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## Motivation The summary text for Tiers in [Supported Platforms](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/blob/main/book/src/user/supported-platforms.md) might be confusing, taking into consideration an actual summary from [Target Tier Policies](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/blob/main/book/src/user/target-tier-policies.md)

gustavovalverde

## Motivation Just positing for questions. Related to https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/issues/4734 [TBA] ## Solution [TBA] ## Review [TBA] ### Reviewer Checklist - [ ] Code implements Specs and Designs - [ ]...

oxarbitrage

Security: Remove the ErrorSlot from the heartbeat and connection tasks

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## Motivation The error handling for the `Connection` and heartbeat tasks is really messy. It has been really buggy in the past, and it's hard to understand or modify. The...

teor2345

Revert note commitment and history trees when forking non-finalized chains

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## Motivation When Zebra forks a non-finalized chain, it rebuilds the note commitment trees from the finalized tip. But this can execute 100 blocks worth of note commitment tree updates,...

teor2345

Store only the first tree state in each identical series of tree states

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Storing only the first tree state in each identical series of tree states saves memory, and makes `Chain` cloning cheaper. ### Possible Implementation We can access the deduped trees using:...

upbqdn

Use a `bellman::Proof` instead of a byte array in `Groth16Proof`

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## Motivation We use a byte array in the `Groth16Proof` struct. However, not every byte array is a well-formed proof (i.e. the encoding of three field elements, as enforced by...

conradoplg

## Motivation We need to update our release docs. ## Tasks - Replace alpha and beta release criteria (doc and README) with stable release candidate criteria (see #3096)

teor2345

Add an NU5 block test vector that contains many shielded Orchard transactions

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## Motivation When blocks started showing up on mainnet after NU5 with many shielded Orchard transactions, we observed aberrant zebrad verification behavior that helped us identify some [bugs](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/4752) already. We...

dconnolly

Add an NU5 block test vector that contains many shielded Sapling transactions

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## Motivation When blocks started showing up on mainnet after NU5 with many shielded Sapling transactions, we observed aberrant zebrad verification behavior. For similar blocks with many Orchard transactions, we...

dconnolly

Work out how to release Zebra binaries

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# Goals Have a downloadable link to Zebra binaries on the Zcash Foundation website. We need to update or delete the release RFC. # Tasks - [ ] Get a...

teor2345