v1.18.2-customdev

Custom devnet build.

v1.18.1

This is version v1.18.1 of the Smart Node with a fix for testnet users running Lighthouse. The update is not required for all the other users.

Smart Node changes:

• Fix: remove deprecated eth1-blocks-per-log-query flag.

v1.18.0

This is version v1.18.0 of the Smart Node with important client updates and Smart Node improvements.
This is a low priority update for both Node Operators and oDAO nodes on Mainnet and a mandatory update for Hoodi testnet users.

https://github.com/rocket-pool/smartnode/releases/tag/v1.18.0

Client Updates

• Geth updated to v1.16.4;
• Besu updated to 25.10.0-RC2 (testnet only);
• Teku updated to v25.9.3;
• Nimbus updated to v25.9.2;
• Nethermind updated to v1.34.1;
• Lodestar updated to v1.35.0;
• Lighthouse updated to v8.0.0-rc.1 (testnet only);
• Prysm updated to v6.1.2;
• Reth updated to v1.8.2;
• Mev-boost updated to v1.10-alpha6 (testnet only);

Smart Node Changes

• New feature: pull images before a docker restart;
• Merged the Saturn branch;
• Megapool menu behind flag enable-saturn;
• Embed git metadata into docker images;
• Remove outdated RPIP-30 message from node status;
• Return empty CID for files without a CID;

To install it, please follow our Smart Node upgrade guide here: https://docs.rocketpool.net/guides/node/updates.html#updating-the-smartnode-stack

Thanks everyone!

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v1.17.3

This is v1.17.3 of the Smart Node with important client updates and Smart Node improvements.

Client Updates

• Geth updated to v1.16.3;
• Besu updated to v25.8.0;
• Teku updated to v25.9.1;
• Nimbus updated to v25.9.0;
• Nethermind updated to v1.33.1 (fixes bug when exiting);

Smart Node Changes

• Changed the mininum enforced gas for oDAO transactions to 50 gwei. The previous 200 gwei value was too high for the current gas usage and was preventing nodes from submitting when they didn't have enough ETH;
• Changed Reth parameters to reduce disk space requirements (Thanks Yorick!);
• Omitting gas prices when estimating. This adjusts the Smart Node for the breaking change on Besu v25.8.0;
• Added an alert for a low ETH balance in the node wallet. By default, the alert will trigger when the balance goes below 0.05 ETH. Users may disable or change the alert threshold by running rocketpool service config, then selecting "Monitoring/Alerting," changing the "Low ETH balance threshold," saving, and exiting.
• Hard coded additional event data in preparation for the history expiry moving window.
• Deprecated the service stats command. Use docker stats -a instead;
• Updated Go to version 1.25.1;

v1.17.3-dev

This is a dev release. DO NOT USE in production as things may break.

v1.17.2

This is v1.17.2 of the Smart Node with client updates and a few Smart Node changes/fixes.

It is a recommended update for Node Operators and oDAO nodes.

Client Updates

• Geth updated to v1.16.2;
• Lodestar updated to v1.33.0;
• Nethermind updated to v1.32.4;
• Nimbus updated to v25.7.1;

Smart Node Changes

• Improved the logic when falling back to the archive URL when the primary clients fail;
• Added warning about minipools not staked on the minipool status command;
• Modified the recovery command to skip inactive keys;
• Modified proposals to allow custom messages;
• Fixed Hoodi gas estimator URL on testnets;
• Fixed Nethermind Pruning.Mode parameter;
• Fixed node/watchtower metrics port when the default is not used;
• Added support for Debian 13;
• Added an onchain proposals metric collector;
• Added Onchain proposal metrics to Grafana Dashboard v1.3.3;
• Refactor using strconv.Quote;

v1.18.0-dev4

This is the devnet-4 version of the Smart Node.

v1.17.2-dev

This is a dev release. Please DO NOT USE it as things may break.

v1.17.1

This is v1.17.1 of the Smart Node, which fixes a few issues and contains new client releases.

This is a low priority update for all users.

Client Updates

• Nethermind updated to v1.32.3;
• Reth updated to v1.6.0;
• Teku updated to v25.7.1;

Smart Node Changes

• Add --validators-builder-registration-default-gas-limit to Teku's VC when using a custom gas value;
• Add enr.ip6 for the Lodestar config;
• Fix error during migration when a parameter is missing;
• Fix alert duplicate key issue (thanks @frenchu for the contribution);
• Updated Go to version 1.24.5;
• Fix cli output and clean up.

v1.18.0-dev

This is the latest release to be used on Devnet-3.