fix(api): check confirmTransaction results in the seven routes that discarded them (GH#2517) - #2519
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…iscarded them (GH#2517)
`Connection.confirmTransaction()` can RESOLVE with a `SignatureResult` whose
`err` records an on-chain execution failure. Awaiting it proves the RPC call
completed, not that the transaction succeeded — which is why the surrounding
try/catch blocks were useful but insufficient: depending on which confirmation
path wins, an execution failure may throw OR be returned as data.
Seven call sites discarded that result and advanced success-only state anyway:
devnet-airdrop:371 mirror-mint address upserted for a mint that was
never created
devnet-airdrop:760 24h claim stays reserved; response reports an amount
devnet-mint-token:313 optional airdrop reported successful
devnet-mint-token:402 nonexistent mint becomes the stored mapping and is
returned as status: "created"
devnet-mirror-mint:362 address persisted/returned for a failed creation
playground/faucet:235 claim recorded, caller told 10,000 Sim-USDC arrived
playground/faucet:271 SOL success advertised; RPC fallback loop stops
The fix is to use what the repo already had. `assertSuccessfulConfirmation()`
(lib/transaction-confirmation.ts) accepts only an explicit `value.err === null`,
so it also fails closed on a malformed or incomplete result, and two routes were
already using it correctly. No new abstraction, no new convention.
Checked the four call sites the issue did NOT list, to see whether it undercounted:
faucet:194, faucet:425 and auto-fund:213 already use the helper, and auto-fund:141
does the same check by hand. So all four were fine and the report's count of
seven is exactly right.
Left auto-fund:141's hand-rolled `airdropResult.value.err` check alone. It is
correct, and converting a working site would be churn on a route this PR
otherwise does not touch — noted rather than changed.
The test is a source scan, not per-route cases, because the property is "no call
site anywhere is bare" — a test per known route says nothing about the eighth
one somebody adds later. It strips line comments first (this commit's own
comments mention `confirmTransaction()` in prose), and asserts the scan still
finds at least ten sites so it cannot start passing vacuously if a refactor
moves the calls behind a wrapper.
Mutation-tested: reverting devnet-mirror-mint to a bare call fails the guard,
which names the offending `file:line` in the assertion message. Control passes
either side.
Verified: 305 files, 3073 passed, 17 skipped; tsc --noEmit exit 0. The four
pre-existing transaction-confirmation unit tests still pass unchanged.
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In `@app/__tests__/api/confirm-transaction-checked.test.ts`:
- Around line 52-67: Update callSites so checked is determined from the specific
.confirmTransaction() call rather than a surrounding ±500-character window.
Parse each call expression or track its assigned result binding, then require
that same result to be validated by assertSuccessfulConfirmation or a .value.err
check; preserve the existing file and line reporting.
In `@app/app/api/devnet-airdrop/route.ts`:
- Around line 372-379: Update the raw transaction confirmation flows in
app/app/api/devnet-airdrop/route.ts (lines 372-379 and 768-773),
app/app/api/devnet-mint-token/route.ts (lines 314-319 and 408-413), and
app/app/api/devnet-mirror-mint/route.ts (lines 363-368) to retain each
getLatestBlockhash() result’s lastValidBlockHeight and pass signature,
blockhash, and lastValidBlockHeight to confirmTransaction. In
app/app/api/playground/faucet/route.ts (lines 278-283), do not pair
requestAirdrop’s signature with an unrelated blockhash; use matching expiry data
or bounded signature-status polling. Preserve assertSuccessfulConfirmation and
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| // GH#2517: confirmTransaction() can RESOLVE with a SignatureResult whose | ||
| // `err` records an on-chain failure, so awaiting it is not proof of | ||
| // success. Without this, a mint that failed on chain still reached the | ||
| // `devnet_mints` upsert below and became the stored mapping. | ||
| assertSuccessfulConfirmation( | ||
| await connection.confirmTransaction(createSig, "confirmed"), | ||
| "Devnet mirror-mint creation", | ||
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
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🌐 Web query:
For @solana/web3.jsversion 1.98.4, what is the supported blockheight-awareConnection.confirmTransactionstrategy for transactions sent withsendRawTransaction, and what strategy is recommended for requestAirdrop when the request API returns only a signature?
