ChainSafe · wemeetagain · May 20, 2026 · May 19, 2026 · May 19, 2026 · May 19, 2026
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ export const eventTestData: EventData = {
         proposal_slot: "10",
         validator_index: "42",
         fee_recipient: "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-        gas_limit: "30000000",
+        target_gas_limit: "30000000",
       },
       signature:
         "0x1b66ac1fb663c9bc59509846d6ec05345bd908eda73e670af888da41af171505cc411d61252fb6cb3fa0017b679f8bb2305b26a285fa2737f175668d0dff91cc1b66ac1fb663c9bc59509846d6ec05345bd908eda73e670af888da41af171505",

@@ -1067,7 +1067,15 @@ export function getValidatorApi(
 
       const blockIsForSlot = block.slot === slot;
       const payloadInput = chain.seenPayloadEnvelopeInputCache.get(block.blockRoot);
-      const payloadPresent = blockIsForSlot && (payloadInput?.hasPayloadEnvelope() ?? false);
+      // Spec: set payload_present only if the envelope was seen before get_payload_due_ms()
+      // into the slot. Use the envelope's own arrival time (getPayloadEnvelopeSource), not
+      // the input's creation time.
+      const payloadDueSec = config.getPayloadDueMs() / 1000;
+      const payloadPresent =
+        blockIsForSlot &&
+        payloadInput !== undefined &&
+        payloadInput.hasPayloadEnvelope() &&
+        chain.clock.secFromSlot(slot, payloadInput.getPayloadEnvelopeSource().seenTimestampSec) < payloadDueSec;
       const blobDataAvailable = blockIsForSlot && (payloadInput?.hasAllData() ?? false);
 
       return {

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import {
   G2_POINT_AT_INFINITY,
   IBeaconStateView,
   type IBeaconStateViewBellatrix,
+  type IBeaconStateViewGloas,
+  computeEpochAtSlot,
   computeTimeAtSlot,
   isStatePostBellatrix,
   isStatePostCapella,
@@ -58,10 +60,12 @@ import {
   PayloadId,
   getExpectedGasLimit,
 } from "../../execution/index.js";
+import {getShufflingDependentRoot} from "../../util/dependentRoot.js";
 import {fromGraffitiBytes} from "../../util/graffiti.js";
 import {kzg} from "../../util/kzg.js";
 import type {BeaconChain} from "../chain.js";
 import {CommonBlockBody} from "../interface.js";
+import {ProposerPreferencesPool} from "../opPools/index.js";
 import {validateBlobsAndKzgCommitments, validateCellsAndKzgCommitments} from "./validateBlobsAndKzgCommitments.js";
 
 // Time to provide the EL to generate a payload from new payload id
@@ -204,6 +208,9 @@ export async function produceBlockBody<T extends BlockType>(
     // this into a completely separate function and have pre/post gloas more separated
     const safeBlockHash = getSafeExecutionBlockHash(this.forkChoice);
     const finalizedBlockHash = this.forkChoice.getFinalizedBlock().executionPayloadBlockHash ?? ZERO_HASH_HEX;
+    // TODO GLOAS: post-Gloas, proposer feeRecipient is also carried (signed) in
+    // ProposerPreferencesPool. Consider using this unified cache instead
+    // see https://github.com/ChainSafe/lodestar/issues/9379
     const feeRecipient = requestedFeeRecipient ?? this.beaconProposerCache.getOrDefault(proposerIndex);
 
