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Remove experimental flag --Xenable-extra-debug-tracers#9638

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usmansaleem:remove-experimental-debug-tracers-flag
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Remove experimental flag --Xenable-extra-debug-tracers#9638
usmansaleem merged 2 commits intobesu-eth:mainfrom
usmansaleem:remove-experimental-debug-tracers-flag

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PR description

This change makes the callTracer always available for debug_trace* RPC methods without requiring the experimental flag.

Changes:

  • Remove static enableExtraTracers flag from DebugTraceTransactionStepFactory
  • Delete DebugTracerOptions class entirely (no longer needed)
  • Remove unstableDebugTracerOptions from BesuCommand
  • Update CALL_TRACER to always use CallTracerResultConverter
  • Update tests to remove flag assignments
  • Update unit test to reflect CALL_TRACER as fully implemented
  • Update CHANGELOG.md with breaking change notice

Breaking change: Users with scripts using --Xenable-extra-debug-tracers will need to remove this flag as it no longer exists.

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  • hive tests: Engine or other RPCs modified?

This change makes the callTracer always available for debug_trace* RPC
methods without requiring the experimental flag.

Changes:
- Remove static enableExtraTracers flag from DebugTraceTransactionStepFactory
- Delete DebugTracerOptions class entirely (no longer needed)
- Remove unstableDebugTracerOptions from BesuCommand
- Update CALL_TRACER to always use CallTracerResultConverter
- Update tests to remove flag assignments
- Update unit test to reflect CALL_TRACER as fully implemented
- Update CHANGELOG.md with breaking change notice

Breaking change: Users with scripts using --Xenable-extra-debug-tracers
will need to remove this flag as it no longer exists.

Signed-off-by: Usman Saleem <usman@usmans.info>
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Signed-off-by: Usman Saleem <usman@usmans.info>
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lgtm

@usmansaleem usmansaleem enabled auto-merge (squash) January 16, 2026 00:43
@usmansaleem usmansaleem merged commit a3e96e0 into besu-eth:main Jan 16, 2026
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