Add flag to disable prune on startup

beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/builder.rs

@@ -267,9 +267,11 @@ where
         self.genesis_time = Some(genesis_state.genesis_time());
 
         // Prune finalized execution payloads.
-        store
-            .try_prune_execution_payloads(false)
-            .map_err(|e| format!("Error pruning execution payloads: {e:?}"))?;
+        if store.get_config().prune_payloads_on_init {
+            store
+                .try_prune_execution_payloads(false)
+                .map_err(|e| format!("Error pruning execution payloads: {e:?}"))?;
+        }
 
         self.op_pool = Some(
             store

beacon_node/src/cli.rs

@@ -515,6 +515,13 @@ pub fn cli_app<'a, 'b>() -> App<'a, 'b> {
                 .takes_value(true)
                 .default_value("true")
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("prune-payloads-on-startup")
+                .long("prune-payloads-on-startup")
+                .help("Check for execution payloads to prune on start-up.")
+                .takes_value(true)
+                .default_value("true")
+        )
 
         /*
          * Misc.

beacon_node/src/config.rs

@@ -358,6 +358,12 @@ pub fn get_config<E: EthSpec>(
             .map_err(|_| "auto-compact-db takes a boolean".to_string())?;
     }
 
+    if let Some(prune_payloads_on_init) =
+        clap_utils::parse_optional(cli_args, "prune-payloads-on-startup")?
+    {
+        client_config.store.prune_payloads_on_init = prune_payloads_on_init;
+    }
+
     /*
      * Zero-ports
      *

beacon_node/store/src/config.rs

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ pub struct StoreConfig {
     pub compact_on_init: bool,
     /// Whether to compact the database during database pruning.
     pub compact_on_prune: bool,
+    /// Whether to try pruning execution payloads on initialization.
+    pub prune_payloads_on_init: bool,
 }
 
 /// Variant of `StoreConfig` that gets written to disk. Contains immutable configuration params.
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ impl Default for StoreConfig {
             block_cache_size: DEFAULT_BLOCK_CACHE_SIZE,
             compact_on_init: false,
             compact_on_prune: true,
+            prune_payloads_on_init: true,
         }
     }
 }