- X_SNAP and X_CHECKPOINT are marked for deprecation and will be removed in 24.4.0 in favor of SNAP and CHECKPOINT [#6405](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6405)
- `--Xsnapsync-synchronizer-flat-db-healing-enabled` is deprecated (always enabled). [#6499](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6499)
- Log blob count when importing a block via Engine API [#6466](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6466)
- Introduce `--Xbonsai-limit-trie-logs-enabled` experimental feature which by default will only retain the latest 512 trie logs, saving about 3GB per week in database growth [#5390](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/issues/5390)
- Introduce `besu storage x-trie-log prune` experimental offline subcommand which will prune all redundant trie logs except the latest 512 [#6303](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6303)
- SNAP and CHECKPOINT sync - early access flag removed so now simply SNAP and CHECKPOINT [#6405](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6405)
- X_SNAP and X_CHECKPOINT are marked for deprecation and will be removed in 24.4.0
- Github Actions based build.
- Introduce caching mechanism to optimize Keccak hash calculations for account storage slots during block processing [#6452](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6452)
- Added configuration options for `pragueTime` to genesis file for Prague fork development [#6473](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6473)