chore: Accumulated backports to v4#20980

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ludamad merged 18 commits intov4from

backport-to-v4-staging

Mar 3, 2026

Commits on Feb 27, 2026

fix(aztec-nr): account for AES PKCS#7 padding in message plaintext length (#20840)

nchamo
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aztec-bot
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feat: remove epk sign from message payload (#20926)

nventuro
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aztec-bot
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chore: increase mainnet local ejection threshold to 190k (#20884)

aminsammara
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aztec-bot
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Commits on Feb 28, 2026

feat: add pinned-build support for protocol contracts in noir-contracts (v4) (#20982)
AztecBot
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chore: pin protocol contracts, allowing aztec-nr to be independent
ludamad
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Commits on Mar 1, 2026

fix!: undo bad fix (#20987)

LHerskind
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aztec-bot
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Commits on Mar 2, 2026

chore: backport #20967 to v4 (metric on how many epochs validator has been on committee) (#20989)

AztecBot
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spypsy
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chore(sequencer): e2e tests for invalid signature recovery in checkpoint attestations (#20971)

spalladino
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aztec-bot
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chore: pin SponsoredFPC contract to fix testnet compat
ludamad
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feat: allow custom addresses to be prefunded with fee juice in local network (backport #21000) (#21004)
AztecBot
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chore: increase max fee bots use in tests (#20867)

alexghr
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aztec-bot
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fix(spartan): wire SEQ_L1_PUBLISHING_TIME_ALLOWANCE_IN_SLOT env var (#21017)

spalladino
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aztec-bot
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Commits on Mar 3, 2026

fix: update MAX_EVENT_SERIALIZATION_LENGTH and re-enable TXE tests in CI (backport #21020) (#21027)
AztecBot
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test: update proving-real test to mbps (#20991)

alexghr
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aztec-bot
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chore: epoch proving log analyzer (#21033)

alexghr
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aztec-bot
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chore: update pause script to allow resume (#21032)

alexghr
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aztec-bot
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refactor: remove update checker, retain version checks (backport #20898) (#21037)

AztecBot
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alexghr
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chore: backport #20806 (price bump for RPC transaction replacement) to v4 (#21036)

AztecBot
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mrzeszutko
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