fix(worker): respect deadline in commit condition

miner/scroll_worker.go

@@ -414,8 +414,10 @@ func (w *worker) mainLoop() {
 			// already included in the current mining block. These transactions will
 			// be automatically eliminated.
 			if w.current != nil {
-				shouldCommit, _ := w.processTxnSlice(ev.Txs)
-				if shouldCommit || (w.current.deadlineReached && len(w.current.txs) > 0) {
+				// Note: We ignore shouldCommit and commit based on len(w.current.txs) instead.
+				w.processTxnSlice(ev.Txs)
+				// Note: We must wait for the deadline to avoid creating a block with a future timestamp.
+				if w.current.deadlineReached && len(w.current.txs) > 0 {
 					_, err = w.commit()
 				}
 			}

params/version.go

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 5         // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 9         // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 5         // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 6         // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "mainnet" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )