chore: release v0.8.0-rc.0 (#1835)

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Oppenheimer <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Michael Kaplan <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Stephen Buttolph <[email protected]>

Author: 3 people

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Contracts
         run: ./scripts/run_task.sh setup-contracts
       - name: Run Warp E2E Tests
-        uses: ava-labs/avalanchego/.github/actions/run-monitored-tmpnet-cmd@edff59906ed4d6334d9e591dcb9c85a144520600
+        uses: ava-labs/avalanchego/.github/actions/run-monitored-tmpnet-cmd@dce38e90b1542fafa3c2b8efa8ef864d7a370eb6
         with:
           run: ./scripts/run_task.sh test-e2e-warp-ci
           artifact_prefix: warp
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Run E2E Load Tests
-        uses: ava-labs/avalanchego/.github/actions/run-monitored-tmpnet-cmd@edff59906ed4d6334d9e591dcb9c85a144520600
+        uses: ava-labs/avalanchego/.github/actions/run-monitored-tmpnet-cmd@dce38e90b1542fafa3c2b8efa8ef864d7a370eb6
         with:
           run: ./scripts/run_task.sh test-e2e-load-ci
           artifact_prefix: load

README.md

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ The Subnet EVM runs in a separate process from the main AvalancheGo process and
 [v0.7.7] [email protected] (Protocol Version: 42)
 [v0.7.8] [email protected] (Protocol Version: 43)
 [v0.7.9] [email protected] (Protocol Version: 43)
+[v0.8.0] [email protected] (Protocol Version: 44)
 ```
 
 ## API

RELEASES.md

@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
 # Release Notes
 
-## [v0.7.10](https://github.com/ava-labs/subnet-evm/releases/tag/v0.7.10)
+## [v0.8.1](https://github.com/ava-labs/subnet-evm/releases/tag/v0.8.1)
 
 - Add pending releases here
+
+## [v0.8.0](https://github.com/ava-labs/subnet-evm/releases/tag/v0.8.0)
+
+This version is compatible with the Avalanche Granite upgrade. All mainnet nodes **MUST** update to a Granite compatible version prior to the upgrade activation time: November 19th, 2025 16:00 UTC.
+
+### AvalancheGo Compatibility
+
+The plugin version is **updated** to 44 and is compatible with AvalancheGo version v1.14.0.
+
+### Updates
+
 - Upgrade to Go version 1.24
 - ACP-226:
   - Set expected block gas cost to 0 in Granite network upgrade, removing block gas cost requirements for block building.

compatibility.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "rpcChainVMProtocolVersion": {
-    "v0.7.10": 43,
+    "v0.8.0": 44,
     "v0.7.9": 43,
     "v0.7.8": 43,
     "v0.7.7": 42,

go.mod

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.24.9
 require (
 	github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fastcache v1.12.1
 	github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.3.8
-	github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.13.6-0.20251028173723-edff59906ed4
+	github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.14.0
 	github.com/ava-labs/firewood-go-ethhash/ffi v0.0.13
 	github.com/ava-labs/libevm v1.13.15-0.20251016142715-1bccf4f2ddb2
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/StephenButtolph/canoto v0.17.2 // indirect
-	github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.15.4-rc.4 // indirect
+	github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.16.0-rc.0 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/bits-and-blooms/bitset v1.20.0 // indirect
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.3.5 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.3.8/go.mod h1:IUpT2DPAKh6i/YhSbt6Gl
 github.com/armon/consul-api v0.0.0-20180202201655-eb2c6b5be1b6/go.mod h1:grANhF5doyWs3UAsr3K4I6qtAmlQcZDesFNEHPZAzj8=
 github.com/armon/go-socks5 v0.0.0-20160902184237-e75332964ef5 h1:0CwZNZbxp69SHPdPJAN/hZIm0C4OItdklCFmMRWYpio=
 github.com/armon/go-socks5 v0.0.0-20160902184237-e75332964ef5/go.mod h1:wHh0iHkYZB8zMSxRWpUBQtwG5a7fFgvEO+odwuTv2gs=
-github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.13.6-0.20251028173723-edff59906ed4 h1:PwrLDSbAIrqW4xGERMAuqXEtMnVO7+yL3m+1TTDnJHM=
-github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.13.6-0.20251028173723-edff59906ed4/go.mod h1:wEiDa5Lc3oKm9l2AxJOXmLz00Wg7b3hUttgkfzgRoDA=
-github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.15.4-rc.4 h1:ze7/IwDptWG1u2d32uUZz9Ix9ycVUtlB8JufuSKSSS4=
-github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.15.4-rc.4/go.mod h1:yVwuMyPkZ48xzZ0y2OdIwaoUqvSsgPYoodyX9BZJ2uo=
+github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.14.0 h1:0j314N1fEwstKSymvyhvvxi8Hr752xc6MQvjq6kGIJY=
+github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.14.0/go.mod h1:7sYTcQknONY5x5qzS+GrN+UtyB8kX7Q5ClHhGj1DgXg=
+github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.16.0-rc.0 h1:nPvkDbxaH8N9f/wQe7B+IGMhPISMuW5CU0cDYuU8iCw=
+github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.16.0-rc.0/go.mod h1:uGr1C7BP0+dWhvsIouhuH0yCyI8YDgS6sfEFIExs0iI=
 github.com/ava-labs/firewood-go-ethhash/ffi v0.0.13 h1:obPwnVCkF5+B2f8WbTepHj0ZgiW21vKUgFCtATuAYNY=
 github.com/ava-labs/firewood-go-ethhash/ffi v0.0.13/go.mod h1:gsGr1ICjokI9CyPaaRHMqDoDCaT1VguC/IyOTx6rJ14=
 github.com/ava-labs/libevm v1.13.15-0.20251016142715-1bccf4f2ddb2 h1:hQ15IJxY7WOKqeJqCXawsiXh0NZTzmoQOemkWHz7rr4=

plugin/evm/version.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ var (
 	// GitCommit is set by the build script
 	GitCommit string
 	// Version is the version of Subnet EVM
-	Version string = "v0.7.10"
+	Version string = "v0.8.0"
 )
 
 func init() {