[DO NOT MERGE] Changeset Release Preview - v2.18.0

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Changelog Chainlink Core

2.18.0 - PREVIEW

nops

• #14364 5d96be59a Thanks @huangzhen1997! - Make websocket URL WSURL for EVM.Nodes optional, and apply logic so that:
  • If WS URL was not provided, SubscribeFilterLogs should fail with an explicit error
  • If WS URL was not provided LogBroadcaster should be disabled
    #nops

added

• #14308 3e9e058da Thanks @kidambisrinivas! - #added log-event-trigger LOOPP capability, using ChainReader

• #14651 8ca41fc8f Thanks @0xnogo! - #added Use ApplyDefaultsAndValidate

• #14588 fc1fefcba Thanks @0xnogo! - #added Add RMNRemote in the chain reader definition

• #14576 0e35bc794 Thanks @aalu1418! - #added solana: compute unit limit configuration and transaction instruction

• #14629 4928e60dd Thanks @huangzhen1997! - Support Zircuit fraud transactions detection and zk overflow detection #added

• #14491 c6e6e213a Thanks @jinhoonbang! - #added HTTP target capability and gateway connector handler

• #14500 d43598103 Thanks @0xnogo! - #added Pass the home chain selector to the commit plugin factory

• #14558 133e34787 Thanks @dhaidashenko! - Added EVM.HeadTracker.PersistenceEnabled config option to disable persistence for HeadTracker. #added

• #14656 004a0de23 Thanks @dimkouv! - #added graceful shutdown for ccip oracles

changed

• #14635 ee1d6e3b1 Thanks @dhaidashenko! - Hedera chain type: broadcast transactions only to a single healthy RPC instead of all healthy RPCs to avoid redundant relay fees. #changed

updated

• #14375 816b25c00 Thanks @vyzaldysanchez! - #updated Workflows Engine loop refactored

• #14530 2c16f4631 Thanks @Madalosso! - #updated default config values for FinalityTagEnabled to match CCIP configs

wip

• #14536 4b977021e Thanks @jinhoonbang! - #wip implement gateway handler that forwards outgoing request from http target capability. introduce gateway http client

bugfix

• #14534 de268e98b Thanks @huangzhen1997! - - register polling subscription to avoid subscription leaking when rpc client gets closed.
  • add a temporary special treatment for SubscribeNewHead before we replace it with SubscribeToHeads. Add a goroutine that forwards new head from poller to caller channel.
  • fix a deadlock in poller, by using a new lock for subs slice in rpc client.
    #bugfix

internal

• #14511 8fa9a67df Thanks @silaslenihan! - #internal Updated QueryKey to be able to do advanced queries on contract event data words

• #14496 25c469880 Thanks @cedric-cordenier! - Add compute capability #internal

• #14631 ad9398a8f Thanks @martin-cll! - Fix for Mercury transmitter decoding reports of a different codec version #internal

• #14603 19690b0c4 Thanks @mateusz-sekara! - Implementing evm specific token data encoder for CCIP #internal

• #14607 eec0ff946 Thanks @winder! - #internal update ccip chainreader config.

• #14624 be774f00a Thanks @mateusz-sekara! - Registering USDC/CCTP events in the ChainReader during oracle creation #internal

• #14575 1b41e69cc Thanks @DylanTinianov! - Bump chainlink-solana and fix tests #internal

• #14668 dacb6a8c7 Thanks @winder! - #internal ccip contract reader config.

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• #14564 8b01661e0 Thanks @momentmaker! - start of next release