Zilliqa

General

• Set ARCHIVAL_LOOKUP_WITH_TX_TRACES in constants_local.xml (#3607)
• Charge gas for the failed transaction (#3659)
• Add access control to error response (#3617)
• Fix badly set receipts root (#3635)
• Otterscan final apis (#3634)
• Update the Scilla image version to 0.13.3, providing full backward compatibility with all existing Scilla contracts (#3674)

EVM

• Probe ERC165 interface (#3643)
• Make EVM and Scilla events work together (#3642)
• Improved EVM <-> Scilla (ERC20/ZRC20) interop (#3639)
• EVM <-> Scilla (ERC20/ZRC20) interop fixes (#3631)
• Allow evm-ds to be optionally disabled in an isolated server for debugging (#3622)
• Return response from eth_getCode in lowercase (#3650)
• Adding support for reading Scilla ctor immutables (#3647)

Testing

• Improved local testing (through Minikube) with localdev.py (#3636, #3633)
• Fixing tests (#3664)
• Disable Otterscan tests in the release (#3663)
• Add RFC 75 tests (#3657)
• Check node version before running acceptance tests (#3655)
• Scilla call tests & fixes (#3673, #3675)

General

• Set ARCHIVAL_LOOKUP_WITH_TX_TRACES in constants_local.xml (#3607)
• Charge gas for the failed transaction (#3659)
• Add access control to error response (#3617)
• Fix badly set receipts root (#3635)
• Otterscan final apis (#3634)
• Update the Scilla image version to 0.13.3, providing full backward compatibility with all existing Scilla contracts (#3674)

EVM

• Probe ERC165 interface (#3643)
• Make EVM and Scilla events work together (#3642)
• Improved EVM <-> Scilla (ERC20/ZRC20) interop (#3639)
• EVM <-> Scilla (ERC20/ZRC20) interop fixes (#3631)
• Allow evm-ds to be optionally disabled in an isolated server for debugging (#3622)
• Return response from eth_getCode in lowercase (#3650)
• Adding support for reading Scilla ctor immutables (#3647)

Testing

• Improved local testing (through Minikube) with localdev.py (#3636, #3633)
• Fixing tests (#3664)
• Disable Otterscan tests in the release (#3663)
• Add RFC 75 tests (#3657)
• Check node version before running acceptance tests (#3655)
• Scilla call tests & fixes (#3673, #3675)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/compare/v9.0.1...v9.0.3

General

• Update node sync interval (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3279)
• Use sec256k1 vcpkg port (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3301)
• Simplify Dockerfiles (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3299)
• Upgrade Docker base image to Ubuntu 22.04 (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3325)
• AccountStore refactoring (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3335)
• Refactor & combine block & block headers into one library (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3318)
• AccountStore refactoring (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3348)
• Metrics (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3347)
• Updates to observability (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3364)
• Update Scilla version to v0.13.1 (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3382)
• Fix crash due to dangling reference (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3384)
• Metrics and Observability in local cluster (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3389)
• Upgrade to Open Telemetry release 1.8.2 (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3405)
• Fix account delta sorting (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3417)
• Add conditioanl observability tier (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3428)
• Fix the prometheus service monitor (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3430)
• Retrieve txn pool from DS leader (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3400)
• Support address array in eth_subscribe (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3443)
• Change websocket timeouts (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3435)
• Fix TX traces (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3330)
• Use pigz for faster compression of persistence (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3451)
• Fix gas issue (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3476)
• Carry the trace & span IDs when logging (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3486)
• Add API to get total coin supply as integer (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3492)
• Add pending TXs when requesting block for seed nodes (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3490)
• Add localdev script (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3516)
• Don't send Scilla contract creation to ARCHIVAL_SEND_SHARD unless you are actually a lookup or archival node (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3545)

EVM

• Improve evm processing interface (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3219)
• Make sure evm knows the chain id (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3288)
• CPS changes in evm-ds (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3320)
• CPS for EVM (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3283)
• Log EVM results (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3401)
• Add pretty printer for evm result (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3404)
• Log the EVM result in the same message as the summary (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3433)
• CPS for Scilla (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3376)
• Fix Scilla message ordering (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3441)
• Log EVM calldata (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3459)
• Add debug trace call (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3465)
• Fix arguments for trace call (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3471)
• Log EVM execution summary on traps (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3472)
• CPS metrics and relaxed validation (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3477)
• Instrumenting CPS Scilla (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3485)
• Add debug_traceBlockByNumber JSON-RPC (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3480)
• Support static calls (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3488)
• Fix issue with self destruct not returning funds (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3464)
• Fix for caller propagation between frames (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3512)
• Unpacking Solidity generated revert messages to generate a string revert (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3515)
• Accept contract deployment failures in some cases (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3534)

