Support rpc pending block tag when estimating gas (#7951)

Signed-off-by: Fabio Di Fabio <[email protected]>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   - Fast Sync
 
 ### Additions and Improvements
+- Proper support for `pending` block tag when calling `eth_estimateGas` and `eth_createAccessList` [#7951](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7951)
 
 ### Bug fixes
 -  Correct default parameters for frontier transactions in `eth_call` and `eth_estimateGas` [#7965](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7965)
@@ -68,7 +69,6 @@
 - Add histogram to Prometheus metrics system [#7944](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7944)
 - Improve newPayload and FCU logs [#7961](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7961)
 
-
 ### Bug fixes
 - Fix registering new metric categories from plugins [#7825](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7825)
 - Fix CVE-2024-47535 [7878](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7878)

acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ThreadBesuNodeRunner.java

@@ -396,9 +396,14 @@ TransactionSimulator provideTransactionSimulator(
         final Blockchain blockchain,
         final WorldStateArchive worldStateArchive,
         final ProtocolSchedule protocolSchedule,
+        final MiningConfiguration miningConfiguration,
         final ApiConfiguration apiConfiguration) {
       return new TransactionSimulator(
-          blockchain, worldStateArchive, protocolSchedule, apiConfiguration.getGasCap());
+          blockchain,
+          worldStateArchive,
+          protocolSchedule,
+          miningConfiguration,
+          apiConfiguration.getGasCap());
     }
 
     @Provides

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/controller/BesuControllerBuilder.java

@@ -626,7 +626,11 @@ public BesuController build() {
 
     transactionSimulator =
         new TransactionSimulator(
-            blockchain, worldStateArchive, protocolSchedule, apiConfiguration.getGasCap());
+            blockchain,
+            worldStateArchive,
+            protocolSchedule,
+            miningConfiguration,
+            apiConfiguration.getGasCap());
 
     final var consensusContext =
         createConsensusContext(blockchain, worldStateArchive, protocolSchedule);

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/services/TransactionSimulationServiceImpl.java

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Hash;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Transaction;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.chain.Blockchain;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.ImmutableTransactionValidationParams;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.TransactionValidationParams;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.ValidationResult;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.processing.TransactionProcessingResult;
@@ -35,11 +34,6 @@
 /** TransactionSimulationServiceImpl */
 @Unstable
 public class TransactionSimulationServiceImpl implements TransactionSimulationService {
-  private static final TransactionValidationParams SIMULATOR_ALLOWING_EXCEEDING_BALANCE =
-      ImmutableTransactionValidationParams.builder()
-          .from(TransactionValidationParams.transactionSimulator())
-          .isAllowExceedingBalance(true)
-          .build();
   private Blockchain blockchain;
   private TransactionSimulator transactionSimulator;
 
@@ -57,46 +51,50 @@ public void init(final Blockchain blockchain, final TransactionSimulator transac
     this.transactionSimulator = transactionSimulator;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public Optional<TransactionSimulationResult> simulate(
-      final Transaction transaction,
-      final Hash blockHash,
-      final OperationTracer operationTracer,
-      final boolean isAllowExceedingBalance) {
-    return simulate(
-        transaction, Optional.empty(), blockHash, operationTracer, isAllowExceedingBalance);
-  }
-
   @Override
   public Optional<TransactionSimulationResult> simulate(
       final Transaction transaction,
       final Optional<AccountOverrideMap> maybeAccountOverrides,
-      final Hash blockHash,
+      final Optional<Hash> maybeBlockHash,
       final OperationTracer operationTracer,
       final boolean isAllowExceedingBalance) {
 
     final CallParameter callParameter = CallParameter.fromTransaction(transaction);
 
