db/state: don't clear domain RAM under a published SharedDomains

db/kv/kv_interface.go

@@ -584,7 +584,6 @@ type TemporalMemBatch interface {
 	GetLatest(domain Domain, key []byte) (v []byte, step Step, ok bool)
 	GetDiffset(tx RwTx, blockHash common.Hash, blockNumber uint64) ([DomainLen][]DomainEntryDiff, bool, error)
 	Merge(other TemporalMemBatch) error
-	ClearRam()
 	IndexAdd(table InvertedIdx, key []byte, txNum uint64) (err error)
 	IteratePrefix(domain Domain, prefix []byte, roTx Tx, it func(k []byte, v []byte) (cont bool, err error)) error
 	HasPrefix(domain Domain, prefix []byte, roTx Tx) ([]byte, []byte, bool, error)

db/state/execctx/close_keeps_ram_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Erigon Authors
+// This file is part of Erigon.
+//
+// Erigon is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Erigon is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with Erigon. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package execctx_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/erigontech/erigon/common/log/v3"
+	"github.com/erigontech/erigon/db/rawdb/rawtemporaldb"
+	"github.com/erigontech/erigon/db/state/execctx"
+)
+
+// TestClose_KeepsDomainRamForReaders pins the lifetime guarantee readers rely
+// on: a read view keeps its DomainReader pointing at the SD's in-memory domain
+// maps, so Close must release writer resources without clearing those maps —
+// otherwise in-flight domain reads (e.g. the head block's receipts) silently
+// miss and fall back to a tx that does not have the data yet.
+func TestClose_KeepsDomainRamForReaders(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	db := newTestDb(t, 16)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	tx, err := db.BeginTemporalRo(ctx)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer tx.Rollback()
+
+	sd, err := execctx.NewSharedDomains(ctx, tx, log.New())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, sd.InitBlockOverlay(tx, t.TempDir()))
+
+	const txNum = 7
+	const cumGas = 21000
+	require.NoError(t, rawtemporaldb.AppendReceiptMetadata(sd.AsPutDel(tx), 0, cumGas, 0, txNum))
+
+	view := sd.BlockOverlayTemporalTx(tx)
+	require.NotNil(t, view)
+
+	assertReceiptVisible := func(msg string) {
+		got, _, _, err := rawtemporaldb.ReceiptAsOf(view, txNum+1)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, uint64(cumGas), got, msg)
+	}
+	assertReceiptVisible("the in-flight receipt must be visible through the view before Close")
+
+	sd.Close()
+
+	assertReceiptVisible("Close must not clear the domain RAM readers still hold")
+}

db/state/execctx/domain_shared.go

@@ -889,15 +889,6 @@ func (sd *SharedDomains) PrintCacheStats() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (sd *SharedDomains) ClearRam(resetCommitment bool) {
-	// When the commitment calculator goroutine owns the Updates buffer,
-	// skip ClearRam on the commitment context to avoid concurrent btree access.
-	if resetCommitment && sd.sdCtx != nil && !sd.disableInlineTouchKey {
-		sd.sdCtx.ClearRam()
-	}
-	sd.mem.ClearRam()
-}
-
 func (sd *SharedDomains) Size() uint64 {
 	return sd.mem.SizeEstimate()
 }
@@ -1796,8 +1787,8 @@ func (sd *SharedDomains) DomainDelPrefix(domain kv.Domain, roTx kv.TemporalTx, p
 	return nil
 }
 
-// DiscardWrites disables updates collection for further flushing into db.
-// Instead, it keeps them temporarily available until .ClearRam/.Close will make them unavailable.
+// DiscardWrites disables updates collection for further flushing into db;
+// the values stay readable in memory.
 func (sd *SharedDomains) DiscardWrites(d kv.Domain) {
 	// TODO: Deprecated - need convert this method to Constructor-Builder configuration
 	if d >= kv.DomainLen {

db/state/execctx/statecache_rpc_integration_test.go

@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ func TestEmbeddedRPCCacheViewDoesNotRefillCodeOfDeletedAccount(t *testing.T) {
 
 	got, err := rpcView.GetCode(addr)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Equal(t, code, got, "the pre-deletion view still reads the code from its own tx")
+	require.Empty(t, got, "the view keeps serving the published SD's state after teardown, so the deletion stays visible")
 
 	_, ok = stateCache.View(nil).Get(kv.CodeDomain, addr)
 	require.False(t, ok, "a pre-deletion RPC view must not refill the deleted account's code")

db/state/temporal_mem_batch.go

@@ -362,32 +362,6 @@ func (sd *TemporalMemBatch) SizeEstimate() uint64 {
 	return uint64(sd.metrics.CachePutSize)
 }
 