     const endExecutionPayload = this.metrics?.executionBlockProductionTimeSteps.startTimer();
@@ -633,6 +640,8 @@ export async function prepareExecutionPayload(
   chain: {
     executionEngine: IExecutionEngine;
     config: ChainForkConfig;
+    forkChoice: IForkChoice;
+    proposerPreferencesPool: ProposerPreferencesPool;
   },
   logger: Logger,
   fork: ForkPostBellatrix,
@@ -733,6 +742,7 @@ export function getPayloadAttributesForSSE(
   chain: {
     config: ChainForkConfig;
     forkChoice: IForkChoice;
+    proposerPreferencesPool: ProposerPreferencesPool;
   },
   {
     prepareState,
@@ -789,6 +799,8 @@ function preparePayloadAttributes(
   fork: ForkPostBellatrix,
   chain: {
     config: ChainForkConfig;
+    forkChoice: IForkChoice;
+    proposerPreferencesPool: ProposerPreferencesPool;
   },
   {
     prepareState,
@@ -851,12 +863,59 @@ function preparePayloadAttributes(
   }
 
   if (ForkSeq[fork] >= ForkSeq.gloas) {
+    if (!isStatePostGloas(prepareState)) {
+      throw new Error("Expected Gloas state for Gloas payload attributes");
+    }
     (payloadAttributes as gloas.SSEPayloadAttributes["payloadAttributes"]).slotNumber = prepareSlot;
+    (payloadAttributes as gloas.SSEPayloadAttributes["payloadAttributes"]).targetGasLimit = getProposerTargetGasLimit(
+      chain,
+      prepareState,
+      prepareSlot,
+      parentBlockRoot
+    );
   }
 
   return payloadAttributes;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Resolve the proposer's preferred (target) gas limit for the Gloas `PayloadAttributesV4`
+ * `targetGasLimit` field (consensus-specs#5235, execution-apis#796).
+ *
+ * Sourced from the `SignedProposerPreferences` the proposer's VC submitted to the pool
+ * (same `(slot, dependent_root)` lookup as gossip bid validation). When no matching
+ * preferences are pooled, target the parent payload's gas limit so the gas limit stays
+ * unchanged (`is_gas_limit_target_compatible` then requires `gas_limit == parent_gas_limit`).
+ */
+function getProposerTargetGasLimit(
+  chain: {forkChoice: IForkChoice; proposerPreferencesPool: ProposerPreferencesPool},
+  state: IBeaconStateViewGloas,
+  prepareSlot: Slot,
+  parentBlockRoot: Root
+): number {
+  const parentBlock = chain.forkChoice.getBlockHexDefaultStatus(toRootHex(parentBlockRoot));
+  const dependentRootHex = (() => {
+    if (parentBlock === null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    try {
+      return getShufflingDependentRoot(
+        chain.forkChoice,
+        computeEpochAtSlot(prepareSlot),
+        computeEpochAtSlot(parentBlock.slot),
+        parentBlock
+      );
+    } catch {
+      return null;
+    }
+  })();
+
+  const pref = dependentRootHex !== null ? chain.proposerPreferencesPool.get(prepareSlot, dependentRootHex) : null;
+  // TODO GLOAS: state.latestExecutionPayloadBid is the latest *bid*, not the latest *executed*
+  // payload — for EMPTY parents this drifts. Consider having a default value like Prysm's DefaultBuilderGasLimit.
+  return Number(pref ? pref.message.targetGasLimit : state.latestExecutionPayloadBid.gasLimit);
+}
+
 export async function produceCommonBlockBody<T extends BlockType>(
   this: BeaconChain,
   blockType: T,

@@ -128,14 +128,14 @@ async function validateExecutionPayloadBid(
     });
   }
 
-  // [REJECT] `bid.gas_limit == proposer_preferences.gas_limit`.
+  // [REJECT] `bid.gas_limit == proposer_preferences.target_gas_limit`.
   const bidGasLimit = Number(bid.gasLimit);
-  if (bidGasLimit !== proposerPreferences.message.gasLimit) {
+  if (bidGasLimit !== proposerPreferences.message.targetGasLimit) {
     throw new ExecutionPayloadBidError(GossipAction.REJECT, {
       code: ExecutionPayloadBidErrorCode.PROPOSER_PREFERENCES_GAS_LIMIT_MISMATCH,
       builderIndex: bid.builderIndex,
       bidGasLimit,
-      expectedGasLimit: proposerPreferences.message.gasLimit,
+      expectedGasLimit: proposerPreferences.message.targetGasLimit,
     });
   }
 

