{Network, Provider, ProviderBuilder};
 use alloy_transport::TransportResult;
 use futures::{Stream, StreamExt};
 use reth_node_api::Block;
@@ -25,19 +25,7 @@ impl<N: Network, PrimitiveBlock> RpcBlockProvider<N, PrimitiveBlock> {
        convert: impl Fn(N::BlockResponse) -> PrimitiveBlock + Send + Sync + 'static,
    ) -> eyre::Result<Self> {
        Ok(Self {
-            provider: Arc::new(
-                ProviderBuilder::default()
-                    .connect_with_config(
-                        rpc_url,
-                        ConnectionConfig::default().with_max_retries(u32::MAX).with_ws_config(
-                            WebSocketConfig::default()
-                                // allow larger messages/frames for big blocks
-                                .max_frame_size(Some(128 * 1024 * 1024))
-                                .max_message_size(Some(128 * 1024 * 1024)),
-                        ),
-                    )
-                    .await?,
-            ),
+            provider: Arc::new(ProviderBuilder::default().connect(rpc_url).await?),
            url: rpc_url.to_string(),
            convert: Arc::new(convert),
        })
--- a/crates/e2e-test-utils/src/setup_builder.rs
+++ b/crates/e2e-test-utils/src/setup_builder.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use reth_node_builder::{
    PayloadTypes,
 };
 use reth_node_core::args::{DiscoveryArgs, NetworkArgs, RpcServerArgs};
-use reth_primitives_traits::AlloyBlockHeader;
 use reth_provider::providers::BlockchainProvider;
 use reth_rpc_server_types::RpcModuleSelection;
 use reth_tasks::TaskManager;
@@ -158,8 +157,8 @@ where
                    .await?;

                let node = NodeTestContext::new(node, self.attributes_generator).await?;
-                let genesis_number = self.chain_spec.genesis_header().number();
-                let genesis = node.block_hash(genesis_number);
+
+                let genesis = node.block_hash(0);
                node.update_forkchoice(genesis, genesis).await?;

                eyre::Ok(node)
--- a/crates/e2e-test-utils/src/setup_import.rs
+++ b/crates/e2e-test-utils/src/setup_import.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ pub async fn setup_engine_with_chain_import(
        // Create database path and static files path
        let db_path = datadir.join("db");
        let static_files_path = datadir.join("static_files");
-        let rocksdb_dir_path = datadir.join("rocksdb");

        // Initialize the database using init_db (same as CLI import command)
        // Use the same database arguments as the node will use
@@ -126,7 +125,6 @@ pub async fn setup_engine_with_chain_import(
            db.clone(),
            chain_spec.clone(),
            reth_provider::providers::StaticFileProvider::read_write(static_files_path.clone())?,
-            reth_provider::providers::RocksDBProvider::builder(rocksdb_dir_path).build().unwrap(),
        )?;

        // Initialize genesis if needed
@@ -313,7 +311,6 @@ mod tests {
        std::fs::create_dir_all(&datadir).unwrap();
        let db_path = datadir.join("db");
        let static_files_path = datadir.join("static_files");
-        let rocksdb_dir_path = datadir.join("rocksdb");

        // Import the chain
        {
@@ -327,9 +324,6 @@ mod tests {
                chain_spec.clone(),
                reth_provider::providers::StaticFileProvider::read_write(static_files_path.clone())
                    .unwrap(),
-                reth_provider::providers::RocksDBProvider::builder(rocksdb_dir_path.clone())
-                    .build()
-                    .unwrap(),
            )
            .expect("failed to create provider factory");

@@ -391,9 +385,6 @@ mod tests {
                chain_spec.clone(),
                reth_provider::providers::StaticFileProvider::read_only(static_files_path, false)
                    .unwrap(),
-                reth_provider::providers::RocksDBProvider::builder(rocksdb_dir_path)
-                    .build()
-                    .unwrap(),
            )
            .expect("failed to create provider factory");

@@ -481,15 +472,11 @@ mod tests {
        // Create static files path
        let static_files_path = datadir.join("static_files");

-        // Create rocksdb path
-        let rocksdb_dir_path = datadir.join("rocksdb");
-
        // Create a provider factory
        let provider_factory: ProviderFactory<MockNodeTypesWithDB> = ProviderFactory::new(
            db.clone(),
            chain_spec.clone(),
            reth_provider::providers::StaticFileProvider::read_write(static_files_path).unwrap(),
-            reth_provider::providers::RocksDBProvider::builder(rocksdb_dir_path).build().unwrap(),
        )
        .expect("failed to create provider factory");

--- a/crates/engine/primitives/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/primitives/src/config.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 //! Engine tree configuration.

-use alloy_eips::merge::EPOCH_SLOTS;
-
 /// Triggers persistence when the number of canonical blocks in memory exceeds this threshold.
 pub const DEFAULT_PERSISTENCE_THRESHOLD: u64 = 2;

@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ pub const DEFAULT_RESERVED_CPU_CORES: usize = 1;
 /// Default maximum concurrency for prewarm task.
 pub const DEFAULT_PREWARM_MAX_CONCURRENCY: usize = 16;

-const DEFAULT_BLOCK_BUFFER_LIMIT: u32 = EPOCH_SLOTS as u32 * 2;
+const DEFAULT_BLOCK_BUFFER_LIMIT: u32 = 256;
 const DEFAULT_MAX_INVALID_HEADER_CACHE_LENGTH: u32 = 256;
 const DEFAULT_MAX_EXECUTE_BLOCK_BATCH_SIZE: usize = 4;
 const DEFAULT_CROSS_BLOCK_CACHE_SIZE: u64 = 4 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
@@ -91,8 +89,6 @@ pub struct TreeConfig {
    /// Whether to always compare trie updates from the state root task to the trie updates from
    /// the regular state root calculation.
    always_compare_trie_updates: bool,
-    /// Whether to disable state cache.
-    disable_state_cache: bool,
    /// Whether to disable parallel prewarming.
    disable_prewarming: bool,
    /// Whether to disable the parallel sparse trie state root algorithm.
@@ -101,7 +97,7 @@ pub struct TreeConfig {
    state_provider_metrics: bool,
    /// Cross-block cache size in bytes.
    cross_block_cache_size: u64,
-    /// Whether the host has enough parallelism to run state root task.
+    /// Whether the host has enough parallelism to run state root in parallel.
    has_enough_parallelism: bool,
    /// Whether multiproof task should chunk proof targets.
    multiproof_chunking_enabled: bool,
@@ -147,7 +143,6 @@ impl Default for TreeConfig {
            max_execute_block_batch_size: DEFAULT_MAX_EXECUTE_BLOCK_BATCH_SIZE,
            legacy_state_root: false,
            always_compare_trie_updates: false,
-            disable_state_cache: false,
            disable_prewarming: false,
            disable_parallel_sparse_trie: false,
            state_provider_metrics: false,
@@ -178,7 +173,6 @@ impl TreeConfig {
        max_execute_block_batch_size: usize,
        legacy_state_root: bool,
        always_compare_trie_updates: bool,
-        disable_state_cache: bool,
        disable_prewarming: bool,
        disable_parallel_sparse_trie: bool,
        state_provider_metrics: bool,
@@ -203,7 +197,6 @@ impl TreeConfig {
            max_execute_block_batch_size,
            legacy_state_root,
            always_compare_trie_updates,
-            disable_state_cache,
            disable_prewarming,
            disable_parallel_sparse_trie,
            state_provider_metrics,
@@ -278,12 +271,7 @@ impl TreeConfig {
        self.disable_parallel_sparse_trie
    }

-    /// Returns whether or not state cache is disabled.
-    pub const fn disable_state_cache(&self) -> bool {
-        self.disable_state_cache
-    }
-
-    /// Returns whether or not parallel prewarming is disabled.
+    /// Returns whether or not parallel prewarming should be used.
    pub const fn disable_prewarming(&self) -> bool {
        self.disable_prewarming
    }
@@ -375,12 +363,6 @@ impl TreeConfig {
        self
    }

-    /// Setter for whether to disable state cache.
-    pub const fn without_state_cache(mut self, disable_state_cache: bool) -> Self {
-        self.disable_state_cache = disable_state_cache;
-        self
-    }
-
    /// Setter for whether to disable parallel prewarming.
    pub const fn without_prewarming(mut self, disable_prewarming: bool) -> Self {
        self.disable_prewarming = disable_prewarming;
@@ -403,12 +385,17 @@ impl TreeConfig {
        self
    }

-    /// Setter for has enough parallelism.
+    /// Setter for whether or not the host has enough parallelism to run state root in parallel.
    pub const fn with_has_enough_parallelism(mut self, has_enough_parallelism: bool) -> Self {
        self.has_enough_parallelism = has_enough_parallelism;
        self
    }

+    /// Whether or not the host has enough parallelism to run state root in parallel.
+    pub const fn has_enough_parallelism(&self) -> bool {
+        self.has_enough_parallelism
+    }
+
    /// Setter for state provider metrics.
    pub const fn with_state_provider_metrics(mut self, state_provider_metrics: bool) -> Self {
        self.state_provider_metrics = state_provider_metrics;
--- a/crates/engine/primitives/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/primitives/src/lib.rs
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ use reth_trie_common::HashedPostState;
 use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Serialize};

 // Re-export [`ExecutionPayload`] moved to `reth_payload_primitives`
-#[cfg(feature = "std")]
-pub use reth_evm::{ConfigureEngineEvm, ExecutableTxIterator, ExecutableTxTuple};
+pub use reth_evm::{ConfigureEngineEvm, ExecutableTxIterator};
 pub use reth_payload_primitives::ExecutionPayload;

 mod error;
--- a/crates/engine/tree/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ reth-chain-state.workspace = true
 reth-chainspec = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 reth-consensus.workspace = true
 reth-db.workspace = true
-reth-engine-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
+reth-engine-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-errors.workspace = true
 reth-execution-types.workspace = true
 reth-evm = { workspace = true, features = ["metrics"] }
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ reth-provider.workspace = true
 reth-prune.workspace = true
 reth-revm.workspace = true
 reth-stages-api.workspace = true
-reth-storage-errors.workspace = true
 reth-tasks.workspace = true
 reth-trie-parallel.workspace = true
 reth-trie-sparse = { workspace = true, features = ["std", "metrics"] }
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ reth-trie.workspace = true
 alloy-evm.workspace = true
 alloy-consensus.workspace = true
 alloy-eips.workspace = true
-alloy-eip7928.workspace = true
 alloy-primitives.workspace = true
 alloy-rlp.workspace = true
 alloy-rpc-types-engine.workspace = true
@@ -53,7 +51,6 @@ futures.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt", "rt-multi-thread", "sync", "macros"] }
 mini-moka = { workspace = true, features = ["sync"] }
-moka = { workspace = true, features = ["sync"] }
 smallvec.workspace = true

 # metrics
--- a/crates/engine/tree/benches/state_root_task.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/benches/state_root_task.rs
@@ -230,18 +230,17 @@ fn bench_state_root(c: &mut Criterion) {
                            let mut handle = payload_processor.spawn(
                                Default::default(),
                                (
-                                    Vec::<
+                                    core::iter::empty::<
                                        Result<
                                            Recovered<TransactionSigned>,
                                            core::convert::Infallible,
                                        >,
-                                    >::new(),
+                                    >(),
                                    std::convert::identity,
                                ),
                                StateProviderBuilder::new(provider.clone(), genesis_hash, None),
                                OverlayStateProviderFactory::new(provider),
                                &TreeConfig::default(),
-                                None,
                            );

                            let mut state_hook = handle.state_hook();
--- a/crates/engine/tree/docs/root.md
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/docs/root.md
@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@ we send them along with the state updates to the [Sparse Trie Task](#sparse-trie

 ### Finishing the calculation

-Once all transactions are executed, the [Engine](#engine) sends a `StateRootMessage::FinishedStateUpdates` message
+Once all transactions are executed, the [Engine](#engine) sends a `StateRootMessage::FinishStateUpdates` message
 to the State Root Task, marking the end of receiving state updates.

 Every time we receive a new proof from the [MultiProof Manager](#multiproof-manager), we also check
 the following conditions:
-1. Are all updates received? (`StateRootMessage::FinishedStateUpdates` was sent)
+1. Are all updates received? (`StateRootMessage::FinishStateUpdates` was sent)
 2. Is `ProofSequencer` empty? (no proofs are pending for sequencing)
 3. Are all proofs that were sent to the [`MultiProofManager::spawn_or_queue`](#multiproof-manager) finished
 calculating and were sent to the [Sparse Trie Task](#sparse-trie-task)?
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/chain.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/chain.rs
@@ -219,19 +219,10 @@ pub enum HandlerEvent<T> {
 }

 /// Internal events issued by the [`ChainOrchestrator`].
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub enum FromOrchestrator {
    /// Invoked when backfill sync finished
    BackfillSyncFinished(ControlFlow),
    /// Invoked when backfill sync started
    BackfillSyncStarted,
-    /// Gracefully terminate the engine service.
-    ///
-    /// When this variant is received, the engine will persist all remaining in-memory blocks
-    /// to disk before shutting down. Once persistence is complete, a signal is sent through
-    /// the oneshot channel to notify the caller.
-    Terminate {
-        /// Channel to signal termination completion.
-        tx: tokio::sync::oneshot::Sender<()>,
-    },
 }
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/cached_state.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/cached_state.rs
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ pub(crate) struct CachedStateProvider<S> {

    /// Metrics for the cached state provider
    metrics: CachedStateMetrics,
-
-    /// If prewarm enabled we populate every cache miss
-    prewarm: bool,
 }

 impl<S> CachedStateProvider<S>
@@ -42,32 +39,12 @@ where
 {
    /// Creates a new [`CachedStateProvider`] from an [`ExecutionCache`], state provider, and
    /// [`CachedStateMetrics`].
-    pub(crate) const fn new(
+    pub(crate) const fn new_with_caches(
        state_provider: S,
        caches: ExecutionCache,
        metrics: CachedStateMetrics,
    ) -> Self {
-        Self { state_provider, caches, metrics, prewarm: false }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<S> CachedStateProvider<S> {
-    /// Enables pre-warm mode so that every cache miss is populated.
-    ///
-    /// This is only relevant for pre-warm transaction execution with the intention to pre-populate
-    /// the cache with data for regular block execution. During regular block execution the
-    /// cache doesn't need to be populated because the actual EVM database
-    /// [`State`](revm::database::State) also caches internally during block execution and the cache
-    /// is then updated after the block with the entire [`BundleState`] output of that block which
-    /// contains all accessed accounts,code,storage. See also [`ExecutionCache::insert_state`].
-    pub(crate) const fn prewarm(mut self) -> Self {
-        self.prewarm = true;
-        self
-    }
-
-    /// Returns whether this provider should pre-warm cache misses.
-    const fn is_prewarm(&self) -> bool {
-        self.prewarm
+        Self { state_provider, caches, metrics }
    }
 }

@@ -146,10 +123,7 @@ impl<S: AccountReader> AccountReader for CachedStateProvider<S> {
        self.metrics.account_cache_misses.increment(1);

        let res = self.state_provider.basic_account(address)?;
-
-        if self.is_prewarm() {
-            self.caches.account_cache.insert(*address, res);
-        }
+        self.caches.account_cache.insert(*address, res);
        Ok(res)
    }
 }
@@ -174,19 +148,15 @@ impl<S: StateProvider> StateProvider for CachedStateProvider<S> {
        match self.caches.get_storage(&account, &storage_key) {
            (SlotStatus::NotCached, maybe_cache) => {
                let final_res = self.state_provider.storage(account, storage_key)?;
-
-                if self.is_prewarm() {
-                    let account_cache = maybe_cache.unwrap_or_default();
-                    account_cache.insert_storage(storage_key, final_res);
-                    // we always need to insert the value to update the weights.
-                    // Note: there exists a race when the storage cache did not exist yet and two
-                    // consumers looking up the a storage value for this account for the first time,
-                    // however we can assume that this will only happen for the very first
-                    // (mostlikely the same) value, and don't expect that this
-                    // will accidentally replace an account storage cache with
-                    // additional values.
-                    self.caches.insert_storage_cache(account, account_cache);
-                }
+                let account_cache = maybe_cache.unwrap_or_default();
+                account_cache.insert_storage(storage_key, final_res);
+                // we always need to insert the value to update the weights.
+                // Note: there exists a race when the storage cache did not exist yet and two
+                // consumers looking up the a storage value for this account for the first time,
+                // however we can assume that this will only happen for the very first (mostlikely
+                // the same) value, and don't expect that this will accidentally
+                // replace an account storage cache with additional values.
+                self.caches.insert_storage_cache(account, account_cache);

                self.metrics.storage_cache_misses.increment(1);
                Ok(final_res)
@@ -213,11 +183,7 @@ impl<S: BytecodeReader> BytecodeReader for CachedStateProvider<S> {
        self.metrics.code_cache_misses.increment(1);

        let final_res = self.state_provider.bytecode_by_hash(code_hash)?;
-
-        if self.is_prewarm() {
-            self.caches.code_cache.insert(*code_hash, final_res.clone());
-        }
-
+        self.caches.code_cache.insert(*code_hash, final_res.clone());
        Ok(final_res)
    }
 }
@@ -819,7 +785,7 @@ mod tests {

        let caches = ExecutionCacheBuilder::default().build_caches(1000);
        let state_provider =
-            CachedStateProvider::new(provider, caches, CachedStateMetrics::zeroed());
+            CachedStateProvider::new_with_caches(provider, caches, CachedStateMetrics::zeroed());

        // check that the storage is empty
        let res = state_provider.storage(address, storage_key);
@@ -842,7 +808,7 @@ mod tests {

        let caches = ExecutionCacheBuilder::default().build_caches(1000);
        let state_provider =
-            CachedStateProvider::new(provider, caches, CachedStateMetrics::zeroed());
+            CachedStateProvider::new_with_caches(provider, caches, CachedStateMetrics::zeroed());

        // check that the storage returns the expected value
        let res = state_provider.storage(address, storage_key);
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/instrumented_state.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/instrumented_state.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const NANOS_PER_SEC: u32 = 1_000_000_000;

 /// An atomic version of [`Duration`], using an [`AtomicU64`] to store the total nanoseconds in the
 /// duration.
-#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+#[derive(Default)]
 pub(crate) struct AtomicDuration {
    /// The nanoseconds part of the duration
    ///
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ impl AtomicDuration {
 }

 /// A wrapper of a state provider and latency metrics.
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct InstrumentedStateProvider<S> {
+pub(crate) struct InstrumentedStateProvider<S> {
    /// The state provider
    state_provider: S,

@@ -81,12 +80,11 @@ impl<S> InstrumentedStateProvider<S>
 where
    S: StateProvider,
 {
-    /// Creates a new [`InstrumentedStateProvider`] from a state provider with the provided label
-    /// for metrics.
-    pub fn new(state_provider: S, source: &'static str) -> Self {
+    /// Creates a new [`InstrumentedStateProvider`] from a state provider
+    pub(crate) fn from_state_provider(state_provider: S) -> Self {
        Self {
            state_provider,
-            metrics: StateProviderMetrics::new_with_labels(&[("source", source)]),
+            metrics: StateProviderMetrics::default(),
            total_storage_fetch_latency: AtomicDuration::zero(),
            total_code_fetch_latency: AtomicDuration::zero(),
            total_account_fetch_latency: AtomicDuration::zero(),
@@ -136,12 +134,6 @@ impl<S> InstrumentedStateProvider<S> {
    }
 }

