v1.10.0-rc.0

[jdevcs]

Fixed

• Improved the error propagation in web3-providers-http package to effectively propagate useful error infomation about failed HTTP connections (Improve logging of connection errors #5955)
• Fixed "Uncaught TypeError" calling a contract function that revert using MetaMask ("Uncaught TypeError: o.data.substring is not a function" calling a contract function reverting #4454) and related "n.data.substring is not a function", that is raised when there is a revert and web.eth.handleRevert = true (Fix error: "n.data.substring is not a function" #6000)

Changed

• transaction.type is now formatted to a hex string before being send to provider (Format transaction.type to hex. Add empty accessList is tx.type === '0x1' #5979)
• When sending a transaction, if transaction.type === '0x1' && transaction.accessList === undefined, then transaction.accessList is set to [] (Format transaction.type to hex. Add empty accessList is tx.type === '0x1' #5979)
• Removed an unnecessary chainId parameter from toChecksumAddress() function types (refactor: Remove the unnecessary chainId parameter #5888)

Added

• Added support for getPastEvents method to filter allEvents and specific event (Filter option doesn't work in getPastEvents #6015)

Security

• Updated dependencies (1x update  #6044)

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This discussion was created from the release v1.10.0-rc.0.