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Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[4.0.1-alpha.1]​

Added​

  • Added and exported three reusable utility functions: pollTillDefined, rejectIfTimeout and rejectIfConditionAtInterval which are useful when dealing with promises that involves polling, rejecting after timeout or rejecting if a condition was met when calling repeatably at every time intervals.

[4.0.1-alpha.2]​

Added​

  • Export a new function uuidV4 that generates a random v4 Uuid (#5373).
  • Enable passing a starting number, to increment based on it, for the Json Rpc Request id (#5652).
  • Export a new function isPromise that checks if an object is a promise (#5652).

Fixed​

  • Use Uuid for the response id, to fix the issue "Responses get mixed up due to conflicting payload IDs" (#5373).

[4.0.1-alpha.3]​

Changed​

  • Updated dependencies (#5725)

[4.0.1-alpha.4]​

Changed​

  • tsc compiled files moved to lib/ directory from dist/ (#5739)
  • Add SocketProvider class and Eip1193Provider abstract class (#5683)

[4.0.1-alpha.5]​

Changed​

  • web3.js dependencies (#5757)

[4.0.1-rc.0]​

Removed​

  • Moved TypedArray to web3-types (was also duplicated at web3-validator) (#5771)
  • Removed support of genesis tag in compareBlockNumbers function (#5823)

Added​

  • Added support of safe and finalized block tags (#5823)

Changed​

  • compareBlockNumbers function now only supports comparison of both blocktags params ( except earliest vs number) or both block number params (#5842)
  • SocketProvider abstract class now resolves JSON RPC response errors instead of rejecting them (#5844)
  • Exposes the getter of SocketConnection in SocketProvider (#5891)

[4.0.1-rc.1]​

Added​

  • Added source files (#5956)
  • Added hybrid build (ESM and CJS) of library (#5904)

Changed​

  • The types FMT_NUMBER, NumberTypes, FMT_BYTES, ByteTypes, DataFormat, DEFAULT_RETURN_FORMAT, ETH_DATA_FORMAT and FormatType moved to web3-types. (#5993)

Removed​

  • Removed dependencies @ethereumjs/tx, @ethereumjs/common (#5963)

[4.0.1-rc.2]​

Added​

  • Optional hexstrict parameter added to numberToHex (#6004)

Changed​

  • Replaced Buffer for Uint8Array (#6004)
  • The methods hexToBytes, randomBytes does not return type Buffer but type Uint8Array (#6004)
  • The methods sha3 and keccak256Wrapper does not accept type Buffer but type Uint8Array (#6004)
  • The method bytesToBuffer has been removed for the usage of bytesToUint8Array (#6004)

[4.0.1]​

Release Notes:

Detailed List of change logs are mentioned under previous 4.x alpha and RC releases.

Documentation: Web3.js documentation Web3 API Migration Guide from 1.x

[4.0.2]​

Changed​

  • Dependencies updated

[4.0.3]​

Fixed​

  • BigInts pass validation within the method numberToHex (#6206)

[4.0.4]​

Changed​

  • Dependencies updated

[4.0.5]​

Changed​

  • Dependencies updated

[4.0.6]​

Fixed​

  • soliditySha3() with BigInt support

[4.0.7]​

Added​

  • As a replacment of the node EventEmitter, a custom EventEmitter has been implemented and exported. (#6398)

Fixed​

  • Fix issue with default config with babel (and React): "TypeError: Cannot convert a BigInt value to a number #6187" (#6506)
  • Fixed bug in chunks processing logic (#6496)

[4.1.0]​

Added​

  • SocketProvider now contains public function getPendingRequestQueueSize, getSentRequestsQueueSize and clearQueues (#6479)
  • Added safeDisconnect as a SocketProvider method to disconnect only when request queue size and send request queue size is 0 (#6479)
  • Add isContractInitOptions method (#6555)

Fixed​

  • Fix unnecessary array copy when pack encoding (#6553)

[4.1.1]​

Fixed​

  • Fixed an issue with detecting Uint8Array (#6486)

[4.2.0]​

Added​

  • Adds missing exported type AbiItem from 1.x to v4 for compatabiltiy (#6678)

[4.2.1]​

Fixed​

  • replaced our eventEmitter to EventEmitter3 to support react native builds (#6253)

[4.2.2]​

Fixed​

  • fixed erroneous parsing of big numbers in the toNumber(...) function (#6880)

[4.2.3]​

Changed​

  • Method format was changed. Now it has default value DEFAULT_RETURN_FORMAT for returnFormat parameter (#6947)

Fixed​

  • fixed toHex incorrectly hexing Uint8Arrays and Buffer (#6957)
  • fixed isUint8Array not returning true for Buffer (#6957)

[Unreleased]​

Added​

  • toWei add warning when using large numbers or large decimals that may cause precision loss (#6908)

Fixed​

  • toWei support numbers in scientific notation (#6908)