-func (sd *TemporalMemBatch) ClearRam() {
-	sd.latestStateLock.Lock()
-	defer sd.latestStateLock.Unlock()
-	for i := range sd.domains {
-		sd.domains[i] = map[string][]dataWithTxNum{}
-	}
-
-	sd.storage = btree2.NewMap[string, []dataWithTxNum](128)
-	sd.unwindToTxNum = 0
-	sd.unwindChangeset = nil
-	sd.unwindChangesetRaw = nil
-
-	sd.metrics.Lock()
-	defer sd.metrics.Unlock()
-	sd.metrics.CachePutCount = 0
-	sd.metrics.CachePutSize = 0
-	sd.metrics.CachePutKeySize = 0
-	sd.metrics.CachePutValueSize = 0
-	for _, dm := range sd.metrics.Domains {
-		dm.CachePutCount = 0
-		dm.CachePutSize = 0
-		dm.CachePutKeySize = 0
-		dm.CachePutValueSize = 0
-	}
-}
-
 func (sd *TemporalMemBatch) IteratePrefix(domain kv.Domain, prefix []byte, roTx kv.Tx, it func(k []byte, v []byte) (cont bool, err error)) error {
 	sd.latestStateLock.RLock()
 	defer sd.latestStateLock.RUnlock()
@@ -633,6 +607,8 @@ func (sd *TemporalMemBatch) IndexAdd(table kv.InvertedIdx, key []byte, txNum uin
 	panic(fmt.Errorf("unknown index %s", table))
 }
 
+// Close releases writer resources but must not clear the in-memory maps:
+// readers of a published SD may still hold them.
 func (sd *TemporalMemBatch) Close() {
 	for _, d := range sd.domainWriters {
 		if d != nil {
@@ -650,7 +626,6 @@ func (sd *TemporalMemBatch) Close() {
 	for _, iiWriter := range sd.pastIIWriters {
 		iiWriter.close()
 	}
-	sd.ClearRam()
 }
 
 func (sd *TemporalMemBatch) Merge(o kv.TemporalMemBatch) error {

execution/commitment/commitmentdb/commitment_context.go

@@ -278,12 +278,6 @@ func (sdc *SharedDomainsCommitmentContext) Reset() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (sdc *SharedDomainsCommitmentContext) ClearRam() {
-	sdc.updates.Reset()
-	sdc.Reset()
-	sdc.stateReader = nil
-}
-
 func (sdc *SharedDomainsCommitmentContext) KeysCount() uint64 {
 	return sdc.updates.Size()
 }

execution/execmodule/execmoduletester/from0_genesis_internal_test.go

@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ func runFromZeroGenesisAllocPreservedAfterResetReExec(t *testing.T) {
 	// Mimic `stage_exec --reset`: wipe domain tables and reset stage progress.
 	require.NoError(t, rawdbreset.ResetExec(ctx, emt.DB))
 
-	// Now drive execution the SAME way cmd/integration/commands/stages.go:802
-	// does — direct SpawnExecuteBlocksStage in a loop, with Flush/ClearRam/
-	// Commit between iterations. This is the path that fails in CI; the
-	// engine-API InsertChain path above succeeds.
+	// Now drive execution the SAME way cmd/integration/commands/stages.go
+	// does — direct SpawnExecuteBlocksStage in a loop, one rwtx and one
+	// SharedDomains per batch, each committed with doms.Commit. This is the
+	// path that fails in CI; the engine-API InsertChain path above succeeds.
 	require.NoError(t, reExecViaIntegrationPath(t, ctx, emt, gen.TopBlock.NumberU64(), emt.cfg.BatchSize, false /*badBlockHalt*/, logger))
 
 	postReExec := checkBalance("after-reset-and-integration-reexec")
@@ -176,24 +176,18 @@ func setupOfflineExec(emt *ExecModuleTester, batchSize datasize.ByteSize, badBlo
 }
 
 // reExecViaIntegrationPath drives execution the way cmd/integration/commands/
-// stages.go does: SpawnExecuteBlocksStage one batch per rwtx, committing each
-// with doms.Commit + ClearRam and reusing the SharedDomains. This bypasses the
-// engine API. doms.Commit (not Flush) is load-bearing: it refreshes the
-// aggregator BranchCache to match committed state — Flush leaves it stale and
-// corrupts the next batch's trie root.
+// stages.go does: SpawnExecuteBlocksStage one batch per rwtx and per
+// SharedDomains, each committed with doms.Commit. This bypasses the engine
+// API. doms.Commit (not Flush) is load-bearing: it refreshes the aggregator
+// BranchCache to match committed state — Flush leaves it stale and corrupts
+// the next batch's trie root.
 func reExecViaIntegrationPath(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, emt *ExecModuleTester, toBlock uint64, batchSize datasize.ByteSize, badBlockHalt bool, logger log.Logger) error {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	cfg := setupOfflineExec(emt, batchSize, badBlockHalt)
 