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ export type PayloadAttributes = {
   withdrawals?: capella.Withdrawal[];
   parentBeaconBlockRoot?: Uint8Array;
   slotNumber?: number; // EIP-7843
+  targetGasLimit?: number; // GLOAS (PayloadAttributesV4, execution-apis#796)
 };
 
 export type VersionedHashes = Uint8Array[];

@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ export type PayloadAttributesRpc = {
   parentBeaconBlockRoot?: DATA;
   /** QUANTITY, 64 Bits - value for the slot number field of the new payload (EIP-7843) */
   slotNumber?: QUANTITY;
+  /** QUANTITY, 64 Bits - target value for the gasLimit field of the new payload (GLOAS, execution-apis#796) */
+  targetGasLimit?: QUANTITY;
 };
 
 export type ClientVersionRpc = {
@@ -425,6 +427,7 @@ export function serializePayloadAttributes(data: PayloadAttributes): PayloadAttr
     withdrawals: data.withdrawals?.map(serializeWithdrawal),
     parentBeaconBlockRoot: data.parentBeaconBlockRoot ? bytesToData(data.parentBeaconBlockRoot) : undefined,
     slotNumber: data.slotNumber !== undefined ? numToQuantity(data.slotNumber) : undefined,
+    targetGasLimit: data.targetGasLimit !== undefined ? numToQuantity(data.targetGasLimit) : undefined,
   };
 }
 
@@ -442,6 +445,7 @@ export function deserializePayloadAttributes(data: PayloadAttributesRpc): Payloa
     withdrawals: data.withdrawals?.map((withdrawal) => deserializeWithdrawal(withdrawal)),
     parentBeaconBlockRoot: data.parentBeaconBlockRoot ? dataToBytes(data.parentBeaconBlockRoot, 32) : undefined,
     slotNumber: data.slotNumber !== undefined ? quantityToNum(data.slotNumber) : undefined,
+    targetGasLimit: data.targetGasLimit !== undefined ? quantityToNum(data.targetGasLimit) : undefined,
   };
 }
 

@@ -80,13 +80,14 @@ export const defaultSkipOpts: SkipOpts = {
     // TODO-GLOAS: re-enable after Gloas light client is implemented
     /^gloas\/light_client\/.*/,
     /^gloas\/ssz_static\/LightClient(Bootstrap|FinalityUpdate|Header|OptimisticUpdate|Update)\/.*/,
+    // TODO-GLOAS: re-enable after on_payload_attestation_message (PTC) fork choice is implemented.
+    // New test suite added in v1.7.0-alpha.8 (consensus-specs #5206); gloas PTC fork choice
+    // handling is not yet implemented in Lodestar.
+    /^gloas\/fork_choice\/on_payload_attestation_message\/.*$/,
   ],
   skippedTests: [
     // TODO-GLOAS: re-enable after gloas light client is implemented
     /\/gloas_fork$/,
-    // TODOGLOAS: re-enable after upgrading to v1.7.0-alpha.8
-    // (which includes #5254). https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/pull/5254
-    /^gloas\/fork\/fork\/pyspec_tests\/fork_invalid_validator_deposit_followed_by_builder_credentials$/,
   ],
   // TODO GLOAS: Investigate why networking tests are failing since alpha.5
   skippedRunners: ["fast_confirmation", "networking"],

