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feat: add block_root_msgs_only_rollup circuit for no-tx blocks with messages (A-1375)#24612

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Stacked on #24603 (A-1374). AZIP-22 Fast Inbox, FI-05.

What

Adds block_root_msgs_only_rollup (crate rollup-block-root-msgs-only, VK index BLOCK_ROOT_MSGS_ONLY_ROLLUP_VK_INDEX) — a non-first, transaction-less block that still inserts a non-empty L1→L2 message bundle. This lets a proposer keep draining the Inbox into a checkpoint when the tx pool is dry. It is completely inert pre-flip: nothing in the node produces this shape until FI-12.

Circuit

Modeled on the first-empty variant but for a mid-checkpoint position (block_root_msgs_only_rollup.nr):

  • asserts num_msgs > 0 (a message-only block with no messages has no reason to exist);
  • inherits start_sponge_blob and start_msg_sponge from the previous block (non-empty), sets is_first_block = false, appends the bundle to the L1→L2 tree and absorbs the message sponge, threads the start sponge blob through unchanged (no tx effects);
  • deliberately cannot be leftmost — the checkpoint root requires the leftmost rollup's is_first_block to be true.

Composes via a new new_from_no_rollups_with_start_sponge_blob (a new_from_no_rollups that takes an inherited sponge blob instead of an empty one; the first-empty variant now delegates to it, preserving its empty-sponge start).

Wiring

  • BLOCK_ROOT_MSGS_ONLY_ROLLUP_VK_INDEX added to the vk tree and the ALLOWED_PREVIOUS_VK_INDICES of the block-merge and both checkpoint-root variants.
  • New crate + Nargo registration; pinned-build.tar.gz regenerated.
  • TS: proving request type + schema + ProvingJobResultsMap entry, the ServerCircuitProver interface method and all implementers (bb-prover, TestCircuitProver, MockProver, BrokerCircuitProverFacade), the proving-broker queue map + priority list + job-controller dispatch, and npct artifact/type generation.

Tests

Noir (rollup_lib, 386 passed) covers the roadmap done-when — a checkpoint [first block, msgs-only block, normal block] — plus the failure cases: num_msgs == 0 rejected, a msgs-only block cannot be leftmost, and merge continuity catches a bad hinted start_msg_sponge. yarn build, lint, and the orchestrator + proving-broker suites (123) are green. Cross-chain l1_to_l2 e2e: only the two pre-registered-flaky duplicate-consume cases fail (a pre-existing PXE nullifier-sync issue, unrelated). A codex review found no soundness or wiring bugs.

Deferred to FI-12/FI-15 (orchestrator selection + integration test)

block-proving-state.ts selecting this variant, and an orchestrator integration test driving a mid-checkpoint msgs-only block, are intentionally not in this PR. Driving one requires reworking the transitional per-block message distribution: today the first block carries the whole padded checkpoint bundle and non-first blocks inherit the full checkpoint sponge and absorb nothing, so a msgs-only block absorbing real messages mid-chain would break both the block-merge right.start_msg_sponge == left.end_msg_sponge continuity and the checkpoint-root merged.end_msg_sponge == parity.end_sponge check. That distribution rework belongs with the sequencer that actually produces these blocks (FI-12) and its live-path e2e (FI-15). The circuit is fully proven by the noir tests, and the existing BlockProvingState guard still rejects non-first zero-tx blocks, so nothing can construct the shape until that work lands.

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…essages (A-1375)

Adds the block_root_msgs_only_rollup variant (crate rollup-block-root-msgs-only,
VK index BLOCK_ROOT_MSGS_ONLY_ROLLUP_VK_INDEX) — a non-first, transaction-less block
that still inserts a non-empty L1-to-L2 message bundle, so a proposer can keep draining
the Inbox when the tx pool is dry (AZIP-22 Fast Inbox, FI-05).

The circuit asserts num_msgs > 0, inherits the sponge blob and message sponge from the
previous block, sets is_first_block = false, appends the bundle and absorbs the message
sponge, and threads the start sponge blob through unchanged (no tx effects). It is
deliberately unable to be leftmost: the checkpoint root requires the leftmost rollup's
is_first_block to be true.

Wires the new VK into the allowed-VK lists of the block merge and both checkpoint-root
variants, the vk tree, and the proving request / artifact / bb-prover registrations. Noir
tests prove a checkpoint [first block, msgs-only block, normal block] and cover the
num_msgs == 0, non-leftmost, and sponge-continuity failure cases.

The orchestrator selection (block-proving-state picking this variant) and its integration
test are deferred to FI-12/FI-15: driving a mid-checkpoint msgs-only block requires
reworking the transitional per-block message distribution (today the first block carries
the whole padded checkpoint bundle and non-first blocks are empty), which belongs with the
sequencer that actually produces these blocks. Nothing produces the shape pre-flip.
…s_first_block (A-1375)

The message-only block root is listed in the single-block checkpoint-root allowlist only for symmetry;
today the inputs validator's is_first_block assertion is the sole reason it cannot stand as a checkpoint's
only block. Note that if that assertion is ever relaxed, this entry must be dropped in the same change, so
the two decisions are not made independently.
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