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prysmctl, validator exit and --exit-json-output-dir #17161

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While using --exit-json-output-dir with prysmctl validator exit, it should be CLEAR that no validator will be exited. While a warning that the generated messages can be misused, there is nothing immediately dangerous. Asking twice if you are sure you want to exit the validator, while implying you are going to exit the validator is so wrong and gave me so much stress.

And even the final log message is wrong:

time="2026-07-11T18:22:27+02:00" level=info msg="Voluntary exit was successful for the accounts listed. URLs where you can track each validator's exit:\nhttps://beaconcha.in/validator/................................\n" package=validator/accounts pubkeys=..............

Has this worked before in a previous version?


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