chore(main): release taiko-alethia-client-rs 2.1.0

[taiko-kitty]

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2.1.0 (2026-03-13)

Features

• protocol,taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: upgrade preconf whitelist in DeployProtocolOnL1 (#20700) (4e84208)
• protocol: remove MIN_ANCHOR_OFFSET from Shasta derivation (#20967) (1423e4a)
• taiko-client-rs: add preconfirmation-client SDK crate for P2P network integration (#21018) (d0b6029)
• taiko-client-rs: add comprehensive metrics and observability instrumentation for whitelist preconfirmation driver (#21300) (c9f18ec)
• taiko-client-rs: add engine mode for payload building via FCU + get_payload (#21186) (01d7b25)
• taiko-client-rs: add function to decode a single blob (#21318) (e0aeb19)
• taiko-client-rs: add local Shasta codec decoder with CLI flag (#20726) (b66f507)
• taiko-client-rs: add loopback delivery for local RPC publishes (#21386) (1dcf91c)
• taiko-client-rs: add reqresp direct lookup path (#21379) (007d635)
• taiko-client-rs: add whitelist preconf RPC server and P2P publishing (#21312) (00bad73)
• taiko-client-rs: add whitelist preconfirmation driver and optimize envelope cache (#21289) (f6faa5c)
• taiko-client-rs: allow multiple blobs to be coded into sidecar (#20955) (85125ec)
• taiko-client-rs: changes based on protocol #20584 and #20590 (#20602) (c252aca)
• taiko-client-rs: check Shasta fork activation based on timestamp (#20621) (9fd1bb0)
• taiko-client-rs: derive Debug to ShastaEventIndexer struct on event-indexer rust crate (#20515) (b11cec4)
• taiko-client-rs: extend PreconfSignerResolver trait (#21117) (c6bdcb9)
• taiko-client-rs: fallback search for start_tag by inbox activation timestamp (#20813) (41ca4aa)
• taiko-client-rs: gate net dependencies for zkvm (#21204) (c1365d3)
• taiko-client-rs: get_preconf_slot_info API for the taiko-client-rs (#21279) (26f8c95)
• taiko-client-rs: index anchor::BondInstruction instead of codec::BondInstruction (#20622) (11cb8be)
• taiko-client-rs: introduce detect_known_canonical_proposal checks (#20683) (5692536)
• taiko-client-rs: introduce LookaheadResolver (#20905) (23e3ea0)
• taiko-client-rs: introduce RESUME_REORG_CUSHION_SLOTS for driver (#20679) (ae3dc5a)
• taiko-client-rs: introduce preconfirmation interface (#20871) (e30d8b5)
• taiko-client-rs: introduce Rust driver RPC for permission-less preconfirmation (#21132) (1f58006)
• taiko-client-rs: introduce Shasta driver rust crate (#20368) (7827f52)
• taiko-client-rs: prevent preconfirmation reorgs of event-synced L2 history (#21316) (3b01390)
• taiko-client-rs: refactor preconfirmation-client into preconfirmation-driver with embedded driver support (#21200) (a33b8f7)
• taiko-client-rs: rename RPC to REST and harden REST server (#21326) (8db8de2)
• taiko-client-rs: replace lookahead-based whitelist validation with configured sequencer allowlist (#21329) (2b030b9)
• taiko-client-rs: rust client updates based on sequential proving (#20921) (073b2bd)
• taiko-client-rs: rust client updates based on Shasta AnchorForkRouter protocol changes (#20548) (be58b46)
• taiko-client-rs: strict inbound preconf gossipsub validation (#21328) (1e80e32)
• taiko-client-rs: support configurable L1 transports (#21450) (8a07036)
• taiko-client-rs: update Rust contract bindings (#20812) (c29c755)
• taiko-client-rs: wire finalized Shasta proposal into forkchoice updates (#20809) (a1a72e4)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: align Shasta manifest validation with the latest protocol updates (#20775) (5e18853)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: changes based on protocol PR #20986 (#20990) (07ad17c)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: changes based on the latest Shasta consecutive proofs submission design (#20979) (f9e6bc4)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: client updates for moving bond processing to L1 (#21078) (68fa85d)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: make anchor/timestamp offsets chain-aware (#21427) (2dc51f0)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: only allow one block per forced inclusion (#20778) (685445a)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: remove --propose.anchorOffset flag (#21053) (eb0f198)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: remove blockIndex in anchorV4 (#20610) (1ce7094)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: remove designatedProver from transition (#21109) (98d9135)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: update BLOCK_GAS_LIMIT_MAX_CHANGE to 200 (#21114) (56353ce)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: update MaxBlockGasLimit to 45_000_000 (#20788) (4f31233)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: update Proposed event signature (#21052) (5b94117)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: update blob offset validation for Shasta proposals (#21148) (74194df)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: update Go / Rust contract bindings (#21011) (fc8c3fb)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: update Go / Rust contract bindings (#21019) (6fb8bb2)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: update Go / Rust contract bindings (#21026) (d8741f1)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: update Go / Rust contract bindings (#21035) (9ee7108)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: update Go / Rust contract bindings (#21050) (a0d76ba)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: updates related to new Shasta Proposed event (#21040) (d29355a)

