Prysm Release v2.1.1 Available

[Preston Van Loon]

v2.1.1

This patch release includes 3 cherry picked fixes for regressions found in v2.1.0.

View the full changelist from v2.1.0: v2.1.0...v2.1.1

If upgrading from v2.0.6, please review the full changelist of both v2.1.0 and v2.1.1.

This release is required for users on v2.1.0 and recommended for anyone on v2.0.6.

Known Issues

The following known issues exist in v2.1.0 and also exist in this release.

• Erroneous warning message in validator client when bellatrix fee recipient is unset. This is a cosmetic message and does not affect run time behavior in Phase0/Altair. Fixed by #10543
• In Bellatrix/Kiln: Fee recipient flags may not work as expected. See #10555 for a fix and more details.

Fixed

• Doppelganger false positives may have caused a failure to start in the validator client. Fixed by #10582
• Connections to execution layer clients were not properly cleaned up and lead to resource leaks when using ipc. #10573 fixed by #10574
• Initial sync (or resync when beacon node falls out of sync) could lead to a panic. #10570 fixed by #10568