- Transactions that takes too long to evaluate, during block creation, are dropped from the txpool [#6163](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6163)
- New option `tx-pool-min-gas-price` to set a lower bound when accepting txs to the pool [#6098](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6098)
- Allow a transaction selection plugin to specify custom selection results [#6190](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6190)
- Allow a transaction selection plugin to specify custom selection results [#6190](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6190)
- Add `rpc-gas-cap` to allow users to set gas limit to the RPC methods used to simulate transactions[#6156](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6156)
### Bug fixes
- Fix Docker image name clash between Besu and evmtool [#6194](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6194)