erigon-seg-retire

Erigon snapshot preparation involves running the seg retire command after stopping your datadir. This automates building indices, retiring blocks into snapshot files, and removing overlaps to create clean, publishable artifacts ready for release.

The seg retire command automates the segment retire workflow by consolidating build, merge, prune, and cleanup tasks across block and state snapshot files into a single reliable process for preparing publishable snapshots.

Run seg retire after shutting down Erigon and before indexing and publishing steps. It fits into the Publishable v2 snapshot release flow by sequencing segmentation, indexing, and packaging to produce verifiable artifacts.

You need an available Erigon binary, a stopped datadir with snapshot files, and the seg retire command available. The datadir must not be actively running to avoid conflicts during the retire process.

Yes. The seg retire command fully automates the snapshot retirement workflow, handling build, merge, prune, and cleanup steps across all block and state snapshot files in a single execution.

The seg retire process detects and removes overlaps between snapshot files as part of its cleanup phase, ensuring clean publication artifacts without duplicate or conflicting data segments.