Bug Fixes

• taiko-client-rs: add DNS support to libp2p transport configuration (#21355) (d7840f2)
• taiko-client-rs: add TTL cache for whitelist sequencer lookups (#21299) (28ffca4)
• taiko-client-rs: align /status and fee range checks with go (#21335) (06f7ec0)
• taiko-client-rs: better caching based on nethermind code (#21304) (4414a7c)
• taiko-client-rs: fix docker build CI (#21140) (6088b45)
• taiko-client-rs: fix tx-list RLP format in whitelist preconfirmation zlib codec (#21310) (ad01db8)
• taiko-client-rs: make Shasta event sync resilient on genesis and pre-finality startup (#21348) (9e5b426)
• taiko-client-rs: preconf_tip fallback (#21413) (6fa6bd0)
• taiko-client-rs: remove anchor gas subtraction from engine params gas limit (#21203) (4999719)
• taiko-client-rs: remove redundant 'to' override; rely on contract binding address (#20628) (2a60c95)
• taiko-client-rs: support enode:// bootnode URLs in whitelist preconfirmation driver (#21309) (7a9d99b)
• taiko-client-rs: use trusted resume head for event sync (checkpoint head or head_l1_origin) (#21331) (c500e8a)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: default SHASTA fork path and make protocol dir configurable for bindings (#21376) (461a0d1)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: ensure forced inclusion manifests reuse proposer auth (#20747) (6432f1c)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: ensure Shasta low-bond proposals set block.extradata bit even for default payloads (#20745) (095311b)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: only apply default low-bond manifests for normal proposer sources (#20748) (aa1956a)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: remove the finalizationGracePeriod check in getTransitionsForFinalization (#20693) (35301ae)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: update TIMESTAMP_MAX_OFFSET (#20969) (4a49518)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: update gas-limit clamp (#20746) (c2c12b5)
• taiko-client: close event filter iterators (#21374) (b4627ea)

Chores

• deps: bump the cargo group across 5 directories with 1 update (#21264) (75a5e00)
• deps: bump the cargo group across 5 directories with 2 updates (#21116) (c76e37a)
• ejector,repo,taiko-client-rs: improve code comments clarity (#21055) (486a6e3)
• protocol,taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: cherry pick pr 20762 (#20763) (09ff83f)
• protocol: add MAX_BLOCK_GAS_LIMIT (#20522) (9878f60)
• taiko-client-rs, taiko-client: address ci timeout (#21153) (3260855)
• taiko-client-rs,preconfirmation-p2p: enforce docs and clippy standards && update AGENTS.md (#21333) (cf5991e)
• taiko-client-rs: add more metrics for driver (#20751) (9d10a1c)
• taiko-client-rs: alethia reth update to 03fc0929b324aff68ee5bc26f1c0a8169b58060b (#21458) (af0f38b)
• taiko-client-rs: build the LookaheadResolver with a scanner task (#21295) (5d49db8)
• taiko-client-rs: bump alethia-reth and tolerate Shasta origin lookup uncertainty (#21227) (db069a2)
• taiko-client-rs: bump event-scanner to 0.8.0-alpha (#21024) (9961a31)
• taiko-client-rs: bump event-scanner to 1.0.0 (#21174) (21ddb06)
• taiko-client-rs: bump event-scanner to v1.0.0-rc.1 (#21115) (07fe663)
• taiko-client-rs: bump alethia-reth dependency and reuse payload_id_taiko (#21183) (f8ba38d)
• taiko-client-rs: bump alethia-reth deps to latest main (#21462) (6640f00)
• taiko-client-rs: bump dependency ver (#21352) (087a04c)
• taiko-client-rs: bump Docker build Rust toolchain (#21398) (911679f)
• taiko-client-rs: bump rust event-scanner dep to 0.4.0-alpha (#20595) (311ed4e)
• taiko-client-rs: improve comments (#21344) (748467c)
• taiko-client-rs: improve rust driver logging and derivation pipeline (#20651) (0ca71a4)
• taiko-client-rs: make preconf server API methods public to be accessed by crate users (#21296) (a099505)
• taiko-client-rs: manifest decoding errors instead of None (#21168) (18d09fe)
• taiko-client-rs: missing driver crate licence (#21308) (dba22a9)
• taiko-client-rs: preserve lookahead error semantics for slot info RPC (#21286) (7b50fce)
• taiko-client-rs: several improvments for preconfirmation-driver (#21330) (d6d67ec)
• taiko-client-rs: support Masaya chain id 167011 in Shasta fork config (#21301) (938c05d)
• taiko-client-rs: update event-scanner && alethia-reth (#20805) (811e34d)
• taiko-client-rs: update base image from ubuntu 22.04 to 24.04 (#21415) (0b7e0f6)
• taiko-client-rs: update Shasta constants (#21266) (cab48cc)
• taiko-client-rs: use taikoAuth batch lookups and error handling (#21241) (ca00003)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: update Go / Rust contract bindings (#20711) (15ccd79)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: update Go / Rust contract bindings (#20961) (f1118e6)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: update Go / Rust contract bindings (#21171) (96d2f0a)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: update Go / Rust contract bindings (#21176) (fe6a678)
• taiko-client,taiko-client-rs: update Go / Rust contract bindings (#21193) (34c446d)
• taiko-client: improve ResetL1Current to set Shasta anchor number (#20761) (14f9367)

