Exclude empty requests from requests hash

datatypes/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/datatypes/Hash.java

@@ -52,15 +52,9 @@ public class Hash extends DelegatingBytes32 {
   public static final Hash EMPTY = hash(Bytes.EMPTY);
 
   /**
-   * Hash of empty requests or "0x6036c41849da9c076ed79654d434017387a88fb833c2856b32e18218b3341c5f"
+   * Hash of empty requests or "0xe3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855"
    */
-  public static final Hash EMPTY_REQUESTS_HASH =
-      Hash.wrap(
-          sha256(
-              Bytes.concatenate(
-                  sha256(Bytes.of(RequestType.DEPOSIT.getSerializedType())),
-                  sha256(Bytes.of(RequestType.WITHDRAWAL.getSerializedType())),
-                  sha256(Bytes.of(RequestType.CONSOLIDATION.getSerializedType())))));
+  public static final Hash EMPTY_REQUESTS_HASH = Hash.wrap(sha256(Bytes.EMPTY));
 
   /**
    * Instantiates a new Hash.

datatypes/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/datatypes/HashTest.java

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ public void shouldGetExpectedValueForEmptyHash() {
   public void shouldGetExpectedValueForEmptyRequestsHash() {
     assertThat(Hash.EMPTY_REQUESTS_HASH)
         .isEqualTo(
-            Hash.fromHexString(
-                "0x6036c41849da9c076ed79654d434017387a88fb833c2856b32e18218b3341c5f"));
+            Hash.fromHexString("e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855"));
   }
 }

ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/mainnet/BodyValidation.java

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public static Hash withdrawalsRoot(final List<Withdrawal> withdrawals) {
   /**
    * Generates the requests hash for a list of requests
    *
-   * @param requests list of request
+   * @param requests list of request (must be sorted by request type ascending)
    * @return the requests hash
    */
   public static Hash requestsHash(final List<Request> requests) {
@@ -101,10 +101,14 @@ public static Hash requestsHash(final List<Request> requests) {
         .forEach(
             i -> {
               final Request request = requests.get(i);
-              final Bytes requestBytes =
-                  Bytes.concatenate(
-                      Bytes.of(request.getType().getSerializedType()), request.getData());
-              requestHashes.add(sha256(requestBytes));
+
+              // empty requests are excluded from the hash
+              if (!request.getData().isEmpty()) {
+                final Bytes requestBytes =
+                    Bytes.concatenate(
+                        Bytes.of(request.getType().getSerializedType()), request.getData());
+                requestHashes.add(sha256(requestBytes));
+              }
             });
 
     return Hash.wrap(sha256(Bytes.wrap(requestHashes)));

ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/chain/GenesisStateTest.java

@@ -327,14 +327,14 @@ void genesisFromPrague(final DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration)
     assertThat(header.getRequestsHash().get())
         .isEqualTo(
             Hash.fromHexString(
-                "0x6036c41849da9c076ed79654d434017387a88fb833c2856b32e18218b3341c5f"));
+                "0xe3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855"));
     assertThat(header.getTargetBlobsPerBlock().isPresent()).isTrue();
     assertThat(header.getTargetBlobsPerBlock().get()).isEqualTo(UInt64.ONE);
 
     assertThat(header.getHash())
         .isEqualTo(
             Hash.fromHexString(
-                "0xdbc64edecb3a432e48cbd270b4a248ffc611b5f3dd666c8a10d546672cae17bd"));
+                "0xdb3cb6f894b434d55c66cf6aeb3d12ab9acc276f130dad82d5791eef8b048f2e"));
   }
 
   @Test