-impl<S> Drop for InstrumentedStateProvider<S> {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        self.record_total_latency();
-    }
-}
-
 /// Metrics for the instrumented state provider
 #[derive(Metrics, Clone)]
 #[metrics(scope = "sync.state_provider")]
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/metrics.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/metrics.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ impl EngineApiMetrics {
    pub(crate) fn execute_metered<E, DB>(
        &self,
        executor: E,
-        mut transactions: impl Iterator<Item = Result<impl ExecutableTx<E>, BlockExecutionError>>,
+        transactions: impl Iterator<Item = Result<impl ExecutableTx<E>, BlockExecutionError>>,
        state_hook: Box<dyn OnStateHook>,
    ) -> Result<(BlockExecutionOutput<E::Receipt>, Vec<Address>), BlockExecutionError>
    where
@@ -79,42 +79,27 @@ impl EngineApiMetrics {
        let mut executor = executor.with_state_hook(Some(Box::new(wrapper)));

        let f = || {
-            let start = Instant::now();
            debug_span!(target: "engine::tree", "pre execution")
                .entered()
                .in_scope(|| executor.apply_pre_execution_changes())?;
-            self.executor.pre_execution_histogram.record(start.elapsed());
-
            let exec_span = debug_span!(target: "engine::tree", "execution").entered();
-            loop {
-                let start = Instant::now();
-                let Some(tx) = transactions.next() else { break };
-                self.executor.transaction_wait_histogram.record(start.elapsed());
-
+            for tx in transactions {
                let tx = tx?;
-                senders.push(*tx.signer());
-
                let span =
                    debug_span!(target: "engine::tree", "execute tx", tx_hash=?tx.tx().tx_hash());
                let enter = span.entered();
                trace!(target: "engine::tree", "Executing transaction");
-                let start = Instant::now();
+                senders.push(*tx.signer());
                let gas_used = executor.execute_transaction(tx)?;
-                self.executor.transaction_execution_histogram.record(start.elapsed());

                // record the tx gas used
                enter.record("gas_used", gas_used);
            }
            drop(exec_span);
-
-            let start = Instant::now();
-            let result = debug_span!(target: "engine::tree", "finish")
+            debug_span!(target: "engine::tree", "finish")
                .entered()
                .in_scope(|| executor.finish())
-                .map(|(evm, result)| (evm.into_db(), result));
-            self.executor.post_execution_histogram.record(start.elapsed());
-
-            result
+                .map(|(evm, result)| (evm.into_db(), result))
        };

        // Use metered to execute and track timing/gas metrics
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ use revm::state::EvmState;
 use state::TreeState;
 use std::{
    fmt::Debug,
-    ops,
    sync::{
        mpsc::{Receiver, RecvError, RecvTimeoutError, Sender},
        Arc,
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ use tracing::*;
 mod block_buffer;
 mod cached_state;
 pub mod error;
-pub mod instrumented_state;
+mod instrumented_state;
 mod invalid_headers;
 mod metrics;
 mod payload_processor;
@@ -427,13 +426,9 @@ where
            match self.try_recv_engine_message() {
                Ok(Some(msg)) => {
                    debug!(target: "engine::tree", %msg, "received new engine message");
-                    match self.on_engine_message(msg) {
-                        Ok(ops::ControlFlow::Break(())) => return,
-                        Ok(ops::ControlFlow::Continue(())) => {}
-                        Err(fatal) => {
-                            error!(target: "engine::tree", %fatal, "insert block fatal error");
-                            return
-                        }
+                    if let Err(fatal) = self.on_engine_message(msg) {
+                        error!(target: "engine::tree", %fatal, "insert block fatal error");
+                        return
                    }
                }
                Ok(None) => {
@@ -1307,7 +1302,22 @@ where
            // Check if persistence has complete
            match rx.try_recv() {
                Ok(last_persisted_hash_num) => {
-                    self.on_persistence_complete(last_persisted_hash_num, start_time)?;
+                    self.metrics.engine.persistence_duration.record(start_time.elapsed());
+                    let Some(BlockNumHash {
+                        hash: last_persisted_block_hash,
+                        number: last_persisted_block_number,
+                    }) = last_persisted_hash_num
+                    else {
+                        // if this happened, then we persisted no blocks because we sent an
+                        // empty vec of blocks
+                        warn!(target: "engine::tree", "Persistence task completed but did not persist any blocks");
+                        return Ok(())
+                    };
+
+                    debug!(target: "engine::tree", ?last_persisted_block_hash, ?last_persisted_block_number, elapsed=?start_time.elapsed(), "Finished persisting, calling finish");
+                    self.persistence_state
+                        .finish(last_persisted_block_hash, last_persisted_block_number);
+                    self.on_new_persisted_block()?;
                }
                Err(TryRecvError::Closed) => return Err(TryRecvError::Closed.into()),
                Err(TryRecvError::Empty) => {
@@ -1320,8 +1330,7 @@ where
            if let Some(new_tip_num) = self.find_disk_reorg()? {
                self.remove_blocks(new_tip_num)
            } else if self.should_persist() {
-                let blocks_to_persist =
-                    self.get_canonical_blocks_to_persist(PersistTarget::Threshold)?;
+                let blocks_to_persist = self.get_canonical_blocks_to_persist()?;
                self.persist_blocks(blocks_to_persist);
            }
        }
@@ -1329,72 +1338,11 @@ where
        Ok(())
    }

-    /// Finishes termination by persisting all remaining blocks and signaling completion.
-    ///
-    /// This blocks until all persistence is complete. Always signals completion,
-    /// even if an error occurs.
-    fn finish_termination(
-        &mut self,
-        pending_termination: oneshot::Sender<()>,
-    ) -> Result<(), AdvancePersistenceError> {
-        trace!(target: "engine::tree", "finishing termination, persisting remaining blocks");
-        let result = self.persist_until_complete();
-        let _ = pending_termination.send(());
-        result
-    }
-
-    /// Persists all remaining blocks until none are left.
-    fn persist_until_complete(&mut self) -> Result<(), AdvancePersistenceError> {
-        loop {
-            // Wait for any in-progress persistence to complete (blocking)
-            if let Some((rx, start_time, _action)) = self.persistence_state.rx.take() {
-                let result = rx.blocking_recv().map_err(|_| TryRecvError::Closed)?;
-                self.on_persistence_complete(result, start_time)?;
-            }
-
-            let blocks_to_persist = self.get_canonical_blocks_to_persist(PersistTarget::Head)?;
-
-            if blocks_to_persist.is_empty() {
-                debug!(target: "engine::tree", "persistence complete, signaling termination");
-                return Ok(())
-            }
-
-            debug!(target: "engine::tree", count = blocks_to_persist.len(), "persisting remaining blocks before shutdown");
-            self.persist_blocks(blocks_to_persist);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Handles a completed persistence task.
-    fn on_persistence_complete(
-        &mut self,
-        last_persisted_hash_num: Option<BlockNumHash>,
-        start_time: Instant,
-    ) -> Result<(), AdvancePersistenceError> {
-        self.metrics.engine.persistence_duration.record(start_time.elapsed());
-
-        let Some(BlockNumHash {
-            hash: last_persisted_block_hash,
-            number: last_persisted_block_number,
-        }) = last_persisted_hash_num
-        else {
-            // if this happened, then we persisted no blocks because we sent an empty vec of blocks
-            warn!(target: "engine::tree", "Persistence task completed but did not persist any blocks");
-            return Ok(())
-        };
-
-        debug!(target: "engine::tree", ?last_persisted_block_hash, ?last_persisted_block_number, elapsed=?start_time.elapsed(), "Finished persisting, calling finish");
-        self.persistence_state.finish(last_persisted_block_hash, last_persisted_block_number);
-        self.on_new_persisted_block()?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
    /// Handles a message from the engine.
-    ///
-    /// Returns `ControlFlow::Break(())` if the engine should terminate.
    fn on_engine_message(
        &mut self,
        msg: FromEngine<EngineApiRequest<T, N>, N::Block>,
-    ) -> Result<ops::ControlFlow<()>, InsertBlockFatalError> {
+    ) -> Result<(), InsertBlockFatalError> {
        match msg {
            FromEngine::Event(event) => match event {
                FromOrchestrator::BackfillSyncStarted => {
@@ -1404,13 +1352,6 @@ where
                FromOrchestrator::BackfillSyncFinished(ctrl) => {
                    self.on_backfill_sync_finished(ctrl)?;
                }
-                FromOrchestrator::Terminate { tx } => {
-                    debug!(target: "engine::tree", "received terminate request");
-                    if let Err(err) = self.finish_termination(tx) {
-                        error!(target: "engine::tree", %err, "Termination failed");
-                    }
-                    return Ok(ops::ControlFlow::Break(()))
-                }
            },
            FromEngine::Request(request) => {
                match request {
@@ -1418,7 +1359,7 @@ where
                        let block_num_hash = block.recovered_block().num_hash();
                        if block_num_hash.number <= self.state.tree_state.canonical_block_number() {
                            // outdated block that can be skipped
-                            return Ok(ops::ControlFlow::Continue(()))
+                            return Ok(())
                        }

                        debug!(target: "engine::tree", block=?block_num_hash, "inserting already executed block");
@@ -1526,7 +1467,7 @@ where
                }
            }
        }
-        Ok(ops::ControlFlow::Continue(()))
+        Ok(())
    }

    /// Invoked if the backfill sync has finished to target.
@@ -1760,10 +1701,10 @@ where
    }

    /// Returns a batch of consecutive canonical blocks to persist in the range
-    /// `(last_persisted_number .. target]`. The expected order is oldest -> newest.
+    /// `(last_persisted_number .. canonical_head - threshold]`. The expected
+    /// order is oldest -> newest.
    fn get_canonical_blocks_to_persist(
        &self,
-        target: PersistTarget,
    ) -> Result<Vec<ExecutedBlock<N>>, AdvancePersistenceError> {
        // We will calculate the state root using the database, so we need to be sure there are no
        // changes
@@ -1774,12 +1715,9 @@ where
        let last_persisted_number = self.persistence_state.last_persisted_block.number;
        let canonical_head_number = self.state.tree_state.canonical_block_number();

-        let target_number = match target {
-            PersistTarget::Head => canonical_head_number,
-            PersistTarget::Threshold => {
-                canonical_head_number.saturating_sub(self.config.memory_block_buffer_target())
-            }
-        };
+        // Persist only up to block buffer target
+        let target_number =
+            canonical_head_number.saturating_sub(self.config.memory_block_buffer_target());

        debug!(
            target: "engine::tree",
@@ -2922,12 +2860,3 @@ pub enum InsertPayloadOk {
    /// The payload was valid and inserted into the tree.
    Inserted(BlockStatus),
 }
-
-/// Target for block persistence.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
-enum PersistTarget {
-    /// Persist up to `canonical_head - memory_block_buffer_target`.
-    Threshold,
-    /// Persist all blocks up to and including the canonical head.
-    Head,
-}
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/bal.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/bal.rs
@@ -1,318 +0,0 @@
-//! BAL (Block Access List, EIP-7928) related functionality.
-
-use alloy_consensus::constants::KECCAK_EMPTY;
-use alloy_eip7928::BlockAccessList;
-use alloy_primitives::{keccak256, U256};
-use reth_primitives_traits::Account;
-use reth_provider::{AccountReader, ProviderError};
-use reth_trie::{HashedPostState, HashedStorage};
-
-/// Converts a Block Access List into a [`HashedPostState`] by extracting the final state
-/// of modified accounts and storage slots.
-pub fn bal_to_hashed_post_state<P>(
-    bal: &BlockAccessList,
-    provider: &P,
-) -> Result<HashedPostState, ProviderError>
-where
-    P: AccountReader,
-{
-    let mut hashed_state = HashedPostState::with_capacity(bal.len());
-
-    for account_changes in bal {
-        let address = account_changes.address;
-        let hashed_address = keccak256(address);
-
-        // Get the latest balance (last balance change if any)
-        let balance = account_changes.balance_changes.last().map(|change| change.post_balance);
-
-        // Get the latest nonce (last nonce change if any)
-        let nonce = account_changes.nonce_changes.last().map(|change| change.new_nonce);
-
-        // Get the latest code (last code change if any)
-        let code_hash = if let Some(code_change) = account_changes.code_changes.last() {
-            if code_change.new_code.is_empty() {
-                Some(Some(KECCAK_EMPTY))
-            } else {
-                Some(Some(keccak256(&code_change.new_code)))
-            }
-        } else {
-            None
-        };
-
-        // Only fetch account from provider if we're missing any field
-        let existing_account = if balance.is_none() || nonce.is_none() || code_hash.is_none() {
-            provider.basic_account(&address)?
-        } else {
-            None
-        };
-
-        // Build the final account state
-        let account = Account {
-            balance: balance.unwrap_or_else(|| {
-                existing_account.as_ref().map(|acc| acc.balance).unwrap_or(U256::ZERO)
-            }),
-            nonce: nonce
-                .unwrap_or_else(|| existing_account.as_ref().map(|acc| acc.nonce).unwrap_or(0)),
-            bytecode_hash: code_hash.unwrap_or_else(|| {
-                existing_account.as_ref().and_then(|acc| acc.bytecode_hash).or(Some(KECCAK_EMPTY))
-            }),
-        };
-
-        hashed_state.accounts.insert(hashed_address, Some(account));
-
-        // Process storage changes
-        if !account_changes.storage_changes.is_empty() {
-            let mut storage_map = HashedStorage::new(false);
-
-            for slot_changes in &account_changes.storage_changes {
-                let hashed_slot = keccak256(slot_changes.slot);
-
-                // Get the last change for this slot
-                if let Some(last_change) = slot_changes.changes.last() {
-                    storage_map
-                        .storage
-                        .insert(hashed_slot, U256::from_be_bytes(last_change.new_value.0));
-                }
-            }
-
-            if !storage_map.storage.is_empty() {
-                hashed_state.storages.insert(hashed_address, storage_map);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    Ok(hashed_state)
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-    use alloy_eip7928::{
-        AccountChanges, BalanceChange, CodeChange, NonceChange, SlotChanges, StorageChange,
-    };
-    use alloy_primitives::{Address, Bytes, StorageKey, B256};
-    use reth_revm::test_utils::StateProviderTest;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_bal_to_hashed_post_state_basic() {
-        let provider = StateProviderTest::default();
-
-        let address = Address::random();
-        let account_changes = AccountChanges {
-            address,
-            storage_changes: vec![],
-            storage_reads: vec![],
-            balance_changes: vec![BalanceChange::new(0, U256::from(100))],
-            nonce_changes: vec![NonceChange::new(0, 1)],
-            code_changes: vec![],
-        };
-
-        let bal = vec![account_changes];
-        let result = bal_to_hashed_post_state(&bal, &provider).unwrap();
-
-        assert_eq!(result.accounts.len(), 1);
-
-        let hashed_address = keccak256(address);
-        let account_opt = result.accounts.get(&hashed_address).unwrap();
-        assert!(account_opt.is_some());
-
-        let account = account_opt.as_ref().unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(account.balance, U256::from(100));
-        assert_eq!(account.nonce, 1);
-        assert_eq!(account.bytecode_hash, Some(KECCAK_EMPTY));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_bal_with_storage_changes() {
-        let provider = StateProviderTest::default();
-
-        let address = Address::random();
-        let slot = StorageKey::random();
-        let value = B256::random();
-
-        let slot_changes = SlotChanges { slot, changes: vec![StorageChange::new(0, value)] };
-
-        let account_changes = AccountChanges {
-            address,
-            storage_changes: vec![slot_changes],
-            storage_reads: vec![],
-            balance_changes: vec![BalanceChange::new(0, U256::from(500))],
-            nonce_changes: vec![NonceChange::new(0, 2)],
-            code_changes: vec![],
-        };
-
-        let bal = vec![account_changes];
-        let result = bal_to_hashed_post_state(&bal, &provider).unwrap();
-
-        let hashed_address = keccak256(address);
-        assert!(result.storages.contains_key(&hashed_address));
-
-        let storage = result.storages.get(&hashed_address).unwrap();
-        let hashed_slot = keccak256(slot);
-
-        let stored_value = storage.storage.get(&hashed_slot).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(*stored_value, U256::from_be_bytes(value.0));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_bal_with_code_change() {
-        let provider = StateProviderTest::default();
-
-        let address = Address::random();
-        let code = Bytes::from(vec![0x60, 0x80, 0x60, 0x40]); // Some bytecode
-
-        let account_changes = AccountChanges {
-            address,
-            storage_changes: vec![],
-            storage_reads: vec![],
-            balance_changes: vec![BalanceChange::new(0, U256::from(1000))],
-            nonce_changes: vec![NonceChange::new(0, 1)],
-            code_changes: vec![CodeChange::new(0, code.clone())],
-        };
-
-        let bal = vec![account_changes];
-        let result = bal_to_hashed_post_state(&bal, &provider).unwrap();
-
-        let hashed_address = keccak256(address);
-        let account_opt = result.accounts.get(&hashed_address).unwrap();
-        let account = account_opt.as_ref().unwrap();
-
-        let expected_code_hash = keccak256(&code);
-        assert_eq!(account.bytecode_hash, Some(expected_code_hash));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_bal_with_empty_code() {
-        let provider = StateProviderTest::default();
-
-        let address = Address::random();
-        let empty_code = Bytes::default();
-
-        let account_changes = AccountChanges {
-            address,
-            storage_changes: vec![],
-            storage_reads: vec![],
-            balance_changes: vec![BalanceChange::new(0, U256::from(1000))],
-            nonce_changes: vec![NonceChange::new(0, 1)],
-            code_changes: vec![CodeChange::new(0, empty_code)],
-        };
-
-        let bal = vec![account_changes];
-        let result = bal_to_hashed_post_state(&bal, &provider).unwrap();
-
-        let hashed_address = keccak256(address);
-        let account_opt = result.accounts.get(&hashed_address).unwrap();
-        let account = account_opt.as_ref().unwrap();
-
-        assert_eq!(account.bytecode_hash, Some(KECCAK_EMPTY));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_bal_multiple_changes_takes_last() {
-        let provider = StateProviderTest::default();
-
-        let address = Address::random();
-
-        // Multiple balance changes - should take the last one
-        let account_changes = AccountChanges {
-            address,
-            storage_changes: vec![],
-            storage_reads: vec![],
-            balance_changes: vec![
-                BalanceChange::new(0, U256::from(100)),
-                BalanceChange::new(1, U256::from(200)),
-                BalanceChange::new(2, U256::from(300)),
-            ],
-            nonce_changes: vec![
-                NonceChange::new(0, 1),
-                NonceChange::new(1, 2),
-                NonceChange::new(2, 3),
-            ],
-            code_changes: vec![],
-        };
-
-        let bal = vec![account_changes];
-        let result = bal_to_hashed_post_state(&bal, &provider).unwrap();
-
-        let hashed_address = keccak256(address);
-        let account_opt = result.accounts.get(&hashed_address).unwrap();
-        let account = account_opt.as_ref().unwrap();
-
-        // Should have the last values
-        assert_eq!(account.balance, U256::from(300));
-        assert_eq!(account.nonce, 3);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_bal_uses_provider_for_missing_fields() {
-        let mut provider = StateProviderTest::default();
-
-        let address = Address::random();
-        let code_hash = B256::random();
-        let existing_account =
-            Account { balance: U256::from(999), nonce: 42, bytecode_hash: Some(code_hash) };
-        provider.insert_account(address, existing_account, None, Default::default());
-
-        // Only change balance, nonce and code should come from provider
-        let account_changes = AccountChanges {
-            address,
-            storage_changes: vec![],
-            storage_reads: vec![],
-            balance_changes: vec![BalanceChange::new(0, U256::from(1500))],
-            nonce_changes: vec![],
-            code_changes: vec![],
-        };
-
-        let bal = vec![account_changes];
-        let result = bal_to_hashed_post_state(&bal, &provider).unwrap();
-
-        let hashed_address = keccak256(address);
-        let account_opt = result.accounts.get(&hashed_address).unwrap();
-        let account = account_opt.as_ref().unwrap();
-
-        // Balance should be updated
-        assert_eq!(account.balance, U256::from(1500));
-        // Nonce and bytecode_hash should come from provider
-        assert_eq!(account.nonce, 42);
-        assert_eq!(account.bytecode_hash, Some(code_hash));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_bal_multiple_storage_changes_per_slot() {
-        let provider = StateProviderTest::default();
-
-        let address = Address::random();
-        let slot = StorageKey::random();
-
-        // Multiple changes to the same slot - should take the last one
-        let slot_changes = SlotChanges {
-            slot,
-            changes: vec![
-                StorageChange::new(0, B256::from(U256::from(100).to_be_bytes::<32>())),
-                StorageChange::new(1, B256::from(U256::from(200).to_be_bytes::<32>())),
-                StorageChange::new(2, B256::from(U256::from(300).to_be_bytes::<32>())),
-            ],
-        };
-
-        let account_changes = AccountChanges {
-            address,
-            storage_changes: vec![slot_changes],
-            storage_reads: vec![],
-            balance_changes: vec![BalanceChange::new(0, U256::from(100))],
-            nonce_changes: vec![NonceChange::new(0, 1)],
-            code_changes: vec![],
-        };
-
-        let bal = vec![account_changes];
-        let result = bal_to_hashed_post_state(&bal, &provider).unwrap();
-
-        let hashed_address = keccak256(address);
-        let storage = result.storages.get(&hashed_address).unwrap();
-        let hashed_slot = keccak256(slot);
-
-        let stored_value = storage.storage.get(&hashed_slot).unwrap();
-
-        // Should have the last value
-        assert_eq!(*stored_value, U256::from(300));
-    }
-}
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/mod.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use crate::tree::{
    sparse_trie::SparseTrieTask,
    StateProviderBuilder, TreeConfig,
 };
-use alloy_eip7928::BlockAccessList;
 use alloy_eips::eip1898::BlockWithParent;
 use alloy_evm::{block::StateChangeSource, ToTxEnv};
 use alloy_primitives::B256;
@@ -22,13 +21,12 @@ use executor::WorkloadExecutor;
 use multiproof::{SparseTrieUpdate, *};
 use parking_lot::RwLock;
 use prewarm::PrewarmMetrics;
-use rayon::prelude::*;
+use rayon::iter::{ParallelBridge, ParallelIterator};
+use reth_engine_primitives::ExecutableTxIterator;
 use reth_evm::{
    execute::{ExecutableTxFor, WithTxEnv},
-    ConfigureEvm, EvmEnvFor, ExecutableTxIterator, ExecutableTxTuple, OnStateHook, SpecFor,
-    TxEnvFor,
+    ConfigureEvm, EvmEnvFor, OnStateHook, SpecFor, TxEnvFor,
 };
-use reth_execution_types::ExecutionOutcome;
 use reth_primitives_traits::NodePrimitives;
 use reth_provider::{BlockReader, DatabaseProviderROFactory, StateProviderFactory, StateReader};
 use reth_revm::{db::BundleState, state::EvmState};
@@ -51,9 +49,8 @@ use std::{
    },
    time::Instant,
 };
-use tracing::{debug, debug_span, error, instrument, warn, Span};
+use tracing::{debug, debug_span, instrument, warn, Span};

