From b58a5f8d21ac718b33a6df15516ef43aa96b6197 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florent Tapponnier <contact@mobula.io>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 22:36:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] mev-protect-rpc: gate via REMOVED_BENCH_SLUGS (the house
 staging mechanism), redirect aligned, bench-set cache bumped

---
 src/app/products/[slug]/page.tsx | 8 ++++----
 src/lib/removed-benches.ts       | 1 +
 src/lib/spec.ts                  | 6 +++---
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/app/products/[slug]/page.tsx b/src/app/products/[slug]/page.tsx
index 1ce586d2..87c6d1a5 100644
--- a/src/app/products/[slug]/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/products/[slug]/page.tsx
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ export async function generateMetadata({
   // crawlers that peek at the response before the 308 fires still see the
   // right canonical target.
   // Merkle rebranded to Blink Labs and went keyed-only; the provider was
-  // fully delisted 2026-07-10 from the keyless RPC benches. 308 to the
-  // Blink Labs product page (bench 074 lists them under the new name) so
-  // the old URL's link equity lands on the successor.
+  // fully delisted 2026-07-10 so this page has no data left. 308 to the
+  // capabilities bench for now; flip to /products/blinklabs in the same PR
+  // that removes mev-protect-rpc from REMOVED_BENCH_SLUGS.
   if (slug === "merkle") {
-    permanentRedirect("/products/blinklabs");
+    permanentRedirect("/benchmarks/rpc-capabilities");
   }
   if (await isHlBuilderWithHistory(slug)) {
     const canonicalUrl = `${SITE.url}/hyperliquid/${slug}`;
diff --git a/src/lib/removed-benches.ts b/src/lib/removed-benches.ts
index 32de4dca..84bca2c9 100644
--- a/src/lib/removed-benches.ts
+++ b/src/lib/removed-benches.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export const REMOVED_BENCH_SLUGS = new Set([
   "monad-rpc",
   "megaeth-rpc",
   "rpc-keyed-latency",
+  "mev-protect-rpc",
   "explorer-chain-coverage",
   "portfolio-chain-coverage",
 ]);
diff --git a/src/lib/spec.ts b/src/lib/spec.ts
index d2a59e88..c68633d0 100644
--- a/src/lib/spec.ts
+++ b/src/lib/spec.ts
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ const loadBenchmarkUnfilteredCached = unstable_cache(
   // level on VERCEL_ENV=production). Bench SET now differs per env, so
   // the env is part of the cache key to keep prod and preview entries
   // from colliding.
-  ["bench-unfiltered-v23", process.env.VERCEL_ENV === "production" ? "prod" : "all"],
+  ["bench-unfiltered-v24", process.env.VERCEL_ENV === "production" ? "prod" : "all"],
   { revalidate: 300, tags: ["benchmarks"] },
 );
 
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ const loadAllBenchmarksCached = unstable_cache(
   // 055-066; sitemap/citable/products must pick up the new slugs).
   // v25: bumped with bench-unfiltered-v21 (+bench 067 portfolio-chain-coverage).
   // v26: bumped with bench-unfiltered-v22 (+bench 068 explorer-chain-coverage).
-  // v27: bumped with bench-unfiltered-v23 (prod-only bench gate); env in key.
+  // v27: bumped with bench-unfiltered-v24 (prod-only bench gate); env in key.
   ["all-benchmarks-v27", process.env.VERCEL_ENV === "production" ? "prod" : "all"],
   { revalidate: 300, tags: ["benchmarks"] },
 );
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ const loadBenchmarkFiltered = unstable_cache(
   // 055-066).
   // v13: bumped with bench-unfiltered-v21 (+bench 067 portfolio-chain-coverage).
   // v14: bumped with bench-unfiltered-v22 (+bench 068 explorer-chain-coverage).
-  // v15: bumped with bench-unfiltered-v23 (prod-only bench gate); env in key.
+  // v15: bumped with bench-unfiltered-v24 (prod-only bench gate); env in key.
   ["bench-filters-v15", process.env.VERCEL_ENV === "production" ? "prod" : "all"],
   { revalidate: 300, tags: ["benchmarks"] }
 );