Error: Transaction ran out of gas. Please provide more gas:

[tnkannan]

Hello,

We have provided enough gas for the transaction, but we got the error "Transaction ran out of gas. Please provide more gas:". The transaction has been successful and can not get the receipt.

Recently, we have updated the geth version to v1.8.23

I have used, web3.eth.sendTransaction method.
//
// using the event emitter
web3.eth.sendTransaction({
from: '0xde0B295669a9FD93d5F28D9Ec85E40f4cb697BAe',
to: '0x11f4d0A3c12e86B4b5F39B213F7E19D048276DAe',
value: '1000000000000000'
})
.on('transactionHash', function(hash){
...
})
.on('receipt', function(receipt){
...
})
.on('confirmation', function(confirmationNumber, receipt){ ... })
.on('error', console.error); // If a out of gas error, the second parameter is the receipt.
//

[nivida]

I've tested your example code with geth v1.8.23 and the latest version of web3.js and it worked. Could you please provide further details and update your issue to be aligned with the issue template we provide here?

[kvhnuke]

I believe this is related to the issue I am getting, currently it is not correct the way TransactionReceiptValidator work,
https://github.com/ethereum/web3.js/blob/b88ab8235ed583f8b944a438e0676ef9d7c523cc/packages/web3-core-method/src/validators/TransactionReceiptValidator.js#L37-L73

Following is the culprit

isValidGasUsage(receipt, method) { 
         return !receipt.outOfGas && method.utils.hexToNumber(method.parameters[0].gas) !== receipt.gasUsed; 
     } 

for example if you send a transaction that uses the exact amount of provided gas, it will throw an error. Meaning all regular transactions that uses 21000 gas will throw an error. Instead you should check the status first if the status is 0x1 then that tx is successful. If it is not you can check whether gas and used gas are equal

[nivida]

I've updated the transaction receipt validation during the improvements of the transaction based methods. PR