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Is debugging mainnet transactions with Infura possible?

See original GitHub issue

I’ve asked for help in the Truffle Gitter before filing this issue.

Issue

Can’t debug mainnet transactions using infura

Steps to Reproduce

// truffle.js
const HDWalletProvider = require('truffle-hdwallet-provider')

module.exports = {
  networks: {
    mainnet: {
      provider: new HDWalletProvider(
        'some randomly made up mnemonic',
        'https://mainnet.infura.io/'
      ),
      network_id: '1'
    }
  }
}

Expected Behavior

truffle debug <tx-id>  --network mainnet

should have debugged my transaction

Actual Results

Got an error

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Environment

Operating System: MacOS 10.13.4
Ethereum client: Infura
Truffle version (truffle version): v4.1.5
node version (node --version): v9.8.0
npm version (npm --version): v5.6.0

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 5 years ago
Reactions:4
Comments:7 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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chapati23commented, Apr 13, 2018

Can confirm for sure now. In fully synced geth --fast node, i get Error: required historical state unavailable when trying to run debug.traceTransaction(<tx-id>).

was worth a shot.

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chapati23commented, Apr 11, 2018

Thanks @cgewecke, will give it a read and report back here after my local geth node is fully synced.