-pub mod bal;
 mod configured_sparse_trie;
 pub mod executor;
 pub mod multiproof;
@@ -93,13 +90,6 @@ pub const SPARSE_TRIE_MAX_NODES_SHRINK_CAPACITY: usize = 1_000_000;
 /// 144MB.
 pub const SPARSE_TRIE_MAX_VALUES_SHRINK_CAPACITY: usize = 1_000_000;

-/// Type alias for [`PayloadHandle`] returned by payload processor spawn methods.
-type IteratorPayloadHandle<Evm, I, N> = PayloadHandle<
-    WithTxEnv<TxEnvFor<Evm>, <I as ExecutableTxTuple>::Tx>,
-    <I as ExecutableTxTuple>::Error,
-    <N as NodePrimitives>::Receipt,
->;
-
 /// Entrypoint for executing the payload.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct PayloadProcessor<Evm>
@@ -116,8 +106,6 @@ where
    cross_block_cache_size: u64,
    /// Whether transactions should not be executed on prewarming task.
    disable_transaction_prewarming: bool,
-    /// Whether state cache should be disable
-    disable_state_cache: bool,
    /// Determines how to configure the evm for execution.
    evm_config: Evm,
    /// Whether precompile cache should be disabled.
@@ -161,7 +149,6 @@ where
            cross_block_cache_size: config.cross_block_cache_size(),
            disable_transaction_prewarming: config.disable_prewarming(),
            evm_config,
-            disable_state_cache: config.disable_state_cache(),
            precompile_cache_disabled: config.precompile_cache_disabled(),
            precompile_cache_map,
            sparse_state_trie: Arc::default(),
@@ -208,6 +195,7 @@ where
    ///
    /// This returns a handle to await the final state root and to interact with the tasks (e.g.
    /// canceling)
+    #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
    #[instrument(
        level = "debug",
        target = "engine::tree::payload_processor",
@@ -221,8 +209,7 @@ where
        provider_builder: StateProviderBuilder<N, P>,
        multiproof_provider_factory: F,
        config: &TreeConfig,
-        bal: Option<Arc<BlockAccessList>>,
-    ) -> IteratorPayloadHandle<Evm, I, N>
+    ) -> PayloadHandle<WithTxEnv<TxEnvFor<Evm>, I::Tx>, I::Error>
    where
        P: BlockReader + StateProviderFactory + StateReader + Clone + 'static,
        F: DatabaseProviderROFactory<Provider: TrieCursorFactory + HashedCursorFactory>
@@ -262,45 +249,19 @@ where
        // wire the multiproof task to the prewarm task
        let to_multi_proof = Some(multi_proof_task.state_root_message_sender());

-        // Handle BAL-based optimization if available
-        let prewarm_handle = if let Some(bal) = bal {
-            // When BAL is present, skip spawning prewarm tasks entirely and send BAL to multiproof
-            debug!(target: "engine::tree::payload_processor", "BAL present, skipping prewarm tasks");
-
-            // Send BAL message immediately to MultiProofTask
-            if let Some(ref sender) = to_multi_proof &&
-                let Err(err) = sender.send(MultiProofMessage::BlockAccessList(bal))
-            {
-                // In this case state root validation will simply fail
-                error!(target: "engine::tree::payload_processor", ?err, "Failed to send BAL to MultiProofTask");
-            }
-
-            // Spawn minimal cache-only task without prewarming
-            self.spawn_caching_with(
-                env,
-                prewarm_rx,
-                transaction_count_hint,
-                provider_builder.clone(),
-                None, // Don't send proof targets when BAL is present
-            )
-        } else {
-            // Normal path: spawn with full prewarming
-            self.spawn_caching_with(
-                env,
-                prewarm_rx,
-                transaction_count_hint,
-                provider_builder.clone(),
-                to_multi_proof.clone(),
-            )
-        };
+        let prewarm_handle = self.spawn_caching_with(
+            env,
+            prewarm_rx,
+            transaction_count_hint,
+            provider_builder,
+            to_multi_proof.clone(),
+        );

        // spawn multi-proof task
        let parent_span = span.clone();
        self.executor.spawn_blocking(move || {
            let _enter = parent_span.entered();
-            // Build a state provider for the multiproof task
-            let provider = provider_builder.build().expect("failed to build provider");
-            multi_proof_task.run(provider);
+            multi_proof_task.run();
        });

        // wire the sparse trie to the state root response receiver
@@ -327,7 +288,7 @@ where
        env: ExecutionEnv<Evm>,
        transactions: I,
        provider_builder: StateProviderBuilder<N, P>,
-    ) -> IteratorPayloadHandle<Evm, I, N>
+    ) -> PayloadHandle<WithTxEnv<TxEnvFor<Evm>, I::Tx>, I::Error>
    where
        P: BlockReader + StateProviderFactory + StateReader + Clone + 'static,
    {
@@ -354,32 +315,36 @@ where
        usize,
    ) {
        let (transactions, convert) = transactions.into();
-        let transactions = transactions.into_par_iter();
-        let transaction_count_hint = transactions.len();
+        let transactions = transactions.into_iter();
+        // Get the transaction count for prewarming task
+        // Use upper bound if available (more accurate), otherwise use lower bound
+        let (lower, upper) = transactions.size_hint();
+        let transaction_count_hint = upper.unwrap_or(lower);

-        let (ooo_tx, ooo_rx) = mpsc::channel();
-        let (prewarm_tx, prewarm_rx) = mpsc::channel();
-        let (execute_tx, execute_rx) = mpsc::channel();
-
-        // Spawn a task that `convert`s all transactions in parallel and sends them out-of-order.
+        // Spawn a task that iterates through all transactions in parallel and sends them to the
+        // main task.
+        let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
        self.executor.spawn_blocking(move || {
-            transactions.enumerate().for_each_with(ooo_tx, |ooo_tx, (idx, tx)| {
+            transactions.enumerate().par_bridge().for_each_with(tx, |sender, (idx, tx)| {
                let tx = convert(tx);
                let tx = tx.map(|tx| WithTxEnv { tx_env: tx.to_tx_env(), tx: Arc::new(tx) });
-                // Only send Ok(_) variants to prewarming task.
-                if let Ok(tx) = &tx {
-                    let _ = prewarm_tx.send(tx.clone());
-                }
-                let _ = ooo_tx.send((idx, tx));
+                let _ = sender.send((idx, tx));
            });
        });

        // Spawn a task that processes out-of-order transactions from the task above and sends them
-        // to the execution task in order.
+        // to prewarming and execution tasks.
+        let (prewarm_tx, prewarm_rx) = mpsc::channel();
+        let (execute_tx, execute_rx) = mpsc::channel();
        self.executor.spawn_blocking(move || {
            let mut next_for_execution = 0;
            let mut queue = BTreeMap::new();
-            while let Ok((idx, tx)) = ooo_rx.recv() {
+            while let Ok((idx, tx)) = rx.recv() {
+                // only send Ok(_) variants to prewarming task
+                if let Ok(tx) = &tx {
+                    let _ = prewarm_tx.send(tx.clone());
+                }
+
                if next_for_execution == idx {
                    let _ = execute_tx.send(tx);
                    next_for_execution += 1;
@@ -407,7 +372,7 @@ where
        transaction_count_hint: usize,
        provider_builder: StateProviderBuilder<N, P>,
        to_multi_proof: Option<CrossbeamSender<MultiProofMessage>>,
-    ) -> CacheTaskHandle<N::Receipt>
+    ) -> CacheTaskHandle
    where
        P: BlockReader + StateProviderFactory + StateReader + Clone + 'static,
    {
@@ -417,15 +382,9 @@ where
            transactions = mpsc::channel().1;
        }

-        let (saved_cache, cache, cache_metrics) = if self.disable_state_cache {
-            (None, None, None)
-        } else {
-            let saved_cache = self.cache_for(env.parent_hash);
-            let cache = saved_cache.cache().clone();
-            let cache_metrics = saved_cache.metrics().clone();
-            (Some(saved_cache), Some(cache), Some(cache_metrics))
-        };
-
+        let saved_cache = self.cache_for(env.parent_hash);
+        let cache = saved_cache.cache().clone();
+        let cache_metrics = saved_cache.metrics().clone();
        // configure prewarming
        let prewarm_ctx = PrewarmContext {
            env,
@@ -588,15 +547,12 @@ where
 }

 /// Handle to all the spawned tasks.
-///
-/// Generic over `R` (receipt type) to allow sharing `Arc<ExecutionOutcome<R>>` with the
-/// caching task without cloning the expensive `BundleState`.
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct PayloadHandle<Tx, Err, R> {
+pub struct PayloadHandle<Tx, Err> {
    /// Channel for evm state updates
    to_multi_proof: Option<CrossbeamSender<MultiProofMessage>>,
    // must include the receiver of the state root wired to the sparse trie
-    prewarm_handle: CacheTaskHandle<R>,
+    prewarm_handle: CacheTaskHandle,
    /// Stream of block transactions
    transactions: mpsc::Receiver<Result<Tx, Err>>,
    /// Receiver for the state root
@@ -605,7 +561,7 @@ pub struct PayloadHandle<Tx, Err, R> {
    _span: Span,
 }

-impl<Tx, Err, R: Send + Sync + 'static> PayloadHandle<Tx, Err, R> {
+impl<Tx, Err> PayloadHandle<Tx, Err> {
    /// Awaits the state root
    ///
    /// # Panics
@@ -634,18 +590,18 @@ impl<Tx, Err, R: Send + Sync + 'static> PayloadHandle<Tx, Err, R> {

        move |source: StateChangeSource, state: &EvmState| {
            if let Some(sender) = &to_multi_proof {
-                let _ = sender.send(MultiProofMessage::StateUpdate(source.into(), state.clone()));
+                let _ = sender.send(MultiProofMessage::StateUpdate(source, state.clone()));
            }
        }
    }

    /// Returns a clone of the caches used by prewarming
-    pub(super) fn caches(&self) -> Option<StateExecutionCache> {
+    pub(super) fn caches(&self) -> StateExecutionCache {
        self.prewarm_handle.cache.clone()
    }

    /// Returns a clone of the cache metrics used by prewarming
-    pub(super) fn cache_metrics(&self) -> Option<CachedStateMetrics> {
+    pub(super) fn cache_metrics(&self) -> CachedStateMetrics {
        self.prewarm_handle.cache_metrics.clone()
    }

@@ -658,14 +614,9 @@ impl<Tx, Err, R: Send + Sync + 'static> PayloadHandle<Tx, Err, R> {

    /// Terminates the entire caching task.
    ///
-    /// If the [`ExecutionOutcome`] is provided it will update the shared cache using its
-    /// bundle state. Using `Arc<ExecutionOutcome>` allows sharing with the main execution
-    /// path without cloning the expensive `BundleState`.
-    pub(super) fn terminate_caching(
-        &mut self,
-        execution_outcome: Option<Arc<ExecutionOutcome<R>>>,
-    ) {
-        self.prewarm_handle.terminate_caching(execution_outcome)
+    /// If the [`BundleState`] is provided it will update the shared cache.
+    pub(super) fn terminate_caching(&mut self, block_output: Option<&BundleState>) {
+        self.prewarm_handle.terminate_caching(block_output)
    }

    /// Returns iterator yielding transactions from the stream.
@@ -677,20 +628,17 @@ impl<Tx, Err, R: Send + Sync + 'static> PayloadHandle<Tx, Err, R> {
 }

 /// Access to the spawned [`PrewarmCacheTask`].
-///
-/// Generic over `R` (receipt type) to allow sharing `Arc<ExecutionOutcome<R>>` with the
-/// prewarm task without cloning the expensive `BundleState`.
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub(crate) struct CacheTaskHandle<R> {
+pub(crate) struct CacheTaskHandle {
    /// The shared cache the task operates with.
-    cache: Option<StateExecutionCache>,
+    cache: StateExecutionCache,
    /// Metrics for the caches
-    cache_metrics: Option<CachedStateMetrics>,
+    cache_metrics: CachedStateMetrics,
    /// Channel to the spawned prewarm task if any
-    to_prewarm_task: Option<std::sync::mpsc::Sender<PrewarmTaskEvent<R>>>,
+    to_prewarm_task: Option<std::sync::mpsc::Sender<PrewarmTaskEvent>>,
 }

-impl<R: Send + Sync + 'static> CacheTaskHandle<R> {
+impl CacheTaskHandle {
    /// Terminates the pre-warming transaction processing.
    ///
    /// Note: This does not terminate the task yet.
@@ -702,25 +650,20 @@ impl<R: Send + Sync + 'static> CacheTaskHandle<R> {

    /// Terminates the entire pre-warming task.
    ///
-    /// If the [`ExecutionOutcome`] is provided it will update the shared cache using its
-    /// bundle state. Using `Arc<ExecutionOutcome>` avoids cloning the expensive `BundleState`.
-    pub(super) fn terminate_caching(
-        &mut self,
-        execution_outcome: Option<Arc<ExecutionOutcome<R>>>,
-    ) {
+    /// If the [`BundleState`] is provided it will update the shared cache.
+    pub(super) fn terminate_caching(&mut self, block_output: Option<&BundleState>) {
        if let Some(tx) = self.to_prewarm_task.take() {
-            let event = PrewarmTaskEvent::Terminate { execution_outcome };
+            // Only clone when we have an active task and a state to send
+            let event = PrewarmTaskEvent::Terminate { block_output: block_output.cloned() };
            let _ = tx.send(event);
        }
    }
 }

-impl<R> Drop for CacheTaskHandle<R> {
+impl Drop for CacheTaskHandle {
    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        // Ensure we always terminate on drop - send None without needing Send + Sync bounds
-        if let Some(tx) = self.to_prewarm_task.take() {
-            let _ = tx.send(PrewarmTaskEvent::Terminate { execution_outcome: None });
-        }
+        // Ensure we always terminate on drop
+        self.terminate_caching(None);
    }
 }

@@ -773,8 +716,6 @@ impl ExecutionCache {

        cache
            .as_ref()
-            // Check `is_available()` to ensure no other tasks (e.g., prewarming) currently hold
-            // a reference to this cache. We can only reuse it when we have exclusive access.
            .filter(|c| c.executed_block_hash() == parent_hash && c.is_available())
            .cloned()
    }
@@ -1107,17 +1048,19 @@ mod tests {

        let provider_factory = BlockchainProvider::new(factory).unwrap();

