v4.2.0

Added

web3

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

web3-eth

• Added ALL_EVENTS and ALL_EVENTS_ABI constants, SendTransactionEventsBase type, decodeEventABI method (#6410)

web3-eth-accounts

• Added public function privateKeyToPublicKey
• Added exporting BaseTransaction from the package (#6493)
• Added exporting txUtils from the package (#6493)

web3-types

• Interface EventLog was added. (#6410)

web3-utils

• As a replacment of the node EventEmitter, a custom EventEmitter has been implemented and exported. (#6398)

Fixed

web3-core

• Fix the issue: "Uncaught TypeError: Class extends value undefined is not a constructor or null #6371". (#6398)

web3-errors

• Added new SchemaFormatError (#6434)

web3-eth

• Ensure provider.supportsSubscriptions exists before watching by subscription (#6440)
• Fixed param sent to checkRevertBeforeSending in sendSignedTransaction
• Fixed defaultTransactionBuilder for value issue (#6509)

web3-eth-abi

• Fix issue with default config with babel (and React): "TypeError: Cannot convert a BigInt value to a number #6187" (#6506)

web3-eth-accounts

• Fixed recover function, v will be normalized to value 0,1 (#6344)

web3-providers-http

• Fix issue lquixada/cross-fetch#78, enabling to run web3.js in service worker (#6463)

web3-providers-ipc

• Fixed bug in chunks processing logic (#6496)

web3-providers-ws

• Fixed bug in chunks processing logic (#6496)

web3-utils

• Fix issue with default config with babel (and React): "TypeError: Cannot convert a BigInt value to a number #6187" (#6506)
• Fixed bug in chunks processing logic (#6496)

web3-validator

• Multi-dimensional arrays are now handled properly when parsing ABIs (#6435)
• Fix issue with default config with babel (and React): "TypeError: Cannot convert a BigInt value to a number #6187" (#6506)
• Validator will now properly handle all valid numeric type sizes: intN / uintN where 8 <= N <= 256 and N % 8 == 0 (#6434)
• Will now throw SchemaFormatError when unsupported format is passed to convertToZod method (#6434)

Changed

web3

• Dependencies updated

web3-core

• defaultTransactionType is now type 0x2 instead of 0x0 (#6282)
• Allows formatter to parse large base fee (#6456)
• The package now uses EventEmitter from web3-utils that works in node envrioment as well as in the browser. (#6398)

web3-eth

• Transactions will now default to type 2 transactions instead of type 0, similar to 1.x version. (#6282)

web3-eth-contract

• The events property was added to the receipt object (#6410)

web3-eth-ens

• Dependencies updated

web3-eth-iban

• Dependencies updated

web3-eth-personal

• Dependencies updated

web3-net

• Dependencies updated

web3-providers-http

• Bump cross-fetch to version 4 (#6463).

web3-rpc-methods

• Dependencies updated