INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE_FOR_TRANSACTION_FEE ???

[ajaythxkur]

Weird that i have 0.11 APT in my wallet still getting this error!!

const transaction = await aptos.transferCoinTransaction({
            sender: from.accountAddress.toString(),
            recipient: to,
            amount: askAmount,
            coinType,
        });
        console.log(transaction)

        const response = await aptos.signAndSubmitTransaction({
            signer: from,
            transaction
        })

Request to [Fullnode]: POST https://api.mainnet.aptoslabs.com/v1/transactions (trace_id:dae281c8f05c650f7dd7e294752621df) failed with: {"message":"Invalid transaction: Type: Validation Code: INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE_FOR_TRANSACTION_FEE","error_code":"vm_error","vm_error_code":5}

[ajaythxkur]

Account - https://explorer.aptoslabs.com/account/0x078e41a2d5415922b9806ce5b25704f0c71847d244116a91049317ee80778739/coins?network=mainnet

[ajaythxkur]

const main = async() => {
    const coinType = "0x24dc0c6bd0a98f31961589e6432a8038833128f7c802ba148172553987c379f::MEOW::MEOW";
    const amount = 1; 
    const account = Account.fromPrivateKey({ privateKey: new Ed25519PrivateKey(privateKey) });
    const aptBalance = await aptos.getAccountAPTAmount({
        accountAddress: account.accountAddress
    });
    const meowBalance = await aptos.getAccountCoinAmount({
        accountAddress: account.accountAddress,
        coinType
    });
    console.log({aptBalance, meowBalance})
    const transaction = await aptos.transferCoinTransaction({
        sender: account.accountAddress,
        recipient: toAddress,
        amount,
        coinType,
    });
    const response = await aptos.signAndSubmitTransaction({
        signer: account,
        transaction
    })
    console.log(response.hash, "hash");
    await aptos.waitForTransaction({ transactionHash: response.hash });
}

Output -

{ aptBalance: 11000000, meowBalance: 1000000 }
/Users/ajaythxkur/The Legends/meow-snipe/node_modules/@aptos-labs/ts-sdk/src/client/core.ts:100
  throw new AptosApiError({ apiType, aptosRequest: aptosRequestOpts, aptosResponse });
        ^


n [AptosApiError]: Request to [Fullnode]: POST https://api.mainnet.aptoslabs.com/v1/transactions (trace_id:fe3b4629f55d10045cc848be5954c43e) failed with: {"message":"Invalid transaction: Type: Validation Code: INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE_FOR_TRANSACTION_FEE","error_code":"vm_error","vm_error_code":5}
    at P (/Users/ajaythxkur/The Legends/meow-snipe/node_modules/@aptos-labs/ts-sdk/src/client/core.ts:100:9)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)
    at async F (/Users/ajaythxkur/The Legends/meow-snipe/node_modules/@aptos-labs/ts-sdk/src/internal/transactionSubmission.ts:280:20) {
  url: 'https://api.mainnet.aptoslabs.com/v1/transactions',
  status: 400,
  statusText: 'Bad Request',
  data: {
    message: 'Invalid transaction: Type: Validation Code: INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE_FOR_TRANSACTION_FEE',
    error_code: 'vm_error',
    vm_error_code: 5
  },
  request: {
    url: 'https://api.mainnet.aptoslabs.com/v1',
    method: 'POST',
    originMethod: 'submitTransaction',
    path: 'transactions',
    body: Uint8Array(314) [
        7, 142,  65, 162, 213,  65,  89,  34, 185, 128, 108, 229,
      178,  87,   4, 240, 199,  24,  71, 210,  68,  17, 106, 145,
        4, 147,  23, 238, 128, 119, 135,  57,   0,   0,   0,   0,
        0,   0,   0,   0,   2,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,
        0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,
        0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,
        1,  13,  97, 112, 116, 111, 115,  95,  97,  99,  99, 111,
      117, 110, 116,  14, 116, 114,  97, 110, 115, 102, 101, 114,
       95,  99, 111, 105,
      ... 214 more items
    ],
    contentType: 'application/x.aptos.signed_transaction+bcs',
    acceptType: undefined,
    params: undefined,
    overrides: { HEADERS: {} }
  }
}

Node.js v22.9.0

[ajaythxkur]

Error occuring only in mainnet

[gregnazario]

INSUFFICENT_BALANCE_FOR_TRANSACTION_FEE means the max gas amount times the gas price for the transaction is larger than the amount of APT in your account. Each network has different gas costs for things like storage, so that could cause a discrepancy.

You can set the max gas amount manually if you know how much it'll cost over whichever defaults are made

[ajaythxkur]

Thanks @gregnazario i just added maxGasAmount and it worked