From 7ea00ae574341b4be0d2de2d0f4d410b8aac558f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Argue <89119817+peterargue@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:18:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [Access] Completely disable bitswap reproviding when
 bitswap-reprovide-enabled=false

---
 network/p2p/blob/blob_service.go | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/network/p2p/blob/blob_service.go b/network/p2p/blob/blob_service.go
index b4a1257b200..1e086473686 100644
--- a/network/p2p/blob/blob_service.go
+++ b/network/p2p/blob/blob_service.go
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ func NewBlobService(
 			}
 		}).
 		AddWorker(func(ctx irrecoverable.SignalerContext, ready component.ReadyFunc) {
+			if bs.config.ReprovideInterval < 0 {
+				ready()
+				return
+			}
+
 			// New creates and starts the reprovider (non-blocking)
 			reprovider, err := provider.New(ds,
 				provider.Online(r),
@@ -182,7 +187,9 @@ func NewBlobService(
 
 			var err *multierror.Error
 
-			err = multierror.Append(err, bs.reprovider.Close())
+			if bs.reprovider != nil {
+				err = multierror.Append(err, bs.reprovider.Close())
+			}
 			err = multierror.Append(err, bs.blockService.Close())
 
 			if err.ErrorOrNil() != nil {
@@ -197,6 +204,9 @@ func NewBlobService(
 }
 
 func (bs *blobService) TriggerReprovide(ctx context.Context) error {
+	if bs.reprovider == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
 	return bs.reprovider.Reprovide(ctx)
 }
 

From a65ed972817c34f66abb9f5b6510518738a13c72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Argue <89119817+peterargue@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 22:42:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] disable reproviding on public network if configured

---
 cmd/access/node_builder/access_node_builder.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cmd/access/node_builder/access_node_builder.go b/cmd/access/node_builder/access_node_builder.go
index a6054301385..2f392b38d55 100644
--- a/cmd/access/node_builder/access_node_builder.go
+++ b/cmd/access/node_builder/access_node_builder.go
@@ -842,6 +842,10 @@ func (builder *FlowAccessNodeBuilder) BuildExecutionSyncComponents() *FlowAccess
 				blob.WithParentBlobService(bs),
 			}
 
+			if !builder.BitswapReprovideEnabled {
+				opts = append(opts, blob.WithReprovideInterval(-1))
+			}
+
 			net := builder.AccessNodeConfig.PublicNetworkConfig.Network
 
 			var err error