{"error":"TypeError: Cannot read property 'api' of undefined"}

[stewartventures]

hi - I am now receiving this same error after no changes and the system was running fine until 12ET today. did the recent runtime upgrade affect this? here is the log output:

2021-10-12 18:46:36 RPC-CORE: getMetadata(at?: BlockHash): Metadata:: createType(Metadata):: decodeU8a: failed at 0x0e010b000c1c7370… on metadata:: decodeU8a: failed at 0xcc1853797374656d… on pallets: Vec:: decodeU8a: failed at 0x1853797374656d01… on : {"name":"Text","storage":"Option","calls":"Option","events":"Option","constants":"Vec","errors":"Option","index":"u8"}:: decodeU8a: failed at 0x011853797374656d… on storage: Option:: decodeU8a: failed at 0x401c4163636f756e… on items: Vec:: decodeU8a: failed at 0x04e8205468652066… on : {"name":"Text","modifier":"StorageEntryModifierV14","type":"StorageEntryTypeV14","fallback":"Bytes","docs":"Vec"}:: decodeU8a: failed at 0x68652066756c6c20… on modifier: {"_enum":{"Optional":0,"Default":1,"Required":2}}:: Unable to create Enum via index 104, in Optional, Default, Required
2021-10-12 18:46:36 API/INIT: Error: FATAL: Unable to initialize the API: createType(Metadata):: decodeU8a: failed at 0x0e010b000c1c7370… on metadata:: decodeU8a: failed at 0xcc1853797374656d… on pallets: Vec:: decodeU8a: failed at 0x1853797374656d01… on : {"name":"Text","storage":"Option","calls":"Option","events":"Option","constants":"Vec","errors":"Option","index":"u8"}:: decodeU8a: failed at 0x011853797374656d… on storage: Option:: decodeU8a: failed at 0x401c4163636f756e… on items: Vec:: decodeU8a: failed at 0x04e8205468652066… on : {"name":"Text","modifier":"StorageEntryModifierV14","type":"StorageEntryTypeV14","fallback":"Bytes","docs":"Vec"}:: decodeU8a: failed at 0x68652066756c6c20… on modifier: {"_enum":{"Optional":0,"Default":1,"Required":2}}:: Unable to create Enum via index 104, in Optional, Default, Required
at EventEmitter.value (/home/[removed]/polkadot_api_server/node_modules/@polkadot/api/base/Init.cjs:84:25)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5)

Originally posted by @sekoyalabs in #23 (comment)

[dillu24]

Most probably this is due to the latest upgrade on Kusama/Polkadot. Stay tuned for a new release.