v0.7.9

This version is backwards compatible to v0.7.0. It is optional, but encouraged.

AvalancheGo Compatibility

The plugin version is unchanged at 43 and is compatible with AvalancheGo version v1.13.5.

Updates

• Disable incompatible APIs for Firewood
  • StorageRangeAt
  • GetModifiedAccountsByNumber
  • GetModifiedAccountsByHash
• Removed deprecated flag tx-lookup-limit. Use transaction-history instead.
• Enabled RPC batch limits by default, and configurable with batch-request-limit and batch-max-response-size.

What's Changed

• Update CODEOWNERS with platform-evm maintainers by @ceyonur in #1676
• Revert the maintainer only code owners restriction by @StephenButtolph in #1681
• Update dependabot.yml by @ceyonur in #1685
• verify genesis by @ceyonur in #1624
• refactor TestNetworkUpgradesOverriden test by @ceyonur in #1687
• sync: coreth PR #1056: replace coreth state package with libevm state package by @JonathanOppenheimer in #1675
• sync: coreth PR #1059: ensure Firewood does not return data on unimplemented APIs by @JonathanOppenheimer in #1678
• fix: license header file by @alarso16 in #1690
• ci: Enable extra linters by @alarso16 in #1691
• perf: upgrade Firewood by @alarso16 in #1692
• style: unused lint by @alarso16 in #1694
• Fix TestVMUpgradeBytesPrecompile race condition flake by @JonathanOppenheimer in #1699
• Update latest commits by @JonathanOppenheimer in #1702
• enable upgrades at 0 timestamp in chain configs by @ceyonur in #1700
• sync: coreth PR #1128: Remove predicate package by @JonathanOppenheimer in #1693
• sync: coreth PR #1148: Add time check for bootstrapping by @JonathanOppenheimer in #1705
• security version only for github actions by @ceyonur in #1707
• sync: coreth PR #958: refactor config package by @JonathanOppenheimer in #1696
• sync: coreth PR #1150: fix: add a default batch limit by @JonathanOppenheimer in #1706
• sync: coreth PR #1108: update releasing README.md with version prep instructions by @JonathanOppenheimer in #1682
• sync: coreth PR #1141: update tx gossip rate limit dynamically by @JonathanOppenheimer in #1716
• style: revive by @alarso16 in #1704
• chore: release v0.7.9-rc.0 by @JonathanOppenheimer in #1720

Full Changelog: v0.7.8...v0.7.9