-        let mut handle = payload_processor.spawn(
-            Default::default(),
-            (
-                Vec::<Result<Recovered<TransactionSigned>, core::convert::Infallible>>::new(),
-                std::convert::identity,
-            ),
-            StateProviderBuilder::new(provider_factory.clone(), genesis_hash, None),
-            OverlayStateProviderFactory::new(provider_factory),
-            &TreeConfig::default(),
-            None, // No BAL for test
-        );
+        let mut handle =
+            payload_processor.spawn(
+                Default::default(),
+                (
+                    core::iter::empty::<
+                        Result<Recovered<TransactionSigned>, core::convert::Infallible>,
+                    >(),
+                    std::convert::identity,
+                ),
+                StateProviderBuilder::new(provider_factory.clone(), genesis_hash, None),
+                OverlayStateProviderFactory::new(provider_factory),
+                &TreeConfig::default(),
+            );

        let mut state_hook = handle.state_hook();

--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/multiproof.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/multiproof.rs
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/prewarm.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/prewarm.rs
@@ -27,11 +27,10 @@ use alloy_primitives::{keccak256, map::B256Set, B256};
 use crossbeam_channel::Sender as CrossbeamSender;
 use metrics::{Counter, Gauge, Histogram};
 use reth_evm::{execute::ExecutableTxFor, ConfigureEvm, Evm, EvmFor, SpecFor};
-use reth_execution_types::ExecutionOutcome;
 use reth_metrics::Metrics;
 use reth_primitives_traits::NodePrimitives;
 use reth_provider::{BlockReader, StateProviderFactory, StateReader};
-use reth_revm::{database::StateProviderDatabase, state::EvmState};
+use reth_revm::{database::StateProviderDatabase, db::BundleState, state::EvmState};
 use reth_trie::MultiProofTargets;
 use std::{
    sync::{
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ where
    /// Sender to emit evm state outcome messages, if any.
    to_multi_proof: Option<CrossbeamSender<MultiProofMessage>>,
    /// Receiver for events produced by tx execution
-    actions_rx: Receiver<PrewarmTaskEvent<N::Receipt>>,
+    actions_rx: Receiver<PrewarmTaskEvent>,
    /// Parent span for tracing
    parent_span: Span,
 }
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ where
        to_multi_proof: Option<CrossbeamSender<MultiProofMessage>>,
        transaction_count_hint: usize,
        max_concurrency: usize,
-    ) -> (Self, Sender<PrewarmTaskEvent<N::Receipt>>) {
+    ) -> (Self, Sender<PrewarmTaskEvent>) {
        let (actions_tx, actions_rx) = channel();

        trace!(
@@ -136,11 +135,8 @@ where
    /// For Optimism chains, special handling is applied to the first transaction if it's a
    /// deposit transaction (type 0x7E/126) which sets critical metadata that affects all
    /// subsequent transactions in the block.
-    fn spawn_all<Tx>(
-        &self,
-        pending: mpsc::Receiver<Tx>,
-        actions_tx: Sender<PrewarmTaskEvent<N::Receipt>>,
-    ) where
+    fn spawn_all<Tx>(&self, pending: mpsc::Receiver<Tx>, actions_tx: Sender<PrewarmTaskEvent>)
+    where
        Tx: ExecutableTxFor<Evm> + Clone + Send + 'static,
    {
        let executor = self.executor.clone();
@@ -252,43 +248,38 @@ where
    ///
    /// This method is called from `run()` only after all execution tasks are complete.
    #[instrument(level = "debug", target = "engine::tree::payload_processor::prewarm", skip_all)]
-    fn save_cache(self, execution_outcome: Arc<ExecutionOutcome<N::Receipt>>) {
+    fn save_cache(self, state: BundleState) {
        let start = Instant::now();

        let Self { execution_cache, ctx: PrewarmContext { env, metrics, saved_cache, .. }, .. } =
            self;
        let hash = env.hash;

-        if let Some(saved_cache) = saved_cache {
-            debug!(target: "engine::caching", parent_hash=?hash, "Updating execution cache");
-            // Perform all cache operations atomically under the lock
-            execution_cache.update_with_guard(|cached| {
-                // consumes the `SavedCache` held by the prewarming task, which releases its usage
-                // guard
-                let (caches, cache_metrics) = saved_cache.split();
-                let new_cache = SavedCache::new(hash, caches, cache_metrics);
+        debug!(target: "engine::caching", parent_hash=?hash, "Updating execution cache");
+        // Perform all cache operations atomically under the lock
+        execution_cache.update_with_guard(|cached| {
+            // consumes the `SavedCache` held by the prewarming task, which releases its usage guard
+            let (caches, cache_metrics) = saved_cache.split();
+            let new_cache = SavedCache::new(hash, caches, cache_metrics);

-                // Insert state into cache while holding the lock
-                // Access the BundleState through the shared ExecutionOutcome
-                if new_cache.cache().insert_state(execution_outcome.state()).is_err() {
-                    // Clear the cache on error to prevent having a polluted cache
-                    *cached = None;
-                    debug!(target: "engine::caching", "cleared execution cache on update error");
-                    return;
-                }
+            // Insert state into cache while holding the lock
+            if new_cache.cache().insert_state(&state).is_err() {
+                // Clear the cache on error to prevent having a polluted cache
+                *cached = None;
+                debug!(target: "engine::caching", "cleared execution cache on update error");
+                return;
+            }

-                new_cache.update_metrics();
+            new_cache.update_metrics();

-                // Replace the shared cache with the new one; the previous cache (if any) is
-                // dropped.
-                *cached = Some(new_cache);
-            });
+            // Replace the shared cache with the new one; the previous cache (if any) is dropped.
+            *cached = Some(new_cache);
+        });

-            let elapsed = start.elapsed();
-            debug!(target: "engine::caching", parent_hash=?hash, elapsed=?elapsed, "Updated execution cache");
+        let elapsed = start.elapsed();
+        debug!(target: "engine::caching", parent_hash=?hash, elapsed=?elapsed, "Updated execution cache");

-            metrics.cache_saving_duration.set(elapsed.as_secs_f64());
-        }
+        metrics.cache_saving_duration.set(elapsed.as_secs_f64());
    }

    /// Executes the task.
@@ -305,12 +296,12 @@ where
    pub(super) fn run(
        self,
        pending: mpsc::Receiver<impl ExecutableTxFor<Evm> + Clone + Send + 'static>,
-        actions_tx: Sender<PrewarmTaskEvent<N::Receipt>>,
+        actions_tx: Sender<PrewarmTaskEvent>,
    ) {
        // spawn execution tasks.
        self.spawn_all(pending, actions_tx);

-        let mut final_execution_outcome = None;
+        let mut final_block_output = None;
        let mut finished_execution = false;
        while let Ok(event) = self.actions_rx.recv() {
            match event {
@@ -323,9 +314,9 @@ where
                    // completed executing a set of transactions
                    self.send_multi_proof_targets(proof_targets);
                }
-                PrewarmTaskEvent::Terminate { execution_outcome } => {
+                PrewarmTaskEvent::Terminate { block_output } => {
                    trace!(target: "engine::tree::payload_processor::prewarm", "Received termination signal");
-                    final_execution_outcome = Some(execution_outcome);
+                    final_block_output = Some(block_output);

                    if finished_execution {
                        // all tasks are done, we can exit, which will save caches and exit
@@ -339,7 +330,7 @@ where

                    finished_execution = true;

-                    if final_execution_outcome.is_some() {
+                    if final_block_output.is_some() {
                        // all tasks are done, we can exit, which will save caches and exit
                        break
                    }
@@ -349,9 +340,9 @@ where

        debug!(target: "engine::tree::payload_processor::prewarm", "Completed prewarm execution");

-        // save caches and finish using the shared ExecutionOutcome
-        if let Some(Some(execution_outcome)) = final_execution_outcome {
-            self.save_cache(execution_outcome);
+        // save caches and finish
+        if let Some(Some(state)) = final_block_output {
+            self.save_cache(state);
        }
    }
 }
@@ -365,7 +356,7 @@ where
 {
    pub(super) env: ExecutionEnv<Evm>,
    pub(super) evm_config: Evm,
-    pub(super) saved_cache: Option<SavedCache>,
+    pub(super) saved_cache: SavedCache,
    /// Provider to obtain the state
    pub(super) provider: StateProviderBuilder<N, P>,
    pub(super) metrics: PrewarmMetrics,
@@ -393,10 +384,10 @@ where
            metrics,
            terminate_execution,
            precompile_cache_disabled,
-            precompile_cache_map,
+            mut precompile_cache_map,
        } = self;

-        let mut state_provider = match provider.build() {
+        let state_provider = match provider.build() {
            Ok(provider) => provider,
            Err(err) => {
                trace!(
@@ -409,15 +400,10 @@ where
        };

        // Use the caches to create a new provider with caching
-        if let Some(saved_cache) = saved_cache {
-            let caches = saved_cache.cache().clone();
-            let cache_metrics = saved_cache.metrics().clone();
-            state_provider = Box::new(
-                CachedStateProvider::new(state_provider, caches, cache_metrics)
-                    // ensure we pre-warm the cache
-                    .prewarm(),
-            );
-        }
+        let caches = saved_cache.cache().clone();
+        let cache_metrics = saved_cache.metrics().clone();
+        let state_provider =
+            CachedStateProvider::new_with_caches(state_provider, caches, cache_metrics);

        let state_provider = StateProviderDatabase::new(state_provider);

@@ -459,7 +445,7 @@ where
    fn transact_batch<Tx>(
        self,
        txs: mpsc::Receiver<IndexedTransaction<Tx>>,
-        sender: Sender<PrewarmTaskEvent<N::Receipt>>,
+        sender: Sender<PrewarmTaskEvent>,
        done_tx: Sender<()>,
    ) where
        Tx: ExecutableTxFor<Evm>,
@@ -540,7 +526,7 @@ where
        &self,
        idx: usize,
        executor: &WorkloadExecutor,
-        actions_tx: Sender<PrewarmTaskEvent<N::Receipt>>,
+        actions_tx: Sender<PrewarmTaskEvent>,
        done_tx: Sender<()>,
    ) -> mpsc::Sender<IndexedTransaction<Tx>>
    where
@@ -596,18 +582,14 @@ fn multiproof_targets_from_state(state: EvmState) -> (MultiProofTargets, usize)
 }

 /// The events the pre-warm task can handle.
-///
-/// Generic over `R` (receipt type) to allow sharing `Arc<ExecutionOutcome<R>>` with the main
-/// execution path without cloning the expensive `BundleState`.
-pub(super) enum PrewarmTaskEvent<R> {
+pub(super) enum PrewarmTaskEvent {
    /// Forcefully terminate all remaining transaction execution.
    TerminateTransactionExecution,
    /// Forcefully terminate the task on demand and update the shared cache with the given output
    /// before exiting.
    Terminate {
-        /// The final execution outcome. Using `Arc` allows sharing with the main execution
-        /// path without cloning the expensive `BundleState`.
-        execution_outcome: Option<Arc<ExecutionOutcome<R>>>,
+        /// The final block state output.
+        block_output: Option<BundleState>,
    },
    /// The outcome of a pre-warm task
    Outcome {
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_validator.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_validator.rs
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@ use crate::tree::{
    StateProviderDatabase, TreeConfig,
 };
 use alloy_consensus::transaction::Either;
-use alloy_eip7928::BlockAccessList;
 use alloy_eips::{eip1898::BlockWithParent, NumHash};
 use alloy_evm::Evm;
 use alloy_primitives::B256;
-use rayon::prelude::*;
 use reth_chain_state::{CanonicalInMemoryState, DeferredTrieData, ExecutedBlock};
 use reth_consensus::{ConsensusError, FullConsensus};
 use reth_engine_primitives::{
@@ -35,13 +33,12 @@ use reth_primitives_traits::{
 };
 use reth_provider::{
    providers::OverlayStateProviderFactory, BlockExecutionOutput, BlockReader,
-    DatabaseProviderFactory, DatabaseProviderROFactory, ExecutionOutcome, HashedPostStateProvider,
-    ProviderError, PruneCheckpointReader, StageCheckpointReader, StateProvider,
-    StateProviderFactory, StateReader, TrieReader,
+    DatabaseProviderFactory, ExecutionOutcome, HashedPostStateProvider, ProviderError,
+    PruneCheckpointReader, StageCheckpointReader, StateProvider, StateProviderFactory, StateReader,
+    StateRootProvider, TrieReader,
 };
 use reth_revm::db::State;
-use reth_storage_errors::db::DatabaseError;
-use reth_trie::{updates::TrieUpdates, HashedPostState, StateRoot, TrieInputSorted};
+use reth_trie::{updates::TrieUpdates, HashedPostState, TrieInputSorted};
 use reth_trie_parallel::root::{ParallelStateRoot, ParallelStateRootError};
 use revm_primitives::Address;
 use std::{
@@ -223,7 +220,7 @@ where
                    .map_err(NewPayloadError::other)?
                    .into();

-                let iter = Either::Left(iter.into_par_iter().map(Either::Left));
+                let iter = Either::Left(iter.into_iter().map(Either::Left));
                let convert = move |tx| {
                    let Either::Left(tx) = tx else { unreachable!() };
                    convert(tx).map(Either::Left).map_err(Either::Left)
@@ -233,9 +230,8 @@ where
                Ok((iter, Box::new(convert) as Box<dyn Fn(_) -> _ + Send + Sync + 'static>))
            }
            BlockOrPayload::Block(block) => {
-                let iter = Either::Right(
-                    block.body().clone_transactions().into_par_iter().map(Either::Right),
-                );
+                let iter =
+                    Either::Right(block.body().clone_transactions().into_iter().map(Either::Right));
                let convert = move |tx: Either<_, N::SignedTx>| {
                    let Either::Right(tx) = tx else { unreachable!() };
                    tx.try_into_recovered().map(Either::Right).map_err(Either::Right)
@@ -372,11 +368,10 @@ where
            )
            .into())
        };
-        let mut state_provider = ensure_ok!(provider_builder.build());
+        let state_provider = ensure_ok!(provider_builder.build());
        drop(_enter);

-        // Fetch parent block. This goes to memory most of the time unless the parent block is
-        // beyond the in-memory buffer.
+        // fetch parent block
        let Some(parent_block) = ensure_ok!(self.sealed_header_by_hash(parent_hash, ctx.state()))
        else {
            return Err(InsertBlockError::new(
@@ -401,17 +396,9 @@ where
            "Decided which state root algorithm to run"
        );

-        // Get an iterator over the transactions in the payload
+        // use prewarming background task
        let txs = self.tx_iterator_for(&input)?;

-        // Extract the BAL, if valid and available
-        let block_access_list = ensure_ok!(input
-            .block_access_list()
-            .transpose()
-            // Eventually gets converted to a `InsertBlockErrorKind::Other`
-            .map_err(Box::<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>::from))
-        .map(Arc::new);
-
        // Spawn the appropriate processor based on strategy
        let mut handle = ensure_ok!(self.spawn_payload_processor(
            env.clone(),
@@ -420,23 +407,25 @@ where
            parent_hash,
            ctx.state(),
            strategy,
-            block_access_list,
        ));

        // Use cached state provider before executing, used in execution after prewarming threads
        // complete
-        if let Some((caches, cache_metrics)) = handle.caches().zip(handle.cache_metrics()) {
-            state_provider =
-                Box::new(CachedStateProvider::new(state_provider, caches, cache_metrics));
-        };
-
-        if self.config.state_provider_metrics() {
-            state_provider = Box::new(InstrumentedStateProvider::new(state_provider, "engine"));
-        }
+        let state_provider = CachedStateProvider::new_with_caches(
+            state_provider,
+            handle.caches(),
+            handle.cache_metrics(),
+        );

        // Execute the block and handle any execution errors
-        let (output, senders) = match self.execute_block(&state_provider, env, &input, &mut handle)
-        {
+        let (output, senders) = match if self.config.state_provider_metrics() {
+            let state_provider = InstrumentedStateProvider::from_state_provider(&state_provider);
+            let result = self.execute_block(&state_provider, env, &input, &mut handle);
+            state_provider.record_total_latency();
+            result
+        } else {
+            self.execute_block(&state_provider, env, &input, &mut handle)
+        } {
            Ok(output) => output,
            Err(err) => return self.handle_execution_error(input, err, &parent_block),
        };
@@ -520,7 +509,7 @@ where
            }

            let (root, updates) = ensure_ok_post_block!(
-                self.compute_state_root_serial(block.parent_hash(), &hashed_state, ctx.state()),
+                state_provider.state_root_with_updates(hashed_state.clone()),
                block
            );
            (root, updates, root_time.elapsed())
@@ -550,14 +539,17 @@ where
            .into())
        }

-        // Create ExecutionOutcome and wrap in Arc for sharing with both the caching task
-        // and the deferred trie task. This avoids cloning the expensive BundleState.
-        let execution_outcome = Arc::new(ExecutionOutcome::from((output, block_num_hash.number)));
+        // terminate prewarming task with good state output
+        handle.terminate_caching(Some(&output.state));

-        // Terminate prewarming task with the shared execution outcome
-        handle.terminate_caching(Some(Arc::clone(&execution_outcome)));
-
-        Ok(self.spawn_deferred_trie_task(block, execution_outcome, &ctx, hashed_state, trie_output))
+        Ok(self.spawn_deferred_trie_task(
+            block,
+            output,
+            block_num_hash.number,
+            &ctx,
+            hashed_state,
+            trie_output,
+        ))
    }

    /// Return sealed block header from database or in-memory state by hash.
@@ -600,7 +592,7 @@ where
        state_provider: S,
        env: ExecutionEnv<Evm>,
        input: &BlockOrPayload<T>,
-        handle: &mut PayloadHandle<impl ExecutableTxFor<Evm>, Err, N::Receipt>,
+        handle: &mut PayloadHandle<impl ExecutableTxFor<Evm>, Err>,
    ) -> Result<(BlockExecutionOutput<N::Receipt>, Vec<Address>), InsertBlockErrorKind>
    where
        S: StateProvider,
@@ -612,7 +604,7 @@ where
        debug!(target: "engine::tree::payload_validator", "Executing block");

        let mut db = State::builder()
-            .with_database(StateProviderDatabase::new(state_provider))
+            .with_database(StateProviderDatabase::new(&state_provider))
            .with_bundle_update()
            .without_state_clear()
            .build();
@@ -658,6 +650,8 @@ where
    ///
    /// Returns `Ok(_)` if computed successfully.
    /// Returns `Err(_)` if error was encountered during computation.
+    /// `Err(ProviderError::ConsistentView(_))` can be safely ignored and fallback computation
+    /// should be used instead.
    #[instrument(level = "debug", target = "engine::tree::payload_validator", skip_all)]
    fn compute_state_root_parallel(
        &self,
@@ -687,36 +681,6 @@ where
        ParallelStateRoot::new(factory, prefix_sets).incremental_root_with_updates()
    }

-    /// Compute state root for the given hashed post state in serial.
-    fn compute_state_root_serial(
-        &self,
-        parent_hash: B256,
-        hashed_state: &HashedPostState,
-        state: &EngineApiTreeState<N>,
-    ) -> ProviderResult<(B256, TrieUpdates)> {
-        let (mut input, block_hash) = self.compute_trie_input(parent_hash, state)?;
-
-        // Extend state overlay with current block's sorted state.
-        input.prefix_sets.extend(hashed_state.construct_prefix_sets());
-        let sorted_hashed_state = hashed_state.clone_into_sorted();
-        Arc::make_mut(&mut input.state).extend_ref(&sorted_hashed_state);
-
-        let TrieInputSorted { nodes, state, .. } = input;
-        let prefix_sets = hashed_state.construct_prefix_sets();
-
-        let factory = OverlayStateProviderFactory::new(self.provider.clone())
-            .with_block_hash(Some(block_hash))
-            .with_trie_overlay(Some(nodes))
-            .with_hashed_state_overlay(Some(state));
-
-        let provider = factory.database_provider_ro()?;
-
-        Ok(StateRoot::new(&provider, &provider)
-            .with_prefix_sets(prefix_sets.freeze())
-            .root_with_updates()
-            .map_err(Into::<DatabaseError>::into)?)
-    }
-
    /// Validates the block after execution.
    ///
    /// This performs:
@@ -811,12 +775,10 @@ where
        parent_hash: B256,
        state: &EngineApiTreeState<N>,
        strategy: StateRootStrategy,
-        block_access_list: Option<Arc<BlockAccessList>>,
    ) -> Result<
        PayloadHandle<
            impl ExecutableTxFor<Evm> + use<N, P, Evm, V, T>,
            impl core::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static + use<N, P, Evm, V, T>,
-            N::Receipt,
        >,
        InsertBlockErrorKind,
    > {
@@ -842,14 +804,12 @@ where
                    .record(trie_input_start.elapsed().as_secs_f64());

                let spawn_start = Instant::now();
-
                let handle = self.payload_processor.spawn(
                    env,
                    txs,
                    provider_builder,
                    multiproof_provider_factory,
                    &self.config,
-                    block_access_list,
                );

                // record prewarming initialization duration
@@ -912,7 +872,7 @@ where
    /// Note: Use state root task only if prefix sets are empty, otherwise proof generation is
    /// too expensive because it requires walking all paths in every proof.
    const fn plan_state_root_computation(&self) -> StateRootStrategy {
-        if self.config.state_root_fallback() {
+        if self.config.state_root_fallback() || !self.config.has_enough_parallelism() {
            StateRootStrategy::Synchronous
        } else if self.config.use_state_root_task() {
            StateRootStrategy::StateRootTask
@@ -1051,7 +1011,8 @@ where
    fn spawn_deferred_trie_task(
        &self,
        block: RecoveredBlock<N::Block>,
-        execution_outcome: Arc<ExecutionOutcome<N::Receipt>>,
+        output: BlockExecutionOutput<N::Receipt>,
+        block_number: u64,
        ctx: &TreeCtx<'_, N>,
        hashed_state: HashedPostState,
        trie_output: TrieUpdates,
@@ -1101,7 +1062,7 @@ where

        ExecutedBlock::with_deferred_trie_data(
            Arc::new(block),
-            execution_outcome,
+            Arc::new(ExecutionOutcome::from((output, block_number))),
            deferred_trie_data,
        )
    }
@@ -1282,10 +1243,4 @@ impl<T: PayloadTypes> BlockOrPayload<T> {
            Self::Block(_) => "block",
        }
    }
-
-    /// Returns the block access list if available.
-    pub const fn block_access_list(&self) -> Option<Result<BlockAccessList, alloy_rlp::Error>> {
-        // TODO decode and return `BlockAccessList`
-        None
-    }
 }
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/precompile_cache.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/precompile_cache.rs
@@ -1,56 +1,50 @@
 //! Contains a precompile cache backed by `schnellru::LruMap` (LRU by length).

 use alloy_primitives::Bytes;
-use dashmap::DashMap;
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use reth_evm::precompiles::{DynPrecompile, Precompile, PrecompileInput};
 use revm::precompile::{PrecompileId, PrecompileOutput, PrecompileResult};
 use revm_primitives::Address;
-use std::{hash::Hash, sync::Arc};
+use schnellru::LruMap;
+use std::{
+    collections::HashMap,
+    hash::{Hash, Hasher},
+    sync::Arc,
+};

 /// Default max cache size for [`PrecompileCache`]
 const MAX_CACHE_SIZE: u32 = 10_000;

 /// Stores caches for each precompile.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
-pub struct PrecompileCacheMap<S>(Arc<DashMap<Address, PrecompileCache<S>>>)
+pub struct PrecompileCacheMap<S>(HashMap<Address, PrecompileCache<S>>)
 where
-    S: Eq + Hash + std::fmt::Debug + Send + Sync + Clone + 'static;
+    S: Eq + Hash + std::fmt::Debug + Send + Sync + Clone;

 impl<S> PrecompileCacheMap<S>
 where
    S: Eq + Hash + std::fmt::Debug + Send + Sync + Clone + 'static,
 {
-    pub(crate) fn cache_for_address(&self, address: Address) -> PrecompileCache<S> {
-        // Try just using `.get` first to avoid acquiring a write lock.
-        if let Some(cache) = self.0.get(&address) {
-            return cache.clone();
-        }
-        // Otherwise, fallback to `.entry` and initialize the cache.
-        //
-        // This should be very rare as caches for all precompiles will be initialized as soon as
-        // first EVM is created.
+    pub(crate) fn cache_for_address(&mut self, address: Address) -> PrecompileCache<S> {
        self.0.entry(address).or_default().clone()
    }
 }

 /// Cache for precompiles, for each input stores the result.
+///
+/// [`LruMap`] requires a mutable reference on `get` since it updates the LRU order,
+/// so we use a [`Mutex`] instead of an `RwLock`.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct PrecompileCache<S>(
-    moka::sync::Cache<Bytes, CacheEntry<S>, alloy_primitives::map::DefaultHashBuilder>,
-)
+pub struct PrecompileCache<S>(Arc<Mutex<LruMap<CacheKey<S>, CacheEntry>>>)
 where
-    S: Eq + Hash + std::fmt::Debug + Send + Sync + Clone + 'static;
+    S: Eq + Hash + std::fmt::Debug + Send + Sync + Clone;

 impl<S> Default for PrecompileCache<S>
 where
    S: Eq + Hash + std::fmt::Debug + Send + Sync + Clone + 'static,
 {
    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self(
-            moka::sync::CacheBuilder::new(MAX_CACHE_SIZE as u64)
-                .initial_capacity(MAX_CACHE_SIZE as usize)
-                .build_with_hasher(Default::default()),
-        )
+        Self(Arc::new(Mutex::new(LruMap::new(schnellru::ByLength::new(MAX_CACHE_SIZE)))))
    }
 }

@@ -58,31 +52,63 @@ impl<S> PrecompileCache<S>
 where
    S: Eq + Hash + std::fmt::Debug + Send + Sync + Clone + 'static,
 {
-    fn get(&self, input: &[u8], spec: S) -> Option<CacheEntry<S>> {
-        self.0.get(input).filter(|e| e.spec == spec)
+    fn get(&self, key: &CacheKeyRef<'_, S>) -> Option<CacheEntry> {
+        self.0.lock().get(key).cloned()
    }

    /// Inserts the given key and value into the cache, returning the new cache size.
-    fn insert(&self, input: Bytes, value: CacheEntry<S>) -> usize {
-        self.0.insert(input, value);
-        self.0.entry_count() as usize
+    fn insert(&self, key: CacheKey<S>, value: CacheEntry) -> usize {
+        let mut cache = self.0.lock();
+        cache.insert(key, value);
+        cache.len()
+    }
+}
+
+/// Cache key, spec id and precompile call input. spec id is included in the key to account for
+/// precompile repricing across fork activations.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+pub struct CacheKey<S>((S, Bytes));
+
+impl<S> CacheKey<S> {
+    const fn new(spec_id: S, input: Bytes) -> Self {
+        Self((spec_id, input))
+    }
+}
+
+/// Cache key reference, used to avoid cloning the input bytes when looking up using a [`CacheKey`].
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct CacheKeyRef<'a, S>((S, &'a [u8]));
+
+impl<'a, S> CacheKeyRef<'a, S> {
+    const fn new(spec_id: S, input: &'a [u8]) -> Self {
+        Self((spec_id, input))
+    }
+}
+
+impl<S: PartialEq> PartialEq<CacheKey<S>> for CacheKeyRef<'_, S> {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &CacheKey<S>) -> bool {
+        self.0 .0 == other.0 .0 && self.0 .1 == other.0 .1.as_ref()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, S: Hash> Hash for CacheKeyRef<'a, S> {
+    fn hash<H: Hasher>(&self, state: &mut H) {
+        self.0 .0.hash(state);
+        self.0 .1.hash(state);
    }
 }

 /// Cache entry, precompile successful output.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub struct CacheEntry<S> {
-    output: PrecompileOutput,
-    spec: S,
-}
+pub struct CacheEntry(PrecompileOutput);

-impl<S> CacheEntry<S> {
+impl CacheEntry {
    const fn gas_used(&self) -> u64 {
-        self.output.gas_used
+        self.0.gas_used
    }

    fn to_precompile_result(&self) -> PrecompileResult {
-        Ok(self.output.clone())
+        Ok(self.0.clone())
    }
 }

@@ -164,7 +190,9 @@ where
    }

    fn call(&self, input: PrecompileInput<'_>) -> PrecompileResult {
-        if let Some(entry) = &self.cache.get(input.data, self.spec_id.clone()) {
+        let key = CacheKeyRef::new(self.spec_id.clone(), input.data);
+
+        if let Some(entry) = &self.cache.get(&key) {
            self.increment_by_one_precompile_cache_hits();
            if input.gas >= entry.gas_used() {
                return entry.to_precompile_result()
@@ -176,10 +204,8 @@ where

        match &result {
            Ok(output) => {
-                let size = self.cache.insert(
-                    Bytes::copy_from_slice(calldata),
-                    CacheEntry { output: output.clone(), spec: self.spec_id.clone() },
-                );
+                let key = CacheKey::new(self.spec_id.clone(), Bytes::copy_from_slice(calldata));
+                let size = self.cache.insert(key, CacheEntry(output.clone()));
                self.set_precompile_cache_size_metric(size as f64);
                self.increment_by_one_precompile_cache_misses();
            }
@@ -220,12 +246,31 @@ impl CachedPrecompileMetrics {

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use std::hash::DefaultHasher;
+
    use super::*;
    use reth_evm::{EthEvmFactory, Evm, EvmEnv, EvmFactory};
    use reth_revm::db::EmptyDB;
    use revm::{context::TxEnv, precompile::PrecompileOutput};
    use revm_primitives::hardfork::SpecId;

+    #[test]
+    fn test_cache_key_ref_hash() {
+        let key1 = CacheKey::new(SpecId::PRAGUE, b"test_input".into());
+        let key2 = CacheKeyRef::new(SpecId::PRAGUE, b"test_input");
+        assert!(PartialEq::eq(&key2, &key1));
+
+        let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
+        key1.hash(&mut hasher);
+        let hash1 = hasher.finish();
+
+        let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
+        key2.hash(&mut hasher);
+        let hash2 = hasher.finish();
+
+        assert_eq!(hash1, hash2);
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn test_precompile_cache_basic() {
        let dyn_precompile: DynPrecompile = (|_input: PrecompileInput<'_>| -> PrecompileResult {
@@ -248,11 +293,12 @@ mod tests {
            reverted: false,
        };

-        let input = b"test_input";
-        let expected = CacheEntry { output, spec: SpecId::PRAGUE };
-        cache.cache.insert(input.into(), expected.clone());
+        let key = CacheKey::new(SpecId::PRAGUE, b"test_input".into());
+        let expected = CacheEntry(output);
+        cache.cache.insert(key, expected.clone());

-        let actual = cache.cache.get(input, SpecId::PRAGUE).unwrap();
+        let key = CacheKeyRef::new(SpecId::PRAGUE, b"test_input");
+        let actual = cache.cache.get(&key).unwrap();

        assert_eq!(actual, expected);
    }
@@ -266,7 +312,7 @@ mod tests {
        let address1 = Address::repeat_byte(1);
        let address2 = Address::repeat_byte(2);

-        let cache_map = PrecompileCacheMap::default();
+        let mut cache_map = PrecompileCacheMap::default();

        // create the first precompile with a specific output
        let precompile1: DynPrecompile = (PrecompileId::custom("custom"), {
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/tests.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::{
    tree::{
        payload_validator::{BasicEngineValidator, TreeCtx, ValidationOutcome},
        persistence_state::CurrentPersistenceAction,
-        PersistTarget, TreeConfig,
+        TreeConfig,
    },
 };

@@ -285,8 +285,7 @@ impl TestHarness {
        let fcu_state = self.fcu_state(block_hash);

        let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
-        let _ = self
-            .tree
+        self.tree
            .on_engine_message(FromEngine::Request(
                BeaconEngineMessage::ForkchoiceUpdated {
                    state: fcu_state,
@@ -499,7 +498,7 @@ fn test_tree_persist_block_batch() {

    // process the message
    let msg = test_harness.tree.try_recv_engine_message().unwrap().unwrap();
-    let _ = test_harness.tree.on_engine_message(msg).unwrap();
+    test_harness.tree.on_engine_message(msg).unwrap();

    // we now should receive the other batch
    let msg = test_harness.tree.try_recv_engine_message().unwrap().unwrap();
@@ -578,7 +577,7 @@ async fn test_engine_request_during_backfill() {
        .with_backfill_state(BackfillSyncState::Active);

    let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
-    let _ = test_harness
+    test_harness
        .tree
        .on_engine_message(FromEngine::Request(
            BeaconEngineMessage::ForkchoiceUpdated {
@@ -659,7 +658,7 @@ async fn test_holesky_payload() {
        TestHarness::new(HOLESKY.clone()).with_backfill_state(BackfillSyncState::Active);

    let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
-    let _ = test_harness
+    test_harness
        .tree
        .on_engine_message(FromEngine::Request(
            BeaconEngineMessage::NewPayload {
@@ -884,8 +883,7 @@ async fn test_get_canonical_blocks_to_persist() {
        .with_persistence_threshold(persistence_threshold)
        .with_memory_block_buffer_target(memory_block_buffer_target);

-    let blocks_to_persist =
-        test_harness.tree.get_canonical_blocks_to_persist(PersistTarget::Threshold).unwrap();
+    let blocks_to_persist = test_harness.tree.get_canonical_blocks_to_persist().unwrap();

    let expected_blocks_to_persist_length: usize =
        (canonical_head_number - memory_block_buffer_target - last_persisted_block_number)
@@ -904,8 +902,7 @@ async fn test_get_canonical_blocks_to_persist() {

    assert!(test_harness.tree.state.tree_state.sealed_header_by_hash(&fork_block_hash).is_some());

-    let blocks_to_persist =
-        test_harness.tree.get_canonical_blocks_to_persist(PersistTarget::Threshold).unwrap();
+    let blocks_to_persist = test_harness.tree.get_canonical_blocks_to_persist().unwrap();
    assert_eq!(blocks_to_persist.len(), expected_blocks_to_persist_length);

    // check that the fork block is not included in the blocks to persist
@@ -984,7 +981,7 @@ async fn test_engine_tree_live_sync_transition_required_blocks_requested() {
    let backfill_tip_block = main_chain[(backfill_finished_block_number - 1) as usize].clone();
    // add block to mock provider to enable persistence clean up.
    test_harness.provider.add_block(backfill_tip_block.hash(), backfill_tip_block.into_block());
-    let _ = test_harness.tree.on_engine_message(FromEngine::Event(backfill_finished)).unwrap();
+    test_harness.tree.on_engine_message(FromEngine::Event(backfill_finished)).unwrap();

    let event = test_harness.from_tree_rx.recv().await.unwrap();
    match event {
@@ -994,7 +991,7 @@ async fn test_engine_tree_live_sync_transition_required_blocks_requested() {
        _ => panic!("Unexpected event: {event:#?}"),
    }

-    let _ = test_harness
+    test_harness
        .tree
        .on_engine_message(FromEngine::DownloadedBlocks(vec![main_chain
            .last()
@@ -1050,7 +1047,7 @@ async fn test_fcu_with_canonical_ancestor_updates_latest_block() {

    // Send FCU to the canonical ancestor
    let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
-    let _ = test_harness
+    test_harness
        .tree
        .on_engine_message(FromEngine::Request(
            BeaconEngineMessage::ForkchoiceUpdated {
@@ -1946,53 +1943,4 @@ mod forkchoice_updated_tests {
            .unwrap();
        assert!(result.is_some(), "OpStack should handle canonical head");
    }
-
-    /// Test that engine termination persists all blocks and signals completion.
-    #[test]
-    fn test_engine_termination_with_everything_persisted() {
-        let chain_spec = MAINNET.clone();
-        let mut test_block_builder = TestBlockBuilder::eth().with_chain_spec((*chain_spec).clone());
-
-        // Create 10 blocks to persist
-        let blocks: Vec<_> = test_block_builder.get_executed_blocks(1..11).collect();
-        let canonical_tip = blocks.last().unwrap().recovered_block().number;
-        let test_harness = TestHarness::new(chain_spec).with_blocks(blocks);
-
-        // Create termination channel
-        let (terminate_tx, mut terminate_rx) = oneshot::channel();
-
-        let to_tree_tx = test_harness.to_tree_tx.clone();
-        let action_rx = test_harness.action_rx;
-
-        // Spawn tree in background thread
-        std::thread::Builder::new()
-            .name("Engine Task".to_string())
-            .spawn(|| test_harness.tree.run())
-            .unwrap();
-
-        // Send terminate request
-        to_tree_tx
-            .send(FromEngine::Event(FromOrchestrator::Terminate { tx: terminate_tx }))
-            .unwrap();
-
-        // Handle persistence actions until termination completes
-        let mut last_persisted_number = 0;
-        loop {
-            if terminate_rx.try_recv().is_ok() {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            if let Ok(PersistenceAction::SaveBlocks(saved_blocks, sender)) =
-                action_rx.recv_timeout(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100))
-            {
-                if let Some(last) = saved_blocks.last() {
-                    last_persisted_number = last.recovered_block().number;
-                }
-                sender.send(saved_blocks.last().map(|b| b.recovered_block().num_hash())).unwrap();
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Ensure we persisted right to the tip
-        assert_eq!(last_persisted_number, canonical_tip);
-    }
 }
--- a/crates/engine/util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/engine/util/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ reth-primitives-traits.workspace = true
 reth-errors.workspace = true
 reth-chainspec.workspace = true
 reth-fs-util.workspace = true
-reth-engine-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
+reth-engine-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-engine-tree.workspace = true
 reth-evm.workspace = true
 reth-revm.workspace = true
--- a/crates/era-utils/src/export.rs
+++ b/crates/era-utils/src/export.rs
@@ -150,12 +150,6 @@ where
        let era1_id = Era1Id::new(&config.network, start_block, block_count as u32)
            .with_hash(historical_root);

-        let era1_id = if config.max_blocks_per_file == MAX_BLOCKS_PER_ERA1 as u64 {
-            era1_id
-        } else {
-            era1_id.with_era_count()
-        };
-
        debug!("Final file name {}", era1_id.to_file_name());
        let file_path = config.dir.join(era1_id.to_file_name());
        let file = std::fs::File::create(&file_path)?;
--- a/crates/era-utils/src/history.rs
+++ b/crates/era-utils/src/history.rs
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ where

