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No issue; the ceiling itself is recorded in #109's live run, which saw refusals from about 15 circuits.

Deploys a contract too large for one block as a pruned ContractDeploy plus MaintenanceUpdates that insert the remaining verifier keys, all inside one deploy() call. Start reading at packages/deployer/docs/invariants.md, then deployer.ts deploy().

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  • There is no pre-flight weight check. midnight-node 0.22.2 has no payment_queryInfo and no transaction-payment pallet, so the pool's own 1010 … block limits refusal is the only signal. Both the deploy tx and each insert halve and retry on it.
  • The single-tx path is untouched on purpose: same tx, same pending then confirmed records. The only shared addition is the artifact key pre-flight.
  • Resume settles the deploy tx by contract address, never by the recorded tx id. A file-sourced id could stall a run or fill txHash with a foreign transaction.
  • The dust gate waits for the wallet's pending set to empty as well as for the applied index, because the index is a global event counter and an unrelated event can carry it past the mark.
  • packages/cli gains --circuits-per-tx, forwarded as is.

Verified on the local stack (node 0.22.2, indexer 4.0.1, proof-server 8.0.3): the 20-circuit fixture splits at a budget of five into a deploy plus three inserts in about 75 s, an interrupted run resumes at the same address, and with no budget the pool refuses 20, accepts 10, and one 10-key insert follows.

Left for follow-ups: balanceTx has no ceiling of its own (#176), and one circuits_per_tx serves both the deploy and the inserts although the deploy also carries constructor state (#177).

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  • New Features

    • Added support for deploying oversized contracts across multiple transactions.
    • Added --circuits-per-tx and configuration support to control deployment batching.
    • Fragmented deployments can resume after interruptions and report fragment and circuit counts.
    • Added automatic batching adjustments when transactions exceed block limits.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved handling of partial deployments, timeouts, wallet settlement, and deployment verification.
    • Enhanced JSON errors with resumable fragmented-deployment details.
  • Documentation

    • Updated CLI help, configuration guidance, changelogs, and large-contract deployment documentation.

A contract whose verifier keys exceed the block limit is deployed in
fragments: fragment 0 rides a pruned ContractDeploy, each further
fragment is one MaintenanceUpdate batching VerifierKeyInsert ops
signed by the contract's own maintenance authority. One deploy() call
runs the deploy, every insert, and a byte-for-byte verify against the
artifact before writing confirmed.

* midnight-node exposes no weight RPC, so the only block-limit
  detection is the pool's own 1010 refusal; both the deploy tx and
  each insert batch halve and retry on it, floor one circuit.
* A partial head record makes a rerun resume from chain state at the
  same address; the deploy tx is settled by address, never by a
  file-sourced tx id.
* Between transactions the dust gate waits for a dust event past the
  pre-submit tip and for the wallet's pending set to empty, so the
  next balance never sees an unseen spend.
* Exit codes: 7 BlockLimitError, 8 FragmentDeployError.
* A contract that fits one transaction takes the existing path with
  the same records; DeployResult gains fragments and circuits.
Covers the split at a budget of five, the byte-equal verify, the
counter and authority transitions, the dust gate, an interrupted run
resumed to confirmed, and the no-budget refusal that halves 20 to 10.
The interruption seam is balanceTx rather than submitTx: cutting after
balancing leaves the in-process wallet believing its dust spent, and
its next balanceTx waits with no ceiling.
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This PR adds fragmented deploy support for large contracts. It adds a circuit-per-transaction budget, partial deployment records, resume and verification flows, verifier-key insert transactions, fixture contracts, integration coverage, and related CLI, config, error, and documentation updates.

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Fragmented deployment flow

Layer / File(s) Summary
CLI and configuration surface
packages/cli/src/runDeploy.ts, packages/deployer/src/loaders/argv.ts, packages/deployer/src/config/schema.ts, packages/deployer/src/runDeploy.ts, packages/cli/CHANGELOG.md, packages/deployer/README.md, packages/deployer/CHANGELOG.md, packages/deployer/docs/invariants.md
Adds --circuits-per-tx and contracts.*.circuits_per_tx, validates them as positive integers, forwards the resolved value into deployment, and extends JSON error output with fragmented deployment fields. Docs now describe split deployment, partial records, new exit codes, timeout scope, and --force behavior.
Fragmented fixture and integration setup
Makefile, tests/integrations/fixtures/Fragmented.compact, tests/integrations/fixtures/signingkeys/*, tests/integrations/compact.toml, tests/integrations/_harness/*
Adds a new Fragmented fixture artifact and build rule, two integration deploy profiles, harness support for fragmented fixtures, and signing-key fixtures for budgeted and no-budget cases.
Planning, state, and maintenance helpers
packages/deployer/src/loaders/artifact.ts, packages/deployer/src/services/contract-state.ts, packages/deployer/src/services/deploy-plan.ts, packages/deployer/src/services/chain-state.ts, packages/deployer/src/services/maintenance-tx.ts, packages/deployer/src/services/wallet-sync.ts, packages/deployer/src/deployer.testkit.ts
Adds verifier-key loading from zk config, runtime-to-ledger state pruning, deterministic fragment planning, on-chain state reads and resume checks, signed maintenance insert transactions, dust-settlement waits, and shared deploy test helpers.
Partial records, transaction flow, and errors
packages/deployer/src/deployments.ts, packages/deployer/src/services/deploy-tx.ts, packages/deployer/src/errors.ts, packages/deployer/src/deployments.test.ts, packages/deployer/src/services/deploy-tx.test.ts, packages/deployer/src/errors.test.ts
Adds a persisted partial deployment record state, fragment-aware deploy and insert finalization, confirmation from pending or partial records, BlockLimitError, FragmentDeployError, and PartialDeployExistsError, plus tests for record promotion, retries, timeouts, and structured failure data.
Deployer orchestration and end-to-end coverage
packages/deployer/src/deployer.ts, packages/deployer/src/deployer.split.test.ts, packages/deployer/src/deployer.test.ts, tests/integrations/specs/deploy/*, packages/deployer/tsconfig.json, packages/deployer/vitest.config.ts
Updates Deployer to choose single or fragmented deploy paths, retry oversized batches by halving when no explicit budget exists, resume partial runs from chain and local state, persist progress, settle wallet dust between inserts, and return fragments and circuits counts. Unit and integration tests cover success, resume, timeout, authority mismatches, already-landed circuits, and no-budget behavior.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant CLI
  participant Deployer
  participant DeployTx
  participant ChainState
  participant Deployments

