[DO NOT MERGE] Changeset Release Preview - v2.16.0

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Changelog Chainlink Core

2.16.0 - PREVIEW

added

• #14100 6a9528d Thanks @huangzhen1997! - add error handling when arbitrum sequencer is not accessible #added

• #14099 1d1af81 Thanks @huangzhen1997! - add error handle for gnosis chiado for seen tx #added

• #14068 6ab3eb5 Thanks @asoliman92! - #added merging core/capabilities/ccip from https://github.com/smartcontractkit/ccip

• #13647 a41b353 Thanks @bukata-sa! - #added Report new heads as a telemetry to OTI

• #13981 6ef1d6e Thanks @amaechiokolobi! - error handling for Treasure #added

• #14043 55e7c8b Thanks @asoliman92! - Added CCIP plugins code from https://github.com/smartcontractkit/ccip/ #added

• #13987 c1bd103 Thanks @KodeyThomas! - #added L3X Config

• #13862 05ef7fd Thanks @martin-cll! - New Mercury v4 report schema #added

• #13990 98fc881 Thanks @flodesi! - #added Add Astar TerminallyUnderpriced error mapping

• #14053 4f0f780 Thanks @DylanTinianov! - Added custom client error messages for Mantle to capture InsufficientEth and Fatal errors. #added

• #13907 1eaf5e08 Thanks @dhaidashenko! - Added new health check that ensures RPC provides new finalized heads at least every NoNewFinalizedHeadsThreshold #added

updated

• #14112 1b58436 Thanks @giogam! - #updated Sync feeds-manager wsrpc proto

• #13756 c92a721 Thanks @vyzaldysanchez! - #updated Adds DB syncing for registry syncer

• #14014 c2c31c0 Thanks @Madalosso! - #updated Update Polygon configs to match PIP-35

bugfix

• #14057 e0850a6 Thanks @reductionista! - #bugfix Addresses 2 minor issues with the pruning of LogPoller's db tables: logs not matching any filter will now be pruned, and rows deleted are now properly reported for observability

• #14125 8fa8c3a Thanks @bukata-sa! - #bugfix balance shutdown deadlock

internal

• #14138 69335dc Thanks @silaslenihan! - #internal Exposed Confirmed state to ChainWriter GetTransactionStatus method

• #14132 2e314cd Thanks @amit-momin! - Updated ZK overflow detection to skip transactions with non-broadcasted attempts. Delayed detection for zkEVM using the MinAttempts config. Updated XLayer to use the same detection logic as zkEVM. #internal

• #13794 c330def Thanks @Farber98! - remove dependency on FinalityDepth in EVM TXM code. #internal

• #14096 3f0fad6 Thanks @Farber98! - use FilteredLogs in EventBinding GetLatestValue instead of manual filtering. #internal

• #14095 aa4e981 Thanks @cedric-cordenier! - #internal Change CapabilityType to string; remove possiblity of a panic

• #13957 20dbba8 Thanks @amit-momin! - Added nonce validation immediately after broadcast for Hedera #internal

• #13638 2312827 Thanks @amit-momin! - Introduced finalized transaction state. Added a finalizer component to the TXM to mark transactions as finalized. #internal

• #14016 8b9f2b6 Thanks @ilija42! - #internal Add evm Chain Reader GetLatestValue support for filtering on indexed topic types that get hashed.

• #14033 375e17b Thanks @Farber98! - Change ChainReader Block primitive field from int to string. #internal

• #13999 2a032e8 Thanks @amit-momin! - Updated AutoPurge.Threshold and AutoPurge.MinAttempts configs to only be required for heuristic and added content-type header for Scroll API #internal

• #14021 bd648bd Thanks @dhaidashenko! - Added custom finality calculation for Astar #internal

• #14127 5e99bdb Thanks @amit-momin! - Added client error classification for terminally stuck transactions in the TXM #internal

• #14018 82accff Thanks @ettec! - #internal fix to keystone e2e test dispatcher to correctly mock duplicate registration error

• #13876 15dc74c Thanks @dhaidashenko! - Custom (30s) timeout for Hedera RPC requests with large payloads (SendTransaction, CallContext, etc.) #internal

• #14092 3399dd6 Thanks @cds95! - #internal prevent editing whether or not a DON accepts workflows

• #14030 d90bb66 Thanks @ettec! - #internal restore common version to head of develop

• #14105 eb31cf7 Thanks @ettec! - #internal speed up keystone e2e tests

• #14047 d963b0a Thanks @ettec! - #internal fix the mock trigger to ensure events are sent

• #13935 7ec99ef Thanks @ettec! - #internal ensure remote target request hash is deterministic

• #14017 1257d33 Thanks @DeividasK! - #internal

• #14059 40f4bec Thanks @DeividasK! - #internal

• #13993 f5e0bd6 Thanks @DeividasK! - #internal

• #14066 98b9054 Thanks @DeividasK! - #internal

• #14050 537d2ec Thanks @ettec! - #internal fix data race in syncer launcher

• #13970 cefbb09 Thanks @cds95! - #internal prevent reentrancy when configuring DON in Capabilities Registry

untagged

• #13948 3b4c2b5 Thanks @chainchad! - Initialize start of v2.16.0 release