bump geth v1.14.11; rm hacks

[jmank88]

https://smartcontract-it.atlassian.net/browse/BCF-3338

Bumping geth to v1.14.11, which brings a new simulated backend API from v1.13.14 and breaks our usage of the old one. The simulated backends are:

• It now uses more of the underlying geth API so gives us better coverage in some sense
  • This is why the Simulated.toml needs real values
• You need to Commit() after deploying a contract in order to configure it (previously you could deploy + config then Commit as a batch).
  • This was the majority of the difficulty in completing the upgrade, involved updating lots of test code
• Fork() behaves differently, but we've added a wrapper for backwards compat. Details here

  chainlink/core/chains/evm/logpoller/helper_test.go

  Line 50 in 916514e

  // Fork as an override exists to maintain the same behaviour as the old

• New blocks with Commit() bump the block timestamp by 1s (I believe it was 10s before)
• If you use Rollback() (uncommon), you'll need to set the GasTipCap on transact opts for example https://github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/blob/916514e8adc3cc7d02c05d891f4955435a0d9821/core/chains/evm/logpoller/helper_test.go#L103C8-L103C42.
• The first Commit() sets the block timestamp to now()
• Doesn't seem to complain about blocks in the future so our tweakTimestamp is no longer needed

Failing Tests

These tests are currently skipped due to disruptive failures. TODO: Open tickets to address.

features

features_test.go

• TestIntegration_AsyncEthTx(t *testing.T) {
• TestIntegration_OCR(t *testing.T) {
• TestIntegration_OCR_ForwarderFlow(t *testing.T) {

blockhashstore

feeder_test.go

• TestStartHeartbeats

ccip

clo_ccip_integration_test.go

• Test_CLOSpecApprovalFlow_pipeline
• Test_CLOSpecApprovalFlow_dynamicPriceGetter

integration_legacy_test.go

• TestIntegration_legacy_CCIP

integration_test.go

• TestIntegration_CCIP
• TestReorg

ocr2keeper

integration_21_test.go

• TestIntegration_KeeperPluginLogUpkeep

vrf

integration_v2_plus_test.go

• TestVRFV2PlusIntegration_SingleConsumer_BigGasCallback_Sandwich(t *testing.T) {
• TestVRFV2PlusIntegration_SingleConsumer_MultipleGasLanes(t *testing.T) {

integration_v2_test.go

• TestVRFV2Integration_SingleConsumer_BlockHeaderFeeder(t *testing.T) {
• TestVRFV2Integration_SingleConsumer_NeedsTopUp(t *testing.T) {
• TestVRFV2Integration_SingleConsumer_BigGasCallback_Sandwich(t *testing.T) {
• TestVRFV2Integration_SingleConsumer_MultipleGasLanes(t *testing.T) {

listener_v2_log_listener_test.go

• TestInitProcessedBlock_NoVRFReqs(t *testing.T) {
• TestInitProcessedBlock_NoUnfulfilledVRFReqs(t *testing.T) {
• TestInitProcessedBlock_OneUnfulfilledVRFReq(t *testing.T) {
• TestInitProcessedBlock_SomeUnfulfilledVRFReqs(t *testing.T) {
• TestInitProcessedBlock_UnfulfilledNFulfilledVRFReqs(t *testing.T) {
• TestUpdateLastProcessedBlock_NoVRFReqs(t *testing.T) {
• TestUpdateLastProcessedBlock_NoUnfulfilledVRFReqs(t *testing.T) {
• TestUpdateLastProcessedBlock_OneUnfulfilledVRFReq(t *testing.T) {
• TestUpdateLastProcessedBlock_SomeUnfulfilledVRFReqs(t *testing.T) {
• TestUpdateLastProcessedBlock_UnfulfilledNFulfilledVRFReqs(t *testing.T) {

[github-actions]

I see that you haven't updated any CHANGELOG files. Would it make sense to do so?

[Tofel]

@jmank88 please do not merge until I run go-ethereum-as-a-server compatibility tests for it, ok?

[Tofel]

@jmank88 alles verden machen! at least for commit 38f64e0 ---> results

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