fix: seal assemble when an L1 message exceeds remaining gas

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Summary

• Stop aborting engine_assembleL2Block when the next L1 message does not fit remaining block gas.
• Include L1 messages that already fit, leave leftovers for the next height via next_l1_msg_index, and still return a valid assembled block (same as morph-geth).
• A single L1 message larger than the whole block gas limit is skipped for this height (not included, index not advanced) so assemble still succeeds.

Fixes #158

Test plan

• cargo nextest run -p morph-payload-builder
• cargo nextest run -p morph-node --features test-utils -E 'test(l1_message_gas_overflow_seals_what_fits) + test(single_oversized_l1_message_does_not_abort_assemble) + test(l1_message_gas_is_tracked)'
• Confirm a sequencer assemble with a later L1 message that does not fit remaining gas still produces a block

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved block assembly when L1 messages exceed the remaining gas limit.
  • Messages that do not fit are deferred for a later block instead of stopping payload construction.
  • Messages exceeding the entire block gas limit are skipped safely while preserving their queue position.
• Documentation
  • Clarified L1 message packing and retry behavior.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Changes

L1 message gas-limit handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Update L1 packing behavior crates/payload/builder/src/builder.rs, crates/payload/builder/src/error.rs, crates/payload/builder/src/lib.rs	L1 packing stops when a message exceeds remaining gas. Messages exceeding the full block limit are skipped without advancing next_l1_msg_index. The obsolete block gas-limit error variant and tracking vector were removed.
Validate queue and block results crates/node/tests/it/l1_messages.rs	Integration tests verify inclusion of fitting messages, deferral of later messages, queue-index advancement, and exclusion of oversized messages without assembly failure.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 49255

The PR changes assembly to seal a valid block when an L1 message exceeds the remaining gas, while deferring messages that do not fit. The remaining concern is limited test-path coverage, and no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

Possibly related issues

• morph-l2/morph-reth issue 155: Addresses the same L1-message gas-overflow behavior by sealing blocks with fitting messages and deferring oversized messages.

Possibly related PRs

• morph-l2/morph-reth#124: Updates related L1 message packing and next_l1_msg_index semantics.

Suggested reviewers: chengwenxi

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: sealing assembly when an L1 message exceeds remaining gas.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy issue #158 by preserving fitting messages, deferring leftovers, skipping oversized messages, and avoiding assembly failure.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The code, tests, documentation, and error cleanup are directly related to the L1 message gas-overflow behavior.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

crates/node/tests/it/l1_messages.rs (1)

169-246: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Route these tests through engine_assembleL2Block.

advance_block_with_l1_messages currently calls payload_builder_handle.send_new_payload and submit_payload, so these tests do not cover the sequencer assembly path.

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In `@crates/node/tests/it/l1_messages.rs` around lines 169 - 246, Update
l1_message_gas_overflow_seals_what_fits and
single_oversized_l1_message_does_not_abort_assemble to assemble blocks through
engine_assembleL2Block instead of advance_block_with_l1_messages, preserving
their existing assertions for included messages, leftovers, and
next_l1_msg_index.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@crates/node/tests/it/l1_messages.rs`:
- Around line 169-246: Update l1_message_gas_overflow_seals_what_fits and
single_oversized_l1_message_does_not_abort_assemble to assemble blocks through
engine_assembleL2Block instead of advance_block_with_l1_messages, preserving
their existing assertions for included messages, leftovers, and
next_l1_msg_index.

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• crates/node/tests/it/l1_messages.rs
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• crates/payload/builder/src/error.rs