Candidate for 6.0.3 release

[kushti]

PRs merged:

• Put tree version into Ergo tree in /script/p2s #2247
• New public testnet parameters #2252
• Custom public key mining api route in testnet #2287
• Fix for sbt it:test #2294
• Do not try to mine when the blockchain is not synced  #2295

Contributors: @K-Singh , @kushti

Ergo Node v6.0.3 Release Notes

Overview

This release includes enhancements to the mining API, improved test coverage, network type updates, and infrastructure improvements.

🚀 New Features

Mining API Enhancements

• New mining route: Added endpoint to create mining candidates with transactions filtered by a given public key (1a09fb4)
  • Allows miners to include only transactions under their public key
  • New MiningRequest data structure for request parameters
  • Fixes bugs in GenerateCandidate parameter handling (d9794df)

Network Type Updates

• Synthetic network type: Added support for synthetic network type testing (e6a6b57)
• Testnet60 configuration: Added testnet60 settings and configuration (91aa805)
• Updated network type handling for testnet60 compatibility (dc41142)

🔧 Improvements

API & Script

• Tree version in Ergo trees: /script/p2s endpoint now includes tree version information (2fb971c)
• Better error logging: Transaction parsing failures now log the failure reason for easier debugging (47b4464)

Infrastructure

• Docker JDK update: Updated Docker image from openjdk:11-jre-slim to eclipse-temurin:11-jre-jammy (b1739cb)

🧪 Testing

New Test Coverage

• Candidate generation: Added comprehensive tests for candidate generation (539 lines) (247cfeb, b494c23)
• Network type: Added NetworkTypeSpec tests (135 lines) (e6a6b57)
• Mining requests: Added MiningRequestSpec for new mining request validation (115 lines) (1a09fb4)
• Script API: Added ScriptApiRouteSpec tests (114 lines) (e6a6b57)
• Launch parameters: Added LaunchParametersSpec (93 lines) (e6a6b57)

Test Fixes

• Removed outdated mining tests related to v2activationheight (mainnet-only) (dc41142)
• Fixed test failures due to outdated generators (creation height in outputs) (dc41142)

📊 Statistics

• 26 files changed
• +1,133 lines added
• -111 lines removed
• Net: +1,022 lines

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed parameter handling bugs in GenerateCandidate mining requests (d9794df)
• Removed obsolete tests that were failing due to mainnet-only activation heights (dc41142)

⚠️ Breaking Changes

None expected. This release is backward compatible.

📝 Migration Notes

• Docker users: The base image has been updated to eclipse-temurin:11-jre-jammy for better security and support
• Testnet60 operators: New testnet60 configuration is available in testnet.conf
• Miners: New API endpoint available for filtering transactions by public key

🙏 Contributors

• Alexander Chepurnoy - Core development, testing, infrastructure
• K-Singh - Mining API enhancements

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Full commit diff: v6.0.2...v6.0.3