  CLI->>Deployer: prepare with circuitsPerTx
  Deployer->>Deployments: read head record
  Deployer->>DeployTx: submit deploy tx
  DeployTx->>ChainState: wait for initial circuits
  Deployer->>DeployTx: submit verifier-key insert txs
  DeployTx->>ChainState: wait for fragment circuits
  Deployer->>Deployments: write partial progress
  Deployer->>Deployments: confirm completed deploy
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Fragmented deployment can proceed before wallet settlement is confirmed, risking a failed subsequent fragment. The automatic retry path also lacks deterministic integration coverage, so these issues should be fixed before merge.

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I packed small circuits in a careful line,
I hopped through each tx one by one in time.
I saved my place when clouds made progress pause,
Then found the trail again with ledger laws.
I kept the keys out of the public light,
And thumped with joy when fragments fit just right.

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265-265: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Document the partial DeploymentRecord variant.

The /deployments API table omits PartialDeploymentRecord, although DeploymentRecord includes it. Add the missing variant to the documented union.

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-| `/deployments` | `Deployments`, `DeploymentRecord` (`PendingDeploymentRecord` \| `ConfirmedDeploymentRecord`, discriminated on `status`), `DeploymentsFile`, `DeploymentsHistory` |
+| `/deployments` | `Deployments`, `DeploymentRecord` (`PendingDeploymentRecord` \| `PartialDeploymentRecord` \| `ConfirmedDeploymentRecord`, discriminated on `status`), `DeploymentsFile`, `DeploymentsHistory` |
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In `@packages/deployer/README.md` at line 265, Update the `/deployments` API table
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union alongside `PendingDeploymentRecord` and `ConfirmedDeploymentRecord`.
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In `@packages/deployer/src/services/wallet-sync.ts`:
- Around line 145-149: Update the pending-set predicate in the wallet
synchronization flow to return true only when state.pending is defined and
PendingTransactions.allPending(pending) is empty; treat undefined as unsettled
so the applied-index check cannot advance settlement prematurely.

In `@tests/integrations/specs/deploy/fragmented.spec.ts`:
- Around line 346-351: Add a deterministic submission seam around tapSubmissions
that records each batch size, throws BlockLimitError for the initial 20-circuit
batch, and permits the smaller retry to succeed. Update the test to reject
deployment errors, assert outcome.fragments is greater than one, and verify the
recorded attempts include 20 followed by a smaller batch, proving the refusal
and retry path.

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In `@packages/deployer/README.md`:
- Line 265: Update the `/deployments` API table entry to include
`PartialDeploymentRecord` in the documented `DeploymentRecord` union alongside
`PendingDeploymentRecord` and `ConfirmedDeploymentRecord`.

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Comment thread packages/deployer/src/services/wallet-sync.ts Outdated
Comment thread tests/integrations/specs/deploy/fragmented.spec.ts Outdated
The numbered tags tied every comment to the ordering in
docs/invariants.md, which drifts as that list is edited. Comments keep
the rule and lose the pointer; test names carry the behaviour on their
own.
The no-budget spec accepted either a one-tx landing or a BlockLimitError,
so a deployer that gave up after the first refusal still passed. The
local pool refuses 20 circuits and accepts 10, so the spec asserts that
outcome: three submissions, two fragments, every key on chain.
dustCaughtUp took an undefined pending set as settled, so an unrelated
event carrying the applied index past the mark would release the next
fragment while our own spend was still unapplied. Fail closed instead.
The dust gate now fails closed on a missing pending set, so a fake state
without one stalls every insert until the timeout.

