diff --git a/.github/workflows/holesky-test.yml b/.github/workflows/holesky-test.yml
index 34b3e7be..6ae3743f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/holesky-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/holesky-test.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@ name: holesky-test
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ "main" ]
-  # pull_request_target is needed so that external contributors that create PRs from a forked repo
-  # have access to the secrets needed to run the tests. There are security implications to this,
-  # see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74957218/what-is-the-difference-between-pull-request-and-pull-request-target-event-in-git
-  # MAKE SURE TO ONLY ALLOW RUNNING THIS WORKFLOW AFTER REVIEWING THE PR!
-  pull_request_target:
+  pull_request:
     branches: [ "main" ]
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 3d2eb80e..736563a9 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 {
   "go.testEnvVars": {
-    "INTEGRATION": "true"
+    // Only one of INTEGRATION or TESTNET should be true.
+    "INTEGRATION": "true",
+    "TESTNET": "false",
+    // To test against TESTNET, set SIGNER_PRIVATE_KEY and ETHEREUM_RPC.
+    "SIGNER_PRIVATE_KEY": "",
+    "ETHEREUM_RPC": "https://ethereum-holesky-rpc.publicnode.com"
   },
   "go.testFlags": [
     "-test.parallel",
diff --git a/e2e/main_test.go b/e2e/main_test.go
index 39a2c062..d0639fa9 100644
--- a/e2e/main_test.go
+++ b/e2e/main_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ var (
 func ParseEnv() {
 	runIntegrationTests = os.Getenv("INTEGRATION") == "true" || os.Getenv("INTEGRATION") == "1"
 	runTestnetIntegrationTests = os.Getenv("TESTNET") == "true" || os.Getenv("TESTNET") == "1"
+	if runIntegrationTests && runTestnetIntegrationTests {
+		panic("only one of INTEGRATION=true or TESTNET=true env var can be set")
+	}
 }
 
 // TestMain ... run main controller
diff --git a/e2e/setup.go b/e2e/setup.go
index fe4aefa1..5c8e3864 100644
--- a/e2e/setup.go
+++ b/e2e/setup.go
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ func TestSuiteConfig(testCfg *Cfg) server.CLIConfig {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
+	svcManagerAddr := "0xD4A7E1Bd8015057293f0D0A557088c286942e84b" // holesky testnet
 	eigendaCfg := server.Config{
 		EdaClientConfig: clients.EigenDAClientConfig{
 			RPC:                      holeskyDA,
@@ -190,11 +191,13 @@ func TestSuiteConfig(testCfg *Cfg) server.CLIConfig {
 			StatusQueryRetryInterval: pollInterval,
 			DisableTLS:               false,
 			SignerPrivateKeyHex:      pk,
+			EthRpcUrl:                ethRPC,
+			SvcManagerAddr:           svcManagerAddr,
 		},
 		VerifierConfig: verify.Config{
 			VerifyCerts:          false,
 			RPCURL:               ethRPC,
-			SvcManagerAddr:       "0xD4A7E1Bd8015057293f0D0A557088c286942e84b", // incompatible with non holeskly networks
+			SvcManagerAddr:       svcManagerAddr,
 			EthConfirmationDepth: 0,
 			KzgConfig: &kzg.KzgConfig{
 				G1Path:          "../resources/g1.point",
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d012c3a0..38e89c39 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.22
 toolchain go1.22.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/Layr-Labs/eigenda v0.8.5-0.20241028201743-5fe3e910a22d
+	github.com/Layr-Labs/eigenda v0.8.5-0.20241031144746-e2ead56a306d
 	github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto v0.12.1
 	github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism v1.9.4-0.20240927020138-a9c7f349d10b
 	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.14.11
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e3eb27f3..8e602d79 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:ukJfTF/6rtPPRCnwkur4qwRxa8vTRFBF0uk2
 github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:LButxg5PwREeZtORoXG3tL4fMGNddJ+vMq1mwgfaqoQ=
 github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.5.6-0.20230824185856-869dae002e5e h1:ZIWapoIRN1VqT8GR8jAwb1Ie9GyehWjVcGh32Y2MznE=
 github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.5.6-0.20230824185856-869dae002e5e/go.mod h1:g4AWEaM3yOg3HYfnJ3YIawPnVdXJh9QME85blwSAmyw=
-github.com/Layr-Labs/eigenda v0.8.5-0.20241028201743-5fe3e910a22d h1:s5U1TaWhC1J2rwc9IQdU/COGvuXALCKMd9GbONUZMxc=
-github.com/Layr-Labs/eigenda v0.8.5-0.20241028201743-5fe3e910a22d/go.mod h1:sqUNf9Ak+EfAX82jDxrb4QbT/g3DViWD3b7YIk36skk=
+github.com/Layr-Labs/eigenda v0.8.5-0.20241031144746-e2ead56a306d h1:2JtVArkLjW61kilkvvLyFHXBMp0ClF8PYCAxWqRnoDQ=
+github.com/Layr-Labs/eigenda v0.8.5-0.20241031144746-e2ead56a306d/go.mod h1:sqUNf9Ak+EfAX82jDxrb4QbT/g3DViWD3b7YIk36skk=
 github.com/Layr-Labs/eigensdk-go v0.1.7-0.20240507215523-7e4891d5099a h1:L/UsJFw9M31FD/WgXTPFB0oxbq9Cu4Urea1xWPMQS7Y=
 github.com/Layr-Labs/eigensdk-go v0.1.7-0.20240507215523-7e4891d5099a/go.mod h1:OF9lmS/57MKxS0xpSpX0qHZl0SKkDRpvJIvsGvMN1y8=
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.2 h1:F2VQgta7ecxGYO8k3ZZz3RS8fVIXVxONVUPlNERoyfY=
diff --git a/server/handlers.go b/server/handlers.go
index b9877cfb..ea04872b 100644
--- a/server/handlers.go
+++ b/server/handlers.go
@@ -95,11 +95,12 @@ func (svr *Server) handleGetOPGenericCommitment(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.R
 }
 
 func (svr *Server) handleGetShared(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, comm []byte, meta commitments.CommitmentMeta) error {
-	svr.log.Info("Processing GET request", "commitment", hex.EncodeToString(comm), "commitmentMeta", meta)
+	commitmentHex := hex.EncodeToString(comm)
+	svr.log.Info("Processing GET request", "commitment", commitmentHex, "commitmentMeta", meta)
 	input, err := svr.sm.Get(ctx, comm, meta.Mode)
 	if err != nil {
 		err = MetaError{
-			Err:  fmt.Errorf("get request failed with commitment %v: %w", comm, err),
+			Err:  fmt.Errorf("get request failed with commitment %v: %w", commitmentHex, err),
 			Meta: meta,
 		}
 		if errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) {
diff --git a/server/middleware.go b/server/middleware.go
index 19b87de2..65f389bc 100644
--- a/server/middleware.go
+++ b/server/middleware.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // withMetrics is a middleware that records metrics for the route path.
+// It does not write anything to the response, that is the job of the handlers.
 func withMetrics(
 	handleFn func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) error,
 	m metrics.Metricer,
@@ -30,9 +31,10 @@ func withMetrics(
 			}
 			return err
 		}
-		// we assume that every route will set the status header
+		// TODO: some routes don't have a version byte, such as /put simple commitments
 		versionByte, err := parseVersionByte(w, r)
 		if err != nil {
+			// we assume that every route will set the status header
 			recordDur(w.Header().Get("status"), string(mode), string(versionByte))
 			return fmt.Errorf("metrics middleware: error parsing version byte: %w", err)
 		}