-    final var maybeBlockHeader =
-        blockchain.getBlockHeader(blockHash).or(() -> blockchain.getBlockHeaderSafe(blockHash));
+    if (maybeBlockHash.isPresent()) {
+      final Hash blockHash = maybeBlockHash.get();
+
+      final var maybeBlockHeader =
+          blockchain.getBlockHeader(blockHash).or(() -> blockchain.getBlockHeaderSafe(blockHash));
+
+      if (maybeBlockHeader.isEmpty()) {
+        return Optional.of(
+            new TransactionSimulationResult(
+                transaction,
+                TransactionProcessingResult.invalid(
+                    ValidationResult.invalid(TransactionInvalidReason.BLOCK_NOT_FOUND))));
+      }
 
-    if (maybeBlockHeader.isEmpty()) {
-      return Optional.of(
-          new TransactionSimulationResult(
-              transaction,
-              TransactionProcessingResult.invalid(
-                  ValidationResult.invalid(TransactionInvalidReason.BLOCK_NOT_FOUND))));
+      return transactionSimulator
+          .process(
+              callParameter,
+              isAllowExceedingBalance
+                  ? TransactionValidationParams.transactionSimulatorAllowExceedingBalance()
+                  : TransactionValidationParams.transactionSimulator(),
+              operationTracer,
+              maybeBlockHeader.get())
+          .map(res -> new TransactionSimulationResult(transaction, res.result()));
     }
 
     return transactionSimulator
-        .process(
+        .processOnPending(
             callParameter,
             maybeAccountOverrides,
             isAllowExceedingBalance
-                ? SIMULATOR_ALLOWING_EXCEEDING_BALANCE
+                ? TransactionValidationParams.transactionSimulatorAllowExceedingBalance()
                 : TransactionValidationParams.transactionSimulator(),
             operationTracer,
-            maybeBlockHeader.get())
+            transactionSimulator.simulatePendingBlockHeader())
         .map(res -> new TransactionSimulationResult(transaction, res.result()));
   }
 }

consensus/clique/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/clique/blockcreation/CliqueMinerExecutorTest.java

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public void extraDataCreatedOnEpochBlocksContainsValidators() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void extraDataForNonEpochBlocksDoesNotContainValidaors() {
+  public void extraDataForNonEpochBlocksDoesNotContainValidators() {
     final Bytes vanityData = generateRandomVanityData();
 
     final MiningConfiguration miningConfiguration = createMiningConfiguration(vanityData);

consensus/qbft/src/integration-test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/qbft/support/TestContextBuilder.java

@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ private static ControllerAndState createControllerAndFinalState(
       final boolean useFixedBaseFee,
       final List<QbftFork> qbftForks) {
 
-    final MiningConfiguration miningParams =
+    final MiningConfiguration miningConfiguration =
         ImmutableMiningConfiguration.builder()
             .mutableInitValues(
                 MutableInitValues.builder()
@@ -445,7 +445,8 @@ private static ControllerAndState createControllerAndFinalState(
 
     final BftValidatorOverrides validatorOverrides = convertBftForks(qbftForks);
     final TransactionSimulator transactionSimulator =
-        new TransactionSimulator(blockChain, worldStateArchive, protocolSchedule, 0L);
+        new TransactionSimulator(
+            blockChain, worldStateArchive, protocolSchedule, miningConfiguration, 0L);
 
     final BlockValidatorProvider blockValidatorProvider =
         BlockValidatorProvider.forkingValidatorProvider(
@@ -496,7 +497,7 @@ private static ControllerAndState createControllerAndFinalState(
             protocolContext,
             protocolSchedule,
             forksSchedule,
-            miningParams,
+            miningConfiguration,
             localAddress,
             BFT_EXTRA_DATA_ENCODER,
             ethScheduler);

consensus/qbft/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/qbft/validator/ValidatorContractController.java

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.qbft.validator;
 
 import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Address;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.ImmutableTransactionValidationParams;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.TransactionValidationParams;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.transaction.CallParameter;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.transaction.TransactionSimulator;
@@ -94,10 +93,7 @@ private Optional<TransactionSimulatorResult> callFunction(
     final CallParameter callParams =
         new CallParameter(null, contractAddress, -1, null, null, payload);
     final TransactionValidationParams transactionValidationParams =
-        ImmutableTransactionValidationParams.builder()
-            .from(TransactionValidationParams.transactionSimulator())
-            .isAllowExceedingBalance(true)
-            .build();
+        TransactionValidationParams.transactionSimulatorAllowExceedingBalance();
     return transactionSimulator.process(
         callParams, transactionValidationParams, OperationTracer.NO_TRACING, blockNumber);
   }

ethereum/api/src/integration-test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/JsonRpcTestMethodsFactory.java

