Error: Returned error: Cannot get state root with uncommitted checkpoints

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Issue

{
 Error: Returned error: Cannot get state root with uncommitted checkpoints    at PromiEvent (/home/test/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/packages/contract/lib/promievent.js:9:1)
    at TruffleContract.getETH (/home/test/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/packages/contract/lib/execute.js:169:1)
    at Context.<anonymous> (/home/test/IdeaProjects/carbon-token/test/DECA.js:293:33)
    at <anonymous>
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:189:7)
  hijackedStack: 'Error: Returned error: Cannot get state root with uncommitted checkpoints\n    at Object.ErrorResponse (/home/test/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/node_modules/web3-core-helpers/src/errors.js:29:1)\n    at /home/test/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/node_modules/web3-core-requestmanager/src/index.js:140:1\n    at /home/test/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/packages/provider/wrapper.js:112:1\n    at XMLHttpRequest.request.onreadystatechange (/home/test/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/node_modules/web3-providers-http/src/index.js:96:1)\n    at XMLHttpRequestEventTarget.dispatchEvent (/home/test/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/node_modules/xhr2-cookies/dist/xml-http-request-event-target.js:34:1)\n    at XMLHttpRequest._setReadyState (/home/test/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/node_modules/xhr2-cookies/dist/xml-http-request.js:208:1)\n    at XMLHttpRequest._onHttpResponseEnd (/home/test/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/node_modules/xhr2-cookies/dist/xml-http-request.js:318:1)\n    at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (/home/test/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/node_modules/xhr2-cookies/dist/xml-http-request.js:289:47)\n    at emitNone (events.js:111:20)\n    at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:208:7)\n    at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1064:12)\n    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:139:11)\n    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:181:9)' }

Steps to Reproduce

Take this contract :

pragma solidity 0.5.16;

contract DECA {
    address payable private _owner;

    constructor () public {
        _owner = msg.sender;
    }

    function() external payable {

    }

    function getETH() public {     
        _owner.transfer(address(this).balance);
    }

}

And execute this test :

async function getHighBalance() {
    var accounts = await web3.eth.getAccounts();
    var acc = accounts[0];
    console.dir(acc)
    var b = await web3.eth.getBalance(acc);

    console.dir(b)
    let high = {
        "address": acc,
        "balance": b
    }

    return high;
}
 describe('reproducer', async function () {
        it('check getETH', async function () {
            this.creator = await getHighBalance();

            this.deca = await DECA.new({
                from: this.creator.address,
                gas: 6712390
            })

            let decaBalance = await web3.eth.getBalance(this.deca.address);
            assert.equal(decaBalance.toString(10), '0', " wrong contract balance")
            var sender = await getHighBalance();
            await web3.eth.sendTransaction({
                from: sender.address,
                to: this.deca.address,
                value: 1000,
                gas: 6712390
            });
            decaBalance = await web3.eth.getBalance(this.deca.address);
            assert.equal(decaBalance.toString(10), '1000', " wrong contract balance")
            let wasErr = false;
            try {
                await this.deca.getETH({from: this.creator.address, gas: 6712390})
            } catch (err) {
                console.dir(err)
                wasErr = true;
            }
            assert.equal(false, wasErr, "getETH not possible to test because of bug in truffle")
            decaBalance = await web3.eth.getBalance(this.deca.address);
            assert.equal(decaBalance.toString(10), '0', " balance of the DECA expected to be empty")
        })
    })

Expected Behavior

pass test

Actual Results

failed because of exception

Environment

• Operating System: arch linux Truffle v5.1.11 (core: 5.1.11) Solidity v0.5.16 (solc-js) Node v8.16.2 Web3.js v1.2.1

[vitaliy-kuzmich]

@davidmurdoch thanks for debug tips!

[gnidan]

Closing this for issue maintenance.

Let us know if there’s more that’s actionable for Truffle here and we can reopen. Thanks again!