v1.8: Enforce tx metadata upload to bigtable (#23105)

* v1.8: Enforce tx metadata upload to bigtable

* fix bpf ci step

local-cluster/tests/common.rs

@@ -250,6 +250,10 @@ pub fn run_cluster_partition<C>(
         ..ValidatorConfig::default_for_test()
     };
 
+    // Enabled so that transaction statuses are written to blockstore which enables
+    // tests to detect when a block has been replayed.
+    validator_config.rpc_config.enable_rpc_transaction_history = true;
+
     // Returns:
     // 1) The keys for the validators
     // 2) The amount of time it would take to iterate through one full iteration of the given

local-cluster/tests/local_cluster_slow.rs

@@ -725,13 +725,19 @@ fn find_latest_replayed_slot_from_ledger(
                 // Wait for the slot to be replayed
                 loop {
                     info!("Waiting for slot {} to be replayed", latest_slot);
-                    if !blockstore
+                    let replayed_transactions = blockstore
                         .map_transactions_to_statuses(
                             latest_slot,
                             non_tick_entry.transactions.clone().into_iter(),
                         )
-                        .is_empty()
-                    {
+                        .unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+                            info!(
+                                "Transaction statuses for slot {} haven't been written yet",
+                                latest_slot
+                            );
+                            Vec::new()
+                        });
+                    if !replayed_transactions.is_empty() {
                         return (
                             latest_slot,
                             AncestorIterator::new(latest_slot, &blockstore).collect(),