fix(l1): made the tx-spammer work with our node

crates/blockchain/mempool.rs

@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ pub fn filter_transactions(
         if filter.only_plain_txs && is_blob_tx || filter.only_blob_txs && !is_blob_tx {
             return false;
         }
+
+        // This is a temporary fix to avoid invalid transactions to be included.
+        // This should be removed once https://github.com/lambdaclass/ethereum_rust/issues/680
+        // is addressed.
+        if tx.effective_gas_tip(filter.base_fee).is_none() {
+            return false;
+        }
         // Filter by tip & base_fee
         if let Some(min_tip) = filter.min_tip {
             if !tx

crates/networking/rpc/eth/account.rs

@@ -156,9 +156,8 @@ impl RpcHandler for GetTransactionCountRequest {
         );
 
         let Some(block_number) = self.block.resolve_block_number(&storage)? else {
-            return Err(RpcErr::Internal(
-                "Could not resolve block number".to_owned(),
-            )); // Should we return Null here?
+            return serde_json::to_value("0x0")
+                .map_err(|error| RpcErr::Internal(error.to_string()));
         };
 
         let nonce = storage

crates/networking/rpc/types/block_identifier.rs

@@ -39,7 +39,15 @@ impl BlockIdentifier {
                 BlockTag::Finalized => storage.get_finalized_block_number(),
                 BlockTag::Safe => storage.get_safe_block_number(),
                 BlockTag::Latest => storage.get_latest_block_number(),
-                BlockTag::Pending => storage.get_pending_block_number(),
+                BlockTag::Pending => {
+                    storage
+                        .get_pending_block_number()
+                        // If there are no pending blocks, we return the latest block number
+                        .and_then(|pending_block_number| match pending_block_number {
+                            Some(block_number) => Ok(Some(block_number)),
+                            None => storage.get_latest_block_number(),
+                        })
+                }
             },
         }
     }

test_data/el-stability-check.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ tasks:
 
 - name: run_task_matrix
   title: "Check block proposals from all client pairs"
-  timeout: 2m
+  timeout: 3m
   configVars:
     matrixValues: "validatorPairNames"
   config:

test_data/network_params.yaml

@@ -20,4 +20,6 @@ assertoor_params:
   run_block_proposal_check: false
   run_blob_transaction_test: true
   tests:
-    - 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lambdaclass/lambda_ethereum_rust/refs/heads/main/test_data/el-stability-check.yml'
+    - 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lambdaclass/lambda_ethereum_rust/refs/heads/main/test_data/el-stability-check.yml'
+tx_spammer_params:
+  tx_spammer_extra_args: ["--accounts=10", --txcount=10]