EL Specs Calls, Tue 4th August & Thu 6th August, 2026

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Weekly Agenda

Rapid-fire Status Updates

Every team member gives a 60 second TLDR on their current work, highlighting any blockers, chosen by the Wheel.

Anything that can't be resolved within 60s should be scheduled for discussion later in the call.

Tuesday Agenda Points

• Dan is back from OOO
• Glamsterdam, v8.1.0 release with updated repricing numbers, ported static test skip list
• Hegota, merge Guru's refactor PR for frames
• Benchmarking: Benchmark Full Suite Generation Tracker ethereum/execution-specs#3281
• Where should t8n live, @gurukamath: EL Specs Calls, Tue 4th August & Thu 6th August, 2026 #99 (comment)
• Devcon talks?

Thursday Agenda Points

• Tuesday action items review
• Glamsterdam:
  • v8.1.0 release it out but numbers might change, reminder to fully on numbers on ACDC today or afterwards.
  • Skip list removal PRs now split into 4, checkout the v8.1.1 tracker for more details.
  • Testnet release tracker, still items pending. Small bump on those. Assign @danceratopz to some of them?
• Hegota
  • Complexity assessments: Execution Layer Testing Complexity Assessments For Hegota SFI'd & CFI'd & PFI'd EIPs #72, cc @marioevz
    • PR to update assessment: EIP Complexity Assessment — Checklist Revision 2 #101
    • Assign all of us, aim to complete by next Tuesday?
  • Frames/FOCIL, align on anything before meeting tommorow
• Benchmarking
  • Any updates on Benchmark Full Suite Generation Tracker ethereum/execution-specs#3281
• Other discussion points
  • Merge feat(test-specs):add ssz model into the engine payload class ethereum/execution-specs#3294 ?
  • Binary Trie / zkEVM, can we merge the projects to forks/amsterdam
  • Test release trackers:
    • Glamsterdam: tests-glamesterdam-devnet@v1.0.0 -> tests@v21.0.0 for first testnet.
    • Focil: tests-focil-devnet@v1.0.0/tests-eip-7805-devnet@v1.0.0
    • Frames: tests-frames-devnet@v1.0.0/tests-eip-8141-devnet@v1.0.0
      • Hegota: Then when the time comes: tests-hegota-devnet@v1.0.0
    • Binary: tests-binary-devnet@v1.0.0 -> can we merge to forks/amsterdam and include in normal releases?
    • zkEVM: tests-zkevm@vX.Y.Z -> until we can add them to our all our releases (merge to forks/amsterdam)
  • Devcon talks, part 2.

[gurukamath]

I would like to talk about the question of where the T8N should live. spec tools vs the testing package. This surfaced while investigating Issue#3236

We should also think about publishing ethereum-execution-testing since the T8N now depends on it

[spencer-tb]

Tuesday Action Items (Loose)

• Release v8.1.0 Glamsterdam Devnet 8 release with updated repricing numbers (after call).
• Ported static skip list. Split the review load for PR part 2, @marioevz @spencer-tb @danceratopz.
• Frames, @gurukamath merge pre frames refactor PR :)
• FOCIL, @marioevz will finalize rebasing and create the new eips/amsterdam/eip-7805 branch to replace the bogota branch.
• Benchmarking: @LouisTsai-Csie cnt. fixing bugs for the full benchmark suite generation, refactoring some tests.
• Move the EELS t8n into packages/testing, fixes EELS packages and removes (some) circular dependencies, @gurukamath @danceratopz.

[spencer-tb]

Thursday Action Items (Loose)

• Add benchmarking finalization to glamsterdam testnet tracker - link tracker from @LouisTsai-Csie
• Running benchmark tests on first testnet? Buildoor + benchmarkoor integration @jochem-brouwer
• Hegota complexity assessment update, @marioevz finalize, reviews from others!
  • Update Execution Layer Testing Complexity Assessments For Hegota SFI'd & CFI'd & PFI'd EIPs #72 after ACDC (remaining EIPs PFI'd)
  • Self-assign and start reviewing complexity team wide! Let's see where we get next Thursday :)
• Templates for FOCIL/Frames testing (transaction validation) @marioevz