eth_getFilterChanges returns empty output

System information

Geth version:

Geth
Version: 1.13.5-stable
Git Commit: 916d6a441a866cb618ae826c220866de118899f7
Architecture: amd64
Go Version: go1.21.4
Operating System: linux
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CL client & version: none OS & Version: Linux 6.6.11-200.fc39.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Jan 10 19:25:59 UTC 2024 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Expected behaviour

A local Clique node returns old logs when queried with eth_newFilter + eth_getFilterChanges

Actual behaviour

When the logs are queried right after emitted they are available, a bit after they are no longer available, meaning, creating the filter and requesting filter changes ~60s after the events were emitted.

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

Run a local geth node with this genesis file:

{
  "config": {
    "chainId": 31337,
    "homesteadBlock": 0,
    "eip150Block": 0,
    "eip155Block": 0,
    "eip158Block": 0,
    "byzantiumBlock": 0,
    "constantinopleBlock": 0,
    "petersburgBlock": 0,
    "istanbulBlock": 0,
    "berlinBlock": 0,
    "londonBlock": 0,
    "clique": {
      "period": 2,
      "epoch": 30000
    }
  },
  "alloc": {
    "0x7d4454490AfA139d89042247DE811c2B0d7aCDF2": { "balance": "100000000000000000000000000" },
    "0xf39Fd6e51aad88F6F4ce6aB8827279cffFb92266": { "balance": "100000000000000000000000000" },
    "0x70997970C51812dc3A010C7d01b50e0d17dc79C8": { "balance": "100000000000000000000000000" },
    "0x3C44CdDdB6a900fa2b585dd299e03d12FA4293BC": { "balance": "100000000000000000000000000" }
  },
  "coinbase": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  "difficulty": "0x20000",
  "extraData": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000007d4454490AfA139d89042247DE811c2B0d7aCDF20000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  "gasLimit": "0x1fffffffffffff",
  "nonce": "0x0000000000000042",
  "mixhash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  "parentHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  "timestamp": "0x00"
}

and start command:

exec geth \
     --datadir $DATA_DIR \
     --networkid $CHAIN_ID \
     --mine \
     --miner.etherbase "0x7d4454490AfA139d89042247DE811c2B0d7aCDF2" \
     --unlock "0x7d4454490AfA139d89042247DE811c2B0d7aCDF2" \
     --password $PASSWORD_FILE \
     --allow-insecure-unlock \
     --nodiscover \
     --http \
     --http.addr 0.0.0.0 \
     --http.vhosts=* \
     --http.port 8545 \
     --http.api eth,web3,net"

After deploying a smart contract that emits events I create a filter with:

curl -X POST \                                                                                          
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_newFilter","params":[{"fromBlock": "earliest", "toBlock": "latest", "address": "0xa513E6E4b8f2a923D98304ec87F64353C4D5C853","topics": ["0x8955a20de0ce0688e9ee8f31e787dfa365d9f8420c8565c945af9c18695469e0"]}],"id":2}' \
  http://localhost:8545

then I query the updates

curl -X POST \                                    
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getFilterChanges","params":["0xb05d7da336bc4581e060a834f321eb54"],"id":1}' http://localhost:8545

If these actions are done right after the event is emitted all works fine and the logs are returned, if they are done a bit time later eth_getFilterChanges returns an empty array.

Note: this works fine with anvil.