0xMiden · SantiagoPittella · May 8, 2026 · May 8, 2026 · May 8, 2026 · May 11, 2026
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - Replaced blocking-in-async operations in the validator, remote prover, and ntx-builder with `spawn_blocking` to avoid starving the Tokio runtime ([#2041](https://github.com/0xMiden/node/pull/2041)).
 - Implement persistent RocksDB backend for `AccountStateForest`, improving startup time ([#2020](https://github.com/0xMiden/node/pull/2020)).
+- Bounded the ntx-builder's startup load on the store and added a separate `store_sync_checkpoint` watermark so a partial-catch-up crash can no longer leave the builder thinking it's caught up when it isn't ([#1952](https://github.com/0xMiden/node/issues/1952)).
 
 ## v0.14.10 (2026-05-29)
 

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ license      = "MIT"
 readme       = "README.md"
 repository   = "https://github.com/0xMiden/node"
 rust-version = "1.93"
-version      = "0.14.10"
+version      = "0.14.11"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 # Workspace crates.

diff --git a/crates/ntx-builder/src/actor/mod.rs b/crates/ntx-builder/src/actor/mod.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ impl AccountActorContext {
             validator: ValidatorClient::new(url.clone()),
             prover: None,
             chain_state,
-            store: StoreClient::new(url),
+            store: StoreClient::new(url, NonZeroUsize::new(1).unwrap()),
             script_cache: LruCache::new(NonZeroUsize::new(1).unwrap()),
             max_notes_per_tx: NonZeroUsize::new(1).unwrap(),
             max_note_attempts: 1,