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The design holds up. The pruned deploy commits the same maintenance authority byte-for-byte, and the ledger counter rule blocks a double-applied insert even against a lying node. Resume is triple-gated (contract exists, committee contains this key, on-chain keys byte-equal to the artifact) plus the txHash cross-check, and addresses are ledger-randomised. The halving loop is bounded with a floor of 1. The #86 write-before-wait ordering is preserved, and all three crash windows resolve on re-run. Verified locally: build, lint, and types clean, 596 deployer tests with the 100% coverage gate intact, 79 cli tests. The split tests verify real signatures on real compiler-emitted verifier keys against a stateful fake chain. The committed Fragmented signing keys follow the existing dummy pattern.

Approving. The inline comments are non-blocking; treat them as follow-up material. Please file issues for the three follow-ups the PR body names, since none exists yet.

Low notes, no comment anchor: on an injected facade that never tracked the tx, the dust gate can open early on an unrelated event (resumable failure, not fund loss); fragment membership is alphabetical, so the README could tell authors to keep each circuit safe standalone during the live window or hold traffic until the deploy confirms; dry-run returns fragments: 0 while the docs define 1 as the single-tx value, and the human success output does not print fragments/circuits; circuits_per_tx >= circuit count pins single-tx behavior and disables halving, which deserves a documented mention as the "never fragment" switch.

}: AssertResumableArgs): ChainSnapshot {
if (snapshot === undefined) {
throw new ConfigError(
`Deployments ledger has a partial deploy at ${address} but no contract exists there. Re-run with --force to deploy fresh.`,

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Non-blocking (Medium): this hint fires on any null chain read, and the branch is reachable while the deploy tx is still in flight, because #settleDeployTx returns undefined on its watch timeout. Nothing upstream distinguishes "tx conclusively absent" from "indexer not caught up". An operator who follows the hint deploys a second contract, and the first can land later as an orphaned half-deployed contract whose fragment-0 circuits stay callable under the same maintenance key. Gate the hint on a conclusive absence (the watch concluded rather than timed out), or change the text to "check the address on an explorer first, then re-run with --force". The PR body already names this one.

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Done in 98ef380 — a timed-out watch with no readable state now raises the resumable error and asks for an explorer check first; the --force hint stays for a watch that concluded.

Comment thread packages/deployer/src/deployer.ts Outdated
address: head.address,
circuitsOnChain: snapshot.circuits,
circuitsPending: left,
reason: `the deploy transaction of ${head.address} could not be identified, so the deploy cannot be confirmed`,

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Non-blocking (Medium): when every circuit is on chain but the deploy tx identifiers stay unresolvable, every re-run throws this same resumable error. If the indexer never serves the deploy tx data, there is no documented exit from the loop except --force, which abandons a fully landed contract. Document the exit, or allow confirming without txHash/blockHeight behind an explicit flag.

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Done in 38f13a1 — documented the exit: copy txHash and blockHeight from an explorer into the partial record and re-run, which confirms without a new tx. No flag added.

const unsubmitted = pruning
? await buildPrunedDeploy(submitArgs)
: await buildFullDeploy(submitArgs);
const txId = await submitClassified(

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Non-blocking (Medium, admitted in the PR body): txTimeoutMs covers finalization, indexer catch-up, and the dust settle, but proving and balanceTx inside submitTxAsync run with no ceiling. A hung proof server stalls the run silently between the halving log lines. Please file the follow-up issue; a ceiling here also bounds the worst case of the halving loop, which re-proves on every retry.

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Filed as #176.

Comment thread packages/deployer/docs/invariants.md Outdated
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# compact-deployer invariants

What the fragmented-deploy path must always hold. The `// INV-N` tags in `src/`

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Non-blocking (Medium, doc correctness): the "drop INV tags" commit removed every // INV-N tag from src/, so this sentence is false and a reader who greps for INV- concludes the document is stale. Delete the sentence; the "Enforced in" column already carries the link.

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Done in 29c84a1.

A resume whose deploy-tx watch timed out and whose address has no
readable state cannot tell "tx conclusively absent" from "indexer not
caught up". Sending the operator to --force there risks a second
contract while the first lands later, half deployed. That case now
raises the resumable FragmentDeployError with an explorer check first;
the ConfigError hint stays for a watch that concluded.
With every circuit on chain but no deploy-tx identifiers from either the
indexer or the record, each re-run threw the same resumable error and
--force was the only documented way out, abandoning a landed contract.
The error and the README now say what works: copy txHash and
blockHeight from an explorer into the partial record and re-run, which
confirms without a transaction. Also drops a test that duplicated the
existing no-contract refusal.
fragments is 0 on a dry-run while the field doc only defined 1; a
budget at or above the circuit count pins single-tx and disables
halving; and fragment membership follows sorted names, so the live
window needs each circuit safe standalone or traffic held.
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@pepebndc follow-ups filed: #176 (proving/balanceTx ceiling) and #177 (deploy-vs-insert budget). The --force-hint one is fixed in 98ef380 rather than filed.

Low notes: text output now prints fragments and circuits (89d9c7d); the dry-run fragments: 0 is documented as such, and the README names the never-fragment switch and the live-window guidance (bc40412). The injected-facade dust gate is left as is.

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