Preparing for Pectra changes

This page outlines breaking changes related to the Ethereum Pectra (Prague-Electra) hard fork for node operators of Metal L2. If you experience difficulty at any stage of this process, please reach out to your contact at Metallicus.

Current schedule based on the last Ethereum ACDC on Jan 23rd 2025. These dates are subject to change based on how devnet-6 goes. Ethereum L1 clients are expected to have a release out by Feb 3rd.

The Pectra upgrade for Holesky L1 proposed activation is on Wed, Feb 12 at 09:32:48 UTC (1739352768).
The Pectra upgrade for Sepolia L1 proposed activation is on Wed, Feb 19 at 15:48:48 UTC (1739980128).
The Pectra upgrade for Ethereum L1 will be activated in March.

What's included in Pectra?

Pectra contains a variety of EIPs, some of which apply to the OP Stack; others do not. The following EIPs are included in Pectra as outlined in the Pectra Devnet 5 notes (opens in a new tab):

For node operators

Node operators will need to upgrade to the respective releases before the activation dates.

These following steps are necessary for every node operator:

Update to the latest release

The software is currently being tested and we expect the releases to be cut by the end of this week (Jan 27th to 31st).

op-node at vTBD
op-geth at vTBD

Verify Your Configuration

Make the following checks to verify that your node is properly configured.

op-node and op-geth will log their configurations at startup
Check that the Pectra time is set to activation-timestamp in the op-node startup logs
Check that the Pectra time is set to activation-timestamp in the op-geth startup logs

Preparing for Pectra Changes Overview