Testing

• Support running tests in parallel (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3287)
• Enable running JS tests run in parallel in CI (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3300)
• Enable typescript support for tests (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3304)
• Add scilla-fmt to path during test (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3319)
• Add Scilla testing infrastructures (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3314)
• Make AWS URL configurable in persistence scripts (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3328)
• Local Kubernetes clusters with kind and tilt (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3324)
• Use hardhat Scilla plugin. (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3332)
• Deploy and use localstack for local clusters (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3339)
• Add an environment variable to control Scilla testing (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3342)
• Use .env file to feed test settings instead of raw env vars (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3352)
• Enable CI pipeline in GitHub Actions (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3350)
• Use ethernal-hardhat plugin when we deploy smart contracts (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3353)
• Replace buildx with docker build (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3373)
• Update docs for local network (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3367)
• Add eth_getTransactionByHash tests (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3424)
• Add eth_getCode tests (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3426)
• Add more Scilla integration tests (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3436)
• Add integrations tests to GHA (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3450)
• Fix and enable contract revert tests in CI (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3469)
• Fix and enable ownable tests (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3470)
• Fix and enable blockchain instructions tests (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3474)
• Fix and enable scilla tests (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3475)
• Add test for traceblock (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3487)

General

• Enable logging of transaction hash (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3247)
• Rework transport layer (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3237)
• Add observability (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3256)
• Untangle circular dependencies (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3265)
• Simplify and improve download_incr_DB.py (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3246)
• Return receipt for Scilla transactions (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3275)

Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)

• Upgrade evm-ds dependency versions (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3221)
• Fix eth_call (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3254)
• Add evm_mine, evm_setIntervalMining methods (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3258)
• Provide correct gas limit to EVM (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3274)
• Allow parallel calls (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3277)

Testing

• Remove gas limits (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3268)
• Fix out of gas issues with TX receipts (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3259)
• Log transaction ID in tests (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3271)
• Fix gas limit response (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3267)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/compare/v8.4.0rc3...v8.5.0rc0

General

• Update readme (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3101)
• Remove the data_migrate program and special associated functions (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3123)
• Remove dead code (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3122)
• Force to lookup mode in isolated server (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3113)
• Skip check_guard.sh on OS X, as it seems to be failing (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3121)
• Add new websocket server and subscribe/unsubscribe (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3129)
• Persistence documentation (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3152)
• Dispatch all RPC API fns via websocket connections (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3176)
• API filters expiration + eliminating busyloop in messaging (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3186)
• Fix Zil contract address calculation (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3187)
• Add variable launch evm daemon to constants.xml (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3185)
• Mention SCILLA_LIB in isolated server documentation (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3198)
• Less JSON, more Protobufs! (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3196)
• Break cyclic dependency with Logger (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3214)
• Upgrade to C++20 (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3211)
• Added diagnostic logging to AccountStore (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3231)
• Create a vcpkg port for CryptoUtils and remove the submodule (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3241)
• Create a json log for OpenSearch (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3242)
• Remove CUDA (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3243)
• Update scilla image (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3253)

EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine)

• Fix payable constructor does not transfer the paid ethers to the contract address (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3120)
• Add Fireblocks endpoint and test for block receipts (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3124)
• Adding eth_estimateGas (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3133)
• Revert erc20 contract changes (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3136)
• Propagate multiple blockchain related values to evm-ds directly from blockchain (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3036)
• Add Fireblocks tracing v1 (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3144)
• Remove sleep on startup of evm-ds and remove the unixdomain socket (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3145)
• Correct constant for sha3Uncles (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3142)
• Gas estimation fixes (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3146)
• Fix contract size check (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3150)
• Fixing temporarily stoul usage (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3151)
• Adding strToInt helpers (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3153)
• Add blake2 precompile (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3154)
• Special-case revert handling to provide more compatible error handling (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3183)
• Fix simple send of value to an EVM contract (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3189)
• Remove the incorrect handling of eth_coinbase (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3158)
• Don't allow lookup receipt non-EVM (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3199)
• Deduplicate the code around TX creation for eth case (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3200)
• Disable call l64 after gas, disabling the EIP150 (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3228)
• Point to the new version of jsonrpc Rust libs with a more correct fix (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3225)
• Log JSON from evm-ds (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3184)
• Fix gas estimation (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3216)
• Attach proper bloom filter in block response (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3155)

