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Summary

  • add an opt-in, forward-only historical MPT proof index backed by a separate MDBX database
  • serve bounded historical eth_getProof requests on both normal and authenticated RPC
  • add explicit proofs init, proofs prune, and proofs unwind operator commands
  • keep proof history independent from the always-on reference-index runtime

The versioned-trie implementation is adapted from Base commit
b2673bbd927cb34d7cfad4d448bfbd5bd30eae88 under MIT; Morph owns the integration,
MDBX backend, lifecycle, RPC policy, and tests.

Behavior

  • proof history is disabled by default and enabled with --proofs-history
  • the default retention window is 604,800 blocks (7 days at 1 second per block); the Reth historical-state overlay remains disabled
  • proofs init anchors the proof database at the current canonical tip; there is no backward backfill, schema migration, or automatic data deletion
  • chain ID, genesis hash, and schema metadata are validated fail-closed; incomplete metadata or proof data without identity requires manual deletion
  • the proof ExEx consumes precomputed trie updates on the fast path, supports canonical commit/reorg/revert notifications, and fails the node on unrecoverable proof-history errors
  • startup refuses automatic pruning gaps above 1,000 blocks; operators must run proofs prune explicitly
  • eth_getProof accepts only the inclusive durable window, checks the latest stored canonical hash, and limits each request to 1,024 storage keys
  • window validation and proof cursors share one request-scoped MDBX read transaction so concurrent pruning cannot change the state generation mid-request
  • debug_proofsSyncStatus reports earliest/latest bounds from one MDBX snapshot
  • the derived database defaults to <chain-datadir>/historical-proofs; cold snapshots remain whole-data-directory copies

CLI

morph-reth proofs init --chain <chain> --datadir <path>
morph-reth node --chain <chain> --datadir <path> --proofs-history
morph-reth proofs prune --chain <chain> --datadir <path>
morph-reth proofs unwind --chain <chain> --datadir <path> --target <block>

Optional node settings:

  • --proofs-history.storage-path <PATH>
  • --proofs-history.window <BLOCKS>
  • --proofs-history.verification-interval <BLOCKS>

Validation

  • cargo fmt --all -- --check
  • cargo test --workspace --no-fail-fast
  • cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
  • strict missing-docs build for morph-proofs and morph-proofs-exex
  • proof storage: 139 unit tests plus identity integration and doctest
  • proof ExEx: 38 tests, including reorg/revert/error propagation
  • request-snapshot and concurrent-prune regression tests
  • real-node coexistence E2E: proof ExEx and canonical reference-index runtime advance together; normal/auth historical eth_getProof match
  • existing reference-index node/RPC E2E: 4/4

Scope

This PR does not add a reference-index disable flag, reference-index status RPC,
snapshot format, compatibility migration, or benchmark harness. Live long-running
network sync, Hive/geth datasets, and performance benchmarks remain separate validation work.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added eth_getMultiProof support for historical account and storage proofs.
    • Added commands to initialize, prune, and unwind historical proof data.
    • Added proof-history synchronization status through the debug RPC API.
    • Added configurable proof retention, verification, automatic pruning, and synchronization.
  • Documentation
    • Documented multiproof requests, limits, duplicate handling, metrics, and proof availability.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Proof requests now enforce account-target and storage-key limits.
    • Local reset tooling now removes historical proof data.

Follow-up RPC

  • add historical eth_getMultiProof through the same durable proof window
  • consolidate trie traversal while preserving request order and bounding account/key fan-out

Closes #169

panos-xyz and others added 5 commits July 13, 2026 21:48
validate_payload already registered an expectation in convert_payload_to_block;
clearing it on the early L1-index reject path matches the inner-failure cleanup
and avoids a stale cache entry until LRU eviction.
Format the L1-index cleanup path, upgrade crossbeam-epoch to 0.9.20, and
drop advisory ignores that no longer match after the reth main bump.
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Adds bounded historical EIP-1186 proof storage using MDBX, an EXEX synchronization and pruning pipeline, proof-history RPC endpoints, CLI management commands, node startup wiring, metrics, tests, and documentation.

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Historical proof pipeline

Layer / File(s) Summary
Proof storage contracts and persistence
crates/proofs/**, Cargo.toml
Adds proof-storage APIs, versioned MDBX tables, cursors, initialization, in-memory testing, proof generation, providers, and lifecycle operations.
Live collection and pruning
crates/proofs/src/live.rs, crates/proofs/src/prune/**
Adds block execution, batch writes, reorg replacement, bounded pruning, periodic pruning tasks, and metrics.
EXEX synchronization state machine
crates/proofs-exex/**
Adds notification-driven synchronization, cached trie data, reorg handling, verification intervals, and asynchronous processing.
RPC and node integration
bin/morph-reth/**, crates/node/**, crates/rpc/**
Adds CLI flags and commands, startup wiring, historical eth_getProof and eth_getMultiProof, proof sync status, state-provider validation, and integration tests.
Documentation and local tooling
README.md, local-test/*
Documents historical proof operation and updates local reset and startup scripts.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 0df54

The PR adds historical proof serving and synchronization, but transient synchronization failures can leave the historical proof window stale without an immediate retry, causing requests for recent blocks to be unavailable or outdated until another notification arrives. The PR should not merge without fixing or explicitly accepting this bounded synchronization risk.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Node
  participant ProofsExEx
  participant MdbxProofsStorage
  participant ProofRpc
  Node->>ProofsExEx: start proof-history EXEX
  ProofsExEx->>MdbxProofsStorage: initialize and sync block updates
  ProofsExEx->>MdbxProofsStorage: prune retained history
  ProofRpc->>MdbxProofsStorage: read proof window snapshot
  MdbxProofsStorage-->>ProofRpc: return historical proof data
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Actionable comments posted: 3

🧹 Nitpick comments (4)
crates/proofs/src/live.rs (1)

92-92: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Redundant full-block clone on the execution hot path. Executor::execute takes a &RecoveredBlock, so &(*block).clone() clones the entire block (including all transactions) only to borrow it immediately. This runs on the batch/cold catch-up path where many blocks are re-executed, so the extra allocation and copy is pure waste. Pass the existing reference instead.

