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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.

[4.0.0-alpha.1]​

Breaking Changes​

Connection close is not supported​

In 1.x user had access to raw connection object and can interact with it. e.g.

web3.currentProvider.connection.close();

But this internal behavior is not exposed any further. Though you can achieve same with this approach.

web3.currentProvider.disconnect();

[4.0.1-alpha.2]​

Changed​

  • tsc compiled files moved to lib/ directory from dist/ (#5739)

[4.0.1-alpha.5]​

Removed​

  • build entry from package.json (#5755)

[4.0.1-rc.0]​

Added​

  • registeredSubscriptions was added by default in web3 constructor (#5792)
  • Add named exports for all objects which are the default-exported-object in their packages (#5771)
  • Export all packages' objects organized by namespaces (#5771)
  • Add Additional flat exports for all types and constants from web3-types, web3-errors and web3. (#5771)
  • Fix few issues with new Web3().eth.contract (#5824)

Changed​

  • require('web3') will now return all web3 exported-objects organized in namespaces . (#5771)

Removed​

  • Private static _contracts:Contract[] and static setProvider function was removed (#5792)

[4.0.1-rc.1]​

Added​

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

Changed​

  • No need for polyfilling nodejs net and fs modules (#5978)
  • Removed IPC provider dependency, IPC path is no longer viable provider. If you wanna use IPC, please install web3-providers-ipc and instantiate provider yourself (#5978)

[4.0.1-rc.2]​

Changed​

  • Dependencies updated

[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]​

Added​

  • Exported Web3Context, Web3PluginBase, Web3EthPluginBase from 'web3-core', and Web3Validator from 'web3-validator' (#6165)

Fixed​

  • Fixed bug #6185, now web3.js compiles on typescript v5 (#6195)
  • Fixed #6162 @types/ws issue (#6205)

[4.0.3]​

Added​

  • Web3 constructor accepts Web3ContextInitOptions<EthExecutionAPI, CustomRegisteredSubscription> as alternative to the still supported undefined, string, and SupportedProviders<EthExecutionAPI> (#6262).

Fixed​

  • Fixed bug #6236 by adding personal type in web3.eth (#6245)

[4.1.0]​

Added​

  • Added minimum support of web3.extend function

[4.1.1]​

Added​

  • To fix issue #6190, added the functionality to introduce different timeout value for Web3. (#6336)

[4.1.2]​

Fixed​

  • Fix of incorrect provider warning behavior

[4.2.0]​

Changed​

  • Dependencies updated

Added​

  • Various web3 sub packages has new functions details are in root changelog

[4.2.1]​

Changed​

  • Dependencies updated

[4.2.2]​

Changed​

  • Dependencies updated ( details are in root changelog )

[4.3.0]​

Added​

  • Added methods (privateKeyToAddress, parseAndValidatePrivateKey, and privateKeyToPublicKey) to web3.eth.accounts (#6620)

Changed​

  • Dependencies updated

[4.4.0]​

  • Dependencies updated ( details are in root changelog )

[4.5.0]​

  • Dependencies updated ( details are in root changelog )

[4.6.0]​

Added​

  • Added EIP-6963 utility function requestEIP6963Providers for multi provider discovery ( other details are in root changelog )

[4.7.0]​

added​

web3-eth-contract​

  • Types ContractDeploySend, ContractMethodSend, Web3PromiEvent was exported (#6883)

web3-eth-ens​

  • Added function getText and getName in ENS and resolver classes (#6914)

fixed​

web3-validator​

  • Multi-dimensional arrays(with a fix length) are now handled properly when parsing ABIs (#6798)

web3-utils​

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

[4.8.0]​

Changed​

web3-eth-abi​

  • Dependencies updated

web3-eth-accounts​

  • Dependencies updated

Fixed​

web3-eth-contract​

  • Fix an issue with smart contract function overloading (#6922)

web3-utils​

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

Added​

web3-eth-contract​

  • Added a console warning in case of an ambiguous call to a solidity method with parameter overloading (#6942)
  • Added contract.deploy(...).decodeData(...) and contract.decodeMethodData(...) that decode data based on the ABI (#6950)

web3-eth​

  • method getBlock now includes properties of eip 4844, 4895, 4788 when returning block (#6933)
  • update type withdrawalsSchema, blockSchema and blockHeaderSchema schemas to include properties of eip 4844, 4895, 4788 (#6933)

web3-types​

  • Added signature to type AbiFunctionFragment (#6922)
  • update type Withdrawals, block and BlockHeaderOutput to include properties of eip 4844, 4895, 4788 (#6933)

[Unreleased]​