v1.10.4

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Security

• Updated dependencies (#​6731)

Maintenance Countdown:

Commencing from January 1, 2024, a 90-day countdown has been initiated, signaling the transition of Web3.js version 1.x into an end-of-maintenance phase.

Timeline of Changes:

90-Day Countdown (1/1/24 - 3/31/24): During this period, we strongly encourage users to plan accordingly and initiate the upgrade to Web3.js version 4.x

No New Bug Fixes (4/1/24 onwards):

Starting April 1, 2024, new bug fixes for Web3.js version 1.x will no longer be provided. To benefit from continued support and access to new features, we recommend upgrading to Web3.js version 4.x

End of Security Fixes (7/1/24):

Security fixes for Web3.js version 1.x will be discontinued from July 1, 2024. Upgrading to Web3.js version 4.x is crucial to ensure the security of your applications.

v1.10.3

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Security

• web3-eth-accounts: Bumped @ethereumjs dependencies (#​6457)

• Updated dependencies (#​6491)

v1.10.2

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Fixed

• Fixed broken fetch for Node.js > 18.x and fixed double callback (#​6381)

v1.10.1

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Fixed

• Builds fixed by updating all typescript versions to 4.9.5 (#​6238)
• ABI encoding for large negative ints (#​6239)
• Updated type file for submitWork parameters, accepts 3 parameters instead of an array (#​5200)

Changed

• Replace ethereumjs-util with @​ethereumjs/util (#​6283)

v1.10.0

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Fixed

• Improved the error propagation in web3-providers-http package to effectively propagate useful error infomation about failed HTTP connections (#​5955)
• Fixed "Uncaught TypeError" calling a contract function that revert using MetaMask (#​4454) and related "n.data.substring is not a function", that is raised when there is a revert and web.eth.handleRevert = true (#​6000)

Changed

• transaction.type is now formatted to a hex string before being send to provider (#​5979)
• When sending a transaction, if transaction.type === '0x1' && transaction.accessList === undefined, then transaction.accessList is set to [] (#​5979)
• Removed an unnecessary chainId parameter from toChecksumAddress() function types (#​5888)

Added

• Added support for getPastEvents method to filter allEvents and specific event (#​6015)

Security

• Updated dependencies (#​6044)

v1.9.0

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Fixed

• Fixed skipped ws-ganache tests (#​5759)
• Fixed "provider started to reconnect error" in web3-provider-ws (#​5820)
• Fixed Error: Number can only safely store up to 53 bits (#​5845)
• Fixed types for packages which have default exports but not declared default export in .d.ts (#​5866)
• Fixed Transaction type by adding missing properties (#​5856)

Changed

• Add optional hexFormat param to getTransaction and getBlock that accepts the value 'hex' (#​5845)
• utils.toNumber and utils.hexToNumber can now return the large unsafe numbers as BigInt, if true was passed to a new optional parameter called bigIntOnOverflow (#​5845)
• Updated @​types/bn.js dependency to 5.1.1 in web3, web3-core and web3-eth-contract as reason mentioned in #​5640 (#​5885)
• Add description to error for failed connection on websocket (#​5884)

Security

• Updated dependencies (#​5885)

v1.8.2

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Changed

• Updated Webpack 4 to Webpack 5, more details at (#​5629)
• crypto-browserify module is now used only in webpack builds for polyfilling browsers (#​5629)
• Updated ethereumjs-util to 7.1.5 (#​5629)
• Updated lerna 4 to version 6 (#​5680)
• Bump utils 0.12.0 to 0.12.5 (#​5691)

Fixed

• Fixed types for web3.utils._jsonInterfaceMethodToString (#​5550)
• Fixed Next.js builds failing on Node.js v16, Abortcontroller added if it doesn't exist globally (#​5601)
• Builds fixed by updating all typescript versions to 4.1 (#​5675)

Removed

• clean-webpack-plugin has been removed from dev-dependencies (#​5629)

Added

• https-browserify, process, stream-browserify, stream-http, crypto-browserify added to dev-dependencies for polyfilling (#​5629)
• Add readable-stream to dev-dependancies for webpack (#​5629)

Security

• npm audit fix for libraries update (#​5726)

v1.8.1

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Fixed

• Fixed types for getPastEvents (#​4955) (#​5260)
• Fix Log type by adding missing removed property (#​4877)

Changed

• Updated dependencies (#​5529)

v1.8.0

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Changed

• Updated sha3 and sha3Raw type definition to accept Buffer (#​5357)
• Removing legacy field in lerna.json (#​5403)
• Correct eth_sendSignedTransaction code example (#​5402)

Fixed

• Browser builds support polyfills (#​5031) (#​5053) (#​4659) (#​4767)
• Update node version on actions to fix breaking mosaic test (#​5354)
• Start incrementing jsonrpc.id from random number (#​5327)
• web3-eth-contract's call and send methods no longer mutate options argument (#​5394)
• Improvement using provided gas options in web3-eth-accounts for eip-1559 transactions (#​5012)

Added

• Add missing function type "receive" in AbiType (#​5165)
• Support of safe and finalized block tags added (#​5410)

v1.7.5

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Changed

• Replace xhr2-cookies deps to cross-fetch for web3-providers-http (#​5085)

Added

• Documentation details about maxFeePerGas and maxPriorityFeePerGas (#​5121)
• Added createAccessList types in web3.eth (#​5146)

Fixed

• Improving AbstractProvider interface (#​5150)
• Fix typos in web3-eth-accounts.rst & TESTING.md (#​5047)
• Fix remove wallet using an index when an account address and address lowercase are equal (#​5049)
• Improve README.md & Fix typos (#​4848)
• Add optional hex formatting parameter for getTransactionReceipt (#​5153)
• Fix transactionRoot -> transactionsRoot in BlockHeader (#​5083)
• Fix Promise in Accounts.signTransaction() throwing errors that cannot be caught (#​4724)
• Fixed unit tests & removed dead code for web3-providers-http (#​5228)

Security

• Updated got lib version and fixed other libs using npm audit fix (#​5178) (#​5254)