  • crates/proofs/src/live.rs#L92-L92: replace block_executor.execute(&(*block).clone())? with block_executor.execute(block)? (here block: &RecoveredBlock<...>).
  • crates/proofs/src/live.rs#L408-L408: same change; block is already &RecoveredBlock<...>.

Please confirm the execute signature in your reth version accepts &RecoveredBlock directly.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@crates/proofs/src/live.rs` at line 92, Remove the redundant full-block clones
before execution: in crates/proofs/src/live.rs at lines 92-92 and 408-408,
update both calls in the relevant execution flows to pass the existing block
reference directly to Executor::execute. Confirm the reth version’s execute
signature accepts &RecoveredBlock, preserving the existing error propagation.
crates/proofs/src/prune/error.rs (1)

64-78: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

strum::Display discards the underlying error and field context. This compiles (thiserror's Error derive only requires a Display impl to exist and doesn't emit one without #[error]), but strum::Display renders just the variant name — Storage, Provider, BlockNotFound, TimedOut — dropping the wrapped error message and the u64/Duration payloads.

MorphProofStoragePruner::run logs failures via err=%e (crates/proofs/src/prune/pruner.rs Line 216), so the actual cause (e.g. which block was missing, or the inner storage/provider error) is lost in production logs. Consider replacing strum::Display with thiserror #[error("...")] messages:

♻️ Proposed change
-use strum::Display;
 use thiserror::Error;
@@
-/// Error returned by the pruner.
-#[derive(Debug, Error, Display)]
+/// Error returned by the pruner.
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum PrunerError {
     /// Wrapped error from the underlying `MorphProofStorage` layer.
-    Storage(#[from] MorphProofsStorageError),
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Storage(#[from] MorphProofsStorageError),
 
     /// Wrapped error from the reth db provider.
-    Provider(#[from] ProviderError),
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Provider(#[from] ProviderError),
 
     /// Block not found in the underlying reth storage provider.
-    BlockNotFound(u64),
+    #[error("block {0} not found in the underlying reth storage provider")]
+    BlockNotFound(u64),
 
     /// The pruner timed out before finishing the prune
-    TimedOut(Duration),
+    #[error("pruner timed out after {0:?}")]
+    TimedOut(Duration),
 }
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@crates/proofs/src/prune/error.rs` around lines 64 - 78, Replace the
strum::Display derive on PrunerError with explicit thiserror #[error(...)]
annotations for every variant. Ensure Storage and Provider include their wrapped
source errors, while BlockNotFound and TimedOut include their u64 and Duration
payloads, so MorphProofStoragePruner::run preserves complete failure context in
err=%e logs.
crates/proofs/src/db/store.rs (1)

693-713: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Avoid cloning the whole HistoryDeleteBatch per table.

Each history.clone() copies all four vectors and discards three, so this performs 4× full-batch allocations on the prune/unwind hot path. Compute the counts first, then move each field into delete_dup_sorted by value.

♻️ Proposed change
-        // Delete using the simplified API: iterator of (key, subkey)
-        self.delete_dup_sorted::<AccountTrieHistory, _, _>(tx, history.clone().account_trie)?;
-        self.delete_dup_sorted::<StorageTrieHistory, _, _>(tx, history.clone().storage_trie)?;
-        self.delete_dup_sorted::<HashedAccountHistory, _, _>(tx, history.clone().hashed_account)?;
-        self.delete_dup_sorted::<HashedStorageHistory, _, _>(tx, history.clone().hashed_storage)?;
-
-        Ok(WriteCounts {
-            account_trie_updates_written_total: history.account_trie.len() as u64,
-            storage_trie_updates_written_total: history.storage_trie.len() as u64,
-            hashed_accounts_written_total: history.hashed_account.len() as u64,
-            hashed_storages_written_total: history.hashed_storage.len() as u64,
-        })
+        let counts = WriteCounts {
+            account_trie_updates_written_total: history.account_trie.len() as u64,
+            storage_trie_updates_written_total: history.storage_trie.len() as u64,
+            hashed_accounts_written_total: history.hashed_account.len() as u64,
+            hashed_storages_written_total: history.hashed_storage.len() as u64,
+        };
+
+        // Delete using the simplified API: iterator of (key, subkey)
+        self.delete_dup_sorted::<AccountTrieHistory, _, _>(tx, history.account_trie)?;
+        self.delete_dup_sorted::<StorageTrieHistory, _, _>(tx, history.storage_trie)?;
+        self.delete_dup_sorted::<HashedAccountHistory, _, _>(tx, history.hashed_account)?;
+        self.delete_dup_sorted::<HashedStorageHistory, _, _>(tx, history.hashed_storage)?;
+
+        Ok(counts)
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@crates/proofs/src/db/store.rs` around lines 693 - 713, Update the history
deletion flow around delete_dup_sorted to avoid cloning the entire
HistoryDeleteBatch for each table. Compute the four vector lengths before
consuming history, then move account_trie, storage_trie, hashed_account, and
hashed_storage by value into their respective delete_dup_sorted calls,
preserving the existing WriteCounts values.
bin/morph-reth/src/proofs.rs (1)

68-76: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Extract shared storage-path/env args to remove 3x duplication.

InitCommand, PruneCommand, and UnwindCommand all repeat the identical env + storage_path fields and the identical env.init(...) → resolve path → open_storage(...) sequence.