💡 Result:
For @solana/web3.js version 1.98.4, the recommended approach for blockheight-aware transaction confirmation is to use the BlockheightBasedTransactionConfirmationStrategy object [1][2]. This strategy is required to correctly handle transaction expiration and avoid the pitfalls of deprecated signature-only confirmation methods [3][4]. Strategy for sendRawTransaction When using sendRawTransaction, you should pass a BlockheightBasedTransactionConfirmationStrategy object to Connection.confirmTransaction [1][2]. This object must include the following properties [3][2]: - signature: The transaction signature (string). - blockhash: The recent blockhash used to sign the transaction (string). - lastValidBlockHeight: The last block height at which the transaction is valid (number/bigint). Example usage: const strategy = { signature, blockhash, lastValidBlockHeight, }; await connection.confirmTransaction(strategy, commitment); Strategy for requestAirdrop The requestAirdrop method returns only a signature and does not automatically wait for confirmation [5][6]. Because requestAirdrop does not provide the transaction's blockhash or last valid block height, you must manually fetch a recent blockhash after receiving the signature to confirm it using the blockheight-aware strategy [4][7]. Recommended approach: 1. Call connection.requestAirdrop to get the signature [8][7]. 2. Immediately call connection.getLatestBlockhash() to obtain a current blockhash and lastValidBlockHeight [4][7]. 3. Pass these values into the BlockheightBasedTransactionConfirmationStrategy object for confirmTransaction [4][7]. Example implementation: const signature = await connection.requestAirdrop(publicKey, lamports); const { blockhash, lastValidBlockHeight } = await connection.getLatestBlockhash; await connection.confirmTransaction({ signature, blockhash, lastValidBlockHeight, }, 'confirmed'); Note: Relying on signature-only confirmation (passing only the signature string to confirmTransaction) is deprecated because it may lead to indefinite waiting if a transaction expires or is dropped by the network [3][4].
Citations:
- 1: https://solana-foundation.github.io/solana-web3.js/v1.x/classes/Connection.html
- 2: https://github.com/solana-labs/solana/blob/f57f228126b01eec2a48cc39711252dfacf04462/web3.js/src/util/send-and-confirm-raw-transaction.ts
- 3: https://github.com/solana-foundation/solana-web3.js/blob/5b4e63daed1561ce58585a639041732c04aa354a/src/utils/send-and-confirm-transaction.ts
- 4: confirmTransaction() should default to getting a recent blockhash if none is specified. solana-foundation/solana-web3.js#2067
- 5: requestAirdrop() with 'finalized' seems to return before transaction is finalized (airdropFactory() is fine) solana-foundation/solana-web3.js#3683
- 6: https://solana.com/docs/rpc/http/requestairdrop
- 7: Create ergonomic version of
requestAirdropthat rolls transaction confirmation at a given finality into one solana-foundation/solana-web3.js#1579 - 8: https://github.com/solana-labs/solana/blob/b16f2da44414be6f211352ed336812131622bae7/docs/src/developing/clients/javascript-reference.md
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set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant files ---'
for f in \
app/app/api/devnet-airdrop/route.ts \
app/app/api/devnet-mint-token/route.ts \
app/app/api/devnet-mirror-mint/route.ts \
app/app/api/playground/faucet/route.ts
do
if [ -f "$f" ]; then
echo "### $f"
wc -l "$f"
rg -n -C 18 'confirmTransaction|sendRawTransaction|requestAirdrop|getLatestBlockhash|getLatestBlockhashAndContext|lastValidBlockHeight|assertSuccessfulConfirmation' "$f"
fi
done
printf '%s\n' '--- package/version references ---'
rg -n -S '`@solana/web3`\.js|solana-web3|web3\.js' --glob 'package.json' --glob 'package-lock.json' --glob 'yarn.lock' --glob 'pnpm-lock.yaml' --glob 'bun.lockb' .
