- Add `--ephemery` network support for Ephemery Testnet [#7563](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7563) thanks to [@gconnect](https://github.com/gconnect)
- Add configuration of Consolidation Request Contract Address via genesis configuration [#7647](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7647)
### Breaking Changes
### Upcoming Breaking Changes
- k8s (KUBERNETES) Nat method is now deprecated and will be removed in a future release
### Additions and Improvements
### Bug fixes
## 24.10.0
### Breaking Changes
- Besu will now fail to start if any plugins encounter errors during initialization. To allow Besu to continue running despite plugin errors, use the `--plugin-continue-on-error` option. [#7662](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7662)
### Upcoming Breaking Changes
- k8s (KUBERNETES) Nat method is now deprecated and will be removed in a future release
### Additions and Improvements
- Remove privacy test classes support [#7569](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7569)
- Expose chainId in the `BlockchainService` [7702](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7702)
- Use head block instead of safe block for snap sync [7536](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/issues/7536)
- Add support for `chainId` in `CallParameters` [#7720](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7720)
- Add `--ephemery` network support for Ephemery Testnet [#7563](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7563) thanks to [@gconnect](https://github.com/gconnect)
- Add configuration of Consolidation Request Contract Address via genesis configuration [#7647](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7647)
### Bug fixes
- Fix mounted data path directory permissions for besu user [#7575](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7575)