♻️ Proposed refactor: shared flattened args + helper
#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
struct ProofStorageArgs {
    #[command(flatten)]
    env: EnvironmentArgs<MorphChainSpecParser>,
    /// Proof-history MDBX directory (defaults to `<chain-datadir>/historical-proofs`).
    #[arg(long = "proofs-history.storage-path", value_name = "PATH")]
    storage_path: Option<PathBuf>,
}

impl ProofStorageArgs {
    fn open(&self, runtime: reth_tasks::Runtime) -> eyre::Result<(Environment, MorphProofsStorage<Arc<MdbxProofsStorage>>)> {
        let env = self.env.init::<MorphNode>(AccessRights::RO, runtime)?;
        let path = self
            .storage_path
            .clone()
            .unwrap_or_else(|| env.data_dir.data_dir().join("historical-proofs"));
        let storage = open_storage(&path, &self.env.chain)?;
        Ok((env, storage))
    }
}

Then each command flattens #[command(flatten)] shared: ProofStorageArgs and calls let (Environment { provider_factory, .. }, storage) = self.shared.open(runtime)?;.

Also applies to: 78-88, 115-123, 144-153, 163-171, 178-187

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@bin/morph-reth/src/proofs.rs` around lines 68 - 76, Extract the duplicated
env and storage_path fields from InitCommand, PruneCommand, and UnwindCommand
into a shared ProofStorageArgs type. Add a ProofStorageArgs::open helper
containing the common env.init, default historical-proofs path resolution, and
open_storage logic, then flatten this shared type into each command and use its
returned environment and storage.
🤖 Prompt for all review comments with AI agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

Inline comments:
In `@crates/proofs/src/in_memory.rs`:
- Around line 820-822: Update InMemoryStorage::unwind_history when computing
unwind_upto_block_number to use saturating subtraction, matching the MDBX
backend and preventing underflow for block number 0.

In `@crates/proofs/src/lib.rs`:
- Around line 19-20: Update the DEFAULT_PROOFS_HISTORY_WINDOW constant to
1,296,000 blocks and revise its documentation to describe the PR-defined
retention window without claiming seven days at one-second block time. Preserve
any downstream startup or CLI wiring that consumes this constant.

In `@README.md`:
- Line 126: Update the README table entry for --proofs-history.window to
document the actual default of 1,296,000 blocks and revise the retention
description from 7 days to 15 days at 1-second blocks.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@bin/morph-reth/src/proofs.rs`:
- Around line 68-76: Extract the duplicated env and storage_path fields from
InitCommand, PruneCommand, and UnwindCommand into a shared ProofStorageArgs
type. Add a ProofStorageArgs::open helper containing the common env.init,
default historical-proofs path resolution, and open_storage logic, then flatten
this shared type into each command and use its returned environment and storage.

In `@crates/proofs/src/db/store.rs`:
- Around line 693-713: Update the history deletion flow around delete_dup_sorted
to avoid cloning the entire HistoryDeleteBatch for each table. Compute the four
vector lengths before consuming history, then move account_trie, storage_trie,
hashed_account, and hashed_storage by value into their respective
delete_dup_sorted calls, preserving the existing WriteCounts values.

In `@crates/proofs/src/live.rs`:
- Line 92: Remove the redundant full-block clones before execution: in
crates/proofs/src/live.rs at lines 92-92 and 408-408, update both calls in the
relevant execution flows to pass the existing block reference directly to
Executor::execute. Confirm the reth version’s execute signature accepts
&RecoveredBlock, preserving the existing error propagation.

In `@crates/proofs/src/prune/error.rs`:
- Around line 64-78: Replace the strum::Display derive on PrunerError with
explicit thiserror #[error(...)] annotations for every variant. Ensure Storage
and Provider include their wrapped source errors, while BlockNotFound and
TimedOut include their u64 and Duration payloads, so
MorphProofStoragePruner::run preserves complete failure context in err=%e logs.
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/// Default proof-history retention window: 7 days at a one-second block time.
pub const DEFAULT_PROOFS_HISTORY_WINDOW: u64 = 604_800;

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Align the default retention window with the PR contract.

This exports 604_800 and documents a seven-day, one-second-based window, while the PR objective requires a default of 1_296_000 blocks. If downstream startup/CLI wiring uses this constant, nodes will prune history earlier than promised.

Proposed fix
-/// Default proof-history retention window: 7 days at a one-second block time.
-pub const DEFAULT_PROOFS_HISTORY_WINDOW: u64 = 604_800;
+/// Default proof-history retention window in blocks.
+pub const DEFAULT_PROOFS_HISTORY_WINDOW: u64 = 1_296_000;
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/// Default proof-history retention window: 7 days at a one-second block time.
pub const DEFAULT_PROOFS_HISTORY_WINDOW: u64 = 604_800;
/// Default proof-history retention window in blocks.
pub const DEFAULT_PROOFS_HISTORY_WINDOW: u64 = 1_296_000;
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@crates/proofs/src/lib.rs` around lines 19 - 20, Update the
DEFAULT_PROOFS_HISTORY_WINDOW constant to 1,296,000 blocks and revise its
documentation to describe the PR-defined retention window without claiming seven
days at one-second block time. Preserve any downstream startup or CLI wiring
that consumes this constant.

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| `--rpc.eth-proof-window` | 0 (disabled) | Max historical blocks for `eth_getProof` (up to 1209600) |
| `--proofs-history` | false | Enable historical `eth_getProof` and proof-history accumulation |
| `--proofs-history.storage-path` | `<chain-datadir>/historical-proofs` | Override the proof MDBX directory |
| `--proofs-history.window` | 604800 | Number of canonical blocks retained (7 days at 1s/block) |

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the documented retention default.

