The code in public_tx.js under the Deploy a smart contract operation in the Tutorials module of Private networks has significant errors, resulting in various errors when running node public_tx.js.

[haerker]

The code in public_tx.js under the Deploy a smart contract operation in the Tutorials module of Private networks has significant errors, resulting in various errors when running node public_tx.js.

            throw new web3_errors_1.InvalidResponseError(response, payload);
                  ^

InvalidResponseError: Returned error: Transaction processing could not be completed due to an exception
at Web3RequestManager._processJsonRpcResponse (/home/haerker/besu/Permissioned-Network/node_modules/web3-core/lib/commonjs/web3_request_manager.js:258:23)
at Web3RequestManager. (/home/haerker/besu/Permissioned-Network/node_modules/web3-core/lib/commonjs/web3_request_manager.js:156:29)
at Generator.next ()
at fulfilled (/home/haerker/besu/Permissioned-Network/node_modules/web3-core/lib/commonjs/web3_request_manager.js:21:58)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5) {
innerError: {
code: -32000,
message: 'Transaction processing could not be completed due to an exception'
},

[dviejokfs]

Same happens to me, still no luck

[zariqimn]

it was successful the first time i ran it. when I tried running it again got this error

[barcellosrod]

It´s happening the same when I try to deploy a new contract:

public.js
`
const { Web3 } = require('web3');
const { tx } = require("@ethereumjs/tx");
const path = require('node:path');
const fs = require('fs-extra');

const web3Instance = new Web3('http://myserver:8541');
// use an existing account, or make an account

const privateKey =
"0x014fc0262f554c0b98e7723331ca808fb35883b0478c55d36a1bac566850ed79";
const account = web3Instance.eth.accounts.privateKeyToAccount(privateKey);
console.log('Account Data ==>', account);
console.log('Account Address ==>',account.address);

// read in the contracts
const contractJsonPath = path.resolve('PathToContract','MyFile.json');
const contractJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(contractJsonPath));
const contractAbi = contractJson.abi;
const contractBinPath = path.resolve('PathToContract','MyFile.bin');
const contractBin = fs.readFileSync(contractBinPath);
createAndSign();

// get txnCount for the nonce value
async function createAndSign() {
const txnCount = await web3Instance.eth.getTransactionCount(account.address);
console.log('TX Account ==>',txnCount);

const rawTxOptions = {
nonce: web3Instance.utils.numberToHex(txnCount),
from: account.address,
to: null, //public tx
value: "0x00",
data: "0x" + contractBin, // contract binary appended with initialization value
gasPrice: "0x0", //ETH per unit of gas
gasLimit: "0x24A22", //max number of gas units the tx is allowed to use
};

console.log("Signing the txn")
const signedTx = await web3Instance.eth.accounts.signTransaction(rawTxOptions, privateKey);
console.log('Txn Signed ==> ',signedTx.rawTransaction);

console.log("Sending transaction...");
const pTx = await web3Instance.eth.sendSignedTransaction(signedTx.rawTransaction);
console.log('Transaction sent ==>', pTx.contractAddress);
`
Log ==>

`
PS C:\smart_contracts> node .\public.js
Account Data ==> {
address: '0xf81469f0044b8A6A670217eFef758A4B1dff8fAC',
privateKey: '0x014fc0262f554c0b98e7723331ca808fb35883b0478c55d36a1bac566850ed79',
signTransaction: [Function: signTransaction],
sign: [Function: sign],
encrypt: [Function: encrypt]
}
Account Address ==> 0xf81469f0044b8A6A670217eFef758A4B1dff8fAC
TX Account ==> 0n
Signing the txn
Txn Signed ==> 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Sending transaction...
C:\smart_contracts\node_modules\web3-core\lib\commonjs\web3_request_manager.js:258
throw new web3_errors_1.InvalidResponseError(response, payload);
^

InvalidResponseError: Returned error: Internal error
at Web3RequestManager._processJsonRpcResponse (C:\smart_contracts\node_modules\web3-core\lib\commonjs\web3_request_manager.js:258:23)
at Web3RequestManager. (C:\smart_contracts\node_modules\web3-core\lib\commonjs\web3_request_manager.js:156:29)
at Generator.next ()
at fulfilled (C:\smart_contracts\node_modules\web3-core\lib\commonjs\web3_request_manager.js:21:58)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5) {
innerError: { code: -32603, message: 'Internal error' },
code: 101,
data: undefined,
request: {
jsonrpc: '2.0',
id: '1f225eef-9716-4a15-89a5-165f1a620b33',
method: 'eth_call',
params: [
{
nonce: '0x0',
gasPrice: '0x0',
value: '0x0',
data: 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from: '0xf81469f0044b8a6a670217efef758a4b1dff8fac',
gas: '0x24a22'
},
'latest'
]
}
}

Node.js v18.16.0
`

Does anyone have any ideas about this problem?

[Iamknownasfesal]

Was anyone able to use it?

[Giridharan-Govindaraj]

Hi, I am also getting the same issue while trying to deploy a contract on QBFT private network using Web3j with the generated smart contract wrapper. When I check the log with TRACE flag , it showed as "MessageFrame evaluation halted because of INVALID_OPERATION".

I am quite not sure why is this happening..

[joaniefromtheblock]

Several potential issues identified (from error message):

• Gas price set to zero (gasPrice: "0x0")
• Transaction might be failing due to insufficient funds
• Network connection or configuration issues
• Node might not be properly synced or running

Environment

• Node.js v18.16.0
• Web3.js (version to be specified)
• Network: Custom RPC (http://myserver:8541/)

Suggested fix

Update the transaction configuration to include proper gas handling:

const rawTxOptions = {
    nonce: web3Instance.utils.numberToHex(txnCount),
    from: account.address,
    to: null,
    value: "0x00",
    data: "0x" + contractBin,
    // Dynamic gas pricing
    gasPrice: await web3Instance.eth.getGasPrice(),
    // Estimate required gas
    gas: await web3Instance.eth.estimateGas({
        from: account.address,
        data: "0x" + contractBin
    })
};

Verification steps

Confirm network connection:

await web3Instance.eth.net.isListening();

Check account balance:

const balance = await web3Instance.eth.getBalance(account.address);
console.log("Balance:", web3Instance.utils.fromWei(balance, 'ether'), "ETH");

Verify current gas price:

const gasPrice = await web3Instance.eth.getGasPrice();
console.log("Gas Price:", gasPrice);

Advice for additional troubleshooting

• Verify node is running and accessible at specified URL
• Ensure account has sufficient funds for deployment
• Check if using correct network/chain ID
• Verify contract compilation was successful
• If using private network, confirm mining is enabled