Testing

• Change raw matchers to hardhat chai matchers (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3107)
• Add tags to tests (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3108)
• Move bcinfo contract from evm_ds_test to integration tests (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3080)
• Add FeedDevnet.js script to tests (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3112)
• Fix ParentChild tests (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3117)
• Relax python dependencies in integration test (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3114)
• Fix one failing test of Transfer scenario (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3127)
• Make integration tests work against the evmdev (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3130)
• Add openzeppelin ownable contract tests (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3132)
• Add openzeppelin ERC20 scenario to integration tests (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3134)
• Fix ERC20 test (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3137)
• Add openzeppelin role based contract tests (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3138)
• EVM client tests (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3139)
• Add eth_accounts tests (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3156)
• Add eth_getStorageAt tests (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3159)
• Add failing test of transferring ethers to contract address (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3160)
• Add delegatecall tests (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3203)
• Adding subscription tests (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3193)
• Add --log-jsonrpc option for ethers.js (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3208)
• Add unit tests to conversions where the byte order can be confusing (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3236)
• Fixing subscription tests (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/3235)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/compare/v8.3.0...release/v8.4.0rc3

Scilla Updates

Cherry-picks through(https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2879)

• Provide block number to Scilla via IPC instead of blockchain JSON
• Support timestamp in fetchBlockchainInfo for Scilla IPC server
• Support for contract's codehash in Scilla IPC Server
• Support fetching of Chain ID in fetchBlockchainInfo in Scilla IPC server
• Fix broken test case
• Update Dockerfile with the new scilla tag.

Seed Nodes

• Download historical data before actual persistence download(https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2880)

Code Improvements

• Move templates from .tpp to .cpp with explicit instantiation (#2894)
• Overriding boost with v.1.79 by CMake script (#2908)

Scilla Updates

Cherry-picks through(https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2879)

• Provide block number to Scilla via IPC instead of blockchain JSON
• Support timestamp in fetchBlockchainInfo for Scilla IPC server
• Support for contract's codehash in Scilla IPC Server
• Support fetching of Chain ID in fetchBlockchainInfo in Scilla IPC server
• Fix broken test case

Seed Nodes

• Download historical data before actual persistence download(https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2880)

Code Improvements

• Move templates from .tpp to .cpp with explicit instantiation (#2894)
• Overriding boost with v.1.79 by CMake script (#2908)

Scilla Updates

Cherry-picks through(#2879)

• Provide block number to Scilla via IPC instead of blockchain JSON
• Support timestamp in fetchBlockchainInfo for Scilla IPC server
• Support for contract's codehash in Scilla IPC Server
• Support fetching of Chain ID in fetchBlockchainInfo in Scilla IPC server
• Fix broken test case

Seed Nodes

• Download historical data before actual persistence download(#2880)

This hotfix release contains the following.

• Fetch the latest scilla docker image containing the fix for the scilla-server executable crash because secp256k1 OCaml wrapper libraries did not check (until version 0.4.4) the recid argument is within the bounds calling the unsafe C code which segfault if given incorrect inputs.
• Improve API GetSmartContracts to avoid holding primary mutex for a long time.

Cherry-picks thru #2790

• Set timeout at start daemon for all connections
• add pausing facility
• Ignore latets clock cosig validation in validateDB for iso server
• Bypass validation for missing microblock

Cherry-picks thru #2791

• Added flag nonisoload to allow generate state from statedeltas
• Fix lcov report uploading to CodeCov
• Update bug bounty link
• docs: Zilliqa-JavaScript-Library -> zilliqa-js