@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ import {ProtoBlock} from "@lodestar/fork-choice";
 import {toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {getValidatorApi} from "../../../../../src/api/impl/validator/index.js";
 import {defaultApiOptions} from "../../../../../src/api/options.js";
-import {PayloadEnvelopeInput} from "../../../../../src/chain/blocks/payloadEnvelopeInput/index.js";
+import {
+  PayloadEnvelopeInput,
+  PayloadEnvelopeInputSource,
+} from "../../../../../src/chain/blocks/payloadEnvelopeInput/index.js";
 import {ZERO_HASH_HEX} from "../../../../../src/constants/index.js";
 import {SyncState} from "../../../../../src/sync/interface.js";
 import {ApiTestModules, getApiTestModules} from "../../../../utils/api.js";
@@ -66,8 +69,10 @@ describe("api - validator - produceAttestationData", () => {
         slot: 0,
         blockRoot: ZERO_HASH_HEX,
       } as ProtoBlock);
+      vi.mocked(modules.chain.clock.secFromSlot).mockReturnValue(0);
       vi.mocked(modules.chain.seenPayloadEnvelopeInputCache.get).mockReturnValue({
         hasPayloadEnvelope: () => true,
+        getPayloadEnvelopeSource: () => ({source: PayloadEnvelopeInputSource.gossip, seenTimestampSec: 0}),
         hasAllData: () => true,
       } as PayloadEnvelopeInput);
 

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ describe("chain / opPools / ProposerPreferencesPool", () => {
       proposalSlot,
       validatorIndex,
       feeRecipient: Buffer.alloc(20, 0xab),
-      gasLimit: 30_000_000,
+      targetGasLimit: 30_000_000,
     },
     signature: Buffer.alloc(96, 0),
   });

@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ export const chainConfig: ChainConfig = {
   SECONDS_PER_ETH1_BLOCK: 14,
   // 2**8 (= 256) epochs ~27 hours
   MIN_VALIDATOR_WITHDRAWABILITY_DELAY: 256,
-  // 2**6 (= 64) epochs
-  MIN_BUILDER_WITHDRAWABILITY_DELAY: 64,
+  // 2**13 (= 8,192) epochs ~36 days
+  MIN_BUILDER_WITHDRAWABILITY_DELAY: 8192,
   // 2**8 (= 256) epochs ~27 hours
   SHARD_COMMITTEE_PERIOD: 256,
   // 2**11 (= 2,048) Eth1 blocks ~8 hours
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ export const chainConfig: ChainConfig = {
   CONTRIBUTION_DUE_BPS_GLOAS: 5000,
   // 75% of SLOT_DURATION_MS
   PAYLOAD_ATTESTATION_DUE_BPS: 7500,
+  // 75% of SLOT_DURATION_MS
+  PAYLOAD_DUE_BPS: 7500,
 
   // Validator cycle
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------

@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ export const chainConfig: ChainConfig = {
   CONTRIBUTION_DUE_BPS_GLOAS: 5000,
   // 75% of SLOT_DURATION_MS
   PAYLOAD_ATTESTATION_DUE_BPS: 7500,
+  // 75% of SLOT_DURATION_MS
+  PAYLOAD_DUE_BPS: 7500,
 
   // Validator cycle
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ export type ChainConfig = {
   SYNC_MESSAGE_DUE_BPS_GLOAS: number;
   CONTRIBUTION_DUE_BPS_GLOAS: number;
   PAYLOAD_ATTESTATION_DUE_BPS: number;
+  PAYLOAD_DUE_BPS: number;
 
   // Validator cycle
   INACTIVITY_SCORE_BIAS: number;
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@ export const chainConfigTypes: SpecTypes<ChainConfig> = {
   SYNC_MESSAGE_DUE_BPS_GLOAS: "number",
   CONTRIBUTION_DUE_BPS_GLOAS: "number",
   PAYLOAD_ATTESTATION_DUE_BPS: "number",
+  PAYLOAD_DUE_BPS: "number",
 
   // Validator cycle
   INACTIVITY_SCORE_BIAS: "number",

@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@ export function createForkConfig(config: ChainConfig): ForkConfig {
     getProposerReorgCutoffMs(_fork: ForkName): number {
       return this.getSlotComponentDurationMs(config.PROPOSER_REORG_CUTOFF_BPS);
     },
+    getPayloadDueMs(): number {
+      return this.getSlotComponentDurationMs(config.PAYLOAD_DUE_BPS);
+    },
 
     getSlotComponentDurationMs(basisPoints: number): number {
       return Math.round((basisPoints * config.SLOT_DURATION_MS) / BASIS_POINTS);

