Empty fields on eth_getTransactionReceipt with light clients

[jleeh]

• Parity Ethereum version: v2.4.6
• Operating system: Linux
• Installation: docker
• Fully synchronized: yes (light client)
• Network: ropsten
• Restarted: yes

Upon calling eth_getTransactionReceipt on a confirmed transaction, many of the fields aren't set in the response such as: logs.logIndex, logs.transactionIndex, logs.blockHash.

Parity light: request & response

{"method":"eth_getTransactionReceipt","params":["0xfa211225345a571d2cd8a61734f1006045cb286b10f72191adb6db5a0e225edd"],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": {
        "blockHash": "0xa0fe830df662b98597c28359b9dab1388600e8661f1fa4627c5722d15106fce4",
        "blockNumber": "0x56c9ef",
        "contractAddress": null,
        "cumulativeGasUsed": "0x68fc",
        "from": null,
        "gasUsed": null,
        "logs": [
            {
                "address": "0xec8ea88b10717ad268e30bbbf3f3659c44d49256",
                "blockHash": null,
                "blockNumber": null,
                "data": "0x",
                "logIndex": null,
                "removed": false,
                "topics": [
                    "0x7cc135e0cebb02c3480ae5d74d377283180a2601f8f644edf7987b009316c63a",
                    "0xeb406ee3d1d716b939a47f0d0a6778d917640335acabfaa634dcfb6715955fa8"
                ],
                "transactionHash": null,
                "transactionIndex": null,
                "transactionLogIndex": null,
                "type": "pending"
            },
            {
                "address": "0xec8ea88b10717ad268e30bbbf3f3659c44d49256",
                "blockHash": null,
                "blockNumber": null,
                "data": "0x",
                "logIndex": null,
                "removed": false,
                "topics": [
                    "0x794eb9e29f6750ede99e05248d997a9ab9fa23c4a7eaff8afa729080eb7c6428",
                    "0xeb406ee3d1d716b939a47f0d0a6778d917640335acabfaa634dcfb6715955fa8",
                    "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000068fc"
                ],
                "transactionHash": null,
                "transactionIndex": null,
                "transactionLogIndex": null,
                "type": "pending"
            }
        ],
        "logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000400000000000000000000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000800000000000000000000000000100000000000000000000000800000000000000000000100000000000000040000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002008800000000000000000000000000008000000000000000000000000000000002000000400000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
        "root": null,
        "status": "0x1",
        "to": null,
        "transactionHash": "0xfa211225345a571d2cd8a61734f1006045cb286b10f72191adb6db5a0e225edd",
        "transactionIndex": "0x0"
    },
    "id": 1
}

Geth light: request & response

{"method":"eth_getTransactionReceipt","params":["0xfa211225345a571d2cd8a61734f1006045cb286b10f72191adb6db5a0e225edd"],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "result": {
        "blockHash": "0xa0fe830df662b98597c28359b9dab1388600e8661f1fa4627c5722d15106fce4",
        "blockNumber": "0x56c9ef",
        "contractAddress": null,
        "cumulativeGasUsed": "0x68fc",
        "from": "0x247b4b6d0bf906abcfd938562ac81798eda9c653",
        "gasUsed": "0x68fc",
        "logs": [
            {
                "address": "0xec8ea88b10717ad268e30bbbf3f3659c44d49256",
                "topics": [
                    "0x7cc135e0cebb02c3480ae5d74d377283180a2601f8f644edf7987b009316c63a",
                    "0xeb406ee3d1d716b939a47f0d0a6778d917640335acabfaa634dcfb6715955fa8"
                ],
                "data": "0x",
                "blockNumber": "0x56c9ef",
                "transactionHash": "0xfa211225345a571d2cd8a61734f1006045cb286b10f72191adb6db5a0e225edd",
                "transactionIndex": "0x0",
                "blockHash": "0xa0fe830df662b98597c28359b9dab1388600e8661f1fa4627c5722d15106fce4",
                "logIndex": "0x0",
                "removed": false
            },
            {
                "address": "0xec8ea88b10717ad268e30bbbf3f3659c44d49256",
                "topics": [
                    "0x794eb9e29f6750ede99e05248d997a9ab9fa23c4a7eaff8afa729080eb7c6428",
                    "0xeb406ee3d1d716b939a47f0d0a6778d917640335acabfaa634dcfb6715955fa8",
                    "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000068fc"
                ],
                "data": "0x",
                "blockNumber": "0x56c9ef",
                "transactionHash": "0xfa211225345a571d2cd8a61734f1006045cb286b10f72191adb6db5a0e225edd",
                "transactionIndex": "0x0",
                "blockHash": "0xa0fe830df662b98597c28359b9dab1388600e8661f1fa4627c5722d15106fce4",
                "logIndex": "0x1",
                "removed": false
            }
        ],
        "logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000400000000000000000000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000800000000000000000000000000100000000000000000000000800000000000000000000100000000000000040000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002008800000000000000000000000000008000000000000000000000000000000002000000400000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
        "status": "0x1",
        "to": "0xf4737f9f3ab0f16acdcf6a77d31edf754bf1b058",
        "transactionHash": "0xfa211225345a571d2cd8a61734f1006045cb286b10f72191adb6db5a0e225edd",
        "transactionIndex": "0x0"
    }
}

Severity
This issue will cause problems for any application that hangs off light clients when sending transactions and then fetching the receipt. I'd say this is a pretty severe bug in the light implementation.

