[DO NOT MERGE] Changeset Release Preview - v2.21.0

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Changelog Chainlink Core

2.21.0 - PREVIEW

nops

• #16209 7721d68 - #nops bump chain selector

• #16024 c90c3ef - #nops change chainType from metis to optimismBedrock

• #16061 1328d2f - Increase Zircuit's NoNewFinalizedHeadsThreshold to 40 minutes #nops

added

• #15939 c54d23d - #added Implements rate limiter for workflow executions by workflow engine

• #16485 82fade9 - address codec implementation #added

• #16402 13b7d5a - refactor extradata codec logic and unblock ccip msg optimization using protobuf #added

• #15978 08f4a4a - modify extradatacodec interface to support chain agnostic destExecdata map in ORC report message #added

• #15974 111fe84 - add solana chain reader config support to plugin creator, remove evm specific code #added

• #16457 fb15e16 - remove extra data codec for ocr factory function param #added

• #15974 111fe84 - Add solana chain writer config initialization #added

• #15974 111fe84 - Adding solana message hasher #added

• #16111 ed67890 - remove deprecated function #added

• #16482 080caf9 - remove extradata codec reference on CCIP #added

• #15974 111fe84 - add Solana estimate provider as a no-op #added

• #15974 111fe84 - Solana CCIP plugin codec support for both commit and execute report #added

• #15974 111fe84 - Add solana support for contract transmitter and remove evm depdendency for address encoding #added

• #15925 4fa029f - Integrate MultiNode RPCClientBase with EVM. #added #internal

• #16012 cb1c4ed - Bump chainlink-solana and chainlink-framework dependencies, and add NewHeadsPollInterval to MultiNode and documentation. #internal #added

• #16079 87fad88 - Add telemetry for LLO plugin #added

• #15752 39d0909 - #added add exponential backoff retry to feeds.SyncNodeInfo()

• #16505 e13e567 - #added support importing eth and p2p keys on startup

• #15993 f9c3869 - #added Monad Testnet Config

• #16169 9e7579f - #added Add support for 'standardcapabilities' and 'gateway' jobs to the FMS

• #15977 d2fa4bc - #added a new way to calculate CCIP gas deviation thresholds using a sliding curve approach

changed

• #16206 5175b36 - Fix wasm workflow toml fields #changed

• #16125 3098e2a - Unconditionally track bridge task latency #changed

• #16263 aeb468e - #changed enhanced logging for capabilities' server requests

removed

• #16568 521217e - #removed Remove bash wrappers and call solidity compilation directly.

updated

• #16528 396fe0a - #updated update mcms lib dependency.

• #16074 c1446b4 - #updated Use chainlink-common logger instead of chainlink logger in evm/mercury.

• #16096 b32a669 - #updated Use chainlink-common logger instead of chainlink in the Task interface.

• #16041 413e9d1 - #updated move TxMessage proto files to chainlink-protos.

• #16513 60d011a - #updated Move BoxOutput util function to the only place it is called.

• #16550 73b6542 - #updated Removed unnecessary dependendies from json_normalization_test.go.

• #16076 c253fcc - #updated Use chainlink-common logger instead of the chainlink in evm/*.

• #16564 f638d60 - #updated Fix abigen compilation on Mac.

• #16092 bed6e57 - #updated Use chainlink-common logger instead of chainlink in /evm/client/*.

• #16546 c44201a - #updated Moved Mailboxes.md to docs.

• #15972 7ba8f9a - #updated Move chainlink/common to chainlink-framework/chains.

• #16357 1124020 - #updated Use MustNewSimTransactor from chainlink-integrations instead of its old copy.

• #16433 4539ec5 - #updated Moved a 10-line method DeepCopyLog to the only module calling it.

• #16210 fd126e7 - Start/stop jobs in parallel to improve performance #internal #updated

• #16257 f5de11f - #updated Allow to whitelist IPs in Gateway's HTTP Client

• #16477 d27cae5 - go.mod update in core/scripts #updated

• #16411 227ded3 - #updated ccip-owner-contracts in CLD to latest

db_update

• #16196 f106676 - #db_update introduces new allowNoBootstrapper flag. when set to true, allow bootstrapper list in OCR2 job spec to be empty and enables single-node consensus for testing

bugfix

• #16343 3a0b638 - #bugfix

• #16328 c200abc - #internal #bugfix correct request id to support parallel step execution

internal

• #16203 91f7aba - #internal update go.mod

• #16298 ab06bf0 - #internal remove -dev suffix from ccip contracts

• #16328 c200abc - #internal #bugfix correct request id to support parallel step execution

• #15925 4fa029f - Integrate MultiNode RPCClientBase with EVM. #added #internal

• #16132 141e1c0 - Updated EVM TXM's Finalizer component to reduce the frequency of heavy DB query #internal

• #16352 125f547 - #internal Add Aptos environment and state

• #16012 cb1c4ed - Bump chainlink-solana and chainlink-framework dependencies, and add NewHeadsPollInterval to MultiNode and documentation. #internal #added

• #16287 073eac4 - #internal refactor app startup using cre services

• #16210 fd126e7 - Start/stop jobs in parallel to improve performance #internal #updated

• #16185 a100a37 - #internal upstream AddCapabilities changeset logic

• #16122 9b1fdce - Only show OCR info-level logs with VerboseLogging #internal

• #16166 3a7cfeb - Performance improvements and bugfixes for LLO transmission queue #internal #fixed

  • Reduces required number of DB connections and reduce overall DB transaction load
  • Remove duplicate deletion code from server.go and manage everything in the persistence manager
  • Introduce an application-wide global reaper for last-ditch cleanup effort
  • Implement delete batching for more reliable and incremental deletion
  • Ensure that records are properly removed on exit

• #16023 ef0bf69 - Add missing LINK token addresses #internal

• #16334 5f02ba5 - #internal add binding call to new config initialize method

• #16246 d96c444 - #internal bump core/scripts/go.mod dependencies

untagged

• #16020 5db1008 - Bump to start the next version

• #16366 4704eb5 - fixes inability to approve multiple jobs with same command for standard capabilities

• #16464 8d2b90c - fix(chainlink/deployment): loads unlabeled contracts from address book by default