release: v1.7.0

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation

  • Added a v1.7.0 changelog entry listing upcoming improvements.

• Chores

  • Updated a third‑party dependency mapping to a newer resolved version and checksum.

• Tests

  • Added a pre-build step to prepare integration "upgrade" (and full) test runs before pytest.

• Breaking Changes

  • EVM-related call return types were changed; callers must adapt to the new response shape.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Updates changelog (adds UNRELEASED v1.7.0 entry), bumps github.com/evmos/ethermint replacement/version and checksum, adds a pre-build nix-build step for upgrade integration tests, and changes EVM-related method return types from *evmtypes.MsgEthereumTxResponse to *evmtypes.EVMResult.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Changelog CHANGELOG.md	Added an UNRELEASED entry (Jan 13, 2026) with a new v1.7.0 Improvements subsection (additive only).
Go module metadata go.mod, gomod2nix.toml	Bumped github.com/evmos/ethermint replacement from a commit-style v0.22.x ref to v0.23.0 and updated the associated checksum.
CI / Test script scripts/run-integration-tests	Added pre-build step: run nix-build integration_tests/configs/upgrade-test-package.nix when TESTS_TO_RUN is upgrade or all before invoking pytest.
EVM API changes x/cronos/keeper/evm.go, x/cronos/types/interfaces.go	Adjusted signatures to return *evmtypes.EVMResult instead of *evmtypes.MsgEthereumTxResponse (CallEVM, ApplyMessage).

Sequence Diagram(s)

(omitted — changes do not introduce multi-component control flow warranting a sequence diagram)

Estimated code review effort

🎯 3 (Moderate) | ⏱️ ~20 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• Problem: v1.4.6 is not backported #1787 — updates changelog and bumps github.com/evmos/ethermint replacement/version (dependency alignment).
• Problem: no trace detail on insufficient balance fix is not included #1679 — adapts EVM/transaction result handling and caller-facing types (MsgEthereumTxResponse → EVMResult).
• Problem: conflict of index uniqueness constrain violation on trace api #1753 — related updates to module metadata and integration test packaging for the ethermint bump.

Suggested labels

nix

Suggested reviewers

• JayT106
• thomas-nguy
• XinyuCRO

Poem

🐇 A hop, a tweak, a tiny cheer,
New versions logged and checksums near.
Builds prepped softly for upgrades to run,
EVM replies changed — type swap done.
Rabbit twitches whiskers — merge time’s fun.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The pull request title 'release: v1.7.0' is clear, concise, and directly reflects the main objective of preparing a v1.7.0 release, as confirmed by the CHANGELOG updates, dependency version bumps, and build script modifications.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.

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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 25.51%. Comparing base (a3c2f70) to head (9c947d4).
⚠️ Report is 137 commits behind head on main.

Additional details and impacted files

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+ Hits         1040     1314     +274     
+ Misses       5000     3673    -1327     
- Partials      123      163      +40     

Files with missing lines	Coverage Δ
x/cronos/keeper/evm.go	60.55% <100.00%> (+60.55%)	⬆️

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