provider: EthersProviderWrapper is getting a wrong connection url

[CristianS9]

Im trying to run a simple script by calling a function from an already deployed contract. For some strange reason the deploy and the reading from the contract works fine, but the writing functions don't.

By checking at alchemy the eth_sendRawTransaction and decoding the call, it looks like the RPC gets an error instead a of a normal transaction:

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_sendRawTransaction","params":["0xf8887385039c473d97827dd1949f41990cab023b34db5b335944dd47ff3a9c461b80a4046d2d86100000000000ddc40000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002da00541c575b285fe11343912c79540a61b689958b88ef144f00ff64a9a8c5b5324a07f4c0d207a4088d820234f3522fe4e4d8125aaea19855d733bdeb4073e95318c"],"id":13}

The parameter that is being sent is (decoded):
"error": "Error validating transaction: Invalid sender: invalid chain id for signer."

This is my hardhat.config.js

require("@nomiclabs/hardhat-waffle")
require("@nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan")
require("hardhat-deploy")
require("solidity-coverage")
require("hardhat-gas-reporter")
require("hardhat-contract-sizer")
require("dotenv").config()

/**
 * @type import('hardhat/config').HardhatUserConfig
 */
module.exports = {
    solidity: {
        compilers: [{ version: "0.8.8" }, { version: "0.6.0" }],
    },
    defaultNetwork: "hardhat",
    networks: {
        localhost: {
            chainId: 31337,
            blockConfirmations: 1,
        },
        hardhat: {
            chainId: 31337,
            blockConfirmations: 1,
        },
        rinkeby: {
            chainId: 4,
            blockConfirmations: 6,
            url: process.env.RINKEBY_RPC_URL,
            accounts: [process.env.RINKEBY_PRIVATE_KEY],
        },
        goerli: {
            chainId: 5,
            blockConfirmations: 1,
            url: process.env.GOERLI_RPC_URL,
            accounts: [process.env.GOERLI_PRIVATE_KEY],
            gasPrice: 8000000000,
        },
    },
    namedAccounts: {
        deployer: {
            default: 0,
            1: 0,
        },
        player: {
            defualt: 1,
        },
    },
    gasReporter: {
        enabled: false,
    },
    mocha: {
        timeout: 300000, 
    },
    etherscan: {
        // yarn hardhat verify --network <NETWORK> <CONTRACT_ADDRESS> <CONSTRUCTOR_PARAMETERS>
        apiKey: {
            rinkeby: process.env.ETHERSCAN_API_KEY,
            goerli: process.env.ETHERSCAN_API_KEY,
        },
    },
}

This is the script that I am trying to run with : yarn hardhat run scripts/gateKeeperOne/setGateInfo.js --network goerli:

const { ethers, getNamedAccounts } = require("hardhat")

async function setGateInfo() {
    const network = await ethers.getDefaultProvider().getNetwork()
    console.log("Network name=", network.name)
    console.log("Network chain id=", network.chainId)

   const [user] = await ethers.getSigners()

   console.log(user)
    const gateInfo = await ethers.getContractAt(
        "GateInfo",
        "0x9f41990cab023b34db5b335944DD47fF3A9C461b",
        user
    )

    const res = await gateInfo.makeFalse({})
    console.log(res)
}

setGateInfo()
    .then(() => process.exit(0))
    .catch((error) => {
        console.log(error)
        process.exit(1)
    })

network.name & network.chaind logs:

Network name= homestead
Network chain id= 1

This is the user log:

SignerWithAddress {
  _isSigner: true,
  address: '0x3a3AcE1dCac181d49C467e31dAb712B78fc503DA',
  _signer: JsonRpcSigner {
    _isSigner: true,
    provider: EthersProviderWrapper {
      _isProvider: true,
      _events: [],
      _emitted: [Object],
      disableCcipRead: false,
      formatter: [Formatter],
      anyNetwork: false,
      _networkPromise: [Promise],
      _maxInternalBlockNumber: -1024,
      _lastBlockNumber: -2,
      _maxFilterBlockRange: 10,
      _pollingInterval: 4000,
      _fastQueryDate: 0,
      connection: [Object],
      _nextId: 42,
      _hardhatProvider: [BackwardsCompatibilityProviderAdapter],
      _eventLoopCache: [Object],
      _network: [Object]
    },
    _address: '0x3a3AcE1dCac181d49C467e31dAb712B78fc503DA',
    _index: null
  },
  provider: EthersProviderWrapper {
    _isProvider: true,
    _events: [],
    _emitted: { block: -2 },
    disableCcipRead: false,
    formatter: Formatter { formats: [Object] },
    anyNetwork: false,
    _networkPromise: Promise { [Object] },
    _maxInternalBlockNumber: -1024,
    _lastBlockNumber: -2,
    _maxFilterBlockRange: 10,
    _pollingInterval: 4000,
    _fastQueryDate: 0,
    connection: { url: 'http://localhost:8545' },
    _nextId: 42,
    _hardhatProvider: BackwardsCompatibilityProviderAdapter {
      _wrapped: [ChainIdValidatorProvider],
      _provider: [ChainIdValidatorProvider],
      sendAsync: [Function: bound sendAsync],
      send: [Function: bound send],
      _sendJsonRpcRequest: [Function: bound _sendJsonRpcRequest] AsyncFunction
    },
    _eventLoopCache: { detectNetwork: null },
    _network: {
      name: 'goerli',
      chainId: 5,
      ensAddress: '0x00000000000C2E074eC69A0dFb2997BA6C7d2e1e',
      _defaultProvider: [Function]
    }
  }
}

There are 2 things that I don't get:

1. Why network.name = homestead & network.chainId=1 ??? if im passing the --network goerli parameter
2. Why in the signer, _network:{} seems to be ok but the connection: { url: 'http://localhost:8545' } is set to this value,why?. and no, the ENV variable is not the problem, because it is calling the Alchemy RPC but sending that error mesage.

[fvictorio]

Can you print hre.network.name and hre.network.url to verify that the right network is being used?

2. Why in the signer, _network:{} seems to be ok but the connection: { url: 'http://localhost:8545' } is set to this value,why?

This is a known issue: #1138. I understand that is quite annoying and misleading.

[fvictorio]

I don't think #1138 is related.

Any chance you can create a minimal reproducible example so I can take a look?

[CristianS9]

https://github.com/CristianS9/recre

Create the .env file with : GOERLI_RPC_URL & ETH_PRIVATE_KEY.
I am runnig yarn hardhat run scripts/runRemote.js --network goerli

[fvictorio]

I tried your project, ran the script and was able to send the transaction. So I'm not sure what's going on on your side.

[CristianS9]

All of the previous transactions that I have launched completed after some time, but BIG,really big time.
I can't get to understand why This txn hash was found in our secondary node and should be picked up by our indexer in a short while. keeps poping every single time.

After seeing your transaction I though that it might be the gas price, but even if I x2, x5 or x15 the price you have send your transaction with they are all pending:

0x594b2fcf39225f8ebd92fe06589a3f04bdfe78fa3a06820ddf68510d6876cdc7
0xfb5a07cce51db435cf1bb25470f45c47f861e104617fe3b13c21a1e70cb56a61
0x2b159b76f5c2875c16696a451dbf354ac61000e3619a4ffceac439fb3cf14e40

At this point I'm not even sure were were the isue is coming from

[fvictorio]

I see. I don't know what could be the reason either. Sorry for not being able to help more.