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helper="$(fd -t f 'transaction-confirmation' . | head -n 1 || true)"
if [ -n "$helper" ]; then
echo "### $helper"
cat -n "$helper"
fi
printf '%s\n' '--- exact imports and relevant source slices ---'
for f in \
app/app/api/devnet-airdrop/route.ts \
app/app/api/devnet-mint-token/route.ts \
app/app/api/devnet-mirror-mint/route.ts \
app/app/api/playground/faucet/route.ts
do
echo "### $f"
sed -n '1,45p' "$f"
rg -n -C 5 'getLatestBlockhash|sendRawTransaction|requestAirdrop|confirmTransaction' "$f" \
| sed -n '1,260p'
done
printf '%s\n' '--- package-lock direct dependency ---'
sed -n '1,25p;895,915p' package-lock.json
printf '%s\n' '--- web3.js v1.98.4 confirmation implementation ---'
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/solana-foundation/solana-web3.js/v1.98.4/src/connection.ts \
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case "$f" in
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done
printf '%s\n' '--- web3.js v1.98.4 source excerpts ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
from urllib.request import urlopen
urls = [
"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/solana-foundation/solana-web3.js/v1.98.4/src/connection.ts",
"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/solana-labs/solana-web3.js/v1.98.4/src/connection.ts",
]
text = None
for url in urls:
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print("SOURCE:", url)
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except Exception as exc:
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if text is None:
raise SystemExit("Could not fetch connection.ts")
lines = text.splitlines()
needles = ("confirmTransaction(", "requestAirdrop(")
starts = [i for i, line in enumerate(lines) if any(n in line for n in needles)]
for start in starts:
lo = max(0, start - 8)
hi = min(len(lines), start + 75)
print(f"\n--- lines {lo + 1}-{hi} ---")
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import sys
lines = sys.stdin.read().splitlines()
needles = (
"confirmTransactionUsingLegacyTimeoutStrategy",
"confirmTransactionUsingBlockHeightExceedanceStrategy",
"BLOCKHEIGHT_EXCEEDED",
"lastValidBlockHeight",
"TRANSACTION being confirmed",
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Use blockheight-aware confirmation for the five raw transactions and bounded status polling for the SOL airdrop.
confirmTransaction(signature, "confirmed") uses the deprecated fixed-timeout strategy. It does not use the signed transaction’s lastValidBlockHeight and can time out before blockhash expiry.
- Preserve
lastValidBlockHeightfrom each existinggetLatestBlockhash()call inapp/app/api/devnet-airdrop/route.ts,app/app/api/devnet-mint-token/route.ts, andapp/app/api/devnet-mirror-mint/route.ts. - Pass
{ signature, blockhash, lastValidBlockHeight }toconfirmTransaction. requestAirdrop()returns only a signature. Do not pair it with a later unrelated blockhash. Use an airdrop flow that returns matching expiry data, or poll signature status with a bounded timeout.
📍 Affects 4 files
app/app/api/devnet-airdrop/route.ts#L372-L379(this comment)app/app/api/devnet-airdrop/route.ts#L768-L773app/app/api/devnet-mint-token/route.ts#L314-L319app/app/api/devnet-mint-token/route.ts#L408-L413app/app/api/devnet-mirror-mint/route.ts#L363-L368app/app/api/playground/faucet/route.ts#L278-L283
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In `@app/app/api/devnet-airdrop/route.ts` around lines 372 - 379, Update the raw
transaction confirmation flows in app/app/api/devnet-airdrop/route.ts (lines
372-379 and 768-773), app/app/api/devnet-mint-token/route.ts (lines 314-319 and
408-413), and app/app/api/devnet-mirror-mint/route.ts (lines 363-368) to retain
each getLatestBlockhash() result’s lastValidBlockHeight and pass signature,
blockhash, and lastValidBlockHeight to confirmTransaction. In
app/app/api/playground/faucet/route.ts (lines 278-283), do not pair
requestAirdrop’s signature with an unrelated blockhash; use matching expiry data
or bounded signature-status polling. Preserve assertSuccessfulConfirmation and
existing success/failure handling.