Line 126 says the default is 604800, but the proof-history default is 1,296,000 blocks (15 days at 1-second blocks). Update the README so operators do not configure or size storage for the wrong retention window.

Proposed documentation fix
-| `--proofs-history.window` | 604800 | Number of canonical blocks retained (7 days at 1s/block) |
+| `--proofs-history.window` | 1296000 | Number of canonical blocks retained (15 days at 1s/block) |
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| `--proofs-history.window` | 604800 | Number of canonical blocks retained (7 days at 1s/block) |
| `--proofs-history.window` | 1296000 | Number of canonical blocks retained (15 days at 1s/block) |
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In `@README.md` at line 126, Update the README table entry for
--proofs-history.window to document the actual default of 1,296,000 blocks and
revise the retention description from 7 days to 15 days at 1-second blocks.

Bring in the latest reference-index runtime (canonical cursor, retryable sync) before updating the proofs design doc.
Keep morph-proofs and morph-proofs-exex lockfile versions aligned with the merged workspace package version.
The previous proof-history test only proved RPC wiring: it mined one empty
block and checked that `eth_getProof` for the zero address returned the same
response on the normal and auth ports. It could not tell a correct historical
proof from a latest-state proof.

Node e2e (crates/node/tests/it/proof_history.rs):
- Deploy an SSTORE setter and mutate state across blocks, then query each
  height and assert the value that block actually held.
- Verify every successful proof against that block's canonical stateRoot via
  `AccountProof::verify`, which also checks storage proofs against the account
  storage root. Assert a proof does not verify against a different block's root.
- Drive the fork case purely through a reorg instead of poking
  `unwind_history` first, so a broken ExEx reorg path can no longer pass. The
  height is unchanged across the reorg, so wait on the exact (number, hash).
- Read requested slots by key and panic on a missing entry. Defaulting to zero
  let a response carrying no storage proof pass an `== 0` assertion. Add a
  multi-slot case including an unset slot with its exclusion proof.
- Tighten the future-block assertion to the window error; numeric block ids
  resolve without an existence check, so the window bounds reject them.
- Add a canonical-block-hash lookup alongside the height lookup.
- Rename `survives_node_restart_and_continues` to `db_survives_node_restart`:
  it never appended after the restart. Assert per-block change sets survive the
  reopen, since pointers alone would outlive lost rows. This also pins that the
  earliest block is a baseline snapshot rather than a diff.
- Rename the verification-interval test to reflect that it asserts correctness
  on that path, not that the interval selects it.

ExEx unit tests (crates/proofs-exex/src/lib.rs):
- Cover `build_batch_entry` directly, asserting the chosen `BatchBlock`
  variant for interval 0/1/N on and off the interval, with and without cached
  data. Stubbing `should_verify` to false turns two of these red, whereas the
  e2e stayed green because the cached path also yields correct proofs.
- Add an `ensure_initialized` case for a latest hash that is not canonical,
  the shape of a proofs DB restored beside a mismatched chain snapshot.
- Assert error messages in the existing `ensure_initialized` failure cases; the
  prune-threshold fixture also trips the later canonical-hash check, so a bare
  `expect_err` did not identify which guard fired.
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crates/proofs-exex/src/lib.rs (2)

696-713: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

The test hash helper truncates to one byte and underflows at block 0.

hash_for_num casts num as u8, so block n and block n + 256 get the same hash. The prune-threshold test stores blocks 1..1100 with these hashes, which creates repeated parent/child hashes in a fixture that models a hash-linked chain. mk_block(0) also panics in debug builds because num - 1 underflows.

Use the commented-out 8-byte encoding and saturate the parent number.

♻️ Proposed fix for the test hash helper
     // deterministic hash from block number: 0 -> 0x00.., 1 -> 0x01.., etc.
     fn hash_for_num(num: u64) -> B256 {
-        // if you only care about small test numbers, this is enough:
-        b256(num as u8)
-
-        // If you want to avoid wrapping when num > 255, use something like:
-        // let mut out = [0u8; 32];
-        // out[0..8].copy_from_slice(&num.to_be_bytes());
-        // B256::new(out)
+        let mut out = [0u8; 32];
+        out[0..8].copy_from_slice(&num.to_be_bytes());
+        B256::new(out)
     }
 
     fn mk_block(num: u64) -> RecoveredBlock<Block> {
         let mut b: RecoveredBlock<Block> = Default::default();
         b.set_block_number(num);
         b.set_hash(hash_for_num(num));
-        b.set_parent_hash(hash_for_num(num - 1));
+        b.set_parent_hash(hash_for_num(num.saturating_sub(1)));
         b
     }

Note: init_storage and ensure_initialized_errors_when_latest_is_not_canonical compare against b256(0x00), which stays equal to hash_for_num(0) under this encoding, so those assertions are unaffected.

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In `@crates/proofs-exex/src/lib.rs` around lines 696 - 713, Update hash_for_num to
encode the full u64 block number into the hash using the existing 8-byte
representation instead of truncating to u8. Update mk_block to derive the parent
hash from a saturating predecessor so block 0 uses hash_for_num(0) without
underflow.

394-457: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

sync_forward returns on error without retry or rescheduling, so catch-up can stall silently.

Every failure path in sync_forward logs and returns. The state was already consumed by take_state() in sync_loop, so nothing reschedules the target. sync_loop then blocks on notified().

During the startup catch-up path in run() (Line 187) there may be no further notification for a long time. A single transient storage or provider error then leaves proof history permanently behind the tip, while debug_proofsSyncStatus keeps reporting a stale latest. Consider re-arming the target with the remaining range and retrying with backoff instead of dropping the work.

