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+# Non-exhaustive checklist for integrating new changes for an upcoming hard fork/devnet
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+## Introducing new EIP types or changes to primitive types 
+
+- Make required changes to primitive data structures on [alloy](https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy)
+- All new EIP data structures/constants/helpers etc. go into the `alloy-eips` crate at first.
+- New transaction types go into `alloy-consensus`
+- If there are changes to existing data structures, such as `Header` or `Block`, apply them to the types in `alloy-consensus` (e.g. new `request_hashes` field in Prague)
+
+## Engine API
+
+- If there are changes to the engine API (e.g. a new `engine_newPayloadVx` and `engine_getPayloadVx` pair) add the new types to the `alloy-rpc-types-engine` crate.
+- If there are new parameters to the `engine_newPayloadVx` endpoint, add them to the `ExecutionPayloadSidecar` container type. This types contains all additional parameters that are required to convert an `ExecutionPayload` to an EL block.
+
+## Reth changes
+
+### Updates to the engine API
+
+- Add new endpoints to the `EngineApi` trait and implement endpoints.
+- Update the `ExceuctionPayload` + `ExecutionPayloadSidecar` to `Block` conversion if there are any additional parameters.
+- Update version specific validation checks in the `EngineValidator` trait.
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