Error: could not detect network chain '0x1'

Ethers Version

5.6.0

Search Terms

metamask, ethers chain id

Describe the Problem

So this is the first time that’s ever happened to me and I’m not sure why. I’d love some insights for this.

Obtaining the chainId crashes with the error “could not detect network chain” using metamask.

Using: Ethers 5.6.0 Metamask 10.18.4

I doubt it’s something to do with Ethers to be honest. Maybe metamask changed something due to the merge coming up?

Code Snippet

let p = new ethers.providers.Web3Provider(window.ethereum)
let signer = p.getSigner()

let chain = await signer.getChainId()

Contract ABI

No response

Errors

Error: could not detect network (chainId="0x1", event="invalidNetwork", serverError={}, code=NETWORK_ERROR, version=providers/5.6.0)

Environment

Ethereum (mainnet/ropsten/rinkeby/goerli), Browser (Chrome, Safari, etc)

Environment (Other)

No response

[ricmoo]

I take that back. It does. Sorry, I misspoke. One sec. 😃

[Benjythebee]

I did it!

the package "@walletconnect/web3-provider" used for web3modal must have a bug in version ^1.7.9. I downgraded it to 1.7.8 and it worked fine. I’ll see if I can notify the team over there

Edit: version 1.7.9 does not exist, I’m so annoyed at NPM for not telling me