 /// Extracts block headers and bodies from `iter` and appends them using `writer` and `provider`.
 ///
-/// Collects hash to height using `hash_collector`.
+/// Adds on to `total_difficulty` and collects hash to height using `hash_collector`.
 ///
 /// Skips all blocks below the [`start_bound`] of `block_numbers` and stops when reaching past the
 /// [`end_bound`] or the end of the file.
--- a/crates/era-utils/tests/it/genesis.rs
+++ b/crates/era-utils/tests/it/genesis.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ fn test_export_with_genesis_only() {
    assert!(file_path.exists(), "Exported file should exist on disk");
    let file_name = file_path.file_name().unwrap().to_str().unwrap();
    assert!(
-        file_name.starts_with("mainnet-00000-"),
+        file_name.starts_with("mainnet-00000-00001-"),
        "File should have correct prefix with era format"
    );
    assert!(file_name.ends_with(".era1"), "File should have correct extension");
--- a/crates/era/src/common/file_ops.rs
+++ b/crates/era/src/common/file_ops.rs
@@ -30,11 +30,8 @@ pub trait EraFileFormat: Sized {

 /// Era file identifiers
 pub trait EraFileId: Clone {
-    /// File type for this identifier
-    const FILE_TYPE: EraFileType;
-
-    /// Number of items, slots for `era`, blocks for `era1`, per era
-    const ITEMS_PER_ERA: u64;
+    /// Convert to standardized file name
+    fn to_file_name(&self) -> String;

    /// Get the network name
    fn network_name(&self) -> &str;
@@ -44,43 +41,6 @@ pub trait EraFileId: Clone {

    /// Get the count of items
    fn count(&self) -> u32;
-
-    /// Get the optional hash identifier
-    fn hash(&self) -> Option<[u8; 4]>;
-
-    /// Whether to include era count in filename
-    fn include_era_count(&self) -> bool;
-
-    /// Calculate era number
-    fn era_number(&self) -> u64 {
-        self.start_number() / Self::ITEMS_PER_ERA
-    }
-
-    /// Calculate the number of eras spanned per file.
-    ///
-    /// If the user can decide how many slots/blocks per era file there are, we need to calculate
-    /// it. Most of the time it should be 1, but it can never be more than 2 eras per file
-    /// as there is a maximum of 8192 slots/blocks per era file.
-    fn era_count(&self) -> u64 {
-        if self.count() == 0 {
-            return 0;
-        }
-        let first_era = self.era_number();
-        let last_number = self.start_number() + self.count() as u64 - 1;
-        let last_era = last_number / Self::ITEMS_PER_ERA;
-        last_era - first_era + 1
-    }
-
-    /// Convert to standardized file name.
-    fn to_file_name(&self) -> String {
-        Self::FILE_TYPE.format_filename(
-            self.network_name(),
-            self.era_number(),
-            self.hash(),
-            self.include_era_count(),
-            self.era_count(),
-        )
-    }
 }

 /// [`StreamReader`] for reading era-format files
@@ -194,37 +154,6 @@ impl EraFileType {
        }
    }

-    /// Generate era file name.
-    ///
-    /// Standard format: `<config-name>-<era-number>-<short-historical-root>.<ext>`
-    /// See also <https://github.com/eth-clients/e2store-format-specs/blob/main/formats/era.md#file-name>
-    ///
-    /// With era count (for custom exports):
-    /// `<config-name>-<era-number>-<era-count>-<short-historical-root>.<ext>`
-    pub fn format_filename(
-        &self,
-        network_name: &str,
-        era_number: u64,
-        hash: Option<[u8; 4]>,
-        include_era_count: bool,
-        era_count: u64,
-    ) -> String {
-        let hash = format_hash(hash);
-
-        if include_era_count {
-            format!(
-                "{}-{:05}-{:05}-{}{}",
-                network_name,
-                era_number,
-                era_count,
-                hash,
-                self.extension()
-            )
-        } else {
-            format!("{}-{:05}-{}{}", network_name, era_number, hash, self.extension())
-        }
-    }
-
    /// Detect file type from URL
    /// By default, it assumes `Era` type
    pub fn from_url(url: &str) -> Self {
@@ -235,11 +164,3 @@ impl EraFileType {
        }
    }
 }
-
-/// Format hash as hex string, or placeholder if none
-pub fn format_hash(hash: Option<[u8; 4]>) -> String {
-    match hash {
-        Some(h) => format!("{:02x}{:02x}{:02x}{:02x}", h[0], h[1], h[2], h[3]),
-        None => "00000000".to_string(),
-    }
-}
--- a/crates/era/src/era/types/group.rs
+++ b/crates/era/src/era/types/group.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! See also <https://github.com/eth-clients/e2store-format-specs/blob/main/formats/era.md>

 use crate::{
-    common::file_ops::{EraFileId, EraFileType},
+    common::file_ops::EraFileId,
    e2s::types::{Entry, IndexEntry, SLOT_INDEX},
    era::types::consensus::{CompressedBeaconState, CompressedSignedBeaconBlock},
 };
@@ -163,22 +163,12 @@ pub struct EraId {
    /// Optional hash identifier for this file
    /// First 4 bytes of the last historical root in the last state in the era file
    pub hash: Option<[u8; 4]>,
-
-    /// Whether to include era count in filename
-    /// It is used for custom exports when we don't use the max number of items per file
-    include_era_count: bool,
 }

 impl EraId {
    /// Create a new [`EraId`]
    pub fn new(network_name: impl Into<String>, start_slot: u64, slot_count: u32) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            network_name: network_name.into(),
-            start_slot,
-            slot_count,
-            hash: None,
-            include_era_count: false,
-        }
+        Self { network_name: network_name.into(), start_slot, slot_count, hash: None }
    }

    /// Add a hash identifier to  [`EraId`]
@@ -187,18 +177,32 @@ impl EraId {
        self
    }

-    /// Include era count in filename, for custom slot-per-file exports
-    pub const fn with_era_count(mut self) -> Self {
-        self.include_era_count = true;
-        self
+    /// Calculate which era number the file starts at
+    pub const fn era_number(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.start_slot / SLOTS_PER_HISTORICAL_ROOT
+    }
+
+    // Helper function to calculate the number of eras per era1 file,
+    // If the user can decide how many blocks per era1 file there are, we need to calculate it.
+    // Most of the time it should be 1, but it can never be more than 2 eras per file
+    // as there is a maximum of 8192 blocks per era1 file.
+    const fn calculate_era_count(&self) -> u64 {
+        if self.slot_count == 0 {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        let first_era = self.era_number();
+
+        // Calculate the actual last slot number in the range
+        let last_slot = self.start_slot + self.slot_count as u64 - 1;
+        // Find which era the last block belongs to
+        let last_era = last_slot / SLOTS_PER_HISTORICAL_ROOT;
+        // Count how many eras we span
+        last_era - first_era + 1
    }
 }

 impl EraFileId for EraId {
-    const FILE_TYPE: EraFileType = EraFileType::Era;
-
-    const ITEMS_PER_ERA: u64 = SLOTS_PER_HISTORICAL_ROOT;
-
    fn network_name(&self) -> &str {
        &self.network_name
    }
@@ -210,13 +214,24 @@ impl EraFileId for EraId {
    fn count(&self) -> u32 {
        self.slot_count
    }
+    /// Convert to file name following the era file naming:
+    /// `<config-name>-<era-number>-<era-count>-<short-historical-root>.era`
+    /// <https://github.com/eth-clients/e2store-format-specs/blob/main/formats/era.md#file-name>
+    /// See also <https://github.com/eth-clients/e2store-format-specs/blob/main/formats/era.md>
+    fn to_file_name(&self) -> String {
+        let era_number = self.era_number();
+        let era_count = self.calculate_era_count();

-    fn hash(&self) -> Option<[u8; 4]> {
-        self.hash
-    }
-
-    fn include_era_count(&self) -> bool {
-        self.include_era_count
+        if let Some(hash) = self.hash {
+            format!(
+                "{}-{:05}-{:05}-{:02x}{:02x}{:02x}{:02x}.era",
+                self.network_name, era_number, era_count, hash[0], hash[1], hash[2], hash[3]
+            )
+        } else {
+            // era spec format with placeholder hash when no hash available
+            // Format: `<config-name>-<era-number>-<era-count>-00000000.era`
+            format!("{}-{:05}-{:05}-00000000.era", self.network_name, era_number, era_count)
+        }
    }
 }

@@ -384,40 +399,4 @@ mod tests {
        let parsed_offset = index.offsets[0];
        assert_eq!(parsed_offset, -1024);
    }
-
-    #[test_case::test_case(
-        EraId::new("mainnet", 0, 8192).with_hash([0x4b, 0x36, 0x3d, 0xb9]),
-        "mainnet-00000-4b363db9.era";
-        "Mainnet era 0"
-    )]
-    #[test_case::test_case(
-        EraId::new("mainnet", 8192, 8192).with_hash([0x40, 0xcf, 0x2f, 0x3c]),
-        "mainnet-00001-40cf2f3c.era";
-        "Mainnet era 1"
-    )]
-    #[test_case::test_case(
-        EraId::new("mainnet", 0, 8192),
-        "mainnet-00000-00000000.era";
-        "Without hash"
-    )]
-    fn test_era_id_file_naming(id: EraId, expected_file_name: &str) {
-        let actual_file_name = id.to_file_name();
-        assert_eq!(actual_file_name, expected_file_name);
-    }
-
-    // File naming with era-count, for custom exports
-    #[test_case::test_case(
-        EraId::new("mainnet", 0, 8192).with_hash([0x4b, 0x36, 0x3d, 0xb9]).with_era_count(),
-        "mainnet-00000-00001-4b363db9.era";
-        "Mainnet era 0 with count"
-    )]
-    #[test_case::test_case(
-        EraId::new("mainnet", 8000, 500).with_hash([0xab, 0xcd, 0xef, 0x12]).with_era_count(),
-        "mainnet-00000-00002-abcdef12.era";
-        "Spanning two eras with count"
-    )]
-    fn test_era_id_file_naming_with_era_count(id: EraId, expected_file_name: &str) {
-        let actual_file_name = id.to_file_name();
-        assert_eq!(actual_file_name, expected_file_name);
-    }
 }
--- a/crates/era/src/era1/types/group.rs
+++ b/crates/era/src/era1/types/group.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! See also <https://github.com/eth-clients/e2store-format-specs/blob/main/formats/era1.md>

 use crate::{
-    common::file_ops::{EraFileId, EraFileType},
+    common::file_ops::EraFileId,
    e2s::types::{Entry, IndexEntry},
    era1::types::execution::{Accumulator, BlockTuple, MAX_BLOCKS_PER_ERA1},
 };
@@ -105,10 +105,6 @@ pub struct Era1Id {
    /// Optional hash identifier for this file
    /// First 4 bytes of the last historical root in the last state in the era file
    pub hash: Option<[u8; 4]>,
-
-    /// Whether to include era count in filename
-    /// It is used for custom exports when we don't use the max number of items per file
-    pub include_era_count: bool,
 }

 impl Era1Id {
@@ -118,13 +114,7 @@ impl Era1Id {
        start_block: BlockNumber,
        block_count: u32,
    ) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            network_name: network_name.into(),
-            start_block,
-            block_count,
-            hash: None,
-            include_era_count: false,
-        }
+        Self { network_name: network_name.into(), start_block, block_count, hash: None }
    }

    /// Add a hash identifier to  [`Era1Id`]
@@ -133,17 +123,21 @@ impl Era1Id {
        self
    }

-    /// Include era count in filename, for custom block-per-file exports
-    pub const fn with_era_count(mut self) -> Self {
-        self.include_era_count = true;
-        self
+    // Helper function to calculate the number of eras per era1 file,
+    // If the user can decide how many blocks per era1 file there are, we need to calculate it.
+    // Most of the time it should be 1, but it can never be more than 2 eras per file
+    // as there is a maximum of 8192 blocks per era1 file.
+    const fn calculate_era_count(&self, first_era: u64) -> u64 {
+        // Calculate the actual last block number in the range
+        let last_block = self.start_block + self.block_count as u64 - 1;
+        // Find which era the last block belongs to
+        let last_era = last_block / MAX_BLOCKS_PER_ERA1 as u64;
+        // Count how many eras we span
+        last_era - first_era + 1
    }
 }

 impl EraFileId for Era1Id {
-    const FILE_TYPE: EraFileType = EraFileType::Era1;
-
-    const ITEMS_PER_ERA: u64 = MAX_BLOCKS_PER_ERA1 as u64;
    fn network_name(&self) -> &str {
        &self.network_name
    }
@@ -155,13 +149,24 @@ impl EraFileId for Era1Id {
    fn count(&self) -> u32 {
        self.block_count
    }
-
-    fn hash(&self) -> Option<[u8; 4]> {
-        self.hash
-    }
-
-    fn include_era_count(&self) -> bool {
-        self.include_era_count
+    /// Convert to file name following the era file naming:
+    /// `<config-name>-<era-number>-<era-count>-<short-historical-root>.era(1)`
+    /// <https://github.com/eth-clients/e2store-format-specs/blob/main/formats/era.md#file-name>
+    /// See also <https://github.com/eth-clients/e2store-format-specs/blob/main/formats/era1.md>
+    fn to_file_name(&self) -> String {
+        // Find which era the first block belongs to
+        let era_number = self.start_block / MAX_BLOCKS_PER_ERA1 as u64;
+        let era_count = self.calculate_era_count(era_number);
+        if let Some(hash) = self.hash {
+            format!(
+                "{}-{:05}-{:05}-{:02x}{:02x}{:02x}{:02x}.era1",
+                self.network_name, era_number, era_count, hash[0], hash[1], hash[2], hash[3]
+            )
+        } else {
+            // era spec format with placeholder hash when no hash available
+            // Format: `<config-name>-<era-number>-<era-count>-00000000.era1`
+            format!("{}-{:05}-{:05}-00000000.era1", self.network_name, era_number, era_count)
+        }
    }
 }

@@ -309,51 +314,35 @@ mod tests {

    #[test_case::test_case(
        Era1Id::new("mainnet", 0, 8192).with_hash([0x5e, 0xc1, 0xff, 0xb8]),
-        "mainnet-00000-5ec1ffb8.era1";
+        "mainnet-00000-00001-5ec1ffb8.era1";
        "Mainnet era 0"
    )]
    #[test_case::test_case(
        Era1Id::new("mainnet", 8192, 8192).with_hash([0x5e, 0xcb, 0x9b, 0xf9]),
-        "mainnet-00001-5ecb9bf9.era1";
+        "mainnet-00001-00001-5ecb9bf9.era1";
        "Mainnet era 1"
    )]
    #[test_case::test_case(
        Era1Id::new("sepolia", 0, 8192).with_hash([0x90, 0x91, 0x84, 0x72]),
-        "sepolia-00000-90918472.era1";
+        "sepolia-00000-00001-90918472.era1";
        "Sepolia era 0"
    )]
    #[test_case::test_case(
        Era1Id::new("sepolia", 155648, 8192).with_hash([0xfa, 0x77, 0x00, 0x19]),
-        "sepolia-00019-fa770019.era1";
+        "sepolia-00019-00001-fa770019.era1";
        "Sepolia era 19"
    )]
    #[test_case::test_case(
        Era1Id::new("mainnet", 1000, 100),
-        "mainnet-00000-00000000.era1";
+        "mainnet-00000-00001-00000000.era1";
        "ID without hash"
    )]
    #[test_case::test_case(
        Era1Id::new("sepolia", 101130240, 8192).with_hash([0xab, 0xcd, 0xef, 0x12]),
-        "sepolia-12345-abcdef12.era1";
+        "sepolia-12345-00001-abcdef12.era1";
        "Large block number era 12345"
    )]
-    fn test_era1_id_file_naming(id: Era1Id, expected_file_name: &str) {
-        let actual_file_name = id.to_file_name();
-        assert_eq!(actual_file_name, expected_file_name);
-    }
-
-    // File naming with era-count, for custom exports
-    #[test_case::test_case(
-        Era1Id::new("mainnet", 0, 8192).with_hash([0x5e, 0xc1, 0xff, 0xb8]).with_era_count(),
-        "mainnet-00000-00001-5ec1ffb8.era1";
-        "Mainnet era 0 with count"
-    )]
-    #[test_case::test_case(
-        Era1Id::new("mainnet", 8000, 500).with_hash([0xab, 0xcd, 0xef, 0x12]).with_era_count(),
-        "mainnet-00000-00002-abcdef12.era1";
-        "Spanning two eras with count"
-    )]
-    fn test_era1_id_file_naming_with_era_count(id: Era1Id, expected_file_name: &str) {
+    fn test_era1id_file_naming(id: Era1Id, expected_file_name: &str) {
        let actual_file_name = id.to_file_name();
        assert_eq!(actual_file_name, expected_file_name);
    }
--- a/crates/ethereum/cli/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum/cli/src/app.rs
@@ -154,9 +154,7 @@ where
        Commands::ImportEra(command) => runner.run_blocking_until_ctrl_c(command.execute::<N>()),
        Commands::ExportEra(command) => runner.run_blocking_until_ctrl_c(command.execute::<N>()),
        Commands::DumpGenesis(command) => runner.run_blocking_until_ctrl_c(command.execute()),
-        Commands::Db(command) => {
-            runner.run_blocking_command_until_exit(|ctx| command.execute::<N>(ctx))
-        }
+        Commands::Db(command) => runner.run_blocking_until_ctrl_c(command.execute::<N>()),
        Commands::Download(command) => runner.run_blocking_until_ctrl_c(command.execute::<N>()),
        Commands::Stage(command) => {
            runner.run_command_until_exit(|ctx| command.execute::<N, _>(ctx, components))
--- a/crates/ethereum/evm/src/build.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum/evm/src/build.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use alloy_consensus::{
 };
 use alloy_eips::merge::BEACON_NONCE;
 use alloy_evm::{block::BlockExecutorFactory, eth::EthBlockExecutionCtx};
+use alloy_primitives::Bytes;
 use reth_chainspec::{EthChainSpec, EthereumHardforks};
 use reth_evm::execute::{BlockAssembler, BlockAssemblerInput, BlockExecutionError};
 use reth_execution_types::BlockExecutionResult;
@@ -16,12 +17,14 @@ use revm::context::Block as _;
 pub struct EthBlockAssembler<ChainSpec = reth_chainspec::ChainSpec> {
    /// The chainspec.
    pub chain_spec: Arc<ChainSpec>,
+    /// Extra data to use for the blocks.
+    pub extra_data: Bytes,
 }

 impl<ChainSpec> EthBlockAssembler<ChainSpec> {
    /// Creates a new [`EthBlockAssembler`].
-    pub const fn new(chain_spec: Arc<ChainSpec>) -> Self {
-        Self { chain_spec }
+    pub fn new(chain_spec: Arc<ChainSpec>) -> Self {
+        Self { chain_spec, extra_data: Default::default() }
    }
 }

