Merge branch 'main' into feat/issue-7948/7702-devnet-5

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 ### Upcoming Breaking Changes
 - `MetricSystem::createLabelledGauge` is deprecated and will be removed in a future release, replace it with `MetricSystem::createLabelledSuppliedGauge`
 - k8s (KUBERNETES) Nat method is now deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use docker or none instead.
+- `--Xsnapsync-synchronizer-flat-db-healing-enabled` is deprecated, use `--Xbonsai-full-flat-db-enabled` instead.
+- `--Xbonsai-limit-trie-logs-enabled` is deprecated, use `--bonsai-limit-trie-logs-enabled` instead.
+- `--Xbonsai-trie-log-pruning-enabled` is deprecated, use `--bonsai-limit-trie-logs-enabled` instead.
+- `--Xbonsai-trie-logs-pruning-window-size` is deprecated, use `--bonsai-trie-logs-pruning-window-size` instead.
 - Sunsetting features - for more context on the reasoning behind the deprecation of these features, including alternative options, read [this blog post](https://www.lfdecentralizedtrust.org/blog/sunsetting-tessera-and-simplifying-hyperledger-besu)
   - Tessera privacy
   - Smart-contract-based (onchain) permissioning

evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/operation/AbstractExtCallOperation.java

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public OperationResult execute(final MessageFrame frame, final EVM evm) {
       frame.decrementRemainingGas(delegatedCodeResolutionGas);
     }
 
-    boolean accountCreation = contract == null && !zeroValue;
+    boolean accountCreation = (contract == null || contract.isEmpty()) && !zeroValue;
     long cost =
         clampedAdd(
             clampedAdd(