Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into feat/engine-rest-ssz-793

Author: iovoid

.dockerignore

@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 
 **/tmp/
 
+# Heavy test/data assets not needed by the build (saves ~1.4 GB context).
+.git/
+fixtures/blockchain/
+fixtures/blobs/
+fixtures/cache/
+fixtures/rsp/
+fixtures/hive/
+
 # These are backup files generated by rustfmt
 **/*.rs.bk
 
@@ -20,6 +28,7 @@ docs/
 hive/
 ethereum-package/
 tooling/ef_tests/blockchain/vectors
+tooling/ef_tests/blockchain/vectors_zkevm
 tooling/ef_tests/state/vectors
 tooling/sync/multisync_logs/
 dev_ethrex_l1/

.github/actions/build-docker/action.yml

@@ -116,7 +116,11 @@ runs:
           type=registry,ref=${{ inputs.registry }}/${{ github.repository }}:cache-${{ steps.cache-config.outputs.cache_scope }}-${{ inputs.variant }}-${{ steps.cache-config.outputs.platform_safe }}
           type=registry,ref=${{ inputs.registry }}/${{ github.repository }}:cache-main-${{ inputs.variant }}-${{ steps.cache-config.outputs.platform_safe }}
         cache-to: ${{ inputs.cache_write == 'true' && format('type=registry,ref={0}/{1}:cache-{2}-{3}-{4},mode=max', inputs.registry, github.repository, steps.cache-config.outputs.cache_scope, inputs.variant, steps.cache-config.outputs.platform_safe) || format('type=gha,mode=max,scope={0}-{1}-{2}', steps.cache-config.outputs.cache_scope, inputs.variant, steps.cache-config.outputs.platform_safe) }}
-        build-args: ${{ inputs.build_args }}
+        build-args: |
+          ${{ inputs.build_args }}
+          GIT_SHA=${{ github.sha }}
+          GIT_BRANCH=${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
+          VERSION=${{ github.ref_type == 'tag' && github.ref_name || format('dev-{0}', github.sha) }}
         platforms: ${{ inputs.platforms }}
 
     # Since we're exporting the image as a tar, we need to load it manually as well

.github/actions/snapsync-run/action.yml

@@ -50,8 +50,14 @@ runs:
         IMAGE_TAG: ${{ inputs.ethrex_tag }}
       run: |
         echo "Building ethrex with profile: ${BUILD_PROFILE}"
+        GIT_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+        GIT_BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+        VERSION=$(git describe --tags --always --dirty 2>/dev/null || echo dev)
         docker build \
           --build-arg PROFILE="${BUILD_PROFILE}" \
+          --build-arg GIT_SHA="${GIT_SHA}" \
+          --build-arg GIT_BRANCH="${GIT_BRANCH}" \
+          --build-arg VERSION="${VERSION}" \
           -t ethrex-local:${IMAGE_TAG} \
           -f Dockerfile .
 

.gitignore

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ tooling/sync/multisync_logs/
 /hive/
 ethereum-package/
 
-.docker_build_stamp
 .ef_tests_stamp_file
 
 **/.DS_Store

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
 
 ## Perf
 
+### 2026-06-03
+
+- Short-circuit the `KECCAK256` opcode on zero-length input by returning the precomputed `keccak256("")` constant, skipping the permutation [#6775](https://github.com/lambdaclass/ethrex/pull/6775)
+
+### 2026-05-27
+
+- Prefetch all BAL storage synchronously before execution [#6732](https://github.com/lambdaclass/ethrex/pull/6732)
+
 ### 2026-05-19
 
 - Lazy BAL cursor for per-tx parallel execution [#6669](https://github.com/lambdaclass/ethrex/pull/6669)

Cargo.lock

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 default-members = ["cmd/ethrex"]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "13.0.0"
+version = "15.0.0"
 edition = "2024"
 authors = ["LambdaClass"]
 documentation = "https://docs.ethrex.xyz"
@@ -55,6 +55,17 @@ debug = 2
 inherits = "release"
 debug-assertions = true
 
+# Used by the ef_tests targets: keeps release-grade opt-level for the hot EVM /
+# trie / RLP paths but drops thin-LTO, raises codegen-units, and uses
+# line-tables-only debuginfo so cargo test rebuilds finish in a fraction of the
+# time of release-with-debug.
+[profile.release-fast]
+inherits = "release"
+lto = false
+codegen-units = 16
+debug = "line-tables-only"
+incremental = true
+
 [workspace.dependencies]
 ethrex-blockchain = { path = "./crates/blockchain", default-features = false }
 ethrex-common = { path = "./crates/common", default-features = false }