# Capella Light Client -- Sync Protocol

**Notice**: This document is a work-in-progress for researchers and implementers.

## Table of contents

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- [Introduction](#introduction)
- [Constants](#constants)
- [Containers](#containers)
  - [Modified `LightClientHeader`](#modified-lightclientheader)
- [Helper functions](#helper-functions)
  - [`get_lc_execution_root`](#get_lc_execution_root)
  - [Modified `is_valid_light_client_header`](#modified-is_valid_light_client_header)

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## Introduction

This upgrade adds information about the execution payload to light client data as part of the Capella upgrade. It extends the [Altair Light Client specifications](../../altair/light-client/sync-protocol.md). The [fork document](./fork.md) explains how to upgrade existing Altair based deployments to Capella.

Additional documents describes the impact of the upgrade on certain roles:
- [Full node](./full-node.md)
- [Networking](./p2p-interface.md)

## Constants

| Name | Value |
| - | - |
| `EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_INDEX` | `get_generalized_index(BeaconBlockBody, 'execution_payload')` (= 25) |

## Containers

### Modified `LightClientHeader`

```python
class LightClientHeader(Container):
    # Beacon block header
    beacon: BeaconBlockHeader
    # Execution payload header corresponding to `beacon.body_root` (from Capella onward)
    execution: ExecutionPayloadHeader
    execution_branch: Vector[Bytes32, floorlog2(EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_INDEX)]
```

## Helper functions

### `get_lc_execution_root`

```python
def get_lc_execution_root(header: LightClientHeader) -> Root:
    epoch = compute_epoch_at_slot(header.beacon.slot)

    if epoch >= CAPELLA_FORK_EPOCH:
        return hash_tree_root(header.execution)

    return Root()
```

### Modified `is_valid_light_client_header`

```python
def is_valid_light_client_header(header: LightClientHeader) -> bool:
    epoch = compute_epoch_at_slot(header.beacon.slot)

    if epoch < CAPELLA_FORK_EPOCH:
        return (
            header.execution == ExecutionPayloadHeader()
            and header.execution_branch == [Bytes32() for _ in range(floorlog2(EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_INDEX))]
        )

    return is_valid_merkle_branch(
        leaf=get_lc_execution_root(header),
        branch=header.execution_branch,
        depth=floorlog2(EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_INDEX),
        index=get_subtree_index(EXECUTION_PAYLOAD_INDEX),
        root=header.beacon.body_root,
    )
```