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feat: lower default time-to-build-proposal from 500ms to 200ms#2787

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@gakonst gakonst commented Feb 19, 2026

Lower the default --consensus.time-to-build-proposal from 500ms to 200ms.

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@shekhirin shekhirin added C-enhancement New feature or request A-block-building Related to block building labels Feb 19, 2026
/// for the leader to enter the view, build and broadcast the proposal, and
/// have the other peers receive the proposal.
#[arg(long = "consensus.time-to-build-proposal", default_value = "500ms")]
#[arg(long = "consensus.time-to-build-proposal", default_value = "200ms")]
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What worries me is the effect that this might have on subblocks (see below).

We only give it 100ms. While 100ms < 200ms this probably means that subblocks would only land under optimal network conditions and with virtually no clock drift.

@SuperFluffy SuperFluffy force-pushed the alexey/lower-build-proposal-deadline branch from fbf0e8d to 47f1aa3 Compare February 20, 2026 23:39
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