[jam10o-new]

"type":"pending"

I feel like this is a consequence of the difference in behavior between geth and parity regarding pending transactionReceipts - we have the same differences in non-light requests - geth returns a null receipt, parity returns what its aware of in the transaction with the undefined values (as the transaction hasn't been mined yet) being null.

[jleeh]

@joshua-mir The transaction isn't pending, it's had 75 confirmations as I write this. I can also replicate this with transactions that were confirmed over 14 hours ago.

[jam10o-new]

I'd say the issue is that nodes are responding with outdated responses in that case - which would certainly be a valid issue.

[jleeh]

The light clients seeing this issue have reserved peers that are my own full nodes that are constantly healthchecked to make sure they're at the latest height. I doubt it's outdated responses, since the reserved peers are the prioritised peers.

[jleeh]

I've tested this with a transaction that confirmed 3 days ago and see the same issue, tx hash 0xc1edfed50bfb343335162a8832ae8a81c5c961b30df2ed86e0f51761a605971e. Response:

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": {
        "blockHash": "0x7304f0d566f4371bd0eaf63e9b4964b36184d2e51d178ed959cacdf92d1b8533",
        "blockNumber": "0x568f98",
        "contractAddress": null,
        "cumulativeGasUsed": "0x11607c",
        "from": null,
        "gasUsed": null,
        "logs": [
            {
                "address": "0x2e9a512fc6fea120e567ed5faef1440e4f66b5ff",
                "blockHash": null,
                "blockNumber": null,
                "data": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003e2",
                "logIndex": null,
                "removed": false,
                "topics": [
                    "0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef",
                    "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
                    "0x0000000000000000000000003223aeb8404c7525fcaa6c512f91e287ae9ffe7b"
                ],
                "transactionHash": null,
                "transactionIndex": null,
                "transactionLogIndex": null,
                "type": "pending"
            },
            {
                "address": "0x2e9a512fc6fea120e567ed5faef1440e4f66b5ff",
                "blockHash": null,
                "blockNumber": null,
                "data": "0x",
                "logIndex": null,
                "removed": false,
                "topics": [
                    "0xb74863f5872044b0b75607f25b78a7991d1183f0453ab5166bda9ddc99e38a1b",
                    "0xe99572abd6bcfc500bafe3770e091ddd740b5bcd0436cf41bde2de8b4b2bf42b",
                    "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003e2"
                ],
                "transactionHash": null,
                "transactionIndex": null,
                "transactionLogIndex": null,
                "type": "pending"
            },
            {
                "address": "0x2e9a512fc6fea120e567ed5faef1440e4f66b5ff",
                "blockHash": null,
                "blockNumber": null,
                "data": "0x",
                "logIndex": null,
                "removed": false,
                "topics": [
                    "0x96234cb3d6c373a1aaa06497a540bc166d4b0359243a088eaf95e21d7253d0be",
                    "0x0000000000000000000000003223aeb8404c7525fcaa6c512f91e287ae9ffe7b",
                    "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003e2",
                    "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003"
                ],
                "transactionHash": null,
                "transactionIndex": null,
                "transactionLogIndex": null,
                "type": "pending"
            }
        ],
        "logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000400000020000000000200000000000800000000000000020000000000000000100000000000000400200000000008000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020000000000000000000800000000000000000000000010000000000000000000000000000000000004200000000000000000000000000000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000800000000000000000404000000002000080000000040000000028000000000000000000000000000020000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000080000000000000000",
        "root": null,
        "status": "0x1",
        "to": null,
        "transactionHash": "0xc1edfed50bfb343335162a8832ae8a81c5c961b30df2ed86e0f51761a605971e",
        "transactionIndex": "0x4"
    },
    "id": 1
}

I can go to Ropsten Etherscan and grab any TX ID and the same is shown for them all.

[jam10o-new]

@jleeh sorry, I misread your original response

[jleeh]

No worries @joshua-mir. I appreciate the very quick responses!

[jam10o-new]

Possibly related to #10444 and #10265

[niklasad1]

I think the issue is that the light client queries for a Receipt which doesn't have all this information. I guess it's some kind of optimization.

I think we should query for RichReceipt but not even this type seems to have all fields though for example from and to seems to be missing.

Maybe related to #11109