diff --git a/.env.testing-artifacts b/.env.testing-artifacts
index a31804cf9..e58e1ab63 100644
--- a/.env.testing-artifacts
+++ b/.env.testing-artifacts
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ RUST_VERSION=1.92
 ZCASH_VERSION=6.11.0
 
 # zebrad version tag for pulling zfnd/zebra:<version>
-ZEBRA_VERSION=4.1.0
+ZEBRA_VERSION=4.2.0
diff --git a/integration-tests/tests/state_service.rs b/integration-tests/tests/state_service.rs
index b15560001..5f467bb9f 100644
--- a/integration-tests/tests/state_service.rs
+++ b/integration-tests/tests/state_service.rs
@@ -943,6 +943,197 @@ async fn state_service_get_block_range_returns_all_pools<V: ValidatorExt>(
     test_manager.close().await;
 }
 
+// tests whether the `GetBlockRange` returns all blocks until the first requested block in the 
+// range can't be bound
+async fn state_service_get_block_range_out_of_range_test_upper_bound<V: ValidatorExt>(
+    validator: &ValidatorKind,
+) {
+    let (
+        mut test_manager,
+        _fetch_service,
+        fetch_service_subscriber,
+        _state_service,
+        state_service_subscriber,
+    ) = create_test_manager_and_services::<V>(validator, None, true, true, None).await;
+
+    let mut clients = test_manager
+        .clients
+        .take()
+        .expect("Clients are not initialized");
+    clients.faucet.sync_and_await().await.unwrap();
+
+    if matches!(validator, ValidatorKind::Zebrad) {
+        generate_blocks_and_poll_all_chain_indexes(
+            100,
+            &test_manager,
+            fetch_service_subscriber.clone(),
+            state_service_subscriber.clone(),
+        )
+        .await;
+        clients.faucet.sync_and_await().await.unwrap();
+    };
+
+
+    let start_height: u64 = 1;
+    let end_height: u64 = 106;
+
+    let block_range = BlockRange {
+        start: Some(BlockId {
+            height: start_height,
+            hash: vec![],
+        }),
+        end: Some(BlockId {
+            height: end_height,
+            hash: vec![],
+        }),
+        pool_types: vec![
+            PoolType::Transparent as i32,
+            PoolType::Sapling as i32,
+            PoolType::Orchard as i32,
+        ],
+    };
+
+    let mut fetch_service_stream = fetch_service_subscriber
+        .get_block_range(block_range.clone())
+        .await
+        .expect("get_block_range call itself should not fail");
+
+    let mut fetch_service_blocks = Vec::new();
+    let mut fetch_service_terminal_error = None;
+
+     while let Some(item) = fetch_service_stream.next().await {
+        match item {
+            Ok(block) => fetch_service_blocks.push(block),
+            Err(e) => { fetch_service_terminal_error = Some(e); break; }
+        }
+    }
+
+    let mut state_service_stream = state_service_subscriber
+        .get_block_range(block_range)
+        .await
+        .expect("get_block_range call itself should not fail");
+
+    let mut state_service_blocks = Vec::new();
+    let mut state_service_terminal_error = None;
+
+    while let Some(item) = state_service_stream.next().await {
+        match item {
+            Ok(block) => state_service_blocks.push(block),
+            Err(e) => { state_service_terminal_error = Some(e); break; }
+        }
+    }
+    // check that the block range is the same
+    assert_eq!(fetch_service_blocks, state_service_blocks);
+
+    let compact_block = state_service_blocks.last().unwrap();
+
+    assert!(compact_block.height < end_height);
+
+    assert_eq!(fetch_service_blocks.len(), 100);
+
+    // Assert – then an error, not a clean end-of-stream
+    let _ = state_service_terminal_error.expect("state service stream should terminate with an error, not cleanly");
+    let _ = fetch_service_terminal_error.expect("fetch service stream should terminate with an error, not cleanly");
+
+    test_manager.close().await;
+}
+
+// tests whether the `GetBlockRange` returns all blocks until the first requested block in the 
+// range can't be bound
+async fn state_service_get_block_range_out_of_range_test_lower_bound<V: ValidatorExt>(
+    validator: &ValidatorKind,
+) {
+    let (
+        mut test_manager,
+        _fetch_service,
+        fetch_service_subscriber,
+        _state_service,
+        state_service_subscriber,
+    ) = create_test_manager_and_services::<V>(validator, None, true, true, None).await;
+
+    let mut clients = test_manager
+        .clients
+        .take()
+        .expect("Clients are not initialized");
+    clients.faucet.sync_and_await().await.unwrap();
+
+    if matches!(validator, ValidatorKind::Zebrad) {
+        generate_blocks_and_poll_all_chain_indexes(
+            100,
+            &test_manager,
+            fetch_service_subscriber.clone(),
+            state_service_subscriber.clone(),
+        )
+        .await;
+        clients.faucet.sync_and_await().await.unwrap();
+    };
+
+
+    let start_height: u64 = 106;
+    let end_height: u64 = 1;
+
+    let block_range = BlockRange {
+        start: Some(BlockId {
+            height: start_height,
+            hash: vec![],
+        }),
+        end: Some(BlockId {
+            height: end_height,
+            hash: vec![],
+        }),
+        pool_types: vec![
+            PoolType::Transparent as i32,
+            PoolType::Sapling as i32,
+            PoolType::Orchard as i32,
+        ],
+    };
+
+    let mut fetch_service_stream = fetch_service_subscriber
+        .get_block_range(block_range.clone())
+        .await
+        .expect("get_block_range call itself should not fail");
+
+    let mut fetch_service_blocks = Vec::new();
+    let mut fetch_service_terminal_error = None;
+
+     while let Some(item) = fetch_service_stream.next().await {
+        match item {
+            Ok(block) => fetch_service_blocks.push(block),
+            Err(e) => { fetch_service_terminal_error = Some(e); break; }
+        }
+    }
+
+    let mut state_service_stream = state_service_subscriber
+        .get_block_range(block_range)
+        .await
+        .expect("get_block_range call itself should not fail");
+
+    let mut state_service_blocks = Vec::new();
+    let mut state_service_terminal_error = None;
+
+    while let Some(item) = state_service_stream.next().await {
+        match item {
+            Ok(block) => state_service_blocks.push(block),
+            Err(e) => { state_service_terminal_error = Some(e); break; }
+        }
+    }
+    // check that the block range is the same
+    assert_eq!(fetch_service_blocks, state_service_blocks);
+
+
+    assert!(fetch_service_blocks.is_empty());
+
+    // Assert – then an error, not a clean end-of-stream
+    let _ = state_service_terminal_error.expect("state service stream should terminate with an error, not cleanly");
+    let _ = fetch_service_terminal_error.expect("fetch service stream should terminate with an error, not cleanly");
+    // assert!(
+    //     matches!(err, ZainoStateError::BlockOutOfRange { .. }),
+    //     "unexpected error variant: {err:?}"
+    // );
+
+    test_manager.close().await;
+}
+
 async fn state_service_z_get_treestate<V: ValidatorExt>(validator: &ValidatorKind) {
     let (
         mut test_manager,
@@ -2055,6 +2246,18 @@ mod zebra {
                     .await;
             }
 
