From 9f3de61b95ffc3781d6221ebbe971e1cf61148ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maciej Kulawik <mkulawik@offchainlabs.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:04:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] don't open ancients for classic-msg database

---
 execution/gethexec/node.go | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/execution/gethexec/node.go b/execution/gethexec/node.go
index 41dc140bb0..95a577da34 100644
--- a/execution/gethexec/node.go
+++ b/execution/gethexec/node.go
@@ -313,7 +313,13 @@ func CreateExecutionNode(
 	var classicOutbox *ClassicOutboxRetriever
 
 	if l2BlockChain.Config().ArbitrumChainParams.GenesisBlockNum > 0 {
-		classicMsgDb, err := stack.OpenDatabase("classic-msg", 0, 0, "classicmsg/", true)
+		classicMsgDb, err := stack.OpenDatabaseWithOptions("classic-msg", node.DatabaseOptions{
+			MetricsNamespace: "classicmsg/",
+			Cache:            16,
+			Handles:          16,
+			ReadOnly:         true,
+			NoFreezer:        true,
+		})
 		if dbutil.IsNotExistError(err) {
 			log.Warn("Classic Msg Database not found", "err", err)
 			classicOutbox = nil