DOMException Failed to execute 'postMessage' on 'Window'

[bicep]

I'm aware of #1280 (I'm running local server on port 3000) and #5333 (I'm not so sure what this is but it was fixed?). Apologies in advance if this was covered already, I cant seem to find it.

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I've set up web3 so that I'm using the latest version of web3 (1.0.0 beta 43) that sets the provider from the metamask's web3.

const provider = window.web3.currentProvider; provider.enable(); const web3 = new Web3(provider);

I've currently deployed a contract on Rinkeby and am trying to get a simple public variable called manager using contract.methods.manager.call(), but I'm getting this DOMException in Chrome:

[YukiOta]

I have a same issue... Any solutions for this?
I posted stack exchange here

[phamhieu]

I fixed this issue by running npm install. I'm using web3:1.0.0-beta.37

[chentschel]

Same issue with web3@beta.41 .Solved installing web3:1.0.0-beta.37

[YukiOta]

Solved by installing web3:1.0.0-beta.37

Thank you so much!
@phamhieu @chentschel

[serapath]

Not sure, but i have the same issue https://play.ethereum.org/play-editor/
It seems to work when running on localhost during development with a dev server.

The error happens when you DEPLOY the contract

Any clue what this is about?

[ninabreznik]

Any news about how to resolve this issue?

[ninabreznik]

[szerintedmi]

Getting the same with beta47 :(

[ninabreznik]

I also get this now with another Dapp. First Dapp uses ethers.js and the second one web3.js :(

[willfsays]

Also hitting this issue with 1.0.0-beta.48 when attempting to perform a web3.currentProvider.send({ method: 'personal_sign', params: params, from: _account});

[Philipid3s]

Same issue with 1.0.0-beta.48 - solved by installing the beta.37

[nicholaspai]

also resolved this by switching from beta.48 to beta.37

[arnigudj]

same here, resolved this by switching from beta.48 to beta.37... hoping that this will be resolved in beta.49

[kumavis]

Opened an issue on web3.js with live reproduction demo web3/web3.js#2528

[kumavis]

@wfoster232 this does not look correct, from should be encoded in the params

web3.currentProvider.send({ method: 'personal_sign', params: params, from: _account});

[kumavis]

conclusion from #6262 (comment):

for web3@1.0.0-beta.38 the web3.eth.personal.sign requires a 3rd parameter, a password string (unused in metamask)

if you were using a callback before, it accidently includes the callback in the params in place of the password string. the callback is not json serializeable, thus throwing the error.

[kumavis]

based on comments above, sounds like there are some additional issues (error on deploy, etc)

[jamesmorgan]

Ye I get this using Nuxtjs and metamask - any ideas? Will try to downgrade to 1.0.0-beta.37

[nickgeoca]

Have tried 1.0.0-beta.37 and other versions, even re-cloning and rebuilding the server, but keep getting the same errors.

  try { c = await MyContract.deployed(); } catch (e) {console.log(e);}

Firefox error

TypeError: "this.provider.sendAsync is undefined"
                   sendAsync contract.js:24
                   sendAsync requestmanager.js:80
                   get property.js:116
                   detectNetwork contract.js:512
                   Promise es6.promise.js:177
                   detectNetwork contract.js:503
                   deployed contract.js:451
                   _callee5$ TokenPollInterface.js:119

Chromium error

Uncaught (in promise) DOMException: Failed to execute 'postMessage' on 'Window': function (err, result) {
if(result && result.id && payload.id !== result.id) return callback(new Error(...<omitted>... } could not be cloned.

[ldub]

Also getting this error when using web3.eth.net.getId() or web3.eth.getBlockNumber() on 1.0.0-beta.48. Downgrading to 1.0.0-beta.37 does fix it but using an old version isnt a viable solution. It would be great to see an explanation of this issue.

In my setup, this error only occurs after I run a --mode production webpack build. when running with webpack-dev-server --mode development, this error doesnt happen.

[tomsoft1]

Same issue here, any news....?

[W3stside]

beta.37 is consistently the most stable Web3 beta. Though it still has the memory leak from #1648

[einaralex]

I was using web3beta.48 when I ran into this problem, it worked to downgrade to beta.37. Now I upgraded to beta.55 and that works.

[Kapn]

I ran into this problem running beta.55. I downgraded to beta.37 as suggested above and everything is good to go now.

[danfinlay]

Closing as this currently sounds like it was a web3.js issue which is likely even resolved by now. Please let us know if it's not.