♻️ Sketch: re-arm the sync target before returning
             let latest = match storage.get_latest_block_number() {
                 Ok(Some((n, _))) => n,
                 Ok(None) => {
                     error!(target: "morph::proofs_exex", "No blocks stored in proofs storage during sync");
                     return;
                 }
                 Err(e) => {
                     error!(target: "morph::proofs_exex", error = ?e, "Failed to get latest block");
+                    // Keep the target so the loop retries instead of stalling until the
+                    // next notification.
+                    sync_target.reschedule_sync_up_to(target);
                     return;
                 }
             };

Apply the same treatment to the batch-preparation failure (Line 444) and the execute_and_store_batch failure (Line 451), and add a short delay before the retry so a persistent error does not spin.

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In `@crates/proofs-exex/src/lib.rs` around lines 394 - 457, Update sync_forward so
storage lookup, batch preparation, and execute_and_store_batch failures re-arm
sync_target with the unprocessed target range before retrying instead of
returning with work lost. Add a short async backoff before retrying to prevent
persistent errors from spinning, while preserving the existing pending-state and
successful batch behavior; anchor the changes in sync_forward and its
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crates/node/tests/it/proof_history.rs (1)

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The fixed 200 ms sleep makes include_tx timing-dependent.

inject_tx returns before the pool has necessarily made the transaction visible to the payload builder, so the sleep hides a race. On a loaded CI machine 200 ms can be too short, and the expected the injected transaction to be the sole tx in the block check then fails intermittently. Every test in this file goes through include_tx, so one slow machine fails the whole suite.

Poll the pool for the injected hash instead of sleeping a fixed amount.

♻️ Sketch: poll instead of sleeping
     node.rpc.inject_tx(raw_tx).await?;
-    // The payload builder can emit an empty block if it races the pool insert.
-    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200)).await;
+    // The payload builder can emit an empty block if it races the pool insert, so
+    // wait until the pool reports a pending transaction.
+    let deadline = tokio::time::Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(5);
+    while node.inner.pool.pending_transactions().is_empty() {
+        eyre::ensure!(
+            tokio::time::Instant::now() < deadline,
+            "injected transaction never became pending"
+        );
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(25)).await;
+    }
     let payload = node.advance_block().await?;

Adjust the pool accessor to match the concrete pool API exposed by MorphTestNode.

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In `@crates/node/tests/it/proof_history.rs` around lines 359 - 388, Replace the
fixed sleep in include_tx with polling the transaction pool until the injected
transaction’s hash is visible, using the concrete pool accessor exposed by
MorphTestNode. Retain the subsequent advance_block and sole-transaction
validation, and use a bounded retry or timeout so the test cannot wait
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Outside diff comments:
In `@crates/proofs-exex/src/lib.rs`:
- Around line 696-713: Update hash_for_num to encode the full u64 block number
into the hash using the existing 8-byte representation instead of truncating to
u8. Update mk_block to derive the parent hash from a saturating predecessor so
block 0 uses hash_for_num(0) without underflow.
- Around line 394-457: Update sync_forward so storage lookup, batch preparation,
and execute_and_store_batch failures re-arm sync_target with the unprocessed
target range before retrying instead of returning with work lost. Add a short
async backoff before retrying to prevent persistent errors from spinning, while
preserving the existing pending-state and successful batch behavior; anchor the
changes in sync_forward and its interaction with sync_target.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@crates/node/tests/it/proof_history.rs`:
- Around line 359-388: Replace the fixed sleep in include_tx with polling the
transaction pool until the injected transaction’s hash is visible, using the
concrete pool accessor exposed by MorphTestNode. Retain the subsequent
advance_block and sole-transaction validation, and use a bounded retry or
timeout so the test cannot wait indefinitely.

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Forward-sync now re-arms after transient errors instead of waiting forever for the next notification. Tests read account nonces from state so CodeQL no longer flags them as hardcoded cryptographic IVs.
Port reth's `eth_getMultiProof` (paradigmxyz/reth#26555, which landed after
the pinned v2.4.0) onto the bounded proof-history storage: one consolidated
multiproof per request, expanded back into one EIP-1186 response per target in
request order. Duplicate addresses are consolidated for proof generation and
each response carries only the slots its own target asked for.

Move both proof handlers off the runtime workers. They walked MDBX and rebuilt
trie nodes synchronously inside the async fn, so a handful of concurrent
requests could starve the Engine API, and `eth_getMultiProof` widens the blast
radius from one account to hundreds. Both now acquire the shared proof permit
(`--rpc.proof-permits`) and run on reth's blocking pool, matching upstream
`EthState::get_proof`. The permit is moved into the blocking task so a
cancelled RPC future cannot release it while the computation is still running,
which would otherwise let the concurrency ceiling be exceeded.

Bound requests along two independent dimensions instead of one combined budget,
because an account target costs several times a storage slot: it retains its
own account-trie path and opens a storage-trie cursor, while slots share one
already-open trie. At most `--proofs-history.max-multi-proof-targets` accounts
(default 256) and 1024 storage keys, the latter fixed to match go-ethereum's
`eth_getProof`. Sizing evidence: Morph mainnet blocks touch at most ~36
accounts, but a Hoodi load test peaked near ~200 accounts in a single block,
which a combined 128-unit budget would have split into two round trips.

Report both methods under one set of metric names distinguished by a `method`
label, so a dashboard can split per method or sum across both; separate
`get_proof_*` / `get_multi_proof_*` names allowed neither. Add `rejected_total`
and count size-limit rejections after `requests_total`, so
`requests_total == rejected_total + successful_responses_total +
failures_total` now holds; rejections were previously counted nowhere.