@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ where
            gas_limit: evm_env.block_env.gas_limit(),
            difficulty: evm_env.block_env.difficulty(),
            gas_used: *gas_used,
-            extra_data: ctx.extra_data,
+            extra_data: self.extra_data.clone(),
            parent_beacon_block_root: ctx.parent_beacon_block_root,
            blob_gas_used: block_blob_gas_used,
            excess_blob_gas,
--- a/crates/ethereum/evm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum/evm/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,36 +19,31 @@ extern crate alloc;

 use alloc::{borrow::Cow, sync::Arc};
 use alloy_consensus::Header;
+use alloy_eips::Decodable2718;
+pub use alloy_evm::EthEvm;
 use alloy_evm::{
    eth::{EthBlockExecutionCtx, EthBlockExecutorFactory},
    EthEvmFactory, FromRecoveredTx, FromTxWithEncoded,
 };
+use alloy_primitives::{Bytes, U256};
+use alloy_rpc_types_engine::ExecutionData;
 use core::{convert::Infallible, fmt::Debug};
-use reth_chainspec::{ChainSpec, EthChainSpec, MAINNET};
+use reth_chainspec::{ChainSpec, EthChainSpec, EthereumHardforks, MAINNET};
 use reth_ethereum_primitives::{Block, EthPrimitives, TransactionSigned};
 use reth_evm::{
-    eth::NextEvmEnvAttributes, precompiles::PrecompilesMap, ConfigureEvm, EvmEnv, EvmFactory,
-    NextBlockEnvAttributes, TransactionEnv,
+    eth::NextEvmEnvAttributes, precompiles::PrecompilesMap, ConfigureEngineEvm, ConfigureEvm,
+    EvmEnv, EvmEnvFor, EvmFactory, ExecutableTxIterator, ExecutionCtxFor, NextBlockEnvAttributes,
+    TransactionEnv,
 };
-use reth_primitives_traits::{SealedBlock, SealedHeader};
-use revm::{context::BlockEnv, primitives::hardfork::SpecId};
-
-#[cfg(feature = "std")]
-use reth_evm::{ConfigureEngineEvm, ExecutableTxIterator};
-#[allow(unused_imports)]
-use {
-    alloy_eips::Decodable2718,
-    alloy_primitives::{Bytes, U256},
-    alloy_rpc_types_engine::ExecutionData,
-    reth_chainspec::EthereumHardforks,
-    reth_evm::{EvmEnvFor, ExecutionCtxFor},
-    reth_primitives_traits::{constants::MAX_TX_GAS_LIMIT_OSAKA, SignedTransaction, TxTy},
-    reth_storage_errors::any::AnyError,
-    revm::context::CfgEnv,
-    revm::context_interface::block::BlobExcessGasAndPrice,
+use reth_primitives_traits::{
+    constants::MAX_TX_GAS_LIMIT_OSAKA, SealedBlock, SealedHeader, SignedTransaction, TxTy,
+};
+use reth_storage_errors::any::AnyError;
+use revm::{
+    context::{BlockEnv, CfgEnv},
+    context_interface::block::BlobExcessGasAndPrice,
+    primitives::hardfork::SpecId,
 };
-
-pub use alloy_evm::EthEvm;

 mod config;
 use alloy_evm::eth::spec::EthExecutorSpec;
@@ -121,6 +116,12 @@ impl<ChainSpec, EvmFactory> EthEvmConfig<ChainSpec, EvmFactory> {
    pub const fn chain_spec(&self) -> &Arc<ChainSpec> {
        self.executor_factory.spec()
    }
+
+    /// Sets the extra data for the block assembler.
+    pub fn with_extra_data(mut self, extra_data: Bytes) -> Self {
+        self.block_assembler.extra_data = extra_data;
+        self
+    }
 }

 impl<ChainSpec, EvmF> ConfigureEvm for EthEvmConfig<ChainSpec, EvmF>
@@ -192,7 +193,6 @@ where
            parent_beacon_block_root: block.header().parent_beacon_block_root,
            ommers: &block.body().ommers,
            withdrawals: block.body().withdrawals.as_ref().map(Cow::Borrowed),
-            extra_data: block.header().extra_data.clone(),
        })
    }

@@ -206,12 +206,10 @@ where
            parent_beacon_block_root: attributes.parent_beacon_block_root,
            ommers: &[],
            withdrawals: attributes.withdrawals.map(Cow::Owned),
-            extra_data: attributes.extra_data,
        })
    }
 }

-#[cfg(feature = "std")]
 impl<ChainSpec, EvmF> ConfigureEngineEvm<ExecutionData> for EthEvmConfig<ChainSpec, EvmF>
 where
    ChainSpec: EthExecutorSpec + EthChainSpec<Header = Header> + Hardforks + 'static,
@@ -284,7 +282,6 @@ where
            parent_beacon_block_root: payload.sidecar.parent_beacon_block_root(),
            ommers: &[],
            withdrawals: payload.payload.withdrawals().map(|w| Cow::Owned(w.clone().into())),
-            extra_data: payload.payload.as_v1().extra_data.clone(),
        })
    }

@@ -292,7 +289,7 @@ where
        &self,
        payload: &ExecutionData,
    ) -> Result<impl ExecutableTxIterator<Self>, Self::Error> {
-        let txs = payload.payload.transactions().clone();
+        let txs = payload.payload.transactions().clone().into_iter();
        let convert = |tx: Bytes| {
            let tx =
                TxTy::<Self::Primitives>::decode_2718_exact(tx.as_ref()).map_err(AnyError::new)?;
--- a/crates/ethereum/hardforks/src/display.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum/hardforks/src/display.rs
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ impl DisplayHardforks {
        let mut post_merge = Vec::new();

        for (fork, condition, metadata) in hardforks {
-            let display_fork = DisplayFork {
+            let mut display_fork = DisplayFork {
                name: fork.name().to_string(),
                activated_at: condition,
                eip: None,
@@ -181,7 +181,12 @@ impl DisplayHardforks {
                ForkCondition::Block(_) => {
                    pre_merge.push(display_fork);
                }
-                ForkCondition::TTD { .. } => {
+                ForkCondition::TTD { activation_block_number, total_difficulty, fork_block } => {
+                    display_fork.activated_at = ForkCondition::TTD {
+                        activation_block_number,
+                        fork_block,
+                        total_difficulty,
+                    };
                    with_merge.push(display_fork);
                }
                ForkCondition::Timestamp(_) => {
--- a/crates/ethereum/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ethereum/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ reth-provider.workspace = true
 reth-transaction-pool.workspace = true
 reth-network.workspace = true
 reth-evm.workspace = true
-reth-evm-ethereum = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
+reth-evm-ethereum.workspace = true
 reth-rpc.workspace = true
 reth-rpc-api.workspace = true
 reth-rpc-eth-api.workspace = true
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ reth-chainspec.workspace = true
 reth-revm = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
 reth-rpc-eth-types.workspace = true
 reth-engine-local.workspace = true
-reth-engine-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
+reth-engine-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-payload-primitives.workspace = true

 # ethereum
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ reth-node-core.workspace = true
 reth-e2e-test-utils.workspace = true
 reth-tasks.workspace = true
 reth-testing-utils.workspace = true
-reth-stages-types.workspace = true
-tempfile.workspace = true
-jsonrpsee-core.workspace = true

 alloy-primitives.workspace = true
 alloy-provider.workspace = true
@@ -89,9 +86,6 @@ asm-keccak = [
    "reth-node-core/asm-keccak",
    "revm/asm-keccak",
 ]
-keccak-cache-global = [
-    "alloy-primitives/keccak-cache-global",
-]
 js-tracer = [
    "reth-node-builder/js-tracer",
    "reth-rpc/js-tracer",
@@ -110,5 +104,4 @@ test-utils = [
    "reth-evm/test-utils",
    "reth-primitives-traits/test-utils",
    "reth-evm-ethereum/test-utils",
-    "reth-stages-types/test-utils",
 ]
--- a/crates/ethereum/node/src/node.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum/node/src/node.rs
@@ -32,15 +32,15 @@ use reth_node_builder::{
        EngineValidatorBuilder, EthApiBuilder, EthApiCtx, Identity, PayloadValidatorBuilder,
        RethRpcAddOns, RpcAddOns, RpcHandle,
    },
-    BuilderContext, DebugNode, Node, NodeAdapter,
+    BuilderContext, DebugNode, Node, NodeAdapter, PayloadBuilderConfig,
 };
 use reth_payload_primitives::PayloadTypes;
 use reth_provider::{providers::ProviderFactoryBuilder, EthStorage};
 use reth_rpc::{
    eth::core::{EthApiFor, EthRpcConverterFor},
-    TestingApi, ValidationApi,
+    ValidationApi,
 };
-use reth_rpc_api::servers::{BlockSubmissionValidationApiServer, TestingApiServer};
+use reth_rpc_api::servers::BlockSubmissionValidationApiServer;
 use reth_rpc_builder::{config::RethRpcServerConfig, middleware::RethRpcMiddleware};
 use reth_rpc_eth_api::{
    helpers::{
@@ -118,14 +118,13 @@ impl EthereumNode {
    /// use reth_chainspec::ChainSpecBuilder;
    /// use reth_db::open_db_read_only;
    /// use reth_node_ethereum::EthereumNode;
-    /// use reth_provider::providers::{RocksDBProvider, StaticFileProvider};
+    /// use reth_provider::providers::StaticFileProvider;
    /// use std::sync::Arc;
    ///
    /// let factory = EthereumNode::provider_factory_builder()
    ///     .db(Arc::new(open_db_read_only("db", Default::default()).unwrap()))
    ///     .chainspec(ChainSpecBuilder::mainnet().build().into())
    ///     .static_file(StaticFileProvider::read_only("db/static_files", false).unwrap())
-    ///     .rocksdb_provider(RocksDBProvider::builder("db/rocksdb").build().unwrap())
    ///     .build_provider_factory();
    /// ```
    pub fn provider_factory_builder() -> ProviderFactoryBuilder<Self> {
@@ -314,17 +313,6 @@ where
                    .modules
                    .merge_if_module_configured(RethRpcModule::Eth, eth_config.into_rpc())?;

-                // testing_buildBlockV1: only wire when the hidden testing module is explicitly
-                // requested on any transport. Default stays disabled to honor security guidance.
-                let testing_api = TestingApi::new(
-                    container.registry.eth_api().clone(),
-                    container.registry.evm_config().clone(),
-                )
-                .into_rpc();
-                container
-                    .modules
-                    .merge_if_module_configured(RethRpcModule::Testing, testing_api)?;
-
                Ok(())
            })
            .await
@@ -438,7 +426,9 @@ where
    type EVM = EthEvmConfig<Types::ChainSpec>;

    async fn build_evm(self, ctx: &BuilderContext<Node>) -> eyre::Result<Self::EVM> {
-        Ok(EthEvmConfig::new(ctx.chain_spec()))
+        let evm_config = EthEvmConfig::new(ctx.chain_spec())
+            .with_extra_data(ctx.payload_builder_config().extra_data_bytes());
+        Ok(evm_config)
    }
 }

--- a/crates/ethereum/node/src/payload.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum/node/src/payload.rs
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ where
            evm_config,
            EthereumBuilderConfig::new()
                .with_gas_limit(gas_limit)
-                .with_max_blobs_per_block(conf.max_blobs_per_block())
-                .with_extra_data(conf.extra_data_bytes()),
+                .with_max_blobs_per_block(conf.max_blobs_per_block()),
        ))
    }
 }
--- a/crates/ethereum/node/tests/e2e/custom_genesis.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum/node/tests/e2e/custom_genesis.rs
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-use crate::utils::eth_payload_attributes;
-use alloy_genesis::Genesis;
-use alloy_primitives::B256;
-use reth_chainspec::{ChainSpecBuilder, MAINNET};
-use reth_e2e_test_utils::{setup, transaction::TransactionTestContext};
-use reth_node_ethereum::EthereumNode;
-use reth_provider::{HeaderProvider, StageCheckpointReader};
-use reth_stages_types::StageId;
-use std::sync::Arc;
-
-/// Tests that a node can initialize and advance with a custom genesis block number.
-#[tokio::test]
-async fn can_run_eth_node_with_custom_genesis_number() -> eyre::Result<()> {
-    reth_tracing::init_test_tracing();
-
-    // Create genesis with custom block number (e.g., 1000)
-    let mut genesis: Genesis =
-        serde_json::from_str(include_str!("../assets/genesis.json")).unwrap();
-    genesis.number = Some(1000);
-    genesis.parent_hash = Some(B256::random());
-
-    let chain_spec = Arc::new(
-        ChainSpecBuilder::default()
-            .chain(MAINNET.chain)
-            .genesis(genesis)
-            .cancun_activated()
-            .build(),
-    );
-
-    let (mut nodes, _tasks, wallet) =
-        setup::<EthereumNode>(1, chain_spec, false, eth_payload_attributes).await?;
-
-    let mut node = nodes.pop().unwrap();
-
-    // Verify stage checkpoints are initialized to genesis block number (1000)
-    for stage in StageId::ALL {
-        let checkpoint = node.inner.provider.get_stage_checkpoint(stage)?;
-        assert!(checkpoint.is_some(), "Stage {:?} checkpoint should exist", stage);
-        assert_eq!(
-            checkpoint.unwrap().block_number,
-            1000,
-            "Stage {:?} checkpoint should be at genesis block 1000",
-            stage
-        );
-    }
-
-    // Advance the chain (block 1001)
-    let raw_tx = TransactionTestContext::transfer_tx_bytes(1, wallet.inner).await;
-    let tx_hash = node.rpc.inject_tx(raw_tx).await?;
-    let payload = node.advance_block().await?;
-
-    let block_hash = payload.block().hash();
-    let block_number = payload.block().number;
-
-    // Verify we're at block 1001 (genesis + 1)
-    assert_eq!(block_number, 1001, "Block number should be 1001 after advancing from genesis 1000");
-
-    // Assert the block has been committed
-    node.assert_new_block(tx_hash, block_hash, block_number).await?;
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-/// Tests that block queries respect custom genesis boundaries.
-#[tokio::test]
-async fn custom_genesis_block_query_boundaries() -> eyre::Result<()> {
-    reth_tracing::init_test_tracing();
-
-    let genesis_number = 5000u64;
-
-    let mut genesis: Genesis =
-        serde_json::from_str(include_str!("../assets/genesis.json")).unwrap();
-    genesis.number = Some(genesis_number);
-    genesis.parent_hash = Some(B256::random());
-
-    let chain_spec = Arc::new(
-        ChainSpecBuilder::default()
-            .chain(MAINNET.chain)
-            .genesis(genesis)
-            .cancun_activated()
-            .build(),
-    );
-
-    let (mut nodes, _tasks, _wallet) =
-        setup::<EthereumNode>(1, chain_spec, false, eth_payload_attributes).await?;
-
-    let node = nodes.pop().unwrap();
-
-    // Query genesis block should succeed
-    let genesis_header = node.inner.provider.header_by_number(genesis_number)?;
-    assert!(genesis_header.is_some(), "Genesis block at {} should exist", genesis_number);
-
-    // Query blocks before genesis should return None
-    for block_num in [0, 1, genesis_number - 1] {
-        let header = node.inner.provider.header_by_number(block_num)?;
-        assert!(header.is_none(), "Block {} before genesis should not exist", block_num);
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
-}
--- a/crates/ethereum/node/tests/e2e/eth.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum/node/tests/e2e/eth.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use reth_e2e_test_utils::{
 use reth_node_builder::{NodeBuilder, NodeHandle};
 use reth_node_core::{args::RpcServerArgs, node_config::NodeConfig};
 use reth_node_ethereum::EthereumNode;
-use reth_provider::BlockNumReader;
 use reth_tasks::TaskManager;
 use std::sync::Arc;

@@ -128,55 +127,3 @@ async fn test_failed_run_eth_node_with_no_auth_engine_api_over_ipc_opts() -> eyr

    Ok(())
 }
-
-#[tokio::test]
-async fn test_engine_graceful_shutdown() -> eyre::Result<()> {
-    reth_tracing::init_test_tracing();
-
-    let (mut nodes, _tasks, wallet) = setup::<EthereumNode>(
-        1,
-        Arc::new(
-            ChainSpecBuilder::default()
-                .chain(MAINNET.chain)
-                .genesis(serde_json::from_str(include_str!("../assets/genesis.json")).unwrap())
-                .cancun_activated()
-                .build(),
-        ),
-        false,
-        eth_payload_attributes,
-    )
-    .await?;
-
-    let mut node = nodes.pop().unwrap();
-
-    let raw_tx = TransactionTestContext::transfer_tx_bytes(1, wallet.inner).await;
-    let tx_hash = node.rpc.inject_tx(raw_tx).await?;
-    let payload = node.advance_block().await?;
-    node.assert_new_block(tx_hash, payload.block().hash(), payload.block().number).await?;
-
-    // Get block number before shutdown
-    let block_before = node.inner.provider.best_block_number()?;
-    assert_eq!(block_before, 1, "Expected 1 block before shutdown");
-
-    // Verify block is NOT yet persisted to database
-    let db_block_before = node.inner.provider.last_block_number()?;
-    assert_eq!(db_block_before, 0, "Block should not be persisted yet");
-
-    // Trigger graceful shutdown
-    let done_rx = node
-        .inner
-        .add_ons_handle
-        .engine_shutdown
-        .shutdown()
-        .expect("shutdown should return receiver");
-
-    tokio::time::timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(2), done_rx)
-        .await
-        .expect("shutdown timed out")
-        .expect("shutdown completion channel should not be closed");
-
-    let db_block = node.inner.provider.last_block_number()?;
-    assert_eq!(db_block, 1, "Database should have persisted block 1");
-
-    Ok(())
-}
--- a/crates/ethereum/node/tests/e2e/main.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum/node/tests/e2e/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #![allow(missing_docs)]

 mod blobs;
-mod custom_genesis;
 mod dev;
 mod eth;
 mod p2p;
--- a/crates/ethereum/node/tests/it/main.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum/node/tests/it/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@

 mod builder;
 mod exex;
-mod testing;

