cmd/utils: clarify --snap.skip-state-snapshot-download vs --prune.mode=blocks (#20859)

AskAlexSharov · web-flow · commit 1124c7d61a7b · 2026-04-28T22:07:35.000Z
Improves the `--snap.skip-state-snapshot-download` flag description to
distinguish it from `--prune.mode=blocks`: both result in a node without
downloaded state snapshots, but `--prune.mode=blocks` downloads them
then prunes history, while this flag skips the download entirely.
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ var (
 	}
 	SnapSkipStateSnapshotDownloadFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:  "snap.skip-state-snapshot-download",
-		Usage: "Skip state download and start from genesis block",
+		Usage: "Skip state snapshot download and re-execute from genesis to build state. Unlike --prune.mode=blocks which downloads state snapshots then prunes history, this flag skips the download entirely.",
 		Value: false,
 	}
 	SnapP2PManifestFlag = cli.BoolFlag{

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ var (`
`706`	`706`	`}`
`707`	`707`	`SnapSkipStateSnapshotDownloadFlag = cli.BoolFlag{`
`708`	`708`	`Name: "snap.skip-state-snapshot-download",`
`709`		`- Usage: "Skip state download and start from genesis block",`
	`709`	`+ Usage: "Skip state snapshot download and re-execute from genesis to build state. Unlike --prune.mode=blocks which downloads state snapshots then prunes history, this flag skips the download entirely.",`
`710`	`710`	`Value: false,`
`711`	`711`	`}`
`712`	`712`	`SnapP2PManifestFlag = cli.BoolFlag{`