Documentation

• taiko-client-rs: codify cross-crate preconfirmation/event-sync guardrails and invariant references (#21334) (8ef6d54)

Code Refactoring

• protocol,taiko-client-rs,taiko-client: move LibManifest constants to Derivation.md (#20545) (da27f44)
• protocol: clean up folder structure and remove Pacaya contracts (#20413) (697cf80)
• taiko-client-rs, preconfirmation-p2p: simplify codebase by consolidating single-file submodules (#21142) (41ec2ee)
• taiko-client-rs: avoid cloning preconfirmation execution payload (#21027) (2b6c078)
• taiko-client-rs: centralize whitelist-preconfirmation-driver error handling and harden validation paths (#21390) (c2ca581)
• taiko-client-rs: introduce DriverApiError for driver preconf RPC errors (#21139) (da8a475)
• taiko-client-rs: remove proposal-id/canonical-tip wiring and use confirmed head-state sync (#21332) (519e9c6)
• taiko-client-rs: remove some duplicated logs (#21137) (19e2438)
• taiko-client-rs: simplify some implementations in whitelist-preconfirmation-driver crate (#21421) (3977c46)
• taiko-client-rs: split oversized modules and simplify network / server flows (#21389) (084f090)
• taiko-client-rs: split whitelist network runtime and bootstrap setup (#21405) (43497de)

Tests

• taiko-client-rs: add event‑driven preconfirmation P2P integration test and pre‑dial hooks (#21144) (85ee841)
• taiko-client-rs: comprehensive E2E tests for preconfirmation and driver flows (#21151) (22487b7)
• taiko-client-rs: use test-context to simplify tests (#20866) (5176f13)
• taiko-client-rs: use WS endpoints for ShastaEnv test providers (#21254) (d42b051)

Workflow

• repo: fix taiko-client-rs test workflow (#21393) (6b940a3)
• taiko-client, taiko-client-rs: improve ci timeout (#21159) (3b7d6e8)

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PR Review Complete

Todo List:

• Read the new CHANGELOG.md file
• Check changelog format consistency with other packages
• Review referenced commits and PRs
• Assess release versioning practices
• Provide comprehensive review feedback

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Review Feedback

This is a release-please automated PR that adds a CHANGELOG.md file for the taiko-alethia-client-rs package version 2.0.0. Here's my analysis:

✅ Code Quality & Best Practices

• Format Consistency: The changelog follows the exact same format as other packages in the monorepo (checked against taiko-client/CHANGELOG.md)
• Standard Structure: Uses conventional changelog format with Features and Bug Fixes sections
• Proper Linking: All PR/issue references and commit hashes are properly linked

⚠️ Potential Issues

1. Broken Compare Link: The version comparison link taiko-alethia-client-rs-v2.0.0...taiko-alethia-client-rs-v2.0.0 compares the same tag to itself, making it non-functional. This should compare from the previous version.

2. Missing Previous Version Context: Since this appears to be the first changelog for this package, there's no indication of what version this is coming from (was this previously unversioned?).

📦 Release Versioning Assessment

• Major Version Bump Justified: The 2.0.0 version is appropriate given that PR feat(taiko-client): introduce Shasta event-indexer / proposer rust crates #20293 introduced new Rust crates (event-indexer and proposer), which represents significant new functionality
• Semantic Versioning: Follows semantic versioning correctly with major version for new features

🔒 Security & Performance

• No Security Concerns: This is purely documentation with no executable code
• No Performance Impact: Documentation-only change

🧪 Test Coverage

• N/A: No tests needed for changelog documentation
• Verification: The referenced PRs (feat(taiko-client): introduce Shasta event-indexer / proposer rust crates #20293, fix(ejector, repo): refactor ejector Cargo.toml into package, fix release please #20391) have been verified as merged

📋 Minor Improvements

• The changelog correctly categorizes the ejector/release-please fix as a "Bug Fix" rather than a feature
• All commit references are accurate and correspond to actual merged changes

Overall Assessment: This is a clean, automated release that follows project conventions. The only issue is the self-referencing compare link, which is likely a release-please configuration issue that should be addressed in future releases.

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