…ndow CodeRabbit's review on #2519 was right: the scan marked a call "checked" if `assertSuccessfulConfirmation` or `.value.err` appeared anywhere within ±500 characters. A bare confirmation sitting beside a guarded one therefore passed — which defeats the point of a guard whose whole job is catching the NEXT call site somebody adds. Demonstrated rather than assumed. Adding await connection.confirmTransaction(sig, "finalized"); immediately after the guarded call in devnet-mirror-mint passes the old scan and fails the new one. Every call in the tree is one of two shapes, so both are now recognised exactly: A assertSuccessfulConfirmation(await conn.confirmTransaction(...), "...") B const result = await conn.confirmTransaction(...) // result asserted, or // result.value.err read Shape B is keyed to the BINDING NAME, so an unrelated guarded call elsewhere in the same file cannot vouch for it. Mutation-tested, control either side: control 3 passed bare call adjacent to a guarded one 1 failed result bound but never asserted 1 failed control 3 passed Verified: 305 files, 3073 passed, 17 skipped; tsc --noEmit exit 0. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Both findings addressed — one fixed, one declined with reasoning. 1. "Bind each check to its own confirmation call" — you're right, and it mattered more than a nit. The ±500-character window marked a call checked if Fixed in await connection.confirmTransaction(sig, "finalized");immediately after the guarded call in Every call in the tree is one of two shapes, so both are now matched exactly:
Shape B is keyed to the binding name, so an unrelated guarded call elsewhere in the same file can't vouch for it. Mutation battery: control 3 passed / adjacent bare call 1 failed / bound-but-never-asserted 1 failed / control 3 passed. 2. The blockheight-aware confirmation strategy — declining here, deliberately. Six of these sites use the deprecated signature-only overload, and moving them to the blockhash-aware strategy is a real improvement. But it's a different defect from the one this PR closes, and #2517 itself separates them — its own words: "Neither strategy automatically authorizes the application to ignore Concretely: the strategy governs how long we wait and when we give up; this PR governs whether we believe the answer. A blockheight-aware call that resolves with Mixing them would also widen a mechanical, uniformly-shaped change into one that alters timeout behaviour on four unauthenticated routes — harder to review and harder to revert independently if the timing change misbehaves. Happy to do it as a follow-up; it wants its own issue and its own before/after, not a rider on this one. |
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Closes #2517.
The defect
Connection.confirmTransaction()can resolve with aSignatureResultwhoseerrrecords an on-chain execution failure. Awaiting it proves the RPC call completed, not that the transaction succeeded.That's why the surrounding
try/catchblocks were useful but insufficient, and the issue explains this precisely: depending on which confirmation path wins, an execution failure may throw or may be returned as data.Seven call sites discarded the result and advanced success-only state anyway:
devnet-airdrop:371devnet-airdrop:760devnet-mint-token:313devnet-mint-token:402status: "created"devnet-mirror-mint:362playground/faucet:235playground/faucet:271The fix uses what the repo already had
assertSuccessfulConfirmation()inlib/transaction-confirmation.tsaccepts only an explicitvalue.err === null— so it also fails closed on a malformed or incomplete result — and two routes were already using it correctly. No new abstraction and no new convention; the seven sites just weren't using the answer that already existed.I checked whether the issue undercounted
There are 11
confirmTransaction()call sites inapp/app/api, and the issue names 7. I looked at the other four rather than assuming they were fine:faucet:194,faucet:425,auto-fund:213— already use the helper.auto-fund:141— does the same check by hand (airdropResult.value.err).So all four were genuinely already correct, and the report's count of seven is exactly right. Confirming a report is worth as much as correcting one.
I left
auto-fund:141's hand-rolled check alone. It's correct, and converting a working site would be churn on a route this PR otherwise doesn't touch — noted rather than changed.On the test
It's a source scan, not per-route cases, because the property is "no call site anywhere is bare". A test per known route would say nothing about the eighth one somebody adds later — and the next call site is exactly how this recurs.
Two details that matter for it not being decorative:
confirmTransaction()in prose, and an earlier count of mine was thrown off by exactly that — agrepreported 12 sites where there were 11, which I only caught by reconciling against the base.Mutation-tested
Reverting
devnet-mirror-mintto a bare call fails the guard, and the assertion names the offending location:Control passes either side.
Verification
The four pre-existing
transaction-confirmationunit tests still pass unchanged.Related
Third of the false-success family from the same reporter, alongside #2518 (#2514) and #2516 (#2515). This one touches only
app/app/api/**, so it shares no file with either.Summary by CodeRabbit
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