Tests cover the paths that differ from a naive implementation:
- Non-existence proofs. `AccountProof::verify` only accepts a missing leaf when
  `info` is None and the storage root is the empty root, so a response that
  invented either field fails. `eth_getMultiProof` must return the same proof
  as `eth_getProof`, including when batched beside a present account.
- A contract target with no requested slots. `Proof::multiproof` pre-seeds
  every target with an empty `StorageMultiProof` and only overwrites it at the
  account leaf, so a regression would silently report the empty storage root
  for contracts that do have storage.
- Duplicate-address expansion back into request order.
- Both request limits, launched with a deliberately tiny target limit so the
  configured value is proven to reach the handler rather than the default.

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Bring the Morph dashboard in line with compatible reth v2.4 metrics so proof-history and engine internals are observable.
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This is a high-quality implementation with solid engineering. I have verified the core security and correctness claims made in the PR description; they are largely accurate and backed by tests. The issues primarily concern: (1) potential underflows or panics in several write paths; (2) error information leakage and error code semantics; and (3) instances of dead code and opportunities for performance optimization.

    1. Blocker — a shallow reorg shuts the node down while accumulated proof history is still short
      The unwind guard at crates/proofs/src/db/store.rs:1259-1264 compares to.block.number <= proof_window.earliest.number, i.e. against the actually accumulated depth latest - earliest, not against the configured --proofs-history.window. The two coincide only in steady state:
      commit_initial_state (crates/proofs/src/db/store.rs:1464-1468) writes only EarliestBlock; when LatestBlock is absent the read falls back to earliest (crates/proofs/src/db/store.rs:307-310), so accumulated depth is 0 immediately after proofs init.
      From there latest advances with indexing while earliest advances only with pruning, so the accumulated depth grows from 0 and caps at window only later.
      So the real trigger condition is "reorg depth ≥ current accumulated depth". Right after init that depth is 0, and because the guard uses <= rather than <, a single-block reorg that replaces the tip is enough: first_old.block.number == tip == earliest, which also satisfies latest >= revert_to.block.number at crates/proofs-exex/src/lib.rs:360.
      Failure chain: UnwindBeyondEarliest (crates/proofs/src/db/store.rs:1259-1264) → the ? in handle_revert (crates/proofs-exex/src/lib.rs:319, crates/proofs-exex/src/lib.rs:323) → panic! (crates/proofs-exex/src/lib.rs:295) → reth's catch_unwind in spawn_critical_as → TaskEvent::Panic → node shutdown.
      This Err behavior is already pinned by a test in the PR itself: handle_revert_propagates_unwind_failure (crates/proofs-exex/src/lib.rs:1063-1093) calls handle_revert on the anchor block after init_storage and asserts an Err containing "earliest".
      Note also the asymmetry between the revert and forward paths: forward failures go through reschedule_sync_up_to and retry (crates/proofs-exex/src/lib.rs:410, crates/proofs-exex/src/lib.rs:415, crates/proofs-exex/src/lib.rs:444, crates/proofs-exex/src/lib.rs:452), while revert failures panic outright.
    1. debug_proofsSyncStatus bypasses the --http.api namespace whitelist and is exposed on the public RPC
      Where: crates/node/src/add_ons.rs:236-240
      Issue ProofStatusApiExt is registered only via modules.replace_configured(...), which runs after reth has already applied the --http.api namespace whitelist. Tracing reth v2.4.0:
      RpcModuleBuilder::build_with_auth_server → create_transport_rpc_modules(module_config) applies the whitelist (rpc-builder/src/lib.rs:351 → module_for → reth_methods(config.iter_selection()) at :930/:947).
      The already-filtered TransportRpcModules is then handed to the launch_add_ons_with closure (node/builder/src/rpc.rs:1163, modules: &mut TransportRpcModules at :256).
      replace_configured (rpc-builder/src/lib.rs:2028) = replace_http/ws/ipc = remove-then-merge_http (:1790), which merges debug_proofsSyncStatus straight into the http RpcModule. Nothing re-applies the whitelist afterward, and a jsonrpsee RpcModule serves every merged method.
      Net effect: debug_proofsSyncStatus is reachable on the public HTTP/WS surface whenever the transport is enabled, regardless of whether debug is in --http.api. For example, the shipped etc/docker-compose.yml uses --http.api "eth,net,web3,reth" and still exposes it. It is also not registered on auth_module, so it is asymmetric with EthProofApiExt (which is installed on both normal and auth servers at add_ons.rs:212-235).
      Two related notes:
      This is not a startup-failure path: merge_http returns Ok(false) when no http transport is configured, so absence of the debug namespace does not prevent boot.
      Data sensitivity is low (the method returns only two block numbers), but the operator's explicit --http.api whitelist is silently bypassed for a debug_-prefixed method.
    1. Canonical-hash leak in error message — crates/rpc/src/state.rs:25-32,141-145
      CanonicalMismatch sends both the stored and canonical block hashes verbatim to the RPC client (via ProviderError::other → EthApiError::Internal; confirmed reaching the client at crates/node/tests/it/proof_history.rs:388-394), which is fork-reconnaissance data not otherwise obtainable.
      Fix: map to a dedicated opaque error code (-32005) whose message excludes both stored/canonical; keep the full detail in server-side logs only.
    1. Error-code semantics — crates/rpc/src/state.rs:138-145
      Out-of-window and uninitialized conditions are client conditions (bad block tag), yet they surface as internal/server errors. The purpose-built MorphEthApiError::StateNotAvailable (-32005) already exists but is unused by this path. Fix this together with M1 at the same boundary so clients no longer need to string-match.

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* feat(rpc): serve debug_executionWitness from proof history

Reth's default `debug_executionWitness` reads the parent state through
`HistoricalStateProviderRef::witness`, which rebuilds the parent trie by
replaying changesets backwards from the latest trie. Its cost therefore grows
with the distance to the chain tip -- the same cost that motivated the bounded
proof-history store in the first place. Until now only `eth_getProof` and
`eth_getMultiProof` were routed to that store, so witness consumers stayed on
the replay path even with `--proofs-history` enabled.

