Release/4.2.0

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[4.2.0]

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 (Add events to receipt object #6410)

web3-eth-accounts

• Added public function privateKeyToPublicKey
• Added exporting BaseTransaction from the package (Add functionality to extend tx types #6493)
• Added exporting txUtils from the package (Add functionality to extend tx types #6493)

web3-types

• Interface EventLog was added. (Add events to receipt object #6410)

web3-utils

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

Fixed

web3-core

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

web3-errors

• Added new SchemaFormatError (Fix validation uint int sizes #6434)

web3-eth

• Ensure provider.supportsSubscriptions exists before watching by subscription (Fix #6439: ensure provider.supportsSubscriptions exists before watching by subscription #6440)
• Fixed param sent to checkRevertBeforeSending in sendSignedTransaction
• Fixed defaultTransactionBuilder for value issue (6508 fix #6509)

web3-eth-abi

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

web3-eth-accounts

• Fixed recover function, v will be normalized to value 0,1 (Recover does not work with signature created by web3.js 4.x + ledger #6344)

web3-providers-http

• Fix issue Cross-fetch is not usable in service workers lquixada/cross-fetch#78, enabling to run web3.js in service worker (Bump cross-fetch to version 4 #6463)

web3-providers-ipc

• Fixed bug in chunks processing logic (socket provider fix 6416 #6496)

web3-providers-ws

• Fixed bug in chunks processing logic (socket provider fix 6416 #6496)

web3-utils

• Fix issue with default config with babel (and React): "TypeError: Cannot convert a BigInt value to a number TypeError: Cannot convert a BigInt value to a number #6187" (Avoid using ** with BigInt #6506)
• Fixed bug in chunks processing logic (socket provider fix 6416 #6496)

web3-validator

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

Changed

web3

• Dependencies updated

web3-core

• defaultTransactionType is now type 0x2 instead of 0x0 (sending transactions should default to type2 when autofilled #6282)
• Allows formatter to parse large base fee (Fixup base fee type #6456)
• The package now uses EventEmitter from web3-utils that works in node envrioment as well as in the browser. (Implement EventEmitter compatible with browsers #6398)

web3-eth

• Transactions will now default to type 2 transactions instead of type 0, similar to 1.x version. (sending transactions should default to type2 when autofilled #6282)

web3-eth-contract

• The events property was added to the receipt object (Add events to 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 (Bump cross-fetch to version 4 #6463).

web3-rpc-methods

• Dependencies updated

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Merging #6517 (c8799b0) into 4.x (09f4c8b) will not change coverage.
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