From d595a9acf5bd72bf16f96950f7d780ca6eaaec0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mkzung <103102868+mkzung@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:54:49 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(verify): drop the unreachable unknown optimizer runs
 branch

---
 .changelog/verify-optimizer-runs-mismatch-message.md | 5 +++++
 crates/verify/src/utils.rs                           | 9 +++++----
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changelog/verify-optimizer-runs-mismatch-message.md

diff --git a/.changelog/verify-optimizer-runs-mismatch-message.md b/.changelog/verify-optimizer-runs-mismatch-message.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..277c97636ecb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/verify-optimizer-runs-mismatch-message.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+forge-verify: patch
+---
+
+Reported the local optimizer runs in the `forge verify-bytecode` settings mismatch instead of the string `unknown`, which the only caller could not reach.
diff --git a/crates/verify/src/utils.rs b/crates/verify/src/utils.rs
index 088aa51514dc9..91ec0a649820f 100644
--- a/crates/verify/src/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/verify/src/utils.rs
@@ -226,12 +226,13 @@ fn find_mismatch_in_settings(
         );
         mismatches.push(str);
     }
-    if local_settings.optimizer_runs.is_some_and(|runs| etherscan_settings.runs != runs as u64)
-        || (local_settings.optimizer_runs.is_none() && etherscan_settings.runs > 0)
+    // The only caller reaches this with a `Config` from `load_config`, which has run
+    // `normalize_optimizer_settings`, so `optimizer_runs` is always set by now.
+    if let Some(local_runs) = local_settings.optimizer_runs
+        && etherscan_settings.runs != local_runs as u64
     {
         let str = format!(
-            "Optimizer runs mismatch: local={}, onchain={}",
-            local_settings.optimizer_runs.map_or("unknown".to_string(), |runs| runs.to_string()),
+            "Optimizer runs mismatch: local={local_runs}, onchain={}",
             etherscan_settings.runs
         );
         mismatches.push(str);