Override both witness entry points on the debug namespace and source the parent
state from proof history:

- `debug_executionWitness(block, mode?)`
- `debug_executionWitnessByBlockHash(hash, mode?)`

Base and op-reth both override only the number-based method and drop the `mode`
argument. Overriding just one leaves a second entry point for the same result on
the slow path, so both are replaced here and `mode` is kept on the wire.

Notes on behaviour:

- A witness needs the *parent* state, so the servable range is one block
  narrower than the proof window: `[earliest + 1, latest]`.
- Genesis is rejected instead of clamped. `parent_num_hash()` saturates at zero,
  so block 0 would otherwise be witnessed against its own post-state.
- The auth server is deliberately left untouched; witness consumers use HTTP.
- Scheduling reuses the existing `spawn_proof_task` permit rather than adding a
  second limiter, so witness generation shares one budget with the proof RPCs.

Exposing `mode` made two pre-existing gaps in `morph-proofs` reachable for the
first time -- `StateProofProvider::witness` had no RPC caller before this change
-- so canonical mode is aligned with reth's historical provider in the same
change: the root node is force-included only for the legacy shape, and canonical
witnesses are returned sorted.

Coverage: the window test is the one that proves the wiring. Reth's default
implementation can serve any block the chain DB still holds, so a pruned-out
block failing is what distinguishes proof history from the overlay path.

* refactor(rpc): drop the witness mode parameter

Match Base and op-reth: neither exposes `mode` on its `debug_executionWitness`
override, and neither proof-history provider implements the canonical shape.
Keeping the parameter meant carrying two divergences from the vendored Base
sources in `crates/proofs` for a format the prover is not expected to consume.

The parameter and both canonical-semantics fixes are reverted, so
`crates/proofs/src/{proof,provider}.rs` are once again line-for-line with Base
`b2673bbd` and future syncs of that crate no longer conflict there. The legacy
shape is unchanged, and it is what reth's default returned when no mode was
given, so callers see the same witness as before the override.

Dropping the parameter is not a wire break. `ParamsSequence::next_inner`
(jsonrpsee-types 0.26) takes positional arguments off the front of the array and
never inspects the leftovers, so a caller that still sends reth's optional second
argument gets the legacy witness rather than an error. An e2e assertion pins
that, since it is the one observable difference from the replaced signature.

`reth-trie-common`'s `serde` feature goes away with the parameter:
`ExecutionWitnessMode` no longer has to deserialize.
Bind witness generation to the requested block's parent hash, restore canonical mode behavior, and reject unsupported pre-Jade parent state.
The gate rejected witness requests whose parent state predates Jade, but no
request can reach that far: the retained window spans days while Jade activated
months ago. It could only fire if an operator widened the window across the fork,
and it would then report a hardfork error where the honest answer is that such a
configuration was never supported. In exchange it cost an extra header lookup on
the runtime, a `chain_spec` dependency on the RPC handler, and a rejection path
that no end-to-end test can exercise, since the e2e genesis activates Jade at
timestamp 0.

The reasoning is kept as a module comment so the next reader does not have to
re-derive why the check is absent.

Also comment the two places where `morph-proofs` deliberately diverges from the
vendored Base source (`proof.rs` conditioning the forced root node, `provider.rs`
sorting canonical output). Those are the only divergences in a crate whose
NOTICE.md pins it to Base `b2673bbd`, so an uncommented conflict during a future
sync would very likely be resolved towards upstream, silently restoring a
half-canonical witness: the mode parameter reachable, but only half of its
semantics applied. Both comments say to keep the local side.

`parent_block_id` gains the reasoning for addressing the parent by hash rather
than by height, which is what makes an abandoned-branch request fail instead of
silently replaying against a sibling branch's state.
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Thanks — this is a careful review. I verified all four items against the code and against the two upstream implementations this storage is derived from. Summary of what I found and what I plan to do:

# Verdict Base op-reth Action
1 Confirmed, every premise reproduced does not have it similar fixing
2 Confirmed identical mechanism identical mechanism leaving as is
3 Confirmed not applicable not applicable fixing
4 Confirmed same behaviour same behaviour fixing (same boundary as 3)

1. Blocker — confirmed, and the decisive detail is in the ExEx, not the guard

Both premises reproduce exactly as described:

  • commit_initial_state (store.rs:1464-1468) calls only set_earliest_block_number; LatestBlock is never written.
  • inner_get_proof_window (store.rs:307-310) falls back to None => earliest.

So right after proofs init the accumulated depth really is 0, and a single-block reorg replacing the tip satisfies both latest >= revert_to.block.number and to.block.number <= earliest, ending in the panic you traced.

What decides the fix is that Base does not share this behaviour. The guard itself is identical in all three implementations (Base crates/execution/trie/src/db/store.rs:1012, op-reth crates/trie/src/db/store.rs:818, ours store.rs:1259) — it was vendored verbatim, tests included. The divergence is in the ExEx:

// Base crates/execution/exex/src/lib.rs:367,398 — returns (), logs and continues
Self::handle_revert(&storage, collector, revert_to);
fn handle_revert(...) {
    if let Err(e) = collector.unwind_history(revert_to) {
        error!(target: "base::exex", error = ?e, "Failed to revert proofs storage");
    }
}

// ours crates/proofs-exex/src/lib.rs:319,350 — propagates into the panic
Self::handle_revert(&storage, collector, revert_to)?;
fn handle_revert(...) -> eyre::Result<()> { ... }

We turned Base's log-and-continue into propagate-and-panic while adapting it. op-reth propagates too (crates/exex/src/lib.rs:270,390 → ExEx returns Err), but its window semantics run through store_v2 plus backfill/snapshot, so I did not verify that the depth-0 premise holds there.

