[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

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

• #16111 ed67890 - remove deprecated function #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

• #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

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

updated

• #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.

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

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

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

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

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

internal

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

• #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

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

• #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

untagged

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