From 9a284b68740d3119010cf92b8d7a15797fce299c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Klank <155117116+davidjsonn@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 16:33:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] perf: eliminate redundant clones and allocations

---
 benches/file_db.rs                | 4 ++--
 ethereum/src/consensus.rs         | 2 +-
 tests/rpc_equivalence.rs          | 2 +-
 verifiable-api/client/src/http.rs | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/benches/file_db.rs b/benches/file_db.rs
index 37669c9e7..db898ca4c 100644
--- a/benches/file_db.rs
+++ b/benches/file_db.rs
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ pub fn load_checkpoint(c: &mut Criterion) {
         let db = FileDB::new(&config).unwrap();
         let written_checkpoint =
             b256!("c7fc7b2f4b548bfc9305fa80bc1865ddc6eea4557f0a80507af5dc34db7bd9ce");
-        db.save_checkpoint(written_checkpoint.clone()).unwrap();
+        db.save_checkpoint(written_checkpoint).unwrap();
 
         // Then read from the db
         b.iter(|| {
             let checkpoint = db.load_checkpoint().unwrap();
-            assert_eq!(checkpoint, written_checkpoint.clone());
+            assert_eq!(checkpoint, written_checkpoint);
         })
     });
 }
diff --git a/ethereum/src/consensus.rs b/ethereum/src/consensus.rs
index a95046cd7..1f21587a9 100644
--- a/ethereum/src/consensus.rs
+++ b/ethereum/src/consensus.rs
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ impl<S: ConsensusSpec, R: ConsensusRpc<S>, DB: Database> ConsensusClient<S, R, D
 
         save_new_checkpoints(
             checkpoint_recv.clone(),
-            db.clone(),
+            db,
             initial_checkpoint,
             shutdown_recv,
         );
diff --git a/tests/rpc_equivalence.rs b/tests/rpc_equivalence.rs
index 2fe4b5337..958644188 100644
--- a/tests/rpc_equivalence.rs
+++ b/tests/rpc_equivalence.rs
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ async fn setup() -> (
         let port = get_available_port();
         let helios_client = EthereumClientBuilder::new()
             .network(Network::Mainnet)
-            .verifiable_api(&format!("http://localhost:{api_port}"))
+            .verifiable_api(format!("http://localhost:{api_port}"))
             .unwrap()
             .consensus_rpc(consensus_rpc)
             .unwrap()
diff --git a/verifiable-api/client/src/http.rs b/verifiable-api/client/src/http.rs
index 1a7349f77..f724470a9 100644
--- a/verifiable-api/client/src/http.rs
+++ b/verifiable-api/client/src/http.rs
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ async fn handle_response<T: DeserializeOwned>(response: Response) -> Result<T> {
         Ok(serde_json::from_slice(&bytes)?)
     } else {
         let error_response = response.json::<ErrorResponse>().await?;
-        Err(eyre!(error_response.error.to_string()))
+        Err(eyre!(error_response.error))
     }
 }