-	doms, err := newReusedDomains(ctx, emt, logger)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer doms.Close()
-
 	for {
-		progress, err := execOneBatch(ctx, emt, doms, cfg, toBlock, logger)
+		progress, err := execOneBatch(ctx, emt, cfg, toBlock, logger)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -203,34 +197,23 @@ func reExecViaIntegrationPath(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, emt *ExecModule
 	}
 }
 
-// newReusedDomains opens a SharedDomains seeded from committed state. The seeding
-// tx is rolled back right away: each batch re-seeks commitment under its own tx,
-// and the SharedDomains keeps no reference to the tx it was built from.
-func newReusedDomains(ctx context.Context, emt *ExecModuleTester, logger log.Logger) (*execctx.SharedDomains, error) {
-	tx, err := emt.DB.BeginTemporalRo(ctx)
+// execOneBatch runs a single batch in its own rwtx and its own SharedDomains
+// (a fresh one per call avoids reusing a committed, spent one — same as the
+// integration tool). doms.Commit commits the tx and refreshes the BranchCache.
+// Returns the Execution stage progress after the batch.
+func execOneBatch(ctx context.Context, emt *ExecModuleTester, cfg stagedsync.ExecuteBlockCfg, toBlock uint64, logger log.Logger) (uint64, error) {
+	tx, err := emt.DB.BeginTemporalRw(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return 0, err
 	}
 	defer tx.Rollback()
 
 	doms, err := execctx.NewSharedDomains(ctx, tx, logger)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	doms.SetInMemHistoryReads(false)
-	return doms, nil
-}
-
-// execOneBatch runs a single batch in its own rwtx (begin/rollback-on-error/
-// commit), reusing doms. doms.Commit commits the tx and refreshes the BranchCache;
-// ClearRam drops the flushed batch so doms is clean for the next call. Returns the
-// Execution stage progress after the batch.
-func execOneBatch(ctx context.Context, emt *ExecModuleTester, doms *execctx.SharedDomains, cfg stagedsync.ExecuteBlockCfg, toBlock uint64, logger log.Logger) (uint64, error) {
-	tx, err := emt.DB.BeginTemporalRw(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	defer tx.Rollback()
+	defer doms.Close()
+	doms.SetInMemHistoryReads(false)
 
 	s, err := emt.Sync.StageState(stages.Execution, tx, true, false)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -249,7 +232,6 @@ func execOneBatch(ctx context.Context, emt *ExecModuleTester, doms *execctx.Shar
 	if err := doms.Commit(ctx, tx); err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	doms.ClearRam(true)
 	return progress, nil
 }
 
@@ -360,13 +342,24 @@ func TestExec_RestoresCommitmentStateReader(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cfg := setupOfflineExec(emt, emt.cfg.BatchSize, false /*badBlockHalt*/)
 
-	doms, err := newReusedDomains(ctx, emt, logger)
+	tx, err := emt.DB.BeginTemporalRw(ctx)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer tx.Rollback()
+
+	doms, err := execctx.NewSharedDomains(ctx, tx, logger)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer doms.Close()
+	doms.SetInMemHistoryReads(false)
 
 	readerBefore := doms.GetCommitmentContext().StateReader()
-	_, err = execOneBatch(ctx, emt, doms, cfg, gen.TopBlock.NumberU64(), logger)
+
+	s, err := emt.Sync.StageState(stages.Execution, tx, true, false)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = stagedsync.SpawnExecuteBlocksStage(s, emt.Sync, doms, tx, gen.TopBlock.NumberU64(), ctx, cfg, logger)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, &stagedsync.ErrLoopExhausted{}) {
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, doms.Commit(ctx, tx))
 
 	require.Equal(t, readerBefore, doms.GetCommitmentContext().StateReader(),
 		"exec must restore the commitment state reader it found; leaving the parallel calculator's asOfStateReader installed breaks a later foreground SeekCommitment with in-mem history reads disabled")

execution/execmodule/forkchoice.go

@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ func (e *ExecModule) updateForkChoice(ctx context.Context, originalBlockHash, sa
 			}
 			defer commitRwTx.Rollback() // idempotent after a successful Commit
 			// The committed sd is spent; RunLoop closes it and continues on the
-			// fresh SD built below (no ClearRam reuse).
+			// fresh SD built below (no reuse).
 			if err := sd.Commit(ctx, commitRwTx); err != nil {
 				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("updateForkChoice: flush+commit sd after hasMore: %w", err)
 			}