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ export type ForkConfig = {
   getSyncMessageDueMs(fork: ForkName): number;
   getSyncContributionDueMs(fork: ForkName): number;
   getProposerReorgCutoffMs(fork: ForkName): number;
+  getPayloadDueMs(): number;
 
   /** Convert basis points to milliseconds into the slot */
   getSlotComponentDurationMs(basisPoints: number): number;

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export function upgradeStateToGloas(stateFulu: CachedBeaconStateFulu): CachedBea
   stateGloasView.currentSyncCommittee = stateGloasCloned.currentSyncCommittee;
   stateGloasView.nextSyncCommittee = stateGloasCloned.nextSyncCommittee;
   stateGloasView.latestExecutionPayloadBid.blockHash = stateFulu.latestExecutionPayloadHeader.blockHash;
+  stateGloasView.latestExecutionPayloadBid.gasLimit = BigInt(stateFulu.latestExecutionPayloadHeader.gasLimit);
   stateGloasView.latestExecutionPayloadBid.executionRequestsRoot = ssz.electra.ExecutionRequests.hashTreeRoot(
     ssz.electra.ExecutionRequests.defaultValue()
   );
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ export function upgradeStateToGloas(stateFulu: CachedBeaconStateFulu): CachedBea
 
 /**
  * Applies any pending deposits for builders to onboard builders during the fork transition
- * Spec: https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/blob/v1.7.0-alpha.2/specs/gloas/fork.md#new-onboard_builders_from_pending_deposits
+ * Spec: https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/blob/v1.7.0-alpha.8/specs/gloas/fork.md#new-onboard_builders_from_pending_deposits
  */
 function onboardBuildersFromPendingDeposits(state: CachedBeaconStateGloas): void {
   // Track pubkeys of new builders added when applying deposits

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export const ProposerPreferences = new ContainerType(
     proposalSlot: Slot,
     validatorIndex: ValidatorIndex,
     feeRecipient: ExecutionAddress,
-    gasLimit: UintNum64,
+    targetGasLimit: UintNum64,
   },
   {typeName: "ProposerPreferences", jsonCase: "eth2"}
 );
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ export const PayloadAttributes = new ContainerType(
   {
     ...denebSsz.PayloadAttributes.fields,
     slotNumber: Slot,
+    targetGasLimit: UintNum64,
   },
   {typeName: "PayloadAttributes", jsonCase: "eth2"}
 );

@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ export class ValidatorStore {
       proposalSlot: duty.slot,
       validatorIndex: duty.validatorIndex,
       feeRecipient: fromHex(feeRecipient),
-      gasLimit,
+      targetGasLimit: gasLimit,
     };
 
     const signingSlot = duty.slot;

@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ function getSpecCriticalParams(localConfig: ChainConfig): Record<keyof ConfigWit
     SYNC_MESSAGE_DUE_BPS_GLOAS: gloasForkRelevant,
     CONTRIBUTION_DUE_BPS_GLOAS: gloasForkRelevant,
     PAYLOAD_ATTESTATION_DUE_BPS: gloasForkRelevant,
+    PAYLOAD_DUE_BPS: gloasForkRelevant,
     PTC_SIZE: gloasForkRelevant,
     MAX_PAYLOAD_ATTESTATIONS: gloasForkRelevant,
     BUILDER_REGISTRY_LIMIT: gloasForkRelevant,

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "ethereumConsensusSpecsTests": {
-    "specVersion": "v1.7.0-alpha.7",
+    "specVersion": "v1.7.0-alpha.8",
     "specTestsRepoUrl": "https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs",
     "outputDirBase": "spec-tests",
     "testsToDownload": [