deployProxy function does not return correct contract type

[ryanc-bs]

I've encountered an issue using the deployProxy method with TypeScript.

When deployed without a proxy using ethers.deployContract, TypeScript is able to infer the correct type for the contract being deployed. For example, if I have a contract named MyContract with method foo then calling ethers.deployContract returns a MyContract instance with the required foo method.

This breaks when using deployProxy - instead of returning the correct contract type according to the factory type, it returns a generic Contract object which needs to be explicitly cast into the correct contract type from typechain-types.

Would it be possible to update deployProxy so that the correct type can be automatically inferred from the factory to avoid this ugly casting?

[ericglau]

Related to #535. As that PR hasn't had recent activity, this may be open to contribution if anyone is interested in picking it up.

[robertmagier]

I will do it

[ericglau]

Fixed by #1099 and available in @openzeppelin/hardhat-upgrades@3.8.0