CELESTIA-APP v8.0.1-arabica — Arabica upgrade

Dear partners and node operators,

We are pleased to announce a new version of celestia-app today. Please upgrade as soon as possible to benefit from the latest features and fixes. Arabica was upgraded to v8 at height 10853352.

Celestia-app:

This release is intended for Arabica. If you are upgrading from v6 or v7, please read through the release notes carefully.

This is a major upgrade introducing changes to forwarding address derivation in x/forwarding, where token identity is now bound to address derivation — each unique (destDomain, destRecipient, tokenId) tuple generates its own forwarding address. The node shutdown behavior on consensus panics has also changed: the node now triggers a complete shutdown rather than just stopping the consensus reactor. Operators using process managers (systemd, etc.) should review their restart policies accordingly.

The v8.0.1 patch sets goleveldb as the default database backend and includes a fix for the WaitForHeightWithTimeout ABCIInfo check.

Release notes: https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app/releases/tag/v8.0.1-arabica

Thank you,

Celestia Foundation