• Adding DNS query function for seed nodes (#2483)
• Fix corrupt base state due to timing issue (#2710)
• Improve node startup logging information (#2711)
• Remove NAT logic (#2718)
• Update bug bounty link (#2719)
• Add pause API in isolated server (#2720)
• Set timeout at start daemon for all connections (#2721)
• Avoid txn loss during upgrade of seedpubs and lookups (#2723)
• Reduced logging of GetSmartContractState api request handler (#2726)
• Remove contract states from GetSmartContractState (#2727)
• command line utility to compress specific persistence db (#2732)
• Speedup reconstruction of dscomm starting snapshot of available dsblock (#2734)
• Normal node stuck forever when blacklisted (#2736)
• Improve API GetSmartContracts to avoid holding primary mutex for long time (#2737)
• calculate txblockrate over last 50 txblks stored in memory (#2738)
• Ignore latest block cosig validation in validateDB for iso server (#2740)
• Audit for commits (#2742)
• GetVersion API (#2743)
• Add retry on evconnlistener_new_bind failure (#2744)
• Add shared_lock for GetBalance (#2745)
• Persistence upload/download optimization feature(primary/secondary bucket support) (#2747)
• Prioritize DeserializeDelta call for AccountStore (#2748)
• Individual POW submission to DS Committee (#2750)
• Txn Packet limit should be based on both size and num of txns (#2753)
• Invoke scilla for external library call (#2755)
• Provide block number to Scilla via IPC instead of blockchain JSON (#2757)
• Remove unused m_storage member variable (#2759)
• Remove unused m_rootHash member variable and code references (#2760)
• Bypass validation for missing microblock (#2762)
• Update scilla image to latest master (#2763)
• Removed unused code (#2766)
• Download historical db before persistence download (#2767)
• Update scilla image to latest master (#2769)
• Update scilla image to latest master (#2770)
• Fix Scilla IPC tests. Add BCInfo provider (#2771)
• Added flag nonisoload to allow generate state from statedeltas (#2772)
• Support timestamp in fetchBlockchainInfo for Scilla IPC server (#2773)
• docs: Zilliqa-JavaScript-Library -> zilliqa-js (#2774)
• Support for contract's codehash in Scilla IPC Server (#2775)
• Fix lcov report uploading to CodeCov (#2776)
• Support fetching of Chain ID in fetchBlockchainInfo in Scilla IPC server (#2779)
• Notify cv for priority mutex for Account (#2785)
• Read download_incr_DB config from constants.xml (#2786)

This hot-fix addresses 502 error network issue observed intermittently on staking raw endpoint by some SSN operators. (#2707)

Note:

• This is an optional upgrade for SSN operators
• Miners and regular seed nodes need not upgrade to this version and should remain at v8.1.0
• We encourage all SSN operators to upgrade to v8.1.1 at the earliest time possible

Interoperability support:

• MPT changes for polynet (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2476)
• Purge MPT roots for non-lookup nodes (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2600)
• Reduce logs for MPT (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2601)
• Init Trie calculation made more streamlined (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2602)
• Remove storage of init trie in DB (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2622)
• Store Every Hash for GetProof (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2672)

Improved historical Blockchain-Data storage management:

• Avoid fetching historical MB/TxBodies for seeds/lookups in case of rejoin from S3 (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2587)
• Downloading compressed blockchaindata instead of multiple files (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2592)

Improvement in node syncing:

• Seed node rejoining in case of OUT_OF_SYNC scenarios (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2571)
• Request twice for txblocks when ds node syncing to avoid lagging (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2579)
• Add check on incoming-lowblknum against latest blk num on disk (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2590)
• Remove check against IP for dscommitte in FinishRejoinAsDS (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2611)
• Fix for protobuf deserialization issue on lookups during first rejoin attempt (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2640)
• Fix node is not syncing upon failure to receive DS info during pow start (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2644)

Consensus/Txn related:

• Added extra time for tx distribution at shard level only for first epoch (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2566)
• Avoid cleaning txns if no shard mb was included in fb itself (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2565)
• Avoid transfer balance for contract deployment txn (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2596)
• Mark txns as "PRESENT_VALID_CONSENSUS_NOT_REACHED" when No MB found in FB (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2604)
• Avoid adding for re-deletion in temp if already marked as to be deleted in main (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2643)
• Fix State disappearing after a revert (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2645)
• Add extra txn distribution time before FB consensus when no shard (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2690)

Infrastructure:

• Clear persistence for dsnode and normal node when relaunched by daemon (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2597)

Other Notable Bug-fixes and Improvements:

• Check for leader's pubkey in vc block instead of network info (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2548)
• Check blocknum of pow submission (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2567)
• Add code of pending txn in hashing (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2578)
• Set limit on querying DS Block (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2593)
• Fix dm7 (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2613)
• Add VC9 test - Suspend before response (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2614)
• Fix to avoid delay in switching to POW_SUBMISSION state (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2615)
• Handle pows received before POW_SUBMISSION state (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2629)
• Upgrade jsonrpc to v1.3.0 and add epoll flags to MHD methods (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2633)
• Release unclaimed memory for FetchStateJson (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2664)
• Change JsonRpc port start stop mechanism (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2667)
• Limit fetching for DirBlocks (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2680)
• Fix memleak and force db compaction after each key delete (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2688)
• Remove partialRetrieve from RetrieveDSBlocks (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2689)

Integration of Scilla v0.11.0: release notes - https://github.com/Zilliqa/scilla/releases/tag/v0.11.0

Bug fixes:

• Remove partialRetrieve from RetrieveDSBlocks (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2689)
• Add extra txn distribution time before FB consensus when no shard (https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/pull/2690)