 const fn main() {}
--- a/crates/ethereum/node/tests/it/testing.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum/node/tests/it/testing.rs
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-//! E2E tests for the testing RPC namespace.
-
-use alloy_primitives::{Address, B256};
-use alloy_rpc_types_engine::ExecutionPayloadEnvelopeV4;
-use jsonrpsee_core::client::ClientT;
-use reth_db::test_utils::create_test_rw_db;
-use reth_ethereum_engine_primitives::EthPayloadAttributes;
-use reth_node_builder::{NodeBuilder, NodeConfig};
-use reth_node_core::{
-    args::DatadirArgs,
-    dirs::{DataDirPath, MaybePlatformPath},
-};
-use reth_node_ethereum::{node::EthereumAddOns, EthereumNode};
-use reth_rpc_api::TestingBuildBlockRequestV1;
-use reth_rpc_server_types::{RethRpcModule, RpcModuleSelection};
-use reth_tasks::TaskManager;
-use std::str::FromStr;
-use tempfile::tempdir;
-use tokio::sync::oneshot;
-
-#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
-async fn testing_rpc_build_block_works() -> eyre::Result<()> {
-    let tasks = TaskManager::current();
-    let mut rpc_args = reth_node_core::args::RpcServerArgs::default().with_http();
-    rpc_args.http_api = Some(RpcModuleSelection::from_iter([RethRpcModule::Testing]));
-    let tempdir = tempdir().expect("temp datadir");
-    let datadir_args = DatadirArgs {
-        datadir: MaybePlatformPath::<DataDirPath>::from_str(tempdir.path().to_str().unwrap())
-            .expect("valid datadir"),
-        static_files_path: Some(tempdir.path().join("static")),
-        rocksdb_path: Some(tempdir.path().join("rocksdb")),
-    };
-    let config = NodeConfig::test().with_datadir_args(datadir_args).with_rpc(rpc_args);
-    let db = create_test_rw_db();
-
-    let (tx, rx): (
-        oneshot::Sender<eyre::Result<ExecutionPayloadEnvelopeV4>>,
-        oneshot::Receiver<eyre::Result<ExecutionPayloadEnvelopeV4>>,
-    ) = oneshot::channel();
-
-    let builder = NodeBuilder::new(config)
-        .with_database(db)
-        .with_launch_context(tasks.executor())
-        .with_types::<EthereumNode>()
-        .with_components(EthereumNode::components())
-        .with_add_ons(EthereumAddOns::default())
-        .on_rpc_started(move |ctx, handles| {
-            let Some(client) = handles.rpc.http_client() else { return Ok(()) };
-
-            let chain = ctx.config().chain.clone();
-            let parent_block_hash = chain.genesis_hash();
-            let payload_attributes = EthPayloadAttributes {
-                timestamp: chain.genesis().timestamp + 1,
-                prev_randao: B256::ZERO,
-                suggested_fee_recipient: Address::ZERO,
-                withdrawals: None,
-                parent_beacon_block_root: None,
-            };
-
-            let request = TestingBuildBlockRequestV1 {
-                parent_block_hash,
-                payload_attributes,
-                transactions: vec![],
-                extra_data: None,
-            };
-
-            tokio::spawn(async move {
-                let res: eyre::Result<ExecutionPayloadEnvelopeV4> =
-                    client.request("testing_buildBlockV1", [request]).await.map_err(Into::into);
-                let _ = tx.send(res);
-            });
-
-            Ok(())
-        });
-
-    // Launch the node with the default engine launcher.
-    let launcher = builder.engine_api_launcher();
-    let _node = builder.launch_with(launcher).await?;
-
-    // Wait for the testing RPC call to return.
-    let res = rx.await.expect("testing_buildBlockV1 response");
-    assert!(res.is_ok(), "testing_buildBlockV1 failed: {:?}", res.err());
-
-    Ok(())
-}
--- a/crates/ethereum/payload/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ethereum/payload/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ reth-payload-builder-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-payload-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-basic-payload-builder.workspace = true
 reth-evm.workspace = true
-reth-evm-ethereum = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
+reth-evm-ethereum.workspace = true
 reth-errors.workspace = true
 reth-chainspec.workspace = true
 reth-payload-validator.workspace = true
--- a/crates/ethereum/payload/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum/payload/src/config.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use alloy_eips::eip1559::ETHEREUM_BLOCK_GAS_LIMIT_30M;
-use alloy_primitives::Bytes;
 use reth_primitives_traits::constants::GAS_LIMIT_BOUND_DIVISOR;

 /// Settings for the Ethereum builder.
@@ -14,8 +13,6 @@ pub struct EthereumBuilderConfig {
    ///
    /// If `None`, defaults to the protocol maximum.
    pub max_blobs_per_block: Option<u64>,
-    /// Extra data for built blocks.
-    pub extra_data: Bytes,
 }

 impl Default for EthereumBuilderConfig {
@@ -31,7 +28,6 @@ impl EthereumBuilderConfig {
            desired_gas_limit: ETHEREUM_BLOCK_GAS_LIMIT_30M,
            await_payload_on_missing: true,
            max_blobs_per_block: None,
-            extra_data: Bytes::new(),
        }
    }

@@ -53,12 +49,6 @@ impl EthereumBuilderConfig {
        self.max_blobs_per_block = max_blobs_per_block;
        self
    }
-
-    /// Set the extra data for built blocks.
-    pub fn with_extra_data(mut self, extra_data: Bytes) -> Self {
-        self.extra_data = extra_data;
-        self
-    }
 }

 impl EthereumBuilderConfig {
--- a/crates/ethereum/payload/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum/payload/src/lib.rs
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ where
                gas_limit: builder_config.gas_limit(parent_header.gas_limit),
                parent_beacon_block_root: attributes.parent_beacon_block_root(),
                withdrawals: Some(attributes.withdrawals().clone()),
-                extra_data: builder_config.extra_data,
            },
        )
        .map_err(PayloadBuilderError::other)?;
--- a/crates/ethereum/reth/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ethereum/reth/Cargo.toml
@@ -79,9 +79,7 @@ arbitrary = [
    "alloy-rpc-types-engine?/arbitrary",
    "reth-codecs?/arbitrary",
 ]
-keccak-cache-global = [
-    "reth-node-ethereum?/keccak-cache-global",
-]
+
 test-utils = [
    "reth-chainspec/test-utils",
    "reth-consensus?/test-utils",
--- a/crates/evm/evm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/evm/evm/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ auto_impl.workspace = true
 derive_more.workspace = true
 futures-util.workspace = true
 metrics = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-rayon = { workspace = true, optional = true }

 [dev-dependencies]
 reth-ethereum-primitives.workspace = true
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ reth-ethereum-forks.workspace = true
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
-    "dep:rayon",
    "reth-primitives-traits/std",
    "alloy-eips/std",
    "alloy-primitives/std",
--- a/crates/evm/evm/src/engine.rs
+++ b/crates/evm/evm/src/engine.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use crate::{execute::ExecutableTxFor, ConfigureEvm, EvmEnvFor, ExecutionCtxFor};
-use rayon::prelude::*;

 /// [`ConfigureEvm`] extension providing methods for executing payloads.
 pub trait ConfigureEngineEvm<ExecutionData>: ConfigureEvm {
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ pub trait ConfigureEngineEvm<ExecutionData>: ConfigureEvm {
 /// A helper trait representing a pair of a "raw" transactions iterator and a closure that can be
 /// used to convert them to an executable transaction. This tuple is used in the engine to
 /// parallelize heavy work like decoding or recovery.
-pub trait ExecutableTxTuple: Into<(Self::IntoIter, Self::Convert)> + Send + 'static {
+pub trait ExecutableTxTuple: Into<(Self::Iter, Self::Convert)> + Send + 'static {
    /// Raw transaction that can be converted to an [`ExecutableTxTuple::Tx`]
    ///
    /// This can be any type that can be converted to an [`ExecutableTxTuple::Tx`]. For example,
@@ -33,10 +32,8 @@ pub trait ExecutableTxTuple: Into<(Self::IntoIter, Self::Convert)> + Send + 'sta
    /// Errors that may occur while recovering or decoding transactions.
    type Error: core::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static;

-    /// Iterator over [`ExecutableTxTuple::Tx`].
-    type IntoIter: IntoParallelIterator<Item = Self::RawTx, Iter: IndexedParallelIterator>
-        + Send
-        + 'static;
+    /// Iterator over [`ExecutableTxTuple::Tx`]
+    type Iter: Iterator<Item = Self::RawTx> + Send + 'static;
    /// Closure that can be used to convert a [`ExecutableTxTuple::RawTx`] to a
    /// [`ExecutableTxTuple::Tx`]. This might involve heavy work like decoding or recovery
    /// and will be parallelized in the engine.
@@ -48,14 +45,14 @@ where
    RawTx: Send + Sync + 'static,
    Tx: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static,
    Err: core::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static,
-    I: IntoParallelIterator<Item = RawTx, Iter: IndexedParallelIterator> + Send + 'static,
+    I: Iterator<Item = RawTx> + Send + 'static,
    F: Fn(RawTx) -> Result<Tx, Err> + Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
    type RawTx = RawTx;
    type Tx = Tx;
    type Error = Err;

-    type IntoIter = I;
+    type Iter = I;
    type Convert = F;
 }

--- a/crates/evm/evm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/evm/evm/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use alloy_evm::{
    block::{BlockExecutorFactory, BlockExecutorFor},
    precompiles::PrecompilesMap,
 };
-use alloy_primitives::{Address, Bytes, B256};
+use alloy_primitives::{Address, B256};
 use core::{error::Error, fmt::Debug};
 use execute::{BasicBlockExecutor, BlockAssembler, BlockBuilder};
 use reth_execution_errors::BlockExecutionError;
@@ -44,10 +44,8 @@ pub mod execute;
 mod aliases;
 pub use aliases::*;

-#[cfg(feature = "std")]
 mod engine;
-#[cfg(feature = "std")]
-pub use engine::{ConfigureEngineEvm, ExecutableTxIterator, ExecutableTxTuple};
+pub use engine::{ConfigureEngineEvm, ExecutableTxIterator};

 #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
 pub mod metrics;
@@ -503,8 +501,6 @@ pub struct NextBlockEnvAttributes {
    pub parent_beacon_block_root: Option<B256>,
    /// Withdrawals
    pub withdrawals: Option<Withdrawals>,
-    /// Optional extra data.
-    pub extra_data: Bytes,
 }

 /// Abstraction over transaction environment.
--- a/crates/evm/evm/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/crates/evm/evm/src/metrics.rs
@@ -17,14 +17,6 @@ pub struct ExecutorMetrics {
    /// The Histogram for amount of gas used.
    pub gas_used_histogram: Histogram,

-    /// The Histogram for amount of time taken to execute the pre-execution changes.
-    pub pre_execution_histogram: Histogram,
-    /// The Histogram for amount of time taken to wait for one transaction to be available.
-    pub transaction_wait_histogram: Histogram,
-    /// The Histogram for amount of time taken to execute one transaction.
-    pub transaction_execution_histogram: Histogram,
-    /// The Histogram for amount of time taken to execute the post-execution changes.
-    pub post_execution_histogram: Histogram,
    /// The Histogram for amount of time taken to execute blocks.
    pub execution_histogram: Histogram,
    /// The total amount of time it took to execute the latest block.
--- a/crates/exex/test-utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/exex/test-utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ use futures_util::FutureExt;
 use reth_chainspec::{ChainSpec, MAINNET};
 use reth_consensus::test_utils::TestConsensus;
 use reth_db::{
-    test_utils::{
-        create_test_rocksdb_dir, create_test_rw_db, create_test_static_files_dir, TempDatabase,
-    },
+    test_utils::{create_test_rw_db, create_test_static_files_dir, TempDatabase},
    DatabaseEnv,
 };
 use reth_db_common::init::init_genesis;
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ use reth_node_ethereum::{
 use reth_payload_builder::noop::NoopPayloadBuilderService;
 use reth_primitives_traits::{Block as _, RecoveredBlock};
 use reth_provider::{
-    providers::{BlockchainProvider, RocksDBProvider, StaticFileProvider},
+    providers::{BlockchainProvider, StaticFileProvider},
    BlockReader, EthStorage, ProviderFactory,
 };
 use reth_tasks::TaskManager;
@@ -241,13 +239,11 @@ pub async fn test_exex_context_with_chain_spec(
    let consensus = Arc::new(TestConsensus::default());

    let (static_dir, _) = create_test_static_files_dir();
-    let (rocksdb_dir, _) = create_test_rocksdb_dir();
    let db = create_test_rw_db();
    let provider_factory = ProviderFactory::<NodeTypesWithDBAdapter<TestNode, _>>::new(
        db,
        chain_spec.clone(),
        StaticFileProvider::read_write(static_dir.keep()).expect("static file provider"),
-        RocksDBProvider::builder(rocksdb_dir.keep()).build().unwrap(),
    )?;

    let genesis_hash = init_genesis(&provider_factory)?;
--- a/crates/exex/types/src/notification.rs
+++ b/crates/exex/types/src/notification.rs
@@ -95,33 +95,17 @@ pub(super) mod serde_bincode_compat {
    ///     notification: ExExNotification<N>,
    /// }
    /// ```
-    ///
-    /// This enum mirrors [`super::ExExNotification`] but uses borrowed [`Chain`] types
-    /// instead of `Arc<Chain>` for bincode compatibility.
    #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+    #[expect(missing_docs)]
    #[serde(bound = "")]
    #[expect(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
    pub enum ExExNotification<'a, N>
    where
        N: NodePrimitives,
    {
-        /// Chain got committed without a reorg, and only the new chain is returned.
-        ChainCommitted {
-            /// The new chain after commit.
-            new: Chain<'a, N>,
-        },
-        /// Chain got reorged, and both the old and the new chains are returned.
-        ChainReorged {
-            /// The old chain before reorg.
-            old: Chain<'a, N>,
-            /// The new chain after reorg.
-            new: Chain<'a, N>,
-        },
-        /// Chain got reverted, and only the old chain is returned.
-        ChainReverted {
-            /// The old chain before reversion.
-            old: Chain<'a, N>,
-        },
+        ChainCommitted { new: Chain<'a, N> },
+        ChainReorged { old: Chain<'a, N>, new: Chain<'a, N> },
+        ChainReverted { old: Chain<'a, N> },
    }

    impl<'a, N> From<&'a super::ExExNotification<N>> for ExExNotification<'a, N>
--- a/crates/net/discv4/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/net/discv4/src/config.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub struct Discv4Config {
    /// The number of allowed consecutive failures for `FindNode` requests. Default: 5.
    pub max_find_node_failures: u8,
    /// The interval to use when checking for expired nodes that need to be re-pinged. Default:
-    /// 10 seconds.
+    /// 10min.
    pub ping_interval: Duration,
    /// The duration of we consider a ping timed out.
    pub ping_expiration: Duration,
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ impl Discv4Config {
    /// Returns the corresponding [`ResolveNatInterval`], if a [`NatResolver`] and an interval was
    /// configured
    pub fn resolve_external_ip_interval(&self) -> Option<ResolveNatInterval> {
-        let resolver = self.external_ip_resolver.clone()?;
+        let resolver = self.external_ip_resolver?;
        let interval = self.resolve_external_ip_interval?;
        Some(ResolveNatInterval::interval_at(resolver, tokio::time::Instant::now(), interval))
    }
@@ -275,7 +275,10 @@ impl Discv4ConfigBuilder {
    }

    /// Configures if and how the external IP of the node should be resolved.
-    pub fn external_ip_resolver(&mut self, external_ip_resolver: Option<NatResolver>) -> &mut Self {
+    pub const fn external_ip_resolver(
+        &mut self,
+        external_ip_resolver: Option<NatResolver>,
+    ) -> &mut Self {
        self.config.external_ip_resolver = external_ip_resolver;
        self
    }
--- a/crates/net/discv4/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/net/discv4/src/lib.rs
@@ -625,13 +625,10 @@ impl Discv4Service {
        self.lookup_interval = tokio::time::interval(duration);
    }

-    /// Sets the external Ip to the configured external IP if [`NatResolver::ExternalIp`] or
-    /// [`NatResolver::ExternalAddr`]. In the case of [`NatResolver::ExternalAddr`], it will return
-    /// the first IP address found for the domain associated with the discv4 UDP port.
+    /// Sets the external Ip to the configured external IP if [`NatResolver::ExternalIp`].
    fn resolve_external_ip(&mut self) {
        if let Some(r) = &self.resolve_external_ip_interval &&
-            let Some(external_ip) =
-                r.resolver().clone().as_external_ip(self.local_node_record.udp_port)
+            let Some(external_ip) = r.resolver().as_external_ip()
        {
            self.set_external_ip_addr(external_ip);
        }
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
yongkangc	9bd5a3ecba	fix: strengthen batch invariants and prevent blinded node starvation - Change debug_assert to assert for multi_added_removed_keys Arc equality check in BatchedStorageProof::merge, ensuring incorrect proofs are caught in release builds, not just debug - Change BatchedAccountProof::merge to try_merge returning Result, properly handling incompatible caches by processing as separate batches instead of panicking - Add MAX_DEFERRED_BLINDED_NODES (16) limit to prevent starvation of blinded node requests under high proof load - stops batching early when limit reached - Pre-allocate deferred_blinded_nodes vectors with capacity - Remove unnecessary clone of storage_work_tx by taking reference	2025-12-09 11:32:31 +00:00
yongkangc	1a5d9a3ad3	perf(trie): use Arc for proof sharing and add batch validation - Wrap DecodedMultiProof and DecodedStorageMultiProof in Arc within ProofResult for O(1) cloning when sending batched results to multiple receivers - Add debug assertions in BatchedStorageProof::merge and BatchedAccountProof::merge to validate that all batched jobs share the same Arc for multi_added_removed_keys and missed_leaves_storage_roots (critical invariants for correctness) - Unwrap Arc at extraction sites using try_unwrap for zero-cost when sole owner	2025-12-09 11:32:31 +00:00
yongkangc	394b0d5989	perf(trie): batch proof jobs at worker level Implement worker-level batching for both storage and account proofs to reduce redundant trie traversals when multiple proof requests queue up. When proof requests arrive faster than workers can process them, jobs for the same account (storage proofs) or consecutive jobs (account proofs) are now merged into single proof computations.	2025-12-09 11:32:31 +00:00
Arsenii Kulikov	bb4285c9ba	feat: add helper method to eth validator (#20206 )	2025-12-09 11:32:31 +00:00
Karl Yu	88dfd15243	feat: add StorageSettings for StoragesHistory in RocksDB (#20154 )	2025-12-09 11:32:31 +00:00
futreall	388507bcee	fix(rpc): return error if toBlock exceeds current head (#20202 )	2025-12-09 11:32:31 +00:00
Léa Narzis	a430fb6798	test(era): complete int tests with roundtrip mainnet era files (#20064 )	2025-12-09 11:32:31 +00:00
joshieDo	b6dca7b319	fix: set merkle changesets distance minimum to 128 (#20200 )	2025-12-09 11:32:31 +00:00
Matthias Seitz	12fdca7e34	perf: avoid duplicate storage get call (#20180 )	2025-12-09 11:32:31 +00:00
Matthias Seitz	c0d73fa5fe	fix: trace filter range off by one (#20199 )	2025-12-09 11:32:31 +00:00
forkfury	0cbd2aecdf	feat(primitives-traits): add recover_transactions_ref to avoid cloning (#20187 ) Co-authored-by: Matthias Seitz <matthias.seitz@outlook.de>	2025-12-09 11:32:31 +00:00
Matthias Seitz	3094cd68ea	fix: make inserted blocks part of fcu canonical (#20164 ) Co-authored-by: Alexey Shekhirin <5773434+shekhirin@users.noreply.github.com>	2025-12-09 11:32:31 +00:00
Arsenii Kulikov	9265700ff9	feat: parallelize recovery (#20169 ) Co-authored-by: Alexey Shekhirin <5773434+shekhirin@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Matthias Seitz <matthias.seitz@outlook.de>	2025-12-09 11:32:31 +00:00
Alexey Shekhirin	0b07657f33	ci: run on ubuntu instead of reth runner (#20196 )	2025-12-09 11:32:31 +00:00
github-actions[bot]	e7bd168eca	chore(deps): weekly `cargo update` (#20174 ) Co-authored-by: github-merge-queue <118344674+github-merge-queue@users.noreply.github.com>	2025-12-09 11:32:31 +00:00
yongkangc	9a55cb9da5	Add bench compare latency stats	2025-12-07 02:17:06 +00:00