Fixing by aligning with Base, and we are in a better position than Base to do so: validate_canonical_anchor in crates/rpc/src/state.rs — which Base has no equivalent of — makes every proof RPC fail closed as soon as the stored tip stops being canonical. So log-and-continue here yields "node stays up, proof serving safely refuses" rather than Base's "node stays up, keeps serving proofs from an abandoned branch". Adding a WARN so the operator knows a re-init is required.

One disagreement: I do not think <= should become <. With first_old == earliest the unwind would delete [earliest, latest] in full and leave the store without a baseline anchor, so refusing at the storage layer is correct. The defect is that a legitimate Err is escalated to a node-killing panic. Fixing the ExEx, leaving the guard.

The test that pins the current behaviour (handle_revert_propagates_unwind_failure) will be rewritten to assert the failure is contained rather than propagated.

2. Namespace whitelist — real, but shared with both upstreams

The mechanism is exactly as you traced. It is also how both upstreams register these methods:

Base    crates/execution/node/src/proof_history.rs:180-181   replace_configured × 2
op-reth crates/node/src/proof_history.rs:116-118             replace_configured × 2
ours    crates/node/src/add_ons.rs:212-240                   replace_configured × 3

Their debug_ext carries three methods in one go (executePayload, executionWitness, proofsSyncStatus), so they bypass the whitelist for strictly more surface than we do. Given that, and that the method returns two block numbers, I am leaving this alone rather than diverging from both references on RPC registration. Worth revisiting if it is ever fixed upstream, or if we decide the whitelist must be authoritative for debug_-prefixed methods on principle — that would be its own change, not part of this PR.

The auth_module asymmetry is deliberate: witness and status consumers use HTTP, so only EthProofApiExt is installed on both servers.

3 & 4. Error boundary — fixing both

Correct on both counts, and this one is genuinely ours: Base's state.rs only ever returns ProviderError::StateForNumberNotFound(block_number) (:58, :62) with no hashes, because Base does not do a canonical-anchor check at all. The leak is the cost of a check we added on purpose.

On severity: canonical is public data any client can read via eth_getBlockByNumber, so the part actually worth withholding is stored — it reveals which branch our proof DB is stuck on. Both are moving to server-side logs only.

For 4, note that Base surfaces these as internal errors too: StateForNumberNotFound is not in reth's specialised EthApiError::from(ProviderError) arms and falls through err => Self::Internal(err.into()) (rpc-eth-types/src/error/mod.rs:519). So this is not a regression against the reference — but MorphEthApiError::StateNotAvailable (-32005) is already defined and unused (crates/rpc/src/error.rs:53,116), it is the same boundary as 3, and clients should not have to string-match. Fixing it here.

Both fixes land in a follow-up commit on this branch.

Addresses review items 1, 3 and 4 on #142.

## A reorg the store cannot represent no longer shuts the node down

`handle_revert` returned `eyre::Result` and `sync_loop` propagated it with `?`,
so a revert failure reached the `panic!` guarding the critical task and took the
node down with it. The store legitimately refuses to unwind past its earliest
block — it must, to keep a baseline anchor — and that refusal is reachable in
normal operation: `commit_initial_state` writes only `EarliestBlock`, and the
window read falls back to `None => earliest`, so until the first block is indexed
`earliest == latest` and any reorg of the tip is already "beyond earliest". A
single-block reorg shortly after `proofs init` was therefore enough to stop the
node.

`handle_revert` now returns `()` and logs at WARN, which is what the upstream
implementation this ExEx was adapted from does. It also removes the asymmetry the
review noted: forward failures already retried via `reschedule_sync_up_to` while
revert failures were fatal.

Leaving proof history on the abandoned branch is safe to serve from, because
`validate_canonical_anchor` compares the stored tip against the canonical chain on
every proof request and refuses them all once they disagree. Recovery needs a
re-init, so the WARN says so.

The guard itself is unchanged. Comparing with `<` instead of `<=` would let the
unwind delete the whole window and leave the store without a baseline; the defect
was escalating a correct `Err` into a panic, not the `Err`.

`handle_revert_propagates_unwind_failure` pinned the old behaviour and is now
`handle_revert_contains_unwind_failure`, asserting the failure is contained and
proof history is left untouched.

## Proof-window errors no longer leak hashes or masquerade as server errors

`CanonicalMismatch` sent both the stored and canonical block hashes to the client.
The canonical one is public via `eth_getBlockByNumber`, but the stored one reveals
which abandoned branch this node's proof database is stuck on. Both now stay in a
WARN at the call site, and the client is told only which block it asked for.

All three window conditions were also surfacing as internal server errors: they
travelled as `ProviderError`, and reth specialises only a handful of those in
`EthApiError::from` before falling through to `Internal`. They are client
conditions, so `state_provider` now returns `EthApiError` and the window errors go
through `EthApiError::other` with `ToRpcError`, reporting -32005
(`MorphEthApiError::StateNotAvailable`, previously defined but unused on this
path). The literal is now a shared constant rather than being written twice.

Not EIP-4444's code 4444: that one means the block history itself is gone, while
here the header and body are still served and only the state proof is unavailable.

Review item 2 (`replace_configured` bypassing the `--http.api` whitelist) is
deliberately not addressed: both upstream implementations register these methods
exactly the same way, and for strictly more methods than we do. Diverging from
both on RPC registration is its own decision, not part of this fix.
Keep proof history consistent across failed writes, initialization resumes, pruning, and reorg processing while preserving RPC namespace boundaries.
Fixes the typos CI check: Requeueing should be Requeuing.

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feat(rpc): add eth_getMultiProof on the historical-proof RPC override

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