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OutOfGasError

Represents an execution error that occurs when a transaction runs out of gas during execution. This error is typically encountered when the gas provided for a transaction is insufficient to complete its execution.

Out of gas errors can occur due to:

  • Insufficient gas provided for complex transactions or loops.
  • Incorrect estimation of gas required for certain operations.
  • Contracts with high gas consumption in specific functions.
  • Non-deterministic gas usage in contracts.
  • If TEVM submitted the transaction using createTransaction: true and the account being used runs out of gas.

To debug an out of gas error:

  1. Review Gas Estimates: Ensure that the gas estimate for your transaction is accurate and sufficient. If you provided explicit gas-related parameters, double-check their values.
  2. Optimize Contract Code: Refactor your smart contract code to reduce gas consumption, especially in loops and complex operations. Remove potential non-deterministic behaviors.
  3. Use TEVM Tracing: Utilize TEVM tracing to step through the transaction and inspect gas usage.
  4. Estimate Gas Multiple Times: If using TEVM gas estimations, it might make sense to estimate gas many times and take the worst case to set gasPrice. Most nodes execute eth_estimateGas 10 times, while TEVM runs it only once.
  5. Use Other Tools: Use other tools with gas profiling such as Foundry.

Example

try {
  // Some operation that can throw an OutOfGasError
} catch (error) {
  if (error instanceof OutOfGasError) {
    console.error(error.message);
    // Handle the out of gas error
  }
}

Param

A human-readable error message.

Param

Additional parameters for the BaseError.

Extends

Constructors

new OutOfGasError()

new OutOfGasError(message?, args?, tag?): OutOfGasError

Constructs an OutOfGasError. Represents an execution error that occurs when a transaction runs out of gas during execution. This error is typically encountered when the gas provided for a transaction is insufficient to complete its execution.

Out of gas errors can occur due to:

  • Insufficient gas provided for complex transactions or loops.
  • Incorrect estimation of gas required for certain operations.
  • Contracts with high gas consumption in specific functions.
  • Non-deterministic gas usage in contracts.
  • If TEVM submitted the transaction using createTransaction: true and the account being used runs out of gas.

To debug an out of gas error:

  1. Review Gas Estimates: Ensure that the gas estimate for your transaction is accurate and sufficient. If you provided explicit gas-related parameters, double-check their values.
  2. Optimize Contract Code: Refactor your smart contract code to reduce gas consumption, especially in loops and complex operations. Remove potential non-deterministic behaviors.
  3. Use TEVM Tracing: Utilize TEVM tracing to step through the transaction and inspect gas usage.
  4. Estimate Gas Multiple Times: If using TEVM gas estimations, it might make sense to estimate gas many times and take the worst case to set gasPrice. Most nodes execute eth_estimateGas 10 times, while TEVM runs it only once.
  5. Use Other Tools: Use other tools with gas profiling such as Foundry.

Parameters

• message?: string = 'Out of gas error occurred.'

Human-readable error message.

• args?: OutOfGasErrorParameters = {}

Additional parameters for the BaseError.

• tag?: string = 'OutOfGasError'

The tag for the error.

Returns

OutOfGasError

Overrides

GasLimitExceededError.constructor

Defined in

packages/errors/src/ethereum/ethereumjs/OutOfGasError.js:81

Properties

_tag

_tag: string

Same as name, used internally.

Inherited from

GasLimitExceededError._tag

Defined in

packages/errors/src/ethereum/BaseError.js:82

cause

cause: any

Inherited from

GasLimitExceededError.cause

Defined in

packages/errors/src/ethereum/BaseError.js:114

code

code: number

Error code, analogous to the code in JSON RPC error.

Inherited from

GasLimitExceededError.code

Defined in

packages/errors/src/ethereum/BaseError.js:112

details

details: string

Inherited from

GasLimitExceededError.details

Defined in

packages/errors/src/ethereum/BaseError.js:91

docsPath

docsPath: undefined | string

Path to the documentation for this error.

Inherited from

GasLimitExceededError.docsPath

Defined in

packages/errors/src/ethereum/BaseError.js:96

message

message: string

Human-readable error message.

Inherited from

GasLimitExceededError.message

Defined in

node_modules/.pnpm/typescript@5.6.2/node_modules/typescript/lib/lib.es5.d.ts:1077

metaMessages

metaMessages: undefined | string[]

Additional meta messages for more context.

Inherited from

GasLimitExceededError.metaMessages

Defined in

packages/errors/src/ethereum/BaseError.js:100

name

name: string

The name of the error, used to discriminate errors.

Inherited from

GasLimitExceededError.name

Defined in

node_modules/.pnpm/typescript@5.6.2/node_modules/typescript/lib/lib.es5.d.ts:1076

shortMessage

shortMessage: string

Inherited from

GasLimitExceededError.shortMessage

Defined in

packages/errors/src/ethereum/BaseError.js:104

stack?

optional stack: string

Inherited from

GasLimitExceededError.stack

Defined in

node_modules/.pnpm/typescript@5.6.2/node_modules/typescript/lib/lib.es5.d.ts:1078

version

version: string

Inherited from

GasLimitExceededError.version

Defined in

packages/errors/src/ethereum/BaseError.js:108

EVMErrorMessage

static EVMErrorMessage: EvmErrorMessage = EVMErrorMessage.OUT_OF_GAS

Defined in

packages/errors/src/ethereum/ethereumjs/OutOfGasError.js:57

prepareStackTrace()?

static optional prepareStackTrace: (err, stackTraces) => any

Optional override for formatting stack traces

Parameters

• err: Error

• stackTraces: CallSite[]

Returns

any

See

https://v8.dev/docs/stack-trace-api#customizing-stack-traces

Inherited from

GasLimitExceededError.prepareStackTrace

Defined in

node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.7.3/node_modules/@types/node/globals.d.ts:143

stackTraceLimit

static stackTraceLimit: number

Inherited from

GasLimitExceededError.stackTraceLimit

Defined in

node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.7.3/node_modules/@types/node/globals.d.ts:145

Methods

walk()

walk(fn?): unknown

Walks through the error chain.

Parameters

• fn?: Function

A function to execute on each error in the chain.

Returns

unknown

The first error that matches the function, or the original error.

Inherited from

GasLimitExceededError.walk

Defined in

packages/errors/src/ethereum/BaseError.js:137

captureStackTrace()

captureStackTrace(targetObject, constructorOpt)

static captureStackTrace(targetObject, constructorOpt?): void

Create .stack property on a target object

Parameters

• targetObject: object

• constructorOpt?: Function

Returns

void

Inherited from

GasLimitExceededError.captureStackTrace

Defined in

node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.7.3/node_modules/@types/node/globals.d.ts:136

captureStackTrace(targetObject, constructorOpt)

static captureStackTrace(targetObject, constructorOpt?): void

Create .stack property on a target object

Parameters

• targetObject: object

• constructorOpt?: Function

Returns

void

Inherited from

GasLimitExceededError.captureStackTrace

Defined in

node_modules/.pnpm/bun-types@1.1.29/node_modules/bun-types/globals.d.ts:1630

captureStackTrace(targetObject, constructorOpt)

static captureStackTrace(targetObject, constructorOpt?): void

Create .stack property on a target object

Parameters

• targetObject: object

• constructorOpt?: Function

Returns

void

Inherited from

GasLimitExceededError.captureStackTrace

Defined in

node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@20.12.14/node_modules/@types/node/globals.d.ts:21