@@ -97,12 +97,13 @@ public JsonRpcTestMethodsFactory(final BlockchainImporter importer) {
       final BlockImporter blockImporter = protocolSpec.getBlockImporter();
       blockImporter.importBlock(context, block, HeaderValidationMode.FULL);
     }
+    final var miningConfiguration = MiningConfiguration.newDefault();
     this.blockchainQueries =
-        new BlockchainQueries(
-            protocolSchedule, blockchain, stateArchive, MiningConfiguration.newDefault());
+        new BlockchainQueries(protocolSchedule, blockchain, stateArchive, miningConfiguration);
 
     this.transactionSimulator =
-        new TransactionSimulator(blockchain, stateArchive, protocolSchedule, 0L);
+        new TransactionSimulator(
+            blockchain, stateArchive, protocolSchedule, miningConfiguration, 0L);
   }
 
   public JsonRpcTestMethodsFactory(
@@ -115,15 +116,14 @@ public JsonRpcTestMethodsFactory(
     this.stateArchive = stateArchive;
     this.context = context;
     this.protocolSchedule = importer.getProtocolSchedule();
+    final var miningConfiguration = MiningConfiguration.newDefault();
     this.blockchainQueries =
         new BlockchainQueries(
-            importer.getProtocolSchedule(),
-            blockchain,
-            stateArchive,
-            MiningConfiguration.newDefault());
+            importer.getProtocolSchedule(), blockchain, stateArchive, miningConfiguration);
     this.synchronizer = mock(Synchronizer.class);
     this.transactionSimulator =
-        new TransactionSimulator(blockchain, stateArchive, protocolSchedule, 0L);
+        new TransactionSimulator(
+            blockchain, stateArchive, protocolSchedule, miningConfiguration, 0L);
   }
 
   public JsonRpcTestMethodsFactory(
@@ -138,14 +138,13 @@ public JsonRpcTestMethodsFactory(
     this.context = context;
     this.synchronizer = synchronizer;
     this.protocolSchedule = importer.getProtocolSchedule();
+    final var miningConfiguration = MiningConfiguration.newDefault();
     this.blockchainQueries =
         new BlockchainQueries(
-            importer.getProtocolSchedule(),
-            blockchain,
-            stateArchive,
-            MiningConfiguration.newDefault());
+            importer.getProtocolSchedule(), blockchain, stateArchive, miningConfiguration);
     this.transactionSimulator =
-        new TransactionSimulator(blockchain, stateArchive, protocolSchedule, 0L);
+        new TransactionSimulator(
+            blockchain, stateArchive, protocolSchedule, miningConfiguration, 0L);
   }
 
   public BlockchainQueries getBlockchainQueries() {

ethereum/api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/graphql/internal/pojoadapter/BlockAdapterBase.java

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.BlockHeader;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.Difficulty;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.LogWithMetadata;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.ImmutableTransactionValidationParams;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.ProtocolSchedule;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.TransactionValidationParams;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.rlp.BytesValueRLPOutput;
@@ -359,14 +358,9 @@ private Optional<CallResult> executeCall(final DataFetchingEnvironment environme
             data,
             Optional.empty());
 
-    ImmutableTransactionValidationParams.Builder transactionValidationParams =
-        ImmutableTransactionValidationParams.builder()
-            .from(TransactionValidationParams.transactionSimulator());
-    transactionValidationParams.isAllowExceedingBalance(true);
-
     return transactionSimulator.process(
         param,
-        transactionValidationParams.build(),
+        TransactionValidationParams.transactionSimulatorAllowExceedingBalance(),
         OperationTracer.NO_TRACING,
         (mutableWorldState, transactionSimulatorResult) ->
             transactionSimulatorResult.map(