+            #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+            pub(crate) async fn get_block_range_out_of_range_test_upper_bound_regtest() {
+                state_service_get_block_range_out_of_range_test_upper_bound::<Zebrad>(&ValidatorKind::Zebrad)
+                    .await;
+            }
+
+            #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+            pub(crate) async fn get_block_range_out_of_range_test_lower_bound_regtest() {
+                state_service_get_block_range_out_of_range_test_lower_bound::<Zebrad>(&ValidatorKind::Zebrad)
+                    .await;
+            }
+
             #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
             pub(crate) async fn subtrees_by_index_regtest() {
                 state_service_z_get_subtrees_by_index::<Zebrad>(&ValidatorKind::Zebrad).await;
diff --git a/zaino-state/src/chain_index.rs b/zaino-state/src/chain_index.rs
index cba7ac69f..6059e057f 100644
--- a/zaino-state/src/chain_index.rs
+++ b/zaino-state/src/chain_index.rs
@@ -956,10 +956,6 @@ impl<Source: BlockchainSource> ChainIndex for NodeBackedChainIndexSubscriber<Sou
     ) -> Result<Option<CompactBlockStream>, Self::Error> {
         let chain_tip_height = self.best_chaintip(nonfinalized_snapshot).await?.height;
 
-        if start_height > chain_tip_height || end_height > chain_tip_height {
-            return Ok(None);
-        }
-
         // The nonfinalized cache holds the tip block plus the previous 99 blocks (100 total),
         // so the lowest possible cached height is `tip - 99` (saturating at 0).
         let lowest_nonfinalized_height = types::Height(chain_tip_height.0.saturating_sub(99));