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v15.0.0 eth_blockNumber Invalid Request

See original GitHub issue

Starting in v15.0.0 the following error occurs consistently:

Error: PollingBlockTracker - encountered an error while attempting to update latest block:
Error: Invalid request
    at ReconnectingWebsocketSubprovider._handleSocketMessage (websocket.js:174)
    at PollingBlockTracker._callee2$ (polling.js:135)
    at tryCatch (runtime.js:63)
    at Generator.invoke [as _invoke] (runtime.js:282)
    at Generator.prototype.(anonymous function) [as throw] (http://localhost:3000/static/js/0.chunk.js:47904:21)
    at asyncGeneratorStep (asyncToGenerator.js:3)
    at _throw (asyncToGenerator.js:29)

Web3 is polling the blockNumber with the request:

{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","params":[],"method":"eth_blockNumber","skipCache":true}

The parity (v2.4.5) node is responding with

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","error":{"code":-32600,"message":"Invalid request"},"id":1}

I don’t see this skipCache flag documented anywhere in the Parity docs. Is this a standard property implemented in all Ethereum clients?

Prior to v15.0.0 I don’t see this eth_blockNumber request occurring at all. Just eth_getBlockByNumber.

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Created 4 years ago
Reactions:8
Comments:10 (4 by maintainers)

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kumaviscommented, Aug 20, 2019

fixed in eth-json-rpc-middleware@4.1.5 and web3-provider-engine@15.0.2

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naibacommented, Nov 3, 2020

Still a problem in v16.0.1

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