after geth update to 1.10.10 ethers.js webserviceProviderManager.provider.getTransaction(tx) returns '0x000..' in from field when tx is pending

[jnr101]

(sorry for the long title ;-))

Few days ago I upgraded my geth node from version 1.10.9 to 1.10.10 (the latest).
I noticed that when I get a transaction using webserviceProviderManager.provider.getTransaction() the returned from field is filled with 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 until the transaction is included in a block. I tried to pick a random (pending) example to show the difference while the transaction is in pending state versus when the transaction mined.

This is before the tx is placed in block:

{
  hash: '0xde26fb2a1106de4b8b248b0795a5dc44f069acdd8e3d7ba53dec59787f6edd33',
  type: 0,
  accessList: null,
  blockHash: null,
  blockNumber: null,
  transactionIndex: null,
  confirmations: 0,
  from: '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
  gasPrice: BigNumber { _hex: '0x15e2d62c00', _isBigNumber: true },
  gasLimit: BigNumber { _hex: '0x032918', _isBigNumber: true },
  to: '0x68967aFD296E749DAb89803b605EdC15FC53935a',
  value: BigNumber { _hex: '0x0778bd7cfda7c800', _isBigNumber: true },
  nonce: 1510335,
  data: '0x',
  r: '0x99a6be1c42f1a0cc0164d1db9c59917986bc9449db38ce0bd132b926cd325178',
  s: '0x2445162968fb3a71ec7e676b26c3815eacb200f597e169108c5802cd9c8c3405',
  v: 37,
  creates: null,
  chainId: 1,
  wait: [Function (anonymous)]
}

And this is what it looks when it is mined:

{
  hash: '0xde26fb2a1106de4b8b248b0795a5dc44f069acdd8e3d7ba53dec59787f6edd33',
  type: 0,
  accessList: null,
  blockHash: '0xd9b0acbb58498f92532649e2b6cb52143ea4dff858645936015090937e2151a8',
  blockNumber: 13435889,
  transactionIndex: 75,
  confirmations: 1,
  from: '0x56Eddb7aa87536c09CCc2793473599fD21A8b17F',
  gasPrice: BigNumber { _hex: '0x15e2d62c00', _isBigNumber: true },
  gasLimit: BigNumber { _hex: '0x032918', _isBigNumber: true },
  to: '0x68967aFD296E749DAb89803b605EdC15FC53935a',
  value: BigNumber { _hex: '0x0778bd7cfda7c800', _isBigNumber: true },
  nonce: 1510335,
  data: '0x',
  r: '0x99a6be1c42f1a0cc0164d1db9c59917986bc9449db38ce0bd132b926cd325178',
  s: '0x2445162968fb3a71ec7e676b26c3815eacb200f597e169108c5802cd9c8c3405',
  v: 37,
  creates: null,
  chainId: 1,
  wait: [Function (anonymous)]
}

I was not getting this behaviour when my geth node was at the previous version. The issue might very well be with geth as that is the only thing changed in my setup, but that is hard for me to check..

[ricmoo]

I would guess this has more to do with Geth than with ethers...

[jnr101]

It seems to be with geth indeed and related to this bug:
ethereum/go-ethereum#23762

[ricmoo]

I'm going to move it to discussions, but if someone finds it is a problem with ethers, please let me know.