chore: v1.26.0 release (#7423)

Author: philknows

.benchrc.yaml

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-# Mocha opts
-extension: ["ts"]
-colors: true
-node-option:
-  - "loader=ts-node/register"
-
 # benchmark opts
 threshold: 3
-maxMs: 60_000
+maxMs: 60000
 minRuns: 10
+# Default is set to 0.005, which is too low considering the benchmark setup we have
+# Changing it to 0.05 which is 5/100, so 5% difference of moving average among run times
+convergeFactor: 0.075 # 7.5 / 100
+triggerGC: false
+sort: true
+convergence: linear
+averageCalculation: clean-outliers

.env.test

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 GETH_DOCKER_IMAGE=ethereum/client-go:v1.13.14
 # Use either image or local binary for the testing
 GETH_BINARY_DIR=
-LIGHTHOUSE_DOCKER_IMAGE=sigp/lighthouse:v5.1.1-amd64-modern-dev
+LIGHTHOUSE_DOCKER_IMAGE=sigp/lighthouse:latest-amd64-unstable
 
 # We can't upgrade nethermind further due to genesis hash mismatch with the geth
 # https://github.com/NethermindEth/nethermind/issues/6683

biome.jsonc

@@ -255,14 +255,6 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    // Dependencies still using mocha
-    {
-      "include": ["packages/**/test/perf/**/*.test.ts", "packages/state-transition/test/utils/beforeValueMocha.ts"],
-      "javascript": {
-        // These are used by mocha
-        "globals": ["describe", "it", "before", "after"]
-      }
-    },
     {
       "include": [
         // These files are using mix cases e.g. `engine_newPayloadV4`