RELEASE_INSTRUCTIONS.md

How to prepare Erigon release (things not to forget)

Update Jump dest optimisation code

This step does not have to be completed during emergency updates, because failure to complete it has only a minor impact on the performance of the initial chain sync.

In the source code core/skip_analysis.go, there is a constant MainnetNotCheckedFrom which should be equal to the block number, until which we have manually checked the usefulness of the Jump dest code bitmap. In order to update this, one needs to run these commands:

make state
./build/bin/state checkChangeSets --datadir <path to datadir> --block <value of MainnetNotCheckedFrom>

If there are any transactions where code bitmap was useful, warning messages like this will be displayed:

WARN [08-01|14:54:27.778] Code Bitmap used for detecting invalid jump tx=0x86e55d1818b5355424975de9633a57c40789ca08552297b726333a9433949c92 block number=6426298

In such cases (unless there are too many instances), all block numbers need to be excluded in the SkipAnalysis function, and comment to it. The constant MainnetNotCheckedFrom needs to be update to the first block number we have not checked. The value can be taken from the output of the checkChangeSets utility before it exits, like this:

INFO [08-01|15:36:04.282] Checked                                  blocks=10573804 next time specify --block=10573804 duration=36m54.789025062s

Update DB Schema version if required

In the file common/dbutils/bucket.go there is variable DBSchemaVersion that needs to be update if there are any changes in the database schema, leading to data migrations. In most cases, it is enough to bump minor version.

Update remote KV version if required

In the file ethdb/remote/remotedbserver/server.go there is variable KvServiceAPIVersion that needs to be update if there are any changes in the remote KV interface, or database schema, leading to data migrations. In most cases, it is enough to bump minor version. It is best to change both DB schema version and remove KV version together.